Patent ID: 8086046

Claim:
An image analyzing apparatus comprising: an image obtaining device for obtaining an image; an image dividing device for dividing the image into a plurality of image pieces; a color analyzing device for analyzing a color property in each image piece; a fractal dimension analyzing device for performing a fractal dimension analysis in each image piece; a classifying device for specifying a type of an object, one portion of the object, one portion of a scene included in each image piece, on the basis of a color analysis result by said color analyzing device and a fractal dimension analysis result by said fractal dimension analyzing device, and classifying each image piece on the basis of the type; a distance recognizing device for recognizing a distance between a predetermined position of said image analyzing apparatus and the object, one portion of the object, or one portion of the scene included in the image piece; and a characteristic judging device for judging a characteristic of the entire object, an entire object aggregate, or the entire scene included in the image on the basis of a classification result by said classifying device which is weighted in accordance with the distance on each image piece.