Point Of Interest (poi) Or Landmark Patents (Class 701/426)
  • Patent number: 12203765
    Abstract: Presented are techniques of identifying, processing and displaying data point clusters associated with map information in an efficient manner Methods and systems are disclosed which process map information to identify clusters of requested data points for display, based on iterative clustering and filtering of the data points. Methods and systems are also disclosed which generate polygons representing the clusters. The amount of data to be processed and/or displayed can be reduced, without loss of any associated information content in a displayed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Steve Chien, Mark Yinan Li, Marc Schaub, Benjamin Anderson, James Aspinall, Zhou Bailiang, Ruwen Hess
  • Patent number: 12189666
    Abstract: Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a method for collecting geo-coordinate data on POIs by eliciting participation of the business owners or designated employees to identify the specific locations of POI's on a map; a map program which synchronizes to a centralized database where POI and other more frequently changing and time-dependent map information is downloaded to individual users; a map program, where in addition to the standard contact information, “qualitative” information and website links are included in an POI information box to aid in pre-qualifying a POI before selection and in booking a reservation; a method for locating markers on an Internet-based search engine map; and an improved contact management system that allows locations of contacts to be viewed on a map while minimizing address geocoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Never-Search, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Kreft
  • Patent number: 12181302
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for enhanced navigation are provided. A method may include determining a current location based upon received location data. The method may also comprise receiving query data requesting a plurality of destination types. The method may further comprise determining a result set comprising a plurality of locations corresponding to destination types within a first threshold distance of the current location. The method may additionally comprise returning a result subset comprising a plurality of the result set destination types based upon a second threshold distance that differs from the first threshold distance, wherein the second threshold distance is a distance between each of the requested destination types within the result subset or a common location and each of the requested destination types within the result subset. The method updating the current location, the result set, and the result subset based upon receiving updated location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: Randall Ray Carpenter
  • Patent number: 12175560
    Abstract: Touring circuitry for managing an immersion tour as a vehicle traverses a path through a touring theatre receives location information and provides control signals to an augmented-reality system based on a location of the vehicle in the touring theater. The control signals cause the augmented-reality system to stimulate at least two sensory inputs of a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Cerence Operating Company
    Inventors: Nils Lenke, Duygu Kanver, Marina Matveevskaia
  • Patent number: 12130146
    Abstract: A travel plan proposal system includes: a destination deriving unit configured to derive a predetermined number of destination areas from all destination areas on the basis of vacancy rates calculated for a plurality of accommodation facilities in the destination areas for each schedule pattern, and derive a candidate for the travel plan including a combination of the schedule pattern and the destination areas for the respective nights to stay; and a route deriving unit configured to set, for each candidate for the travel plan, a predetermined route for sequentially moving from a departure place to the respective destination areas and returning, and transportation means, and derive a candidate for the travel plan in which a total of representative accommodation costs of the destination areas in the candidate for the travel plan and a total of expenses required for the transportation means are within a budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Shimada, Kimihiko Asabe, Jun Kuroda
  • Patent number: 12085400
    Abstract: Techniques for notifying a driver of locations at which the driver can stop to comply with hours of service (HOS) rules are provided. In some examples, a navigation application compares the amount of time a driver has driven a vehicle to HOS rules to determine the remaining time the driver may drive before violating the rules, and identifies potential rest stops reachable within the remaining time and displays the rest stops to the driver. In some examples, the navigation application predicts an amount of time it will take a driver to drive a generated route and compares the predicted time to HOS rules to determine a number or frequency of rest stops needed for the driver to comply. Based on the number or frequency of rest stops, the navigation application identifies potential rest stops near the route and displays the rest stops to the driver without altering the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: RM ACQUISITION, LLC
    Inventor: Yusuf Ozturk
  • Patent number: 12077059
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assisting a battery electric vehicle (BEV) execute a battery charging operation. In an example method, a processor of a battery charging advisory system in a BEV obtains information about a battery charging lot and evaluates the information to identify a battery charging station having a first charging cable that includes a first type of plug which is compatible for coupling to a charging port of the BEV. The processor may then identify a location of the charging port on the BEV and uses this information to determine an orientation of the BEV with respect to the battery charging station. The processor then provides an advisory for maneuvering the BEV into a position that allows coupling of the first charging cable of the battery charging station to the charging port of the BEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Annette Huebner, David Kennedy, Hussein Berry
