Patents by Inventor Herman Ho-Man So

Herman Ho-Man So 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).

  • COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH A MAP AUTO-ZOOM MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220237733
    Abstract: A system and method of operation of a computing system comprising: determining a current road type for a current road segment based on a current location located along the current road segment; generating a current zoom level of a map including the current location on the current road segment based on the current road type; generating a camera view of the map based on a look ahead distance for the current road type; and communicating the current zoom level for displaying the current location along the current road segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Herman Ho-Man So
  • Navigation system with route displaying mechanism and method of operation thereof
    Patent number: 10564001
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: determining a node including a node attribute for a maneuver along a path; determining a node presentation based on the node attribute including a node proximity meeting or exceeding a node relevance threshold; generating a route bar including the node based on the node presentation, the node proximity, or a combination thereof; determining a safe location with a control unit for displaying the route bar based on a current surrounding for presenting on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Wood, Kok Wei Koh, Herman Ho-Man So
  • Navigation system with traffic flow mechanism and method of operation thereof
    Patent number: 10229600
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a buffer distance meeting or exceeding a size threshold between obstacle locations; determining a merge timing based on a current location relative to the buffer distance; determining a lane placement based on a travel time meeting or exceeding a time threshold; and executing a lane merge operation with a control unit based on the merge timing, the lane placement, or a combination thereof for guiding a user's vehicle to merge onto a lane different from currently traveled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Ho-Man So
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC FLOW MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180240345
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a buffer distance meeting or exceeding a size threshold between obstacle locations; determining a merge timing based on a current location relative to the buffer distance; determining a lane placement based on a travel time meeting or exceeding a time threshold; and executing a lane merge operation with a control unit based on the merge timing, the lane placement, or a combination thereof for guiding a user's vehicle to merge onto a lane different from currently traveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Herman Ho-Man So
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ROUTE DISPLAYING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180188067
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: determining a node including a node attribute for a maneuver along a path; determining a node presentation based on the node attribute including a node proximity meeting or exceeding a node relevance threshold; generating a route bar including the node based on the node presentation, the node proximity, or a combination thereof; determining a safe location with a control unit for displaying the route bar based on a current surrounding for presenting on a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Wood, Kok Wei Koh, Herman Ho-Man So
  • Navigation system with geographic familiarity mechanism and method of operation thereof
    Patent number: 9851215
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving user input regarding a navigation route for controlling guidance communication along the navigation route for a system user; generating with a control circuit a user geographic-knowledge model based on the user input regarding the navigation route; calculating a system route based on the user geographic-knowledge model; and communicating the system route for guiding the system user in traversing the system route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Ho-Man So
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH GEOGRAPHIC FAMILIARITY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170307396
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving user input regarding a navigation route for controlling guidance communication along the navigation route for a system user; generating with a control circuit a user geographic-knowledge model based on the user input regarding the navigation route; calculating a system route based on the user geographic-knowledge model; and communicating the system route for guiding the system user in traversing the system route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Herman Ho-Man So