Patent Document ID: 20090316956
Application ID: 12488830
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: image pickup unit; image processing accuracy estimation unit for estimating an image processing accuracy by calculating a size of an object by which the accuracy of measurement of the distance of the detection object photographed by said image pickup unit becomes a permissible value or less; image post-processing area determination unit for determining, in accordance with the image processing accuracy estimated by said image processing accuracy estimation unit, a partial area inside a detection area of the detection object as an image post-processing area in which an image post-processing is carried out and for latticing the determined image post-processing area to cells; image processing unit for processing the image photographed by said image pickup unit to detect a recognition object; and image post-processing unit for calculating, in respect of the individual cells inside the latticed area determined by said image post-processing area determination unit, the probability as to whether the recognition object held on to said image processing unit is present and for determining the presence/absence of the detection object.