Electronic device capable of wired connection to an external device having a power-save mode
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Kitamori, Takafumi Hayashi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Takahiro Shigetomi
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Abstract
An electronic device has a plurality of wired-connection terminals, a selection portion that selects one of the plurality of wired-connection terminals for input of source data, and a transmission portion that wiredly transmits a command requesting a shift to a normal-operation mode to another electronic device having a power-save mode after switching of input by selection by the selection portion. The plurality of wired-connection terminals are all of an identical type for wired connection to another electronic device having a power-save mode.
Claims4
An electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of HDMI-connection terminals connectable to an HDMI device that shifts from a normal operation mode to a power-save mode according to an HDMI HPD signal transmitted from an electronic device to which the HDMI device is HDMI-connected;
- a selection portion that selects one of the plurality of HDMI-connection terminals for input of audio and/or video data;
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- a transmission portion that, after switching of input by selection by the selection portion, transmits a particular CEC command requesting a shift to the normal-operation mode to the HDMI device via HDMI upon being triggered by switching of input by selection by the selection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.