Patent ID: 8963910
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G02B,G09G,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A pixel information management apparatus that stores information on a defective pixel of imaging pixels and information on an evaluation pixel, among pixels included in an image sensor, the apparatus storing, for each defective pixel of the imaging pixels and each evaluation pixel, pixel information that has, as respectively different regions: an ID region that contains information indicating whether the pixel is a defective pixel of the imaging pixels or an evaluation pixel; an operand region that contains information that depends on whether the pixel is a defective pixel of the imaging pixels or an evaluation pixel; and a position information region that contains information for specifying a position of the pixel, wherein the position information region stores a relative distance from another defective pixel of the imaging pixels or another evaluation pixel, as the information for specifying the pixel position.