Patent ID: 9402063
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup device; an acquisition unit configured to divide an image obtained by image pickup performed by said image pickup device into a plurality of areas, and acquire a color evaluation value from each area; an infrared light sensor configured to detect infrared light from each of areas of an object defined in association with the areas of the image; a calculation unit configured to calculate a white balance correction value using a plurality of color evaluation values acquired from the image; and a processing unit configured to perform white balance correction processing on the image using a mixed white balance correction value calculated by said calculation unit, wherein said calculation unit includes: a first white balance correction value calculation section configured to calculate a first white balance correction value, using, out of the plurality of color evaluation values, color evaluation values which are included in a white detection range set in a color space, a second white balance correction value calculation section configured to calculate a second white balance correction value, using, out of the plurality of color evaluation values, color evaluation values which are acquired from areas each having an infrared light amount larger than a predetermined amount, and are included in a detection range of a predetermined color other than white, set in the color space, and a mixed white balance correction value calculation section configured to calculate a mixed white balance correction value by mixing the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value.