IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image taken by a first camera, an image taken by a second camera, and an image taken by a third camera, a combining unit configured to combine a blind spot image taken by the second camera with the image taken by the first camera on an area of a blind spot of the image taken by the first camera, a three-dimensional information obtaining unit configured to obtain three-dimensional information of a rear vehicle with stereo vision of the second camera and the third camera, and a storing unit configured to store vehicle shape information of the rear vehicle when an entirety of the rear vehicle is within a range of the stereo vision, and determines three-dimensional information corresponding to a portion of the rear vehicle using the three-dimensional information obtained by the three-dimensional information obtaining unit and the vehicle shape information stored by the storing unit when the portion of the rear vehicle is outside the range of the stereo vision, and combines images.