Patents by Inventor Jerome E. Dobson

Jerome E. Dobson 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 for spatially distributing a population
    Patent number: 7247024
    Abstract: A process for spatially distributing a population count within a geographically defined area can include the steps of logically correlating land usages apparent from a geographically defined area to geospatial features in the geographically defined area and allocating portions of the population count to regions of the geographically defined area having the land usages, according to the logical correlation. The process can also include weighing the logical correlation for determining the allocation of portions of the population count and storing the allocated portions within a searchable data store. The logically correlating step can include the step of logically correlating time-based land usages to geospatial features of the geographically defined area. The process can also include obtaining a population count for the geographically defined area, organizing the geographically defined area into a plurality of sectors, and verifying the allocated portions according to direct observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Edward A. Bright, Budhendra L. Bhaduri, Phillip R. Coleman, Jerome E. Dobson
  • Method for spatially distributing a population
    Publication number: 20040101810
    Abstract: A process for spatially distributing a population count within a geographically defined area can include the steps of logically correlating land usages apparent from a geographically defined area to geospatial features in the geographically defined area and allocating portions of the population count to regions of the geographically defined area having the land usages, according to the logical correlation. The process can also include weighing the logical correlation for determining the allocation of portions of the population count and storing the allocated portions within a searchable data store. The logically correlating step can include the step of logically correlating time-based land usages to geospatial features of the geographically defined area. The process can also include obtaining a population count for the geographically defined area, organizing the geographically defined area into a plurality of sectors, and verifying the allocated portions according to direct observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Edward A. Bright, Budhendra L. Bhaduri, Phillip R. Coleman, Jerome E. Dobson