Patents by Inventor Enxing Hou

Enxing Hou 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: 9894596
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling access of a smart device, which belongs to the field of wireless communication. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, whether the smart device is able to support a Low Density Parity Check Code (LDPC) coding-decoding scheme, broadcasting, by the terminal device, information about a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to the smart device through a LDPC coding-decoding scheme if it is determined that the smart device is able to support the LDPC coding-decoding scheme, detecting whether the terminal device would communicate with a router through a LDPC coding-decoding scheme when accessing a WLAN if it is determined that the smart device is not able to support the LDPC coding-decoding scheme, ceasing establishing connection with the router, and broadcasting information about the WLAN through a non-LDPC coding-decoding scheme. The information about the WLAN is used for the smart device to access the WLAN via the router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Deguo Meng, Xin Liu, Enxing Hou
  • Patent number: 9886264
    Abstract: A method for upgrading firmware in a device, includes: when firmware of a first chip in the device needs to be upgraded, identifying a first partition of a flash memory in a second chip in the device, the first partition being a backup partition for downloading firmware of the second chip; downloading new firmware of the first chip to the first partition of the flash memory in the second chip; and copying the new firmware of the first chip from the first partition of the flash memory in the second chip to an effective region in the first chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Deguo Meng, Xin Liu, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20180034772
    Abstract: A method for a smart device to perform Bluetooth (BT)-based identity recognition, includes: establishing a BT connection with a first terminal; acquiring a first user account of the first terminal through the BT connection; searching a first preset mapping table for a first identifier (ID) corresponding to the first user account, the first mapping table including a first mapping relationship between at least one user account and at least one ID, each ID corresponding to a respective user account, and the first mapping relationship being determined and sent to the smart device by a server; and determining a user identity corresponding to the first terminal according to the first ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yongli SUN, Weiguang JIA, Enxing HOU
  • Patent number: 9883350
    Abstract: A positioning method includes: collecting and analyzing wireless messages sent by at least one wireless device in a current space to obtain a first characteristic pattern associated with the current space; performing a matching process to match the first characteristic pattern to at least one of a plurality of preset characteristic patterns, each of the plurality of preset characteristic patterns being associated with one of a plurality of spaces; obtaining, if the preset characteristic patterns comprise a second characteristic pattern that matches the first characteristic pattern, space information corresponding to the second characteristic pattern; and determining a position of the current space by using the space information corresponding to the second characteristic pattern. Moreover, each characteristic pattern comprises a correspondence between an identifier of each wireless device in a corresponding space and a signal quality of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Ziguang Gao, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20180025229
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a storage medium are provided for image outputting. The method may include: acquiring data frames collected by a target camera; acquiring a target image based on the data frames; and controlling a target terminal to output an alert message which at least includes the target image. When an emergency situation occurs in a user's home, the user can be notified of the emergency situation at once, thereby increasing the effective utilization of the smart camera device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi DING, Deguo MENG, Enxing HOU
  • Patent number: 9865161
    Abstract: A method, a remote controller and an electrical appliance for releasing a binding of a remote controller are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by the remote controller, a trigger event for releasing a binding; broadcasting, by the remote controller, a request to release the binding based on the trigger event for releasing the binding; judging, by an electrical appliance, whether a binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller needs to be released based on the request to release the binding; and releasing the binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller upon the judgment that the binding relationship between the electrical appliance and the remote controller needs to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Yanlu Zhang, Deguo Meng, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20180007420
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, device and system for recording a television program, pertained to field of intelligent device. The method is applied in a router and includes: receiving an instruction for recording the television program, in which the instruction at least includes an appointment period and an identifier of a television channel; and downloading video data of being played by the television channel within the appointment period. By recording the video data via the router, a user may watch the video data recorded by the router within any period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang FU, Mingjun YIN, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170370595
    Abstract: A cooking equipment running method and device are provided, and relate to the technical field of terminals. The method includes: a current running mode is acquired if it is detected that a water level of cooking equipment exceeds a preset water level during a running process of the cooking equipment; a target running mode is determined according to the current running mode, heating power in the target running mode being less than heating power in the current running mode; and the current running mode is switched to the target running mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Haijun YANG, Xiangxuan KONG, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170366879
    Abstract: A plant monitor includes: a main control chip, a wireless communication chip connected with the main control chip, and at least one growth environment monitoring sensor connected with the main control chip. The at least one growth environment monitoring sensor includes at least one of an illumination sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or a soil conductivity sensor. The main control chip is configured to acquire growth environment data collected by the at least one growth environment monitoring sensor, and send the growth environment data to a mobile terminal via the wireless communication chip. The mobile terminal is configured to generate plant cultivation reference information according to the growth environment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Qiang FU, Shiquan ZHOU, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170344357
