Patent ID: 11889202
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An image processing method comprising:
detecting a specific area from a captured image;
determining, in a first determination based on a color included in the detected specific area, a light source color including a characteristic color by using a learning unit trained in advance by machine learning;
calculating a first white balance correction value corresponding to the light source color determined in the first determination;
determining, in a second determination, the light source color based on a color of an area including an area other than the specific area;
calculating a second white balance correction value corresponding to the light source color determined in the second determination; and
calculating a third white balance correction value based on the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value.