Patents by Inventor Ziguang Gao

Ziguang Gao 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: 9912490
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for deleting a smart scene in the field of smart home. The device receives an unbundling notification message indicating that a designated smart device has been successfully unbundled. The device detects whether a target smart scene set with the designated smart device exists among established smart scenes. When a target smart scene set with the designated smart device exists among the established smart scenes, the device deletes the target smart scene. A smart scene set with a smart device is deleted after the designated smart device is successfully unbundled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Enxing Hou, Feiyun Li, Ziguang Gao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9843317
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for processing PWM data, so as to reduce the size of the PWM data. The method includes: dividing pulse widths in the PWM data into at least one pulse width group; determining a convergence pulse width for each of the at least one pulse width group, herein each of the at least one pulse width group converges around a same pulse width, respectively; replacing each of the at least one pulse width group with the corresponding convergence pulse width; and representing the PWM data by using the convergence pulse widths. Through the technical solution, the size of the PWM data may be reduced, transmission speed of the PWM data may be improved, and the space for storing the PWM data may be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Xin Liu, Ziguang Gao
  • 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: 20170272425
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for accessing a smart camera. The method includes detecting access media for accessing the smart camera. The method also includes generating an access request corresponding to the access media when detecting that the access media is a local area network. The access request carries an access password. The method further includes sending the access request to the smart camera, such that the smart camera allows access after successfully verifying the access password in the access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: HONG CHEN, Ziguang GAO, Enxing HOU
  • Patent number: 9769652
    Abstract: A method for managing administrative relationship between an account and a device includes: receiving a device binding request sent from a first terminal, the device binding request carrying a device identifier of a target device broadcasted from the target device and a first account identifier corresponding to a first account that the first terminal logs into; determining a second account identifier corresponding to a second account bound with the target device and serving as a primary administrative account for the target device; transmitting a binding inquiry message to a second terminal that logs into the second account, the binding inquiry message carrying the first account identifier and the device identifier; and recording the first account as an auxiliary administrative account for the target device if a first acknowledgement message corresponding to the binding inquiry message is received from the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Enxing Hou, Mingjun Yin, Ziguang Gao
  • Patent number: 9723639
    Abstract: A communication method and a terminal are provided. The terminal may be equipped with circuitry that supports connecting to a wireless router using two or more frequency bands. The router may provide multiple networks using respective frequency bands. The terminal may be connected to the router a first frequency band. The method and terminal may facilitate establishment of a direct communication between the terminal and another terminal that is connected to the router using a network of a second frequency band. The another terminal may be equipped with a circuitry that only supports the second frequency band. The method and terminal describe determining a network that a target communication device is connected to, and connecting the terminal to that network. The terminal may then communicate with the target communication device through the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Qiao Ren, Ziguang Gao, Ming Zhao, Qiang Fu
  • Publication number: 20170180927
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for prompting according to location-based information, which belong to the field of communication technology. The method includes: acquiring by a server designated location-based information matching with a designated device identifier in a location-based information database at least storing location-based information reported by a plurality of terminals after receiving a location-based information acquiring request sent by a designated terminal; sending by the server the designated location-based information to the designated terminal, in which the designated terminal is configured to perform a prompt according to the designated location-based information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Yi DING, Enxing HOU, Ziguang GAO
  • Publication number: 20170171706
    Abstract: A device displaying method, and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a position of a terminal; querying a device group corresponding to the position, the device group being obtained after all smart devices bound with the terminal are grouped; and displaying device information of each smart device in the queried device group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Enxing HOU, Long DAI, Ziguang GAO
  • Publication number: 20170171713
    Abstract: A method for determining a location of a target portable device is performed by a server and includes: receiving a location searching request corresponding to the target portable device, the location searching request includes a device identification of the target portable device; acquiring, according to the device identification of the target portable device, location information of the target portable device sent by another device when the another device detects a wireless signal of the target portable device; and sending, according to the location information, a location indicating message regarding the target portable device to a first communication terminal linked to the target portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Enxing HOU, Ziguang GAO, Deguo MENG
  • Publication number: 20170163626
