Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20170262023
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
  • Patent number: 9760484
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data processing method and an electronic device. The method is applied in an electronic device, the electronic device being configured with a CPU and a UEFI BIOS; the CPU comprising at least two executing cores each capable of executing one thread; the method comprising: obtaining a first instruction for backup/recovery of designated data when the UEFI BIOS is started to run; invoking a second executing core of the CPU based on the first instruction; and executing the backup/recovery of the designated data by the UEFI BIOS and the second executing core, wherein the UEFI BIOS is run by a first executing core of the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Hongjiang Bi
  • Patent number: 9753497
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoudong Tian, Shaolian Liu, Wei Su
  • Patent number: 9753313
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for displaying on a transparent screen are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a display unit having a first side and a second side and configured to display an image; a first adjusting unit provided on the first or second side of the display unit and is configured to switch from a first state to a second state. The first adjusting unit has a first transmittance in the first state and a second transmittance in the second state. The first transmittance is different from the second transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Junfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9749531
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device, image acquisition equipment, and image acquisition control method. The electronic device includes a main board, and an image acquisition equipment and a processor which are connected with the main board, wherein the image acquisition equipment has a first mode and a second mode, the image acquisition equipment including: a first imaging unit array for image acquisition in the first mode; and a second imaging unit array for image acquisition in the second mode; the first imaging unit array and the second imaging unit array are different; an image acquisition control module is set in the processor, and is used for controlling the image acquisition equipment to switch to the first mode or the second mode according to a mode switching instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9746317
    Abstract: Image processing method and device are provided. The method includes: controlling a projector to project multi-stripe structured light and dot structured light onto an object, to form multiple light stripes and light spots between the light stripes on the surface of the object; acquiring a target image of the object having the light stripes and the light spots on the surface; obtaining a reference image including the light stripes and the light spots; calculating a first depth value at each light stripe in the target image based on feature information of the light stripes in the reference image and target image; calculating a second depth value at each light spot in the target image based on feature information of the light spots in the reference image and target image; and generating a depth image of the target image based on the first depth value and the second depth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke Chen, Manjun Xiao, Chen Yang, Rongyao Fu, Qian Ma
  • Patent number: 9740642
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for adjusting an operating frequency of a memory are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting to the memory a first command that instructs the memory to hold the data information in the memory; transmitting to the memory controller a second command that adjusts the first frequency of the memory controller to a second frequency; and transmitting to the memory a third command that instructs the memory to exchange the data information according to the second frequency of the memory controller. According to the disclosure, it is possible to dynamically adjust the frequency of the memory during operation, avoiding the need of the user to turn off and then turn on the electronic device to adjust the frequency of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Jingang Peng, Xiaogang Wang, Xiaoyi Feng
  • Patent number: 9733822
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device and a state control method. The electronic device includes a display unit having a display state and a turn-off state; a processing unit having an operating state and a sleep state; and a touch sensing unit configured to overlap the display unit, wherein the touch sensing unit detects a first input, which is independent of the states of the processing unit and the display unit. The first input is a touch input, and the touch sensing unit triggers the processing unit and the display unit to perform state switching according to the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng Liu, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 9727091
    Abstract: This application discloses an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first body including an A surface and a B surface that are opposite to each other; a second body including a C surface and a D surface that are opposite to each other; and a connecting piece by means of which the first and the second bodies are connected and the first body is rotatable relative to the second body. A further rotation of the first body around the connecting piece is prevented by the second body when the first body is rotated relative to the second body, by means of the connecting piece, such that the electronic device is at a first posture that is a relative positional posture where value of an angle between the A surface and the D surface is a first angle value within the range of greater than 0° but less than or equal to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Chen
  • Patent number: 9728836
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a movable portion, and a connector. A positional relationship between the main body and the movable portion is changeable via the connector. The main body includes a first surface having a display unit, the movable portion includes a second surface having a long side adaptive to a short side of the first surface, the movable portion has a first communication antenna unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yiping Feng, Jun Ma, Shuangqi Cen
  • Patent number: 9727214
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an object processing method are provided. An interface management module of the apparatus generates a user operation interface on the display screen. The interface has a first operating area and a second operating area, which have their respective sizes associated with each other in the interface. A first functional module displays a first object in the first operating area. A second functional module displays a second object in the second operating area. A first application program unit performs a corresponding process operation on the first object. An acquisition unit acquires a first operation by a user on the first operating area. A control unit controls the first application program unit to be in a ready state, when the first operation satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang He, Haisheng Xu, Rong Yang, Ming Cai, Haixin Chai
  • Patent number: 9727305
