Patents by Inventor Qinghua Xiao

Qinghua Xiao 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: 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: 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: 20220362668
    Abstract: This application discloses an information display method performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a user interface of a target application; displaying mandatory reading information and first prompt information corresponding to the mandatory reading information in the user interface in response to a display trigger operation; and displaying second prompt information corresponding to the mandatory reading information in the user interface in response to an end of a mandatory reading time. In this application, a user is prevented within a mandatory reading time from triggering a trigger operation to which a client needs to respond, processing overheads of detecting trigger operations by the client are reduced, and the user is prevented from getting upset about not being able to determine whether the mandatory reading time has ended, thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yaowen ZHANG, Qinghua XIAO, Xinglin ZHANG, Qilin LIU, Zhenzhi HONG
  • Patent number: 11462135
    Abstract: Display module mounting apparatus and methods provide mounting features enabling ease of installation and service. The apparatus may have one or more releasable frame couplers and pivoting releasable frame couplers coupled to a display module having a display plane defined in relation to a substrate. One or more adjustable linkages may adjustably define a standoff distance between the display plane and a support frame to which the module may be mounted by the mounting apparatus. Concave and convex adjustments to the display plane may be made. Operation of pivoting action to tilt the display plane enables installation, removal, and serviceability of large displays constructed with a tiled plurality of display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge Perez-Bravo, Qinghua Xiao, Bin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220305384
    Abstract: A data processing method in a virtual scene, a device, a storage medium, and a program product are provided. The method includes receiving an operation instruction, the operation instruction being an instruction triggered by a route drawing operation on a second minimap that is displayed on a second terminal; generating path information of a target virtual object in a virtual scene based on the operation instruction; and transmitting the path information to a first terminal, the first terminal displaying a path trajectory corresponding to the path information on a first minimap that is displayed by the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaohao LIU, Peicheng LIU, Shuai JIANG, Lusi WAN, Qinghua XIAO
  • Publication number: 20220288491
    Abstract: A virtual item information transmission method includes: displaying a game play interface of a multiplayer online game; displaying a virtual item selection interface of the multiplayer online game in response to an item selection operation, the virtual item selection interface including an option of at least one virtual item; and transmitting, in response to an information transmission operation on a target virtual item in the at least one virtual item, item usage suggestion information to a target recipient account for displaying, the item usage suggestion information being used for instructing the target recipient account to use the target virtual item in the multiplayer online game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Qinghua XIAO, Xiaohao LIU, Peicheng LIU, Shuai JIANG, Shan LIN
  • 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: 20220280870
    Abstract: A method for displaying a voting result includes: receiving a selection operation signal for an action plan from a virtual object in a target camp; displaying a vote counting area corresponding to the action plan in an interface of the terminal device, the vote counting area being used for displaying voting on the action plan, and the vote counting area comprising sub-areas in a to-be-selected state; receiving a voting operation signal for the action plan, the voting operation signal indicating a support status for the action plan; adjusting one of the sub-areas from the to-be-selected state to a selected state with a display characteristic corresponding to the support status according to the voting operation signal, wherein different support status corresponds to different display characteristics for the sub-areas; and displaying a voting result corresponding to the action plan based on the voting operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Qinghua XIAO, Xiaohao LIU, Peicheng LIU, Shuai JIANG, Mengtong LIANG
  • Publication number: 20220266142
    Abstract: An interaction information processing method includes: displaying a battle interface of a multiplayer online game, the battle interface including a target virtual object (201); displaying an interaction icon presentation region in response to an icon presentation operation on the target virtual object, the interaction icon presentation region including at least one candidate interaction icon (202); receiving a selection confirmation operation on a target interaction icon in the at least one candidate interaction icon (203); and displaying, in the battle interface, interaction information corresponding to the target interaction icon at an interaction presentation position corresponding to the target virtual object (204).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Peicheng LIU, Xiaohao LIU, Liyuan ZOU, Wuyuan XU, Qinghua XIAO
  • Publication number: 20220266141
    Abstract: A method for selecting a virtual object interaction mode includes: displaying a target interaction control configured to control a target virtual object to select an interactive object in a first interaction mode in a virtual battle and interact with the interactive object; displaying a candidate mode option in response to an operation for displaying interaction mode for the target interaction control; switching the first interaction mode to a second interaction mode in response to a selection operation of interaction mode for the target mode option; and displaying an interactive effect between the target virtual object and a target interactive object in response to an operation for displaying interactive effect for the target interaction control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaohao LIU, Peicheng LIU, Shuai JIANG, Minxuan PAN, Qinghua XIAO
  • Patent number: 11353950
    Abstract: This application discloses an information exchange method performed at a terminal. The method includes: extracting, by the terminal, a biological feature of a target object, the target object controlling, by using a first client running at the terminal, a first virtual object to execute a virtual task; recognizing, by the terminal, a current first emotion of the target object according to the extracted biological feature; determining, by the terminal, to-be-exchanged first interaction information matching the first emotion; and transmitting, by the terminal, the first interaction information to a second client running at a second terminal at which a second virtual object is located and controlled by a second target. The second target controls the second virtual object according to the first interaction information to execute the virtual task jointly with the first virtual object. This application resolves the technical problem of high complexity of exchanging operation in information exchange methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao, Junming Wang
  • Publication number: 20220091725
    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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Junming Wang, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Patent number: 11256384
