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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Eshima, Chiba, JP;
Akihiko Kaino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Tsurumi, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that permit decision as to whether or not calibration of images is necessary. A decision section decides, using a current image captured by a camera and a past image captured by the camera, whether or not it is necessary to calibrate images captured by the camera. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to a vehicle-mounted camera system that includes an automobile vehicle, two cameras, mounted to a front roof of the automobile vehicle such that imaging regions overlap, and an image processing apparatus, and so on.