Patent ID: 8228995

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image, comprising: means for acquiring a display format operable to acquire a display format in which an image is displayed on means for displaying an image; means for acquiring a shot image signal operable to acquire a shot image signal from a shooting means for shooting an object; and means for converting a signal operable to convert the shot image signal in a first signal format into an image signal in a second signal format associated with the display format, based on correspondence information which associates the first signal format for the shot image signal with the display format, wherein an image conversion process converts the image signal in the second signal format into a high quality image signal corresponding to the image displayed on the means for displaying an image, which is of a higher quality than an image corresponding to the image signal, in the second signal format, and wherein the image corresponding to the high quality image signal obtained in the image conversion process is displayed in the display format.