Patent ID: 7596188

Claim:
A digital interface decode receiver, comprising: a decoder circuit that serial/parallel converts signals except a clock channel in a digital signal including a video signal and an audio signal in accordance with a high-speed digital interface standard, and outputs a synchronization signal and a video/audio signal; a processing circuit that separates the video/audio signal into a video signal, an audio signal and a control signal, and outputs the video signal, the audio signal and the control signal; a clock generation circuit that multiplies a first clock signal of the clock channel of the digital signal, and outputs the multiplied clock signal as a decoding clock signal; a signal source that outputs a reference clock signal having a frequency lower than a frequency of the first clock signal; a detection circuit that counts a number of pulses of the first clock signal within one period of the reference clock signal, and outputs a clock counter signal indicative of a counted value; and a controlling device that calculates a dot clock frequency of the digital signal based on the clock counter signal, and determines whether the calculated dot clock frequency matches a dot clock frequency of a decodable format stored in advance, wherein when the calculated dot clock frequency does not match the dot clock frequency of the decodable format, the controlling device stops operation of the decoder circuit, the clock generation circuit and the processing circuit by stopping supply of a power-supply voltage or supply of an operation clock signal to the decoder signal, the clock generation circuit and the processing circuit, and when the calculated dot clock frequency matches the dot clock frequency of the decodable format, the controlling device does not stop the operation of the decoder circuit, the clock generation circuit and the processing circuit.