Patent ID: 7733383
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an object and output image data; a light emitting unit comprising light emitting elements configured to respectively emit lights of different colors; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a color property of a light source irradiating the object; a first calculation unit configured to calculate an appropriate exposure value based on a brightness component of the image data output from the image capture unit; a second calculation unit configured to calculate a combined light quantity to be emitted by the light emitting elements based on the appropriate exposure value calculated by the first calculation unit; a first emission controller configured to control the light emitting unit based on the combined light quantity calculated by the second calculation unit and such that a color of the lights of different colors emitted by the light emitting elements matches the color property of the light source obtained by the obtaining unit; a white balance unit configured to perform a white balance adjustment such that a white balance of the image data output from the image capture unit is adjusted based on the color property of the light source obtained by the obtaining unit; and a control unit configured to: