Patent ID: 8436921

Claim:
A picture signal processing system, comprising: a playback apparatus; and a display apparatus; wherein the playback apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive a video signal made up of source data generated by moving an image data in a constant direction at a constant speed, wherein a number of pixels in the image data is greater than a number of pixels in a display region; a playback unit configured to play back the video signal input into the input unit, and a first communication unit configured to communicate with other equipment, the playback apparatus is able to exchange video signals with the other equipment via the first communication unit, the display apparatus includes: a picture signal processor configured to process a video signal in a predetermined way, a display configured to display the processed video signal, a table wherein speed information indicating speeds of the source data for the video signal is associated with types of processing to be applied to the video signal, and a second communication unit configured to communicate with other equipment, the display apparatus is able to exchange video signals with the other equipment via the second communication unit, and wherein when the playback apparatus and the display apparatus are connected by the first and second communication units, the playback apparatus reads out source data speed information stored in a header of the video signal, and transmits the video signal and the speed information to the display apparatus, and the display apparatus references the table and applies picture signal processing to the video signal on the basis of the speed information received via the second communication unit, wherein the communication conducted by the first and second communication units is based on the HDMI standard, wherein the speed information is stored in an HDMI InfoFrame packet and transmitted to the display apparatus.