Patent ID: 8305491

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for displaying an input image on a display, comprising: image converting means for converting the input image into an equiaspect ratio image, the equiaspect ratio image having a same aspect ratio as the input image, the equiaspect ratio image having one of a horizontal size and a vertical size equal to one of a horizontal size and a vertical size of a display screen of the display, the horizontal and vertical sizes of the equiaspect ratio image being magnified by a same magnification to be equal to or smaller than a size of the display screen; additional image generating means for generating an additional image from the input image when the equiaspect ratio image is displayed on the display with the aspect ratio thereof unchanged, the additional image having an image size corresponding to an extra area on the display screen that remains unused when displaying the equiaspect ratio image; combination image generating means for generating a combination image including the equiaspect ratio image after magnification and the additional image, the equiaspect ratio image and the additional image not overlapping in the combined image; and display control means for causing the display to display the combination image, wherein a length and width of the additional image is multiplied by a same magnification factor to cause the additional image to fill the entire extra area.