Patents by Inventor Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez 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).
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Patent number: 10760921Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Patent number: 10586384Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Publication number: 20190266791Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Patent number: 10339705Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Publication number: 20180094944Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Patent number: 9835469Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Patent number: 9530239Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Publication number: 20160371852Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Publication number: 20160131495Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: CHIEN-WEN DANNY SU, MUDASSIR ALAM, AARTI BHARATHAN, JUAN PABLO CANDELAS GONZALEZ
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Patent number: 9261373Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20150130807Abstract: Architecture that enables the preservation of label readability in a scene (e.g., map, map tiles, graphical background, etc.) by way of label orientation relative to a fixed heading on a plane or curved surface. After identifying an initial fixed heading, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene along that heading without changing the camera heading as measured relative to a fixed point does not alter label orientation. In a mapping implementation, after identifying an initial fixed camera heading over terrain of the Earth, movement of the camera (e.g., zoom-in, zoom-out, position change, etc.) in the scene without changing the camera heading as measured relative to some fixed point does not change label orientation. The orientation of labels may be changed if the heading of the camera is altered, but this change is delayed until camera movement quiesces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Brenton Gunning, Daniel Dole, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo Impas, David Buerer
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Publication number: 20150130792Abstract: Architecture that enables the representation of labels as objects in the 3D (three-dimensional) world, with size, elevation, and orientation. Logical hierarchies in the world are represented by the placement and prominence of labels in the 3D world scene. For example, state labels are positioned higher and larger than city labels. The illusion of the label as a fixed element in the 3D model is maintained during manipulations. Additionally, movement is provided to ensure legibility, but is delayed until the user's input is quiescent. Moreover, labels along roads, for example, can be oriented to stand vertically along a curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Isaac Kenneth Kunen, Romualdo Impas, Donald A. Barnett, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Brenton Gunning, David Buerer
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Patent number: 8615359Abstract: A terminus buffer area (e.g., an end-of-route buffer area) is provided in a map navigation tool to allow suppression of off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) in some circumstances, such as when a mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) that implements the tool enters the buffer area. The map navigation tool can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress the off-route feedback when the user is within the buffer area. In addition to suppression of off-route feedback, a map navigation tool also can disable off-route feedback when a user crosses an arrival threshold and enters an arrival area, such that the tool does not output off-route feedback regardless of the user's location or movements once the user has entered the arrival area. The arrival area can be within an end-of-route buffer area.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20120303263Abstract: Digital map navigation applications for use with a mobile computing device are optimized using a spatial sorting method. Spatial sorting entails partitioning a digital map into tiles and maintaining information that links tiles to points on the route. When a particular map navigation application is invoked, a set of relevance rules are defined for that map application to determine which of the route points to process. This determination is made by extracting from the look-up table a subset of the full set of route points, based on the relevance rules. Because the subset of route points is processed instead of the original full set of route points, the mobile device is capable of efficiently handling a complex route that otherwise would entail considerable expenditure of processor time and use of computer memory to store and retrieve unnecessary data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mudassir Alam, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20120303262Abstract: A terminus buffer area (e.g., an end-of-route buffer area) is provided in a map navigation tool to allow suppression of off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) in some circumstances, such as when a mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) that implements the tool enters the buffer area. The map navigation tool can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress the off-route feedback when the user is within the buffer area. In addition to suppression of off-route feedback, a map navigation tool also can disable off-route feedback when a user crosses an arrival threshold and enters an arrival area, such that the tool does not output off-route feedback regardless of the user's location or movements once the user has entered the arrival area. The arrival area can be within an end-of-route buffer area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Microsoft corporationInventors: Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20120303270Abstract: A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20120303265Abstract: Techniques and tools are described for providing navigation assistance when there are multiple turns in succession in a short period of time or distance. In one embodiment, the route information can be reviewed to determine multiple turns in sequence that are less than a predetermined distance apart. These so-called “tight turns” can be handled differently than other turns by announcing the tight turns in a single combination instruction. Additional lane guidance can also be provided. In another embodiment, an audio feedback can be used to indicate that a user completed a successful turn. Such audio feedback can be in combination with the identified tight turns or independently for other turns or events. The audio feedback can also be an indication for the user to tap the display, wherein the tapping results in an immediate indication of the next turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Chien-Wen Danny Su, Mudassir Alam, Aarti Bharathan, Juan Pablo Candelas Gonzalez, Adrian Solis, Jonathan Aroner, Eric Chih Hung Wang