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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Eiichiro Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Eiichiro Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus that senses objects and processes image signals obtained from such image sensing includes a white balance correction means that performs white balance correction of the image signals using white balance correction values calculated based on a face area and on other areas contained in the image signals, and a CPU that changes the proportion of image signals of the face area used in calculating the white balance correction values when calculating the white balance correction values based on the image signals.