Picture-taking apparatus having viewpoint detecting means

An electronic apparatus having a display screen and comprising:

• viewed-point detecting means for detecting a viewed-point of an operator in a display area which displays an input image on the display screen;
• area setting means for setting a processing area at the viewed-point in the display area detected by said viewed-point detecting means;
• display means for displaying a mark at a predetermined position, in the display area, at which the area setting means would otherwise set the processing area if the viewed-point were detected at the predetermined position;
• selecting means for selecting on and off operational states of said display means;
• processing means for performing a predetermined function corresponding to the mark in response to a detection of the viewed-point being on the mark;
• and
• control means for causing said area setting means to inhibit the displacement of said processing area by said area setting means according to an operation for causing said display means to turn on, and to inhibit the operation of said processing means according to an operation for causing said display means to turn off.

A video camera apparatus having a view finder screen and comprising:

• viewed-point detecting means for detecting a viewed-point of an operator in a display area which displays a picked-up image on the view finder screen;
• area setting means for setting a processing area at the viewed-point in the display area detected by said viewed-point detecting means;
• displaying means for displaying the picked-up image and a mark at a predetermined position, in the display area, at which the area setting means would otherwise set the processing area if the viewed-point were detected at the predetermined position;
• processing means for performing a predetermined function corresponding to the mark in response to a detection of the viewed-point being on the mark;
• and
• control means for causing said area setting means to inhibit the displacement of said processing area by said area setting means according to an operation for causing said display means to display the mark, and to inhibit the operation of said processing means according to an operation for causing said display means to turn off the mark.