Patent ID: 8160310
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for processing an image signal of an image obtained by capturing, the image processing apparatus comprising: a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance correction value by detecting white pixels from the image; a face detection unit configured to detect a face area from the image; a determination unit configured to determine, after white balance correction based on the first white balance correction value is executed on an image signal of the face area detected by the face detection unit, whether the corrected image signal of the face area is present in a second color signal area around a first color signal area indicating a flesh color; and a second calculation unit configured to calculate, when the determination unit determines that the corrected image signal of the face area is present in the second color signal area, a second white balance correction value for correcting the image signal based on a relationship between the corrected image signal of the face area and the first color signal area.