Patents by Inventor Thilo Ernst

Thilo Ernst 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 searching objects in a database
    Patent number: 8886652
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for searching objects in a database by means of an index data structure which associates object attribute values to collections of spatial elements—such as tiles of a quadtree or cuboids of an octtree—defined to partition a space, herein a predefined number of spatial elements being combinable to a next-level spatial element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Schramm, Thilo Ernst
  • METHOD FOR SEARCHING OBJECTS IN A DATABASE
    Publication number: 20130066880
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for searching objects in a database by means of an index data structure which associates object attribute values to collections of spatial elements—such as tiles of a quadtree or cuboids of an octtree—defined to partition a space, herein a predefined number of spatial elements being combinable to a next-level spatial element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewan Forchung, e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Schramm, Thilo Ernst