Patents by Inventor Qinghao Jin

Qinghao Jin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11853120
    Abstract: A foldable terminal and a screen-on control method for the foldable terminal, where the foldable terminal includes a body, a display component, a processor, and a covering detection sensor. The body includes a first body part and a second body part that are connected in a foldable connection manner, the display component includes two display parts. The covering detection sensor is configured to detect whether the first body part is covered with a terminal protective case. The processor is configured to control a to-be-used display part to be completely or partially on when the covering detection sensor detects that the first body part is not covered with the terminal protective case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qinghao Jin, Hung-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230185334
    Abstract: This application provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a foldable display, a folding rotating shaft, and at least one camera. The display includes a first display subarea and a second display subarea. The folding rotating shaft is configured to fold or unfold the first display subarea and the second display subarea. The at least one camera is disposed on the rear of the first display subarea. When the first display subarea and the second display subarea are in a folded state, the rear of the first display subarea is opposite to the rear of the second display subarea, and the at least one camera is used as a front-facing camera in the second display subarea. Therefore, the electronic device in the embodiments of this application can support a selfie function, and may also have a relatively high screen-to-body ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yuelong Liao, Hung-Yi Huang, Qinghao Jin, Lupeng Yao
  • Publication number: 20220391159
    Abstract: At least two display areas are formed after an action such as folding a foldable screen of a device. The device displays a first display interface comprising a display interface of a first application. The device detects a first operation such as unfolding the screen and in response, displays a second display interface comprising a first display area and a second display area. The device displays the display interface of the first application in the first display area of the second display interface, and displays at least one application icon in the second display area of the second display interface. At least one application corresponding to the at least one application icon is associated with a first content in the display interface of the first application, and the at least one application comprises a first target application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Qinghao JIN, Hung-yi HUANG
  • Patent number: 11516325
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a foldable display including a first display portion and a second display portion, a shaft disposed between the first display portion and the second display portion, and at least one camera disposed in a sub-area of the first display portion. The first display portion and the second display portion are configured to rotate about the shaft with respect to each other to fold or unfold the foldable display. The sub-area of the first display portion has a thickness greater a thickness of the electronic device when the foldable display is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuelong Liao, Hung-Yi Huang, Qinghao Jin, Lupeng Yao
  • Patent number: 11429191
    Abstract: An input method and a smart terminal device. After a processor in the smart terminal device determines, based on a first detection solution of a first infrared sensor, that a target object enters or leaves a first space range from a first plane, the processor starts or stops displaying a cursor based on distances measured by ultrasonic sensors; and after the processor determines, based on a second detection result of a second infrared sensor, that the target object enters or leaves a second space range from a second plane, the processor starts or stops performing a confirmation operation based on a location of the cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinyu Zhao, Yong Zheng, Yunzhe Chen, Qinghao Jin, Zeshi Zhang, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 11281814
    Abstract: Screen-on methods and related apparatus are provided. In one aspect, a method, which can be performed by an electronic apparatus, includes: in a screen-off state, obtaining a first screen-on instruction, a screen of the electronic apparatus being divided into at least two screen areas by a bending axis; determining a first screen area based on at least one of rotation speeds or rotation accelerations at which the at least two screen areas rotate around the bending axis; and lighting up the first screen area according to the first screen-on instruction, and setting a second screen area other than the first screen area to be in the screen-off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen He, Qinghao Jin, Ding Zhong, Changliang Liao
  • Publication number: 20220046182
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first part and a second part that are flexibly connected. The first part includes a first display area and a camera, and the second part includes a second display area. The first display area and the second display area form a display of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus determines that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition, and displays photographed content in the first display area if the camera is enabled, where the second part is configured to stabilize the electronic apparatus, and the first part is configured to flip along a side connected to the second part to adjust a display angle of the first display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Zhen He, Qinghao Jin, Changliang Liao
  • Publication number: 20210311683
    Abstract: An electronic device with a foldable screen. At least two display areas are formed after the foldable screen is folded. The method includes: detecting a folding angle between a first display area and a second display area; when the folding angle is greater than a preset threshold, determining a first target application based on content displayed in the first display area; and displaying the first target application in the second display area. According to the display method and the apparatus provided in this application, the first target application can be determined based on the content displayed in the first display area, when the screen of the electronic device with the foldable screen is unfolded; and the first target application is displayed in the second display area or a third display area obtained after unfolding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Qinghao JIN, Hung-yi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20210117078
