Solid-state image pickup device

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To prevent distortion from being generated in an image, by replacing the image element information of a defective image element and a low- sensitivity image element with normal image element information adjacent in a direction of an oscillation scanning after scanning. CONSTITUTION:Light transmission boards 301 and 302 oscillate and scan a visual field 21 in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction by the n-image element of a solid-state image pickup element 20, and allow one and the same part of the visual field 21 to make incident on the adjacent and different image elements of the solid-state image pickup element 20. The image element information before the scanning and image element information after the scanning of the light transmission boards 301 and 302 are written through an amplifier 23 and an A/D converter 24 to a memory in a signal processor 31. The image element information due to the defective image element and the low-sensitivity image element is replaced with the normal information of the normal image elements adjacent in the direction of oscillation scanning based on the address of the memory corresponding to the defective image element and the low- sensitivity image element, and it is outputted to a monitor 26.

Inventors

• 👤 Yukihiro Yoshida
• 👤 Kenji Kurimoto
• 👤 Isao Tofuku
• 👤 Hiroyuki Ishizaki

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