Patents Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
  • Publication number: 20230297144
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display having a folding region that is folded according to relative rotation of a first chassis and a second chassis and a sheet-shaped member fixed to cover a rear surface of the display. In the sheet-shaped member, a first slit row including a plurality of first slits arranged at equal intervals along a Y direction and a second slit row including a plurality of second slits arranged at equal intervals along an X direction are provided. A plurality of first slit rows and a plurality of the second slit row are provided at equal intervals along the X direction and the Y direction. In a first pattern formed by the first slit row and the second slit row, the first slit and the second slit form an intermittent lattice shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 11761467
    Abstract: For screw release, an apparatus includes a boss, a screw secured to the boss, and a force release component connected to one of the boss and the screw. The force release component releases a portion of the screw from the boss in response to a specified force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip Jakes
  • Patent number: 11762501
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit; a touch panel configured to detect a touch position at which a touch operation is performed on the display unit; a function setting module configured to set at least one area of a first area functioning as a touch screen and a second area functioning as a precision touch pad with respect to a touch panel area where the touch panel is formed; and a polling rate setting module configured to raise a polling rate in an area where the second area is set in the touch panel area when the second area is set for the touch panel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Shigematsu, Seiichi Kawano, Ryohta Nomura, Yoshitsugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11763509
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an animation includes obtaining a static source image of a source face; capturing, by an image capturing device, a driving video of a human; determining whether a driving face, of the human, is present in each of the video frames; measuring a driving face position and a driving face size in a calibration reference frame of the driving video; generating each of one or more modified video frames based on the calibration reference frame and each of one or more subsequent video frames; and outputting, for each of the driving video frames, the source image in response to determining that the driving face is not present, and outputting the source image and the modified video frame in response to determining that the driving face is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikhwan Mohammad Iqbal, Qiang Yao
  • Patent number: 11762418
    Abstract: A foldable device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a foldable frame that includes a hinge assembly that defines a folding axis offset from a center of the foldable frame; and a foldable display supported by the foldable frame and operatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Alden Rose, Hallie MacEldowney, Aaron M. Stewart
  • Patent number: 11762203
    Abstract: A headset can include a frame; a display assembly supported by the frame; a motion sensor that generates motion data responsive to motion of the frame; and circuitry that generates a frame fit signal via the motion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard J. Locker, Mengnan Wang
  • Patent number: 11765568
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining remote unit behavior parameters. One method includes receiving a message including parameters associated with an application in a remote unit. The method includes determining a first set of parameters including a first portion of the parameters, wherein each parameter of the first set of parameters corresponds to a remote unit behavior. The method includes determining a second set of parameters including a second portion of the parameters, wherein each parameter of the second set of parameters corresponds to a service behavior. The method includes associating the second set of parameters with a data network name, a single network slice selection assistance information, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Genadi Velev, Dimitrios Karampatsis, Apostolis Salkintzis, Andreas Kunz
  • Patent number: 11765745
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting information that indicates a change in system information. One method includes determining a change corresponding to system information occurring after a first modification period boundary. The method includes transmitting information in downlink control information that indicates the change corresponding to the system information. The information is transmitted before a second modification period boundary, and the change comprises a modification to a master information block, a modification to a system information block, a modification to scheduling information, or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick, Hyejung Jung, Joachim Loehr, Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Ravi Kuchibhotla, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11762960
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for secure file distribution. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to divide a file that is intended for a recipient into a plurality of portions. The code is executable by the processor to associate each of the plurality of portions with a different one of the recipient's electronic devices. The code is executable by the processor to assemble the plurality of portions of the file for the recipient in response to authenticating the recipient on each of the recipient's electronic devices that is associated with a portion of the plurality of portions of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan C. Lee, Philip L. Childs
  • Publication number: 20230287929
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis which is adjacent to the first chassis; a hinge device which so connects the first chassis and the second chassis as to be rotationally movable relative to each other between a first posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are so folded as to mutually overlap in a surface normal direction and a second posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are mutually arrayed in a direction which is vertical to the surface normal direction; and a display which is so installed as to range from the first chassis to the second chassis and has a folding region which is folded in accordance with relative rotational movement of the first chassis and the second chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Yalu Liu, Tabito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20230289014
