Abstract: A method for breeding a virtual pet is provided, including: displaying a mating market interface, the mating market interface including virtual pets in a mating state; selecting a paternal virtual pet from the virtual pets in the mating state via the mating market interface according to a first operation; displaying a pet breeding interface, the pet breeding interface including a paternal pet field and a maternal pet field, and the paternal virtual pet having a first pet image being displayed in the paternal pet field; adding a maternal virtual pet having a second pet image to the maternal pet field according to a second operation; and displaying a breeding result interface comprising a filial virtual pet when breeding succeeds, the filial virtual pet having a third pet image generated based on a genetic inheritance rule according to the first pet image and the second pet image.

Abstract: A video abstract generation method is provided. The method includes obtaining a target searching condition; searching a video database for structured image data meeting the target searching condition, the structured image data being stored in the video database in a structured data format; and performing video synthesis on the structured image data meeting the target searching condition, to generate a video abstract.

Abstract: This application discloses methods and apparatus for rendering a virtual channel in a multi-world virtual scene. The method includes generating a virtual scene for displaying a virtual channel, a first world, and a second world, the virtual channel being used for a render camera to move between the first and second worlds; and receiving a control request for triggering the render camera to move in the virtual scene; and identifying a location of the render camera in response to the control request to obtain a movement trajectory of the render camera during movement in the virtual scene. The method further includes detecting a world state according to the movement trajectory; determining whether the world state is an intermediate state; in response to determining the world state is the intermediate state, generating a room for accommodating the render camera; and displaying in the virtual scene the room.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, apparatus, and storage medium for performing speech recognition. The method includes acquiring, by an apparatus, first to-be-processed speech information. The apparatus includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method includes acquiring, by the apparatus, a first pause duration according to the first to-be-processed speech information; and in response to the first pause duration being greater than or equal to a first threshold, performing, by the apparatus, speech recognition on the first to-be-processed speech information to obtain a first result of sentence segmentation of speech, the first result of sentence segmentation of speech being text information, the first threshold being determined according to speech information corresponding to a previous moment.

Abstract: An image processing method includes presetting an image processing model and performing the following processing based on the model when a first three-dimensional effect plane image is displayed in response to an operation of a user. The method further includes mapping the first three-dimensional effect plane image to the projection plane, determining, according to the three-dimensional position relationship among the viewpoint, the projection plane, and the view window and the size of the view window, a first visual area obtained by projection onto the projection plane through the viewpoint and the view window, and clipping a first image in the first visual area, and displaying the first image.

Abstract: A page display method is provided. The method includes determining a first page based on a first operation on a client; and obtaining, in response to the first operation on the client, current scenario information of the client and a first target page set that is generated according to a page jump historical record of the first page. The method also includes determining a second target page set corresponding to the current scenario information according to a correspondence between scenario information and target pages in the first target page set; creating a corresponding page-entry control for at least one page in the second target page set; and displaying the first page and the page-entry control for at least one page.

Abstract: A method, server and storage medium for verifying a transaction using a smart card are disclosed. A server receives a transaction request to perform a transaction with a user of the smart card. The transaction request includes identification information and encrypted data extracted from the smart card, and transaction information. The server determines a user account linked to the identification information. The server performs a first verification process to authenticate the smart card by verifying that the smart card possesses a correct decryption key corresponding to the identification information. The server performs a second verification process to authenticate the smart card by verifying that the encrypted data extracted from the smart card encodes stored data corresponding to the respective user account linked to the identification information. If the first and the second verification processes are successful, the server processes the transaction in accordance with the transaction information.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for generating video data. In some examples, an apparatus for generating the video data includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains tempo information from audio data that is inserted in a target video. The processing circuitry determines a plurality of target tempo points in the tempo information according to video effect time description information included in a video effect description file. The video effect description file includes video effect data that is used to adjust one or more video frames of an original video. The processing circuitry obtains the one or more video frames from the original video according to the plurality of target tempo points. The processing circuitry adjusts the one or more video frames with the video effect data. The processing circuitry generates the target video including the adjusted one or more video frames and the audio data.

Abstract: A method, information processing apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. In the method, a location of an edge of an eye in a first image of a face is determined. An area of the first image based on the determined location is determined. The area of the first image is divided into first and second subareas based on pixel values of the area of the first image. The first subarea includes the pixel values of a first range and the second subarea includes the pixel values of a second range, and an average pixel difference of the first and second ranges is greater than a threshold. The location of the pupil is determined based on a location of one of the first and second subareas when the average pixel difference of the first and second ranges is greater than the threshold.

