1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit that captures image information picked up by an imaging element; a processing region setting unit that sets a plurality of processing regions for the image information; a processing sequence/frequency determination unit that determines at least any one of a sequence, a frequency, and a timing of capturing the respective image information in the plurality of set processing regions, and at least any one of a sequence, a frequency, and a timing of processing the respective image information; and an image processing unit that captures the image information for each of the processing regions according to the sequence, the frequency, or the timing determined by the processing sequence/frequency determination unit, and processes the captured image information according to the sequence, the frequency, or the timing determined by the processing sequence/frequency determination unit.