Patent ID: 9105105
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An imaging device that outputs signals relating to an image-captured imaging object, comprising: an imaging unit that generates electrical signals relating to the imaging object whose image is captured; a signal processing unit that processes electrical signals generated in the imaging unit, and generates video signals including luminance information and color information; a histogram unit that generates histograms based on luminance information contained in the video signal generated by the signal processing unit; a white balance detector unit that detects deviation in the white balance of the video signal based on color information contained in the video signal generated by the signal processing unit; a white balance processor unit supplied with a video signal generated by the signal processing unit, and that corrects the white balance of the video signal based on the deviation in white balance detected by the white balance detector unit; an image output unit that outputs the video signal whose white balance is corrected by the white balance processor unit; and a control unit that controls the operation of the structural elements of the imaging device, wherein the control unit controls the imaging unit and the white balance processor unit based on the histogram generated by the histogram unit and the deviation in the white balance detected by the white balance detector unit.