Patent ID: 8228341
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus arranged to perform an image processing on input image signals which are image signals of an image composed of at least one of a plurality of input moving images and still images, the image processing apparatus comprising: synthesis means configured to synthesize a plurality of the input image signals to generate a synthesis signal on the basis of synthesis information indicating an area where a plurality of the input image signals are respectively synthesized; detection means configured to detect a motion vector of the synthesis signal; decision means configured to decide, on the basis of the synthesis information and interpolation control information indicating an input interpolation exclusion area where an interpolation in the respective input image signals is not performed, a synthesis interpolation exclusion area where the interpolation in the synthesis signal is not performed; and interpolation means configured to interpolate and output a synthesis signal in-between signal which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the synthesis signal and a previous synthesis signal functioning as a synthesis signal preceding the synthesis signal by one on the basis of the motion vector in an area other than the synthesis interpolation exclusion area, wherein in a case where the number of the synthesis interpolation exclusion areas is larger than a predetermined number or where a shape of the synthesis interpolation exclusion area is a shape other than a predetermined shape, the decision means selects the input interpolation exclusion area and uses the selected input interpolation exclusion area to decide the synthesis interpolation exclusion area again, and wherein in a case where the number of the synthesis interpolation exclusion areas decided by the decision means is equal to or smaller than the predetermined number and also the shape of the synthesis interpolation exclusion area is the predetermined shape, on the basis of the synthesis interpolation exclusion area, the interpolation means interpolates and outputs the synthesis signal in-between signal in an area other than the synthesis interpolation exclusion area.