Patents by Inventor Valerie Raybold Yakich

Valerie Raybold Yakich 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).

  • Predicting expected road traffic conditions based on historical and current data
    Patent number: 9257041
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining and using information regarding expected road traffic flow conditions information for vehicles traveling on roads. The expected road traffic flow conditions for a particular portion of a road may be generated by combining historical representative information about road traffic flow conditions for that road portion with current information about actual traffic flow on or near that road portion. The combination may, for example, provide benefits for estimating expected traffic flow conditions information for roads with structural flow obstructions that cause reduced traffic flow at certain road locations and times—for example, the expected traffic flow conditions information may be based at least in part on fitting or otherwise adapting partial actual traffic flow information about a vehicle's actual travel path to a historical travel profile for a road that includes representative traffic flow information for various combinations of road locations and time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Inrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence Scofield, Robert C. Cahn, Jesse Hersch, Wayne Stoppler, Valerie Raybold Yakich, Alec Barker
  • PREDICTING EXPECTED ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS BASED ON HISTORICAL AND CURRENT DATA
    Publication number: 20110106416
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining and using information regarding expected road traffic flow conditions information for vehicles traveling on roads. The expected road traffic flow conditions for a particular portion of a road may be generated by combining historical representative information about road traffic flow conditions for that road portion with current information about actual traffic flow on or near that road portion. The combination may, for example, provide benefits for estimating expected traffic flow conditions information for roads with structural flow obstructions that cause reduced traffic flow at certain road locations and times—for example, the expected traffic flow conditions information may be based at least in part on fitting or otherwise adapting partial actual traffic flow information about a vehicle's actual travel path to a historical travel profile for a road that includes representative traffic flow information for various combinations of road locations and time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence Scofield, Robert C. Cahn, Jesse Hersch, Wayne Stoppler, Valerie Raybold Yakich, Te-Ming Huang, Alec Barker