Image display system, image display method, information processing apparatus, image display device, control program, and recording medium

An image display method that uses an image display system including an information processing apparatus that processes image information, an image display device that displays an image based on the image information processed by the information processing apparatus, and a first information transmission device that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display device so as to enable information transmission and reception and a second information transmission device that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display device so as to enable information transmission and reception, the image display method causes the information processing apparatus to execute:

• performing a predetermined image processing on the image information;
• dividing processed image information subjected to the image processing and generating a first division information corresponding to upper bits of the image information, the upper bits being main partial precision data, and a second division information corresponding to lower bits of the image information, the lower bits being detailed partial precision data, the detailed partial precision data having a different bit length than the main partial precision data;
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• allocating the first and second division information to the first and second information transmission devices so as to transmit the first and second division information to the image display device, the first information transmission device having a first transmission speed, the second information transmission device having a second transmission speed, the first transmission speed being higher than the second transmission speed, and the first information transmitting device transmits the first division information and the second information transmitting device transmits the second division information at different times, and
• the image display method causes the image display device to execute:
• receiving the first and second division information through the first and second information transmission devices;
• storing the first and second received division information in first and second storage regions corresponding to the first and second information transmission devices;
• reading out the first and second division information stored in the first and second storage regions and generating the processed image information;
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• displaying an image based on the generated processed image information,
• wherein an information transmission control unit performs the dividing of the processed image information into the first division information and the second division information.

An information processing apparatus that performs a processing on image information and transmits processed image information subjected to the processing to an image display device through a first information transmission device that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display device so as to enable information transmission and reception;

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• a second information transmission device that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display device so as to enable information transmission and reception, the information processing apparatus comprising:
• a first information transmitting unit that transmits a first division information to the image display device through the first information transmission device, the first information transmission device having a first transmission speed;
• a second information transmitting unit that transmits a second division information to the image display device through the second information transmission device, the second information transmission device having a second transmission speed, and the first information transmitting device transmits the first division information and the second information transmitting device transmits the second division information at different times;
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• an image processing unit that performs a predetermined image processing on the image information;
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• an information transmission control unit that divides the image information processed by the image processing unit into the first division information corresponding to upper bits of the image information, the upper bits being main partial precision data, and the second division information corresponding to lower bits of the image information, the lower bits being detailed partial precision data, the detailed partial precision data having a different bit length than the main partial precision data;
• a display unit that displays an image based on the processed image information generated by the image information generation unit.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including control program instructions for an information processing apparatus that performs a processing on image information and transmits processed image information subjected to the processing to an image display device through a plurality of information transmission devices, the control program causes a computer incorporated into the information processing apparatus to execute:

• performing a predetermined image processing on the image information;
• dividing the processed image information subjected to the image processing and generating a first division information corresponding to upper bits of the image information, the upper bits being main partial precision data, and a second division information corresponding to lower bits of the image information, the lower bits being detailed partial precision data, the detailed partial precision data having a different bit length than the main partial precision data;
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• allocating the first and second division information the first and second information transmission devices of the plurality of information transmission devices so as to transmit the first and second division information to the image display device, the first information transmission device having a first transmission speed, the second information transmission device having a second transmission speed, the first transmission speed being higher than the second transmission speed, and the first information transmitting device transmits the first division information and the second information transmitting device transmits the second division information at different times;
• wherein an information transmission control unit divides color data for each pixel to be represented by bits in the processed image information at a predetermined bit length so as to generate the first and second division information.