Patent ID: 8767123

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display; a connector which outputs a video signal; a display driver which controls output of a video signal to the display and the connector; a command communication unit configured to communicate various commands for operation control and various statuses indicating operation states via the connector; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether an operation state of another apparatus coupled to the connector changes from a first operation state to a second operation state based on a status received by the command communication unit, the first operation state being a state where said another apparatus inputs a first video signal output from the connector, the second operation state being a state where said another apparatus inputs a second video signal output from a source other than the connector; and an output switching unit configured to instruct the display driver to change the output destination of the video signal from the connector to the display when the monitoring unit detects that the operation state of said another apparatus changes from the first operation state to the second operation state.