Image processing apparatus

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

detection means for detecting an improper image portion of image information;

correction means for correcting the improper image portion;

display means for displaying an image whose improper image portion has been corrected by the correction means; and

instruction means for instructing to re-correct the improper image portion using the image displayed on the display means,

wherein when the detection means detected a plurality of improper image portions, one or more improper image portions to be corrected are selected and the correction means only corrects the thus selected improper image portions.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means displays the image so that at least one of the improper image portion having been detected by the detection means and the improper image portion having been corrected by the correction means can be identified.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means displays the image whose improper image portion is to be corrected in contrast with the image whose improper image portion has been corrected.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction means comprises means for instructing at least one of a correcting condition of the improper image portion and a correcting method of the improper image portion when re-correction is performed.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the improper image portion is re-corrected according to the instructed correcting condition and correcting method.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said detection means detects an improper image portion in the image information by using infrared image data corresponding to the image information.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the correction means corrects the improper image portion of the image information by interpolating between the image information of a peripheral region of pixels adjacent to said improper image portion.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said detection means detects an improper image portion in the image information by evaluating the continuity of adjacent pixel data.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage means for storing a position of the improper image portion and an amount of correction performed on the improper image portion.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image adjusting means for adjusting the corrected image information for at least one of enlargement, reduction, color density, gradation, sharpness, soft focus processing and cross filter processing.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means displays the image whose improper image portion is to be corrected, and one or more improper image portions to be corrected are selected from the displayed image by an instruction input from a user through the instruction means.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means displays the improper image portion having been corrected by the correction means with at least one of a surrounding frame, a distinguishing coloring, a flashing of the improper image portion and a highlighting.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means displays the image whose improper image portion is to be corrected and the image whose improper image portion has been corrected horizontally, vertically or alternately.

14. An image processing apparatus comprising:

detection means for detecting an improper image portion of image information;

correction means for correcting the improper image portion;

display means for displaying an image whose improper image portion has been corrected by the correction means;

instruction means for instructing to re-correct the improper image portion using the image displayed on the display means;

extraction means for extracting an improper image portion which can be difficult to correct in the correction means from improper image portions detected by the detection means; and

suggestion means for suggesting existence of the improper image portion whose correction can be difficult.

15. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display device for displaying image data for displaying corrected and re-corrected image data;

a storage for storing correction data used to correct a defective image; and

an image processing controller, comprising:

a defect detection circuit for detection of a defect in image data;

a defect correcting circuit for correcting defective image data based on one of the characteristics of the defect and re-correcting input from a user; and

an input device for receiving the re-correcting input from the user,

wherein said detection means detects an improper image portion in the image information by using infrared image data corresponding to the image information.