Patent ID: 8289998

Claim:
A method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) image data stream, the method comprising: generating an elementary stream (ES) comprising an encoded bit string of a 3D image; generating at least one packetized ES (PES) by packetizing the ES; generating sections by multiplexing program related information about the 3D image, wherein the sections comprise a program association table (PAT) section and a program map table (PMT) section; generating at least one transport stream (TS) packet for the sections and the at least one PES; and generating a TS by multiplexing the generated TS packet, wherein 3D image reproduction information that is required to reproduce the 3D image is inserted into a reserved section for private use from among the sections, and wherein the PAT section, the PMT section, and the reserved section have different table identifiers.