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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Silicon Optronics, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Hung Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
SILICON OPTRONICS, INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An image capture device with a reduced number of line buffers. Based on an nline of image data provided from an image sensor array and buffered data in the line buffers, a logic circuit determines defective candidates in an nline of image data. When the (n+p)line of image data is provided from the image sensor array, the logic circuit reexamines the defective candidates in the nline of image data, for defective-pixel compensation, based on the (n+p)line of image data and the buffered data in the plurality of line buffers. The buffered data in the line buffers contains the (n−p)to (n−1)lines of image data while the nline of image data is provided from the image sensor array, and contains the nto (n+p−1)lines of image data while the (n+p)line of image data is provided from the image sensor array.