Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9413345
    Abstract: A control method and an electronic device are described. The method is applied in an electronic device which includes a first body, a second body and a rotary apparatus. On at least one body of the first body and the second body, there are provided M number of input apparatuses; the first body and the second body are rotatably connected together, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The state-information of the first body and/or the second body is detected, to obtain a detection result; when the detection result indicates that the first body and/or the second body are/is in a motion state, a disable command is generated; the disable command is executed, so that N number of input apparatuses from the M number of input apparatuses are in a disabled state, where N is an integer less than or equal to M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingjun Xu, Fanzhi Li
  • Patent number: 9412339
    Abstract: A display method and display device are described where the method includes when a first device is in a first status, the first device displays a first output content of the first device in a first display area of a display module, when it is detected that the first device goes into a second status from the first status, the first device displays the first output content in a second display area of the display module, and displays a second output content in a third display area of the display module, wherein, the first output content is different from the second output content, the second area does not overlap with the third area, and the first area contains the second and third areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yiqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 9408191
    Abstract: A communication terminal and a method for controlling data communication are provided by embodiments of the invention, relating to the field of communication technology. The communication terminal comprises: a first communication module adapted to, when transmitting a first communication signal to a first antenna, generate a first communication control signal for controlling a second communication module; and a second communication module adapted to receive the first communication control signal, and stop the transmission of a second communication signal between the second communication module and a second antenna in accordance with the first communication control signal. In the embodiments of the invention, respective signals of the first communication module and the second communication module are controlled to be transmitted in different times, thus signal interferences between the communication modules on the terminal are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenying Shan, Fuliang Zhang, Rong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9407835
    Abstract: An image obtaining method and an electronic device for implementing the method are disclosed. The method includes: capturing M image frames of a first object by the image capturing unit in a first time period, where M is an integer larger than or equal to 2; determining a first region of the i-th image frame of the M image frames based on a first preset rule; obtaining M sub-image frames from the M image frames based on information of the first region, where the i-th sub-image frame of the M sub-image frames is determined based on the i-th image frame and the information of the first region; obtaining the j-th image frame of the M image frames, where j is the same as or different from i; and generating a first dynamic image of the first object by using the j-th image frame and the M sub-image frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Wang, Nailei Zhang, Jiuru Tang, Wenhui Chen
  • Patent number: 9405326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connecting device and electronic equipment with the connecting device. The connecting device includes a first fixed component; a mobile component mounted on the first fixed component; a rotational component connected to the first fixed component by the mobile component, wherein the rotational component could move horizontally with respect to the first fixed component by the mobile component; and a second fixed component connected to the rotational component, wherein the second fixed component could rotate with respect to the first fixed component by the rotational component. The connecting device could achieve the two operations of moving horizontally and rotating synchronously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Tian, Sébastien Maleville
  • Patent number: 9407864
    Abstract: A data processing method and an electronic device that include acquiring a first image, determining whether the first image satisfies a preset condition, and executing a first predetermined processing when the first image satisfies the preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang He, Yannan Chen
  • Patent number: 9395912
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for processing information and an electronic device. The method comprises: displaying an object on a touch display unit of an electronic device; determining a central axis of the displayed object; acquiring movement information of the displayed object in the case that user's operation associated with the displayed object on the touch display unit is detected; and, adjusting the central axis of the displayed object during a moving process of the displayed object corresponding to the movement information, the central axis of the displayed object is parallel to moving trajectory corresponding to the movement information in the case that the displayed object stops moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Kun Li
  • Patent number: 9396386
    Abstract: An information processing method, system and an electronic device are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure, and applied to an electronic device having at least a first panel, with a first surface of the first panel being provided with a display unit and at least one image acquisition apparatus, where the at least one image acquisition apparatus is positioned below the display unit in the case that the first panel stands on a plane. After an image for a to-be-recognized object and the plane is acquired by the image acquisition apparatus, whether the object contacts the plane is determined based on the acquired image, and information about position change on the object is detected in the case that it is determined that the object contacts the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoyi Feng
  • Patent number: 9392190
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and device for acquiring an image, the method including determining at least a first focus and a second focus in an image acquisition area; acquiring first image information in the image acquisition area corresponding to the first focus; acquiring second image information in the image acquisition area corresponding to the second focus; and processing the first image information and the second image information to obtain third image information, so as to solve the technical problem in the prior art when a photo is taken by means of determining a single focus or multiple focuses, focuses in different planes cannot be determined, such that a mobile phone can merely process images in a single way and fails to record images corresponding to multiple focuses simultaneously, resulting in the processing capability of an electronic apparatus not being effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yaojiang Du
  • Patent number: 9384369
    Abstract: An information processing method and electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a biometric feature acquisition unit and a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiang Dong
  • Publication number: 20160188003
