Patent ID: 8164659

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: an image obtaining unit for obtaining a series of images captured by an imaging unit having a black region where optical rays do not reach in a pixel region on an imaging device and including a signal level of the black region in each of the images, at least some of the series of images being obtained where there is a fluctuation in output of a power source supplied to the imaging unit; a display unit capable of displaying the series of images; an image determining unit for performing an image determining process on each of the images by calculating pixel information of the black region based on the signal level of the black region in each of the images included in the series of images and by comparing the calculated pixel information with a predetermined threshold, and inhibiting output of an image based on a result of determination of the image determining process, the pixel information of the black region being a number of low-brightness-level pixels in the black region, each of the low-brightness-level pixels having a brightness level lower than that of pixels in the black region in the case where there is no fluctuation in output of the power source supplied to the imaging unit; and a display control unit for displaying the series of images except for the image inhibited to be output by the image determining unit on the display unit.