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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Takashi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Higuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Satou, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A repeater device connected to source and sink devices includes: an input terminal receiving transmission data supplied from the source device; relay means for relaying the transmission data; an output terminal outputting the transmission data relayed by the relay means to the sink device; control means for setting an operating mode of a limited state where a dynamic function of causing a superficial dynamic change and allowing a user to visually confirm the superficial dynamic change is deactivated and only a static function of not causing the superficial dynamic change is activated in response to a user's predetermined operation even when the source and sink device are connected to each other in a controllable state; and switch means for switching activated and deactivated states of a connecting line to the sink device by controlling the ON and OFF states.