    Abstract: A method for upgrading a ZigBee device, includes: downloading, when firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, a latest version of the firmware from a server; pushing the latest version of the firmware to the ZigBee device; and issuing a firmware upgrade instruction to the ZigBee device after the latest version of the firmware is pushed to the ZigBee device successfully, to trigger the firmware of the ZigBee device to be upgraded based on the latest version of the firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Benchang SU, Deguo MENG, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170345284
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for prompting information. The method includes: temperature in a smart socket is acquired; the temperature in the smart socket is compared with a preset temperature threshold value, and it is determined whether power of electric equipment connected with the smart socket is higher than an upper limit of an acceptable power range of the smart socket according to a comparison result; when the power of the electric equipment is determined to be higher than the upper limit of the acceptable power range of the smart socket, alarming information indicating that the power of the electric equipment is excessively high is generated; and the alarming information is pushed to a mobile terminal bound with the smart socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: QIANG FU, Hao CHEN, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170346649
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a smart home device to upload data and a method and an apparatus for acquiring data uploaded by a smart home device are provided. The method includes: acquiring operation status data of the smart home device; and according to binding relationships of the smart home device with application servers, sending the operation status data to all bound application servers; wherein the smart home device is bound to at least two application servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yanlu ZHANG, Ziguang GAO, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170339513
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for detecting an arrival of a user in a target area. The method includes searching, by a device belonging to the user, for a target wireless access device located in the target area at a preset frequency according to an instruction, when the target wireless access device is found, establishing a connection with the target wireless access device; and after the connection with the target wireless access device is established, determining that the user arrives at the target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiquan ZHOU, Qiang FU, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170339545
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for accessing a wireless network. The method includes receiving, by a first device, a first broadcast message from a second device intending to access the wireless network; generating notification information based on the first broadcast message, wherein the notification information is configured to notify a user via the first device that the second device is requesting access to the wireless network; receiving an input from the user based on the notification information; and sending a request message to a wireless router in response to the input, wherein the request message is configured to instruct the wireless router to broadcast a second broadcast message including access information for accessing the wireless network via the wireless router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qiang FU, Shiquan Zhou, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20170330439
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an abnormality detection and alarm producing method and system, where the system includes a control device, a sensing device, and a smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiquan Zhou, Qiang Fu, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20170310885
    Abstract: An object monitoring method and device are provided. The object monitoring method includes: a sound production reason for the target sound is determined when a target sound exists in acquired sounds; and sound production information is pushed to a mobile terminal, the sound production information comprising the sound production reason.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Weiguang JIA, Na MA, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170311416
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are provided for controlling a smart device that may emit light of different colors. The method may include: determining first light color information of a first smart light when the first smart light is turned on; broadcasting a device open notification carrying the first light color information; receiving the device open notification broadcast by the first smart light, the device open notification carrying the first light color information of the first smart light; displaying a control option corresponding to the first smart light according to the first light color information; and when receiving an executing instruction of a target function triggered by the control option corresponding to the first smart light, sending a control request corresponding to the target function to the first smart light; receiving the control request corresponding to the target function sent by the control device and executing the target function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang FU, Weiguang JIA, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170303320
    Abstract: A method for accessing a wireless access point is provided. The method includes: receiving access information of the wireless access point broadcasted by a preset device, the access information including a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and an access password of the wireless access point, and the preset device having successfully accessed the wireless access point; unicasting device discovery information according to the BSSID, the device discovery information including the BSSID; receiving feedback information sent by the wireless access point, the feedback information including a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the wireless access point; and accessing the wireless access point according to the SSID in the feedback information and the access password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Deguo Meng, Yi Ding, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20170302670
    Abstract: A method for executing a network service includes: receiving a network service request sent by a first terminal, the network service request including a target identification; determining a second terminal corresponding to the target identification according to a pre-stored corresponding relationship between identification information and verification terminals, and sending a verification request to the second terminal; and when receiving a verification confirmation message from the second terminal, executing a network service corresponding to the network service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Mingjun YIN, Deguo Meng, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20170270029
    Abstract: A method for processing data, includes: acquiring data packets having respective serial numbers and transmitted between a first microcontroller unit (MCU) and a second MCU of a smart device, the second MCU being provided in a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) module of the smart device; and processing and displaying the acquired data packets based on the respective serial numbers so as to debug the second MCU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Qimin SUN, Enxing HOU, Deguo MENG