Patent ID: 7212234

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a photodetector adapted to translate incident light of an image to a representative electronic signal; a white balance control configured to control the white balance of the representative electronic signal in accordance with a white balance gain value; a selector interface operably linked to the white balance control, the selector interface selecting among a plurality of default preset values to select the white balance gain value in accordance with an imaging application; a preset interface configured to set each one of the plurality of default preset values of the white balance gain value; an adjustment interface configured to manually adjust the selected white balance gain value; and a display configured to display information of the selected one of the plurality of default preset values of the white balance gain value, wherein a variable range of the selected white balance gain value is provided, the variable range including an indication of the default preset value, wherein the display is a touchscreen, the touchscreen is configured to display a set value mark which is manually oriented by a user dragging the set value mark to a desirable location, the location of the set mark determining an amount of R-level and B-level used to adjust white balance gain.