Patent ID: 8198596
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An imaging system comprising: an imaging unit for producing an image within a given field of view; an image defect detector for detecting a defective area consisting of at least one defective pixel from a first image that is produced by the imaging unit without a subject in the given field of view; a deemed defective area forming unit for forming a deemed defective area having an enlarged size by adding at least one normal pixel as deemed to be defective adjacent to the at least one defective pixel of the first image corresponding to the defective area detected by the image defect detector to the at least one defective pixel corresponding to the defective area; and an image defect correcting unit for correcting a second image produced by the imaging unit with a subject located within the given view of field according to a deemed defective area formed by the deemed defective area forming unit.