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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Kenji Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/00 (2006.01); H04H 20/47 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the invention, there is provided an audio signal receiving apparatus which receives audio signals transmitted from external connection apparatuses through a plurality of channels, including an audio signal transmitting scheme determining unit which determines a transmitting scheme of the audio signal in the external connection apparatus on the basis of channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals transmitted by the external connection apparatuses. When the audio signal to be received is changed, a process to be executed is changed depending on the transmitting scheme of the audio signal.