Patents by Inventor Weijian CUI

Weijian CUI 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: 20260154925
    Abstract: This application provides a method for recording 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 on the audio control, selecting background audio for the performance; 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: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Jingjing He, Meng QIU, Dancheng ZOU, Boyi LIU, Yu DENG, Jieqi XIE, Cong TIAN, Weijian CUI
  • Patent number: 12636580
    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: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cong Tian, Meng Qiu, Jiaqi Pan, Weijian Cui, Shuting Zhang
  • Patent number: 12605630
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Weijian Cui, Meng Qiu, Cong Tian, Jingjing He
  • Publication number: 20260034450
    Abstract: In a virtual object control method, an operation control element that is configured to control a virtual object to move in a virtual scene is displayed. Based on a sliding touch operation being performed from a position of the operation control element to a recognition region, the virtual object is controlled to automatically move in the virtual scene in a first movement state. When a touch duration of the sliding touch operation on the recognition region reaches a threshold, the virtual object is controlled to automatically move in the virtual scene in a second movement state. A movement speed in the second movement state is faster than a movement speed in the first movement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Weijian CUI
  • Publication number: 20260027461
    Abstract: A virtual object control method is performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture containing a virtual object and an attack control configured to trigger the virtual object to attack; in response to a first trigger operation on the attack control, displaying an action control adjacent the attack control corresponding to a current object action mode associated with the virtual object, the action control being configured to trigger the virtual object to perform an action according to the current object action mode; and in response to a second trigger operation on the attack control, controlling the virtual object to perform a first action according to the action control and perform an attack according to the attack control simultaneously, the first action being different from the attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Weijian CUI, Meng QIU, Boyi LIU, Cong TIAN, Dancheng ZOU, Yu DENG, Jingjing HE
  • Patent number: 12504873
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jiaqi Pan, Meng Qiu, Shuting Zhang, Weijian Cui, Cong Tian
  • Patent number: 12499644
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jingjing He, Meng Qiu, Dancheng Zou, Boyi Liu, Yu Deng, Jieqi Xie, Cong Tian, Weijian Cui
  • Patent number: 12440758
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Weijian Cui, Meng Qiu, Boyi Liu, Cong Tian, Dancheng Zou, Yu Deng, Jingjing He
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240399254
    Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for message processing in a virtual scene, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Chenghao Ye, Ziyi WANG, Weijian CUI, Shuai HAN, Shengyu WU, Jingjing HE
  • 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: 20240342606
    Abstract: In a requesting and discarding a virtual consumable method, a consumable option interface is displayed. A trigger operation on a first consumable option in the consumable option interface is received, and the first consumable option corresponds to a first virtual consumable. Based on the trigger operation, a first virtual object to perform an interaction operation on the first virtual consumable is controlled. The interaction operation includes at least one of a discard operation, a discard and mark operation, or a request operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Weijian CUI
  • Publication number: 20240325912
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a virtual object, a picking control that includes at least two interaction regions is displayed. One of the interaction regions corresponds to a usage manner of a virtual prop. In response to an operation performed on a reference interaction region of the at least two interaction regions, the virtual object is controlled to interact with a reference virtual prop in the reference interaction region of the at least two interaction regions. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Weijian CUI
  • Publication number: 20240325896
    Abstract: In a vehicle interaction method, a first virtual character is displayed in a virtual scene. The first virtual character is a virtual character controlled by a first terminal, and the virtual scene includes a second virtual character. A vehicle interaction interface is displayed by the first terminal when a vehicle interaction condition is met between the first virtual character and a virtual vehicle. A vehicle interaction message is transmitted to the second virtual character. An animation of a first interaction is displayed by the first terminal between the first virtual character and the virtual vehicle in response to a vehicle trigger operation received by the first terminal on the vehicle interaction interface. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Weijian CUI
  • 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: 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