    Abstract: A method and device for network access of a smart terminal device. The smart terminal device generates a network access request message and broadcasts the network access request message; and then receives a network access response message transmitted by a mobile terminal device, the network access response message including connection information of a router to be accessed, such that the smart terminal device may connect to the router to be accessed based on the connection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Deguo MENG, Ziguang GAO, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170155958
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system are provided for playing multimedia data. In the method: a first terminal sends to a server a request for acquiring play record information. The server receives the request for acquiring play record information sent by the first terminal. The server acquires play record information of a second terminal bound to the first terminal. The server controls the first terminal to continue play of corresponding target multimedia data according to the play record information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Qiang FU, Ziguang GAO, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170142230
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling smart device in a smart home. In the method, a control device receives a control instruction sent by an instruction sending device and including a set of working mode information, the set of working mode information including at least one working mode information of at least one smart device type. The control device sets a working mode of a target smart device connected to the control device via a local area network (LAN) based on the set of working mode information, where the set of working mode information is pre-stored in the instruction sending device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Enxing HOU, Hong CHEN, Ziguang GAO
  • Publication number: 20170126826
    Abstract: A method for presenting push notifications in a terminal device configured with a notification bar may include: determining, when a push notification is received, whether the notification bar contains a target push notification, the target push notification being a previously received message with a message content as same as that of the currently received push notification; updating a push time of the target push notification to the push time of the currently received push notification in response to derterming that the notification bar has contained the target push notification; and presenting the updated push time of the target push notification in the notification bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Meilan Liu, Ziguang Gao, Enxing Hou
  • Publication number: 20170092111
    Abstract: Methods and systems for alerting a wearer of a wearable device of an abnormality are disclosed. The abnormality is detected by a smart device. The smart device then communicates the abnormality to a mobile terminal The mobile terminal causes the wearable device to detect a current activity status and/or a current environment setting of the wearer of the wearable device. The mobile terminal then determines and communicates to the wearable device a type of warning operation based on the current activity status and environment setting of the wearer. The wearable device then performs the type of warning operation for alerting the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Enxing Hou, Long Dai, Ziguang Gao
  • Publication number: 20170091551
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an electronic device are provided. The method for controlling the electronic device includes: acquiring a target image; determining a device to be controlled as a target device by recognizing the target image; displaying a control interface of the target device; and controlling the target device's operation in response to detecting a control operation on the control interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Xiao ZHANG, Yongli SUN, Ziguang GAO
  • Publication number: 20170033877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for triggering a specified operation, and belongs to the field of smart home technologies. The method includes obtaining a wireless signal received by a receiving device and sent by a specified signal source, determining whether a disturbance occurs in the first wireless signal, obtaining a signal quality characteristic of the wireless signal if it is determined that a disturbance occurs in the wireless signal; determining whether the signal quality characteristic matches with predetermined characteristic sample; and triggering the intelligent device to perform the specified operation if the signal quality characteristic matches with the predetermined characteristic sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hong CHEN, Ziguang GAO, Enxing HOU
  • Publication number: 20170013456
    Abstract: A method for testing a terminal includes establishing a connection with a preset device when a preset trigger condition is detected, starting an automatic detection program to obtain an automatic detection result, and sending the automatic detection result to the preset device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yanlu ZHANG, Enxing HOU, Ziguang GAO
  • Publication number: 20170006038
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for verifying permission between a master terminal device, a slave device, and a verification server are disclosed to control the slave device by the master terminal device. The verification of permission may be based on physical proximity between the master terminal device and the slave device such that verification signal output by the slave device may be directly observable by the master terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Yanlu Zhang, Mingjun Yin, Ziguang Gao
  • Publication number: 20160352723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and system for authenticating access of a first device with a first user account to a second device with a device identification bound with a second user account. The method includes acquiring, by the first device, the device identification of the second device to by accessed. Subsequently, the method includes sending the device identification and the first user account to a third-party device. The third-party device receives the device identification and the first user account, sends an authentication request to a login terminal for the second user account when the first user account is different from the second account, receives a permission access response for an access authorization front the login terminal, and sends an access password associated to the first device. Then, the method includes receiving the access password, and accessing the second device using the access password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Feiyun LI, Ziguang GAO, Qiao REN