Disclosed is an image converter circuit which is capable of being to be
applied to a display device having an arbitrary number of pixels, and is
capable of reducing image deterioration in panoramic display. The image
converter circuit comprises: a read-control section that reads image data
from an image memory in accordance with read-designating information; a
data interpolating section that interpolates pixels using the image data
read out from the image memory, depending upon magnification-designating
information, and outputs enlarged and interpolated data; and a
magnification setting section that generates the read-designating
information and the corresponding magnification-designating information.
The magnification setting section vertically divides the image data into
a plurality of areas such that a difference in a number of pixels between
the areas is within a predetermined range.