    Abstract: A gesture input method for a wearable device and a wearable device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a gesture input method includes collecting, by a sensor of the wearable device, a track of a movement of a user gesture in a track recognition area, wherein the track recognition area is a preset scan area of the sensor, and wherein the track recognition area comprises a gesture recognition area and a gesture sensing area located above the gesture recognition area and recognizing, by the sensor, the track in the gesture recognition area as input information based on area information of the track recognition area, wherein the area information comprises coordinate system information of the track recognition area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Yang, Qinghao Jin, Zeshi Zhang, Zhen He, Rui Lu
  • Publication number: 20210089686
    Abstract: Screen-on methods and related apparatus are provided. In one aspect, a method, which can be performed by an electronic apparatus, includes: in a screen-off state, obtaining a first screen-on instruction, a screen of the electronic apparatus being divided into at least two screen areas by a bending axis; determining a first screen area based on at least one of rotation speeds or rotation accelerations at which the at least two screen areas rotate around the bending axis; and lighting up the first screen area according to the first screen-on instruction, and setting a second screen area other than the first screen area to be in the screen-off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Zhen HE, Qinghao JIN, Ding ZHONG, Changliang LIAO
  • Publication number: 20210058502
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a foldable display including a first display portion and a second display portion, a shaft disposed between the first display portion and the second display portion, and at least one camera disposed in a sub-area of the first display portion. The first display portion and the second display portion are configured to rotate about the shaft with respect to each other to fold or unfold the foldable display. The sub-area of the first display portion has a thickness greater a thickness of the electronic device when the foldable display is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yuelong LIAO, HUNG-YI HUANG, Qinghao JIN, Lupeng YAO
  • Publication number: 20200379511
    Abstract: This application discloses a foldable terminal and a screen-on control method for the foldable terminal, and pertains to the field of electronic device technologies. The foldable terminal includes a body, a display component, a processor, and a covering detection sensor. The body includes a first body part and a second body part that are connected in a foldable connection manner, the display component includes two display parts. The covering detection sensor is configured to detect whether the first body part is covered with a terminal protective case. The processor is configured to: if the covering detection sensor detects that the first body part is not covered with the terminal protective case, control a to-be-used display part to be completely or partially on. According to this application, a technical problem in the related art that a process of operating a foldable terminal is complex and inefficient can be effectively resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Qinghao Jin, Hung-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 10817115
    Abstract: A smartwatch and, a method for controlling the smartwatch, where a plurality of capacitive touch sensors is disposed around a screen of the smartwatch. The method includes obtaining a calibrated capacitance value of each capacitive touch sensor, determining a quantity of touch points based on maximum values of calibrated capacitance values of the N capacitive touch sensors, where each touch point corresponds to one capacitive touch sensor, determining a location of each touch point based on a calibrated capacitance value of a capacitive touch sensor corresponding to the touch point and a calibrated capacitance value of a capacitive touch sensor neighboring to the capacitive touch sensor, and executing a control instruction matching the quantity of touch points and the location of each touch point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunzhe Chen, Xinyu Zhao, Qinghao Jin, Heshuai Si, Yangming Gong
  • Publication number: 20200158816
    Abstract: An input method and a smart terminal device. After a processor in the smart terminal device determines, based on a first detection solution of a first infrared sensor, that a target object enters or leaves a first space range from a first plane, the processor starts or stops displaying a cursor based on distances measured by ultrasonic sensors; and after the processor determines, based on a second detection result of a second infrared sensor, that the target object enters or leaves a second space range from a second plane, the processor starts or stops performing a confirmation operation based on a location of the cursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinyu Zhao, Yong Zheng, Yunzhe Chen, Qinghao Jin, Zeshi Zhang, Bin Li
  • Publication number: 20190369835
    Abstract: A smartwatch and, a method for controlling the smartwatch, where a plurality of capacitive touch sensors is disposed around a screen of the smartwatch. The method includes obtaining a calibrated capacitance value of each capacitive touch sensor, determining a quantity of touch points based on maximum values of calibrated capacitance values of the N capacitive touch sensors, where each touch point corresponds to one capacitive touch sensor, determining a location of each touch point based on a calibrated capacitance value of a capacitive touch sensor corresponding to the touch point and a calibrated capacitance value of a capacitive touch sensor neighboring to the capacitive touch sensor, and executing a control instruction matching the quantity of touch points and the location of each touch point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yunzhe Chen, Xinyu Zhao, Qinghao Jin, Heshuai Si, Yangming Gong
  • Publication number: 20190258391
    Abstract: A terminal and an application switching method for the terminal includes detecting a touch status of a secondary touch region of the intelligent terminal, where the secondary touch region is a touchable operation region independent of a primary touch region of the intelligent terminal, and an area of the secondary touch region is less than an area of the primary touch region; monitoring actions of two touch points when detecting that the touch status is two-point touch; and switching an application according to the actions of the two touch points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Qinghao Jin, Rui Lu, Yunzhe Chen, Ziqian Ding, Xinyu Zhao
  • Patent number: D928108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hungyi Huang, Jenhui Liao, Qinghao Jin