PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing device, an image processing method and a program that attain highly accurate image summarization processing by performing identity determination processing of a feature area, using deformation information obtained on the basis of at least an area other than the feature area in an image.SOLUTION: An image processing device includes: an image string acquisition unit 101 a deformation information calculation unit 104 that obtains deformation information among images a feature area detection unit 106 that performs detection processing of a feature area an identity determination unit 109 that performs identity determination processing of an i-th feature area and an (i+1)th feature area on the basis of deformation information between the i-th image and the (i+1)th image and a summarization processing unit 113 that performs image summarization processing. The deformation information calculation unit 104 obtains deformation information on the basis of an i-th deformation estimation object area including an area other than the i-th feature area out of the i-th image, and an (i+1)th deformation estimation object area including an area other than the (i+1)th feature area out of the (i+1)th image.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】 画像中の少なくとも特徴領域以外の領域に基づいて求めた変形情報を用いて、特徴領域の同一性判定処理を行うことで、精度の高い画像要約処理を実現する画像処理装置、画像処理方法及びプログラム等を提供すること。【解決手段】 画像処理装置は、画像列取得部101と、画像間の変形情報を求める変形情報算出部104と、特徴領域の検出処理を行う特徴領域検出部106と、第iの画像と第i+1の画像の間の変形情報とに基づいて、第iの特徴領域と第i+1の特徴領域との同一性判定処理を行う同一性判定部109と、画像要約処理を行う要約処理部113を含み、変形情報算出部104は、第iの画像のうち第iの特徴領域以外の領域を含む第iの変形推定対象領域と、第i+1の画像のうち第i+1の特徴領域以外の領域を含む第i+1の変形推定対象領域とに基づいて変形情報を求める。【選択図】 図1
