Patent ID: 9398281
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a dimming device configured to adjust light quantity of incident image pickup light; an image pickup device configured to obtain an image pickup signal based on image pickup light emitted from the dimming device; and one or more circuits configured to perform color correction on the image pickup signal that is obtained by the image pickup device, based on information relating to light quantity of the image pickup light emitted from the dimming device, wherein the one or more circuits: perform the color correction to allow a color balance value of the image pickup signal to be substantially constant independent of the light quantity of the image pickup light emitted from the dimming device, indirectly use the information relating to the light quantity to perform the color correction, and use drive voltage information indicating a drive voltage to the dimming device, to perform the color correction, the drive voltage information being determined based on the information relating to the light quantity.