Patent Document ID: 8718336
Application ID: 12058313
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image correction apparatus comprising: an irradiating section that irradiates, to a subject, light of a predetermined polarization direction; an image capturing section that captures a first image of the subject under a first image capturing condition and a second image of the subject under a second image capturing condition that is different from the first image capturing condition, wherein said image capturing section comprises: a polarizer that transmits the light of said predetermined polarization direction, and a light receiving element that: captures the first image under the first image capturing condition, by receiving light from the subject via the polarizer which transmits light of said predetermined polarization direction, and captures the second image under the second image capturing condition, by receiving light from the subject without using the polarizer; a partial region specifying section that specifies, within the first image, a partial region of the subject's skin that satisfies a predetermined condition; a corresponding region specifying section that specifies, within the second image, a corresponding region that corresponds to the partial region of the subject's skin in the first image; and an image correction section that corrects the second image captured by the image capturing section by performing predetermined image processing to the corresponding region specified in the second image.