Patents by Inventor Zhihong Liu

Zhihong Liu 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: 12226704
    Abstract: A method for virtual object control in a game application includes detecting a first virtual resource transfer operation when a distance between a first virtual object and a first virtual obstacle is less than or equal to a first predetermined distance threshold. The first virtual object is located in a first virtual region, the first virtual obstacle is in a first locked state that prevents the first virtual object from entering a second virtual region. Then, the method includes switching the first virtual obstacle from the first locked state to a first unlocked state that allows the first virtual object to enter the second virtual region based on a reduction of virtual resources from the first virtual object. Then, the method includes controlling the first virtual object to enter the second virtual region when a first control operation is detected. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20250050216
    Abstract: A control method includes displaying a game interface configured to carry a virtual environment in which a virtual operation object is located and including a virtual prop selection control set, controlling, in response to a first operation on a first target virtual prop selection control in the virtual prop selection control set, the virtual operation object to be equipped with a first target virtual prop corresponding to the first target virtual prop selection control, and controlling, in response to a second operation on a second target virtual prop selection control in the virtual prop selection control set, the virtual operation object to throw a second target virtual prop corresponding to the second target virtual prop selection control. An equipping operation on the first target virtual prop and a throwing operation on the second target virtual prop are implemented using different parts of the virtual operation object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Patent number: 12220635
    Abstract: This application discloses a virtual unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The UAV control method includes: displaying, in a currently running one-round interactive task in a target interactive application, an interactive picture within a field of view of a first virtual operation object; calling, in response to a virtual UAV of the first virtual operation object being in a target state, the virtual UAV in the target interactive application in response to a first target operation; and displaying, in the target interactive application, an interactive picture within a field of view of the virtual UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20250043297
    Abstract: Disclosed are use of a polynucleotide, protein, and biological material in the regulation and control of plant tuber development, and related products and production methods thereof. The tuber plant or part thereof, comprising a sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising a sequence having at least 92% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide is inhibited-expressed, loss-function, or overexpressed, and the development of plant tuber is changed. The polynucleotide is an identity gene of a tuber, and can control whether a tuber is formed, the formation time, the tuber size etc. by regulating and controlling a protein function, an expression quantity etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Inventors: Sanwen HUANG, Jinzhe ZHANG, Zhihong LIU, Yuxin JIA, Shuangshuang FENG
  • Patent number: 12211163
    Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for interaction processing of a virtual item, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes displaying at least one idle virtual item in a virtual scene; moving a first virtual object in the virtual scene in response to a movement operation on the first virtual object; displaying a pickable prompt of the idle virtual item when there is no obstacle between the idle virtual item and the first virtual object; and controlling the first virtual object to pick up the idle virtual item in response to a picking-up operation by the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Patent number: 12204836
    Abstract: Method and System for Parallel Design and Technology Optimization are disclosed. The disclosed method enables efficient parallel design and technology optimization (PDTO) and allow designers to sign off the technology development or find the optimal design point with the design analysis tools. The method includes generating, from a manufacturing technology process, a baseline SPICE model based on technology specification and manufacturing process data; extending the baseline SPICE model to a corresponding description of technology specification window in the circuit design process, where the technology specification window describes extended ranges of device model parameters; extracting a targeted SPICE model using the technology specification window; verifying, by a circuit design process that operates in parallel to the manufacturing technology process, the integrated circuit meets a design specification using the targeted SPICE model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Primarius Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihong Liu, Yutao Ma
  • Patent number: 12206099
    Abstract: A silicon-based anode material for secondary batteries, a preparation method thereof and a secondary battery are provided. The silicon-based anode material includes: an inner core including an Si particle and silicon oxide SiOx1, where 0<x1<2, a first shell layer including a compound of the general formula MySiOz (0<y?4, 0<z?5, and z?x1) and a C particle, wherein the first shell layer covers the inner core, and the contents of M and C in the first shell layer gradually increase from a side thereof close to the inner core to another side thereof far away from the inner core; and a second shell layer including a carbon film layer or a composite film layer formed by a carbon film layer and a conductive additive, the second shell layer covers the first shell layer. The first charge-discharge cycle capability of the silicon-based anode material is improved, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHANSHAN TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhu Wu, Fei Ma, Dongdong Liu, Liangqin Wei, Zhihong Wu, Xiaoyang Ding, Fengfeng Li
  • Patent number: 12194385
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a storage medium for displaying a virtual prop includes: displaying a screen in which a target virtual operation object is located in a target application; detecting a virtual prop of a target type within a visual angle range of the target virtual operation object in response to the target virtual operation object being configured with a target virtual skill, where the target virtual skill allows the target virtual operation object to see the virtual prop of the target type through a virtual obstacle; and displaying perspective information of the target virtual prop in the target application in response to the target virtual prop of the target type being detected within the visual angle range of the target virtual operation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chao Liang, Zhihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20240403514
    Abstract: A method, system and device for allocating total emission reduction of a water environmental pollution load are provided. The method includes: dividing a watershed based on terrain elevation information in watershed-related data to generate a plurality of watershed control units; with a watershed control unit as a basic unit, estimating a pollution load output in each watershed control unit by using an output coefficient method; acquiring GDP of each watershed control unit, and combined with the pollution load output, calculating relative environmental efficiency of each watershed control unit by using a data envelopment method; quantifying a contribution rate of a pollution load produced by each watershed control unit to a pollution load of a section of river entering the sea one by one based on a constructed watershed water environmental model; and formulating a pollutant emission reduction scheme according to the relative environmental efficiency and the contribution rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Zhuohang XIN, Ming CONG, Zhihong LIU, Chi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240382849
