Patent ID: 7057667

Claim:
An image display control system comprising a supply source for transmitting a signal including at least a video signal, and an image display for receiving the signal from said supply source and displaying a corresponding image, said supply source including: characteristic acquisition means for acquiring characteristic data of said image display when said supply source is powered on; determination means for determining a signal communication specification with said image display on the basis of the characteristic data acquired by said characteristic acquisition means; and communication means for communicating a signal including the video signal with the communication specification determined by said determination means, and said image display including: characteristic transmission means for transmitting characteristic data for specifying a characteristic of said image display to said supply source; display communication means for communicating the signal including the video signal determined by said determination means of said supply source; and connection request transmission means for transmitting a connection request to said supply source, wherein said characteristic acquisition means includes detection means for detecting the connection request from said image display.