Patent ID: 8040406
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing images from an imaging device by correcting defective pixels in an image acquired with said imaging device, comprising: a position information acquiring step in which position information about continuous defective pixels is acquired from position information about said defective pixels on said imaging device; a first correcting step in which said defective pixels are corrected with at least one normal pixel adjacent at least one defective pixel based on the position information about said defective pixels; and a second correcting step in which said continuous defective pixels are corrected with a plurality of normal pixels adjacent at least one continuous defective pixel based on the position information about said continuous defective pixels; wherein said second correcting step relies upon a greater number of normal pixels than said first correcting step to correct said defective pixels in a higher precision than said first correcting step.