Patent ID: 7372989

Claim:
A color shift reducing apparatus comprising: a color shift area detecting unit for detecting an area with color shift in a first image on the basis of a first image signal indicating the first image and a second image signal indicating a second image, the first and second images being obtained by imaging a subject through a field-sequential imaging device; a color component signal estimating unit for estimating a color component signal on the basis of the other color component signals included in an area of the first image signal, the area excluding the color shift area detected through the color shift area detecting unit, the other color component signals being first and second color component signals, the color component signal being a third color component signal; and a color shift reducing unit for forming a color shift reduced image on the basis of the first image signal and image signals based on the first and second color component signals and the third color component signal which is obtained through the color component signal estimating unit.