IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

To provide an image processing apparatus that reduces a processing load relating to a correspondence relationship of interested regions among a plurality of images and appropriately estimates change of the interested regions such as deformation and movement thereof.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus that dynamically changes a position of an interested region among a plurality of images when setting the interested region for an original image. The image processing apparatus includes: an image input unit where the original image is input; a sensor input unit where a sensor value is input; a storage unit that stores a unit change amount of the interested region, a reference sensor value, and an interested region shape and an interested region position before the change; a change amount calculation unit that calculates a movement amount and a deformation amount of the interested region in the original image based on the sensor value, the reference sensor value, and the unit change amount of the interested region; and an interested region setting unit that sets the interested region for the original image from the movement amount, the deformation amount, and the interested region shape and the interested region position before the change.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 複数の画像間における注目領域の対応関係に係る処理負荷を軽減し、注目領域の変形、移動等の変化を適切に推定できる画像処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】 本発明は、原画像に対して注目領域を設定する際に、前記注目領域の位置を複数画像間で動的に変更する画像処理装置であって、前記原画像が入力される画像入力部と、センサ値が入力されるセンサ入力部と、注目領域の単位変化量と、基準センサ値と、変化前の注目領域形状及び注目領域位置とを記憶する記憶部と、前記センサ値と、前記基準センサ値と、前記注目領域の単位変化量とに基づき、前記原画像内における前記注目領域の移動量及び又は変形量とを算出する変化量算出部と、前記移動量及び又は前記変形量と、前記変化前の注目領域形状及び位置とから、前記原画像に対して前記注目領域を設定する注目領域設定部とを有する。【選択図】 図１