Patent ID: 7427996

Claim:
An image processing apparatus which is connected to a print unit adapted to print an image, and can output an image to be printed to the print unit, comprising: an image sensing unit adapted to capture a real space image; a generation unit adapted to generate a virtual space image according to a viewpoint position and orientation of said image sensing unit; a composition unit adapted to obtain a mixed reality space image by combining the real space image captured by said image sensing unit and the virtual space image generated by said generation unit; a display unit adapted to display a mixed reality space image obtained by said composition unit; and an output unit adapted to output a mixed reality space image, which is obtained by said composition unit, to the print unit in response to an input of a print instruction, wherein said generation unit generates a virtual space image to be displayed by said display unit according to a first procedure, and said generation unit generates a virtual space image to be outputted by said output unit according to a second procedure, with image quality of a virtual space image generated according to the second procedure being higher than that of a virtual space image generated according to the first procedure.