Patent Publication Number: US-7221406-B2

Title: Data creation method and data transfer method and apparatus

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
   The present invention relates to a method of producing 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data representing video signal information, a method of transmitting digital data for transmitting serial data obtained based on 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data representing video signal information, or serial data obtained based on 10-, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data representing video signal information and additional information data related thereto, or an apparatus for transmitting digital data, on which the method of transmitting digital data is carried out. 
   TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 
   In the field of video signals, digitalization of video signals has been aimed for actualizing diversification in information to be transmitted, improvements in quality of images reproduced from the video signal and so on. For example, there has been proposed the High Definition Television (HDTV) system which uses a digital video signal composed of digital word sequence data representing video signal information. The digital video signal under the HDTV system (hereinafter, referred to an HD digital video signal) is formed in accordance with, for example, one of a series of standards established by the Broadcasting Technology Association (BTA) in Japan so as to be in the form of Y and P B /P R  signals or G, B and R signals. In the case of the Y and P B /P R  signals, Y represents a luminance signal and P B /P R  represent color difference signals. In the case of the G, B and R signals, G, B and R represent green, blue and red primary color signals, respectively. 
   The HD digital video signal produced in the form of Y and P B /P R  signals (hereinafter, referred to an HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type) is a digital television signal for interlaced scanning by which each frame picture is reproduced at a rate of 30 Hz or 30/1.001 Hz (hereinafter, the expression “30 Hz” includes both of 30 Hz and 30/1.001 Hz) with first and second field pictures. That is, the HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type for interlaced scanning has a frame rate of 30 Hz. 
   This HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type for interlaced scanning is formed, for example, in accordance with such data formats as shown in  FIGS. 1A and 1B . The data formats shown in  FIGS. 1A and 1B  include a luminance signal data sequence (Y data sequence) as shown in  FIG. 1A , which represents a luminance signal component of a video signal, and a color difference signal data sequence (P B /P R  data sequence) as shown in  FIG. 1B , which represents color difference signal components of the video signal. Each of data words constituting the Y data sequence or the P B /P R  data sequence are composed of 10 bits. The word transmission rate of each of the Y data sequence and the P B /P R  data sequence is selected to be, for example, 74.25 MBps. A part of the Y data sequence which includes a portion corresponding to a horizontal blanking period and parts of portions corresponding to a couple of video data periods appearing before and after the horizontal blanking period in a horizontal period of the Y data sequence is shown in  FIG. 1A . Similarly, a part of the P B /P R  data sequence which includes a portion corresponding to a horizontal blanking period and parts of portions corresponding to a couple of video data periods appearing before and after the horizontal blanking period in a horizontal period of the P B /P R  data sequence is shown in  FIG. 1B . 
   In the Y data sequence, time reference code data SAV (Start of Active Video) which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(Y), 000(Y), 000(Y), XYZ(Y): 3FF and 000 are hexadecimal numbers and (Y) indicates a word contained in the Y data sequence) are provided just before a portion corresponding to the video data period and another time reference code data EAV (End of Active Video) which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(Y), 000(Y), 000(Y), XYZ(Y)) are provided just after the portion corresponding to the video data period. Similarly, in the P B /P R  data sequence, time reference code data SAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(C), 000(C), 000(C), XYZ(C): 3FF and 000 are hexadecimal numbers and (C) indicates a word contained in the P B /P R  data sequence) are provided just before a portion corresponding to the video data period and another time reference code data EAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(C), 000(C), 000(C), XYZ(C)) are provided just after the portion corresponding to the video data period. The time reference code data EAV and SAV contained in the Y data sequence are provided in a portion corresponding to the horizontal blanking period of the Y data sequence and the time reference code data EAV and SAV contained in the P B /P R  data sequence are provided in a portion corresponding to the horizontal blanking period of the P B /P R  data sequence. 
   Initial three 10-bit words (3FF, 000, 000) of four 10-bit words (3FF, 000, 000, XYZ), each of which is shown with (Y) or (C), are used for establishing word synchronization or line synchronization and a last one 10-bit word (XYZ) of four 10-bit words (3FF, 000, 000, XYZ) is used for discriminating the first field from the second field in each frame or for discriminating the time reference code data EAV from the time reference code data SAV. 
   The HD digital video signal produced in the form of G, B and R signals (hereinafter, referred to an HD digital video signal of the G, B and R type) is also a digital television signal for interlaced scanning by which each frame picture is reproduced at a rate of 30 Hz with first and second field pictures. That is, the HD digital video signal of the G, B and R type for interlaced scanning has a frame rate of 30 Hz. 
   This HD digital video signal of the G, B and R type for interlaced scanning is formed, for example, in accordance with such data formats as shown in  FIGS. 2A ,  2 B and  2 C. The data formats shown in  FIGS. 2A ,  2 B and  2 C include a green primary color signal data sequence (G data sequence) as shown in  FIG. 2A , which represents a green primary color signal component of a video signal, a blue primary color signal data sequence (B data sequence) as shown in  FIG. 2B , which represents a blue primary color signal component of the video signal, and a red primary color signal data sequence (R data sequence) as shown in  FIG. 2C , which represents a red primary color signal component of the video signal. Each of data words constituting the G data sequence, the B data sequence or the R data sequence is composed of 10 bits. The word transmission rate of each of the G data sequence, the B data sequence and the R data sequence is selected to be, for example, 74.25 MBps. A part of the G data sequence which includes a portion corresponding to a horizontal blanking period and parts of portions corresponding to a couple of video data periods appearing before and after the horizontal blanking period in a horizontal period of the G data sequence is shown in  FIG. 2A . Similarly, a part of the B data sequence which includes a portion corresponding to a horizontal blanking period and parts of portions corresponding to a couple of video data periods appearing before and after the horizontal blanking period in a horizontal period of the B data sequence is shown in  FIG. 2B  and a part of the R data sequence which includes a portion corresponding to a horizontal blanking period and parts of portions corresponding to a couple of video data periods appearing before and after the horizontal blanking period in a horizontal period of the R data sequence is shown in  FIG. 2C . 
   In each of the G data sequence, the B data sequence and the R data sequence, time reference code data SAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(G), 000(G), 000(G), XYZ(G): 3FF and 000 are hexadecimal numbers and (G) indicates a word contained in the G data sequence), time reference code data SAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(B), 000(B), 000(B), XYZ(B): 3FF and 000 are hexadecimal numbers and (B) indicates a word contained in the B data sequence) or time reference code data SAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(R), 000(R), 000(R), XYZ(R): 3FF and 000 are hexadecimal numbers and (R) indicates a word contained in the R data sequence) are provided just before a portion corresponding to the video data period, and another time reference code data EAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(G), 000(G), 000(G), XYZ(G)), another time reference code data EAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(B), 000(B), 000(B), XYZ(B)) or another time reference code data EAV which are composed of four 10-bit words (3FF(R), 000(R)., 000(R), XYZ(R)) are provided just after the portion corresponding to the video data period. The time reference code data EAV and SAV contained in each of the G data sequence, the B data sequence and the R data sequence are provided in a portion corresponding to the horizontal blanking period of each of the G data sequence, the B data sequence and the R data sequence. 
   Although, under the current HDTV system, the HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type or the G, B and R type for interlaced scanning which has the frame rate of 30 Hz, as described above, is used for reproducing color pictures, there has been proposed, as an HDTV system for the next generation, another HDTV system in which an HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type or the G, B and R type for sequential scanning by which each frame picture is reproduced at a rate of 60 Hz or 60/1.001 Hz (hereinafter, the expression “60 Hz” includes both of 60 Hz and 60/1.001 Hz) without first and second field pictures. That is, the HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type or the G, B and R type for interlaced scanning has a frame rate of 60 Hz. This HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type or the G, B and R type for sequential scanning which has the frame rate of 60 Hz is usually called a progressive HD digital video signal. 
   Digital data constituting the progressive HD digital video signal having the frame rate of 60 Hz have been standardized in data formats in accordance with SMPTE 247M which is one of a series of standards established by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) in the United States. In the data formats standardized in accordance with SMPTE 247M, 1920 active data samples per line, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz or 148.5/1.001 MHz (hereinafter, the expression “148.5 MHz” includes both of 148.5 MHz and 148.5/1.001 MHz), 8 or 10 bits for one word and so on are predetermined in addition to the frame rate of 60 Hz. Then, parallel data interface is selected to be 8 bits×2=16 bits or 10 bits×2=20 bits for data of the Y and P B /P R  type and 8 bits×3=24 bits or 10 bits×3=30 bits for data of the G, B and R type. 
   For such 8-bit or 10-bit digital data constituting the digital video signal as mentioned above, some forbidden codes which can not be used for representing any video signal information are predetermined. For example, the forbidden codes for 8-bit data are 00h and FFh (00 and FF are hexadecimal numbers and h indicates a hexadecimal number), that is, “0000 0000” and “1111 1111”, and the forbidden codes for 10-bit data are 000˜003h and 3FCh˜3FF (000, 003, 3FCh and 3FF are hexadecimal numbers and h indicates a hexadecimal number), that is, “00 0000 0000”˜“00 0000 0011” and “11 1111 1100”˜“11 1111 1111”. 
   Generally, in the case of the HD digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type, the sampling frequency of each of the P B  and P R  data sequences is selected to be a half of the sampling frequency of the Y data sequence. Hereinafter, as occasion demands, a digital video signal of the Y and P B /P R  type will be indicated as a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type. On the other hands, in the case of the HD digital video signal of the G, B and R type, the respective sampling frequencies of the G, B and R data sequences are the same as one another. Hereinafter, as occasion demands, a digital video signal of the G, B and R type will be indicated as a digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type. 
   Apart from the HD digital video signal as described above, there has been also proposed a kind of progressive HD digital video signal which is aimed for reproducing moving pictures of a cinefilm at twenty-four frames per second with so improved quality as to be substantially equal to that of images reproduced by means of the HDTV system and so-called a D-Cinema signal. Although the D-Cinema signal is able to be obtained in the form of one of the progressive HD digital video signals, the frame rate of which is selected to be, for example, 24 Hz or 24/1.001 Hz (hereinafter, the expression “24 Hz” includes both of 24 Hz and 24/1.001 Hz) as mentioned above, the frame rate of the D-Cinema signal is selected to be not only 24 Hz but also a rate other than 24 Hz, for example, 25 Hz or 30 Hz. 
   Digital data constituting the digital video signal having the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz have been standardized in data formats in accordance with SMPTE 247M. In such data formats standardized in accordance with SMPTE 247M, 1920 active data samples per line, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz or 74.25/1.001 MHz (hereinafter, the expression “74.25 MHz” includes both of 74.25 MHz and 74.25/1.001 MHz), 8 or 10 bits for one word and so on are predetermined in addition to the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz. Then, parallel data interface is selected to be 8 bits×2=16 bits or 10 bits×2=20 bits for data of the Y and P B /P R  type and 8 bits×3=24 bits or 10 bits×3=30 bits for data of the G, B and R type. 
   There has been also proposed, in addition to the HD digital video signal and the D-Cinema signal aforementioned, another kind of progressive HD digital video signal for which the frame rate of 60 Hz, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line are predetermined. This digital video signal is called a 720P signal in this application. 
   Digital data constituting the 720P signal have been standardized in data formats in accordance with SMPTE 296M. In the data formats standardized in accordance with SMPTE 296M, 750 lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz), 8 or 10 bits for one word and so on are predetermined in addition to the frame rate of 60 Hz, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line. Then, parallel data interface is selected to be 8 bits×2=16 bits or 10 bits×2=20 bits for data of the Y and P B /P R  type and 8 bits×3=24 bits or 10 bits×3=30 bits for data of the G, B and R type. 
   The 720P signal was initially proposed in a period of transition from analog video signals to HD digital video signals to be predetermined to have 720 active lines per frame which correspond to two-thirds of those of the HD digital video signal and 1280 active data samples per line which also correspond to two-thirds of those of the HD digital video signal. Accordingly, the 720P signal is inferior in definition of images reproduced therefrom to the HD digital video signal but suitable for representing images moving quickly because of the frame rate of 60 Hz. 
   In relation to the various digital video signals as described above, there has been further proposed to use a predetermined key signal for combining a certain digital video signal with other video signals. The key signal represents opacity or transparency of related video signals and is recommended to be used in “SMPTE RECOMMENDED PRACTICE” RP 157-1995. 
   When the key signal is attached to a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, a key signal data sequence which is contained in digital data constituting the key signal is formed with a data format similar to the data format of a Y data sequence contained in the digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type and handled in the same manner as the Y data sequence. When the key signal is attached to a digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type, a key signal data sequence which is contained in digital data constituting the key signal is formed with a data format similar to the data format of a G data sequence contained in the digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type and handled in the same manner as the G data sequence. 
   Under such a condition, it has come to be desired to produce the digital date constituting the HD digital video signal, the D-Cinema signal or the 720P signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits, for example, 12, 14 or 16 bits, that is, a 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence. However, with the current standards for digital video signals which include SMPTE 247M and SMPTE 296M aforementioned, 12-, 14- and 16-bit word digital data have not been standardized but only 8- or 10-bit word digital data have been standardized. Consequently, it is feared that some problems in compatibility or generalization are brought about on 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date which are produced to constitute a digital video signal. 
   Further, there is another problem in transmission of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date which are produced to constitute the digital video signal, as follows. In general, when digital data constituting a digital video signal are subjected to transmission, the digital data are converted to serial data to be transmitted. For such serial transmission of the digital data constituting the digital video signal, although it has been standardized that 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type are to be transmitted in accordance with HD SDI (High Definition Serial Digital Interface) provided by BTA S-004 which is one of the standards established by the BTA, there has not been any other standard for standardizing the serial transmission of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date constituting the digital video signal or digital date constituting a digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type. 
   For the present, any practical embodiment of transmission system which can cause the serial transmission of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date constituting the digital video signal to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, 10-bit word digital date constituting a digital video signal, has not been previously found. Further, any literature or thesis disclosing the transmission system which can cause the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date constituting the digital video signal to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner as mentioned above, has not been previously found also. 
   With regard to transmission of digital data of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type, it is required sometimes to transmit the digital data of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type together with a key signal data sequence related thereto. In such a case, it is desired in view of easiness in practice, reduction in cost and so on that the key signal data sequence is transmitted as an additional information data sequence annexed to the digital data of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type and it is also desired similarly that the digital data of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type accompanied with the key signal data sequence are converted into serial data to be transmitted with use of existing circuit devices used for the serial transmission, for example, 10-bit word digital date constituting the digital video signal. However, as aforementioned, under the present situation in which it has been merely standardized that the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type are to be transmitted in accordance with HD SDI, any practical embodiment of transmission system which can cause 10-, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date constituting a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type which are accompanied with a key signal data sequence as an additional information data sequence annexed to the digital date to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, has not been previously found. Further, any literature or thesis disclosing the transmission system which can cause the 10-, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital date constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner as mentioned above, has not been previously found also. 
   Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing digital data, by which digital data constituting a digital video signal such as one of an HD digital video signal, a D-Cinema signal, a 720P signal and so on with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits can be produced to be compatible with previous 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the HD digital video signal. 
   Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of transmitting digital data which can cause digital data constituting a digital video signal such as one of an HD digital video signal, a D-Cinema signal, a 720P signal and so on with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, and an apparatus for transmitting digital data, on which the method of transmitting digital data can be carried out. 
   A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of transmitting digital data which can cause digital data constituting a digital video signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits and a key signal data sequence related to the digital data to be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner that the key signal data sequence are transmitted as an additional information data sequence annexed to the digital date with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, and an apparatus for transmitting digital data, on which the method of transmitting digital data can be carried out. 
   DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
   According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing digital data, which comprises the steps of making first arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which include a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, making second arrangements for the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, and forming the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal in accordance with the first and second arrangements. 
   According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing digital data, which comprises the steps of making first arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which include a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, making second arrangements for the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh (00 and FF are hexadecimal numbers) are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the digital data of 16-bit word digital data, and forming the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal in accordance with the first and second arrangements. 
   According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing digital data, which comprises the steps of making first arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which include a frame sequence at a rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, 1280 active data samples per line, making second arrangements for the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh (00 and FF are hexadecimal numbers) are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, and forming the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal in accordance with the first and second arrangements. 
   According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of dividing each of 12-, 14- or 16-bit words contained in 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of dividing each of 12-bit words contained in 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, putting the upper 10-bit portions in first and second groups, multiplexing the lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second group, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of putting 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, in first and second groups alternately at every line portion, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, processing the first word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word contained in the first word sequence data into a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion and form third word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and fourth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first lower 12-, 14- or 16-bit portions, processing the second word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word contained in the second word sequence data into a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion and form fifth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and sixth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, obtaining first, second, third and fourth serial data based on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to fourth serial data. 
