Signal transmitting apparatus, signal transmitting method, signal receiving apparatus, signal receiving method, and signal transmission system

A signal transmitting method comprising:

• when upper m bits (m≧8) are defined to have a same value in a forbidden code in video data areas of first and second channels included in serial digital interfaces of one channel or a plurality of channels which are formed in a unit of N bits (N≧10),
• making at least lower 2 bits among the upper m bits of the N bits included in the one channel or the plurality of channels different from each other, multiplexing video data of upper m−2 bits included in compressed data which is compressed to an amount of data of the one channel or the plurality of channel of the serial digital interfaces in which a number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than the number of pixels defined by an HD format into upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and multiplexing video data of lower 2 bits in the compressed data into lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel;
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• storing an error detection code of N-bit data multiplexed into the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel in a first data area and a second data area based on a predetermined standard, alternately multiplexing the first channel and the second channel for every N bits, scrambling the multiplexed data, and transmitting the scrambled data using the serial digital interface.

A signal receiving apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of channels, upper m bits (m≧8) being defined to have a same value in a forbidden code in video data areas of first and second channels included in serial digital interfaces of at least one channel, the plurality of channels being formed in a unit of N bits (N≧10);
• a demultiplexing unit that alternately demultiplexes the first channel and the second channel from the serial digital interfaces of the one channel or the plurality of channels for every N bits and performs descrambling to restore an error detection code of N-bit data in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel stored in a first data area and a second data area which are based on a predetermined standard;
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• a reproducing unit that reproduces video data of upper m−2 bits other than lower 2 bits which have different values among the upper m bits of the N bits included in the one channel or the plurality of channels, as upper m−2 bits in compressed data which is compressed to an amount of data of the one channel or the plurality of channels of the serial digital interfaces in which a number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than the number of pixels defined by an HD format, from the upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and reproduces video data of lower N−m bits as lower 2 bits in the compressed data from lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel.

A signal receiving method comprising:

• when upper m bits (m≧8) are defined to have a same value in a forbidden code in video data areas of first and second channels included in serial digital interfaces of one channel or a plurality of channels which are formed in a unit of N bits (N≧10),
• alternately demultiplexing the first channel and the second channel from the serial digital interfaces of the one channel or the plurality of channels for every N bits and performing descrambling to restore an error detection code of N-bit data in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel stored in a first data area and a second data area which are based on a predetermined standard;
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• reproducing video data of upper m−2 bits other than lower 2 bits which have different values among the upper m bits of the N bits included in the one channel or the plurality of channels, as upper m−2 bits in compressed data which is compressed to an amount of data of the one channel or the plurality of channels of the serial digital interfaces in which a number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than the number of pixels defined by an HD format, from the upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and reproducing video data of the lower N−m bits as lower 2 bits in the compressed data from lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel.

A signal transmission system comprising:

• a signal transmitting apparatus;
• and
• a signal receiving apparatus,
• wherein, when upper m bits (m≧8) are defined to have a same value in a forbidden code in video data areas of first and second channels included in serial digital interfaces of one channel or a plurality of channels which are formed in a unit of N bits (N≧10),
• the signal transmitting apparatus includes
• a mapping unit configured to make at least lower 2 bits among the upper m bits of the N bits included in the one channel or the plurality of channels different from each other, multiplexes video data of upper m−2 bits included in compressed data which is compressed to an amount of data of the plurality of channels of the serial digital interfaces in which a number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than the number of pixels defined by an HD format into upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and multiplexes video data of lower 2 bits in the compressed data into lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and
• a multiplexing unit that stores an error detection code of N-bit data multiplexed into the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel in a first data area and a second data area based on a predetermined standard, alternately multiplexes the first channel and the second channel for every N bits, scrambles the multiplexed data, and transmits the scrambled data using the serial digital interface, and
• the signal receiving apparatus includes
• a demultiplexing unit that alternately demultiplexes the first channel and the second channel from the serial digital interfaces of the one channel or the plurality of channels for every N bits and performs descrambling to restore an error detection code of N-bit data in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel stored in the first data area and the second data area which are based on the predetermined standard, and
• a reproducing unit that reproduces video data of upper m−2 bits other than lower 2 bits which have different values among the upper m bits of the N bits included in the one channel or the plurality of channels, as upper m−2 bits in the compressed data, from the upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel, and reproduces video data of the lower N−m bits as lower 2 bits in the compressed data from lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first channel and the second channel.