ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHODS HAVING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING PREDETERMINED LINES
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Abstract
Electronic equipment and methods for permitting quick control of the operating state of a source equipment side from sink equipment. A television receiver (sink equipment) 100 and an amplifier (repeater equipment) 200 are interconnected over an HDMI cable 610, and the amplifier 200 and a DVD recorder (source equipment) 300 are interconnected over an HDMI cable 620. Each of the pieces of equipment includes, in addition to an HDMI receiving unit and an HDMI transmitting unit, a high-speed data line I/F included in a bidirectional communication unit that uses predetermined lines of the HDMI cable. The bidirectional communication unit is used to transmit channel selection information, a remote control code instructing recording, “theater mode” designating information, a remote control code, or the like from the television receiver 100 to the audio amplifier 200 or DVD recorder 300.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A communication method for performing transmission of video data and audio data, communication of device control data, and local area network communication by using a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a connectable device to a pair of differential transmission lines consisting of a reserved line and a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) line; performing the local area network communication through bidirectional communication via the pair of differential transmission lines; receiving a connection state of an interface with the connectable device by using a DC bias potential of at least one of the differential transmission lines of the pair, wherein the connection state includes a first notification from a first one of the pair of differential transmission lines whether the connectable device is connected to the HDMI cable; receiving an inquiry about a muting situation from the connectable device transmitting the muting situation in response to the inquiry; and receiving a command to record video data displayed in the connectable device based on a one-touch record instruction by a user.
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