Patent ID: 8208074
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: video-signal transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving video signals to and from one or more external apparatuses; image-quality-improvement processing means for applying image quality improvement processing based on an image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus to the video signals; holding means for holding performance of the image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus concerning the image-quality-improvement processing means; transmitting means for transmitting the performance of the image quality improvement processing function of the image processing apparatus held by the holding means to the external apparatuses; receiving means for receiving one or more performances of one or more image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses; and control means for comparing the performance of the image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus held by the holding means and the one or more performances of the one or more image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses received by the receiving means, and controlling, on the basis of a result of the comparison, execution of the image quality improvement processing by the image-quality-improvement processing means.