Patent ID: 7796169

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an imaging device comprising a plurality of pixels for outputting image data comprising signals output from the plurality of pixels; an image recording device for recording image data output from the imaging device; a defective information storing device for storing first defective pixel address information including information of an address for a first defective pixel, and second defective pixel address information including information of an address for a second defective pixel, wherein the first defective pixel does not have another adjacent defective pixel but the second defective pixel has another adjacent defective pixel; a first correction processing device for correcting a first defective pixel included in the image data based on the first defective pixel address information which is stored in the defective information storing device before recording the image data in the image recording device; and a second correction processing device for correcting a second defective pixel included in the image data corrected by the first correction processing device based on the second defective pixel address information which is stored in the defective information storing device before recording the image data in the image recording device.