Patents by Inventor Chengxing Gao

Chengxing Gao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10735578
    Abstract: Methods for unlocking a mobile terminal can include capturing a face image of a user through a front-facing camera of the mobile terminal in response to a sliding action applied to a sliding module on the mobile terminal; and unlocking the mobile terminal by using the captured face image as a key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoqin Lin, Zheng Yan, Yudong Chang, Yuning Li, Chengxing Gao
  • Publication number: 20200128124
    Abstract: Methods for unlocking a mobile terminal can include capturing a face image of a user through a front-facing camera of the mobile terminal in response to a sliding action applied to a sliding module on the mobile terminal; and unlocking the mobile terminal by using the captured face image as a key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoqin LIN, Zheng YAN, Yudong CHANG, Yuning LI, Chengxing GAO
  • Publication number: 20180338029
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for switching a display mode in the mobile terminal field. The method includes: obtaining a first display mode of an operating system; and when the first display mode of the operating system is a night mode, switching a second display mode of an application to an application night mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenxi WANG, Chengxing GAO, Zheng YAN
  • Patent number: 10129044
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a smart device. The method includes: when a screen of the terminal is locked and it is determined that a user performs a first preset operation on a control key on the lock screen of the terminal, acquiring information regarding at least one smart device through a preset smart-home Internet-of-Things (IoT) protocol and displaying the acquired information on a control interface of the terminal; and when it is detected that the user performs a second preset operation related to a smart device displayed on the control interface, controlling, according to the second preset operation, the smart device through the smart-home IoT protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Mingxue Kangshang, Ying Wang, Chengxing Gao
  • Publication number: 20170322689
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for multi-task management by a computing device. One method for multi-task management may include: receiving an operation signal for triggering display of a multi-task management interface; acquiring every running application on the computing device; acquiring, for each of the running applications, cached cache pages related to the application; displaying collections of previews for the running applications in the multi-task management interface, a collection of previews for an application being used to aggregate and display cache pages related to the application; and acquiring a selected cache page, controlling an application corresponding to the selected cache page to run in the foreground, and controlling the application to initially display the selected cache page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yin ZHU, Qiaozhuo CHEN, Xiaochuang LU, Fan BU, Zhenzhou LU, Chengxing GAO
  • Patent number: 9489518
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a screen of a device, including: detecting an inputting operation on the device for inputting an unlock password, the inputting operation causing one character to be inputted to the device; performing, in response to the detecting, a comparison to determine whether all input characters corresponding to a password indicator displayed on the screen match a preset password; and unlocking the screen of the device if it is determined that all the input characters corresponding to the password indicator match the preset password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Chengxing Gao, Weixing Li, Tao Peng
  • Publication number: 20160226674
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a smart device. The method includes: when a screen of the terminal is locked and it is determined that a user performs a first preset operation on a control key on the lock screen of the terminal, acquiring information regarding at least one smart device through a preset smart-home Internet-of-Things (IoT) protocol and displaying the acquired information on a control interface of the terminal; and when it is detected that the user performs a second preset operation related to a smart device displayed on the control interface, controlling, according to the second preset operation, the smart device through the smart-home IoT protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mingxue KANGSHANG, Ying Wang, Chengxing Gao
  • Publication number: 20140223189
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a screen of a device, including: detecting an inputting operation on the device for inputting an unlock password, the inputting operation causing one character to be inputted to the device; performing, in response to the detecting, a comparison to determine whether all input characters corresponding to a password indicator displayed on the screen match a preset password; and unlocking the screen of the device if it is determined that all the input characters corresponding to the password indicator match the preset password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Chengxing Gao, Weixing Li, Tao Peng