IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM

A stereo image capturing device captures a stereo image with a measurement target range in front of a vehicle as an angle of field, and a display device is disposed so as to cover at least part of the measurement target range as seen from the viewpoint position of a driver inside the vehicle. Then a distance measuring section measures the distances to another object in the measurement target range using the stereo image and identifies the object within a predetermined distance as an obstacle, and an image generating section generates a virtual mirror image that allows at least the vehicle and the obstacle to be seen using a reflection by a mirror in a case where the mirror is assumed to be virtually disposed above a location at which the obstacle is seen from the viewpoint position of the driver in the vehicle, and causes the display device to display the virtual mirror image. The present technology can be applied, for example, to in-vehicle image display systems.