The present invention relates to a pixel compensating circuit, an image taking apparatus employing such pixel compensating circuit, and a method for compensating pixel, wherein a defect pixel existed on an image sensor is effectively compensated. 5 or less and an interconnect occupancy of 10 to 60%. The visual representation is to depict passage of time along a first dimension, and is to separate the time period into a plurality of time blocks to be depicted as being stacked along a second dimension of the visual representation. In this way, the present invention prevents degradation in film quality of the capacitive insulation film due to mutual reaction etc. In one aspect, network characteristics at a recent time can be determined to alter sending rates in a network to manage network congestion. The line thermal printer includes a thermal head having printing heating elements arranged in a row, driver circuits for driving the heating elements, the driver circuits being disposed in the vicinity of the heating elements, and an embedding portion in which the driver circuits are embedded protruding beyond a surface on which the heating elements are arranged.