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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Nicolas Guillerm, Villons les Buissons, FR;
Inventor:
Nicolas Guillerm, Villons les Buissons, FR;
Assignee:
NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/006 (2013.01); G09G 2370/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for operating an electronic device having a High-Definition Multimedia Interface port that is shared between an HDMI source function and an HDMI sink function of the electronic device utilizes detecting whether an external HDMI device that is attached to the HDMI port is one of an HDMI source and an HDMI sink. If the external HDMI device is detected as being an HDMI source, the HDMI sink function of the electronic device is enabled. If the external HDMI device is detected as being an HDMI sink, the HDMI source function of the electronic device is enabled.