Patents by Inventor Michiel Mayer

Michiel Mayer 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: 8751152
    Abstract: A method of indicating traffic delays in a navigation system for planning a route of a vehicle is set out. The method includes the steps of receiving traffic information comprising position information of each one of a number of delay incidents, determining a position of the vehicle on a planned route, determining a relevance of each one of the delay incidents on the planned route, based on the position information of the respective delay incident and on the position of the vehicle, selecting at least one delay incident on the planned route, based on the determined relevance of the respective delay incident, and communicating information concerning the selected delay incident to a user. A computer program for performing the method is also set out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: TomTom International B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Geelen, Michiel Mayer
  • Patent number: 7865304
    Abstract: An in-car navigation device depicts dynamic travel information (congestions, weather, etc.) in the context of a schematic display of the actual roads that the information relates to. In one implementation, the schematic view is a linear representation of the route and that schematic linear representation is displayed at the same time but separate from a map of a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road. The device can send a request to a remote server over a wireless communications network for dynamic travel information relevant to a defined route and receive and display that information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: TomTom International B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Gretton, Michiel Mayer, Dion Nicolaas
  • Publication number: 20080167804
    Abstract: A method of indicating traffic delays in a navigation system for planning a route of a vehicle is set out. The method includes the steps of receiving traffic information comprising position information of each one of a number of delay incidents, determining a position of the vehicle on a planned route, determining a relevance of each one of the delay incidents on the planned route, based on the position information of the respective delay incident and on the position of the vehicle, selecting at least one delay incident on the planned route, based on the determined relevance of the respective delay incident, and communicating information concerning the selected delay incident to a user. A computer program for performing the method is also set out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Pieter Geelen, Michiel Mayer