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an electronic device for information processing. The electronic device comprises a sensing unit and a display unit having a display area. The display unit displays a graphical interface. The display area displays a first part of the graphical interface. The method comprises: detecting a first operation by the sensing unit when the display unit displays the first part of the graphical interface; displaying the second part of the graphical interface on the display unit in response to the first operation; detecting a second operation; determining whether a preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation to obtain first decision information; and displaying a speech control on the display unit when the first decision information indicates that the preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Jia, Xinru Hou, Qianying Wang, Gaoge Wang, Shifeng Peng, Yuanyi Zhang, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 9723277
    Abstract: A projection method, a projection apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The method may include: acquiring a target content to be projected in an electronic device; determining a projection parameter for the target content; adjusting a beam output mode of a light path changing module for projection beams of the target content based on the projection parameter; and based on the beam output mode, projecting, via the light path changing module, the projection beams of the target content into a first region of a projection carrier located away from the electronic device by a first distance, where the area of the first region varies with the beam output mode. With the projection method, the projection apparatus and the electronic device in the application, the area of the projection region can be adjusted easily, so that multiple users can use the electronic device to watch the projection conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Song, Xiangbo Lv, Jianguo Li, Kai Cheng
  • Patent number: 9721174
    Abstract: A user identification method and a user identification electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining user state information of a user; determining available user identification modes based on the user state information; determining user identification accuracy information corresponding to each of the available user identification modes; determining a selected user identification mode, based on a service requiring user identification and the user identification accuracy information; and performing user identification in the selected user identification mode. With the method or the electronic device, the user can be identified based on various types of information, thus an application range of the user identification method is expanded, and robustness of the user identification method is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao Shen
  • Patent number: 9721490
    Abstract: A dual-screen display and a display method. The dual-screen display comprises: a display unit, a control unit and controllable light-transmitting bodies. Each display unit comprises at least three sub-pixel units. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the sub-pixel units. The control unit is used for controlling, according to an instruction of a user, a control signal applied to the controllable light-transmitting bodies, so as to control the transparency of the controllable light-transmitting bodies. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on the two surfaces of the sub-pixel unit, and a control signal is applied according to an instruction of the user, so that the controllable light-transmitting bodies present corresponding transparency, thereby respectively controlling light of the sub-pixel unit irradiated to the two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang Yang, Ke Shang, Quan Niu
  • Patent number: 9703363
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power supply module and a power supply system. The power supply module is used as a first power supply module in a computing system which further includes a second power supply module. The first power supply module and the second power supply module are cascaded in sequence. The first power supply module is in a power supplying state and the second power supply module is in an off state. The first power supply module itself is capable of automatically determining whether to turn on another power supply module or not, without any human intervention. In this way, the power distribution board can be simplified, or even eliminated, in which case the individual power supply modules can be connected by wire to reduce the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 9699934
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first body; a second body; a connection device including: a connection body through which the first body is connected with the second body; with a first torque generator and a second torque generator provided inside the connection body. When an angle value is in a first preset threshold range, the first torque generator generates a first torque for balancing a second torque generated by gravitation of the first body. When the angle value is larger than a maximum value of the first preset threshold range, the first torque generator generates a third torque and the second torque generator generates a fourth torque; the third torque and the fourth torque balancing a fifth torque generated by a first composite force, which is the composite force of the gravitation of the first body and a push force acting on a touch control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Uchiyama, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 9696762
    Abstract: An unlocking method and an electronic apparatus are described. The unlocking method is applied in an electronic apparatus that includes a first body, a second body, and a capacitance detecting unit wherein the first body and the second body are locked by a locking mechanism. The method includes detecting whether there is an unlocking operation from a first user based on the capacitance detecting unit; generating an unlocking instruction in response to the unlocking operation when the unlocking operation is detected; and executing the unlocking instruction to control the locking mechanism to release lock, so as to make the first body able to be separated from the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Zhang, Yintian Liu
  • Patent number: 9696841
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling an electric device. The electric device has a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Xin Li
  • Patent number: 9696767
    Abstract: A command recognition method and electronic device using the method are described. The command recognition method includes obtaining at least two first contact points at side edge of the electronic device; determining a holding gesture with respect to the electronic device according to the at least two first contact points; obtaining at least one second contact point at which contact state is changed on a side edge of the electronic device in a predetermined time period; based on the holding gesture, the at least one second contact point and its corresponding contact state change, recognizing corresponding command. By use of the command recognition method, it can favorably achieve the recognition of the operation command with respect to the electronic device in the case that the number of keys in the electronic device (even no key) is reduced, thereby achieving effective control to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Dayong Gan