Patents Assigned to Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
  • Information processing method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9696551
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method comprises: acquiring a second image; analyzing the second image to determine a second display parameter of the second image; determining, based on the second display parameter of the second image, a first display parameter of the display content to be presented, so as to make the difference between the first display parameter of the display content and the second display parameter of the second image greater than a threshold; and presenting the display content with the first display parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Yongliang Wang, Shoupeng Zhang, Chen Chen, Wenfeng Wang, Nailei Zhang, Sixiang Liu
  • Electronic apparatus and control method
    Patent number: 9699282
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus and a control method. The electronic apparatus includes a main body provided with a display unit positioned at a first surface of the main body; an assistant body; a connecting device for connecting the main body and the assistant body; a status switching device for switching the working status of the electronic apparatus from a first status to a second status which is different from the first status when a positional relationship between the main body and the assistant body satisfies a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaozhu Zhong, Yingjia Yao, Shaolian Liu
  • Data processing method, data processing apparatus and electronic device
    Patent number: 9693016
    Abstract: A data processing method, a data processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving second communication data from a second communication device, in the case where a data path is established between the first communication device and the second communication device; displaying, by the first display unit, a second content corresponding to the second communication data; collecting, by the first input unit, a first operation of a user of the first communication device; determining, based on the first operation, a second processing instruction for transforming the second content, in the case where the first operation meets a first predetermined condition; and controlling, in response to the second processing instruction, the first display unit and/or a second display unit to display third content associated with the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongguang Wang, Lei Zhang
  • Information processing method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9692871
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are disclosed. The information processing method is applied to a first electronic device. When the device orientation of the first electronic device is a first device orientation at a first time instant, the method includes: obtaining, by a first sensor of the first electronic device, a first sensing parameter indicating that the device orientation is a second device orientation at a second time instant after the first time instant; determining, based on the first sensing parameter, whether the second device orientation differs from the first device orientation, and obtaining a first determination; and generating a first instruction for entering into a voice record state when the second device orientation differs from the first device orientation and the second device orientation meets a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiao Ren, Xu Jia, Yuanyi Zhang, Cheng Guo
  • Electronic apparatus and method for producing housing thereof
    Patent number: 9690331
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
  • Method and device for calibrating a projector
    Patent number: 9679505
    Abstract: A method comprises: detecting a first parameter of the projection area with respect to the projection unit; obtaining a second parameter of the projection unit; determining a third parameter and a fourth parameter of the projection area and first attribute information of the one or more display objects, according to the first parameter and the second parameter; judging whether the first attribute information of the one or more display objects satisfies a predetermined first presentation requirement, so as to generate a first judgment result; adjusting the first attribute information of the one or more display objects to second attribute information, if the first judgment result indicates that the first attribute information of the one or more display objects does not satisfy the first presentation requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiliang Liang, Jing Zhang, Xingming Yu
  • Information processing method and electronic device thereof
    Patent number: 9678703
    Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus are provided in which a first switching operation instructs an electronic device to switch from a first mode to a second mode while the electronic device is in the first mode, in response to the first switching operation controlling the electronic device to switch from the first mode to the second mode, wherein a display unit set in a face of the electronic device acts as an auxiliary input unit and a projection unit, for projecting content, is set as an output unit while the electronic device is in the first mode; and wherein the display unit acts as an output unit and the projection unit is set as an auxiliary input unit while the electronic device is in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Weiwei Zhang, Jie Xia
  • Mobile terminal and display method therefor
    Patent number: 9665330
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a display method are described. The mobile terminal includes a first display unit provided on a first surface of the mobile terminal, for use in displaying, in a first spatial state, a first set of data in a first direction relative to the mobile terminal; a second display unit provided on a second surface of the mobile terminal, for use in displaying, in a second spatial state, a second set of data in a second direction relative to the mobile terminal. The first spatial state and the second spatial state are perpendicular to each other, and the first surface and the second surface are two different external surfaces of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanyi Zhang
  • Electornic device and information processing unit
    Patent number: 9667854
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device, which includes a first image collecting unit; a second image collecting unit; a microprocessor connected to the first and second image collecting units; the microprocessor is configured to receive a first image collected by the second image collecting unit and to generate a control instruction if the first image is determined to satisfy a preset condition. The disclosure further provides an information processing method applied to an electronic device having a first image collecting unit and a second image collecting unit. The method includes: receiving first data transmitted from the second image collecting unit; setting a focal distance of the first image collecting unit according to the first data; controlling the first image collecting unit to perform focusing according to the focal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Fei Cheng, Heng Liu, Lintao Lei, Qian Zhao
  • Information processing method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9665952
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: acquiring an adjustment instruction to an icon object in a display content, where the adjustment instruction includes parameter information, a display mode of at least one of the icon object of a first type and the icon object of a second type is determined according to the parameter information, the icon object of a first type is configured to carry the icon object of a second type; adjusting the icon object in the display content based on the parameter information in response to the adjustment instruction to make the icon object present an adjusted display effect via the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaojiang Du, Hua Cai, Long Meng, Xu Han, Jia Qu, Yan Wang
  • Computer and method to realize the coupling between computers
