The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Richard William Bukowski, Orinda, CA (US);
Mark Damon Wheeler, Oakland, CA (US);
Laura Michele Downs, Orinda, CA (US);
Jonathan Apollo Kung, Oakland, CA (US);
Richard William Bukowski, Orinda, CA (US);
Mark Damon Wheeler, Oakland, CA (US);
Laura Michele Downs, Orinda, CA (US);
Jonathan Apollo Kung, Oakland, CA (US);
Leica Geosystems HDS LLC, San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
Large data sets can be stored and processed in real time by combining and registering the large data sets into a single data set. The data can be stored in a data tree structure formed of layers of spatially organized blocks of data. Such storage allows portions of the data to be viewed efficiently, displaying actual point data at an acceptable resolution for the viewing mechanism. Density limited queries can be executed that allow sub-sampling to be done directly and evenly without geometric constraint, to provide a subset of points that is limited in size and includes a spatially-even decomposition of that set of points. This allows the system as a whole to support arbitrarily large point sets while allowing full partitioning functionality, which is efficient to use in both time and space.