Patent Document ID: 9230307
Application ID: 14220802
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus configured to generate a high resolution image having higher resolution than a plurality of low resolution images from the low resolution images, the image processing apparatus comprising: a central processing unit configured to control the image processing apparatus to operate as: a target area setting unit configured to set a target area which is an area to be noted in each of the low resolution images; an image index estimating unit configured to estimate an image index representing a property of an image in the target area set in each of the low resolution images; and a selecting unit configured to select any of the low resolution images which are a reference for generating the high resolution image from the low resolution images depending on the estimated image index, the target area setting unit taking a logical sum or a logical product for the target area set in each of the low resolution images between the low resolution images, thereby modifying the set target area.