Patents by Inventor Yongfeng Xia

Yongfeng Xia 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).

  • Publication number: 20190147889
    Abstract: A user identification method includes extracting one or more acoustic features from acquired voice; acquiring user information matching the one or more acoustic features; and outputting the user information based upon that the user information matching the one or more acoustic features is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Cheng, Yongfeng Xia, Jialin Fan
  • Publication number: 20190133402
    Abstract: A robot includes a controller configured to: detect a virtual wall signal; identify a virtual wall according to a signal threshold and the virtual wall signal; and when the virtual wall is identified, adjust the signal threshold, and control the robot to travel along an outer side of the virtual wall according to an adjusted signal threshold and the virtual wall signal, such that a driving wheel of the robot is located at the outer side of the virtual wall when the robot is traveling along the outer side of the virtual wall; wherein the outer side of the virtual wall is a side of the virtual wall within an active region of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., BEIJING ROCKROBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haojian XIE, Yongfeng XIA
  • Patent number: 10271699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autonomous cleaning device and a wind path structure for use in the autonomous cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing Rockrobo Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xing Li, Xiaoyu Liu, Yongfeng Xia
  • Publication number: 20190104908
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a detector configured to detect an obstacle; a determining portion configured to determine whether the cleaning robot is in an obstacle obstruction state; and a controller configured to control the first drive wheel to cross an obstacle and control the second drive wheel to cross the obstacle according to a detection result when the cleaning robot is in the obstacle obstruction state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., BEIJING ROCKROBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang HE, Yongfeng XIA
  • Publication number: 20190086921
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning method and a cleaning device. The method includes: acquiring a map of a target area, the map identifying an obstacle in the target area; determining an uncleaned area that cannot be cleaned due to occupancy of the obstacle in the target area according to the map; determining whether the obstacle occupying the uncleaned area can be removed by the sweeper; and the sweeper removing the obstacle and cleaning the uncleaned area, when the obstacle occupying the uncleaned area can be removed by the sweeper. In the technical solution, when an obstacle is encountered during cleaning, the sweeper may mark the area as an uncleaned area, and when it is determined that the obstacle occupying the area may be removed, the obstacle is removed and the area is cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yongfeng Xia, Ke Wu
  • Patent number: 10237901
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for connecting with a controlled smart device. The method includes: obtaining wireless communication schemes, each of which allows connecting with the controlled smart device currently; determining a first wireless communication scheme with a highest priority among the wireless communication schemes, according to priorities corresponding respectively to the wireless communication schemes; and sending a connecting request to the controlled smart device, by adopting the first wireless communication scheme with the highest priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Yongfeng Xia, Jun Su
  • Publication number: 20190053682
    Abstract: A timed cleaning method includes: obtaining a topographic map of a cleaning region, wherein the topographic map identifies an obstacle in the cleaning region; based on the topographic map, determining an unclean region in the cleaning region, wherein the unclean region is occupied by the obstacle; detecting the unclean region according to a preset time interval; and if the obstacle at the unclean region is removed, cleaning the unclean region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng XIA, Ke WU
  • Patent number: 10212025
    Abstract: A router management method, a router, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: when an abnormality is detected in the currently connected wideband network, switching communications from the wideband network to the mobile network, sending the failure message to a networked mobile terminal through the mobile network, and then using the mobile terminal to perform a repairing operation according to the failure message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Yongfeng Xia, Tiejun Liu
  • Patent number: 10136459
    Abstract: A mobile terminal for establishing a wireless network connection is disclosed. The mobile terminal may comprise a processor and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor. The processor may be configured to acquire a network configuration parameter of a repeater and send the network configuration parameter to target equipment through a first communication link established between the mobile terminal and the target equipment. The target equipment may establish a first wireless network connection with the repeater by using the network configuration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Hualin Ye, Xin Liu, Yongfeng Xia
  • Publication number: 20180306606
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laser ranging device. The laser ranging device includes an encoded chassis, a rotary disc, a first barrier ring on the rotary disc and/or a second barrier ring on the encoded chassis. The encoded chassis includes a rotary bin and a plurality of ranging teeth disposed at intervals on the periphery of the rotary bin. The rotary disc is mounted within the encoded chassis and is rotatable within the rotary bin when the rotary disc is driven. The first barrier ring is disposed at the edge of the bottom surface of the rotary disc and the second barrier ring is disposed at the periphery of the ranging teeth, and the first barrier ring is located at the periphery of the ranging teeth after the rotary disc is mounted to the encoded chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: XIAOMI INC., BEIJING ROCKROBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunpeng WAN, Yongfeng XIA
  • Publication number: 20180304758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a charging method and a charging apparatus of a cleaning robot. With the method, position information of a plurality of charging ports available for the cleaning robot is obtained; when it is determined that the cleaning robot needs to be charged, current position information of the cleaning robot is obtained; a closest charging port from the plurality of charging ports which is the closest to a current position of the cleaning robot is determined according to the position information of the plurality of charging ports and the current position information of the cleaning robot; and the cleaning robot is controlled to move to the closest charging port according to the position information of the closest charging port. With the technical solution, the cleaning robot may be charged nearby, thereby reducing power consumption of the cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yongfeng XIA, Ke WU
