Patent ID: 7346430

Claim:
Robot apparatus comprising an image transmission device transmitting image data of multiple channels, wherein said image transmission device comprises transmitting means for multiplexing and transmitting said image data of each said channel, and receiving means for dividing and outputting said image data multiplexed by and transmitted from said transmitting means into corresponding said channels, wherein: said transmitting means comprises multiplexing means for multiplexing said image data of each said channel to be input with switching said channels by frame, and image information adding means for adding prescribed image information to said image data of each said frame multiplexed by said multiplexing means; and said receiving means comprises analyzing means for analyzing said image information added to said image data of each said frame transmitted from said transmitting means, and dividing means for dividing for each said frame and outputting said multiplexed image data transmitted from said transmitting means into corresponding said channels based on analysis result of said analyzing means.