Patent ID: 8705869

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an image recognition program which, when executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, causes the computer to perform operations comprising: sequentially acquiring images; sequentially detecting a contour or vertices from the sequentially acquired images; determining whether or not a contour or vertices are detected from an image of the sequentially acquired images; when the determining determines that a contour or vertices are detected from the image, performing a pattern matching process on an area, in the image, surrounded by the contour or the vertices detected from the image, to determine whether or not an object or a design is present in the area; when the pattern matching determines that the object or the design is present in the area, storing, in a storage area, detection position information indicating a position related to the area; and when the determining determines that no contour or vertices are detected from the image, performing a pattern matching process on the image on the basis of detection position information previously stored in the storage area, to determine whether or not, in the image, the object or the design is present in an area corresponding to the detection position information previously stored in the storage area.