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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Takanori Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Takanori Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus, including: a representative-point storing section; an evaluation-value table generation section; a peak detection section; and a correlation determination section, wherein an operation carried out by the evaluation-value table generation section to generate the evaluation-value table on the basis of representative points stored in the representative-point storing section, an operation carried out by the peak detection section to detect the candidate vector, an operation carried out by the correlation determination section to determine the correlation between the representative point and the referenced point as well as an operation carried out by the correlation determination section to update the representative-point storing section in accordance with a result of the operation to determine a correlation between the representative point and the referenced point are repeated as long as existence of a significant candidate vector is determined.