Image pickup apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for processing an image based on user manipulation on a display surface

摘要

Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup portion configured to capture an image; a detecting portion configured to detect a manipulation made on a display surface, for the image displayed on a display portion; and a grid and dust removing portion configured to carry out removal of grid and dust an image of which appears on the captured image by executing image processing based on a position about the manipulation detected by the detecting portion.