Image processing apparatus, and image processing method for performing scaling processing based on image characteristics

An image processing method, comprising:

• by an image processing apparatus,
• determining a size of a central part on a screen based on an amount of noise of an image, wherein the amount of noise of the image is measured based on information about a camera used to capture the image;
• generating a central image being an image of the central part by scaling processing performed on the image, based on characteristics of the image, to change a size of the image to the determined size of the central part;
• generating a peripheral image by extrapolation of the central image, the peripheral image being a part that is peripheral to the central image and partially overlapping the central image;
• and
• generating a combined image by combining the central image and the peripheral image,
• wherein the characteristics of the image include a scale factor based on a ratio of the central part to the screen.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

• determining a size of a central part on a screen based on an amount of noise of an image, wherein the amount of noise of the image is measured based on information about a camera used to capture the image;
• generating a central image being an image of the central part by scaling processing performed on the image, based on characteristics of the image, to change a size of the image to the determined size of the central part;
• generating a peripheral image by extrapolation of the central image, the peripheral image being a part that is peripheral to the central image and partially overlapping the central image;
• and
• generating a combined image by combining the central image and the peripheral image,
• wherein the characteristics of the image include a scale factor based on a ratio of the central part to the screen.