Patents Assigned to Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
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Publication number: 20150043324Abstract: A transmission device has an inverse fast Fourier transform converter (first circuit) that acquires plural multi-value symbol data each of which is assigned to a dedicated subcarrier, and generates waveform data on the basis of the acquired plural multi-value symbol data, and a digital frequency converter (second circuit) that shifts frequency of the waveform data generated by the inverse fast Fourier transform converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Toshiyuki OGA
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Publication number: 20150042282Abstract: In an electric power supply system, a plurality of batteries (405, 406) are connected in series by a switch group (402 to 404, 407 to 409), and a higher voltage and a lower voltage are output through a terminal and a VOL terminal, respectively, and are respectively converted in the voltage thereof by two step-down DC-DC inverters (105, 106). During a discharge operation upon a serial connection, remaining content of the batteries is measured in a period other than the period of discharge from the batteries (105, 106), and the connection mode of the serial connection is controlled based on the remaining content, to control the discharge of the respective batteries up to the discharge capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)Inventor: Toshiyuki OGA
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Patent number: 8953545Abstract: This invention relates with a method for detecting a downlink control structure for carrier aggregation in communication network in which data transmission is scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). An UE receives higher layer signaling enabling carrier aggregation for the UE. The UE reads the PDCCHs of component carriers (CCs), wherein the downlink control information (DCI) in the PDCCHs of each CC is read according to one of a plurality of predefined formats derived from the higher layer signaling.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Boon Loong Ng
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Patent number: 8954123Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make an inclination angle of a mobile type electronic device held surely without increasing components of the mobile type electronic device. A connector 201 is exposed on a surface of a chassis 102 of a cellular phone 101, and a cover member 103 covers the connector 201 to protect it. A plurality of cover members 103 are made of a non-slip member respectively, and are arranged at a corner 105 where at least two surfaces of the chassis 102 intersect. When the cellular phone 101 leans against a floor and a wall 202 in a state that the cellular phone 101 leans at a predetermined angle, the cellular phone 101 is held at the inclination angle through making the cover members 103 touch the floor and the wall 202 respectively. A television image or the like displayed on a display 104 is watched from a direction of an arrow A side.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Kensaku Suzuki
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Patent number: 8948083Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing the power consumed by mobile communication terminal having a wireless LAN connection function. When a data communication operation is started, a control unit determines whether a connection to a wireless LAN is available, and if so, detects the battery remaining amount in a battery unit. If the battery remaining amount is equal to or greater than a first threshold, data communication is performed through the wireless LAN connection. When the battery remaining amount is smaller than the first threshold, a screen for recommending connection through cellular communication is displayed on a display unit. When the battery remaining amount becomes smaller than a second threshold, which is smaller than the first threshold, a power source control unit performs a predetermined power saving operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Hideaki Aihara
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Patent number: 8949927Abstract: There is described a method and apparatus for managing security for a connection between a user device and a communications network comprising at least one base station and a core network. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving at the core network security capability information for the user device connecting to the communications network. Security capability information for the base station is then obtained from memory or from the base station itself. The security capability information for the user device and the security capability information for the base station is then processed in the core network to select a security policy for a connection between the user device and the base station and the selected security policy is transmitted to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Robert Arnott, Francesca Serravalle, Jagdeep Singh Ahluwalia
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Patent number: 8948140Abstract: A base station (20) and a mobile station (10) preliminarily register a transmission cycle of a CQI associated with every free space, in which channelization codes are not defined in a channelization code set of an HS-SCCH. In the case of setting of the transmission cycle of the CQI, the base station (20) transmits identification information of the free spaces associated with the transmission cycle to be set up to the mobile station (10) by the HS-SCCH. When the identification information of the free space is received by the HS-SCCH, the mobile station (10) transmits the CQI to the base station (20) at the transmission cycle associated with the free space.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Ayumu Yagihashi
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Patent number: 8941745Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus comprises: a first camera unit for capturing an image of a subject; a second camera unit for capturing an image of the camera operator or an image of an object possessed by the camera operator; an activation control unit; an operation recognizing unit; and an image capture control unit. The activation control unit controls, in response to an activation instruction, the second camera unit to start an image capture operation and sequentially generate still-image data. The operation recognizing unit compares, in response to an instruction to start the image capture operation, still-image data, specifically, current still-image data and the previous still-image data. If the current still-image data have varied relative to the previous still-image data, the image capture control unit controls the first camera unit to capture an image of the subject to generate image capture data.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Yasuhiro Tajima
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Patent number: 8942118Abstract: A mobile communication terminal 10 receives “HCS_PRIO” of a notice data (System Information Block Type 3) of a base station 1 or 3, and determines whether the terminal 10 is present “indoor” and is in “a stationary state or a state moving at a low speed” based on the receiving result. Since there is a high possibility that the terminal 10 is connectable with a wireless LAN when the terminal 10 is present “indoor” and is in “a stationary state or a state moving at a low speed”, the terminal 10 sets a period for monitoring arrival of a beacon signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Yoshiaki Omori
