Patent ID: 8160321
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging unit which has a sensor in which a plurality of pixels including a defective pixel are arrayed in a matrix, and senses an image; a storage unit which stores position information of the defective pixel; a first image reduction unit which reduces the image by adding or averaging pieces of pixel information of a plurality of pixels adjacent in a row direction in the sensor including pixel information of the defective pixel based on the position information, and adding or averaging pieces of pixel information of a plurality of pixels adjacent in a column direction excluding pixel information of the defective pixel based on the position information; a second image reduction unit which reduces the image by adding or averaging pieces of pixel information of a plurality of pixels adjacent in the column direction in the sensor including pixel information of the defective pixel based on the position information, and adding or averaging pieces of pixel information of a plurality of pixels adjacent in the row direction excluding pixel information of the defective pixel based on the position information; and a selection unit which selects the first image reduction unit or the second image reduction unit when reducing the image.