Abstract: An intelligent hardware interaction method includes: in the process of running a game application, performing, by a first client, data interaction with first intelligent hardware in wireless communication with the first client, wherein the first client logs into the game application with a first user account, and the game application displays information about the first intelligent hardware; and sending, by the first client, to a second client information generated by the data interaction between the first client and the first intelligent hardware, wherein the second client logs into the game application with a second user account having an association relationship with the first user account, wherein the information generated by the data interaction is sent to the second client based on the association relationship, such that the second client shares the information of the first client based on the data interaction with the first intelligent hardware.

Abstract: A method for controlling a terminal is provided. The terminal includes a capturing apparatus and at least one processor. An image is acquired by the capturing apparatus. A motion parameter of the terminal is obtained. Image processing on the acquired image is controlled to be performed based on the motion parameter being equal to or less than a preset parameter threshold, and skipped based on the motion parameter being greater than the preset parameter threshold.

Abstract: A keyword extraction method is provided. A candidate keyword from target text is extracted by a server. For each candidate keyword, each effective feature corresponding to the candidate keyword is obtained by the server. Calculation is performed by the server according to each effective feature corresponding to the candidate keyword and a weighting coefficient respectively corresponding to each effective feature, to obtain a probability that the candidate keyword belongs to a target keyword, and the candidate keyword is determined as the target keyword of the target text based on the probability.

Abstract: A method, device, and storage medium for converting text to speech are described. The method includes obtaining target text; synthesizing first machine speech corresponding to the target text; and selecting an asynchronous machine speech whose prosodic feature matches a prosodic feature of the first machine speech from an asynchronous machine speech library. The method also includes searching a synchronous machine speech library for a first synchronous machine speech corresponding to the asynchronous machine speech; synthesizing, based on a prosodic feature of the first synchronous machine speech, second machine speech corresponding to the target text; and selecting a second synchronous machine speech matching an acoustic feature of the second machine speech from the synchronous machine speech library. The method further includes splicing speaker speech units corresponding to the synchronous machine speech unit in a speaker speech library, to obtain a target speaker speech.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus. The apparatus includes interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains attribute information of multimedia information associated with a multimedia provider. The attribute information includes website information of a website used to display the multimedia information and identifier (ID) information associated with the multimedia information. The processing circuitry generates a machine-readable identification code to be scanned by a user device of a user based on at least the website information. Based on the ID information, the processing circuitry obtains a first image corresponding to the multimedia information. The processing circuitry determines an image area in the first image in which the machine-readable identification code is to be inserted. The processing circuitry inserts the machine-readable identification code into the image area to generate a second image.

Abstract: A real-time video enhancement method performed at a terminal includes: obtaining an average luminance of a current frame of an image; determining a first enhancement curve corresponding to the current frame from a mapping relationship between a luminance range and the first enhancement curve according to the average luminance of the current frame; determining a local enhancement curve of the current frame according to a pixel range of the current frame; determining a second enhancement curve of the current frame according to the local enhancement curve of the current frame and the first enhancement curve of the current frame; and adjusting the current frame according to the second enhancement curve.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for adjusting a virtual reality (VR) scene. The method includes pre-storing a plurality of VR theme-scenes, and determining feature information corresponding to the VR theme-scenes; obtaining a movie and television work selected by a user to be played. The method also includes determining feature information of the selected movie and television work; and determining a VR theme-scene corresponding to the selected movie and television work from the plurality of VR theme-scenes, according to the feature information of the selected movie and television work and the feature information of the VR theme-scene.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission control method, apparatus, and system. Implementation of the method includes: receiving, by a first communications server, information data from a first terminal served by the first communications server; determining, by the first communications server, a target identifier of the information data; and sending the information data to a second communications server if the target identifier belongs to identifier information of the second communications server, so that the second communications server sends the information data to a second terminal corresponding to the target identifier. The first communications server and the second communications server correspond to two communications platforms; and the first communications server determines a target of the information data from a local platform, and then performs cross-platform forwarding, thereby implementing cross-platform instant messaging.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a terminal for recognizing a two-dimensional code are provided. The two-dimensional code includes an image region and an encoding region. The image region and the encoding region have no overlap. The method includes selecting, from pixels of the two-dimensional code, a pixel included in a code element in an encoding region. The method further includes determining a value of the code element in the encoding region according to the pixel included in the code element in the encoding region. The method further includes recognizing the two-dimensional code according to the value of the code element in the encoding region.

Abstract: A message processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a computer device are provided. The method can be applied to a computing device that executes a parent application and includes: receiving a session message; extracting a child application identifier in the session message; obtaining plug-in code corresponding to the child application identifier; and executing the plug-in code in an environment provided by a parent application. The method also includes obtaining, by executing the plug-in code, shared data corresponding to the child application identifier; and dynamically drawing, according to the shared data, a picture on a session interface corresponding to the session message.

Abstract: A method for automatically converting electronic data is disclosed.