Method for recording three-dimensional video data and medium recording the same

A method of storing a three-dimensional image, which has been generated by converting an image input by an apparatus supporting photographing of an object, into a recording medium, the method comprising:

• loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating a single stereoscopic image when the single stereoscopic image is to be stored, and indicating a combined video image when the combined video image is to be stored, the combined video image including a monoscopic image of the photographed object and a stereoscopic image of the photographed object which are temporally separated, wherein the stereoscopic image being of a type having a left image and a right image of the photographed object captured from different sensor modules;
• loading, in a configurative information container field, configurative information indicating attributes of at least one of medias and a configurative relation between encoded streams of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image;
• and
• loading, in a media data container field, a bit stream of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image,
• wherein scene descriptor information of a scene indicating temporal and spatial relations between the at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image is selectively loaded in the configurative information container field,
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprises iloc information indicating a location of the bit stream and information indicating a stream type of the bit stream,
• wherein the iloc information comprises information indicating a length of the bit stream, an offset of the bit stream, and an identifier of the bit stream, and
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprising an information item indicating a difference between frame rates of the left image and right image;
• and an information item indicating a synchronization method when the frame rates of the left and right images are different.

A method of storing a three-dimensional image, which has been generated by converting an image input by an apparatus supporting photographing of the three-dimensional image, into a recording medium, the method comprising:

• loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating one of a single stereoscopic image and a combined video image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image, each stereoscopic image being of a type having a left image and a right image of a photographing object captured from different sensor modules;
• loading, in a configurative information container field, configurative information indicating attributes of at least one of medias and a configurative relation between encoded streams of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image;
• and
• loading, in a media data container field, a bit stream of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image,
• wherein scene descriptor information of a scene indicating temporal and spatial relations between the at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image is selectively loaded in the configurative information container field,
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprises:
• iloc information indicating a location of the bit stream of the at least one of medias, the iloc information comprising information on a length of the bit stream, an offset of the bit stream, and an identifier of the bit stream;
• information indicating a stream type of the bit stream;
• first metadata on the at least one of medias and second metadata on correlation between the at least one of medias and the encoded stream thereof, the first metadata comprising information on a length of a bit stream of an encoded stream and an identifier of the encoded stream, and the second metadata comprising information on a name and a content type of each encoded stream, and encoding information thereof;
• a StereoScopic_Composition Type information item including information on an image configuration of stereoscopic data including one ES (Elementary Stream), and having a first value for indicating stereoscopic data having frames crossing according to time;
• a second value for indicating stereoscopic data configured side by side, a third value for indicating stereoscopic data configured in a top-down manner, a fourth value for indicating stereoscopic data having frames vertically crossing according to field;
• and a fifth value for indicating stereoscopic data having frames horizontally crossing according to field;
• an information item indicating a difference between frame rates of the left image and right image;
• and
• an information item indicating a synchronization method when the frame rates of the left and right images are different.

A method of storing a three-dimensional image, which has been generated by converting an image input by an apparatus supporting photographing of the three-dimensional image, into a recording medium, the method comprising:

• loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating one of a single stereoscopic image and a combined video image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image, wherein each stereoscopic image being of a type having a left image and a right image of a photographing object captured from different sensor modules;
• loading, in a configurative information container field, configurative information indicating attributes of at least one of medias and a configurative relation between encoded streams of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image;
• and
• loading, in a media data container field, a bit stream of at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image,
• wherein scene descriptor information of a scene indicating temporal and spatial relations between the at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image is selectively loaded in the configurative information container field,
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprises:
• iloc information indicating a location of the bit stream of the at least one of medias, an offset of the bit stream, and
• information indicating a stream type of the bit stream,
• an information item indicating a difference between frame rates of the left image and right image;
• and
• an information item indicating a synchronization method when the frame rates of the left and right images are different.

A stereoscopic image photographing apparatus comprising:

• an image input unit configured to generate three-dimensional image including a left image and a right image using image data of a photographed object input from different sensor modules;
• an encoder to encode the image data;
• a data storage controller;
• a memory;
• and
• a display to display the three-dimensional image;
• wherein the data storage controller is configured to store the image data in the memory by:
• loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating a single stereoscopic image when the single stereoscopic image is to be stored, and indicating a combined video image when the combined video image is to be stored, the combined video image including a monoscopic image of the photographed object and a stereoscopic image of the photographed object which are temporally separated, wherein the stereoscopic image being of a type having a left image and a right image of the photographed object captured from the different sensor modules;
• loading, in a configurative information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image, configurative information indicating attributes of the at least one of medias and a configurative relation between encoded streams of the at least one of medias;
• and
• loading, in a media data container field, a bit stream of the at least one of medias included in the three-dimensional image,
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprises iloc information indicating a location of the bit stream, an offset of the bit stream, and information indicating a stream type of the bit stream, and
• wherein the configurative information container field further comprising an information item indicating a difference between frame rates of the left image and right image;
• and an information item indicating a synchronization method when the frame rates of the left and right images are different.