Stereoscopic image data transmission device, stereoscopic image data transmission method, stereoscopic image data reception device and stereoscopic image data reception method

A method of transmitting stereoscopic image data, comprising:

• outputting a stereoscopic image data of a predetermined transmission format including left-eye image data and right-eye image data;
• outputting data of overlapping information to overlap an image by the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data;
• converting the data of the overlapping information output in the outputting of data of overlapping information into transmission overlapping information data including data of left-eye overlapping information corresponding to the left-eye image data included in the stereoscopic image data of the predetermined transmission format and data of right-eye overlapping information corresponding to the right-eye image data;
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• transmitting multiplexed data stream that includes a first data stream including the stereoscopic image data output in the outputting of a stereoscopic image data and a second data stream including the transmission overlapping information data output in the outputting of data of overlapping information.

A stereoscopic image data reception device, comprising:

• a data reception unit that receives a multiplexed data stream including a first data stream and a second data stream,
• the first data stream including stereoscopic image data of a predetermined transmission format that includes left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and
• the second data stream including transmission overlapping information data that includes data of left-eye overlapping information corresponding to the left-eye image data included in the stereoscopic image data of the predetermined transmission format and data of right-eye overlapping information corresponding to the right-eye image data,
• an image data acquiring unit that acquires the stereoscopic image data from the first data stream included in the multiplexed data stream received by the data reception unit;
• an overlapping information data acquiring unit that acquires the transmission overlapping information data from the second data stream included in the multiplexed data stream received by the data reception unit;
• a display data generating unit that generates display data for displaying overlapping information on a left-eye image and a right-eye image in an overlapping manner based on the transmission overlapping information data acquired by the overlapping information data acquiring unit;
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• a data synthesizing unit that obtains output stereoscopic image data by overlapping the display data generated by the display data generating unit on the stereoscopic image data acquired by the image data acquiring unit.

A method of receiving stereoscopic image data, comprising:

• receiving a multiplexed data stream including a first data stream and a second data stream,
• the first data stream including stereoscopic image data of a predetermined transmission format that includes left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and
• the second data stream including transmission overlapping information data that includes data of left-eye overlapping information corresponding to the left-eye image data included in the stereoscopic image data of the predetermined transmission format and data of right-eye overlapping information corresponding to the right-eye image data,
• acquiring the stereoscopic image data from the first data stream included in the multiplexed data stream received in the receiving of a multiplexed data stream;
• acquiring the transmission overlapping information data from the second data stream included in the multiplexed data stream received in the receiving of a multiplexed data stream;
• generating display data for displaying overlapping information on a left-eye image and a right-eye image in an overlapping manner based on the transmission overlapping information data acquired in the acquiring of the transmission overlapping information data;
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• obtaining output stereoscopic image data by causing the display data generated in the generating of display data to overlap the stereoscopic image data acquired in the acquiring of the stereoscopic image data.