Patent ID: 8284318

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a first frame image acquisition unit to acquire a plurality of first frame images constituting a moving image; a second frame image insertion section to generate a second frame image, the second frame image including a white image, and insert the second frame image between successive ones of the plurality of acquired first frame images; and a frame image output unit to output the plurality of first frame images with the second frame image inserted therebetween, the second frame image insertion section including: a high-rate frame image generator configured to generate a high-rate frame image time-sequentially consecutive to each of the plurality of acquired first frame images; a white image pattern generator configured to generate a white image pattern including the white image for transforming the high-rate frame image into the second frame image; and a second frame image transformer configured to transform the high-rate frame image into the second frame image based on the white image pattern.