IP Library Granted Patent US 8,860,886
Granted Patent B2
US 8,860,886 · App. 13/778,405 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Display apparatus, video signal transmission method for display apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and transmission method of video signal

Inventors: Ichiro Sato (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhisa Nakajima (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Europe Limited
H04N5/38H04L29/06027G11B20/00007G11B20/00456H04N5/765H04N5/775H04N5/85H04N5/907H04N21/4122H04N21/4135H04N21/4335H04N21/436
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Patent No.
US 8,860,886
App. No.
13/778,405
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus including a first signal receiving unit that receives a non-compressed video signal from an external device via a first transmission path through a plurality of channels by means of a differential signal, an image display unit that displays images by processing the video signal received by the first signal receiving unit, a second signal receiving unit that receives a compressed video signal of a same video source as the non-compressed video signal by using a bi-directional communication path configured by predetermined lines of the first transmission path, and a signal transmitting unit that transmits a compressed video signal corresponding to the compressed video signal received by the second signal receiving unit to another external device different from the external device.

Claims (18)

1. A signal transmitting method for an apparatus including:

receiving an uncompressed video signal from an external device via a plurality of channels comprised in a transmission path by a differential signal;

transmitting a first signal to the external device via a reserved line and a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line, which are bi-directional for transmission, comprised in the transmission path by a full duplex communication, in which the reserved line and the HPD line are of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable and can form another differential signal;

receiving a second signal from the external device via the reserved line and the HPD line;

subtracting the first signal from the second signal to obtain a third signal; and

transmitting a notification of a connection state to the external device by at least one DC bias potential of the reserved line and the HPD line.

2. A signal transmitting method for an apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting an uncompressed video signal to an external device via a plurality of channels comprised in a transmission path by a differential signal;

transmitting a first signal to the external device via a reserved line and a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line, which are bi-directional for transmission, comprised in the transmission path by a full duplex communication, in which the reserved line and the HPD line are of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable and can form another differential signal;

receiving a second signal from the external device via the reserved line and the HPD line;

subtracting the first signal from the second signal to obtain a third signal; and

receiving a notification of a connection state from the external device by at least one DC bias potential of the reserved line and the HPD line.

3. An apparatus comprising:

a first transmitter that transmits an uncompressed video signal to an external device via a plurality of channels comprised in a transmission path by a differential signal;

a second transmitter that transmits a first signal to the external device via a reserved line and a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line, which are bi-directional for transmission, comprised in the transmission path by a full duplex communication, in which the reserved line and the HPD line are of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable and can form another differential signal;

a first receiver that receives a second signal from the external device via the reserved line and the HPD line;

a subtracting unit that subtracts the first signal from the second signal to obtain a third signal; and

a second receiver that receives a notification of a connection state from the external device by at least one DC bias potential of the reserved line and the HPD line.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
To: SONY EUROPE B.V.
Reel/Frame 050183/0962 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT ASSIGNORS NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030107, FRAME 0703., ASSIGNOR CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Aug 9, 2013
From: SONY ESPANA S.A., SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL
To: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031087/0889 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 25, 2013
From: SONY ESPANA, S.A., SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL
To: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030107/0703 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2013
From: SATO, ICHIRO; NAKAJIMA, YASUHISA
To: SONY ESPANA S.A.; SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029891/0874 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2007-294876 · Nov 13, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12734307
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