Patents by Inventor Meng QIU

Meng QIU 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).

  • Patent number: 12031754
    Abstract: A smart sub-ambient radiative cooling composition including TiO2 particles; inorganic particles selected from the group consisting of SiO2, CaCO3, SiC, ZnO, Al2O3, ZnO, and mixtures thereof; fluorescent pigment particles; and a polymer useful for sub-ambient radiative cooling, methods of preparation, and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianguo Dai, Xiao Xue, Dangyuan Lei, Meng Qiu, Wei Jin
  • Patent number: 12023583
    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: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Weijian Cui, Jiaqi Pan, 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: 20240061566
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a virtual button includes: presenting a button adjustment interface of a virtual scene including a target virtual button; controlling, in response to a movement operation for the target virtual button, the target virtual button to move in the button adjustment interface, to adjust a presentation position of the target virtual button in the virtual scene, wherein at least two presentation forms of the target virtual button are in the virtual scene; and presenting prompt information in response to the target virtual button being moved to a boundary area in the button adjustment interface, the prompt information being used for prompting that the target virtual button is displayed abnormally in the virtual scene when the target virtual button is in a target presentation form of the at least two presentation forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuqi LONG, Shuting ZHANG, Shuai HAN, Meng QIU, Jianquan LI, Qiwen ZHENG, Ruci WANG
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11863361
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods for frequency domain (FD) local oscillator frequency offset (LOFO) compensation. The method comprising: i) compensating, by an integer Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) bins-based oscillator, LOFO in a received signal by an integer number of FFT bins; and ii) compensating, by a fractional FFT bins-based oscillator, LOFO in the compensated signal by the integer FFT bins-based oscillator with a fine compensation resolution of a fractional number of FFT bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Xuefeng Tang, Ahmed Mohamed Medra, Hossein Najafi, Ali Bakhshali
  • Patent number: 11836335
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a virtual button includes: presenting a button adjustment interface of a virtual scene including a target virtual button; controlling, in response to a movement operation for the target virtual button, the target virtual button to move in the button adjustment interface, to adjust a presentation position of the target virtual button in the virtual scene, wherein at least two presentation forms of the target virtual button are in the virtual scene; and presenting prompt information in response to the target virtual button being moved to a boundary area in the button adjustment interface, the prompt information being used for prompting that the target virtual button is displayed abnormally in the virtual scene when the target virtual button is in a target presentation form of the at least two presentation forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuqi Long, Shuting Zhang, Shuai Han, Meng Qiu, Jianquan Li, Qiwen Zheng, Ruci Wang
  • 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
  • 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: 20230333596
    Abstract: A display module for a head-mounted display device includes a display assembly, an optical imaging assembly, and a virtual image location adjustment assembly. The display assembly is configured to display an image. The optical imaging assembly is configured to form a virtual image based on the image. The virtual image location adjustment assembly is configured to adjust at least one of the optical imaging assembly and the display assembly to adjust the virtual image to a target location. The virtual image location adjustment assembly adjusts the optical imaging assembly and/or the display assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shaorui Gao, Jushuai Wu, Weicheng Luo, Meng Qiu, Hui Yu, Yunneng Mo, Tizheng Wang
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230264103
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Weijian CUI, Meng QIU, Cong TIAN, Jingjing HE
  • 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