Patents by Inventor Dwight C. Olson

Dwight C. Olson 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: 8521421
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and creating a user preference profile containing at least one location of interest to the user. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on current distance to the identified endpoint, wherein the navigation unit dynamically expands the sampling bandwidth as the user approaches within a predetermined distance of the endpoint. At least one user preference profile location of interest is selected that is within the sampling bandwidth that is between the user and the indentified endpoint. A sampling vector is computed for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Dwight C. Olson, Gary M. Nath
  • Publication number: 20120095680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and creating a user preference profile containing at least one location of interest to the user. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on current distance to the identified endpoint, wherein the navigation unit dynamically expands the sampling bandwidth as the user approaches within a predetermined distance of the endpoint. At least one user preference profile location of interest is selected that is within the sampling bandwidth that is between the user and the indentified endpoint. A sampling vector is computed for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Dwight C. OLSON, Gary M. NATH
  • Patent number: 8099236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and computing at least one reference vector based on current positional information, current velocity information, and an identified endpoint. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on at least one of current velocity information, current positional information, and current distance to the identified endpoint. One or more locations of interest between the user and the identified endpoint are identified within the sampling bandwidth. A sampling vector is calculated for at least one of the one or more locations of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventors: Dwight C. Olson, Gary M. Nath
  • Publication number: 20110313654
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and computing at least one reference vector based on current positional information, current velocity information, and an identified endpoint. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on at least one of current velocity information, current positional information, and current distance to the identified endpoint. One or more locations of interest between the user and the indentified endpoint are identified within the sampling bandwidth. A sampling vector is calculated for at least one of the one or more locations of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Dwight C. OLSON, Gary M. NATH
  • Publication number: 20110313633
    Abstract: A method and system for navigation of a motor vehicle with reference to current traffic conditions in an area are presented. The navigation of the motor vehicle includes transmitting signals by a signal transceiver to a navigation unit in the motor vehicle, the signals include at least (a) current velocity information of sampling vehicles in the area or (b) current positional information of the sampling vehicles in the area; computing by the navigation unit at least one of the current velocity information and the current positional information to provide a reference value; and issuing by the navigation unit a warning of a traffic incident in the area if the reference value is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Gary M. Nath, Dwight C. Olson