Patent ID: 8600195

Claim:
An image processing device, comprising: detection means for detecting a motion vector of an input image signal which is an input time-series image signal; interpolation means for interpolating, based on the motion vector, a signal between input image signals which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the input image signal and a previous input image signal immediately preceding the input image signal, the interpolation means for further outputting an interpolated signal; acquisition means for acquiring a predetermined image signal to be superimposed on the input image signal and information indicating the position, in the input image signal, where the predetermined image signal is to be superimposed; specification means for specifying, based on the information indicating the position where the predetermined image signal is to be superimposed, at least one corresponding non-interpolation region of the signal between input image signals in which the interpolation is not performed, wherein the interpolation means interpolates, based on the specified non-interpolation region, the signal between input image signals in regions other than the non-interpolation region and outputs an interpolated signal; and superimposition means for superimposing the predetermined image signal on the input image signal, wherein the acquisition means is connected to the interpolation means and the superimposition means via a bus, and (i) the acquisition means first transmits an interpolation pause instruction to the interpolation means via the bus and then transmits a superimposition start instruction to the superimposition means via the bus, or (ii) the acquisition means first transmits the superimposition start instruction to the superimposition means via the bus and then transmits the interpolation pause instruction to the interpolation means via the bus, and the superimposition means then delays starting the superimposing of the predetermined image signal on the input image signal until a predetermined period of time elapses.