Cable and connection device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Masanari Yamamoto
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Abstract
A transmission device is enabled to satisfactorily detecting whether or not a reception device is in the operating state even in a case where an element that adjusts signal quality is interposed in a data line. A cable is connected between the transmission device and the reception device. The element that adjusts signal quality is interposed in the data line. A detection unit detects that the reception device is in the operating state. An information supply unit supplies detection information to the transmission device through a predetermined line.
Claims10
A cable connected between a transmission device and a reception device,
- the cable comprising:
- an element configured to adjust a signal quality, interposed in a data line;
- a detection unit configured to detect that the reception device is in an operating state;
- and
- an information supply unit configured to supply detection information to the transmission device through a predetermined line.
A connection device that connects a transmission device and a reception device to each other,
- the connection device comprising
- an element configured to adjust a signal quality, interposed in a data line;
- a detection unit configured to detect that the reception device is in an operating state;
- and
- an information supply unit configured to supply the detection information to the transmission device through a predetermined line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.