Patent ID: 8933997
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a video output apparatus that outputs three-dimensional video on a display device, the method comprising steps of: storing information regarding a predetermined protruding amount; acquiring the information regarding the predetermined protruding amount; generating, based on the information regarding the predetermined protruding amount acquired in the step of acquiring, a notification image to be displayed in a manner that it protrudes from a display surface of the display device; receiving a protruding amount confirmation request for requesting to display the notification image so that a user can confirm the predetermined protruding amount; determining, by the video output apparatus, in response to the protruding amount confirmation request received in the step of receiving, whether or not a viewing device is in a predetermined state in which the user can perceive a three-dimensional image protruding from the display surface of the display device; performing a control, by the video output apparatus, so that the viewing device enters the predetermined state if it is determined, in the step of determining whether or not a viewing device is in a predetermined state, that the viewing device is not in the predetermined state; outputting, in response to the protruding amount confirmation request received in the step of receiving, the notification image generated in the step of generating to the display device; and determining whether or not content which is being viewed has switched to different content, wherein the step of outputting stops outputting the notification image in response to determining that the content which is being viewed has switched to the different content, and wherein the step of outputting stops outputting the notification image when a predetermined time has elapsed since the step of outputting started outputting the notification image.