Patents by Inventor Jane L. Snowdon

Jane L. Snowdon 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).

  • OPTIMAL SELECTION OF BUILDING COMPONENTS USING SEQUENTIAL DESIGN VIA STATISTICAL BASED SURROGATE MODELS
    Publication number: 20140365180
    Abstract: A surrogate model to a building simulation model is built and used for finding a combination of building components that optimize energy use in a building. The surrogate model may be built iteratively using design points comprising a different combination of building product properties that maximize a predefined expected improvement function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Carnegie Mellon University, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Khee Poh Lam, Young Min Lee, Fei Liu, Jane L. Snowdon, Jeaha Yang, Rui Zhang