Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9468073
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and an information processing method. The electronic device comprises: a light emitter configured to emit lights; a sensor configured to acquire a first specified parameter which is formed based on a motion state or gesture of an operator; a processor configured to determine whether the first specified parameter meets a first preset condition, so as to obtain a first determination result, and configured to control the light emitter to emit the lights based on the first determination result at least in a case that the first specified parameter meets the first preset condition. The first preset condition comprises that the operator is performing a predetermined motion or is in a predetermined gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yiqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 9459655
    Abstract: A laptop includes a screen and a base having a keyboard. An end of the screen is articulated to an end of the base via a rotating device; and a first distance between a bottom edge of the screen and a bottom edge of the keyboard is smaller than a second distance between a top end of the screen and the bottom edge of the keyboard when the screen is closed onto the base. A guide rail is provided at two sides of the base, and the screen is slidable along the guide rail. The rotating device includes an articulated shaft connected to the base; and at any position on the guide rail, the screen is rotatable about the articulated shaft. When the screen is closed onto the base, the display surface of the screen faces outwards, thus the user can use the laptop in a tablet computer mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunsun Zhang, Zhigang Na, Huajun Dong, Dehong Meng
  • Patent number: 9460103
    Abstract: A file synchronization method may comprise establishing a connection with a second electronic device and performing a first synchronization operation and/or a second synchronization operation. The first synchronization operation may comprise interacting with the second electronic device to synchronize a first synchronization file from the second electronic device to the first electronic device, and to record a first piece of file source information for the first synchronization file, wherein the first piece of file source information is to identify that the first synchronization file comes from the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Tianshu Wang, Rong Yang
  • Patent number: 9462408
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information processing method. The method comprises: obtaining a control operation for the first application indicating N applications are to be installed on a second electronic device; controlling the wireless communication module to serve as a wireless Access Point (AP) having a signal coverage that covers at least the second electronic device; obtaining response information from the second electronic device and establishing a direct communication channel with the second electronic device at a radio link layer; and transmitting installation data packages associated with the N applications to the second electronic device via the communication channel. The present invention also discloses an electronic device. With the present invention, the efficiency of content transfer from an old mobile phone and a new mobile phone can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9459714
    Abstract: An electronic device having a plurality of display modes is described. The electronic device includes a first and a second display screen, wherein the second display screen is a foldable display screen. The display method includes detecting a screen state of the second display screen; displaying in the first display mode when the screen state is a first state; displaying in the second display mode when the screen state is a second state, wherein the first display screen is divided into a first part shaded by the second display screen and a second part. In the second display mode, the first picture is displayed using a combination of at least part of the second display screen and the second part of the first display screen while a second picture is displayed on the at least part of the second display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Niu, Guang Yang, Su Fan, Ke Shang
  • Patent number: 9459699
    Abstract: A control method and an electronic device are provided in this application. The control method includes: determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, where, sensing information from various spatial areas are obtained the at least two sensing units, the first operating area includes at least one spatial area of the various spatial areas; and generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction, where the first control instruction is different from a second control instruction which is generated when the operator performs a gesture operation in a second operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li Su
  • Patent number: 9449583
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a control method and an electronic apparatus. The control method is applied to an electronic apparatus that includes an array of image display components and an array of image collecting components. The method includes displaying a first window by the array of image display components; obtaining the position of a first region in the first window; turning on the image collecting components corresponding to the first region in the first window in the array of image collecting components according to the position of the first region, wherein the number of the image collecting components corresponding to the first region is less than or equal to the number of the image collecting components in the array of image collecting components; and obtaining a first image by the image collecting components corresponding to the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Weizhi Lin, Yu Chen, Lei Zhao
  • Patent number: 9443522
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a voice recognition method for use in an electronic apparatus comprising a voice input module. The method comprises: receiving voice data by the voice input module; performing a first pattern voice recognition on the received voice data, including identifying whether the voice data comprises a first voice recognition information; performing a second pattern voice recognition on the voice data if the voice data comprises the first voice recognition information; and performing or refusing an operation corresponding to the first voice recognition information according to a result of the second pattern voice recognition. The present disclosure also provides a voice controlling method, an information processing method, and an electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Haisheng Dai, Qianying Wang, Shi Chen
  • Patent number: 9439001
    Abstract: An electronic device and a sound capturing method are described. The electronic device includes at least one first bone conducting unit, which is operable to detect vibration produced by an object in contact with the first bone conducting unit, and to generate an alternating current signal based on the detected vibration to capture a sound produced by the vibration; and a processing unit, which is operable to receive the alternating current signal and to perform an audio processing on the alternating current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng Liu, Yunfeng Pan, Fei Wu
  • Patent number: 9436283
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus and an electronic system. The electronic apparatus includes: at least one programmable electric conductive unit configured to switch a good conductor mode and a normal conductor mode according to a control signal when it contacts with a second electronic apparatus so as to transmit predetermined information to the second electronic apparatus contacting with the electronic apparatus; a control unit configured generate the control signal having a predetermined frequency; and a feedback information receiving unit configured to receive feedback information transmitted by the second electronic apparatus, the feedback information being transmitted in response to the reception of the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Shao, Rongyao Fu, Jinping Yang
  • Patent number: 9436379
