Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9362769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for power supply control as well as an electronic device. The method comprises: detecting that the first device is connected with the second device via the first physical interface, when the first device is in the unconnected state; determining whether the connection between the first and second devices satisfies a first predetermined condition or not, so as to obtain a first determination result; switching the first device from the unconnected state to the first connected state when the first determination result indicates that the connection satisfies the first predetermined condition; obtaining power supply requirement information of the second device that indicates whether the first device is required to supply power to the second device or not; and controlling the power supply to the second device via the first physical interface based on the power supply requirement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Zhou, Yinsi Yang, Bo Liu, Zhenxin Xi
  • Patent number: 9360670
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit, a second display unit, and a first image acquisition unit, a second image acquisition unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit. A display method includes acquiring a first image and a second image by first image acquisition unit and second image acquisition unit respectively, both of the first image and the second image include the target image; determining a display information in accordance with the target image; determining a first display position in the first image and a second display position in the second image in accordance with the target image; displaying the first display image corresponding to the display information at the first display position and the second display image corresponding to the display information at the second display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liuxin Zhang, Xu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9363624
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus and a data transmission method. The electronic apparatus includes a touch control communication unit for executing touch control input or communication data transmission, a touch control driving unit for providing a driving signal to and receiving a touch control signal from the touch control communication unit, a communication driving unit for providing communication data to be transmitted to and receiving it from the touch control communication unit, and a control unit for controlling the touch control communication unit to be in a first working status in which the touch control communication unit is electrically connected to the touch control driving unit and executes touch control input or a second working status in which the touch control communication unit is electrically connected to the communication driving unit and executes communication data transmission according to predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haifeng Yu, Na Ju, Ke Shang
  • Patent number: 9361309
    Abstract: The present invention provides a file synchronization method, an electronic device and a synchronization system. Operating content performed on a first file in a first system is sent to a second system via a data information channel between the first system and the second system when the first file is changed. A second file processing program in the second system performs a synchronization processing on a second file according to the operating content, the second file being a file corresponding to the first file in the second system. With the above technical solutions, a real-time synchronization/updating may be performed on same files in different systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Tao Jing, Haibin Ke
  • Patent number: 9354664
    Abstract: An electronic device and an input method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 9354903
    Abstract: A control method and an electronic device are disclosed in the application. The control method is applied to an electronic device including a CPU. The method includes: obtaining a current state of the electronic device; judging whether the current state is a first or a second state; generating a first control instruction in the case that the current state is the first state, or generating a second control instruction in the case that the current state is the second state; performing the first control instruction to control the operating frequency of the CPU within the first maximum operating frequency or performing the second control instruction to control the operating frequency of the CPU within the second maximum operating frequency. Enabling to regulate the maximum operating frequency of the CPU adaptively based on the current state of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Zhao, Guowen Zhang, Yue Liu
  • Patent number: 9350167
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device, a power supply control chip and a power supply control method. The electronic device includes: at least one element (10); a rechargeable battery (12); an adapter socket (14); a first processing circuit (16) having a first operation state and a second operation state; a power supply judgment parameter acquisition module (18) configured to acquire a power supply judgment parameter; and a control module (20) configured to control the first processing circuit to operate in the first or second operation state based on the power supply judgment parameter. In the first operation state, the first processing circuit (16) is configured to convert a first electrical signal output from a adapter into a second electrical signal and charge the rechargeable battery (12) with the second electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuangcheng Zhao, Xiaoren Cheng
  • Patent number: 9351271
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and electronic device for positioning a device based on a device cooperative system are disclosed. A display screen of a first electronic device is divided into M regions on which N kinds of patterns are displayed; a first cooperative device acquires a pattern of a region where the first cooperative device locates and transmits pattern information to the first electronic device; after receiving the pattern information, the first electronic device judges whether a preset positioning condition is met, and if it is not, adjusts the regions in the display screen to make the first cooperative device continue to acquire the pattern of the region where the first cooperative device locates until the preset positioning condition is met; after the preset positioning condition is met, the first electronic device determines the position where the first cooperative device locates based on the pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Qiang Zhang, Rongyao Fu
  • Patent number: 9349342
    Abstract: A display method and an electronic device are provided. The display method is applied to the electronic device, and includes: displaying each display object of the display unit according to a first display parameter, monitoring the operation state of the electronic device to obtain a monitored result; acquiring a display adjusting command if the monitored result indicates that a fold or unfold operation is performed on the electronic device; adjusting the first display parameter of at least one display object of the display unit according to the display adjusting command to generate a second display parameter, and displaying the at least one display object according to the second display parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Chunlei Zhao, Dejun Wang
  • Patent number: 9348976
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to the electronic device. The electronic device includes a frame structure, a display module, a processor and a first type of sensor. The method includes: obtaining a first type of data which reflects a physical performance of the first user and is captured by the first type of sensor, in the case that the electronic device is fixed on an operation portion of the first user through the frame structure and the electronic device is functioning; obtaining configuration information at least based on the first type of data; and automatically setting a second type of sensor different from the first type of sensor, and/or a display screen, and/or at least one piece of application data which may be fed back by the electronic device, to suit the physical performance of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xi Wan
