IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

The image processing device acquires feature quantities (maximum value, minimum value, average value, histogram, etc.) of the entire area (GA) of the image and feature quantities of each. local area (LA) of the image from the input image, and calculates a plurality of modulation gain values (gamma correction curves) for GA and each LA. Furthermore, the image processing device determines the correction intensity for each LA from the feature quantity of the GA and the feature quantity of each LA, and creates the LA correction intensity map. Finally, the image processing device finally applies the result of combining a plurality of modulation gain. values based. on the LA correction intensity map to the input image.