Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Abstract

The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for improving the accuracy of a recognition result of a current object included in captured images. The image processing apparatus performs recognition processing on the current object on the basis of recognition results of the current object obtained from a plurality of captured images with different output information regarding imaging so that the accuracy of the recognition result of the captured images can be improved. For example, the present technology can be applied to an electronic device having a function of performing the recognition processing on the current object.

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising
 a recognition processing unit which performs recognition processing on a current object on the basis of recognition results of the current object obtained from a plurality of captured images with different output information regarding imaging.   
     
     
         2 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the captured images are image frames generated in time series, and
 the output information is information indicating at least one of resolutions of the captured images and frame rates of the captured images.   
     
     
         3 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the recognition processing unit includes:   a recognition unit which performs recognition processing on the captured images outputted from an imaging unit of a same series; and   a synthesis unit which synthesizes a recognition result of the current object by the recognition unit and other recognition result of the current object included in the captured images outputted from an imaging unit of other series.   
     
     
         4 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the synthesis unit synthesizes the recognition result of the current object and the other recognition result of the current object in a case where the recognition result of the current object and the other recognition result of the current object are determined to be synthesized on the basis of threshold information serving as a determination reference as to whether or not to synthesize the recognition result of the current object and the other recognition result of the current object. 
     
     
         5 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the threshold information is information indicating an allowable range of deviation between a position of the current object included in the recognition result of the current object and a position of the current object included in the other recognition result of the current object, or information indicating an allowable range of a difference between a type of the current object included in the recognition result of the current object and a type of the current object included in the other recognition result of the current object. 
     
     
         6 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the synthesis unit synthesizes the recognition result of the current object and the other recognition result of the current object after at least one recognition result of the recognition result of the current object and the other recognition result of the current object is adjusted to be in a synthesizable state. 
     
     
         7 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the recognition processing unit includes a recognition unit which performs, on the basis of other recognition result of the current object included in the captured images outputted from an imaging unit of other series, recognition processing on the captured images outputted from an imaging unit of a same series. 
     
     
         8 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the recognition processing unit further includes a saving unit which saves the recognition result of the current object by the recognition unit, and
 the synthesis unit synthesizes the recognition result of the current object being saved in the saving unit and the other recognition result of the current object at a predetermined timing.   
     
     
         9 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the recognition processing unit further includes a setting unit which sets delay information for a time required for recognition processing on the captured images outputted from the imaging unit of the other series, and
 the recognition unit performs, on the basis of the delay information set by the setting unit, the recognition processing on the captured images outputted from the imaging unit of the same series.   
     
     
         10 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the captured images are outputted from a plurality of imaging units. 
     
     
         11 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the captured images are outputted from one imaging unit. 
     
     
         12 . An image processing method of an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
 a step of performing recognition processing on a current object on the basis of recognition results of the current object obtained from a plurality of captured images with different output information regarding imaging, by the image processing apparatus.   
     
     
         13 . A program, which causes a computer to function as a recognition processing unit which performs recognition processing on a current object on the basis of recognition results of the current object obtained from a plurality of captured images with different output information regarding imaging.