An information processing apparatus, comprising: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images of a fertile ovum captured in time series; a recognizing unit including a probability image generating unit configured to generate, for each image of the fertile ovum, a probability image, wherein each position in the probability image represents the probability that at least part of the fertile ovum is present at the corresponding position in the image of the fertile ovum, the recognizing unit being further configured to recognize a zona pellucida of the fertile ovum, and a cell in the fertile ovum, wherein the cell comprises a blastocyst; and a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate a time-series transformation of the fertile ovum from the probability images over the time series, wherein the transformation comprises a change of an area of the zona pellucida and a change of an area of the cell in the fertile ovum, and calculate a feature amount of the fertile ovum based on the transformation, wherein the feature amount calculating unit is further configured to calculate, as the feature amount, at least one of a number of times of contraction, a contraction diameter, contraction speed, a contraction time period, contraction intervals, contraction strength, contraction frequency, a number of times of dilation, a dilation diameter, a dilation speed, a dilation time period, dilation intervals, dilation strength, and dilation frequency of the zona pellucida and the blastocyst on the basis of time-series change of a difference between the area of the zona pellucida and an area of the blastocyst. an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images of a fertile ovum captured in time series; a recognizing unit including a probability image generating unit configured to generate, for each image of the fertile ovum, a probability image, wherein each position in the probability image represents the probability that at least part of the fertile ovum is present at the corresponding position in the image of the fertile ovum, the recognizing unit being further configured to recognize a zona pellucida of the fertile ovum, and a cell in the fertile ovum, wherein the cell comprises a blastocyst; and a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate a time-series transformation of the fertile ovum from the probability images over the time series, wherein the transformation comprises a change of an area of the zona pellucida and a change of an area of the cell in the fertile ovum, and calculate a feature amount of the fertile ovum based on the transformation, wherein the feature amount calculating unit is further configured to calculate, as the feature amount, at least one of a number of times of contraction, a contraction diameter, contraction speed, a contraction time period, contraction intervals, contraction strength, contraction frequency, a number of times of dilation, a dilation diameter, a dilation speed, a dilation time period, dilation intervals, dilation strength, and dilation frequency of the zona pellucida and the blastocyst on the basis of time-series change of a difference between the area of the zona pellucida and an area of the blastocyst. calculate a time-series transformation of the fertile ovum from the probability images over the time series, wherein the transformation comprises a change of an area of the zona pellucida and a change of an area of the cell in the fertile ovum, and calculate a feature amount of the fertile ovum based on the transformation, wherein the feature amount calculating unit is further configured to calculate, as the feature amount, at least one of a number of times of contraction, a contraction diameter, contraction speed, a contraction time period, contraction intervals, contraction strength, contraction frequency, a number of times of dilation, a dilation diameter, a dilation speed, a dilation time period, dilation intervals, dilation strength, and dilation frequency of the zona pellucida and the blastocyst on the basis of time-series change of a difference between the area of the zona pellucida and an area of the blastocyst.