Patents Assigned to Lenovo
  • Patent number: 9594400
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body and an input body. The main body has a display unit and a first contact portion rotatably connected to the display unit. The first contact portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one part of the first contact portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the display unit. The input body includes a second contact portion with a contact surface. When the input body is detachably connected to the main body, the display unit is operable to rotate with respect to the input body, and the contact surface of the second contact portion is operable to engage with the first or second surfaces of the first contact portion by surface-to-surface contacting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenglang Li, Peng Bai
  • Patent number: 9596471
    Abstract: For bit rate adjustment based on ambient interference levels, an apparatus determines an ambient interference level of ambient interference. In addition, the apparatus modifies a bit rate of a lossy compressed data stream in response to the ambient interference level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose, Grigori Zaitsev
  • Patent number: 9596117
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Oga
  • Patent number: 9594893
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at a touch sensitive surface of an information handling device, user input including at least one multi-touch input; said detecting comprising detecting two or more substantially simultaneous user inputs to the touch sensitive surface; associating, using a processor, a number with the at least one multi-touch input; determining, using the processor, if the user input matches expected user input; and responsive to determining a match, authenticating a user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, James Anthony Hunt, David Rivera, Peter Carlson Rane
  • Patent number: 9594970
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 9590855
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to automatically configuring a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) device port in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) network environment. One embodiment includes sending, by a virtual machine (VM) in an EVB network, a message to a device that implements TRILL protocol. The device communicates with a table using the message. Network information is obtained from the table by the device. A port for the device is automatically configured based on the network information. The device has the TRILL protocol either enabled or disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zang Li, Tamanna Z. Sait, Venkatesan Selvaraj, Liu Zhi Yong
  • Patent number: 9588927
    Abstract: An interface switching control method, a portable terminal and a portable mobile device using the method are disclosed. The method is applied in a portable terminal including a first device and a second device. The first device is connected to a shared device via a first interface, and the second device is connected to the shared device via a second interface. The portable terminal has a first state in which the first device and the second device are connected, and a second state in which the first device and the second device are disconnected. The method includes detecting a state of the portable terminal; and when the detection result indicates that the portable terminal is in the first state, controlling the first interface to be in an enabled state and controlling the second interface to be in a disabled state. The method achieves a real-time switching control over the interfaces for the shard device, and optimizes the interface control for the hybrid-system portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Guangbin Li
  • Patent number: 9591795
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one grip mechanism of a rework nozzle configured to grip an electrical component that is soldered to a printed circuit board. The apparatus includes at least one spring coupled to at least one grip mechanism, where the spring is configured to move beyond a minimum threshold in response to an initiation of a melt of a solder that attaches the electrical component to the printed circuit board. The apparatus includes at least one sensor coupled to at least one spring, where the sensor is configured to detect the move of at least one spring beyond the minimum threshold. At least one sensor is configured to communicate at least one activate signal in response to detection of the move of one or more springs beyond the minimum threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Willie Theodore Davis, Jr., Michk Huang, Matthew Stephen Kelly
  • Patent number: 9588831
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, by a management console managing a server, a request to perform an operation on the server, determining that performance of the operation is associated with a deterministic failure in the server, and blocking performance of the operation by the management console, thereby preventing an occurrence of the deterministic failure in the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Manjunath B. Muttur, Alexander J. Stundzia, Deepti S. Umarani
  • Patent number: 9588857
    Abstract: When a media error occurs on a storage device of a number of storage devices of a redundant array, the logical stripe of data affected by the media error is determined. A portion of non-volatile memory is reserved and the logical stripe is backed up to this portion of non-volatile memory. A read request is subsequently serviced from the non-volatile memory and not from the storage devices. When a write request is received, it is first serviced to the storage devices. If successful, then the previously reserved portion of non-volatile memory is freed up, and subsequent requests are serviced using the storage devices. If unsuccessful, then the write request is serviced using the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Louie, Ernest N. Mandese, Joaquin F. Pacheco
  • Publication number: 20170060797
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided, the information processing method includes: detecting a version parameter of a first USB device connected to an electronic device; detecting a display resolution of the electronic device; determining whether the version parameter and the display resolution meet a predetermined conflict condition; and adjusting the display resolution of the electronic device in a case that the version parameter and the display resolution meet the predetermined conflict condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuang HAN
  • Publication number: 20170064857
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a system and method to enable and support vertical installation of a rack server midplane. The system is comprised of two primary components, including a guide and a bracket. The guide is secured to a server chassis, and is sized to receive the bracket. Upon receipt of the bracket, the bracket is held in position by the guide. The bracket is configured to frictionally hold the midplane in position. Installation of the bracket with the midplane within the chassis includes a direct installation of the bracket to the guide and an indirect installation of the midplane to the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David J. Jensen, Brian Kerrigan, Brian A. Trumbo
  • Publication number: 20170063868
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The control method for the electronic device includes: acquiring a call instruction; calling a target application to acquire collection data; acquiring a security label, in a case that the target application operates in a first operating mode; storing the acquired collection data based on the security label, as a collection data with the security label, wherein the collection data with the security label is in an accessible state when a first access authority is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyang Zhao, Yang Zhang, Jinxuan Cui
  • Publication number: 20170060336
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The method comprises obtaining display parameters of the display unit; determining a refresh rate of the display unit based on the display parameters; setting a first period and a second period in the refresh cycle; and generating a first control instruction to control the electronic device to refresh the touch detection unit while stopping refreshing the display unit during the first period of each refresh cycle, so as to enable the touch detection unit to detect a touch operation, and control the electronic device to refresh the display unit during the second period of each refresh cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Minggui QIAN, Nan LIN
  • Publication number: 20170060347
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device where the method includes determining current time information associated with the current time; and adjusting, based on the current time information, a display parameter of a first interactive object; wherein the first interactive object is an interactive object being operatively presented on a display unit of an electronic device and used to set a time-related parameter of the electronic device. The information processing method and the electronic device solve the technical problem that the currently displayed time cannot reflect the current true time in some cases, and achieve the technical effect of accurately and intuitively displaying the current true time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuekui Li
  • Patent number: 9583113
    Abstract: An approach is provided for creating a digital representation of an analog sound. The approach retrieves a number of digital sound data streams with each of the digital sound data streams corresponding to an orientation angle of the digital sound data streams with respect to one another. The digital representation of the analog sound is generated by processing the digital sound data streams and their corresponding orientation angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert J. Kapinos
  • Patent number: 9582089
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, there provides an input device, a touch screen, and a user device, in order to increase the sensitivity of signal detection. The present invention relates to the field of signal detection. The input device comprises: a detection unit, a controller, and at least two sensors, wherein the detection unit corresponds to the at least two sensors, the at least two sensors are connected to the controller, and the at least two sensors correspond to at least two input types of the input device. The detection unit is configured to detect an input signal. The sensors are configured to determine the corresponding input type of the input signal after receiving the input signal detected by the detection unit. The controller is configured to control connections and disconnections between the at least two sensors and the detection unit. The embodiment of the present invention is used for signal detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Guang Yang, Chao Xu
  • Patent number: D780198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing Cao
  • Patent number: D780745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Boyu Cui
  • Patent number: D780750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fei Yu