Image processing method, image processing equipment and digital tv receiving terminal

An image processing method, an image processing equipment and a digital tv receiving terminal are provided, wherein, the image processing method involves: decoding an inputted video signal, and generating a video image; generating a prompt information according to a prompt request, overlapping the prompt information to the video image, generating a compound video image, and buffering the compound video image in a cache area of an image layer; obtaining a display element and the area information of the image area occupied by the display element in the compound video image according to an display request of the display element; overlapping the display element to the corresponding image area of the compound video image in the cache area of the image layer according to the area information; and displaying the compound video image which is overlapped by the display element in the cache of the image layer. The method can facilitate a cursor layer function and simultaneously prevent processing load of an image mixing module at the digital tv receiving terminal.