Patent ID: 7454056

Claim:
An image processing device for executing color balance correction on image data of a photographed image, said image processing device comprising: an image data acquisition module that acquires said image data; a specific subject area determination module that determines a specific subject area in said photographed image, wherein said specific subject area contains a specific subject in said photographed image; a specific subject characteristic value calculation module that calculates a specific subject characteristic value, wherein said specific subject characteristic value represents a characteristic of image data corresponding to said determined specific subject area, wherein said specific subject characteristic value calculation is executed using weighted distribution, and wherein said weighted distribution is set so as to be a weight in a center area of said specific subject area larger than a weight in an area outside said center area; a correction value calculation module that calculates a correction value for color balance correction using said calculated specific subject characteristic value and a preset characteristic target value; and a correction execution module that executes said color balance correction on said image data using said calculated correction value.