Patent ID: 7965320

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of image processing blocks configured to process in real-time an image signal inputted from outside, said plurality of image processing blocks including a pixel interpolation block that applies a pixel interpolation to an input signal, said pixel interpolation block including a pixel register group, wherein, when said input signal to said pixel interpolation block is a signal that requires said pixel interpolation, the pixel interpolation is performed, and when said input signal to said pixel interpolation block is a signal that does not require said pixel interpolation, a spatial filtering is performed by a first spatial filter using said pixel register group, the plurality of image processing blocks further including a spatial filtering block that performs a spatial filtering by a second spatial filter, wherein, when said input signal to said pixel interpolation block is a signal that requires said pixel interpolation, the spatial filtering by said second spatial filter is applied to the signal that has been subjected to said pixel interpolation in said pixel interpolation block, and when said input signal to said pixel interpolation block is a signal that does not require said pixel interpolation, a spatial filtering is performed by continuously applying said first and second spatial filters.