  • Patent number: 12072928
    Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, devices, apparatuses, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for navigation and geocoding. The disclosed technology can perform operations including accessing semantic tags associated with images. Each of the semantic tags can be associated with features depicted by one of the images. Further, each of the features can be associated with a geographic location. Based on the semantic tags, landmarks that include the features that satisfy entropic criteria can be identified. The entropic criteria can measure a localized prominence of each of the one or more features. A landmark for use in navigation at the location can be selected based on context data associated with a location on a path that includes a plurality of locations. Furthermore, at least one navigational instruction that references the landmark can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yan Mayster, Brian Brewington, Matthew Strosnick
  • Patent number: 12015963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for pushing information, a device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of autonomous driving. An implementation is: acquiring a current location of a vehicle; determining, based on the current location and a position of each POI in a preset set of POIs, a target POI from the set of POIs; and pushing relevant information of the target POI to a head up display of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junfa Wu
  • Patent number: 12002369
    Abstract: An aircraft-based display system providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for display of terminal charts further displays an enroute selector for engagement to select and display enroute charts. Engagement with the enroute selector brings up an enroute menu for selecting for display enroute charts associated with the ownship position or previously selected enroute charts; selection of an enroute chart 1) makes the selected chart the new active enroute chart and 2) displays the enroute chart. Each chart in the enroute menu includes a play button; engagement with the play button brings up an enroute selector GUI allowing selection of an enroute region and chart type. The enroute selector GUI displays all available enroute charts for a selected region and chart type, allowing the selection and display of the desired enroute chart in graphical as well as textual format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle R. Peters, Jeff M. Henry
  • Patent number: 11994395
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method, a machine readable medium, a device and a vehicle for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network, and a method, a machine readable medium and a device for training a machine learning module for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network. The method for determining a route connecting a plurality of destinations in a road network comprises receiving input information, which comprises information on distances between the plurality of destinations in the road network. The method further comprises inputting the input information on the distances into a trained machine learning module and providing output information on the route connecting the plurality of destinations based on an output of the trained machine learning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jilei Tian, Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 11971269
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for route planning are provided. The disclosed technology can include accessing travel data that includes information associated with a starting location and a destination. Routes from the starting location to the destination can be determined and each of the routes can be associated regions. Travel costs associated with travelling from the starting location to the destination via each of the routes can be determined. Convenience costs associated with an availability of facilities within the regions associated with each of routes can also be determined. A travel route can be selected from the routes. The travel route can be selected based in part on the travel costs, the convenience costs, and travel criteria. The travel criteria can be associated with travel preferences. Furthermore, route data that can include information associated indications based in part on the travel route can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Yan Mayster
  • Patent number: 11958198
    Abstract: A lab automation system receives an instruction from a user to perform a protocol within a lab via an interface including a graphical representation of the lab. The lab includes a robot and set of equipment rendered within the graphical representation of the lab. The lab automation system identifies an ambiguous term of the instruction and pieces of equipment corresponding to the ambiguous term and modifies the interface to include a predictive text interface element listing the pieces of equipment. Upon a mouseover of a listed piece of equipment within the predictive text interface element, the lab automation system modifies the graphical representation of the lab to highlight the listed piece of equipment corresponding to the mouseover. Upon a selection of the listed piece of equipment within the predictive text interface element, the lab automation system modifies the instruction to include the listed piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Artificial, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Washington, Geoffrey J. Budd, Nikhita Singh, Jake Sganga, Alexander Li Honda
  • Patent number: 11927452
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit, a connection unit, and a smoothing unit. The acquisition unit acquires route information, the route information including a route including a plurality of positions and a state parameter relating to a moving state of a mobile body when the mobile body moves along the route, the state parameter being associated with each of the positions of the route. The connection unit connects a first route included in acquired first route information and a second route included in acquired second route information to each other. The smoothing unit smooths a difference between a first state parameter associated with a first smoothing point on the first route and a second state parameter associated with a second smoothing point on the second route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Yuki
  • Patent number: 11913797
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a charging entity based on occupancy status are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a current geo-location and state of charge of a requesting vehicle. A plurality of charging entities that are within a remaining distance of the requesting vehicle are identified. Occupancy statuses for one or more charging entities of the plurality of charging entities are determined. The method also includes estimating charging speeds for the one or more charging entities based on the occupancy statuses. A charging station map user interface that pin points the current geo-location of the requesting vehicle and the one or more charging entities is presented. The one or more charging entities are presented with labels based on the charging speeds. The method further includes reserving a charging station of a selected charging entity of the plurality of charging entities by selecting a label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eri Izumi Maeda, David Wong Cun, Richard Pham
  • Patent number: 11899822
    Abstract: A system for providing private, secure travel is provided. The system may include a transceiver. The transceiver may be operable to receive and transmit communication from and to a plurality of travelers and a plurality of service providers. The system may include an itinerary booking module. The itinerary booking module may process itinerary communications received from the plurality of travelers. The itinerary booking module may determine a plurality of legs included in each received itinerary. The itinerary booking module may book, via the transceiver, at least one service provider for each leg of each itinerary. The system may include a unique identifier generator. The unique identifier generator may generate a unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Vijaya L. Vemireddy, Kevin A. Delson
  • Patent number: 11892312
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information providing method for an on-demand service. The method may include receiving service request information from a passenger of a passenger terminal device. The service request information may include a departure location of the passenger. The method may further include acquiring historical service request information related to the passenger; and determining travel-route-related information based at least in part on the departure location of the passenger and the historical service request information. Also disclosed is a system for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Chen, Chengxiang Zhuo, Zhaoxue Wu, Ming Xu, Kaijie Qin, Yajie Zhang, Haiyang Lu, Dong Guo, Peng Yu, Yanjun Lu, Wenyi Bao
  • Patent number: 11835352
    Abstract: Presented are techniques of identifying, processing and displaying data point clusters associated with map information in an efficient manner. Methods and systems are disclosed which process map information to identify clusters of requested data points for display, based on iterative clustering and filtering of the data points. Methods and systems are also disclosed which generate polygons representing the clusters. The amount of data to be processed and/or displayed can be reduced, without loss of any associated information content in a displayed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Steve Chien, Mark Yinan Li, Marc Andreas Schaub, Benjamin James Anderson, James Aspinall, Zhou Bailiang, Ruwen Hess
  • Patent number: 11829447
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a resident area prediction method, apparatus, device and storage medium, involving artificial intelligence technology, big data, deep learning and multi-task learning. The specific implementation plan is: acquiring a resident area data of a target user, and the resident area data including the resident area of the target user and the corresponding resident time; obtaining an association relationship between the resident areas of the target user by inputting the resident area data into an area relationship model, and the area relationship model is used to reflect a position relationship between the areas; determining a time-sequence relationship between the areas visited by the target user, according to the association relationship, the resident time and the visiting POI data; predicting a target resident area of the target user, according to the time-sequence relationship and the basic attribute information of the target user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinjiang Lu, Nengjun Zhu, Hui Xiong
  • Patent number: 11794105
    Abstract: A game processing system that controls a display to display a plurality of graphic forms each indicating an identifier; identifies a trajectory of a continuously drawn input selecting a plurality of the graphic forms; identifies the identifiers of the graphic forms corresponding to the input trajectory; identifies at least a first command based on an arrangement of the identifiers when detecting an end of the input; and controls a game operation of attacking an opponent based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Inamori
  • Patent number: 11768892
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for extracting the name of a POI, a device and a computer storage medium, and relates to the field of big data. An implementation includes: acquiring two or more text fragments identified from image data of the POI; constructing two or more candidate names using the text fragments; and ranking the candidate names using a pre-trained name ranking model, and determining the name of the POI according to the result of the ranking; wherein the name ranking model determines the probability of each candidate name as the name of the POI using at least one of a search web page feature, a document statistical feature and a semantic feature extracted from each candidate name, and ranks the candidate names according to the probabilities. With the present application, the name of the POI is automatically extracted with high accuracy. Compared with the manual review and annotation way in the prior art, a human cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jizhou Huang, Haifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11745761
