Patent ID: 7508416

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus adapted for enlarging a predetermined region of a picked-up image to display it on a display unit, the image pick-up apparatus comprising: an image pick-up device for converting an optical image of an object into an image signal and outputting the image signal; hand movement detecting means for detecting a hand movement quantity of a user; image generation region setting means for setting an image generation region at the image pick-up device; enlarged image generation region setting means for setting an enlarged image generation region within the image generation region; and image generating means for selectively generating an the image of a predetermined size from an image signal of the image generation region or an image from the enlarged image generation region to display the selected image on the display unit, wherein the image generation region setting means sets the image generation region within a predetermined region; the enlarged image generation region setting means sets a set position of the enlarged image generation region at a position moved from a predetermined position in accordance with the hand movement quantity detected by the hand movement detecting means; and the image generation means generates, from the image signal of the enlarged image generation region, an image enlarged so as to take a predetermined size to display the enlarged image on the display unit, wherein the hand movement quantity is detected without analyzing image data.