Patents by Inventor Wenlin Yan

Wenlin Yan 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: 10809824
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic device, including a first main body; a second main body being moveable relative to the first main body; a first sensing apparatus that obtains a first parameter in response to the second main body moving relative to the first main body to satisfy a first condition; a second sensing apparatus that obtains a second parameter in response to the first or the second main body receiving a second operation satisfying a second condition; and a processing apparatus that provides an instruction in response to one or more of the first condition being satisfied and the second condition being satisfied. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Wenlin Yan, Xi Wan, Jie Xia
  • 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: 10043374
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including obtaining an environmental parameter, wherein the environmental parameter indicates a state parameter of targeted monitoring space; processing the environmental parameter to obtain a processing result; selecting, on the basis of the processing result, a target monitoring policy corresponding to the environmental parameter from at least a first monitoring policy and a second monitoring policy, wherein a first monitoring mode of the first monitoring policy is different from a second monitoring mode of the second monitoring policy; and processing input from the targeted monitoring space according to the target monitoring policy. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Fangfei Dong, Wenlin Yan
  • Publication number: 20170192532
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic device, including a first main body; a second main body being moveable relative to the first main body; a first sensing apparatus that obtains a first parameter in response to the second main body moving relative to the first main body to satisfy a first condition; a second sensing apparatus that obtains a second parameter in response to the first or the second main body receiving a second operation satisfying a second condition; and a processing apparatus that provides an instruction in response to one or more of the first condition being satisfied and the second condition being satisfied. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Wenlin Yan, Xi Wan, Jie Xia
  • Publication number: 20170193804
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including obtaining an environmental parameter, wherein the environmental parameter indicates a state parameter of targeted monitoring space; processing the environmental parameter to obtain a processing result; selecting, on the basis of the processing result, a target monitoring policy corresponding to the environmental parameter from at least a first monitoring policy and a second monitoring policy, wherein a first monitoring mode of the first monitoring policy is different from a second monitoring mode of the second monitoring policy; and processing input from the targeted monitoring space according to the target monitoring policy. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Fangfei Dong, Wenlin Yan