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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2005.12); H04N 7/083 (2005.12); H04J 1/16 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/083 (2012.12);
Abstract
An original blanking period of a video signal is shortened to a set blanking period, and audio data is multiplexed into a resulting superimposing period. Table distinguishing data indicating the length of the superimposing period is inserted into the period as a blanking signal. With this configuration, it is possible to enable transmission and reception of an audio signal in a system capable of transmitting and receiving a video signal.