Patents by Inventor Jiaqi PAN

Jiaqi PAN 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: 20240123342
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for moving a virtual character's perspective in a virtual environment performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first perspective image of an application program observed using a first perspective direction, the first perspective image including first and second function controls; switching the first perspective image to a second perspective image according to the first perspective movement operation on the first function control, the second perspective image being an image of the virtual environment observed using a second perspective direction; receiving a second perspective movement operation on the second function control while the first function control is in an enabled state; and switching the second perspective image to a third perspective image according to the second perspective movement operation on the second function control, the third perspective image being an image of the virtual environment observed using a third perspective direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jiaqi Pan, Jin Yang
  • Publication number: 20240028193
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes: displaying, in response to a virtual object in a virtual scene being in a first movement state, at least two switch controls including a target switch control in an interface of the virtual scene, and a switching control other than the target switch control, the switching control being a control copy of the target switch control, and a display position of the control copy being different from a display position of the target switch control; and controlling, in response to a state switching operation triggered based on the control copy, the virtual object to be switched from the first movement state to a second movement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Zefeng YANG, Jiaqi PAN
  • Patent number: 11878240
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for perspective rotation in a virtual environment performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first perspective image of an application program associated with the virtual environment, a first function control and a second function control being overlaid on the first perspective image; receiving a first perspective rotation operation triggered based on the first function control; enabling a first function and a perspective rotation function of the first function control, and switching the first perspective image to a second perspective image; receiving a second perspective rotation operation triggered based on the second function control while the first function control is in an enabled state; and disabling the perspective rotation function of the first function control, enabling a second function and a perspective rotation function of the second function control, and switching the second perspective image to a third perspective image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Jiaqi Pan
  • Patent number: 11803301
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes: displaying, in response to a virtual object in a virtual scene being in a first movement state, at least two switch controls including a target switch control in an interface of the virtual scene, and a switching control other than the target switch control, the switching control being a control copy of the target switch control, and a display position of the control copy being different from a display position of the target switch control; and controlling, in response to a state switching operation triggered based on the control copy, the virtual object to be switched from the first movement state to a second movement state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zefeng Yang, Jiaqi Pan
  • Publication number: 20230321541
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a virtual map of a virtual environment including an identification of a first virtual object and an identification of a second virtual object in the virtual environment, and displaying a hot zone display element on the virtual map in response to a determination that the first virtual object interacts with the second virtual object. The hot zone display element indicates a map area in which the first virtual object interacts with the second virtual object. The method further includes displaying a visual field picture of the virtual environment from a perspective of the first virtual object or the second virtual object in response to a trigger operation on the hot zone display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Dong YU, Weixiang YU, Jiaqi PAN, Ying DENG, Yun YANG, Qingbo YU, Linying XIE, Zefeng YANG
  • Publication number: 20230251771
    Abstract: A method for adding a virtual object in a virtual environment is provided. An image of the virtual environment is displayed based on a position of a virtual movable object in the virtual environment. An object controller corresponding to the virtual object to be added in the virtual environment is displayed. The object controller includes a control region and a graphical element configured to move within the control region according to a first touch operation. A first position of the virtual object in the virtual environment is determined according to a position of the graphical element within the control region when the first touch operation ends. The virtual object is added in the virtual environment at the determined first position of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng QIU, Jiaqi PAN
  • Publication number: 20230244373
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Jiaqi PAN, Meng QIU, Shuting ZHANG, Weijian CUI, Cong TIAN
  • Patent number: 11703993
