Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10054134
    Abstract: A fan and an electronic device are provided. An opening is provided on a sidewall of a housing of the fan, a baffle is arranged at the opening and to cover a part of the opening. When an impeller of the fan rotates in a first direction, a first end of the baffle is fixed and a second end of the baffle moves towards the inside of the housing, or in the case that the impeller rotates in the first direction, the baffle protrudes towards the inside of the housing to form a protrusion. In the case that the impeller rotates in a second direction, the second end of the baffle moves towards the outside of the housing, or in the case that the impeller rotates in the second direction, the baffle protrudes towards the outside of the housing to form a protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting Tian, Ziran Li
  • Patent number: 10042650
    Abstract: A computer startup method, a startup apparatus, a state transition method, and a state transition apparatus are described. When the computer is in a suspend-to-RAM (STR) state, the power consumption is a first power consumption. When the computer transitions from the suspend-to-disk (STD) state to the startup state, the time consumption is a first time consumption. The state transition method includes, when the computer is in the startup state, obtaining a first power state transition command to instruct the computer to transition from the startup state to a specific state; and to respond to the first power state transition command, making the computer to be in the specific state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Binqiang Ma, Xiaoyi Feng, Huijun Wu, Jingang Peng, Xuguo Liu
  • Patent number: 10037206
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for state switching. The method is applied to a first hardware system. The first hardware system is connected with a second hardware system. The first hardware system has a first operation state and a second operation state. The second hardware system includes a memory unit. The memory unit has a first access state and a second access state. The memory unit is in the first access state currently. The method includes: the first hardware system sends an access state switching instruction to the second hardware system when the first hardware system enters the second operation state from the first operation state, wherein, the access state switching instruction is adapted to switch the memory unit of the second hardware system from the first access state to the second access state. The application of the present invention can ensure the security of key data, avoid the access of key data by malicious software, reduce the implementation costs and has a higher extensibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowen Wang
  • Patent number: 10026378
    Abstract: Information processing methods and electronic devices are provided. A method for an electronic device with a display unit may comprise: determining a first environmental light parameter under an environment where the electronic device is disposed; and determining a first display parameter for output by the display unit based on the first environmental light parameter. When the display unit performs display based on the first display parameter, a difference between a first color temperature of the display unit and a second color temperature of the environment may be less than a first preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhenhua Zhang, Ke Shang, Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 10027502
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are described where the method includes receiving and storing a first set of rule information, the first set of rule information including one piece or more pieces of first rule information, each piece of first rule information indicating a specific rule that a first control device triggers a second sub-device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first sub-device; extracting second rule information from each piece of first rule information to generate a second set of rule information; and transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changlei Gao
  • Patent number: 10018201
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application disclose a fan and a mold for making a fan blade structure for the fan. An embodiment of the fan comprises a fan blade structure and the fan blade structure comprises a mounting ring and a plurality of fan blades provided on the mounting ring, wherein mounting ring and the fan blades are integrally formed. The mold comprises a mounting ring and a plurality of fan blades provided on the mounting ring, the mold comprising a cavity having a ring-shaped channel configured for forming the mounting ring and a plurality of fan blade channels configured for forming the plurality of fan blades, in order to integrally form the fan blade structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zizhou Jia, Zhigang Na, Ying Sun
  • Patent number: 10019220
    Abstract: A control method and an apparatus thereof applied to a terminal apparatus with a display device are provided. The terminal apparatus can establish a data connection with a wearable device. The method includes: receiving a control instruction generated by the terminal apparatus; acquiring a display picture on the display device of the terminal apparatus based on the control instruction; and sending the display picture to the wearable device through data connection, so that the wearable device displays the display picture. After the control instruction is generated by the terminal apparatus, the display picture on the display device of the terminal apparatus is sent to the wearable device through the data connection, to display the display picture on the wearable device. Thus, viewing experience different from viewing through the terminal apparatus is provided for a user and the viewing experience for the user is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Deng, Xiaohai Zhang
  • Patent number: 10013730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of display control processing and provides a display method and a display device. The display method includes: obtaining an object to be displayed; parsing the object to obtain corresponding information of the object; obtaining a media resource corresponding to the corresponding information based on the corresponding information; and displaying the object and presenting the media resource corresponding to the corresponding information. With the present invention, the display effect of the object can be enriched and the user's reading experience can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Yaqiang Wu, Shaowei Chen, Jianzhong Zhang, Zhepeng Wang, Mingxiang Cai, Xiaoming Liu
  • Patent number: 10013054
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes: a maintaining body having at least a maintained state, where the maintaining body is capable of functioning as at least one portion of a ring or at least one portion of an approximate ring meeting a first condition, and the electronic device is maintained on an object via the maintaining body; a display including at least a first display portion and a second display portion, where the first display portion and the second display portion cannot be observed simultaneously in a case that the maintaining body is in the maintained state; and a controller configured to determine a display region for a content to be displayed among the first display portion and the second display portion, and control the content to be displayed to be displayed in the determined display region. A control method is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ge Gao, Yan Gao, Xiaotian Zhu
  • Patent number: 10007316
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and a state control apparatus as well as a portable terminal. The method is applied in a first system connected to a second system and includes: detecting, by the first system, a first event; determining a first state of the first system and a second state of the second system when the first event is a first predetermined event; obtaining a predetermined policy including a first control command and a second control command based on the first state of the first system, the second state of the second system and the first predetermined event; and controlling, by the first system, its own state based on the first control command and transmitting the second control command to the second system such that the second system is switched from the second state to a fourth state. The second system has different power consumptions in the second state and the fourth state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD
