Patent ID: RE39410

Claim:
A white balance adjusting device for use in a camera having at least a single photographic mode in which, when a shutter release operation is performed, an image of a field is picked up by a single frame and a video signal representing the still image thereof is formed and a sequential photographic mode in which, while said shutter release operation is being performed, the images of said field are picked up sequentially for every predetermined period of time and video signals respectively representing the still images thereof are formed, said white balance adjusting device comprising: single/sequential photographic mode setting mode setting means for setting said single photographic mode and said sequential photographic mode; operation means for performing said shutter release operation; color temperature detecting means for detecting a color temperature of said field and outputting a color temperature signal representing said color temperature; and control means for adjusting a white balance of said video signal in response to color temperature data that is obtained from said color temperature signal, said control means receiving a set output from said single/sequential photographic mode setting means and an output signal from said operation means and prohibiting said color temperature data that is used for adjusting said white balance from being updated when a sequential photographic operation is being performed.