1. An article visual inspection apparatus comprising: an imaging device ( 1 ) for imaging a surface of an article; and an image processing device ( 3 ) that captures an image picked up by the imaging device ( 1 ), wherein the image processing device ( 3 ) has a plurality of image processing units ( 10 1 , 10 2 , 10 3 , 10 4 , 10 5 ), each of the image processing units compares a captured image with a judging reference value set for each image processing unit to evaluate the result, the image processing device ( 3 ) further includes a weighting unit ( 20 ), and the weighting unit performs a weighting of evaluations of the respective image processing units to thereby judge whether to accept or reject the article.