Patent ID: 8384765

Claim:
A transmitter, comprising: a signal separator that performs YC bit separation of a two-dimensional image signal in parallel-bit configuration, wherein when a three-dimensional image signal including said two-dimensional image signal and depth information of said two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a receiver using two signal transmission lines, said three-dimensional image signal including said two-dimensional image signal and said depth information of said two-dimensional image signal, one signal-separated part of said two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a first signal transmission line, and the other signal-separated part of said two-dimensional image signal is combined with said depth information and then transmitted to a second signal transmission line; a first signal processor that converts said two-dimensional image signal in parallel-bit configuration subjected to YC bit separation by said signal separator into a two-dimensional image signal in serial-bit configuration and outputs said two-dimensional image signal in serial-bit configuration to said first signal transmission line; and a second signal processor that converts said two-dimensional image signal in parallel-bit configuration after said YC bit separation and depth information in parallel-bit configuration into a two-dimensional image signal and depth information in serial-bit configuration, combines said two-dimensional image signal in serial-bit configuration and said depth information in serial-bit configuration, and outputs a combined signal.