   According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of putting 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the digital data of 12-bit word sequence, in first and second groups alternately at every line portion, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, processing the first word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word contained in the first word sequence data into a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-bit portion, put the first upper 10-bit portions in first and second 10-bit groups, multiplex the first lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second 10-bit group, and form third word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first 10-bit group and fourth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second 10-bit group, processing the second word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word contained in the second word sequence data into a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-bit portion, put the second upper 10-bit portions in third and fourth 10-bit groups, multiplex the second lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the fourth 10-bit group, and form fifth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the third 10-bit group and sixth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the fourth 10-bit group, obtaining first, second, third and fourth serial data based on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to fourth serial data. 
   According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of dividing each of 12-, 14- or 16-bit words contained in 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of dividing each of 12-bit words contained in 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, putting the upper 10-bit portions in first and second groups, multiplexing the lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second group, forming first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting each of the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the 6 data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first word group and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second word group, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 36-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 36-, 42- 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit portions and the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second and third serial data based on the first, second and third 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to third serial data. 
   According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the upper 10-bit groups divided from the B and R data sequences and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit groups and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second and third serial data based on the first, second and third 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to third serial data. 
   According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 630 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 1438.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in such a manner as to put the Y and P B /P R  data sequences in first and second 20-bit word group alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 20-bit word group, respectively, and form a third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second and third serial data based on the first, second and third 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to third serial data. 
   According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of putting 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 40-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 40-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, respectively, processing the first divided 40-bit parallel data in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 40-bit parallel data in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences, and form first and second 20-bit word sequence data each having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second word groups, respectively, processing the second divided 40-bit parallel data in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 40-bit parallel data in a third word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a fourth word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences, and form third and fourth 20-bit word sequence data each having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the third and fourth word groups, respectively, obtaining first, second, third and fourth serial data based on the first, second, third and fourth 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to fourth serial data. 
   According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of putting 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 36-, 42- or 48-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 36-, 42- or 48-bit word groups, respectively, processing the first divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in to a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, and third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and the first lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, processing the second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in to a second upper 10-bit portions and a second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form fourth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, fifth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, and sixth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and the second lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth serial data based on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to sixth serial data. 
   According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of putting 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 48-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 48-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 48-bit word groups, respectively, processing the first divided 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 48-bit parallel data in to a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences and the first lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequence, and third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and the first lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, processing the second divided 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 48-bit parallel data in to a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-portion, and form fourth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, fifth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences and the second lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequence, and sixth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and the second lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth serial data based on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to sixth serial data. 
   According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting each of the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first word group and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second word group, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 36-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence, obtaining first and second serial data based on the first and second 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first and second serial data. 
   According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 36-, 42- 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit portions and the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second and third serial data based on the first, second and third 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to third serial data. 
   According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting digital data, which comprises the steps of processing 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the upper 10-bit groups divided from the B and R data sequences and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit groups and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, obtaining first, second and third serial data based on the first, second and third 20-bit word sequence data, respectively, and transmitting the first to third serial data. 
   According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to divide each of 12-, 14- or 16-bit words contained in 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, a first parallel to serial (P/S) converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first word sequence data, a second P/S converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second P/S converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to divide each of 12-bit words contained in 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, to put the upper 10-bit portions in first and second groups, to multiplex the lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second group, and to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, a first P/S converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first word sequence data, a second P/S converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second P/S converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to put 12-, 14- and 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data, in first and second groups alternately at every line portion, to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, to process the first word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word contained in the first word sequence data into a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion and form third word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and fourth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first lower 12-, 14- or 16-bit portions, and to process the second word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word contained in the second word sequence data into a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion and form fifth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and sixth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the third word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the fourth word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the fifth word sequence data, a fourth S/P converting portion for obtaining fourth serial data based on the sixth word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first to fourth serial data obtained from the first to fourth S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to put 12-bit word sequences constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line and in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden code for each active line in case of the digital data of 12-bit word sequence, in first and second groups alternately at every line portion, to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, to process the first word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word contained in the first word sequence data into a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-bit portion, put the first upper 10-bit portions in first and second 10-bit groups, multiplex the first lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second 10-bit group, and form third word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first 10-bit group and fourth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second 10-bit group, and to processing the second word sequence data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word contained in the second word sequence data into a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-bit portion, put the second upper 10-bit portions in third and fourth 10-bit groups, multiplex the second lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the fourth 10-bit group, and form fifth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the third 10-bit group and sixth word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the fourth 10-bit group, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the third word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the fourth word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the fifth word sequence data, a fourth S/P converting portion for obtaining fourth serial data based on the sixth word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first to fourth serial data obtained from the first to fourth S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to divide each of 12-, 14- or 16-bit words contained in 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to divide each of 12-bit words contained in 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, to put the upper 10-bit portions in first and second groups, to multiplex the lower 2-bit portions with one another at every predetermined numbers thereof to be caused to join in the second group, and to form first word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the first group and second word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on data belonging to the second group, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting each of the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first word group and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second word group, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 36-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 36-, 42- 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit portions and the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second and third serial data obtained from the first to third S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the upper 10-bit groups divided from the B and R data sequences and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit groups and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second and third serial data obtained from the first to third S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 630 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 1438.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in such a manner as to put the Y and P B /P R  data sequences in first and second 20-bit word group alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 20-bit word group, respectively, and form a third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second and third serial data obtained from the first to third S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to put 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 40-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 40-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, respectively, to process the first divided 40-bit parallel data in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 40-bit parallel data in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences, and form first and second 20-bit word sequence data each having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second word groups, respectively, and to process the second divided 40-bit parallel data in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 40-bit parallel data in a third word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a fourth word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences, and form third and fourth 20-bit word sequence data each having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the third and fourth word groups, respectively, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, a fourth S/P converting portion for obtaining fourth serial data based on the fourth 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second, third and fourth serial data obtained from the first to fourth S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to put 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 36-, 42- or 48-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 36-, 42- or 48-bit word groups, respectively, to process the first divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in to a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, and third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and the first lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, and to process the second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 36-, 42- or 48-bit parallel data in to a second upper 10-bit portions and a second lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form fourth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, fifth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, and sixth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and the second lower 2-, 4- and 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, a fourth S/P converting portion for obtaining fourth serial data based on the fourth 20-bit word sequence data, a fifth S/P converting portion for obtaining fifth serial data based on the fifth 20-bit word sequence data, a sixth S/P converting portion for obtaining sixth serial data based on the sixth 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth serial data obtained from the first to sixth S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to put 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in first and second 48-bit word groups alternately at every line portion so as to form first and second divided 48-bit parallel data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first and second 48-bit word groups, respectively, to process the first divided 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the first divided 48-bit parallel data in to a first upper 10-bit portion and a first lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the first upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences and the first lower 2-bit portions divided from the 6, B and R data sequence, and third 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first upper 10-bit portions and the first lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, and to process the second divided 48-bit parallel data in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence contained in the second divided 48-bit parallel data in to a second upper 10-bit portion and a second lower 2-portion, and form fourth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, fifth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the second upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences and the second lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequence, and sixth 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second upper 10-bit portions and the second lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, a fourth S/P converting portion for obtaining fourth serial data based on the fourth 20-bit word sequence data, a fifth S/P converting portion for obtaining fifth serial data based on the fifth 20-bit word sequence data, a sixth S/P converting portion for obtaining sixth serial data based on the sixth 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth serial data obtained from the first to sixth S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 30-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a fortieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 40-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 10-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the 0 data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to put 10-bit words constituting each of the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence in a first word group including the 10-bit words constituting the G data sequence and a part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and a second word group including the 10-bit words constituting the additional information data sequence and another part of the 10-bit words constituting the B and R data sequences and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the first word group and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the second word group, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a forty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 36-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a 720P signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first and second serial data obtained from the first and second S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a forty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 36-, 42- 48-bit parallel data including Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 24-, 28- or 32-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-, 14- or 16-bit word constituting the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit portions and the lower 2-, 4- or 6-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second and third serial data obtained from the first to third S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   According to a forty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting digital data, which comprises a data processing portion operative to process 48-bit parallel data including G, B and R data sequences of 36-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and constituting a digital video signal, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame and 1280 active data samples per line, and an additional information data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data sequence and having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in such a manner as to divide each 12-bit word constituting the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 2-bit portion, and form first 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on the upper 10-bit portions divided from the G data sequence and a part of the upper 10-bit portions divided from the B and R data sequences, second 20-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps based on another part of the upper 10-bit groups divided from the B and R data sequences and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the G, B and R data sequences and the additional information data sequence and third 20-bit word sequence data based on the upper 10-bit groups and the lower 2-bit portions divided from the additional information data sequence, a first S/P converting portion for obtaining first serial data based on the first 20-bit word sequence data, a second S/P converting portion for obtaining second serial data based on the second 20-bit word sequence data, a third S/P converting portion for obtaining third serial data based on the third 20-bit word sequence data, and a data transmitting portion for transmitting the first, second and third serial data obtained from the first to third S/P converting portions, respectively. 
   With the method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the digital video signal constituted with the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data is obtained. In this digital data constituting the digital video signal, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the bidden code for each active line, and therefore, 8-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 8-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words or 10-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 10-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words are compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed HD digital video signal. Consequently, the digital data constituting the digital video signal obtained with the method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention can be subjected to recording, reading, editing, reproduction of images and so on by means of apparatus used for the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   Especially, with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, the 720P signal constituted with the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data is obtained. In such digital data constituting the 720P signal also, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the bidden code for each active line, and therefore, 8-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 8-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words or 10-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 10-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words are compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed 720P signal. Consequently, the digital data constituting the 720P signal obtained with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention can be subjected to recording, reading, editing, reproduction of images and so on by means of apparatus used for the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed 720P signal. 
   In the method of transmitting digital data according to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal are divided into plural word sequence data each compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed HD digital video signal, and each of the plural word sequence data are converted into the serial data to be transmitted. Consequently, with the method of transmitting digital data according to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   In the method of transmitting digital data according to the eighth or ninth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-eight or twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal are divided into plural word sequence data each compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed HD digital video signal, and each of the plural word sequence data are converted into the serial data to be transmitted. Consequently, with the method of transmitting digital data according to the eighth or ninth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   In the method of transmitting digital data according to the tenth to eighteenth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirtieth to thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, the Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20-, 24-, 28-, 32-bit word sequence data or the G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data constituting the digital video signal and the additional information data sequence of 10-, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with the data format similar to the data format of the Y or G data sequence and annexed to the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences are converted into plural 20-bit word sequence data each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and each of the plural 20-bit word sequence data are converted into the serial data to be transmitted. 
   The data processing to the 20-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the processing for converting the 20-bit word sequence data into the serial data to be transmitted can be carried out with circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. Further, the additional information data sequence annexed to the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences can be a key signal data sequence related to the digital data including the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences constituting the digital video signal. 
   Consequently, with the method of transmitting digital data according to the tenth to eighteenth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirtieth to thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, the digital data constituting the digital video signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits, for example, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal, and the key signal data sequence related to the digital data can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner that the key signal data sequence are transmitted as the additional information data sequence annexed to the digital data with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, the 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal. 
   In the method of transmitting digital data according to the nineteenth to twenty-third aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirty-ninth to forty-third aspect of the present invention, the Y and P B /P R  data sequences of 20, 24-, 28 or 32-bit word sequence data or the G, B and R data sequences of 30-bit word sequence data constituting the 720P signal and the additional information data sequence of 10-, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data formed with the data format similar to the data format of the Y or G data sequence and annexed to the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences are converted into plural 20-bit word sequence data each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and each of the plural 20-bit word sequence data are converted into the serial data to be transmitted. 
   The data processing to the 20-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the processing for converting the 20-bit word sequence data into the serial data to be transmitted can be carried out with circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. Further, the additional information data sequence annexed to the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences can be a key signal data sequence related to the digital data including the Y and P B /P R  data sequences or the G, B and R data sequences constituting the digital video signal. 
   Consequently, with the method of transmitting digital data according to the nineteenth to twenty-third aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirty-ninth to forty-third aspect of the present invention, the digital data constituting the 720P signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits, for example, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal, and the key signal data sequence related to the digital data can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner that the key signal data sequence are transmitted as the additional information data sequence annexed to the digital data constituting the 720P signal with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, the 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal. 

   
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       FIGS. 1A and 1B  are time charts used for explaining an example of a data format for a digital video signal; 
       FIGS. 2A ,  2 B and  2 C are time charts used for explaining another example of a data format for a digital video signal; 
       FIG. 3  is a time chart showing an example of a data format of digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with an embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention; 
       FIG. 4  is a table used for explaining forbidden codes for digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with one of embodiments of method of producing digital data according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 5  is a time chart showing an example of a data format of digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with an embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention; 
       FIGS. 6 to 8  are tables used for explaining digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with the embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention; 
       FIG. 9  is a time chart showing an example of a data format of digital data constituting a 720P signal produced with an embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention; 
       FIG. 10  is a time chart showing an example of a data format of digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with an embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention; 
       FIG. 11  is a table used for explaining digital data constituting a digital video signal produced with the embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention; 
       FIG. 12  is a schematic block diagram showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including an embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 13A to 25  are data charts used for explaining the operation of a data processing portion provided in the data transmitting and receiving apparatus shown in  FIG. 12 ; 
       FIG. 26  is a schematic block diagram showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including another embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIG. 27  is a schematic block diagram showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including a further embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIG. 28  is a schematic block diagram showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including an embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth and the twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 29 to 35  are data charts used for explaining the operation of a data processing portion provided in the data transmitting and receiving apparatus shown in  FIG. 28 ; 
       FIG. 36  is a schematic block diagram showing a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including another embodiment of apparatus for receiving digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth and the twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIG. 37  is a schematic block diagram showing a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including a further embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth and the twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 38 and 39  are schematic block diagrams showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including an embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and thirty-sixth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the sixth, seventh and sixteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 40 to 60  are data charts used for explaining the operation of a data processing portion provided in the data transmitting and receiving apparatus shown in  FIGS. 38 and 39 ; 
       FIG. 61  is a schematic block diagram showing a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including another embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and thirty-sixth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the sixth, seventh and sixteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 62 and 63  are schematic block diagrams showing an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including an embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out; 
       FIGS. 64 to 72  are data charts used for explaining the operation of a data processing portion provided in the data transmitting and receiving apparatus shown in  FIGS. 62 and 63 ; and 
       FIGS. 73 and 74  are schematic block diagrams showing a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus including another embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   

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     FIG. 3  shows an example of a data format for digital data constituting a digital video signal, which are produced with a first embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention. 
   In the first embodiment of method of producing digital data, with which digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in FIG.  3  are obtained, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type are produced. The digital data thus produced are composed of a Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and a P B /P R  data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 3  are obtained, arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, which include a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  per frame, 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  in each frame is formed to include a line portion of the Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and a line portion of the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data. Especially, in each of 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, each of the line portions of the Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data includes a line blanking portion and a video data portion, as shown with the line of L 0042  in  FIG. 3 . 
   The line blanking portion is formed with time reference code data EAV at the beginning end thereof and time reference code data SAV at the terminal end thereof. The video data portion is formed to contain a video data portion of the Y data sequence which is composed of data YD of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence representing luminance signal information of 1920 active data samples and a video data portion of the P B /P R  data sequence which is composed of data PbD/PrD of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence representing color difference signal information of 1920 active data samples. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 12-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 12-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 14-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 14-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame or 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 16-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 16-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, are made. The forbidden code cannot be used for constituting the data YD representing luminance signal information and the data PbD/PrD representing color difference signal information. 
   As shown in  FIG. 4 , the forbidden codes are predetermined to be 000h˜00Fh and FF0h˜FFFh, namely 0000 0000 0000˜0000 0000 1111 and 1111 1111 0000˜1111 1111 1111 in case of the 12-bit word digital data, 0000h˜003Fh and 3FC0h˜FFFFh, namely 00 0000 0000 0000˜00 0000 0011 1111 and 11 1111 1100 0000˜11 1111 1111 1111 in case of the 14-bit word digital data, and 0000h˜00FFh and FF00h˜FFFFh, namely 0000 0000 0000 0000˜0000 0000 1111 1111 and 1111 1111 0000 0000˜1111 1111 1111 1111 in case of the 16-bit word digital data. 
