Patents by Inventor Jan NIEDERHUMER

Jan NIEDERHUMER 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, apparatus, and computer program product for dynamic flight range visualization
    Patent number: 10803657
    Abstract: A mapping system, computer program product and method provide visualization of the dynamic range of an aircraft. A method may include: receiving map data, where the map data includes a three-dimensional terrain map of a geographic region; determining a location of an aerial vehicle; calculating a plurality of points in a plurality of different direction that can be reached by the aerial vehicle within at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption; and providing for display of a map of the geographic region including an isoline through the plurality of points for each of the at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption representing a dynamic range of the aerial vehicle for the at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolas Neubauer, Daniel Gonzalez, Johannes Koblenz, Jan Niederhumer
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMIC FLIGHT RANGE VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20200066031
    Abstract: A mapping system, computer program product and method provide visualization of the dynamic range of an aircraft. A method may include: receiving map data, where the map data includes a three-dimensional terrain map of a geographic region; determining a location of an aerial vehicle; calculating a plurality of points in a plurality of different direction that can be reached by the aerial vehicle within at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption; and providing for display of a map of the geographic region including an isoline through the plurality of points for each of the at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption representing a dynamic range of the aerial vehicle for the at least two predetermined increments of energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Nicolas NEUBAUER, Daniel GONZALEZ, Johannes KOBLENZ, Jan NIEDERHUMER