Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9934735
    Abstract: A display control method and an electronic device are described. The electronic device includes a first body and a second body. Two sides of the first body include a first display area and a second display area respectively. The method includes: acquiring space position information of the first body and the second body, determining whether the space position information satisfies a first space predetermined condition, and obtaining a first determining result; detecting a first included angle between the first body and the second body if the first determining result indicates that the space position information satisfies the first space predetermined condition; determining whether the first included angle satisfies a first included angle predetermined condition, and switching an operating state of the electronic device to the triangle supporting state if the first included angle satisfies the first included angle predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binbin Wei, Xueyuan Zhang, Haifang Tan, Shi Chen
  • Patent number: 9934245
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing files and an electronic device using the same are described. The method includes receiving a first instruction; executing the application installed on the electronic device according to the first instruction, a first file among a plurality of files for the application converts into a second state from the first state during a process for executing the application; writing the first file with the second state into a network storage by a first file system, in order to enable the application installed on another electronic device to be executed based on the first file with the second state in the network storage. An application progress may be shared and synchronized conveniently without a user's interaction or participation by writing the first file with the converted state into the network storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songtao Lin, Ziwang Shi, Ning Deng
  • Patent number: 9928808
    Abstract: An information interaction method and an electronic device are provided. The method is applicable in a first electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first interaction unit and a second interaction unit, where the first interaction unit includes a first display unit. The method includes receiving device information of a second electronic device via the second interaction unit when the second interaction unit is in a working state; processing the device information of the second electronic device; and sending a procedure of the processing to the first interaction unit via the second interaction unit for displaying via the first display unit. When the second interaction unit is in a working state, the second interaction unit receives device information of the second electronic device, and the connection with the second electronic device may be achieved without inputting information manually, therefore the connection process is simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Xiang Shao, Qi Li, Jinping Yang
  • Patent number: 9928807
    Abstract: A control method applied to an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit arranged on a first surface and a display unit arranged on a second surface, and inherent light transmittances of the display units are greater than a predetermined value. The control method includes: determining a first display unit and a second display unit, where the first display unit is a display unit arranged on a surface facing a user, and the second display unit is a display unit arranged on the other surface; detecting a light intensity around a surface where the second display unit is arranged; and in a case that a detected light intensity reaches a predetermined light intensity, adjusting at least display effect of the second display unit to reduce a light transmittance of the second display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoupeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9922183
    Abstract: An electronic device and an information processing method are disclosed in the disclosure. The electronic device comprises: a wearable apparatus capable of forming a ring or an approximate ring, which is able to surround a first cylinder; a first sensor arranged at least partly in the wearable apparatus and towards an interior of the ring or the approximate ring, and configured to detect first biometric information of at least part of a wearer's body surrounded by the wearable apparatus if the wearable apparatus is worn on the part of the wearer's body; a first processor arranged in the wearable apparatus, and configured to determine whether the first biometric information matches first preset biometric information to obtain a determination result and to perform security processing corresponding to the determination result based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Yiqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 9921611
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device and a flexible connection device. The electronic device comprises a first body; a second body; and a flexible connection device, configured to connect the first body and the second body. The flexible connection device comprises N shafts; and N?1 transmission structures, wherein each of the transmission structures connects two adjacent shafts, to connect the N shafts together in order, wherein N is an integer which is larger than 3 or equals to 3. When an action force is applied onto the first body and/or the second body so that relative positions of the first body and the second body are changed, the N shafts and the N?1 transmission structures are driven sequentially so that the flexible connection device is flexibly bent while keeping the length of the inner arc of the flexible connection device constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Lijun Wang
  • Patent number: 9921889
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: determining a state of the electronic device; monitoring whether an instruction for invoking a notification component in the electronic device has been generated when the state of the electronic device satisfies a predetermined condition; and intercepting the instruction for invoking the notification component to prevent a notification event associated with the instruction from being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Hongliang Gu, Hao Chen, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 9918396
    Abstract: The present application discloses a bendable structure for an electronic device, which includes a first structural layer and a second structural layer arranged to be overlapped with the first structural layer. The bendable structure has a straight state and a bent state, the first structural layer has a first bendable section which can be bent, and the second structural layer has a second bendable section which can be bent. The first bendable section corresponds to the second bendable section in an overlapped manner. When the bendable structure is in the bent state, a central angle corresponding to the first bendable section and a central angle corresponding to the second bendable section are same, such that both ends of the first bendable section are flush with corresponding ends of the second bendable section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoqin Han, Beiou Luan
  • Patent number: 9916027
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. An action by an operator including a user's finger is collected and identified to determine location information and sound information associated with the action, so that only information corresponding to the location information and the sound information associated with the action is inputted. In this way, the user can input different types of information by performing different touch actions, simplifying the user's operation, and improving operation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 9913279
    Abstract: A method for establishing a radio connection between a network apparatus and a terminal apparatus, a network apparatus and a terminal apparatus are described. The method for establishing a radio connection, which is applied to a network apparatus, may include receiving a connection request for requesting a radio resource from a terminal apparatus, acquiring power supplying state information related to the terminal apparatus; setting a connection configuration instruction of the radio resource for connecting with the terminal apparatus based on the power supplying state information; and controlling a radio connection with the terminal apparatus based on the connection configuration instruction, the radio connection being used for data transmission between the network apparatus and the terminal apparatus. Accordingly, standby time of the terminal apparatus is prolonged while a network connection of the terminal apparatus can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Xu
  • Patent number: 9904355
    Abstract: This application discloses a display method and an electronic device, where the method is applicable to a first electronic device including a sensing unit and a display unit, and the method includes: obtaining first posture information of the first electronic device by the sensing unit when the first electronic device satisfies a first predetermined condition; determining a first picture according to the first posture information; displaying the first picture by the display unit; detecting second posture information of the first electronic device by the sensing unit when there is a change in posture of the first electronic device; determining a second picture according to the second posture information; and displaying the second picture by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Xu
  • Patent number: 9898037
    Abstract: An electronic device and a display method includes a main body apparatus with a processing unit that generates a first image and performs display control; a fixing apparatus connected with the main body apparatus, which maintains a relative location relationship between the electronic device and at least a part of body of a user; and a first display unit arranged on the main body apparatus and/or the fixing apparatus, which outputs the first image; wherein the first display unit comprises a first display component which displays the first image, and a first optical component which receives light corresponding to the first image emitted from the first display component, and changes the light path of the light corresponding to the first image to form a magnified virtual image corresponding to the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang He, Junfeng Liu, Weidong Wei
  • Patent number: 9898112
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display module (100; 200) and an electronic terminal. The display module (100; 200) comprises: a first display unit (130; 240) configured to display first image information in a first direction; a second display unit (140; 250) configured to display second image information in a second direction; and a sensor unit (150; 260) provided between the first display unit (130; 240) and the second display unit (140; 250) and configured to sense an object's approach or touch on the first display unit (130; 240) and/or the second display unit (140; 250). With the display module (100; 200), the object's approach or touch on the first display unit (130; 240) and the second display unit (140; 250) can be sensed by a single sensor unit (150; 260). There is no need to provide a sensor unit (150; 260) for each of the display units (130; 240; 140; 250) for touch sensing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuqiang Wang, Xiang Shao
  • Patent number: 9898661
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for storing data include an object storing unit for storing at least one target object set in advance; an image pick-up unit for picking up a first image; a recognizing unit for determining whether one or more of target objects appear in the first image and generating a first recognition result; an image storing unit for storing the first image in which the target object appears as object image of the target object for each target object; a receiving unit for receiving an input from a user; a first acquiring unit for determining the target object indicated by a search input, and acquiring object image corresponding to the target object indicated by the search input; and a display unit for displaying the acquired object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng, Zhenyi Yang
  • Patent number: 9898177
    Abstract: A display processing method that is applied in a portable mobile terminal, to display multiple objects on a touch screen of the portable mobile terminal. The method includes obtaining a touch point that is a point created when an operating object contacts/almost touches the touch screen; determining a preset area with the touch point being the center; determining a first object and a second object, among multiple objects, each intersecting with the preset area on at least one point; determining a first information of the movement of the first object, the first information indicating moving the first object from a first position to a second position, the first position being the original position of the first object displayed on the touch screen; and moving the first object from the first position to the second position according to the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geng Wang, Ran Sun
  • Publication number: 20180046224
    Abstract: An input apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus are provided. The input apparatus includes a protection surface layer, and a sensing array through which an operation of a user on the protection surface layer can be determined. The information processing method can parse trigger information sent by the input apparatus for its corresponding parameter information and further switch the touchable keyboard to a first input mode or a second input mode according to the obtained parameter information. The information processing method and apparatus and the electronic device activate a keyboard to judge the demand of the user automatically in response to the trigger information entered by the user and further control switching of the input mode of the keyboard in response to the demand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing LIU, Jinping YANG
  • Patent number: 9891816
    Abstract: A method and a mobile terminal for processing touch input are provided. The mobile terminal has a rectangular touch screen with long sides and short sides. The mobile terminal having two state: a first state in which only the short sides are parallel with a horizontal surface and a second state in which only the long sides are parallel with the horizontal surface. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a first direction as input by a touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the first state; triggering a first touch command in response to the gesture in the first direction; obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a second direction as input by the touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the second state, the second direction being the same as the first direction; and triggering the first touch command in response to the gesture in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE, LTD.
    Inventors: Dayong Gan, Lei Lv, Xiangtao Liu
  • Patent number: 9880610
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power supplying method, a power supplying system, and an electronic device to address the technical problems in the related art that the structure of an electronic device is complex, thereby achieving the technical effect that the internal structure of an electronic device is simplified and the cost for manufacturing the electronic device is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongzhe Liu, Wei Liu, Yuanyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 9880668
    Abstract: A method for identifying input information, an apparatus for identifying input information and an electronic device are provided. The method for identifying input information is applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first panel and a second panel, and further includes a collimated light generator arranged on the first panel and two or more optical detection devices arranged on the first panel. In the method, firstly an information input operation is acquired; then a variation of shadow of the information input operation blocking collimated light beams generated by the collimated light generator is acquired via the optical detection device; and the input information corresponding to the information input operation is acquired according to the variation of shadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiang Shao
  • Patent number: 9880706
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device, related to the field of communication, are provided in the application. The method includes: displaying M data entries of a page on a display interface by a display unit, where the page includes N data entries, M?N; obtaining a continuous track generated by a slide operation by an operating body; determining L data entries from J data entries passed by the continuous track based on a predetermined rule, 1?J?N, L?J; and setting the L data entries into selected states. By the solutions in the application, an operation of selecting multiple data entries is implemented without clicking check boxes one by one by a user, the operation is significantly simplified, and efficiency of a multiple selection is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng Guo