Stereo matching processing apparatus, stereo matching processing method and computer-readable recording medium

摘要

To improve stereo matching speed and accuracy. An image data input unit 10 acquires image data of plural images of a predetermined region captured from plural different positions. A reference disparity setting unit 12 sets a reference disparity suitable for the plural images. The search range setting unit 13 sets a predetermined range smaller than the image range as a search range for stereo matching, by referring to points in the images between which the reference disparity set by the reference disparity setting unit 12 is provided. A stereo matching unit 11 searches out, for an arbitrary point in one of the plural images, a point in the other image that matches the arbitrary point, from the search range set by the search range setting unit 13, by referring to a point in the other image that provides the reference disparity set by the reference disparity setting unit 12.