   As described above, with the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 3  are obtained, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, the 14-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel or the 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, are produced. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the second aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 3  are obtained, arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, which include a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  per frame, 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  in each frame is formed in the same manner as that in the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention mentioned above. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for data YD of 12-bit word sequence representing luminance signal information and data PbD/PrD of 12-bit word sequence representing color difference signal information in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for data YD of 14-bit word sequence representing luminance signal information and data PbD/PrD of 14-bit word sequence representing color difference signal information in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame or 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for data YD of 16-bit word sequence representing luminance signal information and data PbD/PrD of 16-bit word sequence representing color difference signal information in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, are made also in the same manner as those in the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention mentioned above. 
   With the method of producing digital data according to the second aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 3  are obtained, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, which have the frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, the 14-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel or the 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, are produced. 
     FIG. 5  shows an example of a data format for digital data constituting a digital video signal, which are produced with a second embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention. 
   In the second embodiment of method of producing digital data, with which digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 5  are obtained, 12-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type are produced. The digital data thus produced are composed of a G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, a B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and an R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 5  are obtained, arrangements for 12-bit word digital data, which include a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  per frame, 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  in each frame is formed to include a line portion of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, a line portion of the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and a line portion of the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data. Especially, in each of 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, each of the line portions of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data includes a line blanking portion and a video data portion, as shown with the line of L 0042  in  FIG. 5 . 
   The line blanking portion is formed with time reference code data EAV at the beginning end thereof and time reference code data SAV at the terminal end thereof. The video data portion is formed to contain a video data portion of the G data sequence which is composed of data GD representing green primary color signal information of 1920 active data samples, a video data portion of the B data sequence which is composed of data BD representing blue primary color signal information of 1920 active data samples and a video data portion of the R data sequence which is composed of data RD representing red primary color signal information of 1920 active data samples. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data GD of 12-bit word sequence, the data BD of 12-bit word sequence and the data RD of 12-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  in each frame, are made. The forbidden code cannot be used for constituting the data GD representing green primary color signal information, the data BD representing blue primary color signal information and the data RD representing red primary color signal information. The forbidden codes thus predetermined are the same as the forbidden 12-bit codes shown in the table of  FIG. 4 . 
   As described above, with the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 5  are obtained, the 12-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, are produced. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the second aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 5  are obtained, arrangements for 12-bit word digital data, which include a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  per frame, 1080 active lines from L 0042  to L 1121  per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 1125 lines from L 0001  to L 1125  in each frame is formed in the same manner as that in the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention mentioned above. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for data GD of 12-bit word sequence representing green primary color signal information, data BD of 12-bit word sequence representing blue primary color signal information and data RD of 12-bit word sequence representing red primary color signal information, are made also in the same manner as those in the method of producing digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention mentioned above. 
   With the method of producing digital data according to the second aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 5  are obtained, the 12-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, are produced. 
   The digital data produced with the method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention as described above, include 12-bit word digital data DA 12  to DJ 12  each constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz or 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, as shown in a table of  FIG. 6 , 14-bit word digital data DA 14  to DE 14  each constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz or 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 14-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, as shown in a table of  FIG. 7 , and 16-bit word digital data DA 16  to DE 16  each constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz or 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samples per line, and in which the 16-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, as shown in a table of  FIG. 8 . 
     FIG. 9  shows an example of a data format for digital data constituting a 720P signal, which are produced with a first embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention. 
   In the first embodiment of method of producing digital data, with which digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 9  are obtained, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting a 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type are produced. The digital data thus produced are composed of a Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and a P B /P R  data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 9  are obtained, arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, which include a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines from L 001  to L 750  per frame, 720 active lines from L 026  to L 745  per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 750 lines from L 001  to L 750  in each frame is formed to include a line portion of the Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and a line portion of the P B /P R  data sequence of 1,2-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data. Especially, in each of 720 active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame, each of the line portions of the Y data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence data includes a line blanking portion and a video data portion, as shown with the line of L 026  in  FIG. 9 . 
   The line blanking portion is formed with time reference code data EAV at the beginning end thereof and time reference code data SAV at the terminal end thereof. The video data portion is formed to contain a video data portion of the Y data sequence which is composed of data YD of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence representing luminance signal information of 1280 active data samples and a video data portion of the P B /P R  data sequence which is composed of data PbD/PrD of 12-, 14- or 16-bit word sequence representing color difference signal information of 1280 active data samples. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 12-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 12-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame, 14-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 14-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 14-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame or 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data YD of 16-bit word sequence and the data PbD/PrD of 16-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame, are made. The forbidden code cannot be used for constituting the data YD representing luminance signal information and the data PbD/PrD representing color difference signal information. The forbidden codes thus predetermined are the same as the forbidden 12-bit codes, the forbidden 14-bit codes and the forbidden 16-bit codes shown in the table of  FIG. 4 . 
   As described above, with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 9  are obtained, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the digital data of 12-bit word composed of the Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, the 14-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the digital data of 14-bit word composed of the Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel or the 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for n each active line in case of the digital data of 16-bit word composed of the Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, are produced. 
     FIG. 10  shows an example of a data format for digital data constituting the 720P signal, which are produced with a second embodiment of method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention. 
   In the second embodiment of method of producing digital data, with which digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 10  are obtained, 12-bit word digital data constituting a. 720P signal of the 4:4:4 type are produced. The digital data thus produced are composed of a G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, a B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and an R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel. 
   In the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 10  are obtained, arrangements for 12-bit word digital data composed of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, which include a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines from L 001  to L 750  per frame, 720 active lines from L 026  to L 745  per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samples per line, are made. With such arrangements, each of 750 lines from L 001  to L 750  in each frame is formed to include a line portion of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, a line portion of the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and a line portion of the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data. Especially, in each of 720 active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame, each of the line portions of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data includes a line blanking portion and a video data portion, as shown with the line of L 026  in  FIG. 10 . 
   The line blanking portion is formed with time reference code data EAV at the beginning end thereof and time reference code data SAV at the terminal end thereof. The video data portion is formed to contain a video data portion of the G data sequence which is composed of data GD representing green primary color signal information of 1280 active data samples, a video data portion of the B data sequence which is composed of data BD representing blue primary color signal information of 1280 active data samples and a video data portion of the R data sequence which is composed of data RD representing red primary color signal information of 1280 active data samples. 
   Further, another arrangements for 12-bit word digital data composed of the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data, the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, in which 12-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be forbidden codes for the data GD of 12-bit word sequence, the data BD of 12-bit word sequence and the data RD of 12-bit word sequence in each of the active lines from L 026  to L 745  in each frame, are made. The forbidden code cannot be used for constituting the data GD representing green primary color signal information, the data BD representing blue primary color signal information and the data RD representing red primary color signal information. The forbidden codes thus predetermined are the same as the forbidden 12-bit codes shown in the table of  FIG. 4 . 
   As described above, with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, with which the digital data formed in accordance with the data format shown in  FIG. 10  are obtained, the 12-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal of the 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line, are produced. 
   The digital data produced with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention as described above, include 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data DDT 12 , DDT 14 , DDT 16  and DIT 12  each constituting the 720P signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type, which have the frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samples per line, and in which the 12-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 12-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, the 14-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 14-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel or the 16-bit codes each containing an upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden codes for each active line in case of the 16-bit word digital data composed of the Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data arranged in parallel, as shown in a table of  FIG. 11 . 
     FIG. 12  shows an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a first embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   Referring to  FIG. 12 , in a transmitting side which constitutes the embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the present invention, digital data DVX are supplied to a data processing portion  11 . 
   The digital data DVX are one of digital data DA 12  to DC 12 , DF 12  to DH 12 , DA 14  to DC 14  and DA 16  to DC 16  constituting a digital video signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type shown in the tables of  FIGS. 6 to 8 ; one of digital data DDT 12  to DDT 14 , DDT 16  and DIT 12  constituting a 720P signal of the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 ; data DVA 10 +DKA 10  composed of 10-bit word digital data DA 10 , DB 10  or DC 10  constituting a digital video data of the 4:2:2 type, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samplings per line, and a key signal data sequence DKA 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DA 10 , DB 10  or DC 10 ; data DVB 10 +DKB 10  composed of 10-bit word digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DH 10  constituting a digital video data of the 4;4;4 type, which have a frame rate of 24 Hz, 25 Hz or 30 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samplings per line, and a key signal data sequence DKB 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DHCO; data DVA 12 +DKA 12  composed of the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12  and a key signal data sequence DKA 12  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12 ; data DDT 10 +DKD 10  composed of 10-bit word digital data DDT 10  constituting a 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samplings per line, and a key signal data sequence DKD 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DDT 10 ; data DIT 10 +DKI 10  composed of digital data DIT 10  of 10-bit word sequence constituting a 720P signal of the 4;4;4 type, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz, 750 lines per frame, 720 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1280 active data samplings per line, and a key signal data sequence DKI 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DIT 10 ; or data DDT 12 +DKD 12  composed of the digital data DDT 12  and a key signal data sequence DKD 12  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DDT 12 . Each of the key signal data sequences DKA 10 , DKA 12 , DKD 10  and DKD 12  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the Y and P B /P R  data sequences. Each of the key signal data sequences DKB 10  and DKI 10  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the G, B and R data sequences. 
   When the digital data DVX are one of the 12-bit word digital data DA 12  to DC 12  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, for example, the 12-bit word digital data DA 12 , shown in the table of  FIG. 6 , or the 12-bit word digital data DDA 12  constituting the 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 , the 12-bit word digital data DA 12  or DDA 12  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 24-bit word sequence data having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 13A . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the 12-bit word digital data DA 12  or DDT 12  supplied in the form shown in  FIG. 13A  are subjected to data processing for dividing each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 0 ; 11 , Y 1 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions, Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 A or DDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 13B . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . Further, ancillary 8-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 B or DDT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 13C . 
   Namely, the 12-bit word digital data DA 12  or DDT 12  in the form of 24-bit word sequence are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 A or DDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 B or DDT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the 12-bit word digital data DB 12  or DC 12  shown in the table of  FIG. 6 , the 12-bit word digital data DB 12  or DCT 12  in the form of 24-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data each having a word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the similar manner as the 12-bit word digital data DA 12  supplied as the digital data DVX. 
   When the digital data DVX are one of the 14-bit word digital data DA 14  to DC 14  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, for example, the 14-bit word digital data DA 14 , shown in the table of  FIG. 7 , or the 14-bit word digital data DDA 14  constituting the 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 , the 14-bit word digital data DA 14  or DDA 14  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 28-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz, in which the Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 14A . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the 14-bit word digital data DA 14  or DDT 14  supplied in the form shown in  FIG. 14A  are subjected to data processing for dividing each of 14-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 14-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . ) and a lower 4-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 14 A or DDT 14 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 14B . 
   Ancillary 6-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 4-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +α 3 , . . . . Further, ancillary 6-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 4-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 : 0 ˜Y 1 : 3 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0  ˜Pb 1 ; 3 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 4 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 14 B or DDT 14 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 14C . 
   Namely, the 14-bit word digital data DA 14  or DDT 14  in the form of 28-bit word sequence are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DA 14 A or DDT 14 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DA 14 B or DDT 14 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the 14-bit word digital data DB 14  or DC 14  shown in the table of  FIG. 7 , the 14-bit word digital data DB 14  or DCT 14  in the form of 28-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the similar manner as the 14-bit word digital data DA 14  supplied as the digital data DVX. 
   When the digital data DVX are one of the 16-bit word digital data DA 16  to DC 16  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type, for example, the 16-bit word digital data DA 16 , shown in the table of  FIG. 8 , or the 16-bit word digital data DDA 16  constituting the 720P signal of the 4:2:2 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 , the 16-bit word digital data DA 16  or DDA 16  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 32-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz, in which the Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 15A . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the 16-bit word digital data DA 16  or DDT 16  supplied in the form shown in  FIG. 15A  are subjected to data processing for dividing each of 16-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 16-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6 ˜Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . ) and a lower 6-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6 ˜Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 16 A or DDT 16 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A based on the upper 10-bit portions, as shown in  FIG. 15B . 
   Ancillary 4-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , Further, ancillary 4-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 16 B or DDT 16 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 15C . 
   Namely, the 16-bit word digital data DA 16  or DDT 16  in the form of 32-bit word sequence are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DA 16 A or DDT 16 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DA 16 B or DDT 16 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the 16-bit word digital data DB 16  or DC 16  shown in the table of  FIG. 8 , the 16-bit word digital data DB 16  or DCT 16  in the form of 32-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the similar manner as the 16-bit word digital data DA 16  supplied as the digital data DVX. 
   When the digital data DVX are one of the 12-bit word digital data DF 12  to DH 12  constituting the digital video signal of the 4;4;4 type, for example, the 12-bit word digital data DF 12 , shown in the table of  FIG. 6 , or the 12-bit word digital data DIT 12  constituting the 720P signal of the 4;4;4 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 , the 12-bit word digital data DF 12  or DIT 12  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 36-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz, in which the G data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz, the B data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz and the R data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MHz are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 16 . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the 12-bit word digital data DF 12  or DIT 12  supplied in the form shown in  FIG. 16  are subjected to data processing for dividing each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence and 12-bit words (RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence into an upper 10-bit portion (G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 ˜G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 2 ˜G 3 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , G 3 ; 0 ˜G 3 ; 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1 , B 3 ; 0 ˜B 3 ; 1 , . . . and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1 , R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1 , R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1 , R 3 ; 0 ˜R 3 ; 1 , . . . ). 
   Then, the lower 2-bit portions G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1  and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1  and R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1  and R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ) . . . . Further, ancillary 4-bit word γ 0 , γ 1 , Yγ 2 , γ 3 , . . . are added to the 6-bit words GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 ˜G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 2 ˜G 3 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . are pit in group 1 and group 2 and the 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . are added to the group 2, so that 10-bit word group 1 and 10-bit word group 2 which are partitioned with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 17  are obtained. 
   20-bit word sequence data DF 12 A or DIT 12 A having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 17  as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 18A . Similarly, 20-bit word sequence data DF 12 B or DIT 12 B having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 17  as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 18B . 
   Namely, the 12-bit word digital data DF 126  or DIT 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DF 12 A or DIT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DF 12 B or DIT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVA 10 +DKA 10  composed of the digital data DA 10 , DB 10  or DC 10  and the key signal data sequence DKA 10  annexed to the digital data DA 10 , DB 10  or DC 10 , or the data DDT 10 +DKD 10  composed of the digital data DDT 10  and the key signal data sequence DKD 10  annexed to the digital data DDT 10 , the data DVA 10 +DKA 10  or DDT 10 +DKD 10  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 30-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 10-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 19 . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the data DVA 10 +DKA 10  or DDT 10 +DKD 10  supplied in the form of 30-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 19  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence shown in  FIG. 19  and 10-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence shown in  FIG. 19  are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 10 A or DVDT 10 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 20 . Similarly 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence shown in  FIG. 19  and ancillary 10-bit words αD 0 , αD 1 , αD 2 , αD 3 , . . . shown in  FIG. 19  are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 10 B or DVDT 10 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 20 . 
   Namely, the data DVA 10 +DKA 10  or DDT 10 +DKD 10  in the form of 30-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A or DVDT 10 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 B or DVDT 10 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVB 10 +DKB 10  composed of the digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DH 10  and the key signal data sequence DKB 10  annexed to the digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DH 10 , or the data D 1 T 10 +DKI 10  composed of the digital data DIT 10  and the key signal data sequence DKI 10  annexed to the digital data DIT 10 , the data DVB 10 +DKB 10  or DI 10 +DKI 10  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 40-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the G data sequence, the B data sequence, the R data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 10-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 21 . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the data DVB 10 +DKB 10  or DIT 10 +DKI 10  supplied in the form of 40-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 21  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . constituting the B data sequence, 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence and 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence each shown in  FIG. 21  are partitioned with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 22  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the R data sequence are included and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 1 , BD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 1 , RD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the R data sequence are included. 
   Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVB 10 A or DVIT 10 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 22  as a link A and 20-bit word sequence data DVB 10 B or DVIT 10 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 22  as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 23 . 
   Namely, the data DVB 10 +DKB 10  or DIT 10 +DKI 10  in the form of 40-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVB 10 A or DVIT 10 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DVBD 10 B or DVIT 10 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  composed of the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12  and the key signal data sequence DKA 12  annexed to the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12 , or the data DDT 12 +DKD 12  composed of the digital data DDT 12  and the key signal data sequence DKD 12  annexed to the digital data DDT 12 , the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  are supplied to the data processing portion  11  in the form of 36-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 24 . 