    Patent number: 9665516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer and a method to realize the coupling between computers. The computer includes: a first interface used to connect with a second computer; a data interactive module, connected with the second computer through the first interface, which is used to enable the second computer to access the data interactive module when the first interface is connected with the second computer, in which the access includes fetching data from the data interactive module and storing data in the data interactive module; a processing module connected with the data interactive module, which is used to communicate data to the second computer through the data interactive module when the first interface is connected with the second computer. It can conveniently utilize two computers to form a hybrid computer system using this technical solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Haibin Ke
  • Information processing method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9658734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communication technology and discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method is applied in an electronic device. The touch display unit is capable of displaying at least one target object associated with the first application and displaying the first application in a small window or a full-screen window in response to the target object being touched. The full-screen window has a display area equal to an area where the touch display unit can accept a touch event and the small window has a display area smaller than the area where the touch display unit can accept a touch event. The small window is obtained by converting the full-screen window based on a first conversion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Lijun Lin
  • System status control method and portable terminal
    Patent number: 9652254
    Abstract: A system status control method and a portable terminal are described. The portable terminal includes a first system with a first interface and a second system with a second interface, and the first system and the second system are joined or separated through the first interface and the second interface. The method includes when the first system and the second system enter a joined-up status from a separated status, the first system and the second system exchanging respective system status information thereof; and the first system and the second system control the system status according to the system status information and based on a preset policy. When a master system and a slave system are combined or separated, automatic switch control may be performed on the system status according to a usage requirement of a user and based on the preset policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Jing
  • Method and apparatus for generating application icon
    Patent number: 9654607
    Abstract: A method for generating an application icon and a terminal apparatus are described. The terminal apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive prompt information of an application from a server automatically; an icon generating unit configured to generate an icon corresponding to the application in an application icon interface according to the prompt information received by the receiving unit; a first control unit configured to associate the icon generated by the icon generating unit with a first function according to the prompt information, and control the icon to be displayed in a first display effect; and a display unit configured to display the icon generated by the icon generating unit in the first display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaonian Yang, Qian Zhang
  • Method for controlling electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9645616
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic apparatus is described where the electronic apparatus includes a first body, a second body on which a touch display unit is provided, and a rotary shaft used to connect the first body and the second body and through which the second body can rotate relative to the first body. The method includes determining whether the electronic apparatus is under a predetermined condition, so as to obtain a determination result; and when the determination result indicates that the electronic apparatus is under the predetermined condition, increasing a rotation resistance that the rotary shaft experiences during rotation of the rotary shaft, so as to cause the second body to reside in a non-rotational state relative to the first body when a user is touching the touch display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Zhang
  • Recognition method for input device, recognition device, electronic device and input device
    Patent number: 9645683
    Abstract: A recognition method for an input device is disclosed in the present invention, which is applied to an electronic device with a capacitive touch screen having a function of height detection, different input devices have different electric field height information. The method includes: obtaining the electric field height information of the input device, upon detection of a touch control operation of the input device; and determining attribute information of the input device according to a preset correspondence between the electric field height information and the attribute information of the input device. In the recognition method for the input device disclosed in the present disclosure, after it is determined that a touch control operation is performed on the capacitive touch screen by the input device, the electric field height information of the input device is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guang Yang
  • Electronic device with a supporting device for mode switching
    Patent number: 9645659
    Abstract: The present application provides an electronic device having a first operating mode and a second operating mode, and including a body; a first rotating structure connected with the body; a supporting part connected with the body via the first rotating structure; a second rotating structure; a base connected with the supporting part via the second rotating structure. Specifically, the body is substantially perpendicular to the base when the electronic device is in the first operating mode; and the body is substantially parallel to the base when the electronic device is in the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhe Yang, Changyu Sun, Ning Le, Liyuan Gan, Fenglang Li
  • Charging control method for a rechargeable battery and portable computer
    Patent number: 9634511
    Abstract: Disclosed are charging control methods for a rechargeable battery and portable computers. The charging control method includes acquiring a control parameter for a charge current of the rechargeable battery; modifying, based on the control parameter, the charge current from a first charge current to a second charge current less than the first charge current; and charging the rechargeable battery with the second charge current. Compared with conventional methods of charging the battery always with the maximal charge current, the present disclosure can improve the battery's lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Shuangcheng Zhao, Xiaoren Cheng, Ling Yao, Weizhi Lin
  • Information processing method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9626967
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The second processing unit is capable of executing at least one application program. The information processing method comprises: collecting first sound information; when the first sound information comprises first information which matches with audio data preset in the first processing unit, generating a first instruction, and transmitting the first instruction to the second processing unit; when it is determined that there is a first application which meets a predetermined condition in the at least one application program, generating, by the second processing unit, a second instruction based on the first instruction and the first application; and executing the second instruction in the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Danfeng Zhang, Yuru Jin, Dawei Ji
  • Sound collection method and electronic device
    Patent number: 9628908
    Abstract: A sound collection method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method is applicable to an electronic device that includes an image acquisition unit and an audio collection unit. The method includes determining a focus object when the image acquisition unit is acquiring images; obtaining a position relationship information between the focus object and the image acquisition unit based on the focus object; obtaining a first direction information based on the position relationship information; and controlling the audio collection unit to collect the sound from a sound source corresponding to the first direction based on the first direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xule Niu, Yanjun Tian