Patents by Inventor Daniel GARNIER-MOIROUX

Daniel GARNIER-MOIROUX 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).

  • Tracking electrical appliance usage
    Patent number: 9423432
    Abstract: A system for tracking usage patterns of electrical appliances is disclosed. The system comprises a central database configured to receive and store information; a plurality of energy sensors each of the plurality of sensors being configured to measure a change in electrical energy use by a corresponding one of a plurality of electrical appliances; at least one presence sensor configured to determine when at least one user is proximate to the plurality of electrical appliances and send presence information to the central database; and a processor configured to extract features from such information and create at least one user profile corresponding to the at least one user and a pattern of electrical energy use associated with the at least one user based on said features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Fernando Jorge Silveira Filho, Anmol Nalin Sheth, Christophe Diot, Daniel Garnier-Moiroux
  • TRACKING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE USAGE
    Publication number: 20150177292
    Abstract: A system for tracking usage patterns of electrical appliances is disclosed. The system comprises a central database configured to receive and store information; a plurality of energy sensors each of the plurality of sensors being configured to measure a change in electrical energy use by a corresponding one of a plurality of electrical appliances; at least one presence sensor configured to determine when at least one user is proximate to the plurality of electrical appliances and send presence information to the central database; and a processor configured to extract features from such information and create at least one user profile corresponding to the at least one user and a pattern of electrical energy use associated with the at least one user based on said features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Fernando Jorge SILVEIRA FILHO, Anmol Nalin SHETH, Christophe DIOT, Daniel GARNIER-MOIROUX