Patent ID: 8190782

Claim:
An image display apparatus that displays an image in accordance with image data supplied from a separate image supplying apparatus, the image display apparatus comprising: a function module that processes input data; a plurality of disk images stored in memory, each of the plurality of disk images including: a function program which is executed by the image supplying apparatus and transmits data to the function module, an autorun program corresponding to the function program and the disk image, the autorun program automatically causing the image supplying apparatus to execute the corresponding function program in response the image supplying apparatus recognizing the corresponding disk image; a selecting unit that selects a first disk image of the plurality of disk images; a switching unit that switches from a second disk image of the plurality of images that is recognized by the image supplying apparatus to the first disk image; and a connection control unit that, before the switching from the second disk image to the first disk image by the switching unit, disconnects between the image display apparatus and the image supplying apparatus in response to the selecting unit selecting the first disk image and, after the switching from the second disk image to the first disk image by the switching unit, connects between the image display apparatus and the image supplying apparatus; wherein: the function program included in the first disk image is executed by the image supplying apparatus that recognizes the first disk image; and the function module processes the data transmitted from the function program executed by the image supplying apparatus.