Patent ID: 7710438

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for generating synthetic image data based on an inputted image data from an external device, the apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data from the external device, said image data including an image section and an additional information section; an image memory that saves the image data input via the input means; image processing means for generating synthetic image data to respectively display a plurality of image data saved in the image memory on a plurality of designated regions assigned to a screen; and output means for outputting the synthetic image data; wherein the image processing means determines whether the image data including the image section and the additional information section is to be displayed on a first designated region of the screen, the image processing means generates the synthetic image data so that an image section, which is to be displayed on a second designated region of the screen, is an enlarged version of the image section that is to be displayed on the first designated region, and the synthetic image data are generated such that the additional information section occupies less display space within the second designated region than does the additional information section within the first designated region, thereby accommodating the enlarged version of the image section within the second designated region.