Method, apparatus and system for communicating sideband data with non-compressed video

A device comprising:

• first circuitry to receive a first data frame via a hardware interconnect compatible with physical layer requirements of an interface specification, wherein the interface specification includes a data frame format comprising a total of X consecutive horizontal lines of vertical blanking data and a total of Y consecutive horizontal lines of data including video data, the first circuitry to receive the first data frame including:
• during a data disable period, the first circuitry to receive vertical blanking data, including the first circuitry to receive only (X−N) consecutive horizontal lines of data;
• and
• during a data enable period:
• the first circuitry to receive first sideband data, including the first circuitry to receive N horizontal lines of data;
• and
• the first circuitry to receive first non-compressed video data, including the first circuitry to receive Y horizontal lines of data, wherein X is a first integer, Y is a second integer, and N is a third integer;
• and
• second circuitry to generate second non-compressed video data based on the first non-compressed video data and the first sideband data.

A method comprising:

• receiving first sideband data of a first data frame and first video data of the first data frame, including receiving the first sideband data during a first vertical blanking period;
• generating a second data frame based on the received first data frame;
• and
• transmitting the second data frame via a hardware interconnect compatible with physical layer requirements of an interface specification, wherein the interface specification includes a data frame format comprising a total of X consecutive horizontal lines of vertical blanking data and a total of Y consecutive horizontal lines of data including video data, the transmitting the second data frame including:
• during a data disable period, transmitting vertical blanking data, including transmitting only (X−N) consecutive horizontal lines of data;
• and
• during a data enable period:
• transmitting second sideband data based on the first sideband data, including transmitting N horizontal lines of data;
• and
• transmitting non-compressed video data, including transmitting Y horizontal lines of data, wherein X is a first integer, Y is a second integer, and N is a third integer.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first data frame via a hardware interconnect compatible with physical layer requirements of an interface specification, wherein the interface specification includes a data frame format comprising a total of X consecutive horizontal lines of vertical blanking data and a total of Y consecutive horizontal lines of data including video data, the receiving the first data frame including:
• during a data disable period, receiving vertical blanking data, including receiving only (X−N) consecutive horizontal lines of data;
• and
• during a data enable period:
• receiving first sideband data, including receiving N horizontal lines of data;
• and
• receiving first non-compressed video data, including receiving Y horizontal lines of data, wherein X is a first integer, Y is a second integer, and N is a third integer;
• and
• generating second non-compressed video data based on the first non-compressed video data and the first sideband data.