Patents by Inventor Xiaoli Fan
Xiaoli Fan 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: 10645827Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible housing, a fabrication method thereof, and an electronic device. The flexible housing includes: a rigid frame including at least two separate rigid members; an elastic fiber web, where two ends of the elastic fiber web are coupled to the two rigid members to form a bending portion; a flexible outer casing arranged over an outer surface of the elastic fiber web. Wrinkles are formed in corresponding portions of the flexible outer casing and the elastic fiber web in response to the elastic fiber web not being subject to a bending force.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Run Yang
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Patent number: 10558243Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
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Patent number: 10440842Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a flexible shaft including a first side and a second side not parallel to each other, and a flexible screen coupled to the first side. The first side deforms with a rotation of the flexible shaft and the second side does not deform with the rotation of the flexible shaft. The flexible screen deforms in synchronism with a deformation of the first side.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Changlong Zuo
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Publication number: 20190307004Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible housing, a fabrication method thereof, and an electronic device. The flexible housing includes: a rigid frame including at least two separate rigid members; an elastic fiber web, where two ends of the elastic fiber web are coupled to the two rigid members to form a bending portion; a flexible outer casing arranged over an outer surface of the elastic fiber web. Wrinkles are formed in corresponding portions of the flexible outer casing and the elastic fiber web in response to the elastic fiber web not being subject to a bending force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Run YANG
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Patent number: 10178765Abstract: A flexible device is provided according to the present application, which includes a first sliding shaft, a second sliding shaft, a middle sliding shaft group and a connecting member group. The middle sliding shaft group includes multiple middle sliding shafts arranged in rows. The middle sliding shaft group is movably connected to the first sliding shaft and the second sliding shaft by the connecting member group. The flexible device can be bent along an extending direction of the middle sliding shaft group, and a bent portion of the flexible device is always of an arc-shaped structure. The flexible device according to the present application adopts a mechanical structure to realize a bending deformation thus can avoid problems of a degraded bending performance and breakage generated after the flexible device is frequently used in the conventional technology. An electronic device employing the flexible device is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Xiaoqin Han, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
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Patent number: 10121395Abstract: One embodiment provides a deformable housing, including a recess for holding a deformable device; a deformable portion comprising at least two surfaces having a plurality of concave/convex structures; and at least two support parts embedded in the deformable portion. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) LimitedInventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
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Publication number: 20180270964Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a flexible shaft including a first side and a second side not parallel to each other, and a flexible screen coupled to the first side. The first side deforms with a rotation of the flexible shaft and the second side does not deform with the rotation of the flexible shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Changlong ZUO
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Publication number: 20180264752Abstract: A housing includes one or more rigid portions and one or more flexible portions. The one or more rigid portions are formed by a foam metal. The one or more flexible portions are formed by a polymer elastomer and securely coupled to the one or more rigid portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Changlong ZUO
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Publication number: 20170262023Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
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Publication number: 20170185105Abstract: Disclosed is a protective layer of a display screen including but not limited to: a flexible abradable fibrous layer laid flat in an elastic substrate; and an elastic substrate, wherein the adhesive strength between the elastic substrate and the fibrous layer, and the adhesive strength between the elastic substrate and a surface of the display screen are selected to obtain a desired transparency of the protective layer. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
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Publication number: 20170188471Abstract: One embodiment provides a deformable housing, including a recess for holding a deformable device; a deformable portion comprising at least two surfaces having a plurality of concave/convex structures; and at least two support parts embedded in the deformable portion. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
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Patent number: 9690331Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
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Publication number: 20170094775Abstract: A flexible device is provided according to the present application, which includes a first sliding shaft, a second sliding shaft, a middle sliding shaft group and a connecting member group. The middle sliding shaft group includes multiple middle sliding shafts arranged in rows. The middle sliding shaft group is movably connected to the first sliding shaft and the second sliding shaft by the connecting member group. The flexible device can be bent along an extending direction of the middle sliding shaft group, and a bent portion of the flexible device is always of an arc-shaped structure. The flexible device according to the present application adopts a mechanical structure to realize a bending deformation thus can avoid problems of a degraded bending performance and breakage generated after the flexible device is frequently used in the conventional technology. An electronic device employing the flexible device is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Xiaoqin HAN, Lei MA, Changlong ZUO
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Publication number: 20160231422Abstract: The present disclosure provides a life detection processing method, device and terminal. The method includes that: a WiFi electromagnetic wave is emitted; coherent waves of a reflected wave of the WiFi electromagnetic wave and the WiFi electromagnetic wave are received; and life information is determined according to the received coherent waves. The method solves the problems about the life detection in related art that it is not convenient for users to operate, the penetration is low and the general feature is poor, while offering portability, usability and timeliness of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: ZTE CorporationInventors: Qi ZHOU, Jingang WANG, Xiaoli FAN, Yanjun XU
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Patent number: 9372977Abstract: A screen unlocking method, device and terminal, wherein the method includes: a first terminal sending a key information acquisition message to a second terminal, wherein the key information is used to unlock the first terminal; and the first terminal unlocking the screen of the first terminal according to the key information from the second terminal. By using the embodiment of the present document, it solves the problem that, when the screen cannot be unlocked since the user forgets the password, the version needs to be upgraded to unlock the screen, resulting in a waste of time and a loss of important data in the terminal caused by upgrading the version, the user can unlock the terminal according to standby key information, thus avoiding the situation in which the terminal cannot be unlocked since the unlocking code of the terminal is forgotten, and further improving the ease for using the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Xiaoli Fan, Fangfang Liao, Qi Zhou, Guoqiang Chen
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Publication number: 20160048172Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.Inventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
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Publication number: 20150269374Abstract: A screen unlocking method, device and terminal, wherein the method includes: a first terminal sending a key information acquisition message to a second terminal, wherein the key information is used to unlock the first terminal; and the first terminal unlocking the screen of the first terminal according to the key information from the second terminal. By using the embodiment of the present document, it solves the problem that, when the screen cannot be unlocked since the user forgets the password, the version needs to be upgraded to unlock the screen, resulting in a waste of time and a loss of important data in the terminal caused by upgrading the version, the user can unlock the terminal according to standby key information, thus avoiding the situation in which the terminal cannot be unlocked since the unlocking code of the terminal is forgotten, and further improving the ease for using the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Fangfang Liao, Qi Zhou, Guoqiang Chen
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Patent number: 9121586Abstract: A lighting effect device is provided, which is used for equipment with an operation surface that has a reflective characteristic. The lighting effect device includes at least a light supply unit for forming a light layer above the operation surface. The light layer is not crossed with the operation surface, where at least part of light of the light layer forms a visible lighting effect around an operator after reflected by the operator entering the light layer. The device requires less light sources and no position detection, so that the device is inexpensive and reliable. At the same time, a dodging layer and/or a reflective layer improve lighting effect and provide user a better experience.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Baobao Ma, Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma
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Publication number: 20130099675Abstract: A lighting effect device is provided, which is used for equipment with an operation surface that has a reflective characteristic. The lighting effect device includes at least a light supply unit for forming a light layer above the operation surface. The light layer is not crossed with the operation surface, where at least part of light of the light layer forms a visible lighting effect around an operator after reflected by the operator entering the light layer. The device requires less light sources and no position detection, so that the device is inexpensive and reliable. At the same time, a dodging layer and/or a reflective layer improve lighting effect and provide user a better experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.Inventors: Baobao Ma, Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma