Patents by Inventor Katharina Kaes

Katharina Kaes 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).

  • Method for determining the length of the route travelled by a vehicle
    Patent number: 8972173
    Abstract: A method for determining the length of the route travelled by a vehicle using a position measuring device that records positions of the vehicle and a digital road map, which is composed of road segments of known segment lengths. The method including recording positions of the vehicle on the route by means of the position measuring device, matching the recorded vehicle positions to a sequence of road segments, and determining the route length from the segment lengths of these road segments, wherein from the angle between at least two consecutive road segments and an assumed road width of the two road segments, a turn-off route of the vehicle from the one road segment into the other road segment is calculated. The calculated turn-off route is taken into consideration in the determination of the route length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AG
    Inventors: Katharina Kaes, Jasja Tijink, Oliver Nagy
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF THE ROUTE TRAVELLED BY A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120072108
    Abstract: A method for determining the length of the route travelled by a vehicle using a position measuring device that records positions of the vehicle and a digital road map, which is composed of road segments of known segment lengths. The method including recording positions of the vehicle on the route by means of the position measuring device, matching the recorded vehicle positions to a sequence of road segments, and determining the route length from the segment lengths of these road segments, wherein from the angle between at least two consecutive road segments and an assumed road width of the two road segments, a turn-off route of the vehicle from the one road segment into the other road segment is calculated. The calculated turn-off route is taken into consideration in the determination of the route length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: KAPSCH TRAFFICCOM AG
    Inventors: Katharina Kaes, Jasja Tijink, Oliver Nagy