Patents by Inventor Dayong Gan
Dayong Gan 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).
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Patent number: 9952708Abstract: An electronic device includes a transparent display, a display controller; configured to control the transparent display to display content; a first adjustable optical panel, arranged on a first surface of the transparent display; and an adjustable optical panel controller, configured to control states of the first adjustable optical panel, wherein the first adjustable optical panel is transparent in a first state and the first adjustable optical panel is non-transparent in a second state.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Patent number: 9891816Abstract: A method and a mobile terminal for processing touch input are provided. The mobile terminal has a rectangular touch screen with long sides and short sides. The mobile terminal having two state: a first state in which only the short sides are parallel with a horizontal surface and a second state in which only the long sides are parallel with the horizontal surface. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a first direction as input by a touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the first state; triggering a first touch command in response to the gesture in the first direction; obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a second direction as input by the touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the second state, the second direction being the same as the first direction; and triggering the first touch command in response to the gesture in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE, LTD.Inventors: Dayong Gan, Lei Lv, Xiangtao Liu
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Patent number: 9728163Abstract: An electronic device and an operation mode switching method thereof are described. The operation mode switching method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, and the electronic device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The display unit has a first light-transmittance in the first operation mode and a second light-transmittance in the second operation mode such that the first high light-transmittance is higher than the second light-transmittance. The method includes detecting to obtain a trigger event; judging whether or not the trigger event satisfies a predefined condition to get a judgment result and, when the judgment result indicates that the trigger event satisfies the predefined condition, generating a switching instruction, and according to the switching instruction, switching the electronic device between the first operation mode and the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
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Patent number: 9696767Abstract: A command recognition method and electronic device using the method are described. The command recognition method includes obtaining at least two first contact points at side edge of the electronic device; determining a holding gesture with respect to the electronic device according to the at least two first contact points; obtaining at least one second contact point at which contact state is changed on a side edge of the electronic device in a predetermined time period; based on the holding gesture, the at least one second contact point and its corresponding contact state change, recognizing corresponding command. By use of the command recognition method, it can favorably achieve the recognition of the operation command with respect to the electronic device in the case that the number of keys in the electronic device (even no key) is reduced, thereby achieving effective control to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Patent number: 9436379Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a control method and an electronic device thereof. The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the electronic device. The control method comprises: detecting pressure imposed on a first surface of the electronic device; obtaining first pressure parameters of a first pressure and second pressure parameters of a second pressure, when the second pressure is detected in the first surface while the first pressure is detected in the first surface; according to settings of current application, generating a control instruction based on the first and second pressure parameters; and executing the control instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Publication number: 20160212256Abstract: An electronic device includes a transparent display, a display controller; configured to control the transparent display to display content; a first adjustable optical panel, arranged on a first surface of the transparent display; and an adjustable optical panel controller, configured to control states of the first adjustable optical panel, wherein the first adjustable optical panel is transparent in a first state and the first adjustable optical panel is non-transparent in a second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Dayong GAN
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Patent number: 9367156Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch-control method, apparatus and an electronic device. The touch-control method is applied to an electronic device which has a touch surface and a sensor. The touch-control method includes determining a first contact-area and a second contact-area based on the data acquired by the sensor, the first contact-area and the second contact-area being the area of the contact regions of the touch surface in contact with a pointing object at different time moments; based on the first contact-area and the second contact-area, determining a first instruction-determination-parameter associated with an area-variation amount; based on a pre-stored first correspondence-relationship between an instruction-determination-parameter interval and an instruction-sequence, determining and executing a first instruction-sequence which corresponds to the instruction-determination-parameter interval where the first instruction-determination-parameter locates.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Publication number: 20160054815Abstract: A method and a mobile terminal for processing touch input are provided. The mobile terminal has a rectangular touch screen with long sides and short sides. The mobile terminal having two state: a first state in which only the short sides are parallel with a horizontal surface and a second state in which only the long sides are parallel with the horizontal surface. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a first direction as input by a touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the first state; triggering a first touch command in response to the gesture in the first direction; obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a second direction as input by the touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the second state, the second direction being the same as the first direction; and triggering the first touch command in response to the gesture in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: DAYONG GAN, LEI LV, XIANGTAO LIU
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Publication number: 20160033993Abstract: A wearable device and an electric storage equipment are provided according to the present application. The wearable device includes a transparent window, a frame, a controller, and a sensor. A parameter of the wearing state of the wearable device can be acquired by the sensor, and a state of the frame can be controlled by the controller according to the parameter. When the wearable device is worn by the user, the frame is controlled to be in a first state to allow the frame to be invisible, and when the wearable device is not worn by the user, the frame is controlled to be in a second state to allow the frame to be visible or identifiable. The electric storage equipment may allow a transmittance of a set area to be switchable, thus, articles inside a casing can be observed without opening the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dayong GAN
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Patent number: 9245364Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable device and the display processing method thereof. The portable device comprises a first long side in the first dimension, a second short side in the second dimension, and a third side in the third dimension in the space, and the portable device comprises a first display unit in the plane formed by the first long side and the second short side. A first image is displayed on the first display unit. The display processing method comprises detecting the gesture operation of at least one side of the first long side, the second short side and the third side; generating an adjustment command according to the gesture operation; and adjusting the display effect of the first image according to the adjustment command.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Patent number: 9239678Abstract: A touch-input device and an electronic device and a cell phone are described and include a touch acquisition module with an input area to execute touch acquisition operations. The input area includes a first area and a second area. A pointing object location module is used to determine the start location of the touch operation according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module. A process module is used to calculate a first result indicating the coordinate of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the first area, and to calculate a second result indicating the movement of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiangtao Liu, Dayong Gan, Lei Lv, Rong Zhang, Ming Cai, Nan Wang
