Patent ID: 7339617

Claim:
A picture providing apparatus adapted to input distorted picture image in which a predetermined range is collectively imaged from an image pick-up unit to provide the entirety or a portion of the picture image in accordance with request of a picture image display unit, the apparatus including: a communication unit configured to receive a request for transmission of picture image from the picture image display unit and to transmit the entirety or the portion of the picture image from which distortion has been eliminated to the picture image display unit; a memory unit configured to store the picture image inputted from the image pick-up unit; selector unit configured to select the entirety or the portion of the picture image stored in the memory unit in correspondence with the request that the communication unit has received; and picture image conversion unit configured to both eliminate distortion of the selected entirety or the portion of the picture image and convert the selected entirety or portion into high quality picture image with increased resolution in a single step, wherein the picture image conversion unit eliminates distortion of the entirety or a portion of the picture image selected by the selector unit and converts such picture image into high quality picture image with increased resolution by an adaptive processing in a classification adaptive processing.