IP Library Granted Patent US 9,930,400
Granted Patent B2
US 9,930,400 · App. 15/288,541 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Display device, program information display method in display device, receiving device, and signal transmission method in receiving device

Inventors: Ichiro Sato (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhisa Nakajima (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Europe Limited
H04N21/43635G09G5/006H04N5/44543H04N21/4122H04N21/42607H04N21/436H04N21/44012H04N21/44231H04N21/482G09G5/12G09G2300/0426G09G2320/0252G09G2370/04G09G2370/10G09G2370/12
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Patent No.
US 9,930,400
App. No.
15/288,541
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a display device including a signal receiving unit for receiving a video signal from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal, an information receiving unit for receiving program information from the external device using a bidirectional communication path including predetermined lines of the transmission path, an image display unit for displaying images on image display elements based on the video signal received by the signal receiving unit, and a program information display unit for displaying the program information on the image display elements based on the program information received by the information receiving unit.

Claims (34)

1. A signal receiving method of a reception apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a video signal of a predetermined program transmitted from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal;

receiving electronic program guide information from the external device via differential transmission lines formed from a pair of lines consisting of a first signal line and a second signal line which are different from the plurality of channels; and

transmitting information about a connected state of an interface by a DC bias potential of a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line of the transmission path, in which the transmission path is in a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable.

2. A reception apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to control:

receiving a video signal of a predetermined program transmitted from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal;

receiving electronic program guide information from the external device via differential transmission lines formed from a pair of lines consisting of a first signal line and a second signal line which are different from the plurality of channels; and

transmitting information about a connected state of an interface by a DC bias potential of a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line of the transmission path, in which the transmission path is in a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the transmission path includes a reserved line.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control:

generating control information based on the electronic program guide information; and

transmitting the control information via a control data line of the transmission path.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control requesting the electronic program guide information through a control data line of the transmission path.

6. The reception apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is configured to control displaying images based on the video signal.

7. The reception apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control displaying a program guide based on the electronic program guide information.

8. The reception apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control:

obtaining the video signal and the electronic program guide information by receiving a broadcasting signal.

9. The reception apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control:

displaying the electronic program guide information obtained by the receiving the broadcasting signal; and

displaying the electronic program guide information from the external device.

10. The reception apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control displaying, simultaneously, the electronic program guide information obtained by the receiving the broadcasting signal and the electronic program guide information from the external device.

11. The reception apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control:

displaying the video signal obtained by the receiving the broadcasting signal; and

displaying the video signal from the external device.

12. The reception apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control displaying, simultaneously, the video signal obtained by the receiving the broadcasting signal and the video signal from the external device.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: SONY ESPANA S.A.
To: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 040332/0621 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SATO, ICHIRO; NAKAJIMA, YASUHISA
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY ESPANA S.A.
Reel/Frame 039986/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-296323 · Nov 15, 2007 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14600330 · Jan 20, 2015
Continuation 13616757 · Sep 14, 2012
Continuation 12291592 · Nov 12, 2008
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