Patent ID: 8860786

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 disparity information output unit that outputs disparity information for giving disparity by shifting superimposition information to be superimposed on an 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 and the disparity information output from the disparity information output unit, wherein the disparity information has added thereto shift target specification information specifying superimposition information to be shifted on the basis of the disparity information among superimposition information to be superimposed on an image that is based on the left-eye image data and superimposition information to be superimposed on an image that is based on the right-eye image data, the shift target specification information being configured to specify each of (i) shifting, on the basis of the disparity information, only superimposition information to be superimposed on an image that is based on the left-eye image data, (ii) shifting, on the basis of the disparity information, only superimposition information to be superimposed on an image that is based on the right-eye image data, and (iii) shifting, on the basis of the disparity information, superimposition information to be superimposed on both an image that is based on the left-eye image data and an image that is based on right-eye image data.