IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more highly accurately and robustly perform association between images by treating as dynamic association (expansion/contraction matching) for all pixels present on a scan line in an image acquired from each camera. SOLUTION: Images are acquired by imaging an object from different view points by at least two cameras 11 and 12, and association between the respective images is acquired for each pixel position on the same horizontal line is acquired while they are associated with the object, and the association acquired for each pixel position on one horizontal line is compared with the association acquired for each pixel position on another horizontal line positioned in the vertical direction of one horizontal line, and the association acquired for one horizontal line is corrected based on the comparison result. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI