Patents by Inventor Goutam Gandhi

Goutam Gandhi 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).

  • Distributed life cycle development tool for controls
    Patent number: 6546297
    Abstract: A control system for a device, such as an appliance, is designed by storing software representations of pre-existing control panel components (2005) and pre-existing control processes (2010) on a computer, using the computer to develop a control panel for the device by selecting and placing software representations of pre-existing control panel objects in a software representation of the control panel (2015), and using the computer to develop control software for the device by selecting software representations of pre-existing control processes and associating the selected control processes with the selected control panel objects (2020). The control software then is downloaded from the computer to control hardware to be included in the device (2025). Finally, the device is tested using the control software running on the control hardware and under the control of the computer (2030).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Gaston, David Cook, Goutam Gandhi, Gary D. Hedrick, Victor L. Potter, Carl J. Lecheler, Timothy S. Matt