IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

Provided herein may be an image processing device and an image processing method. The image processing device may include a determination area manager configured to generate a determination area corresponding to a candidate defective pixel based on externally received pixel values and configured to determine whether the determination area is saturated based on pixel values of white pixels included in the determination area, and a defective pixel manager configured to calculate a reference value based on first pixel values of reference pixels that are set based on whether the white pixels are saturated and to determine whether a candidate defective pixel has a defect, based on both the reference value and second pixel values of determination pixels having a color identical to that of the candidate defective pixel, among pixels included in the determination area.