A display-and-image-pickup apparatus includes: a display-and-image-pickup panel having an image display function and an image pickup function; an image producing means for producing a predetermined processed image on the basis of a picked-up image of a proximity object obtained through the use of the...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8085251?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8085251 - Display-and-image-pickup apparatus, object detection program and method of detecting an object