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).

  • Patent number: 10645827
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Run Yang
  • Patent number: 10558243
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
  • Patent number: 10440842
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Changlong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20190307004
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Run YANG
  • Patent number: 10178765
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Xiaoqin Han, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
  • Patent number: 10121395
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20180270964
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Changlong ZUO
  • Publication number: 20180264752
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Changlong ZUO
  • Publication number: 20170262023
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
  • Publication number: 20170185105
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
  • Publication number: 20170188471
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma, Changlong Zuo
  • Patent number: 9690331
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
  • Publication number: 20170094775
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoli FAN, Xiaoqin HAN, Lei MA, Changlong ZUO
  • Publication number: 20160231422
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Qi ZHOU, Jingang WANG, Xiaoli FAN, Yanjun XU
  • Patent number: 9372977
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Fangfang Liao, Qi Zhou, Guoqiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20160048172
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicants: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Shurong HE, Xiaoli FAN, Yue QIN, Yuming XIE, Yingjia YAO, Lei MA, Xiaoqin HAN
  • Publication number: 20150269374
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaoli Fan, Fangfang Liao, Qi Zhou, Guoqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9121586
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baobao Ma, Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma
  • Publication number: 20130099675
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Baobao Ma, Xiaoli Fan, Lei Ma