Invention Grant
US08843679B2 Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, receiving method, transmitting/receiving system, and cable
有权
发射装置,发射方式,接收装置,接收方式,发射/接收系统和电缆
- Patent Title: Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, receiving method, transmitting/receiving system, and cable
- Patent Title (中): 发射装置,发射方式,接收装置,接收方式,发射/接收系统和电缆
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Application No.: US13825484Application Date: 2011-09-22
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Publication No.: US08843679B2Publication Date: 2014-09-23
- Inventor: Kazuaki Toba , Kazuyoshi Suzuki , Gen Ichimura , Toshihide Hayashi
- Applicant: Kazuaki Toba , Kazuyoshi Suzuki , Gen Ichimura , Toshihide Hayashi
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-220328 20100930
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/071563 WO 20110922
- International Announcement: WO2012/043351 WO 20120405
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N5/775 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04L25/02

Abstract:
To enable signal transmission at a high data rate while securing backward compatibility.A source device 110 and a sink device 120 are connected by an HDMI cable 200. The source device 110 is compatible with both current HDMI and new HDMI. The number of differential signal channels for transmitting digital signals such as video data is three in the current HDMI, but is six in the new HDMI, for example. In a case where the cable 200 is compatible with the new HDMI, and the sink device 120 is compatible with the new HDMI, a control unit 113 of the source device 110 controls a data transmitting unit 112 to operate in a new HDMI operating mode. In a case where the control unit 113 determines that at least the sink device 120 is compatible only with the current HDMI, or at least the cable 200 is compatible with the current HDMI, the control unit 113 controls the data transmitting unit 112 to operate in a current HDMI operating mode.
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