Patents by Inventor CONG TIAN
CONG TIAN 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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Publication number: 20260154925Abstract: This application provides a method for recording a performance of a virtual object in a virtual scenario performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a virtual object outfitted with a first performance costume in the virtual scenario; in response to a user operation on the audio control, selecting background audio for the performance; in response to a user operation for the virtual object, playing a first part of background audio and displaying a first performance action performed by the virtual object outfitted with the first performance costume corresponding to the first part of the background audio; and automatically replacing the first performance costume outfitted for the virtual object with a second performance costume outfitted for the virtual object in response to the background audio changing from the first part to a second part corresponding to the second performance costume.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2025Publication date: June 4, 2026Inventors: Jingjing He, Meng QIU, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Yu DENG, Jieqi XIE, Cong TIAN, Weijian CUI
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Patent number: 12636580Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item is provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment; controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item; displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list; and receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, and marking the virtual item in the virtual environment according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2024Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Weijian Cui, Shuting Zhang
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Patent number: 12605630Abstract: A virtual accessory using method includes: displaying, on a target game interface, a first shooting prop and an accessory switching control for the first shooting prop, the first shooting prop being a shooting prop held by a virtual operation object; obtaining a first touch operation on the accessory switching control; displaying an accessory switching region when the first touch operation satisfies a first switching condition, the accessory switching region including at least three accessory slots, and an accessory slot being used for displaying a virtual accessory; and controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first accessory slot, the first shooting prop to use a first virtual accessory, the first accessory slot being one of the at least three accessory slots, and the first accessory slot being used for displaying the first virtual accessory.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Weijian Cui, Meng Qiu, Cong Tian, Jingjing He
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Publication number: 20260027461Abstract: A virtual object control method is performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture containing a virtual object and an attack control configured to trigger the virtual object to attack; in response to a first trigger operation on the attack control, displaying an action control adjacent the attack control corresponding to a current object action mode associated with the virtual object, the action control being configured to trigger the virtual object to perform an action according to the current object action mode; and in response to a second trigger operation on the attack control, controlling the virtual object to perform a first action according to the action control and perform an attack according to the attack control simultaneously, the first action being different from the attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Inventors: Weijian CUI, Meng QIU, Boyi LIU, Cong TIAN, Dancheng ZOU, Yu DENG, Jingjing HE
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Patent number: 12504873Abstract: This application discloses a method for controlling a virtual object to drop a virtual item in a virtual environment performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a user interface, the user interface including an icon corresponding to at least one type of virtual items possessed by a virtual object and a partial-drop region; receiving a first drag operation of dragging target virtual items from the icon corresponding to the at least one type of virtual items to the partial-drop region; dropping a fixed number of target virtual items in response to release of the first drag operation at a first location within the partial-drop region; and dropping a user-customized number of target virtual items in response to release of the first drag operation at a second location within the partial-drop region.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jiaqi Pan, Meng Qiu, Shuting Zhang, Weijian Cui, Cong Tian
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Patent number: 12499644Abstract: This application provides a method for playing a performance of a virtual object in a virtual scenario performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a virtual object outfitted with a first performance costume in the virtual scenario; in response to a user operation for the virtual object, playing a first part of background audio and displaying a first performance action performed by the virtual object outfitted with the first performance costume corresponding to the first part of the background audio; and automatically replacing the first performance costume outfitted for the virtual object with a second performance costume outfitted for the virtual object in response to the background audio changing from the first part to a second part corresponding to the second performance costume.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jingjing He, Meng Qiu, Dancheng Zou, Boyi Liu, Yu Deng, Jieqi Xie, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui
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Patent number: 12440758Abstract: A virtual object control method is performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture and an attack control; in response to a first trigger operation on the attack control, displaying an action control adjacent the attack control, the action control being configured to trigger the virtual object to perform a non-attack action; and in response to a second trigger operation on the action control, controlling the virtual object to perform a first action according to the action control while performing attacks according to the attack control. The method provided in embodiments of this application may reduce the operation difficulty of controlling a virtual object to attack and performing other actions simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Weijian Cui, Meng Qiu, Boyi Liu, Cong Tian, Dancheng Zou, Yu Deng, Jingjing He
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Publication number: 20250252762Abstract: A system for enhancing data views for remote intensive care units includes a central computer comprising a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the central computer to: receive, from a first remote intensive care unit, data generated by a first camera at the first remote intensive care unit; determine, from the data generated by the first camera at the first remote intensive care unit, a type of a first medical device within a view of the first camera at the first remote intensive care unit; determine, based on the type of the first medical device, a layout of labels for information displayed by the first medical device; generate labels for information displayed by the first medical device; and supplement video from the first camera with the labels for information displayed by the first medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: SHENG JIN, CONG TIAN
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Publication number: 20250025786Abstract: This application discloses a social method and apparatus based on a three-dimensional virtual environment, a device, and a medium, and belongs to the field of virtual environments. The method includes: displaying a first virtual character located at a first position in a three-dimensional virtual environment; receiving a check-in operation, the check-in operation including an operation of editing first social information for a first event; and displaying a first check-in marker created by the first virtual character at a second position in the three-dimensional virtual environment, the first check-in marker being configured for displaying, to a virtual character arriving at the second position, the first social information edited by the first virtual character for the first event. In the foregoing solution, a check-in marker may be placed in the three-dimensional virtual environment to share social information with another virtual character in the three-dimensional virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Chenghao Ye, Ziyi Wang, Boyi Liu, Jieqi Xie, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui, Zhi Li
