Patent ID: 7705886

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for controlling a display device, which is constituted by pixels each switchable between an image display operation and an image capture operation according to an applied voltage and has a lens array provided on a surface of the display device, comprising: means for acquiring a subject image by combining a plurality of monocular images each captured by one of a plurality of image capture areas, each image capture area including a plurality of pixels for image capture operation; means for preventing light rays captured by one of the image capture areas through a corresponding lens of the lens array from interfering with light rays captured by an adjacent image capture area through an adjacent lens of the lens array; means for preventing light exiting from a pixel configured to perform a display operation from entering an adjacent pixel configured to perform an image capture operation; means for transmitting data of said subject image to an other information processing apparatus controlling an other display device having a same construction as said display device; means for receiving data of an other subject image transmitted from said other information processing apparatus; and means for displaying, on the basis of said data of said other subject image, said other subject image in a display area, including a plurality of pixels for image display operation, at a position corresponding to a position of said other display device where said other subject image is formed, the plurality of pixels for image display being arranged in image display rows alternating with image capture rows of pixels for performing an image capture operation, the image display rows switching positions with the image capture row positions at a predetermined rate.