    Abstract: In a virtual character display method, a game scene of a first virtual character in a game application is displayed. A target marker is displayed based on an attack event between the first virtual character and a second virtual character being generated in the game application. The target marker is configured to mark the second virtual character in the game scene when the attack event is generated. The target marker moves in accordance with movement of the second virtual character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Patent number: 12142643
    Abstract: A material structure for silicon-based gallium nitride microwave and millimeter-wave devices and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The material structure includes: a silicon substrate; a dielectric layer of high thermal conductivity, disposed on an upper surface of the silicon substrate, and an uneven first patterned interface being formed between the dielectric layer and the silicon substrate; a buffer layer, disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and an uneven second patterned interface being formed between the buffer layer and the dielectric layer; a channel layer, disposed on an upper surface of the buffer layer; and a composite barrier layer, disposed on an upper surface of the channel layer. In the material structure, the uneven patterned interfaces increase contact areas of the interfaces, a thermal boundary resistance and a thermal resistance of device are reduced, and a heat dissipation performance of device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Xidian University
    Inventors: Jincheng Zhang, Lu Hao, Zhihong Liu, Junwei Liu, Kunlu Song, Yachao Zhang, Weihang Zhang, Yue Hao
  • Patent number: 12128322
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture being a picture in which a virtual object drives a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle being in a manual driving mode; receiving a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in an automatic driving region in the virtual environment, the marking operation being an operation of marking a location in the map display control; and switching the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and controlling the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Patent number: 12121798
    Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for application of a scope in a virtual environment, a device, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of virtual environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20240344779
    Abstract: A flow rate adjustment device includes: an adjustment unit including a pipe and a sealing plate provided below an outlet of the pipe, the sealing plate having a sealing surface; and a moving unit that moves the sealing plate to a sealing position where the sealing surface of the sealing plate is positioned vertically below the outlet of the pipe and a retraction position where the sealing surface of the sealing plate is retracted from a point vertically below the outlet of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihong LIU, Atsushi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240335752
    Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual object in a virtual environment performed by a computer device is provided. The method includes: displaying a joystick control for controlling movement of the virtual object in the virtual scene, the joystick control comprising a plurality of trigger regions, each trigger regions having a unique sensitivity; detecting a first sliding operation whose start position is located in a first trigger region of the plurality of trigger regions; determining a first movement speed of the virtual object based on a sensitivity of the first trigger region; and controlling the virtual object to move at the first movement speed. A user may start performing a sliding operation at the trigger regions with the different sensitivities based on different demands, so that the virtual object can be controlled to move at different speeds, thereby enriching a manner for controlling the virtual object, and improving human-computer interaction efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Patent number: 12090401
    Abstract: A virtual object control method includes: displaying a mode selection interface of a shooting game; starting, in response to a selection instruction for a target game mode in the mode selection interface, a game battle of the target game mode, and displaying a battle interface of the game battle; controlling a first virtual object to operate in a virtual environment provided by the game battle; controlling, in response to a shooting instruction for a virtual firearm used by the first virtual object, the virtual firearm to fire a virtual bullet; and determining, when the virtual bullet hits a second virtual object in the game battle, that the second virtual object is switched from a alive state to a death state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Publication number: 20240286047
    Abstract: This application discloses an image display method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: displaying identifiers of a set of images in a game screen of a target game application, obtaining a first operation directed to selecting an identifier of a first image from among the identifiers of the set of images, selecting an identifier of the first image in response to the first operation, and displaying the selected image on a first region of the game screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240286035
    Abstract: A virtual prop control method includes: displaying a crosshair of a virtual shooting prop in a game scene of a virtual shooting game; detecting whether an aiming ray of the virtual shooting prop is in contact with adhesion boxes of other virtual operation objects in response to an input operation of the target virtual operation object, the aiming ray representing a direction aimed by the crosshair, the input operation including a target touch operation on a display screen that displays the game scene; and determining, from the non-target virtual operation objects corresponding to the contacted adhesion boxes, an adhesion target of the virtual shooting prop during shooting of the virtual shooting prop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240269554
    Abstract: A virtual object control method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI); receiving a touch operation signal corresponding to an operation control by a user of the computing device; obtaining attribute information of the touch operation signal; determining, according to a first posture of a virtual object and the attribute information, a second posture to which the virtual object is to be switched, wherein the first posture is a current posture of the virtual object in the virtual environment; and switching the virtual object from the first posture to the second posture. In the technical solutions, a virtual object is controlled to switch between different postures through different operations on the same operation control, which removes the limitation that one operation control can only control switching of one posture, thereby helping to make the UI more concise and user-friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Zhihong LIU
  • Patent number: D1058486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen BillDa Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Jianjun Ke, Xiaobing Liu, Zhonghua Qiu, Zhihong Li