Patent ID: 8279279
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: B60R,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image input device configured to input an image associated with a video signal; an image output device configured to output the image inputted by the image input device to a display device using the video signal; an angle-of-view switching device configured to switch an angle of view of the image inputted by the image input device from a pre-switching angle of view to a post-switching angle of view in response to a single switching operation by a user; and an intermediate angle-of-view image production device configured to: produce an intermediate image associated with an intermediate angle of view before the image inputted by the image input device is switched to the post-switching angle, the intermediate angle of view being between the pre-switching angle of view and the post-switching angle of view; and cause the image output device to output the intermediate image associated with the intermediate angle of view in a single switching sequence, caused by the single switching operation, from the pre-switching angle of view to the intermediate angle of view, to the post-switching angle of view, wherein the intermediate angle-of-view image production device is further configured to cause the image output device to continuously output the intermediate image for a set time between outputting a pre-switching image associated with the pre-switching angle of view and outputting a post-switching image associated with the post-switching angle of view.