Patents by Inventor Jacob ZAID

Jacob ZAID 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 mapping buildings
    Patent number: 9086470
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an Absolute Location of an indoor stationary object, the method comprising: receiving a distance between an indoor stationary object and one or more predetermined spots; determining a location of stationary object relative to one of the predetermined spots; receiving an Absolute Location of one of the predetermined spots; determining an Absolute Location of the stationary object; and storing the Absolute Location of the stationary object with description information of the stationary object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jacob Zaid, Shalom Daskal
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20130138342
    Abstract: A device and method for assisting navigation to an indoor stationary object within a building, comprising: a user interface module for receiving an indication of the current location of a user and of an indoor stationary object within a building, and for presenting the direction of an indoor stationary object to the user; a storage device for storing Absolute Locations of the current location and the indoor stationary object; an instruction generation component for determining distance and navigation instructions between the current location and the indoor stationary object; a direction determination unit for determining a direction a user holding the device is moving at; a distance evaluation unit for determining a distance passed by a user holding the device; and a user updated location determination component for evaluating a current location of a user holding the device based on information received from the direction determination unit and distance evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Jacob ZAID, Shalom DASKAL
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING BUILDINGS
    Publication number: 20130138336
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an Absolute Location of an indoor stationary object, the method comprising: receiving a distance between an indoor stationary object and one or more predetermined spots; determining a location of stationary object relative to one of the predetermined spots; receiving an Absolute Location of one of the predetermined spots; determining an Absolute Location of the stationary object; and storing the Absolute Location of the stationary object with description information of the stationary object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Jacob ZAID, Shalom DASKAL