Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Akihiro Fuke

Masayuki Kozuka

Toshiroh Nishio

Toshiyuki Fukushima

Takeshi Hirota

Makoto Serizawa

Kazuki Adachi

Susumu Miyajima

Takuma Adachi

Yoshihiro Moriie

Hiroaki Nakayama

There is provided a reproduction device that outputs a video signal to a display device via predetermined communication, the video signal including a video having pictures and corresponding pieces of image characteristic information. The reproduction device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first time difference between a timing at which the display device displays one picture among the pictures and a timing used by the display device to display one of the pieces of image characteristic information corresponding to the one picture; an adjuster that adjusts at least one of a timing at which the pictures are outputted and a timing at which the pieces of image characteristic information are outputted to reduce the first time difference; and an output unit that outputs the pictures and the pieces of image characteristic information via the predetermined communication at the time adjusted by the adjuster.

Reproduction device, reproduction method, display device, and display method

A sink device is bi-directionally communicably connected to the source device. The sink device includes a first memory, and a controller. Stored in the first memory is a plurality of pieces of audio format information including information representing an audio format that the sink device can process. The controller selects, from among the plurality of pieces of audio format information stored in the first memory, one piece of audio format information corresponding to receiver format information representing an audio format that a receiver device connected to the sink device can process. The controller then outputs the selected audio format information to the source device.

Sink device

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Osaka, Japan

Akihiro Fuke