    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: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Junming Wang, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Patent number: 11259136
    Abstract: This application discloses a sound reproduction method performed at a computing device. The method includes: detecting, by the computing device, a sound triggering event that corresponds to a first virtual object, the sound triggering event carrying sound source feature information used for matching a sound source; determining, by the computing device according to the sound source feature information, a sound source position at which the sound source is located, and obtaining a first transmission distance between the sound source position and a first position at which the first virtual object is located; determining, by the terminal according to the first transmission distance, a target sound of the sound source at the first position; and generating, by the terminal, the target sound at the first position in the virtual scene. This application resolves a technical problem that accuracy of sound reproduction is relatively low in a sound reproduction method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Junming Wang, Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Qinghua Xiao, Shuting Zhang
  • Patent number: 11221726
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for displaying a marker point location performed at an electronic device. In the present disclosure, a marker point location in a global map of a virtual scene is obtained; a target scene area indicated by the marker point location in the virtual scene is determined; a prompt signal is displayed in a viewing angle image of a currently controlled object, the prompt signal being used for prompting a location of the target scene area in the virtual scene, and the viewing angle image being a virtual scene observable in a viewing angle range of the currently controlled object in the virtual scene; and accuracy of marker point location display is improved by marking the target scene area in the virtual scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Qiu, Junming Wang, Jiaqi Pan, Ya Zhang, Shuting Zhang, Qinghua Xiao
  • Patent number: 11136253
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microbiological treatment system including a hydration system and microbiological degradation systems. The hydration system may include a gas-liquid mixing chamber, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a liquid inlet, and a liquid outlet, the latter four being fluidly coupled to the chamber. The gas inlet is configured to introduce an ethylene oxide exhaust gas into the chamber to mix with an aqueous solution to form an ethylene oxide exhaust liquor. The liquid outlet is configured to discharge the ethylene oxide exhaust liquor. Each microbiological degradation system may include a degradation chamber containing degradation bacteria including one of anaerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria, or aerobic bacteria. The degradation chambers of the microbiological degradation systems may be in fluid communication sequentially in a predetermined degradation sequence, with the most upstream in the degradation sequence having a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the liquid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianlong Xue, Shengwei Hu, Dongxin Hou, Yecheng He, Hao Chen, Ziping Zhu, Qinghua Xiao, Lixiong Feng
  • Patent number: 11130095
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sterilization exhaust gas treatment system, which may include a gas liquefaction recovery system, a pressure swing adsorption recovery system, a reaction system, a temperature swing adsorption recovery system, a hydration system, a recovery and storage system, and a wastewater treatment system. The gas liquefaction recovery system, the pressure swing adsorption recovery system, the reaction system, the temperature swing adsorption recovery system, and the hydration system may be fluidly connected in sequence through first connecting pipes. The gas liquefaction recovery system, the pressure swing adsorption recovery system, and the temperature swing adsorption recovery system may each be fluidly connected to the recovery and storage system through second connecting pipes. The hydration system may be fluidly connected to the wastewater treatment system through wastewater pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianlong Xue, Dongxin Hou, Yecheng He, Weiguo Wang, Qinghua Xiao, Liqing Zhu, Shengwei Hu, Xin Yin, Xiuling Zhong, Lixiong Feng
  • Patent number: 11130939
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to strains for degrading ethylene oxide and degradation agents comprising the same, wherein the strains are Acetobacter peroxydans EO-01 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18431; Lactobacillus fermentum EO-02 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18432; or Bacillus subtilis EO-03 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18433. The strains are capable of safely and efficiently degrading ethylene oxide. The present disclosure also provides a method for purifying and producing strains that can degrade ethylene oxide, and a method for biodegrading ethylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: CHIO KANG MEDICAL, INC., QIAOKANG BIOTECH (GUANGDONG) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxin Hou, Jianlong Xue, Jiali Lin, Xin Yin, Yecheng He, Shengwei Hu, Qinghua Xiao, Liqing Zhu, Lixiong Feng
  • Patent number: 11129914
    Abstract: An ethylene oxide adsorption recovery system includes a tower body defining a gas channel extending longitudinally therein. A sidewall of the tower body further comprises a plurality of mounting holes disposed longitudinally along the side wall and in communication with the gas channel. A bottom portion of the tower body includes a first pipe in communication with the gas channel, and a top portion of the tower body includes a second pipe in communication with the gas channel. A plurality of adsorption panels is coupled to the tower body through corresponding respective mounting holes of the plurality of mounting holes, each of the plurality of adsorption panels extends into the gas channel. A sealing door is movably coupled to the sidewall of the tower body and configured to selectively fix each of the plurality of adsorption panels to a respective mounting hole of the plurality of mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxin Hou, Jianlong Xue, Shengwei Hu, Weiguo Wang, Yecheng He, Qinghua Xiao, Ziping Zhu, Lixiong Feng
  • Publication number: 20210292202
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microbiological treatment system including a hydration system and microbiological degradation systems. The hydration system may include a gas-liquid mixing chamber, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a liquid inlet, and a liquid outlet, the latter four being fluidly coupled to the chamber. The gas inlet is configured to introduce an ethylene oxide exhaust gas into the chamber to mix with an aqueous solution to form an ethylene oxide exhaust liquor. The liquid outlet is configured to discharge the ethylene oxide exhaust liquor. Each microbiological degradation system may include a degradation chamber containing degradation bacteria including one of anaerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria, or aerobic bacteria. The degradation chambers of the microbiological degradation systems may be in fluid communication sequentially in a predetermined degradation sequence, with the most upstream in the degradation sequence having a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the liquid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jianlong Xue, Shengwei Hu, Dongxin Hou, Yecheng He, Hao Chen, Ziping Zhu, Qinghua Xiao, Lixiong Feng