Patent ID: 8810563

Claim:
A transmitting apparatus comprising: an image data output unit that outputs stereoscopic image data including left-eye image data and right-eye image data for displaying a stereoscopic image; a data transmitting unit that transmits the stereoscopic image data output from the image data output unit to an external device through a transmission path; and an information acquisition unit that acquires information related to a screen size from the external device through the transmission path, wherein a visual distance is determined according to one of (i) a user setting the visual distance and (ii) automatically setting the visual distance based on the screen size, an angle of view is computed based on the visual distance and an interpupillary distance, wherein the angle of view is computed for one pupil by calculating a first partial angle of view corresponding to a first portion of the screen based in part by subtracting the interpupillary distance from the screen size, calculating a second partial angle of view corresponding to an adjacent second portion of the screen based in part by adding the interpupillary distance to the screen size, and adding the first partial angle of view to the second partial angle of view, and the image data output unit outputs the stereoscopic image data suited for the screen size, the visual distance, and the angle of view.