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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Hiroki Shirado, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamoto Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Yabuuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device having plural photoelectric conversion pixels includes an imaging unit, a position identifying unit, an interpolation determining unit, and an interpolation processing unit. The imaging unit generates image data for each of plural colors based on light received in the photoelectric conversion pixels. The position identifying unit detects in the photoelectric conversion pixels a defective pixel outputting an electrical signal at an abnormal level, and stores position information of the defective pixel. The interpolation deter mining unit determines, based on respective pixel values of peripheral pixels peripheral to the defective pixel, whether to perform an interpolation process on the defective pixel. The interpolation processing unit performs the interpolation process on the defective pixel when the interpolation determining unit determines to perform the interpolation process on the defective pixel. The interpolation process approximates the electrical signal of the defective pixel to an electrical signal at a normal level.