Image processing apparatus, system, and method

摘要

Image processing comprising an image generator for generating a computer-generated virtual image S200, and an image mixer S205 for combining the computer generated image with at least a part of a camera-captured image to generate a composite augmented reality image. The image generator is operable to apply image degradation S210 to the computer generated image in response to an image attribute of the camera-captured image. The image attribute is indicative of the image quality of the camera-captured image. The image attribute may be the degree of digital zoom or noise in the camera image. The virtual image may be degraded by noise or by applying a degree of pixelation so that the quality of the image is substantially the same as the camera captured image. This improves the illusion that the computer generated image is part of the real environment.