Patent ID: 8373700

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a level storage module configured to store, upon receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, an image-quality processing level indicating a ratio of high-frequency component pixels to be interpolated to pixels in a resolution-increasing processing in which a pixel is inserted between pixels of the first video signal to generate a second video signal with second resolution higher than the first resolution of the first video signal in association with a video mode, a video mode specifying module configured to specify the video mode when operated by a user, and a video determination module configured to determine an image-quality processing level based on the specified video mode; and a processor configured to perform an image-quality processing on the first video signal at the image-quality processing level determined by the video determination module, wherein when the video mode is intended to provide a brighter view than provided in a predetermined video mode, the level storage module associates the video mode with the image-quality processing level such that the ratio of the high-frequency component pixels is higher than in the predetermined video mode.