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a control method and an electronic device thereof. The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the electronic device. The control method comprises: detecting pressure imposed on a first surface of the electronic device; obtaining first pressure parameters of a first pressure and second pressure parameters of a second pressure, when the second pressure is detected in the first surface while the first pressure is detected in the first surface; according to settings of current application, generating a control instruction based on the first and second pressure parameters; and executing the control instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Dayong Gan
  • Patent number: 9437158
    Abstract: A display control method for an electronic device and an electronic device are provided, which can implement interactive program display or interactive picture display, and thus provide good user experience. The method includes: a display unit receives a first operation and generates a first instruction corresponding to the first operation; a process unit responses the first instruction to control the display region, so that the first display region and the second display region perform interactive program display or interactive picture display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weizhi Lin, Chen Li, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9429986
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a first body, a second body connected with the first body, and a connecting member. The connecting member is hinged with the first body via a first hinge shaft and is hinged with the second body via a second hinge shaft, such as to enable the first body and the second body to be switched between an open state and a closed state. The electronic device is configured in such a manner that, in the closed state, a second housing of the first body snuggles against a first housing of the second body, and in the open state, a lower rim of the first body is located at a front portion of the second body; and the lower rim of the first body keeps abutting against the upper surface of the second body while the state of relative position is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaosong Xia, Chunfeng Yuan, Zhifeng Xin
  • Patent number: 9431596
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure refers to an electronic device, comprising a first bracket that is made of a first material having a thermal conductivity greater than a first threshold and has therein at least one passage including a chamber; wherein the first bracket and the chamber define a closed space in which a cooling medium having a thermal conductivity greater than a second threshold is able to circulate; and wherein the chamber is provided with a driving body at at least one side wall of the chamber and the driving body is deformable under a perdetermined condition to change a capacity of the chamber so as to drive the cooling medium to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Guowen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9432085
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a movement trajectory of an operator, a microcontroller and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device provided with an antenna and a sensor, and the antenna is connected to the sensor and is in a first operation mode. The method includes: obtaining a capacitance signal which is generated by the antenna in the first operation mode during a first time period and is collected by the sensor; generating data of a distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal; and analyzing the data of the distance and obtaining the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianhua Song
  • Patent number: 9431059
    Abstract: An information processing method applied in an electric device is disclosed. The method comprises: acquiring at least one play parameter for characterizing a playing history of a first video from the network side and/or a storage unit of an electric device; generating and displaying a play progress bar corresponding to the first video on a display unit of the electric device based on the at least one play parameter, wherein the play progress bar has at least a first portion displayed in a first pattern and a second portion displayed in a second pattern different from the first pattern. Such solution provided by the invention provides a new display approach for the play progress bar, and addresses the technical problem that a video can only be segmented or prompted by the play progress bar of the video according to the content of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software LTD., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Mingxiang Cai, Xiaoping Zhang, Lu Cao
  • Patent number: 9432593
    Abstract: Disclosed are a target object information acquisition method and an electronic device. The target object information acquisition method comprises a first infrared transmitter transmitting scattered light to a target area comprising at least one object; a photoreceptor receiving first reflected light output after at least one object reflects the scattered light in a first time period, and generating a depth image corresponding to the target area, acquiring the target image information about a target object; a second infrared transmitter transmitting scattered light to the target area; the photoreceptor receiving second reflected light output after at least one object reflects the scattered light in a second time period, and generating a feature image corresponding to the target area; and acquiring feature information. By means of the time division, the present invention solves the technical problem of a low acquisition rate for target object information in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Yang, Jian Yao
  • Patent number: 9430431
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to electronic devices and data transmission methods. The electronic device includes: a first part including a first main board, a first processor connected to the first main board, at least one sharable hardware component and a first connector; and a second part including a second main board, a second processor connected to the second main board and a second connector corresponding to the first connector. The first part and the second part are connectable to each other via the first connector and the second connector. The first connector is configured to receive, from a first driving module of the hardware component, a first data sent from the hardware component via a first connector driving module, and transmit the first data to the second connector such that a second connector driving module can provide the first data from the second connector to a first application running in the second part via a second driving module of the hardware component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Haibin Ke
  • Patent number: 9424418
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information processing device and the switching method for the password input mode thereof. The information processing device includes a usage scene monitoring unit configured to monitor the usage scene or the usage environment of the information processing device and a password input switching unit, configured to judge the usage scene or the usage environment of the information processing device 1 based on the output of the usage scene monitoring unit and to determine whether the password input mode should be switched based on the judgment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Fanzhi Li, Xuguo Liu
  • Patent number: 9419328
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a first house configured to at least accommodate a processing unit and a wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit is configured to cause the terminal device to perform wireless communication with an external apparatus and exchange data. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna unit configured to receive and transmit a RF signal, a RF circuit connected with the antenna unit and configured to transmit the RF signal to or receive the RF signal from the antenna unit, wherein, an air vent is set on the first house, and the antenna unit is formed by the air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Dafei Mo, Kangkang Chen, Zhaowei Hu, Xiongbing Gong, Lu Lu