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Patent number: 8941606Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, and a controlling unit which detects a user touch operation of drawing a circular trajectory on the touch panel and a size of a circular portion surrounded by the circular trajectory on the touch panel, calculates an aspect ratio of the circular portion with reference to the longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction on the touch panel, inputs the calculated aspect ratio of the circular portion as control information of the electronic device, and changes a setting value of the electronic device according to the input aspect ratio of the circular portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Toshihiko Fujibayashi
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Patent number: 8942124Abstract: A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), for transmitting Buffer Status Reporting (BSR) information from the UE to a base station (BS) in a wireless telecommunication network, includes storing data to be transmitted, via a logical channel, in a transmission buffer, the logical channel being provided with a priority level and a specific Prioritized Bit Rate (PBR) parameter indicating a resource level to allocate to the UE for transmitting the stored data, wherein the BSR information represents an amount of data present in the transmission buffer of the UE, receiving new uplink data belonging to a logical channel for which no data already existed in the UE transmission buffer, and transmitting Buffer Status Reporting information upon receipt of the new uplink data.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Pierre Marchand, Christophe Rosik
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Patent number: 8937925Abstract: A mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations and a plurality of core network nodes are distributed in a plurality of areas, wherein a source base station or a mobile station in a handover procedure of the mobile station transmits information for selecting a core network node to a target base station.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Sadafuku Hayashi
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Patent number: 8934878Abstract: An information distribution service system includes a mobile terminal device with a communication part and another terminal device connected to the mobile terminal device via the communication part. The mobile terminal device includes a server function part that provides information to another terminal device; an email control part that sends information, regarding an access method for accessing the information with another terminal device, to another terminal device via an email; and a server access control part that operates the server function part so as to start processing for providing the information when another terminal device makes an access according to the access method.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Kaoru Uchida
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Patent number: 8933849Abstract: A slide type portable wireless device includes: a first housing; a second housing which slides relative to the first housing, and is positioned at either of a first relative position and a second relative position different from the first relative position; an antenna element which is embedded in the first housing; and a plurality of parasitic elements which are provided in the second housing, and includes first and second parasitic elements capacity coupled with the antenna element. The first parasitic element faces the antenna element at the first relative position. The second parasitic element faces the antenna element at the second relative position.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Kazuhiro Kurihara
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Patent number: 8925152Abstract: A folding portable device in which a first case and a second case are foldably connected and which can be opened by a simple operation even when a thickness of the case is reduced includes support means for supporting the first case with respect to the second case in a relatively displaceable manner within a specified range and opening assistance means of which an open lock is unlocked when the first case is displaced more than a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Daisuke Ejima
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Patent number: 8928534Abstract: An electronic apparatus capable of thinning and miniaturizing without causing degradation of antenna characteristics and impairment of operability and its manufacturing method are provided. An electronic apparatus includes: an upper case; a lower case which is connected to the upper case so that the lower case can slide against the upper case; a storage unit placed on a face of the lower case side of the upper case; an antenna stored in the storage unit; and a slot placed on a face of the upper case side of the lower case, wherein the slot has a shape which can store at least part of the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Yoshiyuki Ide
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Patent number: 8929222Abstract: A cellular communications system is provided in which a user device selects a cell with which to register based on whether or not a candidate cell can provide an emergency call service. This determination is preferably determined having reference to a radio access technology associated with the candidate cell and, where the cell is an E-UTRA cell, having reference to information provided in system information output by the cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Christophe Rosik
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Patent number: 8922696Abstract: This portable terminal comprises a main unit having a microphone, a key operation unit, and a radio sending/receiving function of image and sound, a rotation axial unit having a video camera and an operation dial, an image display unit with a touch panel capable of displaying an image taken by the video camera, a received image and a screen for input operation, and a flip unit having the image display unit, a CCD camera, a speaker and an operation button. The rotation axial unit further includes an opening/shutting axis for connecting the main unit and the flip unit in a mutually rotatable way and a rotation axis for connecting the flip unit in a way of rotating the flip unit across the above rotation in the horizontal direction, and when the flip unit is opened and rotated across, it is used as a video camera with a monitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Junichiro Shibata, Shuuji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8923308Abstract: The invention provides for telecommunications user equipment including network access control means operative responsive to control parameters and further including a subscriber module accessible remote from the user equipment and arranged to store the said control parameters for use by the said access control means, and wherein the subscriber module can comprise a mobile equipment offering gateway functionality such as between a public access network and a local IP link.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Frederick Ah Chuen Fok, Alina Ciotta
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Patent number: 8923214Abstract: In order to cope with changes of communication environments of subcarriers and effectively use the subcarrier with channel quality information in a wireless communication system, a base station identifies a condition of a communication environment between the base station and a mobile station based upon channel quality information transmitted from the mobile station and maps transmission information on control of communication selectively to a specified subcarrier used for transmission based upon the identified condition of the communication environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)Inventor: Koichi Tamura