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display section; a touch sensor section which is arranged on a screen of the display section and detects touching of a manipulation medium on the screen; a denoising filter part which acquires first detected position data on the manipulation medium on the screen detected at predetermined detection intervals in response to touching of the manipulation medium on the screen, denoises the first detected position data on the basis of the first detected position data and thereby generates second detected position data; and an input processing part which acquires the second detected position data that the denoising filter part generates and makes the display section display a movement locus of the manipulation medium that the manipulation medium is moved on the screen in a state of touching on the screen on the basis of the second detected position data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Qiang Yao
  • Publication number: 20230288964
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis member; a second chassis member that is adjacent to the first chassis member and relatively rotatably connected to the first chassis member; a first plate that is supported by the first chassis member; a second plate that is supported by the second chassis member and aligned with a gap between the first plate and the second plate; a display that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and has a first region fixed to a front surface of the first plate, a second region fixed to a front surface of the second plate, and a folding region capable of being folded and provided to straddle a gap between the first region and the second region; and a first fastening portion that fixes the first plate to the first chassis member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Daisuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230289484
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores a program of an Operating System (OS); a first processor which executes processing based on the program of the OS stored in the memory; a display unit which displays display information according to processing based on the program of the OS; a sensor for detecting distance to and position of one or more persons present within a predetermined range in a direction to face a display surface of the display unit; and a second processor which acquires detection results of the sensor to execute processing based on the acquired detection results. The first processor performs user authentication processing for determining whether or not to allow use of at least some of functions of the OS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230288967
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis member that has a first edge portion; a second chassis member that has a second edge portion adjacent to the first edge portion, and is adjacent to the first chassis member; a hinge device that connects the first chassis member and the second chassis member so as to be relatively rotatable between a first posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are laminated so as to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a second posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the surface normal direction; and a cover component that is disposed so as to straddle the first edge portion and the second edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Takehito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
  • Publication number: 20230289195
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory which temporarily stores a program of an Operating System (OS); a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the OS; and a second processor which detects a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit. When the face area is no longer detected from a state where the face area is detected by the second processor, the first processor performs first processing to limit use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where the face area is not detected has lasted for a predetermined first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20230288960
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis which has a first frame member; a second chassis which has a second frame member which is adjacent to the first frame member and is adjacent to the first chassis; a display which is supported to the first chassis and the second chassis; and a hinge device which so connects the first chassis and the second chassis as to be rotationally movable relative to each other between a first posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are so folded as to mutually overlap in a surface normal direction and a second posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are mutually arrayed in a direction which is vertical to the surface normal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Daisuke Takahashi, Takehito Yamauchi, Yalu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230292565
    Abstract: A display assembly includes: a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region; a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body, and supports the display body on a first surface; a control board that performs display control of the display body; and a wire that connects the display body and the control board. The display body has an extended portion that extends a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11758672
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis accommodating a first electronic component; a second chassis accommodating a second electronic component; a hinge connecting the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a flexible board connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from adjacent ends of the first and second chassis in the direction toward the first chassis, the first folded portion being folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 11758393
    Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative apparatuses, methods, and program products. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor, a network interface, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code receives signed keys from a computing device over a network via the network interface. The signed keys include a key signed by a mobile device associated with the computing device and the signed keys were generated responsive to a first key agreement protocol configured to provide one of forward secrecy protection and time-based expiration. The code authenticates the received signed keys responsive to prior knowledge of public keys associated with at least one of the computing device and the mobile device according to a second key agreement protocol configured to provide one of forward secrecy protection and time-based expiration and code that initiates a communication between the processor and the device responsive to the received signed keys being authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Stolbikov, John M. Petersen, Gary D. Cudak, Nathan Peterson
  • Patent number: 11755072
    Abstract: An information processing device that controls a display in two or more display areas, which do not overlap one another and include at least a first display area and a second display area, is provided. The information processing device includes: a display mode switching unit that switches between: a first display mode in which the display areas are controlled as one combined display area, and a second display mode in which the display is controlled as two display areas of at least the first display area and the second display area; and a display control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Tatsumi Nagasawa, Noritoshi Yoshiyama, Kyoko Kawamura