Patents by Inventor Herb Sorenson

Herb Sorenson 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).

  • Publication number: 20160034924
    Abstract: Tracking systems and methods of estimating a distribution of persons in a physical environment are provided. A tracking system may comprise a wireless receiver configured to detect instances of a wireless signal from each mobile device passing through an entryway in and out of the environment and a computing device configured to identify an identifier transmitted in each instance and compute a trip time for each mobile device and an aggregate trip time spent by all mobile devices during an analysis period. The computing device may read a probability map that indicates a probability that one of the mobile devices is located in each predetermined location and oriented in a predetermined direction. The computing device may assign each time unit a predetermined location and orientation based on the probability map, and for a selected target location, compute and display an aggregate time and a probability distribution of shopper orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Herb Sorenson