Patent ID: 7660487

Claim:
An image processing method comprising the steps of: an image input step of inputting first image signals having a first image resolution and correlated to an image into a processing apparatus; a relative movement detecting step effected by said processing apparatus of detecting relative movement within at least one region of said first image frame of said first; a resolution converting step effected by said processing apparatus of converting the first image signals input in the image input step into second image signals having at least a second image resolution, the second image resolution being lower than the first image resolution, an image resolution of the region within the second image signals being determined by the amount of relative movement detected within the region; an output step of outputting from said processing apparatus the second image signals having the second image resolution at a predetermined frame rate; and displaying the image on a display using the second image signals, wherein, the resolution converting step includes a spatial decimation step that imparts a visual effect that exhibits an image resolution higher than the second image resolution when the image signals output in the output step are displayed at the predetermined frame rate.