Patents by Inventor Simone Francine Tertoolen
Simone Francine Tertoolen 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).
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Patent number: 11720574Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising data processing means and a data repository containing: data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and data representative of an index associating words contained in the data records with the records in which those words appear. The device further comprises means for, in relation to a received search query including a search string, processing the search string to provide one or more search words; querying the index to identify data records containing the or each search word; and generating a rank for each of the one or more identified data records indicative of the relevance of each identified data record to the search query.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TomTom Navigation B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M. B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Publication number: 20230029160Abstract: A device is disclosed for generating navigation instructions for display on a display device of a portable navigation device, comprising: means for accessing a repository storing digital map data pertaining to a navigable network along which the navigation device can travel; means for generating, for display on the display device, a three-dimensional perspective view of a model representative of the map data as though from a camera positioned at an elevation and pitch angle behind a current position of the portable navigation device, that is updated to follow the device as it travels along a planned route through the navigable network; and means for generating, in response to detecting that the current position of the navigation device is closer than a predetermined distance to a decision point in the planned route, a fast forward preview of the upcoming decision point by advancing the position of the camera for the three-dimensional perspective view along the planned route at a speed faster than the rate ofType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Patent number: 11493358Abstract: A device is disclosed for generating navigation instructions for display on a display device of a portable navigation device, comprising: means for accessing a repository storing digital map data pertaining to a navigable network along which the navigation device can travel; means for generating, for display on the display device, a three-dimensional perspective view of a model representative of the map data as though from a camera positioned at an elevation and pitch angle behind a current position of the portable navigation device, that is updated to follow the device as it travels along a planned route through the navigable network; and means for generating, in response to detecting that the current position of the navigation device is closer than a predetermined distance to a decision point in the planned route, a fast forward preview of the upcoming decision point by advancing the position of the camera for the three-dimensional perspective view along the planned route at a speed faster than the rate ofType: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TomTom Navigation B.V.Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Patent number: 11391594Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data representative of a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for, in relation to data representative of a plurality locations relevant to the digital map, providing, on a representation of the digital map displayed on the display, for each of the locations, one of a plurality of different graphical user interface (GUI) elements characterised by different prominence levels to indicate the locations, wherein the prominence level of the GUI element used for each location is dependent on the level of detail at which the digital map is displayed and a deemed relevance of that location to a user query.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M. B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Patent number: 10733219Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for monitoring a free text search string as it is input by a user of the device; querying the data repository for matching records and generating suggestions selectable by a user to adjust the search, based on the search string as it is input; displaying at least some of any matching records and suggestions on the display; and, in response to receipt of user input indicating a selection of a matching suggestion, adjusting the search accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M. B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Patent number: 10654489Abstract: A method of operating a controller of a vehicle human machine interface (HMI) is disclosed, comprising: providing first output control signals configured to cause a vehicular head up display (HUD) to present first content to a vehicle operator; and providing second output control signals configured to cause a vehicular digital cluster display (DCD) to present second content to the vehicle operator, different to the first content. The method can further comprise the receiving input control signals from a touch sensitive steering wheel, for interacting with the information presented on the HUD and/or DUD. A related apparatus, vehicular HMI and computer software, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOMTOM GLOBAL CONTENT B.V.Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Hubertus Jacobus Maria Nijssen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Patent number: 10527445Abstract: A device is disclosed for generating navigation instructions for display on a display device of a portable navigation device, comprising: means for accessing a repository storing digital map data pertaining to a navigable network along which the navigation device can travel, the digital map data including data pertaining to available lanes of the navigable network; means for generating, for display on the display device, a three-dimensional perspective view of a model representative of the map data as though from a camera positioned at an elevation and pitch angle behind a current position of the portable navigation device, that is updated to follow the device as it travels along a planned route, wherein the three-dimensional perspective view shows the available lanes of the navigable network, and wherein the planned route to be followed is shown in the view as a line, the line showing the route to be followed as passing along a determined current lane in which the device is travelling; and means for adaptingType: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Publication number: 20190285428Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data representative of a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for, in relation to data representative of a plurality locations relevant to the digital map, providing, on a representation of the digital map displayed on the display, for each of the locations, one of a plurality of different graphical user interface (GUI) elements characterised by different prominence levels to indicate the locations, wherein the prominence level of the GUI element used for each location is dependent on the level of detail at which the digital map is displayed and a deemed relevance of that location to a user query.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M.B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Patent number: 10281295Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data representative of a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for, in relation to data representative of a plurality locations relevant to the digital map, providing, on a representation of the digital map displayed on the display, for each of the locations, one of a plurality of different graphical user interface (GUI) elements characterized by different prominence levels to indicate the locations, wherein the prominence level of the GUI element used for each location is dependent on the level of detail at which the digital map is displayed and a deemed relevance of that location to a user query.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M. B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Patent number: 10132640Abstract: This invention concerns a method of determining a route using map data comprising a plurality of navigable paths, the map data divided into a plurality of regions. The method comprises using at least one processing apparatus to: receive an origin and a destination on the map data and a travel time, determine a route from the origin to the destination using the map data and minimum cost data that identifies minimum cost paths between regions of the map data. The minimum cost data identifies more than one minimum cost path between a pair of the regions if different minimum cost paths exist between the pair of regions at different times and determining a route comprises identifying from the minimum cost paths for the pair of regions comprising the origin and destination, the minimum cost path having a lowest cost at the travel time.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.Inventors: Heiko Schilling, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Ewgenij Gawrilow, Moritz Hilger, Andreas Profous, Jürgen Werber
