Information processing device, information processing method, and program

An information processing method, wherein a video plane configured to store a video image is a storage region comprising an L region to store an image for a left eye and an R region to store an image for a right eye;

• and wherein a configuration of said video plane is defined as to the whole of said video plane comprising said L and R regions storing the images for the left eye and the right eye;
• and wherein as a video mode that is a mode for playing said video image, there are defined:
• a stereo video mode to, in a case that said video image stored in the video plane is a stereo image, the stereo image being a 3D image and comprising a pair of images, the pair of images comprising said image for the left eye and said image for the right eye, respectively store said image for the left eye and said image for the right eye in said L region and said R region of said video plane, and
• a flattened stereo video mode to, in an event that said video image stored in the video plane is said stereo image that comprises said image for the left eye and said image for the right eye, store one of said image for the left eye or said image for the right eye making up said stereo image in both of said L region and said R region of said video plane;
• and wherein as a PG stream of a PG (Presentation Graphics) image, there are defined:
• a stereo PG stream that is a PG stream of said PG image, said PG image being a stereo PG image serving as a 3D image, the stereo PG image comprising a pair of PG images, the pair of PG images comprising a PG image for the left eye and a PG image for the right eye, and
• a PG stream for offset that is a PG stream of said PG image, that is a mono PG image to be used for generating said stereo PG image along with an offset value that is data for giving disparity to said mono PG image when said stereo PG image is to be generated;
• said information processing method comprising the step of:
• selecting, based at least in part on input received via a stream selecting API (Application Programming Interface), said stereo PG stream or said PG stream for offset, wherein said PG stream for offset is eligible for selection in each of said flattened stereo video mode and said stereo video mode, and said stereo PG stream is eligible for selection in each of said flattened stereo video mode and said stereo video mode;
• and
• in response to selection of said PG stream for offset at a time that said video mode is said flattened stereo video mode, setting said offset value to 0 and playing said PG image that is said mono PG image corresponding to the PG stream for offset.

At least one non-transitory recording medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method, wherein a video plane configured to store a video image is a storage region comprising an L region to store an image for a left eye and an R region to store an image for an right eye;

• and wherein a configuration of said video plane is defined as to the whole of said video plane comprising said L and R regions storing the images for the left eye and right eye;
• and wherein as a video mode that is a mode for playing said video image, there are defined:
• a stereo video mode to, in a case that said video image is a stereo image that is a 3D image, respectively store said image for the left eye and said image for the right eye making up said stereo image in said L region and said R region of said video plane, and
• a flattened stereo video mode to, in an event that said video image is said stereo image, store one of said image for the left eye and said image for the right eye making up said stereo image in both of said L region and said R region of said video plane;
• and wherein as a PG stream of a PG (Presentation Graphics image) image, there are defined:
• a stereo PG stream that is a PG stream of said PG image that is a stereo image serving as a 3D image, and
• a PG stream for offset that is a PG stream of said PG image that is a mono image to be used for generating a stereo image along with an offset value that is data for giving disparity to said mono image;
• and wherein the method comprises:
• selecting, based at least in part on input received via a stream selecting API (Application Programming Interface), said stereo PG stream or said PG stream for offset, wherein said PG stream for offset is eligible for selection in each of said flattened stereo video mode and said stereo video mode, and said stereo PG stream is eligible for selection in each of said flattened stereo video mode and said stereo video mode;
• and
• response to selection of said PG stream for offset at a time that said video mode is said flattened stereo video mode, setting said offset value to 0 and playing said PG image that is said mono image corresponding to the PG stream for offset.