   In the data processing portion  11 , the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  supplied in the form of 36-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 24  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 25 . 
   The lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1  and A 0 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 2-bit a 0  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word (YA 0 BR 0 ; 0 - 1 )+a 0 ; the lower 2-bit portions Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 6-bit b 0  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word (Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 +b 0 ; the lower 2-bit portions Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1  and A 2 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 2-bit a 1  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word (YA 2 BR 1 ; 0 - 1 )+a 1 ; the lower 2-bit portions Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 6-bit b 1  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word CY 3 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 )+b 1 ; the lower 2-bit portions Y 4 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1  and A 4 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 2-bit a 2  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word (YA 4 BR 2 ; 0 - 1 )+a 2 ; the lower 2-bit portions Y 5 ; 0 - 1 , A 5 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 6-bit b 2  are multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word CY 5 ; 0 - 1 , A 5 ; 0 - 1 )+b 2 ; . . . . A series of 10-bit words thus obtained and the upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 ,- 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 25 . 
   Namely, the data DVA 12 +DKA 120  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DVAD 12 B or DVDT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   From the data processing portion  11 , one of data pairs of the 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 A and DA 12 B, DDT 12 A and DDT 12 B, DA 14 A and DA 14 B, DDT 14 A and DDT 14 B, DA 16 A and DA 16 B, DDT 16 A and DDT 16 B, DF 12 A and DF 12 B, DIT 12 A and DIT 12 B, DVA 10 A and DVA 10 B, DVDT 10 A and DVDT 10 B, DVB 10 A and DVB 106 , DVIT 10 A and DVIT 10 B, DVA 12 A and DVA 12 B, DVDT 12 A and DVDT 12 B, and so on is derived as a pair of 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) and DPB( 20 ). 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  11  are supplied to a data inserting portion  12 . In the data inserting portion  12 , ancillary data DAA containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  12  are supplied to a P/S convertor  13 . 
   In the P/S convertor  13 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSA having a bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA are supplied to a bit multiplexing portion  14 . 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  11  are supplied to a data inserting portion  15 . In the data inserting portion  15 , ancillary data DAB containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  15  are supplied to a P/S convertor  16 . In the P/S convertor  16 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSB having a bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSB are supplied to the bit multiplexing portion  14 . 
   In the bit multiplexing portion  14 , each bit of the serial data DSA and each bit of the serial data DSB are alternately extracted to be arranged successively so that the serial data DS 1  and DS 2  are subjected to bit multiplexing to produce multiplexed serial data DSZ having a bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps×2=2.97 Gbps. 
   The multiplexed serial data DSZ obtained from the bit multiplexing portion  14  are supplied to an electric to optical (E/O) convertor  17 . The E/O convertor  17  is operative to cause the multiplexed serial data DSZ to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OZV having a central wavelength of about 1.3 μm. The optical signal OZV is derived from the E/O convertor  17  to be transmitted at the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. A portion including the bit multiplexing portion  14  and the E/O convertor  17  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA and DSB. 
   The optical signal OZV derived from the E/O convertor  17  is guided through an optical connector  18  to an optical fiber data transmission line  20  to be transmitted to a receiving side. The optical fiber data transmission line  20  is made of, for example, fused quartz single-mode fiber (fused quartz SMF). 
   In the receiving side, the optical signal OZV transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  20  is guided through an optical connector  21  to an optical to electric (O/E) convertor  22 . The O/E convertor  22  is operative to cause the optical signal OZV having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the multiplexed serial data DSZ having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. The multiplexed serial data DSZ thus reproduced are supplied to a bit dividing portion  23 . 
   In the bit dividing portion  23 , each bit of the multiplexed serial data DSZ is extracted successively and separated to form a couple of bit groups, one of which includes every other bits and the other of which includes another every other bits so that the multiplexed serial data DSZ is subjected to bit dividing. Thereby, the serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps and the serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps which form two channel data are reproduced. The serial data DSA are supplied to an S/P convertor  24  and the serial data DSB are supplied to an S/P convertor  25 . 
   The S/P convertor  24  is operative to cause the serial data DSA to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  26 . In the data separating portion  26 , the ancillary data DAA containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAA are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) are supplied to a data time difference absorbing portion  27 . 
   The S/P convertor  25  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  28 . In the data separating portion  28 , the ancillary data DAB containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAB are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) are supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  27 . 
   In the data time difference absorbing portion  27 , time difference between the 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) from the data separating portion  26  and the 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) from the data separating portion  28  is absorbed to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in such a manner that time difference between the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ) and the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ( 20 ) is substantially zero. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ) and the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ( 20 ) obtained from the data time difference absorbing portion  27  are supplied to a data reproducing portion  30 . In the data reproducing portion  30 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ) and the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ( 20 ) are subjected to data reproduction processing, which is proceeded inversely to the data processing to which the 20-bit word sequence data constituting the digital data DVX are subjected in the data processing portion  11 , to reproduce the digital data DVX formed based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ) and DPBQ( 20 ). 
   The digital data DVX thus reproduced are any of the digital data DA 12  to DC 12 , DF 12  to DH 12 , DA 14  to DC 14  and DA 16  to DC 16  each constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type or the 4:4:4 type shown in the table of  FIGS. 6 to 8 , any of the digital data DDT 12 , DDT 14 , DDT 16  and DIT 12  constituting the 720P signal the 4:2:2 type or 4:4:4 type shown in the table of  FIG. 11 , or any of the data DVA 10 +DKA 10  composed of the digital data DA 10 , DBL 0  or DC 10  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type and the key signal data sequence DKA 10  annexed to the digital data DA 10 , DB 10  or DC 10 , the data DVB 10 +DKB 10  composed of the digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DH 10  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type and the key signal data sequence DKB 10  annexed to the digital data DF 10 , DG 10  or DH 10 , the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  composed of the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12  and the key signal data sequence DKA 12  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DA 12 , DB 12  or DC 12 , the data DDT 10 +DKD 10  composed of the digital data DDT 10  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:2:2 type and the key signal data sequence DKD 10  annexed to the digital data DDT 10 , the data DIT 10 +DKI 10  composed of the digital data DIT 10  constituting the digital video signal of the 4:4:4 type and the key signal data sequence DKI 10  annexed to the digital data DDT 10 , and the data DDT 12 +DKD 120  composed of the digital data DDT 12  and the key signal data sequence DKD 12  annexed to the digital data DDT 12 . 
     FIG. 26  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a second embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 26 , has a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIG. 12  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIG. 12  are shown in  FIG. 26 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 26 , the bit multiplexing portion  14  and the bit dividing portion  23  employed in the example of  FIG. 12  are not provided, and E/O convertors  31  and  32  and O/E convertors  38  and  39  are provided in place of the E/O convertor  17  and the O/E convertor  22  employed in the example of  FIG. 12 . 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 26 , serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  13  is supplied to the E/O convertor  31  and serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  16  is supplied to the E/O convertor  32 . The E/O convertor  31  is operative to cause the serial data DSA to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA having a central wavelength of, for example, about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA is guided to a wave multiplexing portion  33 . The E/O convertor  32  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB having a central wavelength of, for example, about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  33 . 
   The wave multiplexing portion  33  is constituted with, for example, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) using optical fiber. In the wave multiplexing portion  33 , the optical signal OSA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the optical signal OSA having the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm are multiplexed with each other to produce a multiplexed optical signal OSZ. The multiplexed optical signal OSZ is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  33  as a transmission signal. A portion including the E/O convertors  31  and  32  and the wave multiplexing portion  33  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA and DSB obtained from the P/S convertors  13  and  16 , respectively. 
   The multiplexed optical signal OSZ which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  33  is guided through an optical connector  34  to an optical fiber data transmission line  35  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. The optical fiber data transmission line  35  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the multiplexed optical signal OSZ transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  35  is guided through an optical connector  36  to a wave dividing portion  37 . The wave dividing portion  37  is constituted with, for example, a wavelength dividing demultiplexer (WDD) using optical fiber functioning as wave dividing means. In the wave dividing portion  37 , the multiplexed optical signal OSZ is divided into an optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and another optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm to reproduce the optical signal OSA which has the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.4856 bps and the optical signal OSB which has the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. 
   The optical signals OSA and OSB reproduced by the wave dividing portion  37  are guided the O/E convertors  38  and  39 , respectively. The O/E convertor  38  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  24 . The O/E convertor  39  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB having the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  25 . Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 26 , are similar to those of the example of  FIG. 12 . 
     FIG. 27  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a third embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth to thirty-second and thirty-ninth to forty-first aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the fourth, fifth, eighth to twelfth and nineteenth to twenty-first aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 27 , has a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIG. 26  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIG. 26  are shown in  FIG. 26 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 27 , the wave multiplexing portion  33  and the wave dividing portion  37  employed in the example of  FIG. 26  are not provided, and E/O convertors  40  and O/E convertors  41  are provided in place of the E/O convertor  32  and the O/E convertor  39  employed in the example of  FIG. 26 . 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 27 , serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps is supplied to the E/O convertor  40 . The E/O convertor  40  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB having the central wavelength of, for example, about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB is derived from the E/O convertor  40  to be transmitted. A portion including an E/O convertor  31  and the E/O convertor  40  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA and DSB obtained from the P/S convertors  13  and  16 , respectively. 
   The optical signal OSA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps derived from the E/O convertor  31  is guided through an optical connector  42  to an optical fiber data transmission line  43  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. Similarly, the optical signal OSB having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps derived from the E/O convertor  40  is guided through an optical connector  44  to an optical fiber data transmission line  45  to be transmitted thereby to the receiving side. Each of the optical fiber data transmission lines  43  and is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the optical signal OSA transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  43  is guided through an optical connector  46  to an O/E convertor  38 . The O/E convertor  38  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. Further, the optical signal OSB transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  45  is guided through an optical connector  47  to the O/E convertor  41 . The O/E convertor  41  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 27 , are similar to those of the example of  FIG. 26 . 
     FIG. 28  shows an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a first embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth, twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   Referring to  FIG. 28 , in a transmitting side which constitutes the embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the present invention, digital data DVX are supplied to a data processing portion  51 . 
   The digital data DVX are one of the data DVA 12 +DKA 12 ; data DVA 14 +DKA 14  composed of the digital data DA 14 , DB 14  or DC 14  and a key signal data sequence DKA 14  of 14-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DA 14 , DB 14  or DC 14 ; data DVA 16 +DKA 16  composed of the digital data DA 16 , DB 16  or DC 16  and a key signal data sequence DKA 16  of 16-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DA 16 , DB 16  or DC 16 ; data DVB 12 +DKB 12  composed of the digital data DF 12 , DG 12  or DH 12  and a key signal data sequence DKB 12  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DF 12 , DG 12  or DH 12 ; data DVC 10 +DKC 10  composed of 10-bit word digital data DD 10  or DE 10  constituting a digital video data of the 4:2:2 type, which have a frame rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, the sampling frequency of 74.25 MHz and 1920 active data samplings per line, and a key signal data sequence DKC 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DD 10  or DE 10 ; the data DDT 12 +DKD 12 ; data DDT 14 +DKD 14  composed of the digital data DDT 14  and a key signal data sequence DKD 14  of 14-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DDT 14 ; data DDT 16 +DKD 16  composed of the digital data DDT 16  and a key signal data sequence DKD 16  of 16-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DDT 16 ; and data DIT 12 +DKI 12  composed of the digital data DIT 12  and a key signal data sequence DKI 124  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DIT 12 . 
   Each of the key signal data sequences DKA 14 , DKA 16 , DKC 10 , DKD 14  and DKD 16  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the Y and P B /P R  data sequences. Each of the key signal data sequences DKB 12  and DKI 12  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the G, B and R data sequences. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12 ; the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  are supplied to the data processing portion  51  in the form of 36-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 24 . 
   In the data processing portion  51 , the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  supplied in the form of 36-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 24  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DA 12 A or DDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 29 . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word c 0 , c 1 , c 2 , c 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 8-bit word d 0 , d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , d 4 , d 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 29 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . The upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 C or DVDT 12 C having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C, as shown in  FIG. 29 . 
   Namely, the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A, DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B and DVA 12 C or DVDT 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   In the data processing portion  51 , the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  supplied in the form of 36-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 24  are able to be also subjected to another data processing in place of the above mentioned data processing, as follows. 
   First, each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ., A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 30 . 
   Then, the lower 2-bit portion Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1  and Pr 0 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word d 0  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [Y 0 BR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , ancillary 8-bit word e 0  is added to the lower 2-bit portion Y 1 ; 0 - 1  to produce 10-bit word [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , the lower 2-bit portion Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1  and Pr 1 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word d 1  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [Y 2 BR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , ancillary 8-bit word e 1  is added to the lower 2-bit portion Y 3 ; 0 - 1  to produce 10-bit word [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , the lower 2-bit portion Y 4 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1  and Pr 2 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word d 21  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [Y 4 BR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , ancillary 8-bit word e 2  is added to the lower 2-bit portion Y 5 ; 0 - 1  to produce 10-bit word [Y 5 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 21 , . . . . The 10-bit words thus obtained and ancillary 10-bit words αD 0 , αD 1 , αD 20 , αD 31 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 30 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . The upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 C or DVDT 12 C having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C, as shown in  FIG. 30 . 
   Namely, in this case also, the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A, DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B and DVA 12 C or DVDT 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVA 14 +DKA 14 , DDT 14 +DKD 14 , DVA 16 +DKA 16  or DDT 16 +DKD 16 , 42-bit or 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the Y data sequence and the P B /P R  data sequence, each of which is formed to be 14-bit or 16-bir word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, are supplied to the data processing portion  51 . 
   In the data processing portion  51 , the data DVA 14 +DKA 14 , DDT 14 +DKD 14 , DVA 16 +DKA 16  or DDT 16 +DKD 16  are subjected to data processing in the similar manner as the data DVA 12 +DKA 12  or DDT 12 +DKD 124  except that each of 14-bit or 16-bit words constituting the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 4-bit or 6-bit portion. 
   The data DVA 14 +DKA 14 , DDT 14 +DKD 14 , DVA 16 +DKA 16  or DDT 16 +DKD 16  forming the 42-bit or 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are 20-bit word sequence data DVA 14 A, DVDT 14 A, DVA 16 A or DVDT 16 A, 20-bit word sequence data DVA 14 B, DVDT 14 B, DVA 16 B or DVDT 16 B and 20-bit word sequence data DVA 14 C, DVDT 14 C, DVA 16 C or DVDT 16 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVB 12 +DKB 12  or DIT 12 +DKI 12 , 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, in which the G data sequence, the B data sequence, the R data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 31 , are supplied to the data processing portion  51 . 
   In the data processing portion  51 , the data DVB 12 +DKB 12  or DIT 12 +DKI 12  supplied in the form of 48 bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 31  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (B 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence, 12-bit words (R 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , R 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The lower 2-bit portion G 0 ; 0 - 1 , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 0 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 0  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , the lower 2-bit portion G 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 1  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , the lower 2-bit portion G 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 2  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , the lower 2-bit portion G 3 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 3  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions R 02 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3  and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 22  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the upper 10-bit words G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 4 ; 2 - 1 , . . . and the upper 10-bit words R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 4 ; 2 - 1 , . . . and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the upper 10-bit words B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , B 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words R 10 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 3 - 11 , R 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 32  as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 33  and similarly 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 B or DVIT 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 32  as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 33 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . Then, the upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 C or DVIT 12 C having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C, as shown in  FIG. 33 . 
   Namely, the data DVB 12 +DKB 12  or DIT 12 +DKI 12  in the form of 48-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A, DVB 12 B or DVIT 12 B and DVB 12 C or DVIT 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVC 10 +DKC 10 , 30-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 10-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 34 , are supplied to the data processing portion  51 . 
   In the data processing portion  51 , the data DVC 10 +DKC 10  supplied in the form of 30-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 34  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence and 10-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portion. Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit words forming every other line portions of the Y and the P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 35  and similarly 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit words forming another every other line portions of the Y and the P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 35 . 
