1. A maintenance detection system for use with an image capture device having a plurality of sensing elements for creating an image of an object, the system comprising: a device video profiler that accesses a stored device video value for each sensing element; an image video profiler that acquires an image video value for each sensing element that experiences the object, each image video value representing a brightest video value experienced by the respective sensing element during imaging of the object; a value combiner that combines each image video value with a corresponding device video value to create a combined value for each image video value; a defect determinator that determines the presence of a defect in the image capture device based on a combined value exceeding a defect threshold; and a maintenance determinator that determines when maintenance is required based on the defect determinator outcome.