Patent ID: 7053937

Claim:
A three-dimensional image capturing device comprising: an image capturing processor that obtains image data of a subject; a distance measurement data detecting processor that detects distances, from said device to points on a surface of said subject, corresponding to at least one of said image data to obtain distance measurement data; and a three-dimensional image data storing processor that stores said image data and said distance measurement data in a recording medium so that said image data and said distance measurement data are associated with each other; wherein said three-dimensional image data storing processor stores said image data as a plurality of sub-areas of the subject and said distance measurement data for each sub-area in said recording medium as a single file so as to maintain the association between said image data of each sub-area and said distance measurement data; and wherein said image data of each sub-area and each of said associated distance measurement data are stored adjacently in said recording medium.