Patent ID: 7602426
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera, which includes a solid state imaging device having a plurality of pixels for photoelectrically converting a subject image to obtain image data of said subject image, comprising: a rewritable nonvolatile memory for storing defect pixel information about defect pixels; a compensation processing section which applies defect pixel compensating process to said image data based on said defect pixel information stored in said nonvolatile memory; a communicating section for transmitting uncompensated image data to a server through an internet and for receiving new defect pixel information from said server, said uncompensated image data being image data to which said defect pixel compensating process is not applied, and said new defect pixel information being obtained by analysis of said uncompensated image data performed by said server; and a defect pixel information recording section which updates said nonvolatile memory with said new defect pixel information.