Patent ID: 8860782

Claim:
A stereo image data transmitting apparatus comprising: a stereo image data output unit that outputs stereo image data including left-eye image data and right-eye image data; a superimposition information data output unit that outputs data of superimposition information to be superimposed on an image that is based on the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data; a disparity information output unit that outputs disparity information for giving disparity by shifting the superimposition information to be superimposed on the image that is based on the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data; and a transmitting unit that transmits the stereo image data output from the stereo image data output unit, the data of the superimposition information output from the superimposition information data output unit, and the disparity information output from the disparity information output unit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits at least the data of the superimposition information and the disparity information using the same elementary stream so that the data of the superimposition information and the disparity information can be identified by identification information, wherein the disparity information comprises a plurality of block-based disparity vectors and a plurality of group-based disparity vectors, the block-based disparity vectors including disparity vectors for respective blocks of pixels, and the group-based disparity vectors including disparity vectors for respective groups of the blocks.