Patent ID: 7602987

Claim:
A method for correcting one or more of defective pixels present in visible light image data, the one or more of pixels being determined as defective by using the visible light image data read from a photographic film based on a visible light and infrared light image data read from the film based on an infrared light, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining one or more of defective pixels based on a first criterion and creating a first defective pixel map; (b) correcting the one or more of defective pixels by luminance adjustment using the first defective pixel map; (c) determining one or more of defective pixels based on a second criterion which is more strict than said first criterion and creating a second defective pixel map; (d) correcting the one or more of defective pixels using the second defective pixel map; (e) generating and displaying an additional correction setting screen including a visible light image based on corrected visible light image data and an indicator indicative of a quasi-defective pixel area expanded from an area of the one of more defective pixels; (f) creating an additional correction target pixel map which specifies one or more of additional correction target pixels manually set through the additional correction setting screen within the quasi-defective pixel area; and (g) correcting the one or more of additional correction target pixels by interpolation.