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Publication number: 20180273050Abstract: A method of operating a controller of a vehicle human machine interface (HMI) is disclosed, comprising: providing first output control signals configured to cause a vehicular head up display (HUD) to present first content to a vehicle operator; and providing second output control signals configured to cause a vehicular digital cluster display (DCD) to present second content to the vehicle operator, different to the first content. The method can further comprise the receiving input control signals from a touch sensitive steering wheel, for interacting with the information presented on the HUD and/or DUD. A related apparatus, vehicular HMI and computer software, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Hubertus Jacobus Maria Nijssen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Publication number: 20160252362Abstract: A device is disclosed for generating navigation instructions for display on a display device of a portable navigation device, comprising: means for accessing a repository storing digital map data pertaining to a navigable network along which the navigation device can travel; means for generating, for display on the display device, a three-dimensional perspective view of a model representative of the map data as though from a camera positioned at an elevation and pitch angle behind a current position of the portable navigation device, that is updated to follow the device as it travels along a planned route through the navigable network; and means for generating, in response to detecting that the current position of the navigation device is closer than a predetermined distance to a decision point in the planned route, a fast forward preview of the upcoming decision point by advancing the position of the camera for the three-dimensional perspective view along the planned route at a speed faster than the rate ofType: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Publication number: 20160252363Abstract: A device is disclosed for generating navigation instructions for display on a display device of a portable navigation device, comprising: means for accessing a repository storing digital map data pertaining to a navigable network along which the navigation device can travel, the digital map data including data pertaining to available lanes of the navigable network; means for generating, for display on the display device, a three-dimensional perspective view of a model representative of the map data as though from a camera positioned at an elevation and pitch angle behind a current position of the portable navigation device, that is updated to follow the device as it travels along a planned route, wherein the three-dimensional perspective view shows the available lanes of the navigable network, and wherein the planned route to be followed is shown in the view as a line, the line showing the route to be followed as passing along a determined current lane in which the device is travelling; and means for adaptingType: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Simone Francine Tertoolen, Cornelis Klaas van Dok
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Publication number: 20160178386Abstract: This invention concerns a method of determining a route using map data comprising a plurality of navigable paths, the map data divided into a plurality of regions. The method comprises using at least one processing apparatus to: receive an origin and a destination on the map data and a travel time, determine a route from the origin to the destination using the map data and minimum cost data that identifies minimum cost paths between regions of the map data. The minimum cost data identifies more than one minimum cost path between a pair of the regions if different minimum cost paths exist between the pair of regions at different times and determining a route comprises identifying from the minimum cost paths for the pair of regions comprising the origin and destination, the minimum cost path having a lowest cost at the travel time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Heiko Schilling, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Ewgenij Gawrilow, Moritz Hilger, Andreas Profous, Jürgen Werber
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Publication number: 20160098410Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for monitoring a free text search string as it is input by a user of the device; querying the data repository for matching records and generating suggestions selectable by a user to adjust the search, based on the search string as it is input; displaying at least some of any matching records and suggestions on the display; and, in response to receipt of user input indicating a selection of a matching suggestion, adjusting the search accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: TomTom Navigation B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M.B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Publication number: 20160084667Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data representative of a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for, in relation to data representative of a plurality locations relevant to the digital map, providing, on a representation of the digital map displayed on the display, for each of the locations, one of a plurality of different graphical user interface (GUI) elements characterised by different prominence levels to indicate the locations, wherein the prominence level of the GUI element used for each location is dependent on the level of detail at which the digital map is displayed and a deemed relevance of that location to a user query.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M.B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Publication number: 20160078037Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising data processing means and a data repository containing: data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and data representative of an index associating words contained in the data records with the records in which those words appear. The device further comprises means for, in relation to a received search query including a search string, processing the search string to provide one or more search words; querying the index to identify data records containing the or each search word; and generating a rank for each of the one or more identified data records indicative of the relevance of each identified data record to the search query.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M.B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
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Patent number: 8756000Abstract: A navigation apparatus is disclosed including a location determination unit and a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, a user interface. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource is operably coupled to the location determination unit in order to obtain location information therefrom. The processing resource is arranged to analyze the location information and the user interface is arranged to generate a message offering assistance in relation to finding a parking facility in response to the processing resource determining that a location information characteristic associated with the location information is in accordance with a predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: TomTom International B.V.Inventor: Simone Francine Tertoolen
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Patent number: 8244454Abstract: This invention relates to a navigation device (200) comprising: an input interface (220, 240) configured to enable a user to select a destination; a processor (210); and a display (240) controllable by the processor; characterized in that the navigation device (200) further comprises: a store (230) for building data, said building data being representative of the shape of buildings at each of a plurality of destinations, and a destination view generation module (490) for generating, from building data stored in said store (230) for said user selected destination, a three-dimensional representation of a building at said user selected destination, said processor (210) being responsive to said destination view generation module (490) to control said display (240) to display said three-dimensional representation to said user.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: TomTom International B.V.Inventor: Simone Francine Tertoolen
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Patent number: D899450Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: 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