Patent ID: 7499083

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: light-emitting means for irradiating an object with light; input means for inputting flashing information of said light-emitting means; image sensing means, comprising a plurality of color filters with different spectral characteristics, for converting light from the object to obtain image sensing data; first white balance control data generation means for generating first white balance control data on the basis of first image sensing data obtained by image-sensing a first object by said image sensing means using said light-emitting means; second white balance control data generation means for generating second white balance control data obtained by correcting the first white balance control data, on the basis of a difference between a white balance gain corresponding to first flashing information of said light-emitting means when the first object is image-sensed and a white balance gain corresponding to second flashing information of said light-emitting means when a second object is to be photographed, the first flashing information and second flashing information being input from said input means; and white balance adjustment means for adjusting white balance of image sensing data obtained by image-sensing the second object, on the basis of the second white balance control data.