Patents Assigned to Lenovo
  • Patent number: 11968605
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for aggregating HARQ feedback and sidelink retransmission procedure. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to cause the apparatus to transmit sidelink data to each of one or more UEs of a set of UEs and to receive SL feedback from each of the one or more UEs of the set of UEs, the sidelink feedback comprising HARQ feedback indicating a HARQ positive acknowledgement or a HARQ negative acknowledgement. Via the transceiver, the processor transmits an uplink message to a network entity, the uplink message comprising an aggregate of the received sidelink feedback from each of the one or more UEs of the set of UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick, Joachim Loehr, Karthikeyan Ganesan, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Patent number: 11968087
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, using a device repurposing system, at least one device, connected to a network comprising at least one other device, currently unused by a user; determining, using the device repurposing system, one or more attributes of the at least one device; identifying, using the device repurposing system and based upon the one or more attributes of the at least one device, at least one use for the at least one device within the network while the at least one device is unused, wherein the identifying is based upon requirements of the at least one use; and providing, using the device repurposing system, a recommendation to a user to employ the at least one device for the at least one use while the at least one device is unused by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: William Holroyd, Girishpurushottam Holabasappa Hoogar
  • Patent number: 11968519
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, at an audio provision system including at least one audio output device, an initiation of audio being provided via the at least one audio output device to a user; identifying and tracking, using at least one sensor of the audio provision system, a location of the user with respect to the at least one audio output device; and directing, using the audio provision system, audio provided by the at least one audio output device to the user, wherein the directing includes adjusting, based upon the location of the user, at least one attribute of the at least one audio output device, wherein the adjusting includes iteratively adjusting the at least one attribute as the location of the user changes. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Gary D Cudak, CheKim Chhuor, Nathan Peterson, John M Petersen
  • Patent number: 11968806
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; first and second heating elements in the chassis; and a cooling module absorbing the heat. The cooling module includes: a first vapor chamber connected to the first heating element; and a second vapor chamber connected to the second heating element. The first and second vapor chambers are placed adjacent to each other with a step therebetween. The first vapor chamber has a bridge that is a part of at least one of the two first metal plates, the bridge straddling the step and extending toward the second vapor chamber to be connected to a surface of the second vapor chamber. The bridge is not provided with the closed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Yusuke Onoue, Takuroh Kamimura, Akinori Uchino
  • Publication number: 20240126370
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a signal generation circuit and a vibration generator. The processor executes a program. The memory stores the program. The signal generation circuit generates a beep signal for generating a beep sound. The vibration generator generates the vibrations on the basis of the beep signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari Nishino, Xinmei Yang, Hidehisa Mori, Thixuanmai Tran
  • Patent number: 11960330
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body chassis and a display chassis that are rotatably connected at connecting edges via a hinge. The display chassis has a display, a back cover covering the rear face of the display, and a pair of reinforcing plates extending along edge walls, each reinforcing plate having a proximal end fixed to the back cover together with a connecting plate of the hinge at the connecting edge and having a front face fixed to the display and a rear face fixed to the back cover. The back cover includes a main plate having a curved shape that is convex toward rear; and an injection-molded resin frame around the main plate and having a flat surface. The reinforcing plates are fixed to the flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Hashikura
  • Patent number: 11963333
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a heat generating element provided in the chassis; and a cooling device that has a cooling fin, a heat pipe connecting the cooling fin and the heat generating element, and a pressing assembly pressing the heat pipe against the heat generating element, and is provided in the chassis. The heat pipe has: a heat absorbing section that absorbs heat generated by the heat generating element; and a thin plate section having a thickness which is smaller than that of the heat absorbing section. The pressing assembly has: a base assembly relatively fixed to the chassis; and a bridge section that is provided integrally with the base assembly and placed on a surface of the thin plate section in such a manner as to extend over the heat pipe in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Akinori Uchino, Shusaku Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 11963207
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for sidelink communication are disclosed. One method of a Tx/Rx UE comprises reserving resources for one or more sidelink (SL) data transmissions and resources for decoding result feedbacks corresponding to the one or more SL data transmissions; transmitting sidelink control information (SCI) to a second apparatus, which indicates the resources for the SL data transmissions; and receiving at least one of the decoding result feedback and a pre-emption indicator. Another method of a Tx/Rx UE comprises receiving SCI, which indicates resources for the SL data transmissions, from a first apparatus; and transmitting at least one of the decoding result feedback and a pre-emption indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Zhennian Sun, Lianhai Wu, Jing Han
  • Patent number: 11962389
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to artificial intelligence (AI) enabled beam management. A base station may notify a user equipment (UE) of an availability of AI-enabled beam management and provide configuration parameters for an AI algorithm. The UE may utilize the configuration parameters to configure an AI algorithm. The UE may process a first set of beams utilizing the configured AI algorithm to identify a second set of beams. The UE may notify the base station (and/or other network entity) of the second set of beams, and one or more beams of the second set of beams can be utilized for wireless communication between the UE and the base station and/or other network entity or UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ankit Bhamri, Ahmed Hindy, Ali Ramadan Ali
  • Patent number: 11962536
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data block transmissions. One method (1000) includes transmitting (1002) a data blocks frequency multiplexed in a time duration to a device, wherein: the data blocks are transmitted based on spatial information and a redundancy version sequence; each data block of the data blocks carries the same data varied based on a redundancy version indicated by the redundancy version sequence and occupies a same number of virtual resource blocks in a frequency domain; the data blocks are scheduled by a control channel, wherein the control channel is used to transmit information that indicates the redundancy version sequence of redundancy version sequences configured by high layer signaling; the spatial information is indicated in the control channel or is configured by high layer signaling; and a total number of data blocks of the data blocks is configured by high layer signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Wei Ling, Chenxi Zhu, Bingchao Liu
  • Patent number: 11961501
    Abstract: Noise reduction method and device are provided. The method includes: obtaining different audio signals respectively collected by two audio collection devices, where one of the two audio collection devices has a specific positional relationship with an effective audio source; at least according to the different audio signals respectively collected by the two audio collection devices, determining effective signals corresponding to the effective audio source and noise signals corresponding to a noise source and obtaining determination results; and performing a noise reduction process on the audio signals collected by at least one of the two audio collection devices to retain the effective signals and reduce the noise signals, according to the determination results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xueli Ban, Qihua Xiao, Yanbo Ni, Zhou Yu
  • Patent number: 11960696
    Abstract: A display method. The method includes dividing at least one underlying graphics sub-resource corresponding to a parameter of a split-screen instruction in an underlying graphics resource; generating at least one virtual display screen based on the parameter corresponding to the split-screen instruction and attribute information of a default virtual display screen of an electronic device; and displaying content in the at least one underlying graphics sub-resource on a display screen of the electronic device based on the attribute information of the at least one virtual display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Ke Wang
  • Patent number: 11963129
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a UE that receives a first configuration associated with a set of positioning reference signals, where the first configuration indicates a time and frequency resource for a positioning reference signal of the set of positioning reference signals. The UE also receives a second configuration that associates a positioning measurement of the positioning reference signal on the time and frequency resource, and receives one or more types of polarization associated with the first configuration and/or the second configuration. The UE also transmits a report indicating the one or more types of polarization associated with the positioning measurement of the positioning reference signal on the time and frequency resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Sher Ali Cheema, Majid Ghanbarinejad, Robin Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240121797
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring DCI. The method includes: receiving a DCI from a BS, wherein the DCI includes an indicator; determining one or more sensing beams used by the BS to perform a LBT procedure according to the indicator and a higher layer signaling; and determining one or more transmission beams used by the BS to transmit PDCCH according to the indicator and the higher layer signaling, wherein the one or more transmission beams are within a spatial region of a CO initiated by the BS after completing the directional LBT with the one or more sensing beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Haipeng Lei
  • Publication number: 20240121829
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for small data transmission in random access. One embodiment of the subject application provides a method performed by a user equipment, including determining an association among a first random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO), a preamble, and a second RO, and receiving an random access response (RAR) in an Msg2 at least according to the second RO in response to transmitting the preamble in the first RO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yuantao Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Zhi Yan, Yingying Li, Haiming Wang
  • Publication number: 20240121916
    Abstract: A heat radiation structure includes a mesh that abuts on a surface of a die, and a vapor chamber that interposes the mesh between the surface of the die and the vapor chamber. The mesh includes a heat generation element abutting range portion that is provided at a central portion of the mesh, is impregnated with a liquid metal, and abuts on the surface of the die to receive heat, and a pair of heat generation element non-abutting range portions that continuously extends from both sides of the heat generation element abutting range portion and does not abut on the surface of the die. Each of the pair of heat generation element non-abutting range portions is fixed to the vapor chamber via a sheet material. Each of a pair of the heat generation element non-abutting range portions is interposed between a pair of the sheet materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Ryota Watanabe, Junki Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20240121909
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes: a fan having a motor that rotates around a central axis, and a plurality of blades provided on an outer periphery of the motor; and a casing which accommodates the fan, and has an intake port provided in the axial direction of the central axis, and an exhaust port provided in a direction orthogonal to the central axis, wherein an end surface of each of the plurality of blades that faces the intake port is provided with an inclined portion that inclines such that a height thereof in the axial direction gradually decreases toward the motor, and the plurality of blades include a plurality of blade groups having different start point positions at which the inclined portions start to incline in a direction from the tips of the blades toward the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Junki Hashiba, Shusaku Tomizawa, Takateru Adachi
  • Publication number: 20240118479
    Abstract: A keyboard unit includes a plurality of keytops; a baseplate supporting the plurality of keytops; and a light-emitting module having a light guide plate, a first flexible sheet covering a first surface of the light guide plate, and a second flexible sheet covering a second surface of the light guide plate opposite to the first surface of the light guide plate, wherein the light-emitting module is disposed on the baseplate such that the first flexible sheet is between the baseplate and the light guide plate, a hole is formed in the light-emitting module through the light guide plate, the first flexible sheet, and the second flexible sheet, and at a periphery of the hole, the second flexible sheet is fixed to the baseplate to form a continuous barrier from the second surface of the light guide plate to the baseplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagase, Satoshi Douzono
  • Publication number: 20240121832
    Abstract: A method for performing random access includes: performing a 2-step RA procedure with a BS (S401); receiving a fallback RAR from BS (S404); performing a 4-step RA procedure with BS (S405); and associating a 2-step RA information of the 2-step RA procedure with a 4-step RA information of the 4-step RA procedure (S407).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Le Yan, Haiming Wang, Mingzeng Dai, Lianhai Wu, Congchi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11956747
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining mobile network policy freshness. One method includes accessing a first policy associated with a first mobile network, a first policy identifier, and a freshness parameter. The method includes determining, based on the freshness parameter, whether the first policy is fresh. The method includes transmitting a registration message to a second mobile network. The registration message includes the first policy identifier in response to determining that the first policy is not fresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Dimitrios Karampatsis, Apostolis Salkintzis, Genadi Velev