Patents Assigned to BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE
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Patent number: 9766777Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for window display, and methods and apparatuses for touch-operating an application. The method for window display enables displaying a window in an appropriate position for convenient use. The method include displaying a main menu including at least one menu item, determining a first window corresponding to a first menu item in the main menu based on a first input operation on the first menu item, determining a position parameter and/or a direction parameter for the first window, and displaying the first window according to the position parameter and/or the direction parameter. The present application also discloses an apparatus for implementing the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Lu Lu, Yu Chen, Jun Li, Xin Li, Shuangxi Huang
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Publication number: 20170262023Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
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Patent number: 9760484Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventor: Hongjiang Bi
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Patent number: 9753313Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventor: Junfeng Liu
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Patent number: 9753497Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a connecting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Shoudong Tian, Shaolian Liu, Wei Su
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Patent number: 9749531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Junfeng Liu
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Patent number: 9746317Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ke Chen, Manjun Xiao, Chen Yang, Rongyao Fu, Qian Ma
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Patent number: 9740642Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Jingang Peng, Xiaogang Wang, Xiaoyi Feng
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Patent number: 9733822Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Junfeng Liu, Qian Zhao
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Patent number: 9727091Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: Xing Chen
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Patent number: 9728836Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventors: Yiping Feng, Jun Ma, Shuangqi Cen
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Patent number: 9727214Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Zhiqiang He, Haisheng Xu, Rong Yang, Ming Cai, Haixin Chai
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Patent number: 9727305Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Xu Jia, Xinru Hou, Qianying Wang, Gaoge Wang, Shifeng Peng, Yuanyi Zhang, Jun Chen
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Patent number: 9723277Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qiang Song, Xiangbo Lv, Jianguo Li, Kai Cheng
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Patent number: 9721490Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guang Yang, Ke Shang, Quan Niu
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Patent number: 9721174Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hao Shen
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Patent number: 9703363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.Inventor: Jianjun Zhou
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Patent number: 9699934Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiharu Uchiyama, Jun Xu
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Patent number: 9699282Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhaozhu Zhong, Yingjia Yao, Shaolian Liu
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Patent number: 9696762Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiang Zhang, Yintian Liu