Patents by Inventor Martin Frassl

Martin Frassl 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: 9971320
    Abstract: A computing system may receive a map of features in an environment. The computing system may identify one or more regions of the map for data collection. The computing system may receive sensor data from a plurality of devices. The sensor data may be associated with one or more periods of time when the sensor data was collected by the plurality of devices. The computing system may determine a likelihood of one or more devices being within a portion of the environment that corresponds to the one or more regions of the map for data collection during a future period of time. The computing device may provide a request for given sensor data from the one or more devices based on the likelihood. The given sensor data may be associated with the future period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Angermann, Martin Frassl, Brian Patrick Williams, Patrick Otto Robertson
  • Publication number: 20160003972
    Abstract: A computing system may receive a map of features in an environment. The computing system may identify one or more regions of the map for data collection. The computing system may receive sensor data from a plurality of devices. The sensor data may be associated with one or more periods of time when the sensor data was collected by the plurality of devices. The computing system may determine a likelihood of one or more devices being within a portion of the environment that corresponds to the one or more regions of the map for data collection during a future period of time. The computing device may provide a request for given sensor data from the one or more devices based on the likelihood. The given sensor data may be associated with the future period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Angermann, Martin Frassl, Brian Patrick Williams, Patrick Otto Robertson