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Patent No.:

US 10003946 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2016

Enhanced spatial index for point in polygon operations

Applicant:

Pitney Bowes Inc., Danbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Anand Kannan, North York, CA;

Andrew Kane, Cheshunt, GB;

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);

Attorneys:

Michael J. Cummings

Charles R. Malandra, Jr.

Primary Examiner:

Barry W Taylor

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06F 17/30327 (2013.01); G06F 17/30333 (2013.01); G06F 17/30392 (2013.01); G06F 17/30961 (2013.01);
Abstract

An improved method is provided for determining whether a sample point is within a defined geographic area. Indexes for the geographic area of interest are generated in advance. Such indexes complement the traditional spatial indexing techniques such as quad tree and r-tree. The geographic area, as defined by an outer boundary, is subdivided into some regular geometric shape, preferably a rectangle, encoded into a suitable form, and indexed. Then, a simplified comparison of the sample point to the indexed regular shapes is made.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kannan, Anand. (2018). Enhanced spatial index for point in polygon operations (U.S. Patent No. 10003946). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10003946

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