IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform more reliable image detection at high speed. SOLUTION: When an image to be detected is detected on an input image by means of identification action using a reference image, a storage unit 250 stores a normal reference image as well as a contracted reference image such that a feature portion shown by the normal reference image is contracted. An image conversion unit 211 contracts the input image stored in an image memory 230. A second discriminator 215 performs a discriminating action using the contracted reference image over the image contracted by the image conversion unit 211. A discrimination result determining unit 216 specifies the position of the target image that has been detected on the contracted image to be detected. A discrimination area setting unit 213 detects the image to be detected on the input image by performing a discriminating action using the normal reference image, at a position on the input image that corresponds to the position specified. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT