Patent ID: 8059183
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sensing apparatus comprising: a viewfinder display unit configured to display a subject in a field, when the subject is captured for temporary display; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a plurality of distances of the subject corresponding to a plurality of locations in the field of the viewfinder display unit: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a size of the subject in the field; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the subject can be captured as a chart having a plurality of color patches which enable to generate a color profile, based on a maximum difference calculated from the plurality of distances measured by the distance measurement unit and the size of the subject obtained by the obtaining unit; an image sensing unit configured to capture the subject as the chart in a memory when the determining unit has determined that the subject can be captured as the chart; and a notification unit configured to provide a message indicating that the subject cannot be captured as the chart when the determining unit has determined that the subject cannot be captured as the chart.