  • Publication number: 20180307243
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for drawing a room layout. The method includes obtaining a sweeping path graph of a sweeping robot, the sweeping path graph comprising positions of N first obstacles and shapes and positions of M second obstacles encountered by the sweeping robot when sweeping a room, a bottom area of each of the N first obstacles being less than or equal to a first preset threshold, a bottom area of each of the M second obstacles being greater than or equal to a second preset threshold, wherein N and M are integers greater than or equal to 0; determining Q pieces of furniture arranged in the room based on the positions of the N first obstacles and the shapes and the positions of the M second obstacles, wherein Q is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to (N+M); and marking the Q pieces of furniture on a plan of the room to generate the layout of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Xia, Ke Wu
  • Publication number: 20180289228
    Abstract: An automatic cleaning device includes: a sensor system for collecting a pre-set environment parameter of surroundings of the automatic cleaning device; and an application processor. The application processor includes a central processing unit electrically coupled to the sensor system to acquire the pre-set environment parameter collected by the sensor system. The application processor further includes a graphic processing unit electrically coupled to the central processing unit. The graphic processing unit obtains the pre-set environment parameter from the central processing unit and then generates a map of the surroundings of the automatic cleaning device based on the pre-set environment parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicants: XIAOMI INC., BEIJING ROCKROBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingnan XUE, Yongfeng XIA
  • Patent number: 10037742
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying health data collected by a wearable device. The method may include acts performed by the wearable device: collecting health data of a user; establishing a wireless connection with a home media playing device; and sending the health data to the home media playing device through the wireless connection for display. The wearable device includes: a data collection module, a connection establishing module and a data sending module. By collecting health data of a user, establishing a wireless connection with a home media playing device, sending the health data to the home media playing device through the wireless connection, and displaying the health data by the home media playing device, the user operation is simplified, and the utilization efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Chuan Wang, Yongfeng Xia, Pengfei Zhang, Heng Qu
  • Patent number: 9962055
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mute operation method and a mute operation apparatus for an automatic cleaning device, the mute operation method includes: receiving a mute instruction; planning a mute cleaning path according to the mute instruction; switching to a mute mode and performing a cleaning operation according to the mute cleaning path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Yongfeng Xia, Heng Qu, Tiejun Liu
  • Patent number: 9952571
    Abstract: A method and a terminal device for controlling a smart home appliance are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: obtaining a current operation instruction; determining whether there is a preset combination instruction corresponding to the current operation instruction; sending at least two operation instructions in the preset combination instruction to a corresponding smart home appliance if there is the preset combination instruction and the preset combination instruction is selected; sending the current operation instruction to the corresponding smart home appliance if there is no preset combination instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Yongfeng Xia, Yong Chen, Xu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180097688
    Abstract: A router management method, a router, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: when an abnormality is detected in the currently connected wideband network, switching communications from the wideband network to the mobile network, sending the failure message to a networked mobile terminal through the mobile network, and then using the mobile terminal to perform a repairing operation according to the failure message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei ZHANG, Yongfeng XIA, Tiejun LIU
  • Patent number: 9908074
    Abstract: A method for controlling purification of air, includes: acquiring a target quality of air to be purified; determining a current quality of the air to be purified, and determining a workload for an air purifier according to the target quality and the current quality; calculating a purification duration for the air purifier to complete the workload according to a purification efficiency of the air purifier; and starting the air purifier, and displaying in real time a remaining time to complete the workload according to the purification duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Zhang, Jun Su, Yongfeng Xia, Yunlin Hu, Yang Wang, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9886259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for complying a router management application with a router firmware. The method includes: obtaining a current version of the router management application and a current version of the router firmware, in which a router is managed by the router management application; determining an object to be upgraded and an object not to be upgraded from the router management application and the router firmware according to the current version of the router management application and the current version of the router firmware, if the router management application is not compatible with the router firmware; obtaining a target version of the object to be upgraded, in which the target version is compatible with the object not to be upgraded; and upgrading the object to be upgraded according to the target version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Yong Chen, Yongfeng Xia, Heng Qu, Yidong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180022454
    Abstract: A flight control method includes: determining a positional relationship between an aircraft and a control device; determining a polar coordinate system with the control device as an origin according to the positional relationship; receiving a flight direction control instruction sent by the control device, the flight direction control instruction being generated on the basis of the polar coordinate system; and driving, according to coordinate information about the aircraft in the polar coordinate system, the aircraft to fly in accordance with the flight direction control instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Pengfei ZHANG, Wei CAI, Yongfeng XIA, Hualin YE