Patent ID: 8305457

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: dynamic picture storage means for storing a picked up dynamic picture, including picked up images, picked up by an image pickup apparatus; transformation information storage means for storing transformation information for transforming a second picked up image which is positioned, with reference to a first picked up image which forms the picked up dynamic picture, following the first picked up image on a time axis of the picked up dynamic picture for each picked up image; image storage means for storing history images including the picked up images positioned preceding to the second picked up image on the time axis; arrangement information calculation means for calculating a display range formed from the picked up images to be transformed based on the transformation information regarding the picked up images which form the picked up dynamic picture and calculating arrangement information of a third picked up image, which is at least one of the picked up images, on the image storage means based on the display range; image transformation means for transforming the second picked up image based on the transformation information; and image synthesis means for synthesizing the transformed second picked up image on the history images including the third picked up image arranged in the image storage means based on the calculated arrangement information and storing the synthesized second picked up image as a new history image into the image storage means.