Patents by Inventor Pieter Verhoeven

Pieter Verhoeven 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).

  • Online occupancy state estimation
    Patent number: 10621855
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for online occupancy state estimation. Signals may be received from sensors distributed in an environment. The signals may include reports from the sensors. Occupancy state estimates may be generated for a ground-truth estimate sequence for the environment. Each occupancy state estimate may correspond to an interval of a time period. An online occupancy model may be generated. based at least partially on the ground-truth estimate sequence for the environment. A current occupancy state estimate may be generated for the environment using the online occupancy model and sensor states of the sensors. The sensor states may be based on the reports from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Pieter Verhoeven, Prashant Reddy
  • ONLINE OCCUPANCY STATE ESTIMATION
    Publication number: 20190087696
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for online occupancy state estimation. Signals may be received from sensors distributed in an environment. The signals may include reports from the sensors. Occupancy state estimates may be generated for a ground-truth estimate sequence for the environment. Each occupancy state estimate may correspond to an interval of a time period. An online occupancy model may be generated. based at least partially on the ground-truth estimate sequence for the environment. A current occupancy state estimate may be generated for the environment using the online occupancy model and sensor states of the sensors. The sensor states may be based on the reports from the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Pieter Verhoeven, Prashant Reddy
  • COORDINATING ENERGY USE OF DISPARATELY-CONTROLLED DEVICES IN THE SMART HOME BASED ON NEAR-TERM PREDICTED HVAC CONTROL TRAJECTORIES
    Publication number: 20170102681
    Abstract: This patent specification relates to systems and methods for coordinating energy use of disparately-controlled devices based on modeling characteristics of an enclosure. More particularly, this patent specification relates to enabling third party vendors to coordinate operation of third party devices existing within the enclosure with the enclosure's building control system to manage energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Pieter Verhoeven, Todd Hester
  • PERSISTENT THERMAL MODEL AND METHOD OF USING SAME FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF AN ADDITIONAL THERMAL SOURCE OTHER THAN THE HVAC SYSTEM BEING CONTROLLED
    Publication number: 20170051934
    Abstract: This patent specification relates to systems and methods for modeling characteristics of an enclosure. More particularly, this patent specification relates to thermal modeling of internal temperature dynamics of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Pieter Verhoeven, Todd Hester
  • PERSISTENT HOME THERMAL COMFORT MODEL REUSABLE ACROSS MULTIPLE SENSOR AND DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS IN A SMART HOME
    Publication number: 20170051933
    Abstract: This patent specification relates to systems and methods for modeling characteristics of an enclosure. More particularly, this patent specification relates to thermal modeling of internal temperature dynamics of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Pieter Verhoeven, Todd Hester
  • Wireless ear-worn audio device
    Patent number: D383757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Dobrusskin, Peter Verbeek, Bastiaan Pieter Verhoeven, Francis Wa Chu