Patents by Inventor KRISTOPHER A. ZARNS

KRISTOPHER A. ZARNS 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).

  • High-performance gridded data storage, arrangement and extraction
    Patent number: 9922062
    Abstract: A high-performance gridded database protocol for storing, arranging, and extracting gridded data includes associating values for a single grid cell and storing them together to extract as many useful values as possible from a single read operation. Gridded data is stored in a geographically-indexed cylindrical grid that permits efficient data extraction for a particular location while maximizing efficiency of read operations. Cylinders of values are built by grouping grids that are related to each other so that when data for a location is to be extracted, a minimal number of read operations is needed to retrieve an entire stack of data relevant to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: CLEARAG, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas K. Rand, John J. Mewes, Leif Pedersen, Kristopher A. Zarns, Dustin Salentiny
  • Management tools for quantification and simulation of performance and outcome of winter transportation infrastructure maintenance activities
    Patent number: 9262559
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for evaluating winter transportation infrastructure maintenance operations includes a quantification component and a simulation component. Input data representative of collected winter transportation infrastructure maintenance data and observed transportation infrastructure data are modeled in a comprehensive data processing mechanism to measure and carry out effective and efficient winter maintenance planning and operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ITERIS, INC.
    Inventors: John J. Mewes, Jeffrey J. Kuntz, Kristopher A. Zarns, Gregory M. Ostermeier
  • HIGH-PERFORMANCE GRIDDED DATA STORAGE, ARRANGEMENT AND EXTRACTION
    Publication number: 20160019214
    Abstract: A high-performance gridded database protocol for storing, arranging, and extracting gridded data includes associating values for a single grid cell and storing them together to extract as many useful values as possible from a single read operation. Gridded data is stored in a geographically-indexed cylindrical grid that permits efficient data extraction for a particular location while maximizing efficiency of read operations. Cylinders of values are built by grouping grids that are related to each other so that when data for a location is to be extracted, a minimal number of read operations is needed to retrieve an entire stack of data relevant to the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: DOUGLAS K. RAND, JOHN J. MEWES, LEIF PEDERSEN, KRISTOPHER A. ZARNS, DUSTIN SALENTINY