A data transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The data transmitting apparatus includes a block generator which generates an Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) block regarding multi-channel audio data; and a transmitter which transmits the EDID block to a data receiving apparatus, wherein the EDID block includes at least one of a first sub block representing 3D audio characteristics of the multi-channel audio data, a second sub block representing 3D speaker placement information of the multi-channel audio data, and a third sub block representing multi-stream audio characteristics of the multi-channel audio data.

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›1.independentA data transmitting apparatus comprising:na generator which generates display identification information including feature information, which is suppo…+14

›2.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first sub block comprises at least one of a field representing information about a number of 3…d2+2

›4.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the HDMI 3D speaker allocation descriptor field comprises at least one of a fourth sub field repre…d2+1

›17.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display identification information further comprises a third sub block representing multi-stre…d2+2

›21.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display identification information comprises at least one of EDID (Extended Display Identifica…d2

›23.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display identification information comprises a HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Aud…d2

›24.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data transmitting apparatus supports multi-stream audio transmission, and the display identifi…d2

›29.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio data comprises multi-channel audio data.d2

›31.↳ 1The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission of the packet complies with a wire Interface standards.d2+1

›6.independentA data receiving apparatus comprising:na receiver which receives display identification information including feature information which is supported b…+12

›7.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first sub block comprises at least one of a field representing information about a number of 3D a…d2+2

›9.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the 3D speaker placement descriptor field comprises at least one of a fourth sub field representing i…d2+1

›19.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display identification information further comprises a third sub block representing multi-stream …d2

›22.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display identification information comprises at least one of EDID (Extended Display Identificatio…d2

›26.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display identification information comprises a HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Audio …d2

›27.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data transmitting apparatus supports multi-stream audio transmission, and the display identificat…d2

›30.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the audio data comprises multi-channel audio data.d2

›32.↳ 6The data receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the reception of the packet complies with a wire Interface standards.d2+1

›11.independentA data transceiving system comprising:na data transmitting apparatus which generates display identification information including feature information …

›12.independentA data transmitting method comprising:ngenerating display identification information including feature information which is supported by a sink device…+2

›15.independentA data receiving method comprising:nreceiving display identification information including feature information which is supported by a sink device reg…+1

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G09G5/00

Section H — Electricity

H04N21/4363
H04N21/439
H04R5/00

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2 May 2012

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61641580	2 May 2012
related publication	US 20130223632 A1	29 Aug 2013

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