Patent ID: 7944500

Claim:
A backlight status detecting system for detecting backlight status, comprising: an extracting unit extracts a first background area, which is an area corresponding to a second background area, from a first image, an image acquisition section for acquiring the first image, which includes a first subject area indicating a subject and the first background area indicating a background of the subject, and acquiring a second image, which is an image of the same scene as that of the first image with different lighting condition from that of the first image, and which includes a second subject area corresponding to the first subject area and the second background area corresponding to the first background area; and a backlight status judging section for judging a backlight status when a brightness of the first subject area is lower than that of the first background area by a first predetermined value, a brightness of the second subject area is higher than that of the first subject area by a second predetermined value, wherein the backlight status detecting system is included in an image processing apparatus.