Patent ID: 8107007

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit to which an image signal having a predetermined frame rate is input; an information acquirer for acquiring information concerning the input image signal; and a frame rate converter for converting the frame rate of the input image signal and outputting a resultant signal, wherein: the information acquirer detects a motion amount in the input image signal as the information concerning the input image signal, the frame rate converter conducts a first frame rate conversion processing to generate an output signal having a first frame rate which is higher than the frame rate of the input image signal, when the detected motion amount is at least a first predetermined value, and the frame rate converter conducts a second frame rate conversion processing to generate an output signal having a second frame rate which is higher than the first frame rate, when the motion amount detected by the motion detector is at least a second predetermined value which is greater than the first predetermined value.