Patents Assigned to Hisense USA Corporation
  • Patent number: 10353244
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies and provides an edge-lit backlight module and a liquid crystal display device. The edge-lit backlight module of the present disclosure includes a light source, a light guide panel and a reflector. The light source is arranged on a light entering side of the light guide panel, and the reflector is arranged below the light guide panel, a bottom surface of the light guide panel faces towards the reflector, and a plurality of dots are arranged on the bottom surface at intervals. The reflector is bonded on the bottom surface of the light guide panel through a glue layer, and the glue layer is provided with light transmission holes at positions of the dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kejian Ou, Dengyin Zhang, Xiping Wen, Yao Xu
  • Patent number: 10353137
    Abstract: A quantum dot (QD) light source component, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The QD light source component includes a bracket, a light source, and a QD unit, the bracket is formed with a groove; the light source is arranged at bottom center of the groove of the bracket for emitting light; the QD unit is arranged at opening of the groove of the bracket, and includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a QD layer; at least one of the upper substrate and lower substrate is provided with a substrate groove, the upper substrate and lower substrate form enclosure space through the substrate groove; the QD layer is located within the substrate groove, and emits light under excitation of light emitted from light source, where the QD layer is thicker at its central position than at its edge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fulin Li, Lin Lu
  • Patent number: 10356479
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for editing channels of a smart TV. The device includes a memory and at least one processor, wherein the memory stores therein computer readable instructions, wherein the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to: receive an interface calling up instruction, and displaying a channel editing list and an operation prompt on a display screen of the smart TV; receive a channel selecting instruction, and determine a channel to be edited in the channel editing list according to the channel selecting instruction; and receive a channel edit instruction, and edit the channel to be edited according to the channel editing instruction, wherein the operation prompt is configured to remind a user that the channel editing instruction is triggered by using a left arrow key or right arrow key of a remote control, and the channel editing instruction is an instruction indicating deletion or a move of the channel to be edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xuelei Wang
  • Publication number: 20190205565
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for capturing a screen on a mobile device, the method including: receiving, at the mobile device, a screen-capturing request for a current interface, where the current interface includes first data, and the first data includes personal information; and generating, according to screen-capturing request, a screen capture image for the current interface, where the first data in the current interface is replaced in the screen capture image with second data which is predefined. These embodiments avoid the need to manually mask an image by starting a dedicated image editing tool to anonymize a screen capture image, thereby significantly lowering the relatively high technical threshold of anonymization processing, reducing the error rate, and improving the modification quality of anonymization. Moreover, the replacement is directly made to the image while the screen is captured without interfering with normal use of reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deyi Yu
  • Patent number: 10318149
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for performing a touch operation in a mobile device, the method includes: activating a target operation mode when monitoring a first target operation in a first user interface; mapping a first touch operation event occurring in a first position to a second touch operation event occurring in a second position in the target operation mode; and reporting the second touch operation event occurring in the second position to the first user interface for performing a corresponding operation. By mapping position in an operable area, operation on an area inoperable with one hand of user is realized, avoiding click-help from another hand and improving simplicity and efficiency of touch operations. Since there is no need to perform transformation operations such as zooming on first user interface, user can operate directly, reducing probability of error due to position error after transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui Sun
  • Patent number: 10321206
    Abstract: Present application discloses a method for switching an audio/video (AV) application, an apparatus and a smart TV. The method includes: receiving an instruction for switching to a target AV application; starting a preset intermediate interface and setting a AV application currently in use to be a background program, where a resource occupied by the intermediate interface is less than a resource occupied by the target AV application; and when the intermediate interface has been completely loaded, triggering the AV application, which has been set to be a background program, to release an AV decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenglong Liu, Zhiqiang Li
  • Patent number: 10303490
    Abstract: A method for startup of an embedded system includes: determining whether a current pre-loaded class is an inner class, before pre-loaded classes required for starting an embedded system are loaded in parallel using a plurality of threads; if so, then parsing the current pre-loaded class for recognizing a host class hosting the current pre-loaded class, and determining a thread for loading the host class; and loading the current pre-loaded class using the thread after loading the host class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Zang, Xinlu Wang