    Abstract: A path providing device configured to provide a path information to a vehicle includes: a communication unit configured to receive map information from a server, the map information including a plurality of layers of data, an interface unit configured to receive sensing information from one or more sensors disposed at the vehicle, a memory configured to store information used to determine and update the optimal path, and divided into a plurality of storage spaces, and a processor configured determine an optimal path for guiding the vehicle from an identified lane, generate autonomous driving visibility information based on the sensing information and the determined optimal path, update the optimal path based on dynamic information related to a movable object located in the optimal path and the autonomous driving visibility information, and store the plurality of map information separately in the plurality of storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinsang Lee, Sujin Kim
  • Patent number: 11740100
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a starting location and a destination location. A route from the starting location to the destination location is determined. A video preview of the route is generated based on map data associated with the route. The video preview depicts one or more vehicles to be taken by a user traversing the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Kris Richard Efland
  • Patent number: 11724713
    Abstract: A travel path data generation apparatus includes an intersection feature data generator that, by using data of travel paths outside intersections, generates intersection feature data representing features of the intersections and a sample data generator that associates the intersection feature data with motion trajectory data showing actual motion trajectories of vehicles inside intersections and generates sample data serving as samples of association between the feature of the intersection and the actual motion trajectories inside the intersection; and a travel path data generator that searches the sample data for the sample that to corresponds to specific intersection feature data representing a feature of a given intersection; specifies the motion trajectory data associated with the specific intersection feature data; and provides the specified motion trajectory data as data of travel paths inside intersections that corresponds to the given intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoo Nomura
  • Patent number: 11703338
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive requirement values, from a vehicle-providing entity, for a plurality of predefined tunable routing parameters. The processor is also configured to select and assign entity-associated, routing parameter consideration-levels, based on the values correlated to a predefined schema of consideration-levels for each parameter. The processor is further configured to receive a plurality of pick-up requests and determine, using the entity-associated routing parameter consideration-levels, a routing-plan for a plurality of vehicles to service the requests such that the received values are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Huizhu Crystal Wang, Joshua Daniel Lyon, Mohammad Abouali, Qianyi Wang
  • Patent number: 11693888
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for intelligent grouping of travel data for review through a user interface. In one embodiment, a method for providing grouped travel data to a user interface of an application, comprises: receiving a plurality of trip records from an application running on a remote device; providing a first subset of the plurality of trip records to a prediction model; providing a second subset of the plurality of trip records to a model training module; receiving labels for each trip record of the first subset of the plurality of trip records from the prediction model; grouping the first subset of the plurality of trip records based on the received labels; and transmitting the grouped first subset of the plurality of trip records to the application running on the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Grace Wu, Shashank Shashikant Rao, Susrutha Gongalla, Ngoc Nhung Ho, Carly Wood, Brooke Henderer, Vaibhav Sharma, Prasannavenkatesh Chandrasekar
  • Patent number: 11650061
    Abstract: A device can determine scenario information associated with a plurality of route planning scenarios. The scenario information can include information that describes, for each route planning scenario of the plurality of route planning scenarios, a condition or a configuration based on which a respective route plan is to be generated. The device can calculate, based on a plurality of route plans corresponding to the plurality of route planning scenarios, a set of metrics associated with the plurality of route planning scenarios. The set of metrics can be calculated based on a single user interaction with a user interface. The device can provide information associated with the set of metrics. The providing the information associated with the set of metrics can cause an action, associated with at least one route plan of the plurality of route plans, to be automatically performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Faiza Tajammul, Jefferson Ray Tan Hidayat, Brendan Ryan Bycroft, Hayden Sean White, Johanna Emily Read
  • Patent number: 11651398
    Abstract: Contextual menus based on images submitted to a network based publication system are disclosed. Images depicting a variety of locales such as businesses, or other items, may be stored in an image repository in the system and used to identify images that users may submit as photograph images taken by cell phone, camera, webcam, a laptop with camera capability. After identification of the submitted image the system may categorize the image and provide the user a category driven menu relating to the photograph, the menu based on both the submitted image and the user's intent when he or she is capturing the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh Dinkar Govande, Madhura Pravin Tipnis
