Patent ID: 6995869

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: original image data obtaining means for obtaining original image data representing an onginal image; light-and-shade pattern data obtaining means for obtaining light-and-shade pattern data representing the light-and-shade pattern to be added to said original image and constructed by assigning a palette number to each image region obtained by dividing said original image; palette data generating means for generating a plurality of palette data each constructed by assigning color information to each palette number, said color information having different brightness from each other, said plurality of palette data being different from each other; translucent blending means for translucently blending, in sequence, a plurality of light-and-shade images each based on said light-and-shade pattern data and one of the palette data generated by said palette data generating means, into said original image based on said original image data; and image displaying means for sequentially displaying images obtained by the translucent synthesis.