Patent ID: 7274812

Claim:
An image processing device for inspection by image processing of image data acquired from a camera which captures images of at least one object, comprising: shot number setting means for setting the number of shots of photographing of the object with the camera; inspection item setting means for setting at least one inspection item in association with individual ones of said shots, the at least one inspection item being selectable to be different for different of said shots; preliminary inspection means for sequentially inspecting the image data acquired from the camera by image processing each time when the camera captures an image of the object based on the at least one inspection item until the number of shots reaches the value set by the shot number setting means; collective estimation means for collectively estimating the object on the basis of results of inspection of image data of the individual images after inspection of image data of the image captured by final one of the shots determined by the shot number setting means; and output means for outputting a result of collective estimation by the collective estimation means.