Patents Assigned to Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
  • Patent number: 8924220
    Abstract: In a multiband compressor 100, a level calculation unit 121 calculates a signal level inputted for each of bands, a gain calculation unit 122 calculates a gain value from the calculated signal level, and a gain limitation unit 130 limits a gain value by comparison with a gain value of the other band in a compressor for each band. With this configuration, provided is a multiband compressor capable of achieving a balance between the quality of sound and the effect of enhancing the sound level at a high level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Satoshi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8923833
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To share information in one of divided screens of a terminal device with members performing PoC communications. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A plurality of terminal devices used by the members performing PoC communications are included, and at least one of the screens partitioned and displayed by a screen dual-partitioning device 22 on a specific terminal device is shared with other terminal devices used by members performing PoC communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventors: Daisuke Kamachi, Takashi Moriyama
  • Patent number: 8914745
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable terminal and a display data editing method for the same capable of easily changing preliminarily stored display data to any expression preferable to the user. A display processor 3e1 controls the writing and read-out data in and out of a memory unit 5, and provides various displays on a display part 4 according to registered display data. An editing processor 3c edits the display data on a display and also collectively edits duplicated display data in response to key operation in a key entry unit 3c. A retrieving processor 3e3 retrieves any duplicated display data in the editing subject display data before change and after change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Minoru Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8914036
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a first wireless unit for carrying out cellular communication, and a second wireless unit for carrying out WLAN communication. A control unit carries out a power save operation that inactivates the WLAN communication function of these wireless communication functions. Location information for access points accessible by WLAN communication is stored in the storage unit. The control unit calculates distances between access points and the communication terminal and determines whether or not the communication terminal is within communication range of any of the access points by matching location information for the communication terminal obtained by the GPS unit and location information for the access points stored in the storage unit. When the access point is within communication range, the control unit gives notification by outputting the signal strength via a display unit and the like according to the distance to the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Kitani
  • Patent number: 8913767
    Abstract: There are provided a vibration film (21) having a piezoelectric element, a magnetic circuit (20) which generates magnetic force on the basis of a first electric signal and vibrates the vibration film (21) by the magnetic force; and an adjustment unit (31) which generates a second electric signal on the basis of the first electric signal and applies a voltage based on the second electric signal between both surfaces of the piezoelectric element. The amplitude of the entire vibration film (21) is expanded by making the vibration by the magnetic force, which is generated from the magnetic circuit (20), and the vibration, which is generated by application of a voltage to the piezoelectric element, synchronize with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventors: Yasuharu Onishi, Shigeo Sato, Jun Kuroda, Yukio Murata, Yuichiro Kishinami, Nobuhiro Kawashima, Motoyoshi Komoda
  • Patent number: 8914231
    Abstract: A mobile-side terminal apparatus of the present invention includes: a route information storing unit that stores route information related to a route that a user follows; a position acquiring unit that acquires a present position of the user; a display unit that displays the route information stored in the route information storing unit and the present position acquired by the position acquiring unit; and a position transmitting unit that performs transmission of the present position acquired by the position acquiring unit to another information processing device that stores the route information and displays the route information and the present position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Toshiaki Oda
  • Patent number: 8908094
    Abstract: A TV receiver is activated at the time of a transition to a standby condition of a mobile terminal (100) with the TV receiver, data on a standby screen saved beforehand is synthesized with data on a predetermined image, and the synthesized image is displayed. Thereafter, the predetermined image in the synthesized image is switched to, at a predetermined timing, a real-time TV image received by the TV receiver and the real-time TV image is displayed. Accordingly, an image is displayed on the standby screen even in a blank period that a TV image cannot be displayed well because of a preparation for displaying a TV image right after the transition to the standby condition, thereby promoting utilization of a TV broadcasting through the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Uno
  • Patent number: 8907819
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a key input unit including a plurality of keys or buttons. A plurality of key backlight LEDs are arranged right below or close to predetermined keys or buttons of the plurality of keys or buttons. The key backlight LEDs are capable of selecting and setting a plurality of colors for light emission. A light emission control unit provides a notification of a state of the portable electronic device with a lighting pattern of the plurality of key backlight LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Takayuki Kagami
  • Patent number: 8908379
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a rear case (12) that includes a quadrangular first opening (26) into which a part of a first electronic component (21) to be housed inside the rear case (12) is inserted, and a rear panel arranged at a position where the rear panel covers the first opening (26) of the rear case (12). The rear case (12) includes a recess portion (30) extending from an inner peripheral side of the first opening (26) toward an outer peripheral side of the first opening (26) at each corner of the first opening (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Eisuke Komaki
  • Patent number: 8902843
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 8896753
    Abstract: A camera-mounted cellular phone (1) comprises a camera sensor (3) which picks up an image, a switch (2) which is configured to switch and set at least equal to or more than two operation modes each corresponding to an image-pickup distance from the camera sensor (3) to an object, and an LED (4) which emits light together with an image-pickup. At the time of image-pickup, an image-pickup operation is performed by controlling a focal point of the camera sensor (3) in accordance with an operation mode switched and set by the switch (2), and the luminous brightness of the LED (4) is controlled in accordance with the operation mode switched and set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Keisuke Oozeki
  • Patent number: 8896155
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Oga
  • Patent number: 8892669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile phone provided with: a main body that can be put in a storage state or a usage state by changing the relative positions or relative orientations of a first unit and a second unit; a wireless communication unit (23) that transmits and receives email; a state detection unit (29) that detects whether the main body is in the storage state; a side key (24) that the user can press; a memory unit (28) that stores email information including email addresses and message bodies; and a control unit (20). The control unit measures how long the side key (24) is depressed, and if the state detection unit (29) has detected the storage state, then in accordance with the length of time for which the side key (24) was depressed, the control unit uses the wireless communication unit (23) to transmit, as an email, email information that is assigned to said length of time and stored in the memory unit (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Kenichi Ebara
  • Patent number: 8891422
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a communication device having information provision unit for providing information on a communication state; and a communication terminal including information acquisition unit for acquiring the information on the communication state, and wireless LAN communication unit for operating either in a station (STA) mode for connecting with an access point or in an AP mode for operating as the access point (AP) based on the acquired information. The communication terminal connects with the access point in the case that the communication terminal operates in the STA mode, and the communication device connects with the communication terminal in the case that the communication terminal operates in the AP mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Masahito Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8891641
    Abstract: In an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) modulated wave transmitter apparatus, a symbol mapping circuit and a serial/parallel (S/P) converter generate an OFDM symbol signal from transmission data. An inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) circuit, a parallel/serial (P/S) converting and guard interval (GI) adding circuit, a timing adjusting circuit, a digital/analog (D/A) converter, a frequency converter, a local oscillator and an analog filter generate an OFDM modulated wave signal from the OFDM symbol signal. A power amplifier (PA) control circuit limits a band of the OFDM symbol signal and generates a PS control signal and a PA control signal. A PA designates a voltage supplied from a DC/DC converter as a PS voltage and amplifies and outputs the OFDM modulated wave signal based on the PA control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Oga