Patent ID: 7903156

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for generating multi-color moving picture data based on the data of first and second moving pictures, the first moving picture having a first frame rate and being comprised of a number of pictures, each representing a first color component, the second moving picture having a second frame rate, which is higher than the first frame rate, and being comprised of a number of pictures, each representing a second color component that is different from the first color component, resolution of the second moving picture being equal to or lower than that of the first moving picture, wherein the apparatus comprises: a first image synthesizing section, which generates, based on the data of the first and second moving pictures, a synthesized moving picture corresponding to the first moving picture at a higher frame rate than the first frame rate; and a second image synthesizing section, which receives and synthesizes together the synthesized moving picture and the second moving picture, thereby generating a multi-color moving picture including the first and second color components, and wherein the first image synthesizing section comprises: a motion estimating section, which receives the data of the second moving picture and which generates motion information based on a change between at least two of the pictures that form the second moving picture; and a motion compensating section for generating a synthetic picture by modifying some of the pictures that form the first moving picture based on the motion information and outputting the synthesized moving picture corresponding to the first moving picture by using the synthetic picture and the first moving picture.