    Inventors: Ning An, Songtao Lin, Chentao Yu
  • Patent number: 9971481
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device, and relates to the field of electronic device application. The disclosure is made to enable a user to perform image information processing while clearly viewing image information. The method comprises analyzing image information of a to-be-displayed image and/or a captured image; determining a display position of an interaction interface based on the result of analyzing; and displaying the interaction interface on a displaying unit based on the display position. The disclosure is mainly used in the process of taking phones by a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Yifu Lin
  • Patent number: 9967376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device, including: a movable body having at least one functional unit and a main body. The movable body is movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the main body, the main body has a first surface provided with a first display unit, the movable body includes a second surface, a long side of the second surface has a length identical to a length of a short side of the first surface. The first surface and the second surface are both located in a first plane when the movable body is located in the first position with respect to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Shipeng Zhang, Yanyong Li
  • Patent number: 9959865
    Abstract: The present invention provides information processing method and electronic apparatus. The method is applied in an electronic apparatus having voice recognition service, and the method includes: obtaining first voice information; recognizing the first voice information by a first recognition model to obtain a first recognition result; deciding whether the first recognition result conforms to a first preset condition; recognizing the first voice information by a second recognition model different from the first recognition model to obtain a second recognition result when the first recognition result conforms to the first preset condition; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a corresponding control instruction based on the second recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haisheng Dai, Qianying Wang, Hao Wang, Lifeng Fan, Tianshu Wang, Xiangyang Li
  • Patent number: 9961213
    Abstract: An electronic device and an image capturing apparatus are provided. The electronic device includes: a fixing apparatus, adapted to, in a case that a user wears the electronic device, maintain a position relationship between the electronic device and at least part of body of the user; an image capturing apparatus having an image capturing area, adapted to capture an image in the image capturing area; a data transmission apparatus, adapted to, in a case that a data connection is established between the electronic device and a second electronic device, perform data transmission with the second electronic device; an audio output apparatus having an audio output area, adapted to output sound to the audio output area; and a processing apparatus, adapted to control at least one of the image capturing apparatus, the data transmission apparatus and the audio output apparatus, wherein the electronic device comprises no image displaying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang He, Yingjia Yao, Junfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9958899
    Abstract: An electronic device and an information processing method thereof are provided. When a state of a relative position between a first body and a second body is an open state and a sensor is started, an initial angle between the first body and the second body that is formed through support of the connector is collected by the sensor, a variation between a first position of the first body relative to the second body and a second position to which the first body moves relative to the second body under an external force is collected by the sensor, and finally a display parameter is controlled according to the variation. Therefore, the solutions provided by the invention do not need an additional auxiliary apparatus such as a keypad/pedal thereby making the operation easier and more convenient for the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ting Tian
  • Patent number: 9946368
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a control method. By means of arranging in an operating apparatus a first input member for locating a touch control position via a touch control operation and a second input member for issuing a vibration signal to be collected by an electronic device during the touch control operation, it is possible to determine an operation mode of the electronic device based on the vibration signal, and to operate the electronic device in the operation mode, thereby enabling to control the operation mode of the electronic device via the vibration signal issued when the operating apparatus is in contact with the electronic device. It can be seen that, the technical solutions of embodiments of the present disclosure can achieve more application functions by using apparatus for performing touch control operations on electronic devices, and thus can achieve the technical effect of extending the applicable range of the operating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 9940010
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method which includes: detecting a first drag and touch operation performed by a first operation body for moving a first object displayed in a first position on the touch display unit; acquiring a first end position of the first drag and touch operation on the touch display unit, the first end position is a position where the first operation body loses contact with the touch display unit during the first drag and touch operation; and maintaining the first object to be in a selected state in the first end position for a preset duration, and displaying the first object in the first end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Ben Xu
  • Patent number: 9942479
    Abstract: An electronic device and an imaging method thereof are described. The electronic device includes at least one display unit and at least one image acquisition unit. The display unit is arranged adjacent to said image acquisition unit. The image acquisition unit is provided with a lens for collecting optical signals and a photosensitive diode unit for converting the optical signals into electrical signals. The lens is arranged in the direction of the incident light of the photosensitive diode unit. The electronic device and the imaging method thereof can implement better imaging effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Niu, Guang Yang, Jinping Yang, Ke Shang
  • Patent number: 9939860
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the invention includes a second electronic device and a first electronic device removably connected with the second electronic device; the electronic device includes a first heat dissipation channel in the first electronic device and a second heat dissipation channel in the second electronic device. In a disconnected state, the heat dissipation airflow flows through the first heat dissipation channel to perform heat dissipation of the first electronic device. In a connected state, the first air inlet of the first heat dissipation channel communicates with the second air outlet of the second heat dissipation channel, and the heat dissipation airflow may enter into the first heat dissipation channel via the second heat dissipation channel so as to perform heat dissipation of the first electronic device by the second heat dissipation channel and the first heat dissipation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Guowen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9936173
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for processing an image and an apparatus thereof, applicable to an electronic device including an image acquisition unit corresponding to an image acquisition area, wherein the method includes: generating a first image and a second image according to an object to be acquired in the image acquisition area at a first instance of time, wherein both the first image and the second image are images corresponding to the object to be acquired, and the amount of data of the first image is larger than the amount of data of the second image; and storing the first image and the second image and setting the second image as an associated image of the first image, to thereby improve the convenience and efficiency of processing the generated image in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Diandian Qian