Solid state image device and defective pixel recording method thereof

Abstract

The present invention makes it possible to easily and additionally write positional information of the defective pixel which is difficult to deal with using an automated writing mode, and that, without using any special writing jig in the case where a new defective pixel is occurred in a solid state image element. Concretely, a solid state image device in which solid state image means of N lines in the vertical direction and M pixels in the horizontal direction is arranged in a matrix comprises display means for displaying a position of a defective pixel occurred at a solid state image means, position selection means manually operated so as to select the position of the defective pixel on the screen of this display means and memory means for memorizing positional information Dof the defective pixel selected by this position selection means. Therefore, if a new defective pixel is occurred in a solid state image meansafter shipping the product, positional information which is difficult to deal with using the automated writing mode can be easily and additionally written, for example, in the service section without using any special writing jig.