A method for finding and correcting single-pixel noise defects in a
two-dimensional camera pixel field assigns to such pixel defect an
interpolation multi-pixel environment of the same color as the pixel to
be corrected for therefrom deriving an interpolated substitute pixel
value.In particular, the method executes the following steps: assigns a
multi pixel checking environment of the same color to a possibly defect
pixel and checks the possibly defect pixel to the checking environment
for finding a correct or an incorrect pixel assigns to an incorrect pixel
a plurality of predictive multi-pixel environments each oriented in a
respective different orientation with respect to the incorrect pixel for
therefrom deriving respective viability characterizations for
interpolation in the associated orientation finds the highest viability
characterization and thereby selects an appropriate multi-pixel
interpolation environment of the same color for actually interpolating a
substitute pixel value.