Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) video content, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to execute the method. The method of providing 3D image content includes: inserting content type information indicating whether the image content is two-dimensional (2D) image content or 3D image content into a reserved region of a Program Map Table (PMT); inserting additional information about the 3D image content into one of an Elementary Stream (ES) descriptor region of the PMT and a reserved region included in a video sequence of the ES; and multiplexing the PMT and the ES of the 3D image content so as to generate a Transport Stream (TS). Accordingly, compatibility with a conventional digital broadcasting system can be maintained and more realistic 3D image content can be provided to a user.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing method and apparatus, and an image reproducing method and apparatus. The image processing method includes receiving three-dimensional (3D) image data; generating additional information about the 3D image data; and inserting the additional information in a blanking interval of the 3D image data.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for determining stereo views of a stereoscopic image. The method includes: selecting a pair of first and second images from a pair of frames of the stereoscopic image, the pair of frames including a base view image and an additional view image. The method further includes determining which of the first image and the second image is the base view image and which of the first image and the second image is the additional view image based on a parallax between the pair of first and second images.

Abstract: Provided are a method of reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) image using data stored in an optical recording medium. The method includes: reading 3D reproduction additional information from a recording medium to which at least one audio/video (AV) stream providing a plurality of related image signals and the 3D reproduction additional information for reproducing a 3D image using the plurality of related image signals are recorded; determining whether the plurality of related image signals are 3D image signals for reproducing a 3D image, based on the 3D reproduction additional information; and selectively reproducing a 3D image using the at least one AV stream and the 3D reproduction additional information based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding a stereoscopic image data stream. In the method, a plurality of monoscopic image data regions are determined from among image data regions of a stereoscopic image data stream; a composition time stamp (CTS) of each of the monoscopic image data regions is extracted; and, if there are colliding image data regions having the same CTS from among the monoscopic image data regions, monoscopic image data is extracted from a monoscopic image data region of a main stream of the colliding image data regions.

Abstract: A computer readable medium having data stored thereon is provided. A structure of the data includes a media data box including two or more media data, and a movie data (‘moov’) box including information on view sequence data in the media data. The ‘moov’ box includes track reference information indicating that a track box for one view sequence references a track box of another view sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image data stream, the method including: recording multi-view image data onto the multi-view image data stream; recording onto the multi-view image data stream a multi-view image parameter recording parameter indicating whether a multi-view image parameter with regard to the multi-view image data is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream; and determining whether the multi-view image parameter is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream based on a value of the multi-view image data parameter recording parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a method of reducing fatigue resulting from viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image display. The method includes: obtaining low visual fatigue parameter information on a frame section including at least one frame of a received 3D image; obtaining disparity vector information on each frame of the 3D image; and determining a disparity minimum limit value and a disparity maximum limit value with respect to the 3D image.

Abstract: Provided is a method of receiving multiview camera parameters for a stereoscopic image. The method includes: extracting multiview camera parameter information for a predetermined data section from a received stereoscopic image data stream; extracting matrix information including at least one of translation matrix information and rotation matrix information for the predetermined data section from the multiview camera parameter information; and restoring coordinate systems of multiview cameras by using the extracted matrix information.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving and generating an image data stream including a three dimensional (3D) image. The method of receiving an image data stream includes receiving an image data stream including at least one of two dimensional (2D) and 3D image data periods; extracting local 3D image parameters, which are parameters of each image data period, from the image data stream; and restoring at least one of 2D and 3D images by using the local 3D image parameters. In the method, each 3D image is composed of at least one of a base image and an additional image, and the local 3D image parameters include stereoscopic arrangement order information representing an arrangement order of the base image and additional image of the 3D image.

Abstract: Provided is an auto stereoscopic display improving brightness, including: a left eye pixel including a plurality of first color sub pixels and a first white sub pixel; a right eye pixel including a plurality of second color sub pixels and a second white sub pixel; and a viewing field separating unit which separates a viewing field of a left image formed by the left eye pixel and a viewing field of a right image formed by the right eye pixel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing a stereoscopic image are provided. The method includes generating information about parallax between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of objects included in the stereoscopic image based on a stereo camera parameter of the stereoscopic image, controlling the depth of the objects in the stereoscopic image based on the generated information, and reproducing the stereoscopic image based on the controlled depth. Accordingly, the stereoscopic image can be reproduced while minimizing the eye fatigue of a viewer.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a stereoscopic image format. The method includes generating a combined image by combining a base view image and an additional view image, generating a depth map between the base view image and the additional view image, generating a first YUV format using the combined image, and generating a second YUV format using the depth map.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for driving a 2-dimensional (2D)/3-dimensional (3D) switchable display for improving the quality of image. The apparatus for driving a 2D/3D switchable display includes: an image mode determination unit determining whether input image signals of continuous frames are in a 2D mode or 3D mode; and an over-driving control unit over-driving the input image signal of a current differently according to the determined image mode. According to the apparatus and method, the response time in each of the 2D mode and the 3D mode can be increased, while motion blur and cross-talk effects can be decreased, thereby improving the quality of image.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image bitstream. The method includes dividing a base view image and an additional view image into blocks having a predetermined size, generating a combined image by combining the blocks of the base view image and the blocks of the additional view image, recording the combined image in a payload area of the stereoscopic image bitstream, and recording block combination pattern information about a pattern of arranging the blocks of the base view image and the additional view image in the combined image, in a header area of the stereoscopic image bitstream.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image bitstream; recording camera information related to cameras used for obtaining a stereoscopic image, in the header region; recording parallax information between base and additional images of the stereoscopic image in the header region; and recording the image data in the payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream.

Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) convertible stereoscopic image bitstream. The method includes receiving 3D image data; storing predetermined display mode information in a header region of a stereoscopic image bitstream in order to determine whether to display the 3D image data in a 2D display mode or a 3D display mode; and storing the 3D image data in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream.

Abstract: Provided are a methods and apparatuses for generating a stereoscopic image format and reconstructing stereoscopic images from the stereoscopic image format. The method of generating a stereoscopic image format for compression or transmission of stereoscopic images includes receiving a base view image and an additional view image, determining block pixel information for the stereoscopic image format for each block position using first block pixel information of the base view image and second block pixel information of the additional view image based on blocks obtained by dividing the base view image and the additional view image, and disposing the determined block pixel information in each block position, thereby generating a combined image including pixel information of the base view image and pixel information of the additional view image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sound quality display apparatus, a sound quality display method, a computer readable medium on which a sound quality display program is recorded, and a sound camera. The apparatus includes a sound detector detecting sound generated from a sound source, a background photographing unit photographing background where the sound source is positioned, a sound source signal generator creating a sound source signal as a sound signal at a sound source plane where the sound source is positioned by analyzing the sound signal detected by the sound detector, a sound quality data generator creating sound quality data at the sound source plane by processing of the sound source signal, and a display displaying sound quality image data created by overlaying image data of the background photographed by the background photographing unit with the sound quality data.