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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for estimating a position in an image which an operator who observes the image is likely to observe as the candidate of a next position is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a next observation estimating unit that estimates a position selected from among a plurality of positions using a parameter indicating an operation history and information regarding an estimation result at least at a current time on the basis of a probability value obtained from a predetermined probability distribution and a displayed image generating unit that generates an image to be displayed so that at least the candidate of the next position is visually recognizable.