Patent ID: 6545710
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image pick-up apparatus comprising:an image sensing section which photoelectrically converts light from an object into an electrical output having a logarithmic function in relation to an amount of the light to produce image data regarding a light image of the object, the image data forming a plurality of image pixels corresponding to different areas of a photographic scene; a detecting section which detects a color temperature of a light source in connection with the object based on image data from the image sensing section; and a correcting section which generates a first white balance adjustment data based only on image data regarding a portion of the light image having a high-magnitude luminance and a second white balance adjustment data based only on image data regarding a portion other than the high-magnitude luminance portion, and corrects image data from the image sensing section based on said first and second white balance adjustment data.