According to a region dividing device, a region dividing member generates
a plurality of primary region groups, each of which includes a plurality
of primary regions. Each of the plurality of primary regions is
characterized by each measured value of feature values. A basic region
group generating member generates a single basic region group that
includes a plurality of basic regions produced by dividing the target
image. Each basic region is characterized by each measured value of
feature values. Each measured value is obtained based on the measured
values of the plurality of primary regions of the plurality of primary
region groups. A region integrating member integrates similar adjacent
basic regions into a corresponding integrated region, based on a weighted
Euclidean distance between the similar adjacent basic regions.