Image data transmission apparatus, image data transmission method, image data reception apparatus, image data reception method, and image data transmission and reception system

1. A television receiver comprising:

a control unit to determine whether a display state notification indicating a dimensional display process being performed at the television receiver exists, and to set an output form of display data to be displayed on image data to an output form corresponding to a display state indicated by the display state notification; and

a digital interface that sends the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and that receives the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver when the format of the first image data received is detected, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.

2. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the dimensional display process includes a three-dimensional display process.

3. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the dimensional display process includes a two-dimensional display process.

4. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is to control output of the display data based on whether the display data is able to be generated in the output form corresponding to the display state indicated by the display state notification.

5. The television receiver of claim 4 , wherein, when the display data is not able to be generated in the output form corresponding to the display state indicated by the display state notification, the control unit controls so that the display data is not output.

6. The television receiver of claim 4 , wherein, when the display data is not able to be generated in the output form corresponding to the display state indicated by the display state notification, the control unit controls so that display data indicating a warning is output.

7. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the display state notification is received through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) unit.

8. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver is determined from among a plurality of second dimensional display processes.

9. The television receiver of claim 1 , further comprising:

a tuner; and

an audio processing circuit that performs audio processing on audio data of audio video data received by the digital interface and on audio data of audio video data received by the tuner,

wherein the audio data of audio video data received by the digital interface and the audio data of audio video data received by the tuner are processed in a first pathway, and video data of the audio video data received by the digital interface and video data of the audio video data received by the tuner are processed in a second pathway that is different from the first pathway.

10. A television receiver comprising:

a control unit to determine a dimensional display process to display image data based on dimensional display process data indicating a dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver, and to control transmission of a display state notification indicating the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver based on whether the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver corresponds to a predetermined dimensional display process; and

a digital interface that sends the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and that receives the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver as the predetermined dimensional display process when the format of the first image data received is detected, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.

11. The television receiver of claim 10 , wherein the control unit transmits the display state notification indicating the dimensional display process determined to be performed when the dimensional display process determined to be performed does not correspond to the predetermined dimensional display process.

12. The television receiver of claim 10 , wherein the dimensional display process determined to be performed includes a three-dimensional display process.

13. The television receiver of claim 10 , wherein the dimensional display process determined to be performed includes a two-dimensional display process.

14. The television receiver of claim 10 , wherein the first image data received is to be displayed.

15. The television receiver of claim 10 , wherein the dimensional display process data is based on a determination whether an operation of switching the first dimensional display process is performed.

16. A method comprising:

determining whether a display state notification indicating a dimensional display process being performed at a television receiver exists;

setting an output form of display data to be displayed on image data to an output form corresponding to a display state indicated by the display state notification; and

using a digital interface to send the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and to receive the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver when the format of the first image data received is detected,

wherein at least one of the determining or the setting is by a processor, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving the display state notification through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) unit.

18. A method comprising:

determining a dimensional display process to display image data based on dimensional display process data indicating a dimensional display process determined to be performed at a television receiver;

controlling transmission of a display state notification indicating the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver based on whether the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver corresponds to a predetermined dimensional display process; and

using a digital interface to send the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and to receive the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver as the predetermined dimensional display process when the format of the first image data received is detected,

wherein at least one of the determining or the controlling is by a processor, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving the display state notification through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) unit.

20. A non-transitory recording medium recorded with a computer-readable program having instructions executable by a computer, the program comprising:

determining whether a display state notification indicating a dimensional display process being performed at a television receiver exists;

setting an output form of display data to be displayed on image data to an output form corresponding to a display state indicated by the display state notification, wherein the display state notification is received from a communication line; and

using a digital interface to send the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and to receive the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver when the format of the first image data received is detected, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.

21. A non-transitory recording medium recorded with a computer-readable program having instructions executable by a computer, the program comprising:

determining a dimensional display process to display image data based on dimensional display process data indicating a dimensional display process determined to be performed at a television receiver;

controlling transmission of a display state notification indicating the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver based on whether the dimensional display process determined to be performed at the television receiver corresponds to a predetermined dimensional display process, wherein the display state notification is received from a communication line; and

using a digital interface to send the display state notification, indicating the dimensional display process currently being performed at the television receiver, to a source that provides the image data and to receive the image data as decoded by the source and sent to the television receiver responsive to the display state notification,

wherein the display state notification is determined based on display processing that determines whether a detected format of first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to an image data format of a first dimensional display process determined as being performed at the television receiver as the predetermined dimensional display process when the format of the first image data received is detected, and

wherein the television receiver comprises a central processing unit (CPU) that determines, after the first image data is processed, whether the detected format of the first image data received at the television receiver corresponds to the image data format of the first dimensional display process by determining at least whether a first portion of the image data correlates with a second portion of the image data, the second portion of the image data being different from the first portion of the image data.