Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Richard Hightower

Jeffrey Richard Hightower 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).

  • Generating a sequence of lane-specific driving directions
    Patent number: 9243925
    Abstract: Lane-specific driving directions are generated using route data that describes a route between an origin and a destination as a sequence of route segments, and lane data for at least several route segments included in the sequence of route segments. The sequence of route segments includes a pair of adjacent multi-lane route segments that includes a first multi-lane route segment more proximate to the destination and a second multi-lane route segment more proximate to the origin, connected at a road junction. To determine a recommended lane connection at the road junction, a lane in the first multi-lane route segment is selected, and a lane in the second multi-lane route segment is selected based on the lane selected in the first multi-lane segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Hightower, William Henry Steinmetz
  • GENERATING A SEQUENCE OF LANE-SPECIFIC DRIVING DIRECTIONS
    Publication number: 20150185026
    Abstract: Lane-specific driving directions are generated using route data that describes a route between an origin and a destination as a sequence of route segments, and lane data for at least several route segments included in the sequence of route segments. The sequence of route segments includes a pair of adjacent multi-lane route segments that includes a first multi-lane route segment more proximate to the destination and a second multi-lane route segment more proximate to the origin, connected at a road junction. To determine a recommended lane connection at the road junction, a lane in the first multi-lane route segment is selected, and a lane in the second multi-lane route segment is selected based on the lane selected in the first multi-lane segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Hightower, William Henry Steinmetz