Patent ID: 8693764

Claim:
An image file processing apparatus comprising: a system controller comprising a CPU; a stereo image data generating section which generates stereo image data based on a plurality of monocular images of a same subject obtained with a predetermined parallax; a collateral data generating section which generates collateral data related to the stereo image data; a first stereo image size information generating section which generates first information related to an image size of the stereo image data; a second stereo image size information generating section which generates second information related to the image size of the stereo image data; and an image file generating section which generates an image file, the image file including an image data section and a header section in which the collateral data is recorded; wherein the system controller implements the stereo image data generating section, the collateral data generating section, the first stereo image size information generating section, the second stereo image size information generating section, and the image file generating section; wherein the image file generating section records the stereo image data generated by the stereo image data generating section in the image data section and records the collateral data generated by the collateral data generating section in the header section; and wherein the image file generating section records the first information in the header section and separately from the collateral data, and records the second information in the collateral data.