Patent ID: 8670026

Claim:
A video display apparatus that outputs a plurality of video content items to a display unit by time-division such that the plurality of different video content items are viewable to a plurality of persons by using a plurality of shutter eyeglasses, and performs the shutter control of the plurality of shutter eyeglasses in association with the video content items which are to be viewed, the video display apparatus comprising: a processing unit configured to apply time-division processing to a video data configured by the plurality of video content items, and output the video content items on the display unit by time-division; and a control unit configured to control a frame rate of the video data configured by the video content items which are output on the display unit by the processing unit depending on the number of video content items which are to be viewed, and to perform the shutter control of the plurality of shutter eyeglasses, wherein, when the number of video content items which are to be viewed is changed, the control unit changes the frame rate of the video data configured by the video content items which are output by the processing unit on the display unit, and controls the shutters of the plurality of shutter eyeglasses corresponding to the video content items which are to be viewed after the change of the number of video content items to close for the first frame period of the video content item that is first output after the change of the frame rate, and wherein, when the number of video content items which are to be viewed is increased, the control unit determines the sequence of the video content items which are output by the processing unit on the display unit such that the frame of the additional video content is output first in a same frame group after the change of the number of video content items which are to be viewed.