   Further, a first 10-bit word sequence including 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 2 , AD 4 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence and ancillary 10-bit words β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , . . . , which are arranged alternately in such a manner as β 0 , AD 0 , β 1 , AD 2 , β 2 , AD 4 , β 3 , . . . , is formed and a second 10-bit word sequence including the 10-bit words AD 1 , AD 3 , AD 5 , . . . also constituting the key signal data sequence and ancillary 10-bit words γ 0 , γ 1 , γ 2 , γ 3 , . . . , which are arranged alternately in such a manner as γ 0 , AD 1 , γ 1 , AD 3 , γ 2 , AD 5 , γ 3 , . . . , is formed. Then, the first 10-bit word sequence β 0 , AD 0 , β 1 , AD 2 , β 2 , AD 4 , β 3 , and the second 10-bit word sequence γ 0 , γ 1 , γ 2 , γ 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 C having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps as a link C, as shown in  FIG. 35 . 
   Namely, the data DVC 10 +DKC 10  in the form of 30-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 A, the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 B and the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 10 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   From the data processing portion  51 , one of data groups of the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A or DVDT 12 A, DVA 12 B or DVDT 12 B and DVA 12 C or DVDT 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 14 A or DVDT 14 A, DVA 14 B or DVDT 14 B and DVA 14 C or DVDT 14 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 16 A or DVDT 16 A, DVA 16 B or DVDT 16 B and DVA 16 C or DVDT 16 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, the 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A, DVB 12 B or DVIT 12 B and DVB 12 C or DVIT 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, and the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A, DVC 12 B and DVC 12 C each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, is derived as a data group of 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ), DPB( 20 ) and DPC( 20 ). 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  51  are supplied to a data inserting portion  52 . In the data inserting portion  52 , ancillary data DAA containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  52  are supplied to a P/S convertor  53 . 
   In the P/S convertor  53 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA are supplied to an E/O convertor  54 . The E/O convertor  54  is operative to cause the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA having a central wavelength of, for example, about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA is derived from the E/O convertor  54  as a transmission signal. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  51  are supplied to a data inserting portion  55 . In the data inserting portion  55 , ancillary data DAB containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPB( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  55  are supplied to a P/S convertor  56 . 
   In the P/S convertor  56 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA are supplied to an E/O convertor  57 . The E/O convertor  57  is operative to cause the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB is derived from the E/O convertor  57  as a transmission signal. 
   Further, the 20-bit word sequence data DPC( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  51  are supplied to a data inserting portion  58 . In the data inserting portion  58 , ancillary data DAC containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPC( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  58  are supplied to a P/S convertor  59 . 
   In the P/S convertor  59 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSC having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSC are supplied to an E/O convertor  60 . The E/O convertor  60  is operative to cause the 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSC having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSC is derived from the E/O convertor  60  as a transmission signal. 
   A portion including the E/O convertors  54 ,  57  and  60  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA, DSB and DSC obtained from the P/S convertors  53 ,  56  and  59 , respectively. 
   The optical signal OSA derived from the E/O convertor  54  is guided through an optical connector  61  to an optical fiber data transmission line  62  to be transmitted to a receiving side. The optical signal OSB derived from the E/O convertor  57  is guided through an optical connector  63  to an optical fiber data transmission line  64  to be transmitted to the receiving side. Further, the optical signal OSC derived from the E/O convertor  60  is guided through an optical connector  65  to an optical fiber data transmission line  66  to be transmitted to the receiving side. Each of the optical fiber data transmission lines  62 ,  64  and  66  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the optical signal OSA transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  62  is guided through an optical connector  67  to an O/E convertor  68 , the optical signal OSB transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  64  is guided through an optical connector  69  to an O/E convertor  70 , and the optical signal OSC transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  66  is guided through an optical connector  71  to an O/E convertor  72 . 
   The O/E convertor  68  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  73 . The S/P convertor  73  is operative to cause the serial data DSA to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be supplied to a data time difference absorbing portion  74 . 
   The O/E convertor  70  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSB thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  75 . The S/P convertor  75  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  74 . 
   The O/E convertor  72  is operative to cause the optical signal OSC having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSC having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSC thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  76 . The S/P convertor  76  is operative to cause the serial data DSC to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  74 . 
   In the data time difference absorbing portion  74 , time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) from the S/P convertor  73 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) from the S/P convertor  75  and the 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) from the S/P convertor  76  is absorbed to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ′ ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA′ ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ′ ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPB′ ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ′ ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPC′ ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in such a manner that time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ′ ( 20 ), the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ′ ( 20 ) and the 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ′ ( 20 ) is substantially zero. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ′ ( 20 ), DPBQ′ ( 20 ) and DPCQ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data time difference absorbing portion  74  are supplied to data separating portions  77 ,  78  and  79 , respectively. In the data separating portion  77 , the ancillary data DAA are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DM are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ ( 20 ) are supplied to a data reproducing portion  80 . In the data separating portion  78 , the ancillary data DAB are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAB are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ ( 20 ) are supplied to the data reproducing portion  80 . Further, in the data separating portion  79 , the ancillary data DAC are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAC are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ ( 20 ) are supplied to the data reproducing portion  80 . 
   In the data reproducing portion  80 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ), the 20-bit word sequence data DPBQ( 20 ) and the 20-bit word sequence data DPCQ( 20 ) are subjected to data reproduction processing, which is proceeded inversely to the data processing to which the 20-bit word sequence data constituting the digital data DVX are subjected in the data processing portion  51 , to reproduce the digital data DVX formed based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPAQ( 20 ), DPBQ( 20 ) and DPCQ( 20 ). 
   The digital data DVX thus reproduced are one of the data DVA 12 +DKA 12 , DDT 12 +DKD 12 , DVA 14 +DKA 14 , DDT 14 +DKD 14 , DVA 16 +DKA 16 , DDT 16 +DKD 16 , DVB 12 +DKB 12 , DIT 12 +DKI 12  and DVC 10 +DKC 10 . 
   Each of the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A, DVDT 12 A, DVA 14 A, DVDT 14 A, DVA 16 A or DVDT 16 A composed of the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit, 14-bit or 16-bit word constituting the Y data sequence and the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit, 14-bit or 16-bit word constituting the P B /P R  data sequence, which are multiplexed in parallel with each other and the 20-bit word sequence data DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A composed of the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the G data sequence, the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the B data sequence and the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the R data sequence, which are multiplexed in parallel with one another, can be recorded or reproduced by means of, for example, a previously proposed video tape recorder for HD digital video signals. Accordingly, it is possible to confirm or edit the contents of the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A, DVDT 12 A, DVA 14 A, DVDT 14 A, DVA 16 A, DVDT 16 A, DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A with use of the previously proposed video tape recorder for HD digital video signals. Further, it is also possible to obtain images reproduced from the 20-bit word sequence data DVA 12 A, DVDT 12 A, DVA 14 A, DVDT 14 A, DVA 16 A, DVDT 16 A, DVB 12 A or DVIT 12 A with use of the combination of a video tape recorder and a video monitor for HD digital video signals proposed previously. These facts bring about remarkable advantage for handling word sequence data constituting a digital video signal, in which each word is made of more than 10 bits. 
     FIG. 36  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a second embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth, twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 36 , has a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIG. 28  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIG. 28  are shown in  FIG. 36 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 36 , E/O convertors  81 ,  82  and  83  and O/E convertors  89 ,  90  and  91  are provided in place of the E/O convertors  54 ,  57  and  60  and the O/E convertor  68 ,  70  and  72  employed in the example of  FIG. 28 . Further, an optical connector  85 , an optical fiber data transmission line  86  and an optical connector  87  are provided in place of the optical connectors  61 ,  63  and  65 , the optical fiber data transmission lines  62 ,  64  and  66  and the optical connectors  67 ,  69  and  71  employed in the example of  FIG. 28 . The optical fiber data transmission line  86  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 36 , serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  53  is supplied to the E/O convertor  81 , serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  56  is supplied to the E/O convertor  82  and serial data DSC having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  59  is supplied to the E/O convertor  83 . The E/O convertor  81  is operative to cause the serial data DSA to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA is guided to a wave multiplexing portion  84 . The E/O convertor  82  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.48 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  84 . The E/O convertor  83  is operative to cause the serial data DSC to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSC having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSC is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  84 . 
   The wave multiplexing portion  84  is constituted with, for example, a WDM using optical fiber. In the wave multiplexing portion  84 , the optical signal OSA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm, the optical signal OSB having the central wavelength of about 1.48 μm and the optical signal OSC having the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm are multiplexed with one another to produce a multiplexed optical signal OSZ. The multiplexed optical signal OSZ is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  84  as a transmission signal. A portion including the E/O convertors  81 ,  82  and  83  and the wave multiplexing portion  84  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA, DSB and DSC obtained from the P/S convertors  53 ,  56  and  59 , respectively. 
   The multiplexed optical signal OSZ which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  84  is guided through the optical connector  85  to the optical fiber data transmission line  86  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. The optical fiber data transmission line  86  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the multiplexed optical signal OSZ transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  86  is guided through the optical connector  87  to a wave dividing portion  88 . The wave dividing portion  88  is constituted with, for example, a WDD using optical fiber functioning as wave dividing means. In the wave dividing portion  88 , the multiplexed optical signal OSZ is divided into a first optical elements having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm, a second optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.48 μm and a third optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm to reproduce the optical signal OSA which has the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSB which has the center wavelength of about 1.48 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps and the optical signal OSC which has the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps based on the first, second and third optical elements, respectively. 
   The optical signals OSA, OSB and OSC reproduced by the wave dividing portion  88  are guided the O/E convertors  89 ,  90  and  91 , respectively. The O/E convertor  89  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  73 . The O/E convertor  90  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB having the center wavelength of about 1.48 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  75 . The O/E convertor  91  is operative to cause the optical signal OSC having the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSC having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSC thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  76 . 
   Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 36 , are similar to those of the example of  FIG. 28 . 
     FIG. 37  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a third embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-third to thirty-fifth, forty-second and forty-third aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the thirteenth to fifteenth, twenty-second and twenty-third aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 37 , has also a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIG. 28  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIG. 28  are shown in  FIG. 37 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 37 , E/O convertors  95 ,  96  and  97  and O/E convertors  103 ,  104  and  105  are provided in place of the E/O convertors  54 ,  57  and  60  and the O/E convertors  68 ,  70  and  72  employed in the example of  FIG. 28 . Further, an optical connector  99 , an optical fiber data transmission line  100  and an optical connector  101  are provided in place of the optical connectors  61 ,  63  and  65 , the optical fiber data transmission lines  62 ,  64  and  66  and the optical connectors  67 ,  69  and  71  employed in the example of  FIG. 28 . The optical fiber data transmission line  101  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 37 , serial data DSA having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  53  is supplied to the E/O convertor  95 , serial data DSB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  56  is supplied to the E/O convertor  96  and serial data DSC having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  59  is supplied to the E/O convertor  97 . 
   The E/O convertor  95  is operative to cause the serial data DSA to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSVA having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.511 Om and the bit transmission rate of 1.4856 bps. The optical signal OSVA is guided to a wave multiplexing portion  98 . The E/O convertor  96  is operative to cause the serial data DSB to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSVB having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSVB is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  98 . The E/O convertor  97  is operative to cause the serial data DSC to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSVC having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSVC is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  98 . 
   In the wave multiplexing portion  98 , the optical signal OSVA having the central wavelength of about 1.5 μm, the optical signal OSVB having the central wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the optical signal OSVC having the central wavelength of about 1.551 μm are multiplexed with one another to produce a multiplexed optical signal OVZ. The multiplexed optical signal OVZ is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  98  as a transmission signal. A portion including the E/O convertors  95 ,  96  and  97  and the wave multiplexing portion  98  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA, DSB and DSC obtained from the P/S convertors  53 ,  56  and  59 , respectively. 
   The optical signals OSVA, OSVB and OSVC which are multiplexed with one another in the wave multiplexing portion  98  have the respective central wavelengths so close to one another as to be different only by about 0.02 μm (20 nm) for producing the multiplexed optical signal OVZ. Therefore, the wave multiplexing technology called the Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) is applied to a portion including the E/O convertors  95 ,  96  and  97  and the wave multiplexing portion  98 . 
   The multiplexed optical signal OVZ which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  98  is guided through the optical connector  99  to the optical fiber data transmission line  100  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. The optical fiber data transmission line  100  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the multiplexed optical signal OVZ transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  100  is guided through the optical connector  101  to a wave dividing portion  102 . The wave dividing portion  102  is constituted with, for example, a WDD using optical fiber functioning as wave dividing means. In the wave dividing portion  102 , the multiplexed optical signal OVZ is divided into a first optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm, a second optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and a third optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm to reproduce the optical signal OSVA which has the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSVB which has the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps and the optical signal OSVC which has the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps based on the first, second and third optical elements, respectively. 
   The optical signals OSVA, OSVB and OSVC reproduced by the wave dividing portion  102  are guided the O/E convertors  103 ,  104  and  105 , respectively. The O/E convertor  103  is operative to cause the optical signal OSVA having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  73 . The O/E convertor  104  is operative to cause the optical signal OSVB having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  75 . The O/E convertor  105  is operative to cause the optical signal OSVC having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSC having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSC thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  76 . 
   Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in FIG.  37 , are similar to those of the example of  FIG. 28 . 
     FIGS. 38 and 39  show an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a first embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and thirty-sixth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the sixth, seventh and sixteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 38 and 39 , in a transmitting side which constitutes the embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the present invention, digital data DVX are supplied to a data processing portion  111 . 
   The digital data DVX are one of the digital data DD 12 , DE 12 , DD 14 , DE 14 , DD 16 , DE 16 , DI 12  and DJ 12  or data DVD 10 +DKD 10  composed of 10-bit word digital data DI 10  or DJ 10  constituting a digital video data of the 4:4:4 type, which have a frame rate of 60 Hz or 50 Hz, 1125 lines per frame, 1080 active lines per frame, a sampling frequency of 148.5 MHz and 1920 active data samplings per line, and the key signal data sequence DKD 10  of 10-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DI 10  or DJ 10 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DD 12 , 24-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 40 , are supplied to the data processing portion  111 . 
   In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DD 12  supplied in the form of 24-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 40  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 12-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence and 12-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 41A  and similarly 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming another every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 41B . 
   The 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 41A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 0 ; 11 , Y 1 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2   2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 0 ; 11 , Y 1 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 42A . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . . Further, ancillary 8-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 42B . 
   Namely, the 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 A are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Similarly, the 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 41B  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 0 ; 11 , Y 1 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ; Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 ˜Y 0 ; 11 , Y 1 ; 2 ˜Y 1 ; 11 , Y 2 ; 2 ˜Y 2 ; 11 , Y 3 ; 2 ˜Y 3 ; 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 ˜Pb 0 ; 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 ˜Pr 0 ; 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 ˜Pb 1 ; 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 ˜Pr 1 ; 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 ˜Pb 2 ; 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 ˜Pr 2 ; 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DDA 12 B 1 ′ having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 43A . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 8-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 1 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 1 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 1 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 1 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 1 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 1 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 1 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 1 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 1 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 1 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 43B . 
   Namely, the 24-bit word sequence data DD 12 B are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  111  are the digital data DD 12  in the form of 24-bit word sequence, the digital data DD 12  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 1 , DD 12 A 2 ˜DD 12 B 1  and DD 12 B 2  in the data processing portion  111   
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DE 12 , 24-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 40 , are also supplied to the data processing portion  111 . In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DE 12  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DE 12 A 1 , DE 12 A 2 , DE 12 B 1  and DE 12 B 2  in the similar manner as the digital data DD 12 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DD 14 , 28-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 44 , are supplied to the data processing portion  111 . 
   In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DD 14  supplied in the form of 28-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 44  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 14-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence and 14-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every lineportions. Then, 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 14-bit words forming every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 45A  and similarly 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 14-bit words forming another every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 45B . 
   The 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 45A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 14-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 14-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . ) and a lower 4-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 46A . 
   Ancillary 6-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +α 3 , . . . . Further, ancillary 6-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 4-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 46B . 
   Namely, the 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 A are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Similarly, the 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 45B  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 14-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 14-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . ) and a lower 4-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 4 ˜Y 0 ; 13 , Y 1 ; 4 ˜Y 1 ; 13 , Y 2 ; 4 ˜Y 2 ; 13 , Y 3 ; 4 ˜Y 3 ; 13 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 4 ˜Pb 0 ; 13 , Pr 0 ; 4 ˜Pr 0 ; 13 , Pb 1 ; 4 ˜Pb 1 ; 13 , Pr 1 ; 4 ˜Pr 1 ; 13 , Pb 2 ; 4 ˜Pb 2 ; 13 , Pr 2 ; 4 ˜Pr 2 ; 13 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DDA 14 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 47A . 
