Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10514843
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing method. The method includes: detecting a first input operation by a touch sensing unit; determining whether a first condition is satisfied; executing a first instruction set if it is determined that the first condition is satisfied; and executing a second instruction set different from the first instruction set if it is determined that the first condition is not satisfied, the first instruction set includes at least a first display instruction for displaying an array of input identities by a display unit which is overlapped with the touch sensing unit, and the array of input identities includes at least one input identity, the input identity being an identity which is capable of being triggered by a second input operation detected by the touch sensing unit in order to input data corresponding to the input identity. The method can make input operations more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20190377926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal device comprising: a housing and a fingerprint recognition unit, the housing having an accommodating space formed therein, and comprising a front surface, a rear surface, and a side which connects the front surface to the rear surface, and the fingerprint recognition unit comprising: a fingerprint recognition module and a fingerprint collection part, wherein the fingerprint recognition module is connected to the fingerprint collection part, the fingerprint collection part is configured to collect a fingerprint, and the fingerprint recognition module is configured to recognize the fingerprint collected by the fingerprint collection part, wherein the fingerprint recognition module is arranged in the accommodating space and the fingerprint collection part is arranged on the side. The present disclosure further provides an information processing method and a terminal device, to enable a user to operate the terminal device through a fingerprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Tongbin Ju
  • Patent number: 10474415
    Abstract: A control method and an electronic device are provided, the control method includes: collecting input data by a collector in a case that a first content is displayed on a first display; determining whether the input data meets a first condition, to obtain a result; and controlling the first display to display an indicating content based on the result, where the indicating content is configured to indicate that a second display is in a first display state to output a second content; where the first display is different from the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xu Zhao
  • Patent number: 10474848
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device and a method for adjusting a touch-control area thereof. The touch-control area of a touch-control display unit of the electronic device has a first touch-control area. The method for adjusting a touch-control area includes receiving a touch-control area adjustment command; adjusting the touch-control area of the electronic device to a second touch-control area in response to the touch-control area adjustment command; and displaying a tag used for representing the second touch-control area; wherein, when an input from the second touch-control area is received, an operation corresponding to the input is executed; when an input from outside of the second touch-control area is received, an operation corresponding to the input is not executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng Liu, Dong Chen, Fanzhi Li, Yanxia Chen, Xuguo Liu, Shiguang Huang, Qiming Deng, Zezhong Wen
  • Patent number: 10459533
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yinsi Yang, Zhepeng Wang, Xiaobing Guo, Xiaoping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10402370
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are provided, for solving a technical problem of a weak capability of the electronic apparatus to process information. The method includes: acquiring M variation messages by monitoring variations of files in a file system of an electronic apparatus, where M is a positive integer; determining N files based on the M variation messages, where N is an integer less than or equal to M; identifying the N files respectively to determine at least one of the N files which meets a preset condition; and deleting the at least one file to reduce the amount of data stored in the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wei, Shi Chen
  • Patent number: 10394723
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data accessing method applied to a PCIe storage device. The method comprises: receiving a data reading/writing request sent by a host; calculating a physical storage location of data to be accessed, based on the data reading/writing request, wherein the physical storage location comprises a plurality of PCIe storage devices communicating according to a network protocol; acquiring the data from the plurality of PCIe storage devices based on the network protocol and transferring the data to the host. Also, the disclosure provides a PCIe storage device. With the solution of the disclosure, a PCIe storage device is enabled to access both local and cloud storages, the small-capacity problem with the local storage is addressed and operations of a host's operating system for managing two different types of heterogeneous storages are simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD, LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Bibo Yang, Xingzhong Mao, Haiyang Wang, Anrong Yang
  • Patent number: 10386185
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining first parameter information indicating a current posture of a first body part by a first sensor among M sensors of an electronic device fixed on the first body part; judging whether the first parameter information meets a predetermined condition; determining that the current posture of the first body part is a first posture in a case that the first parameter information meets the predetermined condition; obtaining N second parameters by N sensors other than the first sensor among the M sensors, wherein 1?N<M; and determining a first posture direction that the first body part in the first posture points towards based on the N second parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xi Wan
  • Patent number: 10345912
    Abstract: A control method for an electronic device comprising a sensor unit having a first detection range and a second detection range measured from the electronic device, and the second detection range being smaller than the first detection range. The method includes: detecting a 3D movement track of an operation body when the relative distance between the operation body and the electronic device is smaller than the first detection range, the 3D movement track being a continuous movement track having one end between the first and second detection range and the other end equal to or smaller than the second detection range; generating a status change signal when the operation body reaches close to or moves away from the second detection range of the sensor unit; executing a corresponding control command according to the 3D movement track and the status change signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng Liu, Qianying Wang, Yuan Gao
  • Patent number: 10324315
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, to solve the technical problem that it is relatively complex to implement a change in color of an appearance of the electronic device in the related art. The electronic device comprises a main body having a basic form and a deformed form; and a color changing film attached to the main body to form a part of a surface of an appearance of the main body, the color changing film being deformed as the main body is changed from the basic form to the deformed form, wherein if the main body is in the basic form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a first visual effect, and if the main body is in the deformed form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. Based on the same concept, the present disclosure further discloses another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software, Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Hua Yao
