Image display device and image display method

1. An image display device, comprising:

a signal input unit to which a first signal or a second signal is supplied, using a signal cable having a plurality of transmission lines of prescribed transmission characteristics;

a transmission line control unit configured to change a destination to which a signal is supplied using the plurality of transmission lines, in accordance with a transmission line setting for setting at least a portion of the plurality of transmission lines as transmission lines which transmit the first signal;

an image control unit configured to generate an image signal from the first signal supplied using the transmission lines in accordance with a transmission format setting for designating a format for transmitting the first signal using the transmission lines; and

a setting control unit configured to change the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting in accordance with a change in prescribed setting information,

wherein the prescribed setting information, the transmission line setting, and the transmission format setting are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, and

wherein the setting control unit is configured to, in case that the prescribed setting information is changed to other prescribed setting information:

change the transmission line setting of the transmission line control unit to other transmission line setting corresponding to the other prescribed settig information changed; and

change the transmission format setting of the image control unit to other transmission format setting corresponding to the other prescribed setting information changed.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein, after the setting control unit has changed at least display information including the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting, the setting control unit causes, via the signal cable connected to the signal input unit, an image transmission device supplying the first signal, to acquire the display information that has been changed.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein, after the setting control unit has changed display information including at least the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting, the setting control unit causes, via the signal cable connected to the signal input unit, the image transmission device supplying the first signal, to execute a configuration.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission line setting comprises a setting as to which transmission line among the plurality of transmission lines to use to transmit the first signal.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission line setting comprises a setting which includes a number of transmission lines for transmitting the first signal or a number of transmission lines for transmitting signals other than the first signal, among the plurality of transmission lines.

6. The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the setting information comprises information of the transmission format setting.

7. The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the setting information comprises information of the transmission line setting.

8. The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the setting information comprises a voltage level of a Hot-Plug-Detect pin in a DisplayPort-Out terminal.

9. The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission format setting includes a setting for transmitting one type of image, or a setting for transmitting a plurality of different images,

wherein the transmission line setting includes a first image transmission line setting for supplying the first signal using a portion of the plurality of transmission lines, or a second image transmission line setting for supplying the first signal using all of the plurality of transmission lines,

wherein a first association which associates the setting for transmitting the one type of image with the first image transmission line setting, and a second association which associates the setting for transmitting the plurality of different images with the second image transmission line setting, are predetermined,

wherein the setting control unit is configured to, in case that the prescribed setting information is changed to information indicating the first association:

change the transmission line setting of the transmission line control unit to the first image transmission line setting corresponding to the first association; and

change the transmission format setting of the image control unit to the setting for transmitting the one type of image corresponding to the first association, and

wherein the setting control unit is configured to, in case that the prescribed setting information is changed to information indicating the second association:

change the transmission line setting of the transmission line control unit to the second image transmission line setting corresponding to the second association; and

change the transmission format setting of the image control unit to the setting for transmitting the plurality of different images, corresponding to the second association.

10. The image display device according to claim 9 , wherein, in case that the prescribed setting information is changed from information indicating the first association to information indicating the second association, and in case that an image transmission speed which includes a speed for transmitting an image calculated, by the image control unit, based on resolution information and transmission speed information in the first signal is enough for the first image transmission line setting set in the transmission line control unit, regardless of the second association, the setting control unit is configured to keep the transmission line setting of the transmission line control unit at the first image transmission line setting, and change the transmission format setting of the image control unit to the setting for transmitting the plurality of different images.

11. The image display device according to claim 9 , wherein the setting for transmitting the one type of image of the transmission format setting includes a single stream setting in an interface standard for transmitting a signal of a display port, and

wherein the setting for transmitting the plurality of different images includes a multi-stream setting in the interface standard for transmitting the signal of the display port.

12. The image display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first image transmission line setting includes a setting of a transmission line corresponding to Pin Assignment D in a standard of USB, and

wherein the second image transmission line setting includes a setting of a transmission line corresponding to Pin Assignment C in the standard of USB.

13. The image display device according to claim 9 , wherein the transmission format setting includes the setting for transmitting the one type of image.

14. An image display method, comprising:

receiving a first signal or a second signal, using a signal cable having a plurality of transmission lines of prescribed transmission characteristics;

changing a destination to which a signal is supplied using the plurality of transmission lines, in accordance with a transmission line setting for setting at least a portion of the plurality of transmission lines as transmission lines which transmit the first signal;

generating an image signal from the first signal supplied using the transmission lines, in accordance with a transmission format setting for designating a format for transmitting the first signal using the transmission lines; and

changing the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting, in accordance with a change in prescribed setting information,

wherein the prescribed setting information, the transmission line setting, and the transmission format setting are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, and

wherein, in the changing of the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting, in case that the prescribed setting information is changed to other prescribed setting information:

the transmission line setting in the change of the destination is chanced to other transmission line setting corresponding, to the other prescribed setting information changed; and

the transmission format setting in the generation of the image signal is changed to other transmission format setting corresponding to the other prescribed setting in formation changed.