  • Patent number: 11651563
    Abstract: A system and method that allows a user to view objects in a three-dimensional environment, where one or more of the objects have a data display (e.g., a data billboard, etc.) that shows data about the object. To enhance user experience and to provide relevant contextual data as the user navigates through the three-dimensional environment, the system calculates a location for the user and a location for each object and determines if a relationship between the user frame of reference and each object location satisfies a first criterion. If the first criterion is satisfied, the system is configured to move the data display to the bottom of a viewing area of the three-dimensional environment (e.g. docking the data display to the bottom of the viewing area, etc.). The system may also arrange the data displays in the same order as the objects are perceived by the user in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Roy Arsan, Alexander Raitz, Clark Allan, Cary Glen Noel
  • Patent number: 11625706
    Abstract: Systems and methods for passively processing a payment for an activity that leverages location data of a user participating in the activity. User data is received, the user data including a plurality of user location points and a time associated with each of the plurality of user location points. An activity is determined, the activity associated with the user based on the user data, wherein the activity is associated with at least one of transportation and attendance at a venue. An instance of the activity is identified and a payment amount for the user is processed based on the instance of the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AXON VIBE AG
    Inventors: Roman Oberli, Thomas Annicq, Ryan Vilim, Simon Gelinas, David Foley
  • Patent number: 11619513
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on various preferences for later retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Sheha, Angie Sheha, Stephen Petilli, Arun Yarlagadda
  • Patent number: 11601209
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include based on a graphical representation of a layout of a geographic area, identifying, by equipment comprising a processor, a feature of the geographic area relevant to propagation of a signal propagated from a signal point on the layout, resulting in an identified feature. The method can further comprise based on the identified feature and the signal point, generating, by the equipment, a feature map for the geographic area by employing a neural network, wherein the feature map comprises a map depicting estimates of the propagation of the signal at locations within the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Saxon, Brian Lois, Abhay Dabholkar, Muhammad Farooq Sabir
  • Patent number: 11587119
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes system and method for impressing publicly displayed information on mobile devices. The method comprises determining at least a first place and a second place for a mobile device based on locations associated with the mobile device. Each of the first place and the second place being a place where the mobile device is regularly located as indicated by densities of the locations mapped over a geographical region and the corresponding time stamps. The first place and second place are used to determine one or more travel routes routinely taken by a user of the mobile device, and to build an association database, where the mobile device is associated with one or more information documents, each of the one or more information documents including information publicly displayed along the one or more routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: xAd, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Srihari Venkatesan, Saravana Ravindran, Shanshan Tuo, Prakash Muttineni, Deborah Zhang, Huitao Luo, Shashi Seth
  • Patent number: 11578981
    Abstract: A method includes determining a first route from a first location to a second location using a first map that includes first map elements, wherein the first route includes a series of the first map elements from the first map. The method also includes matching the series of the first map elements from the first route to second map elements from a second map to define a subset of the second map elements, and determining a second route from the first location to the second location using the subset of the second map elements. The second route is constrained to the subset of the second map elements and the second route includes a series of the second map elements from the subset of the second map elements. The method also includes outputting information describing the second route for at least one of storage or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mikhail Tsoupko-Sitnikov, Lukas M. Marti
  • Patent number: 11562040
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a location identifier using a location code and a grid coordinate. The location code corresponds to a defined geographical area, such as a postal code or an area code. A grid coordinate can be determined based on destination location information, such as an address, a GPS-determined position, or other reference to a specific physical location. The location identifier is combined with the location code to generate a location identifier, which can be encoded in a computer readable format and placed on items for use in a distribution network. The location identifier can be used to facilitate domestic or international distribution of items using a common format or addressing scheme. The domestic and foreign distribution networks read and interpret location identifiers in order to deliver items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Clayton C. Bonnell, Gary C. Reblin
  • Patent number: 11537129