  • Patent number: 10317935
    Abstract: The present application discloses an electronic apparatus comprising a body, a rotary connection device, a bracket and a base, wherein, the bracket is rotatably connected to the body via the rotary connection device; the base is detachably connected to the body via the bracket. The electronic apparatus is in a first use mode when the body is connected to the base via the bracket. The electronic apparatus is in a second use mode when the base is detached from the bracket. The second use mode is different from the first use mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shujie Dong, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10318064
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The method comprises obtaining display parameters of the display unit; determining a refresh rate of the display unit based on the display parameters; setting a first period and a second period in the refresh cycle; and generating a first control instruction to control the electronic device to refresh the touch detection unit while stopping refreshing the display unit during the first period of each refresh cycle, so as to enable the touch detection unit to detect a touch operation, and control the electronic device to refresh the display unit during the second period of each refresh cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Minggui Qian, Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 10281988
    Abstract: A method for display control and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: detecting a first touch operation and a second touch operation performed on a touch sensing unit. A first touch direction corresponding to the first touch operation and a second touch direction corresponding to the second touch operation are obtained. A first control instruction is obtained based on the first touch direction and the second touch direction. That is, in embodiments of the disclosure, the effect of a touch instruction response to two successively performed touch operations is different from the effect of a touch instruction response to two separately performed touch operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Qingdi Xie, Xiaoping Zhang, Gang Li, Chunlong Yang
  • Patent number: 10276036
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic system and a control method for the electronic system. The electronic system includes a maintenance apparatus configured to maintain a position of the electronic system relative to a user in a case that the electronic system is worn by the user; a first acquisition apparatus configured to detect triggering data; and a processing apparatus configured to determine whether the triggering data meets a first condition, and control the electronic system to perform a preset function based on a result of the determination. When using a wearable electronic device including the electronic system, a user can control the electronic system to perform a preset function only by triggering the first acquisition apparatus, thereby simplifying the control operation. And the control method can be used for driving the electronic system to perform a preset function, thereby providing convenience in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-ho Lee, Xiaotian Zhu
  • Patent number: 10276126
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The electronic device has a display unit, and is capable of generating a deformation in response to a stress. The display unit of the electronic device is capable of presenting M window interfaces, each of the M window interfaces being used for displaying a separate display content. The method comprises: determining a first display sub-region of the display unit which is in a presentation state, when it is judged that the electronic device has generated a predetermined deformation; obtaining a first attribute parameter of a first window interface among the M window interfaces; and displaying the first window interface in the first display sub-region if the first attribute parameter satisfies a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Ben Xu
  • Patent number: 10234933
    Abstract: An information processing method is applied in a first electronic device, which includes a display screen and a communication interface. In the method, the first electronic device is connected to a second electronic device through the communication interface; object data is acquired from the second electronic device; a display form is determined for displaying the object data on the display screen according to a parameter of the object data. An object navigation interface is generated based on the object data and displayed on the display screen when the second electronic device is in a first device posture. Each object on the second electronic device can be searched and displayed on the display screen through the object navigation interface. An object corresponding to the object data is displayed on the display screen based on the object data when the second electronic device is in a second device posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Xingping Jiang
  • Patent number: 10222866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device, capable of solving the problem with the conventional solution that the user may not activate the interaction interface conveniently without knowing the position of the triggering control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiang Cao, Cheng Guo, Jundong Xue, Jun Wei
  • Patent number: 10225684
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method can be applied to an electronic device and comprises: receiving first information that contains first characteristic information; acquiring first location information corresponding to a first location where the electronic device is located; correlating the first location information with the first information; outputting the first information and the first location information in response to that a first operation for reviewing the first information is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Jinhong Jia
  • Patent number: 10216392
    Abstract: An information processing method and a first electronic device are provided. The method includes: triggering a communication unit of a first electronic device to perform a detection; acquiring a second state parameter of a second electronic device, if the communication unit detects that a device distance between the first electronic device and the second electronic device meets a preset condition; and controlling a display unit of the electronic device to display a second icon in a first interface with a first manner. The second icon is for representing the second electronic device, and the first manner is determined based on the second state parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 10210148
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for file processing. The method for file processing includes: obtaining a file; parsing the file to obtain a first character contained in the file; matching the first character with a preconfigured matching character library; obtaining an annotation corresponding to the first character when the first character satisfies a predetermined condition; and displaying the first character and the annotation. With the embodiments of the present invention, automatic annotation can be provided for a particular character in a file, such that the user's reading experience can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Yaqiang Wu, Jianzhong Zhang, Zhepeng Wang, Chao Xu, Wei Wang