| CPC G06V 10/764 (2022.01) [G06V 10/762 (2022.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions, and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
classify three-dimensional point group data acquired based on a reflected light from a structure to be inspected illuminated by light into clusters, which are units of a shape that corresponds to the structure, based on positional information at each point of the data;
determine whether a first cluster and a second cluster included in the classified clusters correspond to one structure based on a positional relation between the classified clusters;
generate a first projection cluster obtained by projecting the first cluster onto a predetermined first plane and a second projection cluster obtained by projecting the second cluster onto the first plane, the first plane being vertical to a line that connects the center of gravity of the first cluster to the center of gravity of the second cluster; and
take into account a result of a determination regarding whether the first projection cluster matches the second projection cluster in the association between the first cluster and the second cluster.
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