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US 2019/0172413 A1Published application
Sink device and power control method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-jin PARK, Je-hwan SEO, Seung-il YOON
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a sink device and a power control method therefor. The sink device comprises: an HDMI reception unit connected to a source device and receiving a signal transmitted by the source device; and a processor for turning on the power of the sink device when a TMDS clock is received from the source device. Therefore, the power of the sink device is automatically turned on, thereby enabling user convenience to improve.
Claims6
A sink device comprising:
- a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) reception unit connected to a source device and receiving a signal transmitted by the source device;
- and
- a processor configured to turn on the power of the sink device based on a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) clock being received from the source device.
A power control method of a sink device, the method comprising:
- receiving a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) clock from the source device;
- and,
- based on the TMDS clock being received from the source device, turning on power of the sink device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.