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Patent number: 9207861Abstract: A method and a mobile terminal for processing touch input are provided. The mobile terminal has a rectangular touch screen with long sides and short sides. The mobile terminal having two state: a first state in which only the short sides are parallel with a horizontal surface and a second state in which only the long sides are parallel with the horizontal surface. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a first direction as input by a touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the first state; triggering a first touch command in response to the gesture in the first direction; obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a second direction as input by the touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the second state, the second direction being the same as the first direction; and triggering the first touch command in response to the gesture in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Dayong Gan, Lei Lv, Xiangtao Liu
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Publication number: 20150287387Abstract: An electronic device and an operation mode switching method thereof are described. The operation mode switching method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, and the electronic device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The display unit has a first light-transmittance in the first operation mode and a second light-transmittance in the second operation mode such that the first high light-transmittance is higher than the second light-transmittance. The method includes detecting to obtain a trigger event; judging whether or not the trigger event satisfies a predefined condition to get a judgment result and, when the judgment result indicates that the trigger event satisfies the predefined condition, generating a switching instruction, and according to the switching instruction, switching the electronic device between the first operation mode and the second operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
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Patent number: 9093012Abstract: An electronic device and an operation mode switching method thereof are described. The operation mode switching method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, and the electronic device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The display unit has a first light-transmittance in the first operation mode and a second light-transmittance in the second operation mode such that the first high light-transmittance is higher than the second light-transmittance. The method includes detecting to obtain a trigger event; judging whether or not the trigger event satisfies a predefined condition to get a judgment result and, when the judgment result indicates that the trigger event satisfies the predefined condition, generating a switching instruction, and according to the switching instruction, switching the electronic device between the first operation mode and the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
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Patent number: 9007314Abstract: A touch processing method and a mobile terminal are described. The mobile terminal includes a touch sensing device that has a first area and a second area. A touching point in the first area has a first response level and a touching point in the second area has a second response level, with the first response level being higher than the second response level. The method includes acquiring a first touching point and a second touching point; and responding to the first touching point when the first touching point is in the first area while the second touching point is in the second area. When a user holds the mobile terminal to operate, the mobile terminal may respond to useful touch commands automatically and shield touch commands generated by the misoperation in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiangtao Liu, Dayong Gan
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Patent number: 8842073Abstract: A keyboard, a driving method and an assembling method for the keyboard, and an electronic device are described. The keyboard includes a base plate, on which a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member are formed; a keycap, disposed above the base plate; and an X-shaped holder disposed between the base plate and the keycap for supporting the keycap, and a third permanent magnet is provided on the sliding end, wherein the keycap is movable between a first position and a second position lower than the first position along a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plate, and wherein the third permanent magnet is in a position substantially opposite to the second magnetic member when the keycap is in the first position, and the third permanent magnet slides to a position substantially opposite to the first magnetic member when the keycap is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.Inventors: Dayong Gan, Guangjun Jiang
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Patent number: 8793405Abstract: A portable terminal is provided, which comprises: a master device and a slave device, the master device includes a master detection unit, a master notification unit and a master control unit, and the slave device includes a slave detection unit, a slave notification unit and a slave control unit; the master detection unit and the slave detection unit are used to detect whether the second interface of the slave device is connected to the first interface of the master device, respectively; when the second interface is connected to the first interface, the master notification unit is used to transmit a first notification instruction to the master device, the slave notification unit is used to transmit the first notification instruction to the slave device; and the master control unit and the slave control unit are used to control the first hardware system and the second hardware system to compose a third hardware system, respectively, after the master device and the slave device connect with each other accordingType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.Inventors: Xingwen Chen, Dayong Gan, Ping Tian, Deming Chen, Wei Liu, Zhifeng Xin, Xiangyang Li
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Publication number: 20140123080Abstract: An electrical device, touch input method and a control method thereof are provided. The touch input method is applied to the electrical device. The electrical device includes a display unit and a touch sensing unit arranged on top of the display unit, the touch area of the touch sensing unit is overlaid with the display area of the display unit, the display is used to display objects of the electrical device in the display area, and the touch area is divided into a first area and a second area not overlaying with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Publication number: 20140092049Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch-control method, apparatus and an electronic device. The touch-control method is applied to an electronic device which has a touch surface and a sensor. The touch-control method includes determining a first contact-area and a second contact-area based on the data acquired by the sensor, the first contact-area and the second contact-area being the area of the contact regions of the touch surface in contact with a pointing object at different time moments; based on the first contact-area and the second contact-area, determining a first instruction-determination-parameter associated with an area-variation amount; based on a pre-stored first correspondence-relationship between an instruction-determination-parameter interval and an instruction-sequence, determining and executing a first instruction-sequence which corresponds to the instruction-determination-parameter interval where the first instruction-determination-parameter locates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dayong Gan
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Publication number: 20140078073Abstract: A command recognition method and electronic device using the method are described. The command recognition method includes obtaining at least two first contact points at side edge of the electronic device; determining a holding gesture with respect to the electronic device according to the at least two first contact points; obtaining at least one second contact point at which contact state is changed on a side edge of the electronic device in a predetermined time period; based on the holding gesture, the at least one second contact point and its corresponding contact state change, recognizing corresponding command. By use of the command recognition method, it can favorably achieve the recognition of the operation command with respect to the electronic device in the case that the number of keys in the electronic device (even no key) is reduced, thereby achieving effective control to the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Dayong GAN