Audio/video network, system and method for providing audio
AssigneeSony Electronics Inc.
InventorsHiroshi Hara, Tohru Doumuki
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Abstract
An audio/video (AV) network, system, and method is provided which prevents audio blackout in an AV home system. The AV network includes a first device configured to decode an audio signal which comes on the transport stream with a standard definition signal as well as a high definition signal, while a high definition video signal is passed through a digital connection, for example an i.LINK™, to a second device for decoding. In one embodiment, the first device is a set top box and the second device is a high definition television. In another embodiment, the first device and the second device form an audio/video network through the digital connection. In a further embodiment, the AV network forms a part of the home AV system.
Claims22
A method for providing audio in an audio/video network, said method comprises:
- providing an audio signal and a video signal to a first device in the audio/video network;
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- processing said video signal in a second device.
An audio/video network comprising:
- a first device configured to decode an audio signal;
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- a second device configured to decode a video signal, said first device in electrical communication with said second device.
An audio/video system comprises:
- a first device, including a standard signal decoder;
- a second device, including a high definition signal decoder, said first device in electrical communication with said second device;
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- at least one peripheral device in electrical communication with said first device and said second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.