   Ancillary 6-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 4-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 + 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +c 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +CY 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 6-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 4-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 + 1 β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 3 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 3 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 3 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 3 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 3 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 3 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 3 + 132 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 3 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 3 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 3 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 47B . 
   Namely, the 28-bit word sequence data DD 14 B are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  111  are the digital data DD 14  in the form of 28-bit word sequence, the digital data DD 14  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 1 , DD 14 A 2 ˜DD 14 B 1  and DD 14 B 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the data processing portion  111   
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DE 14 , 28-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 14-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 44 , are also supplied to the data processing portion  111 . In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DE 14  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DE 14 A 1 , DE 14 A 2 , DE 14 B 1  and DE 14 B 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the similar manner as the digital data DD 14 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DD 16 , 32-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 48 , are supplied to the data processing portion  111 . 
   In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DD 16  supplied in the form of 32-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 48  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 16-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence and 16-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 16-bit words forming every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 49A  and similarly 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 16-bit words forming another every other line portions of the Y and P B /P R  data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 49B . 
   The 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 49A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 16-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 16-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6   6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6 ˜Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . ) and a lower 6-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6  Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 50A . 
   Ancillary 4-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , . . . . Further, ancillary 4-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 50B . 
   Namely, the 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 A are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Similarly, the 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 49B  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 16-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence and 16-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6 ˜Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . ) and a lower 6-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 6 ˜Y 0 ; 15 , Y 1 ; 6 ˜Y 1 ; 15 , Y 2 ; 6 ˜Y 2 ; 15 , Y 3 ; 6 ˜Y 3 ; 15 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 6 ˜Pb 0 ; 15 , Pr 0 ; 6 ˜Pr 0 ; 15 , Pb 1 ; 6 ˜Pb 1 ; 15 , Pr 1 ; 6 ˜Pr 1 ; 15 , Pb 2 ; 6 ˜Pb 2 ; 15 , Pr 2 ; 6 ˜Pr 2 ; 15 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DDA 16 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 51A . 
   Ancillary 4-bit word α 0 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 -Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 4-bit word β 0 , β 1 , β 2 , β 3 , β 4 , β 5 , . . . are added to the lower 6-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data Y 0 ; 0 ˜Y 0 ; 5 +α 0 , Y 1 ; 0 ˜Y 1 ; 5 +α 1 , Y 2 ; 0 ˜Y 2 ; 5 +α 2 , Y 3 ; 0 ˜Y 3 ; 5 +α 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data Pb 0 ; 0 ˜Pb 0 ; 5 +β 0 , Pr 0 ; 0 ˜Pr 0 ; 5 +β 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 ˜Pb 1 ; 5 +β 2 , Pr 1 ; 0 ˜Pr 1 ; 5 +β 3 , Pb 2 ; 0 ˜Pb 2 ; 5 +β 4 , Pr 2 ; 0 ˜Pr 2 ; 5 +β 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 52B . 
   Namely, the 32-bit word sequence data DD 16 B are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps and the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  111  are the digital data DD 16  in the form of 32-bit word sequence, the digital data DD 16  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 1 , DD 16 A 2 ˜DD 16 B 1  and DD 16 B 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the data processing portion  111 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DE 16 , 32-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which Y data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps and the P B /P R  data sequence of 16-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, as shown in  FIG. 48 , are also supplied to the data processing portion  111 . In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DE 16  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DE 16 A 1 , DE 16 A 2 , DE 16 B 1  and DE 16 B 2  in the similar manner as the digital data DD 16 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DI 12 , 36-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which G, B and R data sequences, each of which is 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 52 , are supplied to the data processing portion  111 . 
   In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DI 12  supplied in the form of 36-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 52  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 12-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . constituting the B data sequence and 12-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming every other line portions of the G, B and R data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 53A  and similarly 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming another every other line portions of the G, B and R data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 53B . 
   The 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 53A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence and 12-bit words (RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 ˜G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 2 ˜G 3 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , G 3 ; 0 ˜G 3 ; 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1 , B 3 ; 0 ˜B 3 ; 1 , . . . and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1 , R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1 , R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1 , R 3 ; 0 ˜R 3 ; 1 , . . . ). 
   Then, the lower 2-bit portions G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1  and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1  and R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1  and R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). Further, ancillary 4-bit word γ 0 , γ 1 , γ 2 , γ 3 , . . . are added to the 6-bit words GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 ˜G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 203 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . are put in group 1 and group 2 and the 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . are added to the group 2, so that 10-bit word group 1 and 10-bit word group 2 which are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 54  are obtained. 
   20-bit word sequence data DI 12 A 1  having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 54  as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 55A . Similarly, 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 A 2  having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 54  as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 55B . 
   Namely, the 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 A having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 A 1  and DI 12 A 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Similarly, the 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 53B  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence and 12-bit words (RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 0 G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 2 ˜G 3 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , G 3 ; 0 ˜G 3 ; 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1 , B 3 ; 0 ˜B 3 ; 1 , . . . and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1 , R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1 , R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1 , R 3 ; 0 ˜R 3 ; 1 , . . . ). 
   Then, the lower 2-bit portions G 0 ; 0 ˜G 0 ; 1 , B 0 ; 0 ˜B 0 ; 1  and R 0 ; 0 ˜R 0 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 1 ; 0 ˜G 1 ; 1 , B 1 ; 0 ˜B 1 ; 1  and R 1 ; 0 ˜R 1 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). The lower 2-bit portions G 2 ; 0 ˜G 2 ; 1 , B 2 ; 0 ˜B 2 ; 1  and R 2 ; 0 ˜R 2 ; 1  are bit-multiplexed to produce 6-bit word GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ). . . . . Further, ancillary 4-bit word γ 0 , γ 1 , γ 2 , γ 3 , . . . are added to the 6-bit words GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 ), . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1  ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 ˜G 0 ; 11 , G 1 ; 2 ˜G 1 ; 11 , G 2 ; 2 ˜G 2 ; 11 , G 3 ; 2 ˜G 3 ; 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 ˜B 0 ; 11 , B 1 ; 2 ˜B 1 ; 11 , B 2 ; 2 ˜B 2 ; 11 , B 3 ; 2 ˜B 3 ; 11 , . . . and R 0 ; 2 ˜R 0 ; 11 , R 1 ; 2 ˜R 1 ; 11 , R 2 ; 2 ˜R 2 ; 11 , R 3 ; 2 ˜R 3 ; 11 , . . . are put in group 1 and group 2 and the 10-bit word data GBR 0 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 0 , GBR 1 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 1 , GBR 2 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 2 , GBR 3 ( 0 ˜ 1 )+γ 3 , . . . are added to the group 2, so that 10-bit word group 1 and 10-bit word group 2 which are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 54  are obtained. 
   20-bit word sequence data DI 12 B 1  having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 54  as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 56A . Similarly, 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 B 2  having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 54  as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 56B . 
   Namely, the 36-bit word sequence data DI 12 B having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps are converted to a couple of 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 B 1  and DI 12 B 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  111  are the digital data DI 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence, the digital data DI 12  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 A 1 , DI 12 A 2  DI 12 B 1  and DI 12 B 2  each having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps in the data processing portion  111 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the digital data DJ 12 , 36-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which G, B and R data sequences, each of which is 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 52 , are also supplied to the data processing portion  111 . In the data processing portion  111 , the digital data DJ 12  are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DJ 12 A 1 , DJ 12 A 2 , DJ 12 B 1  and DJ 12 B 2  each having the word transmission rate 74.25 MBps in the similar manner as the digital data DI 12 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVD 10 +DKD 10 , 40-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which G, data sequence, B data sequence, R data sequence and a key signal data sequence, each of which is 10-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 57 , are supplied to the data processing portion  111 . 
   In the data processing portion  111 , the data DVD 10 +DKD 10  supplied in the form of 40-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 57  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . constituting the B data sequence, 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence and 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 40-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit words which form every other line portions of the G, B and R data sequences and the key signal data sequence and belong to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 58A  and similarly 40-bit word sequence data DVD 10 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit words which form another every other line portions of the G, B and R data sequences and the key signal data sequence and belong to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 58B . 
   The 40-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 58A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , constituting the B data sequence, 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence and 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence each shown in  FIG. 58A  are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on the table shown in  FIG. 22  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the R data sequence are included and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 1 , BD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 1 , RD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the R data sequence are included. 
   Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 as shown in  FIG. 22  as a link A- 1 , and 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 as shown in  FIG. 22  as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 59 . 
   Similarly, the 40-bit word sequence data DVD 10 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 58B  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   First, 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . constituting the B data sequence, 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence and 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence each shown in  FIG. 58B  are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on the table shown in  FIG. 22  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the 10-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 0 , BD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 0 , RD 2 , . . . constituting a part of the R data sequence are included and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the 10-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence, the 10-bit words BD 1 , BD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the B data sequence and the 10-bit words RD 1 , RD 3 , . . . constituting another part of the R data sequence are included. 
   Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 as shown in  FIG. 22  as a link B-1, and 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 as shown in  FIG. 22  as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 60 . 
   Namely, the data DVD 10 +DKD 10  in the form of 40-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are converted to four 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A 1 , DVD 10 A 2 , DVD 10 B 1  and DVD 10 B 2  each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   From the data processing portion  111 , one of data groups of the 20-bit word sequence data DD 12 A 1 , DD 12 A 2 , DD 12 B 1  and DD 12 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DE 12 A 1 , DE 12 A 2 , DE 12 B 1  and DE 12 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DD 14 A 1 , DD 14 A 2 , DD 14 B 1  and DD 14 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DE 14 A 1 , DE 14 A 2 , DD 14 B 1  and DE 14 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DD 16 A 1 , DD 16 A 2 , DD 16 B 1  and DD 16 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DE 16 A 1 , DE 16 A 2 , DD 16 B 1  and DE 16 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DI 12 A 1 , DI 12 A 2 , DI 12 B 1  and DI 12 B 2 , the 20-bit word sequence data DJ 12 A 1 , DJ 12 A 2 , DJ 12 B 1  and DJ 12 B 2  and the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 10 A 1 , DVD 10 A 2 , DVD 10 B 1  and DVD 10 B 2  is derived as four 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ), DPA 2 ( 20 ), DPB 1 ( 20 ) and DPB 2 ( 20 ). 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  111  are supplied to a data inserting portion  112 . In the data inserting portion  112 , ancillary data DAA 1  containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1  ( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  112  are supplied to a P/S convertor  113 . 
   In the P/S convertor  113 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSA 1  having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 1  are supplied to a bit multiplexing portion  114 . 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  111  are supplied to a data inserting portion  115 . In the data inserting portion  115 , ancillary data DAA 2  containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  115  are supplied to a P/S convertor  116 . In the P/S convertor  116 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSA 2  having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 2  are supplied to the bit multiplexing portion  114 . 
   In the bit multiplexing portion  114 , each bit of the serial data DSA 1  and each bit of the serial data DSA 2  are alternately extracted to be arranged successively so that the serial data DSA 1  and DSA 2  are subjected to bit multiplexing to produce multiplexed serial data DSAZ having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps×2=2.97 Gbps. 
   The multiplexed serial data DSAZ obtained from the bit multiplexing portion  114  are supplied to an E/O convertor  117 . The E/O convertor  117  is operative to cause the multiplexed serial data DSAZ to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OZA having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm. The optical signal OZA is derived from the E/O convertor  117  to be transmitted at the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. The optical signal OZA derived from the E/O convertor  117  is guided to a wave multiplexing portion  118 . 
   Further, the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  111  are supplied to a data inserting portion  119 . In the data inserting portion  119 , ancillary data DAB 1  containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  119  are supplied to a P/S convertor  120 . 
   In the P/S convertor  120 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSB 1  having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 1  are supplied to a bit multiplexing portion  121 . 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  111  are supplied to a data inserting portion  122 . In the data inserting portion  115 , ancillary data DAB 2  containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  122  are supplied to a P/S convertor  123 . In the P/S convertor  123 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSB 2  having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 2  are supplied to the bit multiplexing portion  121 . 
   In the bit multiplexing portion  121 , each bit of the serial data DSB 1  and each bit of the serial data DSB 2  are alternately extracted to be arranged successively so that the serial data DSB 1  and DSB 2  are subjected to bit multiplexing to produce multiplexed serial data DSBZ having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps×2=2.97 Gbps. 
   The multiplexed serial data DSBZ obtained from the bit multiplexing portion  121  are supplied to an E/O convertor  124 . The E/O convertor  124  is operative to cause the multiplexed serial data DSBZ to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OZB having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm. The optical signal OZB is derived from the E/O convertor  124  to be transmitted at the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. The optical signal OZB derived from the E/O convertor  124  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  118 . 
   The wave multiplexing portion  118  is constituted with, for example, a WDM using optical fiber. In the wave multiplexing portion  118 , the optical signal OZA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the optical signal OZB having the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm are multiplexed with each other to produce a multiplexed optical signal OZAB. The multiplexed optical signal OZAB is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  118  as a transmission signal. A portion including the bit multiplexing portions  114  and  121 , the E/O convertors  117  and  124  and the wave multiplexing portion  118  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA 1 , DSA 2 , DSB 1  and DSB 2  obtained from the P/S convertors  113 ,  116 ,  120  and  123 , respectively. 
   The multiplexed optical signal OZAB which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  118  is guided through an optical connector  125  to an optical fiber data transmission line  126  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. The optical fiber data transmission line  126  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side shown in  FIG. 39 , the multiplexed optical signal OZAB transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  1266  is guided through an optical connector  128  to a wave dividing portion  128 . The wave dividing portion  128  is constituted with, for example, a WDD using optical fiber functioning as wave dividing means. In the wave dividing portion  128 , the multiplexed optical signal OZAB is divided into a first optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and a second optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm to reproduce the optical signal OZA which has the center wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps and the optical signal OZB which has the center wavelength of about 1.55 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps based on the first and second optical elements, respectively. The optical signals OZA and OZB obtained from the wave dividing portion  128  are guided to O/E convertors  129  and  130 , respectively. 
   The O/E convertor  129  is operative to cause the optical signal OZA having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the multiplexed serial data DSAZ having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. The multiplexed serial data DSAZ thus reproduced are supplied to a bit dividing portion  131 . 
   The O/E convertor  130  is operative to cause the optical signal OZB having the central wavelength of about 1.55 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the multiplexed serial data DSBZ having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps. The multiplexed serial data DSBZ thus reproduced are supplied to a bit dividing portion  132 . 
   In the bit dividing portion  131 , each bit of the multiplexed serial data DSAZ is extracted successively and separated to form a couple of bit groups, one of which includes every other bits and the other of which includes another every other bits so that the multiplexed serial data DSAZ is subjected to bit dividing. Thereby, the serial data DSA 1  having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps and the serial data DSA 2  having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps which form two channel data are reproduced. The serial data DSA 1  are supplied to an S/P convertor  133  and the serial data DSA 2  are supplied to an S/P convertor  134 . 
   The S/P convertor  133  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 1  to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  135 . In the data separating portion  135 , the ancillary data DAA 1  containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1  ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAA 1  are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1  ( 20 ) are supplied to a data time difference absorbing portion  136 . 
   The S/P convertor  134  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 2  to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  137 . In the data separating portion  137 , the ancillary data DAA 2  containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2  ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAA 2  are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2  ( 20 ) are supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  136 . 
   Further, in the bit dividing portion  132 , each bit of the multiplexed serial data DSBZ is extracted successively and separated to form a couple of bit groups, one of which includes every other bits and the other of which includes another every other bits so that the multiplexed serial data DSBZ is subjected to bit dividing. Thereby, the serial data DSB 1  having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps and the serial data DSB 2  having the bit transmission rate of 2.97 Gbps/2=1.485 Gbps which form two channel data are reproduced. The serial data DSB 1  are supplied to an S/P convertor  139  and the serial data DSB 2  are supplied to an S/P convertor  140 . 
   The S/P convertor  139  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 1  to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  141 . In the data separating portion  141 , the ancillary data DAB 1  containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1  ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAB 1  are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1  ( 20 ) are supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  136 . 
   The S/P convertor  140  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 2  to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) to be supplied to a data separating portion  142 . In the data separating portion  142 , the ancillary data DAB 2  containing the channel identification data are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2  ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAB 2  are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2  ( 20 ) are supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  136 . 
