Patent ID: 7714902

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit; an infrared ray sensor for receiving an infrared ray; a function control unit which determines whether the infrared ray received by the infrared ray sensor corresponds to a command of an infrared ray code signal sent from a remote control unit, and which executes a preset action based on the command of the infrared ray code signal when the received infrared ray is determined to correspond to the command of the infrared ray code signal sent from the remote control unit; and a white balance control unit which, when the infrared ray received by the infrared ray sensor is determined not to correspond to the command of the infrared ray code signal sent from the remote control unit, judges a type of a light source in surroundings for photography based on the received infrared ray, and which controls white balance of an image photographed by the image pick-up unit based on the judged type of the light source.