Patent ID: 8665348

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first input section, configured to input a captured image, and capture conditions of an image input device when the captured image was captured, wherein the capture conditions include information indicating viewing angle between said image input device and a subject, distance from said image input device to said subject, and image resolution of the captured image; a second input section, configured to input viewing conditions when a reproduced image, which is reproduced by an image output device, is viewed; a forward converter, configured to generate a first perceived image from low-frequency components separated from the captured image by a forward conversion of a local adaptation processing in a human vision model that is determined based on the information which indicates the viewing angle, the distance to the subject and the image resolution of the captured image; a generator, configured to generate a second perceived image by converting a dynamic range of the first perceived image to a dynamic range of the image output device; and an inverse converter, configured to generate a reproduced image, which is supplied to the image output device, from the second perceived image by an inverse conversion of the local adaptation processing that is determined based on information, which relates to viewing distance and size of the reproduced image, included in the viewing conditions.