    Abstract: A viewing angle switching method is provided. The viewing angle switching method includes: displaying a first user interface, the first user interface including an environment picture and a viewing angle switching region, the environment picture including a three-dimensional virtual environment observed from a first viewing angle direction by a virtual object, and the viewing angle switching region including a viewing angle jumping element used for viewing angle jumping; receiving a viewing angle jumping signal triggered on a target viewing angle jumping element, the at least one viewing angle jumping element including the target viewing angle jumping element; determining a second viewing angle direction corresponding to the target viewing angle jumping element; and displaying a second user interface, the second user interface including the environment picture of the three-dimensional virtual environment observed from the second viewing angle direction by the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Junming Wang, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Patent number: 11675488
    Abstract: This application includes a method and an apparatus for constructing a target object in a virtual environment of an application, a device, and a storage medium. A first picture of the virtual environment is displayed according to a first perspective corresponding to a first observation direction of a virtual movable object in the virtual environment. An object construction controller corresponding to the target object is displayed. A touch operation on the object construction controller is received. A target construction position of the target object is determined based on the touch operation, a target distance, and the first observation direction of the virtual movable object. A touch release operation corresponding to the touch operation is received. Further, the target object is constructed at the determined target construction position according to the touch release operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan
  • Patent number: 11656755
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for controlling a virtual object to drop a virtual item in a virtual environment performed at a terminal, relating to the field of computers. The method includes: displaying 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, the first drag operation being used for dragging target virtual items from the icon corresponding to the at least one type of virtual items to the partial-drop region, a possession quantity corresponding to the target virtual items being n, n being an integer greater than 1; dragging target virtual items from the icon corresponding to the at least one type of virtual items to; and controlling the virtual object according to the first drag operation to drop a predefined number of the n target virtual items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jiaqi Pan, Meng Qiu, Shuting Zhang, Weijian Cui, Cong Tian
  • Patent number: 11628371
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, a device, and storage medium for transferring a virtual item. The method includes receiving, by a first electronic device, a transfer request from a second electronic device, the transfer request comprising at least one physical item identifier and a quantity corresponding to each physical item identifier that are recognized by the second electronic device. The method also includes determining, by the first electronic device, at least one target virtual item according to the at least one physical item identifier and the quantity corresponding to each physical item identifier, the at least one target virtual item being associated with the at least one physical item identifier and the quantity corresponding to each physical item identifier; and transferring, by the first electronic device, the at least one target virtual item from a first position to a second position in a target virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Weijian Cui, Shuting Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230055575
    Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for selecting an accessory in a virtual environment. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment interface; receiving a trigger operation on an accessory switching control; displaying a candidate accessory zone in a local peripheral region of the accessory switching control according to the trigger operation; receiving a selection operation on a target gun accessory in n gun accessories; and displaying a second virtual environment interface according to the selection operation. The accessory switching control is displayed superimposed on a picture. When the trigger operation on the accessory switching control is received, the candidate accessory zone is displayed in the peripheral region of the accessory switching control, and the n gun accessories of the same accessory type are displayed in the candidate accessory zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Meng QIU, Weijian CUI, Jiaqi PAN, Shuting ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230033874
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes: displaying a virtual environment screen and a target function control, the target function control being configured to control the first virtual object to perform a target operation which triggers change of a target attribute value of a second virtual object; determining, in response to a trigger operation on the target function control, one or more second virtual objects with target attribute values satisfying a preset condition as one or more candidate virtual objects, and displaying one or more candidate object identifiers of the one or more candidate virtual objects; and determining, in response to a selection operation on one of the one or more candidate object identifiers, that a selected candidate object identifier is a target object identifier, and controlling the first virtual object to perform the target operation on a target virtual object corresponding to the target object identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoqing WEN, Jiaqi PAN, Ying DENG, Ke MAO, Weixiang YU, Jing KOU, Zefeng YANG
  • Publication number: 20230037089
    Abstract: An operation control method is provided. A virtual scene of a virtual character and a movement control interface are displayed. The movement control interface is configured to receive a movement control operation to control movement of the virtual character in the virtual scene. A switch configuration interface is displayed in response to a switch configuration operation being performed on the movement control interface. The switch configuration interface is configured to receive a switch attribute configuration control operation for the virtual character. Target attribute configuration information for the virtual character is determined in response to the switch attribute configuration control operation being performed on the switch configuration interface. Further, the virtual character is controlled based on the target attribute configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Ying DENG, Jiaqi PAN, Ke MAO, Xiaoqing WEN, Weixiang YU, Jing KOU, Zefeng YANG
