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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Shinji Furuya, Osaka, JP;
Ichiro Okabayashi, Ikoma, JP;
Yasuhiro Mori, Izumi, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihiro Kawabata, Daito, JP;
Shinji Furuya, Osaka, JP;
Ichiro Okabayashi, Ikoma, JP;
Yasuhiro Mori, Izumi, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihiro Kawabata, Daito, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus includes: a display displaying an image with a predetermined number of pixels; an image holding unit holding an original image composed of a number of pixels larger than a number of pixels that is displayable on the display; and an object judgment unit judging whether or not an object is included in the original image held in the image holding unit, and generating object information related to the object in a case where the object is included in the original image. The image display apparatus also includes a display image generation unit extracting at least a part of an object area from the original image based on the original image specified by the user as well as on the object information corresponding to the original image, and generating a display image composed of a number of pixels corresponding to the number of pixels that is displayable on the display.