# US 2014/0153633 A1 · Communication system, transmission device, reception device, communication method, program, and communication cable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153633 A1 - Document ID: US20140153633A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/175,417 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-26 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Gen Ichimura; Akihiko Tao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153633A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/43635: {HDMI} - G09G 5/006: {Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04)} - G09G 5/12: Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players - H04L 25/0272: {Arrangements for coupling to multiple lines, e.g. for differential transmission} - H04N 19/00: Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - H04N 21/437: Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server {(flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60)} - H04N 21/438: Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network - H04N 21/6336: directed to decoder - G09G 2320/0252: Improving the response speed - G09G 2370/04: Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller - G09G 2370/047: using display data channel standard [DDC] communication - G09G 2370/10: Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline - G09G 2370/12: Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmission device, a reception device, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable, whereby high-speed communication can be executed while maintaining compatibility. In the event that an HDMI(R) source 71 and an HDMI(R) sink 72 execute two-way IP communication using a CEC line 84 and a signal line 141, a switching control unit 121 controls a switch 133 to select a partial signal making up the differential signal from a conversion unit 131 at the time of transmitting data, and controls the switch 133 to select a partial signal making up a differential signal from a receiver 82 at the time of transmitting data, and in the case of executing two-way communication using the CEC line 84 alone, the switching control unit 121 controls the switch 133 to select the CEC signal from the HDMI(R) source 71 or receiver 82 with the switch 133. The present invention may be applied to HDMI(R), for example. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication system comprising: a transmission device configured to transmit pixel data of one screen worth of an uncompressed image to a reception device in one direction within a valid image section that is a section obtained by removing a horizontal retrace section and a vertical retrace section from a section from one vertical synchronizing signal to the next vertical synchronizing signal, using a first differential signal; and a reception device configured to receive said first differential signal transmitted from said transmission device; wherein said transmission device includes first conversion means configured to convert data different from said pixel data, which is data to be transmitted, into a second differential signal made up of a first partial signal and a second partial signal, transmit said first partial signal to said reception device via a first signal line, and also output said second partial signal, first selecting means configured to select one of a transmission signal that is a signal relating to control, and said second partial signal output from said first conversion means, and transmit the selected signal to said reception device via a second signal line, first control means configured to control, in the case of transmitting said transmission signal to said reception device, said first selecting means so as to select said transmission signal, and in the case of transmitting said second differential signal to said reception device, to control said first selecting means so as to select said second partial signal, and first decoding means configured to receive a third differential signal transmitted from said reception device, and decode this to the original data; and wherein said reception device includes second conversion means configured to convert data different from said pixel data, which is data to be transmitted, into said third differential signal, and transmit this to said transmission device, second decoding means configured to receive said second differential signal transmitted from said transmission device, and decode this to the original data, second selecting means configured to select one of said transmission signal and said second partial signal, and second control means configured to control, in the case of receiving said transmission signal, said second selecting means so as to select and receive said transmission signal, and in the case of receiving said second differential signal, to control said second selecting means so as to select said second partial signal, and said second decoding means so as to receive said second partial signal.