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).

  • Publication number: 20250025786
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Chenghao Ye, Ziyi Wang, Boyi Liu, Jieqi Xie, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui, Zhi Li
  • Publication number: 20250010193
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Ziyi Wang, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui, Chenghao Ye
  • Patent number: 12182007
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cong Tian, Yumin Tang
  • Publication number: 20240362882
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Cong Tian, Jieqi XIE, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI, Yu DENG, Zhi LI, Jingjing HE
  • Publication number: 20240350915
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ziyi Wang, Cong Tian, Chenghao Ye, Boyi Liu, Jieqi Xie, Weijian Cui, Zhi Li
  • Publication number: 20240264740
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Dancheng ZOU, Shengyu WU, Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jingjing HE, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI
  • Publication number: 20240261683
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jiaqi PAN, Weijian CUI, Shuting ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11995311
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dancheng Zou, Shengyu Wu, Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jingjing He, Boyi Liu, Weijian Cui
  • Publication number: 20240157239
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Shengyu WU, Cong TIAN, Meng QIU, Jingjing HE, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 11980814
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Weijian Cui, Shuting Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240104005
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cong Tian, Yumin TANG
  • Patent number: 11904241
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shengyu Wu, Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jingjing He, Dancheng Zou, Boyi Liu, Weijian Cui, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20240037884
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jingjing HE, Meng QIU, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Yu DENG, Jieqi XIE, Cong TIAN, Weijian CUI
  • Publication number: 20240024778
    Abstract: A parameter processing method includes playing a video for a second account, wherein a first account controls a first virtual object in the virtual scene in the video, and displaying a first parameter policy set associated with the video. The first parameter policy set includes at least one of (i) position, size, or function of keys for controlling the first virtual object or (ii) sensitivity of virtual props in the virtual scene. The method further includes updating a second parameter policy set corresponding to a second account in response to a parameter policy update operation. Updated parameters of the second parameter policy set include at least one parameter that is the same as a parameter of the first parameter policy set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Jingjing HE, Meng QIU, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Yu DENG, Jieqi XIE, Weijian CUI, Cong TIAN
  • Publication number: 20240016444
    Abstract: The invention provides a fetal position monitoring system, comprising an abdominal belt or a glove comprising a force and/or deformation sensor arrangement for obtaining resistance information of a plurality of local areas of the abdomen in response to an applied pressure. A data analysis processor interprets the resistance information to derive a fetal position and/or fetal size and optionally also fetal movement and an output is provided giving a representation of the fetal position and/or fetal size and optionally also fetal movement. This system provides a way of generating an output of the fetal position or size which requires minimum medical knowledge of the user, and it may be used at home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: CONG TIAN, LIN LI, YU QIANG WU, GUANG LI WEN, XIAOJUN LOU
  • Publication number: 20230330537
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes displaying a user interface including a first virtual item and an item switching control, switching the first virtual item in the user interface to a second virtual item next in line after the first virtual item in an item list in response to a first operation on the item switching control, controlling a virtual object to handhold the second virtual item, switching the second virtual item in the user interface to a third virtual item selected from the item list in response to a second operation on the item switching control, and controlling the virtual object to handhold the third virtual item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Weijian CUI, Meng QIU, Cong TIAN, Jingjing HE
  • Publication number: 20230330536
    Abstract: This application provides a method for controlling a virtual object in a virtual scene performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene, the virtual scene comprising a virtual object; displaying a first action button and a second action button, and displaying a connection button; and in response to a trigger operation for the connection button, controlling the virtual object to execute a first action associated with the first action button and a section action associated with the second action button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Weijian CUI, Boyi LIU, Meng Qiu, Cong Tian, Jingjing he, Dancheng Zou, Yu Deng
  • Patent number: 11786077
    Abstract: A food processor combines steaming of food on a support, and blending. The support is rotated about the same shaft as the blender blade, to release the food on the support centrifugally so that it drops to the blender blade. This enables an automated process with optimized steaming and blending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Zhenzhen Cai, Tao Kong, Cong Tian, Jingwei Tan
  • Publication number: 20230321537
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Weijian CUI, Meng QIU, Boyi LIU, Cong TIAN, Dancheng ZOU, Yu DENG, Jingjing HE
  • Publication number: 20230285860
    Abstract: A virtual character control method includes: displaying a virtual character and a virtual controller in a virtual scene, the virtual controller being configured to manipulate the virtual character based on a user operation; controlling the virtual character to move in the virtual scene in response to an operation performed on the virtual controller; and controlling, in response to the virtual controller being dragged to a first area in the virtual scene and a target object existing within a range around the virtual character during a movement of the virtual character, the virtual character to perform a predetermined action associated with the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Dancheng ZOU, Meng QIU, Jingjing HE, Boyi LIU, Weijian CUI, Cong TIAN