| 摘要 |
<p>A thin-out section (101) thins out image data corresponding to each of left and right viewpoints. A combining method selecting section (104) selects a combining method by which the discontinuity of a boundary part of synthetic image minimizes when the thinned-out image data is combined. The combining section (102) combines a plurality of image data by using the selected combining method. An encoding section (103) encodes the combined image data, and a combining method encoding section (105) encodes information on the combining method. A multiplexing section (106) multiplexes these coded data. Thus, the continuity of a synthetic image is enhanced to increase the encoding efficiency.</p> |
