Patent ID: 8385422

Claim:
An image processing apparatus including a processor comprising: a storage module configured to be capable of storing a video signal frame by frame; a resolution increasing module configured to perform, on receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the first video signal to obtain a second video signal with second resolution that is higher than the first resolution by estimating an original pixel value from the first video signal and increasing pixels; and a moving-image improving module configured to increase a frame rate of the second video signal after the super resolution conversion, wherein the resolution increasing module is configured to store the second video signal obtained by the super resolution conversion frame by frame in the storage module, and the moving-image improving module is configured to, on receipt of a first frame of the second video signal from the resolution increasing module, read a second frame prior to the first frame from the storage module, and generate an interpolation image to be interpolated between the first frame and the second frame based on a motion vector between the first frame and the second frame to increase the frame rate of the second video signal.