Patent ID: 6771278
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
An image display system comprising:a plurality of image signal sources adapted to respectively transmit image signals and pieces of display area information specifying display areas of respective images represented by the image signals; and an image display apparatus adapted to display the images on a display section thereof according to the transmitted pieces of display area information, said image display apparatus comprising: a determining section for determining a presence or an absence of an overlapping area on the display section based on the pieces of display area information transmitted from said plurality of image signal sources; and an erasing section for erasing an image signal of a part of an image to be displayed behind another image for an overlapping area as determined to exist by the determining section, wherein each of said plurality of image signal sources comprises a display information generating section for generating the pieces of display area information based on attribute information of the display section transmitted from said image display apparatus.