Patents by Inventor Shifeng Peng

Shifeng Peng 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: 11900925
    Abstract: An output method includes obtaining voice information, determining whether the voice information is a voice request, in response to the voice information being the voice request, obtaining reply information for replying to the voice request and supplemental information, transmitting the reply information and the supplemental information to an output device for outputting the reply information and the supplemental information using different parameters, such that an output of the reply information is prioritized over an output of the supplemental information, and in response to receiving a predetermined operation, outputting the reply information and the supplemental information using different parameters, such that the output of the supplemental information is prioritized over the output of the reply information. The supplemental information is information that needs to be outputted in association with the reply information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenlin Yan, Shifeng Peng
  • Publication number: 20220358911
    Abstract: An output method includes obtaining voice information, determining whether the voice information is a voice request, in response to the voice information being the voice request, obtaining reply information for replying to the voice request and supplemental information, transmitting the reply information and the supplemental information to an output device for outputting the reply information and the supplemental information using different parameters, such that an output of the reply information is prioritized over an output of the supplemental information, and in response to receiving a predetermined operation, outputting the reply information and the supplemental information using different parameters, such that the output of the supplemental information is prioritized over the output of the reply information. The supplemental information is information that needs to be outputted in association with the reply information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Wenlin YAN, Shifeng PENG
  • Patent number: 11373643
    Abstract: An output method includes obtaining voice information, determining whether the voice information is a voice request, in response to the voice information being the voice request, obtaining reply information for replying to the voice request, and supplemental information, and transmitting the reply information and the supplementary information to an output device for outputting. The supplemental information is information that needs to be outputted in association with the reply information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenlin Yan, Shifeng Peng
  • Patent number: 10637905
    Abstract: A method for processing data and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining multimedia data captured by a multimedia capture of an electronic apparatus, obtaining first data captured by a data capture unit of the electronic apparatus, establishing an association relationship between the first data and the multimedia data in terms of time; and generating second data in the case that the process of capturing the multimedia data is completed, wherein the second data includes the association relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaoge Wang, Kai Kang, Shifeng Peng, Xiangyang Li, Kai Li, Lifan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190304440
    Abstract: An output method includes obtaining voice information, determining whether the voice information is a voice request, in response to the voice information being the voice request, obtaining reply information for replying to the voice request, and supplemental information, and transmitting the reply information and the supplementary information to an output device for outputting. The supplemental information is information that needs to be outputted in association with the reply information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Wenlin YAN, Shifeng PENG
  • Patent number: 9898661
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for storing data include an object storing unit for storing at least one target object set in advance; an image pick-up unit for picking up a first image; a recognizing unit for determining whether one or more of target objects appear in the first image and generating a first recognition result; an image storing unit for storing the first image in which the target object appears as object image of the target object for each target object; a receiving unit for receiving an input from a user; a first acquiring unit for determining the target object indicated by a search input, and acquiring object image corresponding to the target object indicated by the search input; and a display unit for displaying the acquired object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng, Zhenyi Yang
  • Patent number: 9798139
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device and a display method are described. The wearable electronic device includes a fix unit, by which the wearable electronic device can maintain a position relationship with respect to a first part of a user body; a detection unit, configured to detect a posture of the first part of the user body, and to acquire a detection result; a posture determination unit, configured to determine whether the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; a first acquisition unit, configured to acquire weather information when the posture determination unit determines that the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; an image generation unit, configured to generate a weather image corresponding to the weather information; and a display unit, configured to display the weather information and/or the weather image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shifeng Peng, Xinru Hou
  • Patent number: 9728163
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
  • Patent number: 9727305
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an electronic device for information processing. The electronic device comprises a sensing unit and a display unit having a display area. The display unit displays a graphical interface. The display area displays a first part of the graphical interface. The method comprises: detecting a first operation by the sensing unit when the display unit displays the first part of the graphical interface; displaying the second part of the graphical interface on the display unit in response to the first operation; detecting a second operation; determining whether a preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation to obtain first decision information; and displaying a speech control on the display unit when the first decision information indicates that the preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Jia, Xinru Hou, Qianying Wang, Gaoge Wang, Shifeng Peng, Yuanyi Zhang, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 9207769
