Patent ID: 8341661

Claim:
A video transmission system, the system comprising: a transmitter transmitting a video signal; and a receiver receiving the video signal that the transmitter transmitted and the transmitter and the receiver are connected to each other through a digital interface; wherein, the receiver includes an EDID storing unit to store characteristics of the receiver; the digital interface includes a HPD signal line for transmitting a HPD signal and a CEC signal line for transmitting a CEC signal; the transmitter reads the EDID of the receiver through the digital interface, and transmits the video signal to the receiver on the basis of the EDID which the transmitter read; while the HPD signal level is the High level, the receiver transmits a first and a second CEC message related to the EDID of the receiver to the transmitter; and while the HPD signal level is the High level, the transmitter, which received the first CEC message from the receiver, does not read the EDID of the receiver until the second CEC message is received.