    Abstract: A control method for an electrical walker is provided. The control method includes measuring a plurality of slope angle values, determining a correction parameter value according to the plurality of slope angle values and generating a corrected driving force value according to the correction parameter value and an original driving force value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 11501524
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring a location of a client device associated with a transportation service and generating augmented reality images for display on the client device. The systems and methods use sensor data from the client device and a device localization process to monitor the location of the client device by comparing renderings of images captured by the client device to renderings of the vicinity of the pickup location. The systems and methods determine navigation instructions from the user's current location to the pickup location and select one or more augmented reality elements associated with the navigation instructions and/or landmarks along the route to the pickup location. The systems and methods instruct the client device to overlay the selected augmented reality elements on a video feed of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Rogan, Taehun Yoon, Gregory Mark Mahowald
  • Patent number: 11473928
    Abstract: A method includes: selecting a set of access points in a focus zone that identifies an area around the travel destination; determining access paths through one or more access points in the set of selected access points; listing crossings that the access paths pass through; for each of the listed crossings: determining a probability that the listed crossing is passed through by an access path; determining at least one complexity score of the listed crossing; determining a set of points of interest (POIs) along access paths passing through the listed crossing; and determining quality scores for the POIs, respectively, the quality score of one of the POIs reflecting a utility of that one of the POIs to facilitate orientation; selecting POIs from the set of POIs based on the quality scores; generating the access map including the access paths and the selected POIs; and outputting the access map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jutta Willamowski, Antonietta Grasso, Yves Hoppenot, Michel Langlais
  • Patent number: 11461792
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for identifying local businesses visited by a user. Location and movement data for a user is analyzed to identify points of interest (POIs) visited by a user, and POIs which were not visited while the user travelled to the visited POIs. The POIs are categorized as corresponding to local businesses or national/global businesses, and local business metrics are generated according to frequencies in which the user visits local businesses and/or passes over national/global businesses in favor of local businesses. Then the local business metrics are presented on the user's client computing device along with a heat map indicating frequencies in which the user visited businesses within a geographic area, and/or a cool map indicating frequencies in which the user passed by businesses within the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BlueOwl, LLC
    Inventors: Kayla Drozd, Theobolt N. Leung, Kenneth Jason Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11448514
    Abstract: A route information decision device includes: a route search unit that searches for a route along which a user moves from a first spot to a second spot; a partial route decision unit that decides a permissible route part of the route and a non-permissible route part of the route, the permissible route part being contained in a permissible region where a vehicle is permitted to be dispatched to the user, the non-permissible route part being contained in a non-permissible region where the vehicle is not permitted to be dispatched to the user, the vehicle being a vehicle for which an automatic driving control is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Wasekura, Michio Ikeda, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11429905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for booking reservations in a booking system and synchronizing bookings among several booking systems. The system comprises at least one booking system; at least one service provider; a mediator service; a client, and at least one client terminal device that can be a mobile device and that includes a dialogue. The client uses the dialogue to enter information into the system and the mediator receives inquiries and answers from the at least one booking system, the at least one service provider, and the at least one client. The mediator transfers and adapts information between them. The method and system are particularly suited for use with mobile phone users by Small Message Service messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Jukka Kalevi Salonen
  • Patent number: 11415430
    Abstract: A method and server for presenting points of interest (POIs) to a given user in a map application on a client device comprising: receiving a request for displaying a given location on a map view of the map application and retrieving, based on the map view and the given location, a set of POIs. A set of web services associated with the given user is determined, and past user interaction data with the set of web services partially indicative of user preferences of the given user with regard to the set of POIs is retrieved. The set of POIs is ranked based on the respective past user interaction data to obtain a ranked set of POIs. The map view including at least a subset of the ranked set of POIs is transmitted for presentation to the given user on a display interface of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: YANDEX EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Dmitry Vasilievich Kornev, Yury Pavlovich Gorishny, Filipp Gennadievich Sinitsin
  • Patent number: 11386338
