Patent ID: 7460031
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting multimedia data, comprising: a data converter configured to convert a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)-type multimedia data into a Digital Video interface (DVI)-type data; and a DVI transmitter configured to receive the DVI-type data from the data converter, and transmitting the received DVI-type data, wherein the data converter includes: an HDMI transmitter configured to transmit 4-bits HDMI-type data; an encoder configured to receive the 4-bits HDMI-type data from the HDMI transmitter, and to encode the 4-bits HDMI-type data into 10-bits TERC4 (Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4) encoded values; and a data remapping unit configured to receive the 10-bits TERC4 encoded values from the encoder, and converting the 10-bits TREC4 encoded values into 8-bits DVI-type data.