Patent ID: 8370873
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A television, comprising: a television display system capable of switchably displaying audio visual (A/V) content in either a three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic display mode or a two dimensional (2D) non-stereoscopic display mode; where content viewed on the display in the 3D display mode is presented in a manner that utilizes a set of 3D stereoscopic glasses for viewing to produce a three dimensional effect; a circuit that determines if a defined plurality of sets of 3D glasses are active or inactive by virtue of receipt of a transmitted signal originating at a transmitter in each of the defined plurality of sets of 3D glasses; and a controller that switches the television display system to either operate in the 3D display mode in the event all of the defined plurality of 3D glasses are active or to operate in the 2D display mode if any one of the 3D glasses are inactive.