Patent ID: 8749660

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of viewpoint images generated by imaging a subject at a plurality of viewpoints; a disparity map generation unit that generates a disparity map representing a disparity distribution based on the plurality of viewpoint images; a multi-viewpoint image generation unit that generates a multi-viewpoint image including a plurality of viewpoint images the number of which is larger than the number of the plurality of viewpoint images based on the plurality of viewpoint images and the disparity map; an image processing unit that performs image processing for a subject image of the multi-viewpoint image based on the multi-viewpoint image and the disparity map and switches an amount of image processing for the subject image depending on the disparity; and an output unit that switches the plurality of viewpoint images included in the multi-viewpoint image, which has been subjected to image processing by the image processing unit, and sequentially outputs the viewpoint images; wherein the image processing unit makes an amount of blur of pixels, between which there is a larger disparity, in the multi-viewpoint image larger; wherein the image processing unit makes amounts of blur of the viewpoint images at viewpoint positions at both ends out of the plurality of viewpoint images included in the multi-viewpoint image larger than an amount of blur of a viewpoint image at a viewpoint position at the center.