Patent ID: 9497438
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image data transmission apparatus which conforms to an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) standard, said apparatus comprising: an image data receiving device to receive stereoscopic image data for displaying a stereoscopic image; and an HDMI image data transmission device to transmit the stereoscopic image data received in one direction through one or more channels by the image data receiving device to an external HDMI device through a first HDMI transmission path by using a differential signal corresponding to at least audio data, control data accompanying an image and other auxiliary data, in which the image data transmission device is operable to read, via a second HDMI data path separate to the first HDMI transmission path, E-EDID (Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data) information having an EDID structure which are stored in a storage unit provided in the external HDMI device, the E-EDID information including format data indicating stereoscopic image data which can be handled by the external device and request information indicating the external HDMI device has requested a predetermined stereoscopic function, in which the predetermined stereoscopic function is to transmit the received stereoscopic image data in an as-is format without performing a format conversion on the received stereoscopic image data, in which the image data transmission device is operable to transmit, when a format of the stereoscopic image data received by the image data receiving device is a format that can be handled by the external HDMI device, and the external HDMI device has requested that transmission of the stereoscopic image data be performed with the predetermined stereoscopic function, the stereoscopic image data received by the image data receiving device to the external HDMI device without performing the format conversion, in which the request information is arranged within a thirteenth block of a VSDB (Vendor Specific Data Block) of the EDID structure.