Patent ID: 7859589

Claim:
An imaging apparatus for capturing an image using a solid-state imaging device, the imaging apparatus comprising: signal correcting means for correcting an image signal obtained by capturing the image on a color component basis, the signal correcting means further comprising: linear-matrix computation means for performing matrix conversion on color components of an input image signal, and white-balance adjusting means for adjusting the white balance of an output signal of the linear-matrix computation means; luminance detecting means for: detecting luminance information comprising first luminance information and second luminance information from image signals, the first luminance information detected prior to the signal correcting means and the second luminance information detected at least in part subsequent to the signal correcting means, and detecting the luminance information from an input signal of the linear-matrix computation means, an input signal of the white-balance adjusting means, and an output signal of the white-balance adjusting means; and exposure controlling means for controlling an exposure adjustment mechanism on the basis of the luminance information detected by the luminance detecting means, wherein the exposure controlling means determines a control amount by which the exposure adjustment mechanism is to be controlled according to the first luminance information, and then corrects the control amount according to the second luminance information.