Patents by Inventor Nico Niehoff

Nico Niehoff 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).

  • Method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects
    Patent number: 8229698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects, in which the routes and/or objects to be recorded are first of all surveyed. In this case, the teaching provides for the routes and/or objects to be recorded to be surveyed repeatedly and for the positions to be determined with the aid of statistical methods using measured values obtained by the repeated surveying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Deutches Zentrum für Luft—und Raumfahrt e. V.
    Inventors: Ulf Noyer, Nico Niehoff
  • METHOD FOR FINDING A POSITION FOR LANES ON A MULTILANE ROADWAY
    Publication number: 20080208471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for finding a position for lanes on a multilane roadway, where first of all the position of a first lane on the multilane roadway is found and then the position of at least one further lane on the multilane roadway is determined on the basis of the position found for the first lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ulf Noyer, Nico Niehoff
  • METHOD FOR FILING ROADWAYS INCLUDED ON DIGITAL MAPS
    Publication number: 20080208877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for filing roadways which are included on digital maps and which comprise dotted lines formed by a multiplicity of measurement points, where the roadways are divided into a plurality of segments, a segment function is ascertained for each segment on the basis of the dotted line in the relevant segment, and the roadways are thus filed as the set of their segment functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ulf Noyer, Nico Niehoff
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A HIGHLY ACCURATE POSITION OF ROUTES AND/OR OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20080208520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects, in which the routes and/or objects to be recorded are first of all surveyed. In this case, the teaching provides for the routes and/or objects to be recorded to be surveyed repeatedly and for the positions to be determined with the aid of statistical methods using measured values obtained by the repeated surveying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ulf NOYER, Nico NIEHOFF