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for integrating multiple domain learning and personalization in a dialog system for a user in a computing environment by a processor. One or more problem instances may be defined for multiple domains according to a problem instance template, identified user intent, links to one or more problem solvers associated with the multiple domains, or a combination thereof. A dialog plan may be determined to further define the one or more problem instances in response to user input. A solution may be provided to the user for the one or more problem instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adi I. Botea, Oznur Alkan, Elizabeth Daly, Matthew Davis, Akihiro Kishimoto, Vera Liao, Radu Marinescu, Biplav Srivastava, Kartik Talamadupula, Yunfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11372903
    Abstract: Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a method for collecting geo-coordinate data on POIs by eliciting participation of the business owners or designated employees to identify the specific locations of POI's on a map; a map program which synchronizes to a centralized database where POI and other more frequently changing and time-dependent map information is downloaded to individual users; a map program, where in addition to the standard contact information, “qualitative” information and website links are included in an POI information box to aid in pre-qualifying a POI before selection and in booking a reservation; a method for locating markers on an Internet-based search engine map; and an improved contact management system that allows locations of contacts to be viewed on a map while minimizing address geocoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Never-Search, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Kreft
  • Patent number: 11364439
    Abstract: A game processing system that controls a display to display a plurality of graphic forms each indicating an identifier; identifies a trajectory of a continuously drawn input selecting a plurality of the graphic forms; identifies the identifiers of the graphic forms corresponding to the input trajectory; identifies at least a first command based on an arrangement of the identifiers when detecting an end of the input; and controls a game operation of attacking an opponent based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Inamori
  • Patent number: 11361016
    Abstract: A system for providing a life log service and a method of providing the life log service. The computing device for providing the life log service includes: a display which displays a map in a first display area and which displays like content in a second display area; and a processor including a content generator which generates the life content of a user based on a current position of the computing device, and a controller, which, in response to the generated live content, updates the second display area in real time to display the generated life content and updates the map in the first display area to display a path synchronized with the generated life content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-won Yang, Du-seok Kim, Hyun-cheol Park, Seung-chur Oh, Ho-sik Cho
  • Patent number: 11351980
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a route circuit and a stop-start circuit. The route circuit is structured to estimate a number of charging locations for an energy storage system of a vehicle for a planned route. The stop-start circuit is structured to determine a stop-start strategy for an engine of the vehicle based on the estimated number of charging locations and expected charges to be received by the energy storage system. The stop-start strategy defines a frequency and duration of using the engine in an on-mode during operation of the vehicle along the planned route. The stop-start circuit is further structured to determine that the energy storage system fails to receive an expected charge at one of the charging locations, and update the stop-start strategy to compensate for failing to receive the expected charge by increasing use of the engine in the on-mode during operation of the vehicle along the planned route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Martin T. Books, Praveen Chitradurga Muralidhar
  • Patent number: 11354896
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, a camera that captures images of an outside scene, a pointer recognizing section, a target recognizing section, and a display control section configured to display, on the display, a target related image, which is an image related to a target recognized by the target recognizing section. The display control section includes a related display configured to display, on the display, related information related to the target related image when a movement of a pointer within a range overlapping the target related image is recognized by the pointer recognizing section and a display processing section configured to change a display state of the target related image according to whether the target related image is present within an imaging range of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yuya Maruyama, Hideki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11334580
    Abstract: A system and method that given a user preference will create a list of geographic locations that are the closest matches to the user's criteria. Based on the user specified importance of one or more categories and advanced metrics, locations are ranked. Climate category is ranked by estimating the number of days the user will be comfortable per year. Budget category is estimated based on if user wants to save money, have approximately the same cost of living, or pay more for improved lifestyle. For diversity metric, ranking is based on diverse or a specific ethnicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Nefeli Group LLC
    Inventor: Giselle Sitdykova
  • Patent number: 11320972
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process for displaying multiple regions. The multiple regions include a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region indicates, on a map, an imaging location of an image saved at a predetermined location such that the imaging location is selectable by a user. The second region presents the image captured at the imaging location selected in the first region, and the third region relates to editing performable by the user on information attached to the image presented in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Naoki Adachi