Patent ID: 7286168

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: (A) an input device that input a first image, and a second image which has parallax with respect to the first image; and (B) an image processing device that executes different image processes for first, corresponding regions of the first and second images input by said input device, and second regions thereof different from the first regions, and composite the first and second images, wherein the first regions are regions of a main object, and the second regions are regions of background scene, the first and second regions being determined by dividing the first and second images into a plurality of two dimensional areas and detecting image deviation between corresponding areas caused by the parallax between the first and second images and comparing the image deviation with a predetermined value, the first regions being regions where the image deviation is not less than the predetermined value, the second regions being regions where the image deviation is less than the predetermined value, and wherein said image processing device corrects image deviation between the first regions of the first and second images due to the parallax, and adds predetermined blur to the second regions of the first and second images, upon compositing the first and second images.