  • Patent number: 10296472
    Abstract: A method includes processing a plurality of descriptors received from an electronic device. Each descriptor corresponds to a function of the electronic device. The processing includes determining a virtual function device corresponding to execution of at least one function based on a successful matching of one or more of the received descriptors with one or more driver files corresponding to at least one of the plurality of functions. The method also includes communicating an operating command to the virtual function device corresponding to execution of the at least one function based on an indication that the at least one function is to be executed. The operating command causes the virtual function device corresponding to execution of the at least one function to be operated on the electronic device. Two or more functions of the plurality of functions associated with different resources of the electronic device are selectable for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao Ding
  • Patent number: 10291744
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for determining the radiation strength of a Wi-Fi signal, and the method includes: obtaining Wi-Fi signal sources, and signal strength values of the signal sources when a Wi-Fi function is enabled; and determining the radiation strengths of corresponding Wi-Fi signals according to the number of Wi-Fi signal sources, and the signal strength values of the respective signal sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zizhi Sun
  • Patent number: 10291891
    Abstract: The application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a laser projection device, the laser projection device being provided with a thermoinduction sensor on housing for acquiring an infrared signal in environment where the laser projection device is located, the method including: acquiring first signal outputted by the thermoinduction sensor in first moment and second signal outputted in current moment, the first moment being prior to the current moment, first signal and second signal being signals outputted by the thermoinduction sensor according to the infrared signal; determining a first signal change rate according to first difference between first signal and second signal and second difference between first moment and current moment; reading a preset signal change rate and a threshold signal; determining an operation mode of laser projection device according to magnitude relation of first signal change rate and preset signal change rate, second signal and threshold signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Zheng Li, Jichen Xiao
  • Patent number: 10284260
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a connection establishing unit and a power line communication module; wherein, the connection establishing unit is configured to establish power line connections; the power line communication module comprising: a listening unit is configured to listen to a data packet, transmitted over a power line, from the other electronic devices after the power line connections are established; and a broadcast unit is configured to broadcast data packets after the power line connections are established, and broadcast no data packet and keep silent upon detection on data packet from other electronic devices has been received in a preset time duration. With the technical solutions of the disclosure, electromagnetic conductive radiation and interference produced by the electronic device to other power consuming devices can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10284896
    Abstract: Disclosed are a smart TV controlling method and a smart TV thereof, the method including: determining currently running UI; obtaining key controlling policy for the currently running UI according to pre-stored mapping between UI and key controlling policy, the key controlling policy indicating adjustment for UI controlling keys; generating controlling instruction according to received key information sent from remote controlling device and key controlling policy for the currently running UI; and sending the controlling instruction to the currently running UI for the UI to perform operation associated with the controlling instruction. The key information sent from the remote controlling device is adaptable to different UIs according to different key controlling policies of different UIs, allowing operations associated with key information be adapted to the requirements of different UIs, so that appropriate adjustments are made to the current running UI according to the user's needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutai Lu
  • Patent number: 10274710
    Abstract: A rear-projection display system and a rear-projection screen are provided. The system includes a projector, N light path turning systems, and a rear-projection screen, wherein the rear-projection screen includes a collimation lens layer including a target region and a Fresnel lens region; the projector is configured to emit first projected light which is incident directly onto the Fresnel lens region, and emit second projected light which is incident onto the N light path turning system; and the N light path turning systems are configured to receive the second projected light from the projector, and to have the second projected light incident onto the target region at a first angle less than the emitting angle of the second projected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fei Zhao
  • Patent number: 10271092
