Patent ID: 7825932

Claim:
A data relay device, provided between a sink unit, which stores EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) data representing display attributes and presents input data based on the EDID data, and a source device, comprising: an EDID memory configured to store the EDID data; a control unit configured to deactivate a hot plug line until the completion of storing the EDID data in the EDID memory and activate the hot plug line after the EDID data is stored in the EDID memory, whereby the source device can read the EDID data from the EDID memory via an I 2 C bus; a first data bus which transfers the EDID data from the display unit to the EDID memory; and a second data bus which transfers the read EDID data stored in the EDID memory to the source device, wherein the control unit has terminals connected to the second data bus to control the conduction/nonconduction of the second data bus according to the presence or absence of access to the EDID memory by the control unit.