Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, storage medium, and program

An image pickup apparatus which stores an image picked up by an image pickup device in a removable memory, comprising:

• a device which generates a plurality of pieces of control information about white balance control to the image;
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• a storing device which stores in said removable memory the image and the plurality of pieces of control information which are generated by said device in correspondence with the image.

An image processing method of storing a pickup image in a removable memory, comprising:

• the generation step of generating a plurality of pieces of control information about white balance control to the pickup image;
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• the storing step of storing in the memory removable from an apparatus or a system the pickup image and the plurality of pieces of control information obtained in the generation step.

An image processing method of reading out a pickup image from a memory removable from an apparatus or a system and reproducing the pickup image, comprising:

• the control step of selecting arbitrary control information on the basis of a plurality of pieces of control information added to the pickup image, and performing white balance control to the pickup image.

An image reproducing apparatus which reproduces an image stored in a removable memory, comprising:

• a reading device adapted to read out a white balance control value corrected on the basis of the image stored in said removable memory, an image picked up by an image pickup apparatus with a light source having a predetermined color temperature, and an image picked up by a reference image pickup apparatus with a light source having the same color temperature as the predetermined color temperature;
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• a reproducing device adapted to reproduce a readout image on the basis of the corrected white balance control value read out by said reading device.

An image processing method of storing an image picked up by an image pickup device in a removable memory, comprising:

• correcting a white balance control value stored in a built-in memory, on the basis of an image picked up by an image pickup apparatus with a light source having a predetermined color temperature and an image picked up by a reference image pickup apparatus with a light source having the same color temperature as the predetermined color temperature;
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• storing in said removable memory the corrected white balance control value together with the image picked up by said image pickup device.

An image reproducing method of reproducing an image stored in a removable memory, comprising the steps of:

• reading out a white balance control value corrected on the basis of the image stored in said removable memory, an image picked up by an image pickup apparatus with a light source having a predetermined color temperature, and an image picked up by a reference image pickup apparatus with a light source having the same color temperature as the predetermined color temperature;
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• reproducing a readout image on the basis of the corrected white balance control value read out from said removable memory.

A storage medium which stores an image processing program of storing an image picked up by an image pickup device in a removable memory, storing an operation processing program of:

• adapting a correcting device to correct a white balance control value stored in a built-in memory on the basis of an image picked up by an image pickup apparatus with a light source having a predetermined color temperature and an image picked up by a reference image pickup apparatus with a light source having the same color temperature as the predetermined color temperature;
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• storing in said removable memory the corrected white balance control value together with the image picked up by said image pickup device.

A storage medium which stores an image reproducing program of reproducing an image stored in a removable memory, storing an operation processing program of:

• reading out a white balance control value corrected on the basis of the image stored in said removable memory, an image picked up by an image pickup apparatus with a light source having a predetermined color temperature, and an image picked up by a reference image pickup apparatus with a light source having the same color temperature as the predetermined color temperature;
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• reproducing a readout image on the basis of the corrected white balance control value read out from said removable memory.