  • Patent number: 11565181
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes: displaying a path drawing interface that comprises a map of a virtual environment; obtaining a path finding instruction associated with a virtual object in the virtual environment according to an operation track of a drawing operation performed in the path drawing interface. The drawing operation is performed on the map of the virtual environment. The method also includes generating a moving path according to the path finding instruction; and controlling the virtual object to move along the moving path in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Junming Wang, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Publication number: 20230014355
    Abstract: A human-computer interaction interface control method, apparatus, device and storage medium. The method includes: generating a virtual information carrier at a mobile terminal in response to a virtual information carrier generation instruction, the virtual information carrier being a virtual carrier for recording information; detecting state data of the mobile terminal, and matching the detected state data and preset target state data of the mobile terminal; determining, in response to the detected state data being matched with the preset target state data, that the mobile terminal is in a preset target state, and acquiring target movement data of the mobile terminal in the preset target state; analyzing the target movement data, and setting an interface control parameter of the mobile terminal automatically based on the target movement data; and controlling a human-computer interaction interface based on the interface control parameter to display the information recorded in the virtual information carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ying DENG, Jiaqi PAN, Ke MAO, Xiaoqing WEN, Weixiang YU, Jing KOU, Zefeng YANG
  • Patent number: 11517819
    Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for selecting an accessory in a virtual environment. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment interface; receiving a trigger operation on an accessory switching control; displaying a candidate accessory zone in a local peripheral region of the accessory switching control according to the trigger operation; receiving a selection operation on a target gun accessory in n gun accessories; and displaying a second virtual environment interface according to the selection operation. The accessory switching control is displayed superimposed on a picture. When the trigger operation on the accessory switching control is received, the candidate accessory zone is displayed in the peripheral region of the accessory switching control, and the n gun accessories of the same accessory type are displayed in the candidate accessory zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Weijian Cui, Jiaqi Pan, Shuting Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220297004
    Abstract: This application provides a method and apparatus for controlling a virtual object, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes displaying, in a picture of a virtual scene, a virtual object moving in a first motion state and a switching control for switching a motion state of the virtual object; in response to a state switching operation triggered based on the switching control, controlling the virtual object to switch from the first motion state to a second motion state; and in response to a direction adjustment operation triggered based on the switching control, adjusting a motion perspective of the virtual object, and adjusting the picture of the virtual scene corresponding to the adjusted motion perspective, to control the virtual object to move in the second motion state in the adjusted picture of the virtual scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zefeng YANG, Jiaqi PAN
  • Patent number: 11442610
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a virtual item adjustment method performed at a computing device having a touchscreen. The method including: displaying a virtual object presenting interface on the touchscreen, the virtual object presenting interface comprising a first virtual object and a second virtual object, the first virtual object and the second virtual object being two virtual objects respectively controlled by two different user accounts; receiving a slide operation signal on the touchscreen, the slide operation signal having a start position on the second virtual object and an end position on the first virtual object; and adjusting a virtual item of the first virtual object according to a virtual item of the second virtual object. The embodiments of this application implement the function of adjusting a virtual item of a virtual object only through a slide operation. Therefore, the operation simpler and more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Ya Zhang, Jiaqi Pan, Junming Wang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Publication number: 20220266136
    Abstract: This application provides a method and apparatus for state switching in a virtual scene, a device, computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes: displaying a virtual object in a first motion state in a screen of a virtual scene, the virtual object being equipped with a virtual item, the virtual item being in a first equipment state; and controlling, in response to a first switching instruction for the virtual object, the virtual object to switch an equipment state of the virtual item from the first equipment state to a second equipment state, and controlling a motion state of the virtual object to switch from the first motion state to a second motion state, so that the virtual object that is in the second motion state controls the virtual item that is in the second equipment state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Zefeng YANG, Jiaqi PAN