Patent ID: 7682028

Claim:
An image transmission system comprising: a plurality of image generating apparatuses, each image generating apparatus of said plurality of image generating apparatuses being operable to generate and transmit a respective image; and an image projecting apparatus operable to project each respective image transmitted from each image generating apparatus of said plurality of image generating apparatuses, wherein said image projecting apparatus includes: a projection unit operable to receive and project each respective image transmitted from said plurality of image generating apparatuses; a status monitoring unit operable to monitor a status of communication between said image projecting apparatus and said plurality of image generating apparatuses; a beacon generating unit operable to generate information related to the status of communication monitored by said status monitoring unit; and a transmitting unit operable to transmit the information generated by said beacon generating unit to said plurality of image generating apparatuses, and wherein each respective image generating apparatus of said plurality of image generating apparatuses includes: a receiving unit operable to receive the information transmitted from said transmitting unit of said image projecting apparatus; an analyzing unit operable to analyze the information received by said receiving unit; and a display unit operable to display whether or not said image projection apparatus can project the respective image generated by said respective image generating apparatus of said plurality of image generating apparatuses, based on a result of the analysis of said analyzing unit.