Patent ID: 7864135

Claim:
A multi-display system comprising: a plurality of display devices that each display a partial image being at least a part of an original image, display the original image by the partial images, and include: a plurality of signal input channels that are each provided with an input terminal for receiving image information about the original image or the partial image, and are each set in accordance with a signal format of the provided image information; an input channel selection section that selects any of the signal input channels in accordance with a predetermined control command, and makes an input of the image information via the selected signal input channel; and a display control section that applies, in accordance with the predetermined control command, predetermined image processing to the received image information, and makes a display section display thereon the partial image; and a control device that exercises control over the display devices by providing the display devices with the predetermined control command, that acquires mode selection information indicating which of a plurality of display modes is selected in accordance with an application use of the multi-display system, that outputs the predetermined control command to the display devices based on the acquired mode selection information, and that makes the input channel selection section of each of the display devices select any of the signal input channels corresponding to the mode selection information, and display the partial image in the display mode corresponding to the mode selection information.