Patent ID: 7903098

Claim:
A display device that displays an image based on image data supplied from a center device, the display device comprising: a receiver receiving data from the center device; and a visual disturbance hiding unit that hides disturbance in the image caused by image switching, in response to the display device receiving, via the receiver, switching-related data indicating information with regard to the image switching of the image data by the center device, the switching-related data being transmitted from the center device (i) as an acknowledgement of receiving a request from the display device for performing the image switching, or (ii) after the center device acknowledges the request for the image switching, the image data being data having been encoded, the display device further comprising: a decoder that decodes the image data having been encoded, the visual disturbance hiding unit starting to hide the disturbance when a certain time elapses from a time point of acquiring the switching-related data, the certain time being shorter than a delay time from receipt of the image data to display of the image by a time required for decoding the image data by the decoder.