    Abstract: A processing method and an electronic device are provided. The processing method includes: acquiring a first image which contains an instruction object by the image acquisition unit, wherein the instruction object is directional; analyzing the first image and acquiring first parameter information represented by the instruction object, where the first parameter information indicates a direction of the instruction object; generating a first instruction based on the first parameter information; and executing, in response to the first instruction, an operation corresponding to the instruction object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
  • Publication number: 20150287387
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
  • Patent number: 9093012
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Ma, Dayong Gan, Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
  • Publication number: 20150091936
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display unit and M sensing units, and an operating system and K applications based on the operating system are installed on the electronic device, M and K are positive integers. The method includes: detecting N sensed parameters by N sensing units in the M sensing units, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M; determining an object corresponding to the N sensed parameters; recording the N sensed parameters and the object; and adjusting a display parameter for a display object displayed on the display unit according to the N sensed parameters and object that are recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Shifeng Peng, Xiangyang Li, Gaoge Wang, Kai Kang, Zhixiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20150058394
    Abstract: A method for processing data and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining multimedia data captured by a multimedia capture of an electronic apparatus, obtaining first data captured by a data capture unit of the electronic apparatus, establishing an association relationship between the first data and the multimedia data in terms of time; and generating second data in the case that the process of capturing the multimedia data is completed, wherein the second data includes the association relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaoge Wang, Kai Kang, Shifeng Peng, Xiangyang Li, Kai Li, Lifan Xiao
  • Patent number: 8872780
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device for gesture recognition are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device, which displays at least one object on a touch screen. Wherein the object has two states, one of which is a selected state and the other is an unselected state. The method includes: detecting a first touch point and a second touch point on the touch screen; when the first touch point and the second touch point are on the touch screen simultaneously, and the first touch point corresponds to at least one object, and the second touch point corresponds to at least another object, entering a multi mode. Wherein the at least one object corresponding to the first touch point and the at least one object corresponding to the second touch point are set to the selected state. It can simplify user operations by using this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Shifeng Peng, Xiaowen Ma
  • Publication number: 20140289633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an electronic device for information processing. The electronic device comprises a sensing unit and a display unit having a display area. The display unit displays a graphical interface. The display area displays a first part of the graphical interface. The method comprises: detecting a first operation by the sensing unit when the display unit displays the first part of the graphical interface; displaying the second part of the graphical interface on the display unit in response to the first operation; detecting a second operation; determining whether a preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation to obtain first decision information; and displaying a speech control on the display unit when the first decision information indicates that the preset condition is satisfied during the detecting of the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Xu JIA, Xinru HOU, Qianying WANG, Gaoge WANG, Shifeng PENG, Yuanyi ZHANG, Jun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140210694
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for storing data include an object storing unit for storing at least one target object set in advance; an image pick-up unit for picking up a first image; a recognizing unit for determining whether one or more of target objects appear in the first image and generating a first recognition result; an image storing unit for storing the first image in which the target object appears as object image of the target object for each target object; a receiving unit for receiving an input from a user; a first acquiring unit for determining the target object indicated by a search input, and acquiring object image corresponding to the target object indicated by the search input; and a display unit for displaying the acquired object image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng, Zhenyi Yang
  • Publication number: 20140210852
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device and a display method are described. The wearable electronic device includes a fix unit, by which the wearable electronic device can maintain a position relationship with respect to a first part of a user body; a detection unit, configured to detect a posture of the first part of the user body, and to acquire a detection result; a posture determination unit, configured to determine whether the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; a first acquisition unit, configured to acquire weather information when the posture determination unit determines that the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; an image generation unit, configured to generate a weather image corresponding to the weather information; and a display unit, configured to display the weather information and/or the weather image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Shifeng Peng, Xinru Hou
  • Publication number: 20140168072
    Abstract: A processing method and an electronic device are provided. The processing method includes: acquiring a first image which contains an instruction object by the image acquisition unit, wherein the instruction object is directional; analyzing the first image and acquiring first parameter information represented by the instruction object, where the first parameter information indicates a direction of the instruction object; generating a first instruction based on the first parameter information; and executing, in response to the first instruction, an operation corresponding to the instruction object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng
  • Publication number: 20140143235
    Abstract: An information outputting method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a request event and a request identifier contained in the request event; searching for prestored historical record information of a request object corresponding to the request identifier; and outputting the historical record information on a display interface of a first electronic device when the request event has not been responded successfully.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinru Hou, Shifeng Peng