Patents by Inventor Geng Du
Geng Du 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: 20250046045Abstract: A method for implementing multimedia interaction includes displaying a first user interface that includes a virtual building representing an entrance to a multimedia interaction room and a virtual object that are located in a virtual scene, in response to a movement control operation on the virtual object, displaying that the virtual object moves from a first position to a second position in the virtual scene, and, in response to that the virtual object satisfies an entry condition of the virtual building, displaying a second user interface that includes the virtual building, the virtual object, and an interaction control. The entry condition at least includes the second position being within an effective response range of the virtual building.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Mingjun TENG, Xiaoyu YU, Zhuocen JIANG, Yingyuan CAI, Zhao LI, Feng LI, Yizhou DU, Zixiang ZHAO, Zekai CHEN, Jianhui PAN, Geng TIAN
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Patent number: 11507712Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, John D. Morrison
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Patent number: 11263827Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20200364946Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 10769863Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 10733333Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for building data consolidation are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for building data consolidation, comprising: receiving a plurality of representative drawings that comprise a portion of a building, determining a boundary and a location of each of the plurality of representative drawings, wherein the boundary and the location correspond to the building, and stitching the plurality of representative drawings into a combined representative drawing of the building based on the boundary and the location.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond
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Publication number: 20200151370Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, John D. Morrison
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Patent number: 10565323Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, John D. Morrison
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Patent number: 10324709Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Geng Du, Chong Feng, Wei Feng Li, Xin Li, Qi Liu, Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Chunxiao Zhang
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Patent number: 10262460Abstract: Three dimensional (3D) operational user interface generation systems and methods are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include calculating a number of locations for a virtual camera, placing the virtual camera at each of the number of locations, generating a 3D image at each of the number of locations, implementing object information for each pixel of the 3D image, and generating a 3D user interface utilizing the 3D image at each of the number of locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20180357835Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20180275984Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Geng Du, Chong Feng, Wei Feng Li, Xin Li, Qi Liu, Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Chunxiao Zhang
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Patent number: 10049504Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 9996336Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Geng Du, Chong Feng, Wei Feng Li, Xin Li, Qi Liu, Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Chunxiao Zhang
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Publication number: 20170352196Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 9811249Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for generating an operational user interface for a building management system are described herein. One method includes generating a widget using geometrical information associated with a building information modeling object and relationship information associated with the building information modeling object, assigning a state variable to the widget by analyzing properties of the building information modeling object or an ontology definition of the building information modeling object, associating the state variable with a point from the building operation system by mapping the point to the state variable, and changing the state variable based on input received from a user.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Hao Bai, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Conrad B. Beaulieu
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Patent number: 9767228Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer-readable media for determining a deployment of an access control system are described herein. One method includes extracting a plurality of two-dimensional spaces from a building information model of a facility, determining a plurality of connections between the plurality of spaces, defining a zone of the facility, wherein the zone includes a subset of the plurality of spaces and a subset of the plurality of connections between the spaces, and associating an access reader with a particular connection of the subset of the plurality of connections located on a boundary of the zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Michelle Raymond, Vit Libal, Jan Jelinek, Valerie Guralnik
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Publication number: 20170147717Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for building data consolidation are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for building data consolidation, comprising: receiving a plurality of representative drawings that comprise a portion of a building, determining a boundary and a location of each of the plurality of representative drawings, wherein the boundary and the location correspond to the building, and stitching the plurality of representative drawings into a combined representative drawing of the building based on the boundary and the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond
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Publication number: 20160321062Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Geng Du, Chong Feng, Wei Feng Li, Xin Li, Qi Liu, Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Chunxiao Zhang
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Patent number: 9448832Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Geng Du, Chong Feng, Wei Feng Li, Xin Li, Qi Liu, Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Chunxiao Zhang