Patents by Inventor Kathryn E. Schertz

Kathryn E. Schertz 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).

  • Routing in navigation applications based on restorative score
    Patent number: 11204251
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve obtaining data representing a transportation map, a greenspace map, a noise map, and a crime map of a geographical location. The transportation map represents route segments within the geographical location, the greenspace map represents natural features within the geographical location, the noise map represents human-made noise within the geographical location, and the crime map represents reported crimes within the geographical location. The embodiment may also involve, for each of the route segments: (i) calculating a restorative score that is proportional to an amount of natural features associated with the respective route segment in the greenspace map, inversely proportional to an amount of human-made noise associated with the respective route segment in the noise map, and inversely proportional to an amount of crime associated with the respective route segment in the crime map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Kathryn E. Schertz, Omid Kardan, Marc G. Berman, Thomas N. Kompare
  • Routing in Navigation Applications Based on Restorative Score
    Publication number: 20190360821
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve obtaining data representing a transportation map, a greenspace map, a noise map, and a crime map of a geographical location. The transportation map represents route segments within the geographical location, the greenspace map represents natural features within the geographical location, the noise map represents human-made noise within the geographical location, and the crime map represents reported crimes within the geographical location. The embodiment may also involve, for each of the route segments: (i) calculating a restorative score that is proportional to an amount of natural features associated with the respective route segment in the greenspace map, inversely proportional to an amount of human-made noise associated with the respective route segment in the noise map, and inversely proportional to an amount of crime associated with the respective route segment in the crime map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kathryn E. Schertz, Omid Kardan, Marc G. Berman, Thomas N. Kompare