Transmitting apparatus, stereo image data transmitting method, receiving apparatus, and stereo image data receiving method

A system comprising:

• a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus,
• wherein the transmitting apparatus includes a first processor configured to control:
• a data transmitting section that transmits stereo image data for displaying a stereoscopic image, to the receiving apparatus via a transmission path,
• a transmission-mode-information receiving section that receives transmission mode information transmitted from the receiving apparatus via the transmission path, the transmission mode information indicating transmission modes for stereo image data that can be supported by the receiving apparatus,
• a transmission mode selecting section that selects a transmission mode as a transmission mode for the stereo image data transmitted by the data transmitting section, from among the transmission modes for stereo image data that can be supported by the receiving apparatus, on the basis of the transmission mode information received by the transmission-mode-information receiving section, and
• a transmission-mode-information transmitting section that transmits the selected transmission mode for stereo image data with the stereo image data transmitted by the data transmitting section, to the receiving apparatus via the transmission path, and
• wherein the data transmitting section transmits the stereo image data to the receiving apparatus by a plurality of channels that are in the transmission path, and inserts the selected transmission mode in a blanking period of the stereo image data,
• wherein the receiving apparatus includes a second processor configured to control:
• a data receiving section that receives the stereo image data from the transmitting apparatus via the transmission path;
• a transmission-mode-information transmitting section that transmits the transmission mode information to the transmitting apparatus device via the transmission path, and
• a transmission mode receiving section that receives the selected transmission mode transmitted by the transmitting apparatus via the transmission path.