Patent ID: 8229284

Claim:
A video signal transmitting/receiving system in which a video signal transmitting apparatus transmits video signals and a video signal receiving apparatus receives the video signals, the video signal transmitting apparatus comprising: a video signal output block capable of transmitting either a first type of video signals including luminance signals and color difference signals or a second type of video signals including three primary color signals to the video signal receiving apparatus; and an information acquisition block for acquiring, from the video signal receiving apparatus, information indicating whether or not the video signal receiving apparatus is capable of handling the first type video signals, wherein: the video signal output block transmits colorimetry information on the first type video signals in addition to the first type video signals to the video signal receiving apparatus if the information acquired by the information acquisition block indicates that the video signal receiving apparatus is capable of handling the first type video signals; and the video signal output block transmits colorimetry information on the second type video signals in addition to the second type video signals to the video signal receiving apparatus if the information acquired by the information acquisition block indicates that the video signal receiving apparatus is not capable of handling the first type video signals, and the video signal receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving block capable of receiving, from the video signal transmitting apparatus, a video signal and colorimetry information multiplexed on the video signal; a processing block for processing the received video signal using colorimetry information; and a decision block for deciding colorimetry information according to a signal format of a received video signal, wherein: the decision block judges whether the receiving block receives colorimetry information, and when the receiving block does not receive colorimetry information, the processing block processes the received video signal using the colorimetry information decided by the decision block; and the video signal receiving apparatus returns information indicating whether the video signal receiving apparatus is capable of handling the luminance/color difference signal input.