Patent ID: 8581906

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory configured to store an image-quality processing level in association with a video mode indicating a predetermined mode to display a video signal, upon receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, the image-quality processing level indicating a level of image-quality processing on the first video signal including image sharpening; an instruction receiving module configured to receive an instruction specifying the video mode; a switching module configured to switch the image-quality processing level correspondingly to the video mode specified by the instruction; and an image quality module configured to perform the image-quality processing at the image-quality processing level switched by the switching module; wherein the memory is configured to store a plurality of video modes and a plurality of image-quality processing levels each associated with one of the video modes, the instruction receiving module is configured to receive an instruction specifying one of the image-quality processing levels, the switching module is configured to switch the image-quality processing level to specified one of the image-quality processing levels corresponding to the video mode specified by the instruction, and the processor is configured to perform at least one of the instruction receiving module, the switching module and the image quality module.