Patent ID: 7932931

Claim:
A white balance correction apparatus, comprising: a dividing unit adapted to divide an image into a plurality of divided areas; a white evaluation unit adapted to determine whether image data within every divided area is indicative of a color white according to white detection regions in a color temperature range defined based on a position of each divided area in the image; and a white balance correction unit adapted to perform a white balance correction based upon image data determined to be indicative of the color white, wherein, in case where a divided area in the image is in a lower position, the white evaluation unit determines whether image data within the divided area in the lower position is indicative of the color white according to a first white detection region in a color temperature range, and in case where a divided area in the image is in an upper position, the white evaluation unit determines whether image data within the divided area in the upper position is indicative of the color white according to a second white detection region of which a limit value on a side of high color temperature is set to be higher than a limit value of the first white detection region.