Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus that performs image processing on a photographic image according to a result of a comparison of the photographic image with a reference image, the image processing apparatus comprising:

• a first image storage unit operable to store the photographic image generated by photography;
• an instruction storage unit operable to store a processing instruction that instructs image processing;
• a second image storage unit operable to store the reference image, which has been generated in advance;
• a judgment unit operable to judge whether or not a portion corresponding to the reference image exists in the photographic image;
• an execution unit operable to, according to a result of the judgment performed by the judgment unit, perform the image processing on the photographic image in accordance with the processing instruction;
• a location obtaining unit operable to obtain a present location at which the image processing apparatus is located;
• and
• a range judgment unit operable to judge whether or not the obtained present location is outside a predetermined range,
• wherein, when the range judgment unit judges that the present location is outside the predetermined range, the judgment unit performs the judgment of whether or not the portion corresponding to the reference image exists in the photographic image.