| 摘要 |
An image pickup device including a photoelectric conversion device for converting an optical image, obtained from an object through an optical system, into an electrical signal and a monitor for displaying the object image on a monitor image frame based on the electrical signal from the photoelectric conversion device, is provided with a watching point detecting device for detecting the watching point of the operator; a discrimination circuit for discriminating whether the watching point, detected by the watching point detecting device, is positioned inside a predetermined area on the monitor image frame; a detection area setting circuit for setting a detection area, for extracting information for controlling an object of control from an image pickup area, in the image pickup area; and a control circuit for controlling the detection area setting circuit based on the output of the discrimination circuit, in such a manner as to set the detection area at the watching point if the discrimination circuit identifies that the watching point is positioned inside the predetermined area, but to fix the detection area at a predetermined position in the image pickup area if the watching point is identified to be outside the predetermined area.
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