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and electronic device. The method comprises: displaying an indicator at a first location on a display area of a first electronic device at a first timing; acquiring a first operation data corresponding to a second timing which is later than the first timing, and updating to display the indicator at a second location on the display area different from the first location; acquiring a second operation data corresponding to a third timing which is later than the second timing when the second location is located on a border of the display area; and performing a predetermined process such that the indicator is displayed at a third location on the display area at a fourth timing when the pointing of the second electronic device re-enters the display area which is later than the third timing, the third location matching with the pointing at the fourth timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Yinsi YANG, Zhepeng WANG, Xiaobing GUO, Xiaoping ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160187191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibration collector. The vibration collector comprises: a vibration collecting component; a first wireless coupler connected to the vibration collecting component; and an attaching component that is made of a flexible material and enables the vibration collector to be fixed onto an outer surface of an object in a detachable manner. When the vibration collector is fixed onto the outer surface of the object, the vibration collecting component collects a vibration from a vibration source and generates an electrical vibration signal based on the vibration. The first wireless coupler transmits the electrical vibration signal to an electronic device for processing. Also provided is an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng LIU, Qicheng DING
  • Patent number: 9377901
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display method, for determining user's operations and thereby reducing a rate of error response of electronic devices. The method includes determining a first image to be projected; projecting the first image, the first image being capable of forming on the touch sensing unit when the second electronic device is in the projection area and the touch sensing unit faces towards the first electronic device; receiving first operation information transmitted by the second electronic device, the first operation information being information acquired by the second electronic device in response to a first operation performed by a user on the touch sensing unit; determining a second image based on the first image and the first operation information; and projecting the second image. The present invention also discloses a display control method, and electronic devices for implementing the previously mentioned two methods respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang He
  • Patent number: 9372568
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, device and system for interacting, in which first information of each of the external accessories is obtained, it is judged whether the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies a preset first condition, and each of the external accessories is processed according to the preset first condition if the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies the preset first condition, therefore interaction between an electronic device and the accessories is achieved and user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Weizhi Lin, Cheng Guo, Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 9367202
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method for addressing the technical problem that an operation mode of a voice input interface of a conventional electronic device is not flexible. The method comprises steps of: obtaining a voice input trigger operation by an sensing unit; in response to the voice input trigger operation, starting a voice processing system, and displaying a voice indicator in a display unit, the voice indicator occupying a portion of the display area; obtaining an input operation for moving the voice indicator by the sensing unit; making a response to the input operation for moving; controlling movement of the voice indicator within the display area based on the input operation for moving; determining a corresponding control command based on parameter information of the input operation for moving, the control command being used for controlling a processing procedure of the voice processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Zhixiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9367156
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch-control method, apparatus and an electronic device. The touch-control method is applied to an electronic device which has a touch surface and a sensor. The touch-control method includes determining a first contact-area and a second contact-area based on the data acquired by the sensor, the first contact-area and the second contact-area being the area of the contact regions of the touch surface in contact with a pointing object at different time moments; based on the first contact-area and the second contact-area, determining a first instruction-determination-parameter associated with an area-variation amount; based on a pre-stored first correspondence-relationship between an instruction-determination-parameter interval and an instruction-sequence, determining and executing a first instruction-sequence which corresponds to the instruction-determination-parameter interval where the first instruction-determination-parameter locates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Dayong Gan
  • Patent number: 9367640
    Abstract: A method and system for creating a linked list and a method and system for searching data are disclosed. The method for creating the linked list includes obtaining a first linked list from a first storage area, in which the first linked list has at least one node, and each node at least includes first data; obtaining the first data of each node from the linked list; storing the first data into a preset second storage area and forming a second linked list. The method stores the node identifiers and the node pointers of the linked list preferentially using the continuous storage area, such that the times of cache updating which is triggered by the traverse operation are reduced, and the access speed of the accessed data is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD, LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo Wang, Chentao Yu
  • Publication number: 20160163313
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The second processing unit is capable of executing at least one application program. The information processing method comprises: collecting first sound information; when the first sound information comprises first information which matches with audio data preset in the first processing unit, generating a first instruction, and transmitting the first instruction to the second processing unit; when it is determined that there is a first application which meets a predetermined condition in the at least one application program, generating, by the second processing unit, a second instruction based on the first instruction and the first application; and executing the second instruction in the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Danfeng ZHANG, Yuru JIN, Dawei JI
  • Publication number: 20160162034
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device using the same. The method comprises: when the electronic device is in a first operation mode in which there is a first angle between a first body and a second body of the electronic device, acquiring first operation information of an operating object, the first operation information including at least a first angle; acquiring a predefined correspondence relationship set; matching the acquired first angle with a first relationship in the relationship set to obtain a first matching result; and outputting the first matching result. The disclosure also provides an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Lin XU
  • Patent number: 9361015
    Abstract: Disclosed are display apparatuses and electronic devices including the same. The display apparatus includes a first driving layer, a second driving layer, a display layer arranged between the first and second driving layers, and a first processing unit. The display apparatus further includes a detection unit and a second processing unit. The display apparatus and the electronic device are configured to enable touch operation function with the structure of a common display apparatus, without incorporating any additional touch sensing layer. This reduces manufacture cost, and meets the requirement of a thinner and lighter display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yingbiao Chen