Patents by Inventor Robert Geisberger

Robert Geisberger 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: 10288437
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Amo Eigenwillig
  • Publication number: 20180045523
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Amo Eigenwillig
  • Patent number: 9778052
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Amo Eigenwillig
  • Publication number: 20160341560
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Amo Eigenwillig
  • Patent number: 9435658
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Arno Eigenwillig
  • Publication number: 20150338224
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the determination of routes from, for instance, travel segment network data associated with different data versions. More particularly, a request can be received for a route from an origin to a destination. Graph data modeling a travel segment network for a geographic region associated with the origin and for a geographic region associated the destination can be accessed. The graph data can preserve boundary nodes for visiting during a search (e.g. a contraction hierarchies style search) for a shortest path through the graph data. The reach value of a boundary segment can be considered in identifying boundary segments to be visited during the shortest path search through the graph data. The route can be determined based at least in part on the shortest path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Geisberger, Arno Eigenwillig
  • Patent number: 9175972
    Abstract: A computer-implemented route planning method comprises determining source and destination nodes in a graph data structure based on a route planning query, executing an initial graph search on the graph data structure using graph costs based on real-time traffic data, wherein the initial graph search starts at the source node and settles nodes until it stops, and computing one or more routes to the destination node from one or more of said settled nodes using precomputed data based on traffic prediction data, thereby to determine a route from the source node to the destination node via one of said settled nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Geisberger
  • Patent number: 8824337
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining shortest paths between a source node and a target node in a road network are disclosed. An example method includes determining a hierarchy of nodes with a number of levels of a first graph and calculating a first shortest path between the source node and the target node traversing a meeting node in the first graph. The number of levels in the first graph is reduced. One or more second shortest paths between the source node and the target node traversing one or more meeting nodes in the second reduced graph is determined. The first shortest path is assigned as a primary route and the one or more second shortest paths are assigned as alternate routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Geisberger
  • Publication number: 20140200807
    Abstract: A computer-implemented route planning method comprises determining source and destination nodes in a graph data structure based on a route planning query, executing an initial graph search on the graph data structure using graph costs based on real-time traffic data, wherein the initial graph search starts at the source node and settles nodes until it stops, and computing one or more routes to the destination node from one or more of said settled nodes using precomputed data based on traffic prediction data, thereby to determine a route from the source node to the destination node via one of said settled nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Geisberger
  • Publication number: 20140180570
    Abstract: A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Bast, Erik Carlsson, Arno Eigenwillig, Robert Geisberger, Chris Harrelson, Veselin Raychev, Fabien Viger
  • Patent number: 8756014
    Abstract: A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Bast, Erik Carlsson, Arno Eigenwillig, Robert Geisberger, Chris Harrelson, Veselin Raychev, Fabien Viger
  • Patent number: 8738286
    Abstract: A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Bast, Erik Carlsson, Arno Eigenwillig, Robert Geisberger, Chris Harrelson, Veselin Raychev, Fabien Viger
  • Patent number: 8417409
    Abstract: A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Bast, Erik Carlsson, Arno Eigenwillig, Robert Geisberger, Chris Harrelson, Veselin Raychev, Fabien Viger
  • Publication number: 20110251789
    Abstract: A method of determining a time-dependent route parameter for a transportation network, for use in an automated routing system in connection with traffic, transportation, and logistics is provided. While shortest distances from all source nodes in S to all target nodes in T are time-independent, travel times are not. The method models the transportation network and computes travel costs from an arbitrary starting node to a plurality of intermediate way-points, and from intermediate way points to the target node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUR TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Peter Sanders, Robert Geisberger
  • Publication number: 20110112759
    Abstract: A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Hannah Bast, Erik Carlsson, Arno Eigenwillig, Robert Geisberger, Chris Harrelson, Veselin Raychev, Fabien Viger