Patents by Inventor Tim Vo?en

Tim Vo?en 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).

  • Technique for determining points of interest for a navigation device
    Patent number: 8990008
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for identifying points of interest, or POIs, in a vicinity of a predetermined location on the basis of digital cartographic data and a predetermined search time and a predetermined number of POI hits. The method comprises the steps of identifying, on the basis of cartographic data, an initial search field that includes the predetermined location, searching for a POI in the search field, and iteratively enlarging the search field and searching for the POI in the enlarged search field until the predetermined search time has elapsed or the predetermined number of POI hits has been attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Voβen, Christian Reinhard