   In the data time difference absorbing portion  136 , time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ) from the data separating portion  135 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ) from the data separating portion  137 , time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ( 20 ) from the data separating portion  141  and the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ( 20 ) from the data separating portion  142  is absorbed to produce 20-bit word sequence data DQA 1 ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, to produce 20-bit word sequence data DQA 2 ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, to produce 20-bit word sequence data DQB 1 ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 1 ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, and to produce 20-bit word sequence data DQB 2 ( 20 ) which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPB 2 ( 20 ) to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in such a manner that time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DQAI( 20 ), DQA 2 ( 20 ), DQB 1 ( 20 ) and DQB 2 ( 20 ) is substantially zero. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DQA 1 ( 20 ), DQA 2 ( 20 ), DQB 1 ( 20 ) and DQB 2 ( 20 ) obtained from the data time difference absorbing portion  136  are supplied to a data reproducing portion  138 . 
   In the data reproducing portion  138 , the 20-bit word sequence data DQA 1 ( 20 ), DQA 2 ( 20 ), DQB 1 ( 20 ) and DQB 2 ( 20 ) are subjected to data reproduction processing, which is proceeded inversely to the data processing to which the word sequence data constituting the digital data DVX are subjected in the data processing portion  111 , to reproduce the digital data DVX formed based on the 20-bit word sequence data DQA 1 ( 20 ), DQA 2 ( 20 ), DQB 1 ( 20 ) and DQB 2 ( 20 ). 
   The digital data DVX thus reproduced are one of the digital data DD 12 , DE 12 , DD 14 , DE 14 , DD 16 , DE 16 , D 112  and DJ 12  or the data DVD 10 +DKD 10 . 
   Incidentally, in the transmitting side shown in  FIG. 38 , it is possible to make such an arrangement that the optical signals OZA and OZB obtained from the E/O convertors  117  and  124  are transmitted independently through a couple of optical fiber data transmission lines, respectively, without using the wave multiplexing portion  118 . In this case, the E/O convertors  117  and  124  can be provided to cause the optical signals OZA and OZB to have substantially the same central wavelength, for example, the central wavelength of 1.3 Am. 
   Further, in the transmitting side shown in  FIG. 38 , it is also possible to make such an arrangement that four O/E convertors are provided for converting the serial data DSA 1 , DSA 2 , DSB 1  and DSB 2  obtained from the P/S convertors  113 ,  116 ,  120  and  120  into four optical signals and the optical signals thus obtained are transmitted independently through four optical fiber data transmission lines, respectively, without using the bit multiplexing portions  114  and  121 , the E/O convertors  117  and  124  and the wave multiplexing portion  118 . 
     FIG. 61  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a second embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and thirty-sixth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the sixth, seventh and sixteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 61 , has a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39  are shown in  FIG. 61 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 61 , E/O convertors  145 ,  146 ,  147  and  148  and O/E convertors  154 ,  155 ,  156  and  157  are provided in place of the bit multiplexing portions  114  and  121 , the E/O convertors  117  and  124 , the O/E convertor  129  and  130  and the bit dividing portions  131  and  132  employed in the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39 . A wave multiplexing portion  149  and a wave dividing portion  153  are provided in place of the wave multiplexing portion  118  and the wave dividing portion  149  employed in the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39 . Further, an optical connector  150 , an optical fiber data transmission line  151  and an optical connector  152  are provided in place of the optical connector  125 , the optical fiber data transmission line  126  and the optical connector  127  employed in the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39 . 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 61 , serial data DSA 1  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  113  is supplied to the E/O convertor  145 , serial data DSA 2  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  116  is supplied to the E/O convertor  146 , serial data DSB 1  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  120  is supplied to the E/O convertor  147  and serial data DSB 2  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  123  is supplied to the E/O convertor  148 . 
   The E/O convertor  145  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 1  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 1  having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.511 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA 1  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  149 . The E/O convertor  146  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 2  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 2  having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.531/m and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA 2  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  149 . The E/O convertor  147  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 1  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB 1  having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB 1  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  149 . The E/O convertor  148  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 2  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB 2  having, for example, a central wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB 2  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  149 . 
   In the wave multiplexing portion  149 , the optical signal OSA 1  having the central wavelength of about 1.511 μm, the optical signal OSA 2  having the central wavelength of about 1.531 μm, the optical signal OSB 1  having the central wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the optical signal OSB 2  having the central wavelength of about 1.571 μm are multiplexed with one another to produce a multiplexed optical signal OZZ. The multiplexed optical signal OZZ is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  149  as a transmission signal. A portion including the E/O convertors  145  to  148  and the wave multiplexing portion  149  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA 1 , DSA 2 , DSB 1  and DSB 2  obtained from the P/S convertors  113 ,  116 ,  120  and  123 , respectively. 
   The optical signals OSA 1 , OSA 2 , OSB 1  and OSB 2  which are multiplexed with one another in the wave multiplexing portion  149  have the respective central wavelengths so close to one another as to be different only by about 0.02 μm (20 nm) for producing the multiplexed optical signal OZZ. Therefore, the wave multiplexing technology called the Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) is applied to a portion including the E/O convertors  145  to  148  and the wave multiplexing portion  149 . 
   The multiplexed optical signal OZZ which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  149  is guided through the optical connector  150  to the optical fiber data transmission line  151  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. 
   In the receiving side, the multiplexed optical signal OZZ transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  151  is guided through the optical connector  152  to the wave dividing portion  153 . In the wave dividing portion  153 , the multiplexed optical signal OZZ is divided into a first optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm, a second optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm, a third optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and a fourth optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.571 μm to reproduce the optical signal OSA 1  which has the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSA 2  which has the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSB 1  which has the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps and the optical signal OSB 2  which has the center wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps based on the first, second, third and fourth optical elements, respectively. 
   The optical signals OSA 1 , OSA 2 , OSB 1  and OSB 2  reproduced by the wave dividing portion  153  are guided the O/E convertors  154 ,  155 ,  156  and  157 , respectively. The O/E convertor  154  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 1  having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA 1  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 1  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  133 . The O/E convertor  155  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 2  having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA 2  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 2  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  134 . The O/E convertor  156  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB 1  having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB 1  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 1  thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  139 . The O/E convertor  156  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 2  having the center wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB 2  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 2  thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  140 . 
   Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in  FIG. 61 , are similar to those of the example of  FIGS. 38 and 39 . 
     FIGS. 62 and 63  show an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a first embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the seventeenth or eighteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 62 and 63 , in a transmitting side which constitutes the embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the present invention, the digital data DVX are supplied to a data processing portion  191 . 
   The digital data DVX are one of data DVC 12 +DKC 12  composed of the digital data DD 12  or DE 12  and a key signal data sequence DKC 12  of 12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DD 12  or DE 12 ; data DVC 14 +DKC 14  composed of the digital data DD 14  or DE 14  and a key signal data sequence DKC 14  of 14-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DD 14  or DE 14 ; data DVC 16 +DKC 16  composed of the digital data DD 16  or DE 16  and a key signal data sequence DKC 16  of 16-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DD 16  or DE 16 ; and data DVD 12 +DKD 12  composed of the digital data DI 12  or DJ 12  and a key signal data sequence DKD 12  of 0.12-bit word sequence data annexed to the digital data DI 12  or DJ 12 . 
   Each of the key signal data sequences DKC 12 , DKC 14  and DKC 16  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the Y data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the Y and P B /P R  data sequences. The key signal data sequences DKD 12  is formed with a data format similar to the data format of the G data format to be an additional information data sequence accompanying the G, B and R data sequences. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVC 12 +DKC 12 , 36-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 64 , are supplied to the data processing portion  191 . 
   In the data processing portion  191 , the data DVC 12 +DKC 12  supplied in the form of 36-bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 64  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 12-bit words YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 36-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming every other line portions of the Y, P B /P R  and key signal data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 65A  and similarly 36-bit word sequence data DVC 12 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming another every other line portions of the Y, P B /P R  and key signal data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 65B . 
   The 36-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 65A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 ., . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 01 , . . . , A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 66 . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word c 0 , c 1 , c 2 , c 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 8-bit word d 0 , d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , d 4 , d 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 11 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 66 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . The upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 CA having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 66 . 
   Namely, the data DVC 12 A in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 12 A 1 , DVC 12 A 2  and DVC 12 CA each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   The 36-bit word sequence data DVC 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 65B  are also subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (YD 0 , YD 1 , YD 2 , YD 3 , . . . ) constituting the Y data sequence, 12-bit words (PbD 0 , PrD 0 , PbD 1 , PrD 1 , PbD 2 , PrD 2 , . . . ) constituting the P B /P R  data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The upper 10-bit portions Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit portions Pb 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 0 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 1 ; 2 - 11 , Pb 2 ; 2 - 11 , Pr 2 ; 2 - 11 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 67 . 
   Ancillary 8-bit word c 0 , c 1 , c 2 , c 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . . Similarly, ancillary 8-bit word d 0 , d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , d 4 , d 5 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 , Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 , Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . . 
   Then, the 10-bit word data [Y 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 0 , [Y 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 1 , [Y 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 2 , [Y 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+c 3 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [Pb 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 0 , [Pr 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 1 , [Pb 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 2 , [Pr 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 3 , [Pb 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 4 , [Pr 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+d 5 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 67 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . The upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 CB having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 67 . 
   Namely, the data DVC 12 B in the form of 36-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 12 B 2  and DVC 12 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  191  are the data DVC 12 +DKC 12  in the form of 36-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 64 , the data DVC 12 +DKC 12  are converted to six 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1 , DVC 12 A 2 , DVC 12 CA, DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 12 B 2  and DVC 12 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the data processing portion  191 . 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVC 14 +DKC 14  or DCV 16 +DKC 16 , 42-bit or 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 14-bit or 16-bir word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with each other in frame and line synchronism, are supplied to the data processing portion  191 . 
   In the data processing portion  191 , the data DVC 14 +DKC 14  or DVC 16 +DKC 16  are subjected to data processing in the similar manner as the data DVC 12 +DKC 12  except that each of 14-bit or 16-bit words constituting the Y data sequence, the P B /P R  data sequence and the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion and a lower 4-bit or 6-bit portion. 
   The data DVC 14 +DKC 14  or DVC 16 +DKC 16  forming the 42-bit or 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are converted to six 20-bit word sequence data which are 20-bit word sequence data DVC 14 A 1 , DVC 14 A 2 , DVC 14 CA, DVC 14 B 1 , DVC 14 B 2  and DVC 14 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps or 20-bit word sequence data DVC 16 A 1 , DVC 16 A 2 , DVC 16 CA, DVC 16 B 1 , DVC 16 B 2  and DVC 16 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   When the digital data DVX are the data DVD 12 +DKD 12 , 48-bit parallel data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, in which the G data sequence, the B data sequence, the R data sequence and the key signal data sequence, each of which is formed to be 12-bit word sequence data having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps, are multiplexed in parallel with one another in frame and line synchronism as shown in  FIG. 68 , are supplied to the data processing portion  191 . 
   In the data processing portion  191 , the data DVD 12 +DKD 12  supplied in the form of 48 bit parallel data shown in  FIG. 68  are subjected to the following data processing. 
   First, 12-bit words GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words BD 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , constituting the B data sequence, 12-bit words RD 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . constituting the R data sequence and 12-bit words AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . constituting the key signal data sequence are put in group 1 and group 2 alternately at every line portions. Then, 48-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming every other line portions of the G, B, R and key signal data sequences and belonging to the group 1 as a link A, as shown in  FIG. 69A  and similarly 36-bit word sequence data DVD 12 B having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps/2=74.25 MBps are formed based on the 12-bit words forming another every other line portions of the G, B, R and key signal data sequences and belonging to the group 2 as a link B, as shown in  FIG. 69B . 
   The 48-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 69A  are subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (B 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence, 12-bit words (R 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 0 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , R 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The lower 2-bit portion G 0 ; 0 ˜ 1 , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 0 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 0  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [ 0 BR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , the lower 2-bit portion G 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 ˜L and ancillary 4-bit word f 1  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , the lower 2-bit portion G 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 2  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , the lower 2-bit portion G 3 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 3  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions R 02 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3  and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 70  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the upper 10-bit words G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 4 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit words R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 4 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the upper 10-bit words B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , B 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words R 10 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 3 - 11 , R 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 70  as a link A- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 71  and similarly 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 70  as a link A- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 71 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . Then, the upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 CA having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 71 . 
   Namely, the data DVD 12 A in the form of 48-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 1 , DVD 12 A 2  and DVD 12 CA each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   The 48-bit word sequence data DVD 12 B having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps which is shown in  FIG. 69B  are also subjected to the following further data processing. 
   Each of 12-bit words (GD 0 , GD 1 , GD 2 , GD 3 , . . . ) constituting the G data sequence, 12-bit words (B 0 , BD 1 , BD 2 , BD 3 , . . . ) constituting the B data sequence, 12-bit words (R 0 , RD 1 , RD 2 , RD 3 , . . . ) constituting the R data sequence and 12-bit words (AD 0 , AD 1 , AD 2 , AD 3 , . . . ) constituting the key signal data sequence is divided into an upper 10-bit portion (Y 0 ; 2 - 11 , Y 1 ; 2 - 11 , Y 2 ; 2 - 11 , Y 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and A 0 ; 2 - 11 , A 1 ; 2 - 11 , A 2 ; 2 - 11 , A 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . ) and a lower 2-bit portion (Y 0 ; 0 - 1 , Y 1 ; 00 - 1 , Y 2 ; 0 - 1 , Y 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , R 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . ). 
   The lower 2-bit portion G 0 ; 0 - 1 , B 0 ; 0 - 1 , R 0 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 0  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , the lower 2-bit portion G 1 ; 0 - 1 , B 1 ; 0 - 1 , R 1 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 1  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , the lower 2-bit portion G 2 ; 0 - 1 , B 2 ; 0 - 1 , R 2 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 2  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , the lower 2-bit portion G 3 ; 0 - 1 , B 3 ; 0 - 1 , R 3 ; 0 - 1  and ancillary 4-bit word f 3  are bit-multiplexed with one another to produce 10-bit word [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . 
   The upper 10-bit portions G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 ,  62 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit portions R 02 - 11 , R 1 ; 2 - 11 -, R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 3 ; 2 - 11 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3  and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . are partitioned in such a manner as shown with bold lines on a table shown in  FIG. 70  to be put in a couple of 10-bit word groups which are a 10-bit word group 1 in which the upper 10-bit words G 0 ; 2 - 11 , G 1 ; 2 - 11 , G 2 ; 2 - 11 , G 3 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words B 0 ; 2 - 11 , B 2 ; 2 - 11 , B 4 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the upper 10-bit words R 0 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 2 - 11 , R 4 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and a 10-bit word group 2 in which the upper 10-bit words B 1 ; 2 - 11 , B 3 ; 2 - 11 , B 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . , the upper 10-bit words R 10 ; 2 - 11 , R 2 ; 3 - 11 , R 5 ; 2 - 11 , . . . and the 10-bit words [GBR 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 0 , [GBR 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 1 , [GBR 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 2 , [GBR 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+f 3 , . . . . Then, 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 B 1  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 1 shown in  FIG. 70  as a link B- 1 , as shown in  FIG. 72 , and similarly 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 B 2  having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps are formed based on the 10-bit word group 2 shown in  FIG. 70  as a link B- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 72 . 
   Further, ancillary 8-bit word e 0 , e 1 , e 2 , e 3 , . . . are added to the lower 2-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . , respectively, to produce 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . . Then, the upper 10-bit portions A 0 ; 0 - 1 , A 1 ; 0 - 1 , A 2 ; 0 - 1 , A 3 ; 0 - 1 , . . . and the 10-bit word data [A 0 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 0 , [A 1 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 1 , [A 2 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 2 , [A 3 ; 0 - 1 ]+e 3 , . . . are multiplexed in parallel with each other to produce 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 CB having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps as a link C- 2 , as shown in  FIG. 72 . 
   Namely, the data DVD 12 B in the form of 48-bit word sequence having the word transmission rate of 148.5 MBps are converted to three 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 B 1 , DVD 12 B 2  and DVD 12 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps. 
   Consequently, when the digital data DVX supplied to the data processing portion  191  are the data DVD 2 +DKD 12  in the form of 48-bit word sequence shown in  FIG. 68 , the data DVD 12 +DKD 12  are converted to six 20-bit word sequence data which are the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 1 , DVD 12 A 2 , DVD 12 CA, DVD 12 B 1 , DVD 12 B 2  and DVD 12 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in the data processing portion  191 . 
