Patent ID: 8040410
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus equipped with a gamma compensator for performing gamma compensation for the imaged picture, comprising an imaging means for inputting picture data corresponding to a person as a photogenic subject; a face detecting means for detecting a facial field from the inputted picture data; a photometric means for exposure metering value of the facial field detected by the face detecting means; an exposure controlling means for calculating a target exposure amount on the basis of the exposure metering value of the facial field performed by the photometric means and for calculating an exposure control value on the basis of the calculated target exposure amount; and a gamma compensation controlling means for determining a luminance scale characteristic in accordance with the calculated target exposure amount, wherein the gamma compensator performs gamma compensation for the inputted picture by using the luminance scale characteristic determined by the gamma compensation controlling means.