Patent ID: 7705906
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sensing apparatus, comprising: an image sensing device configured to sense an object and generate photographed image data of the object; a correction data creation unit configured to create correction data for correcting the photographed image data of the object based on image data for foreign substance detection, wherein the image data for foreign substance detection is generated based on photographed image data generated by the image sensing device in a case that the image sensing device senses a predetermined image; a foreign substance removal unit configured to remove a foreign substance affixed to an optical member disposed in an image sensing light path in front of the image sensing device; and a control unit configured to associate the photographed image data generated by the image sensing device with the correction data created by the correction data creation unit, wherein in a case that the image sensing device senses an object and generates photographed image data of the object after the foreign substance removal unit performs a foreign substance removal operation, the control unit inhibits to associate the photographed image data of the object with the correction data that has been created before the foreign substance removal operation.