Patents by Inventor Neil Clavin

Neil Clavin 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).

  • Methods and systems for generating parking routes
    Patent number: 11733058
    Abstract: A method of determining a parking route for a vehicle travelling on a road network within a geographic area is disclosed. A sub-network is determined comprising a subset of segments of an electronic map that are representative of roads within a predetermined walking time or distance of a destination location. Data indicative of a walking time or distance from the segment to the destination location is associated, at least with the segments of the sub-network representing roads having at least one associated parking space. A search algorithm having an associated cost function is used to explore the segments of the sub-network from an origin location to identify a plurality of candidate parking routes, wherein the cost for a given parking route is based on the probability of the vehicle successfully finding a parking space on the parking route and the expected cumulative travel and walking time or distance to the destination location should a parking space be found along the parking route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: TomTom Navigation B.V., TomTom Traffic B.V.
    Inventors: Timur Muraleev, Falk Hueffner, Alexander Kroeller, Neil Clavin, Steffen Gunther Wiesner, Massimo Guggino, Michael Marte, Henning Hasemann
  • Methods and Systems for Generating Parking Routes
    Publication number: 20210010824
    Abstract: A method of determining a parking route for a vehicle travelling on a road network within a geographic area is disclosed. A sub-network is determined comprising a subset of segments of an electronic map that are representative of roads within a predetermined walking time or distance of a destination location. Data indicative of a walking time or distance from the segment to the destination location is associated, at least with the segments of the sub-network representing roads having at least one associated parking space. A search algorithm having an associated cost function is used to explore the segments of the sub-network from an origin location to identify a plurality of candidate parking routes, wherein the cost for a given parking route is based on the probability of the vehicle successfully finding a parking space on the parking route and the expected cumulative travel and walking time or distance to the destination location should a parking space be found along the parking route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Timur Muraleev, Falk Hueffner, Alexander Kroeller, Neil Clavin, Steffen Gunther Wiesner, Massimo Guggino, Michael Marte, Henning Hasemann
  • Display panel or portion thereof of an electronic navigation device with a computer generated icon
    Patent number: D841671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V., TOM TOM NAVIGATION B.V.
    Inventors: Neil Clavin, Jose Torré, Sijtse Goverts, Bram van der Vlist, Sonja Radenkovic, Cees van Dok, Simone Tertoolen
  • Display panel or portion thereof of an electronic navigation device with a computer generated icon
    Patent number: D899450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Neil Clavin, José Carlos Silva Da Torre, Sijtse Thomas Goverts, Bram Jan Jacobus van der Vlist, Sonja Radenkovic, Cees van Dok, Simone Francine Tertoolen