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A technology capable of estimating information on a position and a size of a pupil or an iris using an image obtained by photographing eyes of a subject even when a part of the pupil or the iris is hidden in the image is provided. An eye information estimate apparatus includes a profile determination information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an image obtained by photographing an eye of a subject, coordinates (x1, y0) and (x2, y0) of two points of a point P1 and a point P2 respectively corresponding to an outer edge of a pupil or an iris on a predetermined line included in the image and, in a case when a shape of the pupil or the iris is assumed to be an ellipse, slopes θ1 and θ2 of tangent lines of the ellipse at the point P1 and the point P2 respectively from the image, and an eye information calculation unit configured to calculate, R being set a length of a major axis of the ellipse, center coordinates (xc, yc) and an angle of rotation ψ of the ellipse representing a position of the pupil or the iris, and/or a length Rb of a minor axis of the ellipse representing a size of the pupil or the iris using the coordinates (x1, y0) and (x2, y0) of the point P1 and the point P2 respectively, the slopes θ1 and θ2 of the tangent lines of the ellipse at the point P1 and the point P2 respectively, and the length R of the major axis of the ellipse.

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