OWN POSITION ERROR ESTIMATION DEVICE AND OWN POSITION ERROR ESTIMATION METHOD

A position error estimation device including an image acquisition part acquiring an image of surroundings of a mobile object captured by an imager on the mobile object; an environmental map data creation part creating environmental map data from the image; and an own position estimation part calculating a current own position of the mobile object from the image captured after the environmental map data is created. The own position estimation part includes: a first error calculator calculating a first error of the own position from an error related to a map point calculated when the environmental map data is created; a second error calculator calculating a second error of the own position from the image captured while the mobile object is moving from positions and postures of the imaging part; and a third error calculator calculating a third error of the own position including the first and second errors.