Patent ID: 7199822

Claim:
A dynamic white balance control circuit comprising: a color component detecting means having a video signal input, a detection level set value input, and a color component detected result output, the color component detecting means comparing a specified one of differential values among amplitude levels of red, green, and blue input video signals with a previously set value to produce a color component detection result indicating i) a black and white image region when the image region is a black and white image region and indicating ii) a colored image region when the image region is a colored image region; a selecting means having a first white balance setting value input, a second white balance setting value input, an input corresponding to the color component detected result output, and a white balance setting value output, the selecting means to select, based on the produced color component detection result, a white balance setting value designating a first color temperature according to the color component detection result indicating the black and white image region and designating a second color temperature according to the color component detection result indicating the colored image region and to output the selected white balance setting value; and a white balance control means with an input corresponding to the white balance setting value output and to the video signal input, the white balance control means to calibrate a white balance of the input video signal according to the selected white balance setting value and to produce a video signal output, wherein the color component detecting means detects each of the differential values among the signal amplitude levels of the red, green and blue colors contained in the input video signal and judges whether the signal amplitude level of each of the red, green, and blue colors is within a range at an equal level or at a different level, depending on whether a difference between i) a maximum value from among obtained differential levels and ii) a detection level set value sensed at the detection level set value input is smaller or larger than a set value, and then outputs the color component detected result indicating i) the black and white image region or ii) the colored image region depending on a result from the judgment.