Patent Document ID: 20030043286
Application ID: 10230418
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: at least one solid state image pickup device for converting an incident light into a video signal, said solid state image pickup device constructed by a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements including a defect pixel relating to a white defect which generates a white defect signal; a video signal processing unit coupled to said solid state image pickup device, for processing said video signal; a white defect detection unit coupled to said solid state image pickup device, for detecting said white defect and generating position information of said defect pixel; and a white defect correction unit coupled with said white defect detection unit, through which said video signal supplied to said video signal processing unit, for adaptively correcting said white defect signal, said white defect correction unit comprising; an image pattern detection unit for detecting an image pattern in a predetermined pixel region including said defect pixel; and an interpolation signal generation unit for generating an interpolation signal based on said image pattern and substituting said white defect signal to said interpolation signal.