Patents by Inventor Bill Lugsch

Bill Lugsch 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 and apparatus for enhancing a geographic information system database with operational data
    Patent number: 8533180
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for providing data about an airport from an airport mapping database. A first set of elements are stored in the airport mapping database, wherein the first set of elements are visible objects and are identified using a set of geometric features. A second set of elements are stored in the airport mapping database, wherein the second set of elements are non-visible objects and are identified using the set of geometric features. A first element from the first set of elements is associated with a second element in the second set of elements based on an operational relationship between the first element and the second element. A responsive set of elements containing one element from the first set of elements and another element from the second set of elements based on associations between elements in the first set of elements and the second set of elements are returned in response to a query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christian Pschierer, Lisa Haskell, Bill Lugsch
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE WITH OPERATIONAL DATA
    Publication number: 20080313129
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for providing data about an airport from an airport mapping database. A first set of elements are stored in the airport mapping database, wherein the first set of elements are visible objects and are identified using a set of geometric features. A second set of elements are stored in the airport mapping database, wherein the second set of elements are non-visible objects and are identified using the set of geometric features. A first element from the first set of elements is associated with a second element in the second set of elements based on an operational relationship between the first element and the second element. A responsive set of elements containing one element from the first set of elements and another element from the second set of elements based on associations between elements in the first set of elements and the second set of elements are returned in response to a query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Pschierer, Lisa Haskell, Bill Lugsch