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Abstract

The first processor is configured to acquire captured images that have been captured by plural vehicles and that each of the captured images satisfies plural predetermined conditions including an image capture freshness condition, an image capture condition, and a moving body condition relating to a moving body in the captured image, and also acquire vehicle information including position information corresponding to the respective captured images, and to detect the moving body present in one of the captured images. Then, based on the captured images and the vehicle information, the first processor is configured to, from other of the acquired captured images corresponding to an image capture position of the one captured image in which the moving body has been detected, select another of the captured images having a predetermined similarity level or higher to the one captured image, and to remove the detected moving body from the one captured image, extract an image corresponding to a removed region from the selected other captured image, and merge these images.

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First Claim