Patents by Inventor Chennan ZHANG

Chennan ZHANG 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).

  • Publication number: 20250135340
    Abstract: A virtual environment display method and apparatus is provided. In the method, a virtual object in a three-dimensional virtual scene moving along a preset trajectory is displayed. The preset trajectory includes a curved trajectory and a non-curved trajectory. The virtual object in a first viewing angle direction is displayed. The first viewing angle direction is an observation direction of a first virtual camera along the non-curved trajectory. The virtual object in a second viewing angle direction is displayed when the virtual object moves to the curved trajectory. The second viewing angle direction is an observation direction of a second virtual camera along the curved trajectory. When the virtual object switches from the curved trajectory to the non-curved trajectory, the display of the virtual object back to the first viewing angle direction is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Chennan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250058224
    Abstract: In a display method, a virtual character in a first module of a level in a video game is displayed. The virtual character is controlled, based on a first interaction operation, to move from a first instance of the first module to a first instance of a second module of the level when a first condition of the first module is met. The virtual character is controlled, based on a second interaction operation, to move from the first instance of the second module to a second instance of the first module when a second condition of the second module is met. The virtual character is controlled, based on the second interaction operation, to move from the first instance of the second module to a third module of the level in the video game when the second condition of the second module and the loop end condition are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Chennan ZHANG, Fan ZHAO, Ruorong DU
  • Publication number: 20250032923
    Abstract: In a method for interacting in a virtual environment, the virtual environment is displayed that includes a first area having an obscured visual state, an interactive object, and a virtual character controlled by a user. In response to a user input corresponding to an illumination action, a second area within the first area is modified to an unobscured visual state. Whether the interactive object is located within the second area is determined. An interaction state of the interactive object is changed from a first interaction state to a second interaction state based on the interactive object being determined to be located within the second area. The first interaction state and the second interaction state defining different interactions with the virtual character. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Chennan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230031248
    Abstract: A level screen displaying method, apparatus, device and storage medium, falling within the field of application programs supporting a virtual environment, is applied to a terminal device, a level provided by the terminal device including at least two sub-levels. The method including: displaying the level screen, the level screen displaying a virtual character located in a first sub-level (320); controlling the virtual character to move in the first sub-level in response to a moving operation (340); loading a second sub-level in response to the virtual character moving to a trigger position of the second sub-level in the first sub-level (360); and controlling the virtual character to move from the first sub-level to the second sub-level (380).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Chennan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200254870
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electric axle assembly including an axle housing; a motor/generator having an output shaft drivingly connected thereto, wherein the output shaft has an output gear rotatably mounted thereon; a differential assembly housed in a differential housing and drivingly connected to a pair of axle half shafts having a pair of wheels attached to the ends thereof; and a two-speed transmission housed in the axle housing and drivingly connected to the output gear and the differential assembly, wherein the output shaft drivingly connects the motor/generator to the differential assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Buliang ZHANG, Dean GAO, Shengli HU, Chennan ZHANG, Qinggang SHAO