   From the data processing portion  191 , one of data groups of the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1 , DVC 12 A 2 , DVC 12 CA, DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 12 B 2  and DVC 12 CB, the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 14 A 1 , DVC 14 A 2 , DVC 14 CA, DVC 14 B 1 , DVC 14 B 2  and DVC 14 CB, the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 16 A 1 , DVC 16 A 2 , DVC 16 CA, DVC 16 B 1 , DVC 16 B 2  and DVC 16 CB, and the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 1 , DVD 12 A 2 , DVD 12 CA, DVD 12 B 1 , DVD 12 B 2  and DVD 12 CB each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, and the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A, DVC 12 B and DVC 12 C, is derived as a data group of 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ), DPA 2 ( 20 ), DPCA( 20 ), DPB 1 ( 20 ), DPB 2 ( 20 ) and DPCB( 20 ). 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps derived from the data processing portion  191  are supplied to a data inserting portion  192 . In the data inserting portion  192 , ancillary data DAA 1  containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  192  are supplied to a P/S convertor  193 . 
   In the P/S convertor  193 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPAL′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSAL having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 1  are supplied to an E/O convertor  194 . The E/O convertor  194  is operative to cause the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 1  having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.4850 bps. The optical signal OSA 1  is derived from the E/O convertor  194  as a transmission signal. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ), DPCA( 20 ), DPB 1 ( 20 ), DPB 2 ( 20 ) and DPCB( 20 ), each having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps, derived from the data processing portion  191  are supplied to data inserting portions  195 ,  196 ,  197 ,  198  and  199 , respectively. In each of the data inserting portions  195  to  199 , ancillary data DAA 2 , DACA, DAB 1 , DAB 2  or DACB containing channel identification data as occasion demands are inserted into the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ( 20 ), DPCA( 20 ), DPB 1 ( 20 ), DPB 2 ( 20 ) or DPCB( 20 ) to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) or DPCB′ ( 20 ). The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) and DPCB′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data inserting portion  195  to  199 , respectively, are supplied to P/S convertors  200  to  204 . 
   In each of the P/S convertor  200  to  204 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) or DPCB′ ( 20 ) are subjected to P/S conversion to produce serial data DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  or DSCB having the bit transmission rate of 74.25 MBps×20=1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  and DSCB are supplied to E/O convertors  205  to  209 , respectively. 
   Each of the E/O convertor  205  to  209  is operative to cause the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) or DPCB′ ( 20 ) to be subjected to E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  or OSCB having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signals OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  and OSCB are derived from the E/O convertors  205  to  209 , respectively, as transmission signals. 
   A portion including the E/O convertors  194  and  205  to  209  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA 1 , DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  and DSCB obtained from the P/S convertors  193  and  200  to  204 , respectively. 
   The optical signal OSA 1  derived from the E/O convertor  194  is guided through an optical connector  210  to an optical fiber data transmission line  211  to be transmitted to a receiving side. The optical signal OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  and OSCB derived from the E/O convertors  205  to  209  are guided through an optical connector  212  to an optical fiber data transmission line  217 , through an optical connector  213  to an optical fiber data transmission line  218 , through an optical connector  214  to an optical fiber data transmission line  219 , through an optical connector  215  to an optical fiber data transmission line  220  and through an optical connector  216  to an optical fiber data transmission line  221 , respectively, to be transmitted to the receiving side. Each of the optical fiber data transmission lines  211  and  217  to  221  is made of, for example, fused quartz SMF. 
   In the receiving side, the optical signal OSA 1  transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  211  is guided through an optical connector  225  to an O/E convertor  226 . The optical signals OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  and OSCB transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission lines  217  to  221  are guided through an optical connector  227  to an O/E convertor  232 , through an optical connector  228  to an O/E convertor  233 , through an optical connector  229  to an O/E convertor  234 , through an optical connector  230  to an O/E convertor  235  and through an optical connector  231  to an O/E convertor  236 , respectively. 
   The O/E convertor  226  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 1  having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA 1  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 1  thus reproduced are supplied to an S/P convertor  240 . The S/P convertor  240  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 1  to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be supplied to a data time difference absorbing portion  241 . 
   Each of the O/E convertors  232  to  236  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  or CSCB having the central wavelength of about 1.3 μm to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  or DSCB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  and DSCB thus reproduced are supplied to S/P convertors  242  to  246 . 
   Each of the S/P convertors  242  to  246  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  or DSCB to be subjected to S/P conversion to reproduce the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) or DPCB′ ( 20 ) having the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps to be supplied to the data time difference absorbing portion  241 . 
   In the data time difference absorbing portion  241 , time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ) from the S/P convertor  240  and the 20-bit word sequence data DSA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DSB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) and DPCB′ ( 20 ) from the S/P convertors  242  to  246  is absorbed to produce 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPA 2 Q′ ( 20 ), DPCAQ′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 Q′ ( 20 ) and DPCBQ′ ( 20 ), which are obtained based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPA 2 ′ ( 20 ), DPCA′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 ′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 ′ ( 20 ) and DPCB′ ( 20 ), respectively, to be transmitted at the word transmission rate of 74.25 MBps in such a manner that time difference among the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPA 2 Q′ ( 20 ), DPCAQ′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 Q′ ( 20 ) and DPCBQ′ ( 20 ) is substantially zero. 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data time difference absorbing portion  241  are supplied to data separating portion  247 . In the data separating portion  247 , the ancillary data DAA 1  are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAA 1  are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q ( 20 ) are supplied to a data reproducing portion  248 . 
   The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 Q′ ( 20 ), DPCAQ′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 Q′ ( 20 ) and DPCBQ′ ( 20 ) obtained from the data time difference absorbing portion  241  are supplied to data separating portions  249  to  253 , respectively. In each of the data separating portions  249  to  253 , the ancillary data DAA 2 , DACA, DAB 1 , DAB 2  or DACB are separated from the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 Q′ ( 20 ), DPCAQ′ ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q′ ( 20 ), DPB 2 Q′ ( 20 ) or DPCBQ′ ( 20 ) so that the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 Q ( 20 ), DPCAQ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q( 20 ), DPB 2 Q( 20 ) or DPCBQ( 20 ) and the ancillary data DAA 2 , DACA, DAB 1 , DAB 2  or DACB are separately obtained. The 20-bit word sequence data DPA 2 Q ( 20 ), DPCAQ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q( 20 ), DPB 2 Q( 20 ) and DPCBQ( 20 ) are supplied to the data reproducing portions  248 . 
   In the data reproducing portion  248 , the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q( 20 ), DPA 2 Q( 20 ), DPCAQ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q( 20 ), DPB 2 Q( 20 ) and DPCBQ( 20 ) are subjected to data reproduction processing, which is proceeded inversely to the data processing to which the 20-bit word sequence data constituting the digital data DVX are subjected in the data processing portion  191 , to reproduce the digital data DVX formed based on the 20-bit word sequence data DPA 1 Q( 20 ), DPA 2 Q( 20 ), DPCAQ( 20 ), DPB 1 Q( 20 ), DPB 2 Q( 20 ) and DPCBQ( 20 ). 
   The digital data DVX thus reproduced are one of the data DVC 12 +DKC 12 , DVC 14 +DKC 14 , DVC 16 +DKC 16  and DVD 12 +DKD 12 . 
   Each of the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1 , DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 14 A 1 , DVC 14 B 1 , DVC 16 A 1  or DVC 16 B 1  composed of the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit, 14-bit or 16-bit word constituting the Y data sequence and the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit, 14-bit or 16-bit word constituting the P B /P R  data sequence, which are multiplexed in parallel with each other, and the 20-bit word sequence data DVD 12 A 1  or DVD 12 B 1  composed of the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the G data sequence, the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the B data sequence and the upper 10-bit portions each divided from the 12-bit word constituting the R data sequence, which are multiplexed in parallel with one another, can be recorded or reproduced by means of, for example, a previously proposed video tape recorder for HD digital video signals. Accordingly, it is possible to confirm or edit the contents of the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1 , DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 14 A 1 , DVB 14 B 1 , DVC 16 A 1 , DVC 16 B 1 , DVD 12 A 1  or DVD 12 B 1  with use of the previously proposed video tape recorder for HD digital video signals. Further, it is also possible to obtain images reproduced from the 20-bit word sequence data DVC 12 A 1 , DVC 12 B 1 , DVC 14 A 1 , DVB 14 B 1 , DVC 16 A 1 , DVC 16 B 1 , DVD 12 A 1  or DVD 12 B 1  with use of the combination of a video tape recorder and a video monitor for HD digital video signals proposed previously. These facts bring about remarkable advantage for handling word sequence data constituting a digital video signal, in which each word is made of more than 10 bits. 
     FIGS. 73 and 74  shows a part of an example of a data transmitting and receiving apparatus which includes a second embodiment of apparatus for transmitting digital data according to one of the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth aspects of the present invention, in which an embodiment of method of transmitting digital data according to one of the seventeenth or eighteenth aspects of the present invention is carried out. 
   The example of the data transmitting and receiving apparatus, a part of which is shown in  FIGS. 73 and 74 , has a number of blocks constituted in the same manner as those in the example of  FIGS. 62 and 63  and blocks which are constituted to be different from those in the example of  FIGS. 62 and 63  are shown in  FIGS. 73 and 74 . 
   Referring to  FIGS. 73 and 74 , E/O convertors  255  and  257  to  261  and a wave multiplexing portion  256  are provided in place of the E/O convertors  194  and  205  to  209  employed in the example of  FIGS. 62 and 63  a wave dividing portion  265  and O/E convertors  266  to  271  are provided in place of the O/E convertors  226  and  232  to  236  employed in the example of  FIGS. 62 and 63 . Further, an optical connector  262 , an optical fiber data transmission line  263  and an optical connector  264  are provided in place of the optical connectors  210  and  212  to  216 , the optical fiber data transmission lines  211  and  217  to  221  and the optical connectors  225  and  227  to  231  employed in the example of  FIGS. 63 and 64 . 
   In the example, a part of which is shown in  FIGS. 73 and 74 , serial data DSA 1  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  193  is supplied to the E/O convertor  255 , serial data DSA 2  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  200  is supplied to the E/O convertor  257 , serial data DSCA having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  201  is supplied to the E/O convertor  258 , serial data DSB 1  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  202  is supplied to the E/O convertor  259 , serial data DSB 2  having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  203  is supplied to the E/O convertor  260  and serial data DSCB having the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps obtained from a P/S convertor  204  is supplied to the E/O convertor  261 . 
   The E/O convertor  255  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 1  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 1  having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.511/m and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSA 1  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . The E/O convertor  257  is operative to cause the serial data DSA 2  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSA 2  having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.4856 bps. The optical signal OSA 2  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . The E/O convertor  258  is operative to cause the serial data DSCA to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSCA having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSCA is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . 
   Further, the E/O convertor  259  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 1  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB 1  having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB 1  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . The E/O convertor  260  is operative to cause the serial data DSB 2  to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSB 2  having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.591 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSB 2  is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . The E/O convertor  261  is operative to cause the serial data DSCB to be E/O conversion to produce an optical signal OSCB having, for example, the central wavelength of about 1.611 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps. The optical signal OSCB is guided to the wave multiplexing portion  256 . 
   In the wave multiplexing portion  256 , the optical signal OSA 1  having the central wavelength of about 1.511 μm, the optical signal OSA 2  having the central wavelength of about 1.531 μm, the optical signal OSCA having the central wavelength of about 1.551 μm, the optical signal OSB 1  having the central wavelength of about 1.571 μm, the optical signal OSB 2  having the central wavelength of about 1.591 μm and the optical signal OSCB having the central wavelength of about 1.911 μm are multiplexed with one another to produce a multiplexed optical signal OZZZ. The multiplexed optical signal OZZZ is derived from the wave multiplexing portion  156  as a transmission signal. A portion including the E/O convertors  255  and  257  to  261  and the wave multiplexing portion  256  constitutes a data transmitting portion for transmitting the serial data DSA 1 , DSA 2 , DSCA, DSB 1 , DSB 2  and DSCB obtained from the P/S convertors  193  and  200  to  204 , respectively. 
   The optical signals OSA 1 , OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  and OSCB which are multiplexed with one another in the wave multiplexing portion  256  have the respective central wavelengths so close to one another as to be different only by about 0.02 μm (20 nm) for producing the multiplexed optical signal OZZZ. Therefore, the wave multiplexing technology called the Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) is applied to a portion including the E/O convertors  255  and  257  to  261  and the wave multiplexing portion  256 . 
   The multiplexed optical signal OZZZ which is the transmission signal derived from the wave multiplexing portion  256  is guided through the optical connector  262  to the optical fiber datatransmission line  263  to be transmitted thereby to a receiving side. 
   In the receiving side, the multiplexed optical signal OZZZ transmitted through the optical fiber data transmission line  263  is guided through the optical connector  264  to the wave dividing portion  265 . In the wave dividing portion  265 , the multiplexed optical signal OZZZ is divided into a first optical elements having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm, a second optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm, a third optical elements having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm, a fourth optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.5731 μm, a fifth optical elements having the center wavelength of about 1.591 μm and a sixth optical element having the center wavelength of about 1.611 μm to reproduce the optical signal OSA 1  which has the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSA 2  which has the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSCA which has the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSB 1  which has the center wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps, the optical signal OSB 2  which has the center wavelength of about 1.591 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1.485 Gbps and the optical signal OSCB which has the center wavelength of about 1.611 μm based on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth optical elements, respectively. 
   The optical signals OSA 1 , OSA 2 , OSCA, OSB 1 , OSB 2  and OSCB reproduced by the wave dividing portion  265  are guided the O/E convertors  266  to  271 , respectively. The O/E convertor  266  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 1  having the center wavelength of about 1.511 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSAL having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 1  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  240 . The O/E convertor  267  is operative to cause the optical signal OSA 2  having the center wavelength of about 1.531 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSA 2  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSA 2  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  242 . The O/E convertor  268  is operative to cause the optical signal OSCA having the center wavelength of about 1.551 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSCA having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSCA thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  243 . The O/E convertor  269  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB 1  having the center wavelength of about 1.571 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB 1  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 1  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  244 . The O/E convertor  270  is operative to cause the optical signal OSB 2  having the center wavelength of about 1.591 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSB 2  having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSB 2  thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  245 . The O/E convertor  271  is operative to cause the optical signal OSCB having the center wavelength of about 1.611 μm and the bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps to be subjected to O/E conversion to reproduce the serial data DSCB having bit transmission rate of 1,485 Gbps. The serial data DSCB thus reproduced are supplied to a S/P convertor  246 . 
   Other operations of the example, a part of which is shown in  FIGS. 73 and 74 , are similar to those of the example of  FIGS. 62 and 63 . 
   APPLICABILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL USE 
   As apparent from the above description, with the method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the digital video signal constituted with 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data is obtained. In the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden code for each active line, and therefore, 8-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 8-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words or 10-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 10-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words are compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed HD digital video signal. Consequently, the digital data constituting the digital video signal obtained with the method of producing digital data according to the first or second aspect of the present invention can be subjected to recording, reading, editing, reproduction of images and so on by means of apparatus used for the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   With the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention, the 720P signal constituted with 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data is obtained. In the 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal also, the 12-, 14- or 16-bit codes each containing the upper 8-bit portion representing 00h or FFh are predetermined to be the forbidden code for each active line, and therefore, 8-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 8-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words or 10-bit word sequence data constituted with the upper 10-bit portions of the 12-, 14- or 16-bit words are compatible with 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting a previously proposed 720P signal. Consequently, the digital data constituting the 720P signal obtained with the method of producing digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention can be subjected to recording, reading, editing, reproduction of images and so on by means of apparatus used for the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed 720P signal. 
   With the method of transmitting digital data according to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   With the method of transmitting digital data according to the eighth or ninth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission with use of circuit devices used for serial transmission of the 8- or 10-bit word digital data constituting the previously proposed HD digital video signal. 
   With the method of transmitting digital data according to the tenth to eighteenth aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirtieth to thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, the digital data constituting the digital video signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits, for example, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the digital video signal, and the key signal data sequence related to the digital data can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner that the key signal data sequence are transmitted as the additional information data sequence annexed to the digital data with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal. 
   With the method of transmitting digital data according to the nineteenth to twenty-third aspect of the present invention or the apparatus for transmitting digital data according to the thirty-ninth to forty-third aspect of the present invention, the digital data constituting the 720P signal with a series of words each made of more than 10 bits, for example, 12-, 14- or 16-bit word digital data constituting the 720P signal, and the key signal data sequence related to the digital data can be appropriately subjected to serial transmission in such a manner that the key signal data sequence are transmitted as the additional information data sequence annexed to the digital data constituting the 720P signal with use of existing circuit devices used for serial transmission of, for example, 10-bit word digital data constituting a digital video signal.