Patent Document ID: 8792727
Application ID: 13423867
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing device comprising: one or more processors operable to: detect feature points from an image; compute reliability of each of the detected feature points; and remove at least one detected feature point from each split region of a plurality of split regions on the basis of the reliability so that a number of remaining feature points in each of the plurality of split regions is within a predetermined number associated with corresponding split region being processed, wherein the predetermined number for each of the split regions is determined based on position of the corresponding split region within the image, wherein the plurality of split regions is obtained by splitting the image, wherein the predetermined number for each of the split regions is determined based on position of an object within the image, wherein a first split region located within a specific range of the object has a predetermined number larger than a second split region located at a position outside the specific range.