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Publication number: 20250010193Abstract: This application is related to discarding a virtual item in a virtual setting (e.g., a video game). A method comprises: receiving a first operation on an item management control on a user interface when a virtual item owned by a virtual object is not selected. The item management control is configured to trigger management of the virtual item. The method further comprises displaying discard prompt information based on a determination that a virtual item that is unusable by the virtual object; and controlling the virtual object to discard the virtual item owned by the virtual object in response to an end of the first operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Ziyi Wang, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui, Chenghao Ye
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Patent number: 12182007Abstract: The present application discloses a test method and apparatus for an application, an electronic device, and a storage medium, relates to the field of test technologies, and may be applied to the fields of artificial intelligence and big data technologies. A specific solution includes: obtaining, from a target APP, a first recommended item for being selected, where the target APP is an APP of interest to a target user; triggering the target APP to open a first sub-page corresponding to the first recommended item for being selected when the first recommended item for being selected matches target information of interest, where the target information of interest is information of interest to the target user; and determining a test result for the target APP based on a matching degree between a first target recommended item and the target information of interest, where the first target recommended item includes a recommended item generated by the target APP after the first sub-page is opened on the target APP.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cong Tian, Yumin Tang
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Publication number: 20240362882Abstract: This application provides a suit processing method and apparatus for a virtual object, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes displaying a virtual scene, the virtual scene including a first virtual object wearing a first suit, the first suit including a plurality of components being distributed at different positions on the first virtual object; to determining that a color of the first region does not match a color of the first component; and in response to the determining, replacing a first component in the first suit with a second component, a color of the second component matching the color of the first region, and a wearing position for the second component is the same as that for the first component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Cong Tian, Jieqi XIE, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI, Yu DENG, Zhi LI, Jingjing HE
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Publication number: 20240350915Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a mark in a virtual scene, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene including a first virtual object and at least one second virtual object; displaying corresponding mark prompt information when a target second virtual object among the at least one second virtual object performs a marking operation for target content in the virtual scene to cause a mark to be carried in the target content; and switching a display state of the mark from an initial state to a prompt state when a trigger operation for the mark prompt information is received, and displaying the mark in the prompt state in the virtual scene, the prompt state being configured for prompting a location of the target content in the virtual scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Ziyi Wang, Cong Tian, Chenghao Ye, Boyi Liu, Jieqi Xie, Weijian Cui, Zhi Li
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Publication number: 20240264740Abstract: An adaptive display method and apparatus for a virtual scene, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided, and the method includes: displaying a virtual scene and a plurality of buttons with different sizes; obtaining, in response to touch operations on the plurality of buttons with different sizes, touch areas corresponding to the touch operations; and updating and displaying the virtual scene, sizes of buttons included in the updated virtual scene being adapted to the touch areas corresponding to the touch operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Dancheng ZOU, Shengyu WU, Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jingjing HE, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI
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Publication number: 20240261683Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item is provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment; controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item; displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list; and receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, and marking the virtual item in the virtual environment according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jiaqi PAN, Weijian CUI, Shuting ZHANG
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Patent number: 11995311Abstract: An adaptive display method and apparatus for a virtual scene, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided, and the method includes: displaying a virtual scene and a plurality of buttons with different sizes; obtaining, in response to touch operations on the plurality of buttons with different sizes, touch areas corresponding to the touch operations; and updating and displaying the virtual scene, sizes of buttons included in the updated virtual scene being adapted to the touch areas corresponding to the touch operations.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Dancheng Zou, Shengyu Wu, Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jingjing He, Boyi Liu, Weijian Cui
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Publication number: 20240157239Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a virtual item control method and apparatus, a terminal, and a non-transitory storage medium, and belong to the field of computer technologies. The method includes: displaying a plurality of item icons after a press operation on a throw button is detected; controlling, in response to the press operation moving to the target item icon and a duration reaches a target duration, a virtual object to hold a target virtual item corresponding to the target item icon; controlling, in response to a movement of the press operation, the virtual object to aim at a target position; and controlling, in response to a release of the press operation, the virtual object to throw the target virtual item to the target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Shengyu WU, Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jingjing HE, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI, Yi LI
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Patent number: 11980814Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item is provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment; controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item; displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list; and receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, and marking the virtual item in the virtual environment according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Weijian Cui, Shuting Zhang
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Publication number: 20240104005Abstract: The present application discloses a test method and apparatus for an application, an electronic device, and a storage medium, relates to the field of test technologies, and may be applied to the fields of artificial intelligence and big data technologies. A specific solution includes: obtaining, from a target APP, a first recommended item for being selected, where the target APP is an APP of interest to a target user; triggering the target APP to open a first sub-page corresponding to the first recommended item for being selected when the first recommended item for being selected matches target information of interest, where the target information of interest is information of interest to the target user; and determining a test result for the target APP based on a matching degree between a first target recommended item and the target information of interest, where the first target recommended item includes a recommended item generated by the target APP after the first sub-page is opened on the target APP.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cong Tian, Yumin TANG
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Patent number: 11904241Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a virtual item control method and apparatus, a terminal, and a non-transitory storage medium, and belong to the field of computer technologies. The method includes: displaying a plurality of item icons after a press operation on a throw button is detected; controlling, in response to the press operation moving to the target item icon and a duration reaches a target duration, a virtual object to hold a target virtual item corresponding to the target item icon; controlling, in response to a movement of the press operation, the virtual object to aim at a target position; and controlling, in response to a release of the press operation, the virtual object to throw the target virtual item to the target position.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Shengyu Wu, Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jingjing He, Dancheng Zou, Boyi Liu, Weijian Cui, Yi Li