Patent ID: 8639030
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an estimation unit configured to estimate a color temperature of a capturing light environment of an image based on a highlight color of the image; a first color conversion unit configured to perform first color conversion for the image based on the color temperature estimated by the estimation unit; and a second color conversion unit configured to perform second color conversion for the image having undergone the first color conversion by said first color conversion unit, by using a degree of chromatic adaptation determined based on the color temperature of the capturing light environment estimated by the estimation unit, wherein the degree of chromatic adaptation is decreased as a difference between the color temperature of the capturing light environment and a predefined color temperature increases, and wherein a decrease of the degree of chromatic adaptation according to the difference between the color temperature under the capturing light environment and the predefined color temperature is lower in a case where the color temperature under the capturing light environment is greater than or equal to the predefined color temperature than in a case where the color temperature under the capturing light environment is less than the predefined color temperature.