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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Data transmission device, data reception device, data transmission method, and data reception method
Hiroshi Takiduka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takiduka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a data transmission device including a acquisition unit which acquires identification information indicating whether or not a data reception device operating by a first digital interface is compatible with a second digital interface other than the first digital interface, which is stored in a storing unit of the data reception device, via the first digital interface of the data reception device and the second digital interface of the data transmission device operating by the second digital interface, and a distinction unit which distinguishes whether or not the data reception device is compatible with the second digital interface, based on the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit.