Patents by Inventor Russell Heywood

Russell Heywood 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: 9429434
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Germano O'Neill, Carl Ferman Smith, Alena Fong, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Publication number: 20160003626
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Germano O'Neill, Carl Ferman Smith, Alena Fong, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Patent number: 9170113
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Germano O'Neill, Carl Ferman Smith, Alena Fong, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Publication number: 20130226451
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Germano O'Neill, Carl Ferman Smith, Alena Fong, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Patent number: 8339419
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to collecting images of maps at plurality of client devices, orienting the images with respect to the Earth, and providing the oriented maps to users. The map images may be collected by users who orient the maps by arranging the position of the image over a picture of the Earth. In another example, users may orient the maps by using “pushpins” to indicate the location of two or more points in the map image to two or more locations on the image of the Earth. The images may be processed in order to generate high quality images which may then be downloaded and used by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Publication number: 20120306922
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to collecting images of maps at plurality of client devices, orienting the images with respect to the Earth, and providing the oriented maps to users. The map images may be collected by users who orient the maps by arranging the position of the image over a picture of the Earth. In another example, users may orient the maps by using “pushpins” to indicate the location of two or more points in the map image to two or more locations on the image of the Earth. The images may be processed in order to generate high quality images which may then be downloaded and used by other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood
  • Patent number: 8164599
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to collecting images of maps at plurality of client devices, orienting the images with respect to the Earth, and providing the oriented maps to users. The map images may be collected by users who orient the maps by arranging the position of the image over a picture of the Earth. In another example, users may orient the maps by using “pushpins” to indicate the location of two or more points in the map image to two or more locations on the image of the Earth. The images may be processed in order to generate high quality images which may then be downloaded and used by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Russell Heywood