Patent ID: 8866887

Claim:
A CG image combining device for generating a CG image by mapping an image to an object, comprising: a memory unit storing shape data and a pair of left-view image data and right-view image data, the shape data representing a shape of the object, the pair of left-view image data and right-view image data collectively representing a stereoscopic image; a determination unit operable to determine from the shape data whether or not the object is suitable for mapping of the stereoscopic image; and a mapping unit operable to (i) generate left-view CG data by combining the left-view image data with the shape data and generate right-view CG data by combining the right-view image data with the shape data, when the determination unit has determined that the object is suitable for mapping of the stereoscopic image, and (ii) generate left-view CG data and right-view CG data by combining one of the left-view image data and the right-view image data with the shape data, when the determination unit has determined that the object is not suitable for mapping of the stereoscopic image.