Patent ID: 8175347

Claim:
An image display system comprising: a receiving apparatus which sequentially receives image data acquired by an in-vivo image acquiring apparatus and stores the image data received in a recording unit; and an in-vivo image display apparatus which sequentially takes in the image data from the receiving apparatus, and sequentially displays the image data taken-in on a display unit; wherein each of the receiving apparatus and the in-vivo image display apparatus includes an identification data generator capable of arbitrarily generating identification data which corresponds to the image data displayed on the display unit and can be recognized in another in-vivo image display apparatus, and wherein the receiving apparatus and the in-vivo image display apparatus include a connection detecting unit which detects a cable connection between the receiving apparatus and the in-vivo image display apparatus, and changes operation sharing between the identification data generator included in the receiving apparatus and the identification data generator included in the in-vivo image display apparatus.