Patents by Inventor Andy Kane

Andy Kane 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).

  • ENHANCED SPATIAL INDEX FOR POINT IN POLYGON OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20170303106
    Abstract: An improved method is provided for determining whether a sample point is within a defined geographic area. Indexes for the geographic area of interest are generated in advance. Such indexes complement the traditional spatial indexing techniques such as quad tree and r-tree. The geographic area, as defined by an outer boundary, is subdivided into some regular geometric shape, preferably a rectangle, encoded into a suitable form, and indexed. Then, a simplified comparison of the sample point to the indexed regular shapes is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Kannan, Andy Kane