Patent ID: 7136415

Claim:
An apparatus for multiplexing multi-view three-dimensional moving pictures, comprising: a stream generator for receiving moving pictures and information inputted from a first predetermined number of cameras and generating the first predetermined number of multi-view encoded streams corresponding to the moving pictures and information; an information receiver for receiving back channel information including viewpoint information and a display mode selected by a user; a multiplexor for selecting a second predetermined number of multi-view encoded streams among the first predetermined number of the multi-view encoded streams according to the back channel information and multiplexing the selected multi-view encoded streams each having the same time information, on a frame by frame basis or a field by field basis; and a packetizer for generating a packet having a header and a payload and transmitting the packet, wherein the header includes the back channel information and additional information, which contains information of encoding method of the multi-view encoded streams generated in the stream generator, and the payload includes the multiplexed multi-view encoded stream.