Patents by Inventor Tom Weng

Tom Weng 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).

  • Navigation-integrated scenic location value and route planning
    Patent number: 12669343
    Abstract: To provide navigation directions in response to a request for viewing a particular type of geographical feature on a route to a destination, a computing device receives a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination that specifies a particular type of geographical feature for viewing on a route to the destination. The computing device identifies at least one candidate route for navigating to the destination location that includes a road segment from which the particular type of geographical feature can be viewed, and selects a route from the set of candidate routes based at least in part on an extent to which the particular type of geographical feature can be viewed from each candidate route. Then the computing device provides a set of navigation directions for presentation on a client device for navigating to the destination location via the selected route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yan Mayster, Tom Weng
  • NAVIGATION-INTEGRATED SCENIC LOCATION VALUE AND ROUTE PLANNING
    Publication number: 20250076063
    Abstract: To provide navigation directions in response to a request for viewing a particular type of geographical feature on a route to a destination, a computing device receives a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination that specifies a particular type of geographical feature for viewing on a route to the destination. The computing device identifies at least one candidate route for navigating to the destination location that includes a road segment from which the particular type of geographical feature can be viewed, and selects a route from the set of candidate routes based at least in part on an extent to which the particular type of geographical feature can be viewed from each candidate route. Then the computing device provides a set of navigation directions for presentation on a client device for navigating to the destination location via the selected route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yan Mayster, Tom Weng