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a television channel switching method and a television. The method includes: determining that a first channel being played enters into a no-signal state; displaying a commonly-used channel list, wherein the commonly-used channel list is determined according to a preset rule; and switching from the first channel to a second channel in the commonly-used channel list, wherein the second channel and the first channel are different channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongjian Zhao
  • Patent number: 10269308
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an apparatus and method for controlling liquid crystal display brightness, and a liquid crystal display device, where the method includes: determining grayscale values of pixels in a zone image data block under a predetermined rule according to a received image signal; pre-obtaining a zone backlight value corresponding to the zone image data block according to the grayscale values in the zone image data block; multiplying the pre-obtained a zone backlight value with a backlight value gain coefficient to obtain a backlight value to which a gain is applied of a backlight zone, wherein the backlight value gain coefficient is more than 1; and mapping the respective zone backlight values to driver circuits of backlight sources in the corresponding backlight zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Yang, Yuxin Zhang, Shunming Huang, Yujie Diao
  • Patent number: 10260709
    Abstract: A laser light source is provided. The laser light source includes: a laser device; a first color wheel and a second color wheel, on both of which there are corresponding color regions, wherein the laser device emits laser which illuminates the first color wheel and the second color wheel sequentially, and exits from the color regions on the second color wheel; a first marker and a second marker arranged respectively on the first and the second color wheels; a first sensor configured to detect the first marker, and to generate a first sense signal; a second sensor configured to detect the second marker, and to generate a second sense signal; and a control unit configured to synchronize the first color wheel and the second color wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rongrong Cui, Xinhong Lin, Jianfeng Li
  • Patent number: 10257481
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of electronic devices and particularly to a method and device for adjusting a projected image so as to adjust the problem of time-consuming and inaccurate manual adjustment of the image in the existing method for adjusting a projected image. The method according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: transmitting, by a projection device, to each zone in a projection range, positional information corresponding to the zone; receiving, by the projection device, position identifiers, transmitted by recognition devices located in space round a projection screen, the position identifiers determined by the recognition devices according to the positional information transmitted by the projection device; and adjusting, by the projection device, the projection range according to the position identifiers transmitted by the recognition devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jie Liu
  • Patent number: 10248012
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a laser speckle-removing optical component, including a beam-shrinking lens group and a diffusion sheet arranged on a laser emergent optical path, where the beam-shrinking lens group includes a first beam-shrinking lens and a second beam-shrinking lens, and the diffusion sheet is located between the first beam-shrinking lens and the second beam-shrinking lens, and a distance between the diffusion sheet and the first beam-shrinking lens is shorter than a focal length of the first beam-shrinking lens. The arrangement of the diffusion sheet between the first beam-shrinking lens and the second beam-shrinking lens is able to alleviate the accumulation phenomenon of dust particles on the diffusion sheet, therefore, alleviating light attenuation phenomenon, and prolonging the service life of the laser source. This disclosure also provides a double-color laser source, a three-color laser source and a laser projection equipment applying the above laser speckle-removing optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youliang Tian, Xianrong Liu, Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10248841
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for protecting an image based on face recognition, the method including: recognizing, by a smart terminal, at least one face image in an image; setting, by the smart terminal, a protection flag for the image, and storing the image, upon determining that one of the at least one face image in the image matches successfully with one of face images in a protection list stored in the smart terminal, wherein the protection flag is configured to protect the image from accidental deletion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xuejian Chang
  • Patent number: 10242226
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for capturing a screen on a mobile device, the method including: receiving, at the mobile device, a screen-capturing request for a current interface, where the current interface includes first data, and the first data includes personal information; and generating, according to screen-capturing request, a screen capture image for the current interface, where the first data in the current interface is replaced in the screen capture image with second data which is predefined. These embodiments avoid the need to manually mask an image by starting a dedicated image editing tool to anonymize a screen capture image, thereby significantly lowering the relatively high technical threshold of anonymization processing, reducing the error rate, and improving the modification quality of anonymization. Moreover, the replacement is directly made to the image while the screen is captured without interfering with normal use of reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deyi Yu