Image processing device and image processing method

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring an image that includes a marker that includes a plurality of first color regions and a plurality of second color regions, of which a color is different from a color of the first color regions, the plurality of first color regions being opposed to each other and the plurality of second color regions being opposed to each other;
• extracting the first color regions or the second color regions from the image;
• reducing, by a computer processor, the first color regions or the second color regions until a first degree of similarity between a shape of the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions being extracted, and a predetermined elliptical shape satisfies a predetermined first threshold value;
• calculating a second degree of similarity between the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions satisfying the first threshold value, and a predetermined butterfly shape;
• and
• recognizing the first color regions or the second color regions of which the second degree of similarity does not satisfy a predetermined second threshold value, as the first color regions or the second color regions that constitute the marker,
• wherein a principal axis of inertia of the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions satisfying the first threshold value, is calculated and a projection histogram with respect to the principal axis of inertia is generated so as to calculate a degree of similarity between the projection histogram and a predetermined bimodal shape, as the second degree of similarity, in the calculating.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

• acquiring an image that includes a marker that includes a plurality of first color regions and a plurality of second color regions, of which a color is different from a color of the first color regions, the plurality of first color regions being opposed to each other and the plurality of second color regions being opposed to each other;
• extracting the first color regions or the second color regions from the image;
• reducing the first color regions or the second color regions until a first degree of similarity between a shape of the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions being extracted, and a predetermined elliptical shape satisfies a predetermined first threshold value;
• calculating a second degree of similarity between the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions satisfying the first threshold value, and a predetermined butterfly shape;
• and
• recognizing the first color regions or the second color regions of which the second degree of similarity does not satisfy a predetermined second threshold value, as the first color regions or the second color regions that constitute the marker,
• wherein a principal axis of inertia of the first color regions or the second color regions, the first color regions or the second color regions satisfying the first threshold value, is calculated and a projection histogram with respect to the principal axis of inertia is generated so as to calculate a degree of similarity between the projection histogram and a predetermined bimodal shape, as the second degree of similarity, in the calculating.