Patents by Inventor Manfred Kalan

Manfred Kalan 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).

  • Patent number: 9852552
    Abstract: An onboard unit for levying tolls for a vehicle comprises a satellite navigation receiver for generating position fixes, a memory for recording geoobjects, a radio interface, and a processor, which generates toll data from a geographical comparison of position fixes with geoobjects in a digital map and transmits this data via the radio interface. The memory has an index memory region for an index tree for geoobjects, a first static object memory region for a primary list with geoobjects, and a second object memory region, which can be written dynamically via the radio interface, for a secondary list with geoobjects. At least one leaf of the index tree contains a reference to a secondary list, and wherein the processor is configured, upon accessing a geoobject via a leaf, to use the secondary list before the primary list. A method for updating geodata in such an onboard unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AG
    Inventor: Manfred Kalan
  • Publication number: 20150278978
    Abstract: An onboard unit for levying tolls for a vehicle comprises a satellite navigation receiver for generating position fixes, a memory for recording geoobjects, a radio interface, and a processor, which generates toll data from a geographical comparison of position fixes with geoobjects in a digital map and transmits this data via the radio interface. The memory has an index memory region for an index tree for geoobjects, a first static object memory region for a primary list with geoobjects, and a second object memory region, which can be written dynamically via the radio interface, for a secondary list with geoobjects. At least one leaf of the index tree contains a reference to a secondary list, and wherein the processor is configured, upon accessing a geoobject via a leaf, to use the secondary list before the primary list. A method for updating geodata in such an onboard unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Manfred Kalan