  • Patent number: 9342205
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display method, a terminal device and a multi-terminal device system. The display method is applied to a first terminal device and the first terminal device includes a first display unit. The method includes the first display unit displaying a first display interface; detecting a connection with a second terminal device, and obtaining a detection result, the second terminal device including a second display unit displaying a second display interface, and when the detection result indicating that the first terminal device and the second terminal device are connected, one of the first display unit and the second display unit displaying the first display interface, and the other of the first display unit and the second display unit displaying a third display interface, the third display interface and the first display interface being different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Qiang Zhang, Yingfeng Ma, Zhifeng Xin
  • Patent number: 9337994
    Abstract: In a method for time domain joint synchronization in downlink, a sequence to be analyzed is obtained from a received time domain signal; the sequence to be analyzed is down-sampled by a factor of ? to obtain a down-sampled sequence; an initial timing estimation is performed based on the down-sampled sequence; a frequency offset compensation is applied to the sequence to be analyzed based on an Integral Frequency Offset (IFO) estimation value {circumflex over (?)} obtained by the initial timing estimation; a Fractional Frequency Offset (FFO) estimation value {circumflex over (?)}f is obtained; a frequency offset compensation is applied to the sequence to be analyzed based on the IFO estimation value {circumflex over (?)} and the FFO estimation value {circumflex over (?)}f; and a further timing estimation is performed based on a position interval estimated using an initial timing position and a Primary Synchronization Sequence (PSS) to obtain a fine timing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jie Wang
  • Patent number: 9337529
    Abstract: A portable terminal is described where the portable terminal includes a first frame body and a second frame body. The first frame body is used for an antenna unit of the portable terminal and a gap is set in a first partial area of the first frame body with the first partial area with a gap being set is covered by the second frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin Cui
  • Patent number: 9336754
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a display refresh rate of a display device are provided. The control method comprises: obtaining a display parameter of current display content of the display device; determining, based on the display parameter, whether a reduction condition of a display refresh rate is met, so as to obtain a first determination result; controlling the display device to reduce the display refresh rate from a first display refresh rate to a second display refresh rate, when the first determination result indicates that the reduction condition of the display refresh rate is met. The above schemes may collect automatically the display parameter of the current display content of the display device, and determine, depending on the display parameter, whether the display refresh rate needs to be reduced. When it is determined that the display refresh rate needs to be reduced, the display refresh rate will be automatically reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Li
  • Patent number: 9329636
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first body, a second body and a rotatable connection member. The first body is connected with the second body by the rotatable connection member. The rotatable connection member has a first using state corresponding to a first rotation damping, and a second using state corresponding to a second rotation damping. In the case the rotatable connection member is in the first using state, the first body can be rotated with respect to the second body at the first rotation damping. The rotatable connection member is changed from the first using state to the second using state to keep a fixed angle between the first body and the second body in the case that a first instruction is received. The second rotation damping is greater than the first rotation damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Kejun Ning
  • Patent number: 9330265
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for component access control and electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring a target component list corresponding to the first application, which list includes at least one target component required by the first application, with the at least one target component belonging to at least one basic component; after a component selection command is received, generating information about those basic components accessible by the first application from the target component list according to the component selection command; and storing the information about those basic components accessible by the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9329676
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a control method and an electronic device, which are capable of solving the technical problem in the prior art that it is not rapid enough when controlling a voice recognition engine to enter an operating state. The control method is applied in an electronic device which comprises a voice recognition engine and comprises or is connected to a microphone, wherein the method comprises: acquiring first airflow information collected by the microphone; determining whether the first airflow information satisfies a first preset condition; and controlling the voice recognition engine to enter a second state when the first airflow information satisfies the first preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoting Shao, Haisheng Xu
  • Patent number: 9323364
    Abstract: Interactive method, apparatus and system are provided, which relate to communication field, achieve interaction between an electronic apparatus and an accessory, and improve user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd, Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng Guo
  • Patent number: 9323908
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an authentication method and an electronic device. The method includes: generating by a first device an authentication request if a predetermined condition exists between the first device and a second device, when the first device is in a locking state, wherein the first device has the locking state and a non-locking state; receiving by the first device authentication information, the authentication information being input in response to the authentication request; and authenticating the second device using the authentication information. Through the present disclosure, others cannot directly damage or copy data in the first device in a connection manner such as using a data line even if they get hold of the device, as long as the first device is in the locking state. Thus, the security of the data in the first device is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yongfeng Liu, Jiangtao Shen, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 9312321
    Abstract: A double-sided organic light-emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device using double-sided organic light-emitting diode pixel configuration are described. The double-sided organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a first organic semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode, a shared electrode disposed on the first organic semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the output terminal of a thin film transistor; a second organic semiconductor layer disposed on the shared electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the second organic semiconductor. The first electrode, the shared electrode and the second electrode are electrically insulated from each other, and two organic light-emitting diodes in the double-sided organic light emitting diode can be independently controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Niu, Fang Xu, Ke Shang, Guang Yang