Patent ID: 7623161
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a light emitting device; a light emission detecting device that detects whether light has been emitted from said light emitting device; a white balance adjusting device that carries out a white balance adjustment of shot image data using a white balance correction value; wherein said white balance adjusting device applies a first correction value calculated based on the shot image data as the white balance correction value when said light emission detecting device detects that no light has been emitted from said light emitting device, and applies a second correction value for shooting with light emission as the white balance correction value when said light emission detecting device detects that light has been emitted from said light emitting device, and wherein the second correction value is a value obtained by weighting the first correction value and a fourth correction value different from the first correction value for shooting with light emission stored in a memory; and a white balance photography detecting device that detects whether a bounce flash photography has been carried out, when said light emission detecting device detects that light has been emitted from said light emitting device, wherein said white balance adjusting device applies a third correction value different from the second correction value as the white balance correction value, when said white balance photography detecting device detects that the bounce flash photography has been carried out, wherein the third correction value is a value obtained by weighting the first correction value and the fourth correction for shooting with light emission value at a first predetermined ratio.