Patent ID: 7822336

Claim:
An image capture device comprising: an image capture unit which captures an object and outputs image data; a shutter button which is half pressable, fully pressable, and pressable at one stroke; a first determining unit which determines whether the shutter button is half pressed; a second determining unit which determines whether the shutter button is pressed at one stroke; a first capture control unit which executes a first capture process for recording the image data when the first determining unit determines that the shutter button is half pressed; a stop control unit which stops the first capture process when the second determining unit determines that the shutter button is pressed at one stroke; and a second capture control unit which executes a second capture process which differs from the first capture process after the first capture process is stopped by the stop control unit; and a white balance value setting unit which executes an automatic white balance process for setting an appropriate white balance value; wherein the first capture control unit comprises a first automatic white balance controller for causing the white balance value setting unit to execute a first automatic white balance process as the first capture process when the first determining unit determines that the shutter button is half pressed; wherein the stop control unit comprises an automatic white balance stop controller for causing the white balance value setting unit to stop the first automatic white balance process when the second determining unit determines that the shutter button is pressed at one stroke; and wherein the second capture control unit comprises a second automatic white balance controller for causing the white balance value setting unit to execute a second automatic white balance process which is simpler than the first automatic white balance process as the second capture process when the first automatic white balance process is stopped by the stop control unit.