Patent ID: 7636108
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device comprising: an imaging device; an instruction unit that instructs the selection of a given chromatic color area on a photography screen; a storage unit that stores a preset color detection range for a first person's skin color and an additional color detection range for a second person's skin color which is additionally set by a user's operation; a selection unit that selects one of the first and second persons' skin colors; a white balance processing unit that specifies a color detection range of a skin color on the basis of the selection result by said selection unit, and conducts white balance processing in accordance with a white balance coefficient that corresponds to a color temperature of a light source obtained on the basis of the specified color detection range and an output signal of the imaging device representing a parameter of the selected, given chromatic color area, and a user interface unit that allows a user to adjust the additional color detection range on a two dimensional color space that is represented by a red and a green direction.