Patents by Inventor Premal Ashar

Premal Ashar 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).

  • Patent number: 11678413
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing a modular sensor device in a residential environment. In some implementations, a modular sensor device includes a base that attaches to a wall in a living space. The modular sensor device also includes a power unit coupled to a first side of the base, where the power unit receives power from a power source, and where the power unit includes one or more devices that control conditions in an environment of the living space. The modular sensor device also includes a control module removably coupled to a second side of the base, where the module receives power from the power unit, and where the control module performs one or more predetermined control functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, George Scolaro, Robert Gulino, Yashodhan R. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11423753
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices communicates with a wireless router and with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices. Each sensor device includes one or more sensors operative to sense conditions in a living space and includes one or more processors. The one or more processors operative to perform operations comprising determining one or more conditions in the living space, wherein at least one condition of the one or more conditions is associated with activity in the living space. The one or more processors are further operative to perform operations comprising sharing, with the other sensor devices, information associated with the one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 11009354
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a determining a layout of a living space. In some implementations, a residential sensor device performs operations including receiving activity information collected by the one or more sensors, where the activity information includes sensed activity of one or more users at one or more user locations of a plurality of user locations. The residential sensor device further performs operations including determining one or more routes in the living space based on one or more sets of user locations of the plurality of user locations. The residential sensor device further performs operations including determining one or more object locations of one or more objects in the living space based on the one or more routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar
  • Publication number: 20210084723
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing a modular sensor device in a residential environment. In some implementations, a modular sensor device includes a base that attaches to a wall in a living space. The modular sensor device also includes a power unit coupled to a first side of the base, where the power unit receives power from a power source, and where the power unit includes one or more devices that control conditions in an environment of the living space. The modular sensor device also includes a control module removably coupled to a second side of the base, where the module receives power from the power unit, and where the control module performs one or more predetermined control functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Nuro Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, George Scolaro, Robert Gulino, Yashodhan R. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10803717
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a security application for a residential electrical switch sensor device platform. In some implementations, a sensor device performs operations including detecting an activity in the living space, determining contextual security information, and determining an occurrence of an intrusion event based on the activity in the living space. In response to the occurrence of the intrusion event, the device is operative to perform further operations including sending a notification to one or more destinations based on the intrusion event, and activating one or more surveillance devices based on the intrusion event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar, George Scolaro, Larry Nasarabadi
  • Patent number: 10778462
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to devices, apparatuses, and methods for determining preferences in a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a residential sensor device includes one or more sensors operative to sense activity in a living space, one or more processors, and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more processors. The logic when executed is operable to perform operations including receiving a plurality of user changes to at least one default setting of the sensor device. The logic when executed is further operable to perform operations including determining a setting adjustment policy, wherein the setting adjustment policy is based on user change information associated with the plurality of user changes. The logic when executed is further operable to perform operations including adjusting the at least one default setting based on the setting adjustment policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar
  • Patent number: 10553096
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential electrical switch sensor device platform. In some implementations, a sensor device performs operations including detecting an activity in the living space, determining contextual routine information, determining user care protocol information, and determining an occurrence of an adverse health event. In response to the occurrence of the adverse health event, the sensor device performs operations including one or more of sending a notification to one or more destinations based on the adverse health event and activating one or more surveillance devices based on the adverse health event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar, George Scolaro, Larry Nasarabadi
  • Publication number: 20200020219
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices communicates with a wireless router and with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices. Each sensor device includes one or more sensors operative to sense conditions in a living space and includes one or more processors. The one or more processors operative to perform operations comprising determining one or more conditions in the living space, wherein at least one condition of the one or more conditions is associated with activity in the living space. The one or more processors are further operative to perform operations comprising sharing, with the other sensor devices, information associated with the one or more conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Nuro Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 10274947
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each of the plurality of sensor devices includes a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router, a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, an electrical control, a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space, and a processor. The processor is operative to communicate with the wireless router, communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, and receive the sensed condition of the living space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Premal Ashar
  • Publication number: 20190013957
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to devices, apparatuses, and methods for determining preferences in a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a residential sensor device includes one or more sensors operative to sense activity in a living space, one or more processors, and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more processors. The logic when executed is operable to perform operations including receiving a plurality of user changes to at least one default setting of the sensor device. The logic when executed is further operable to perform operations including determining a setting adjustment policy, wherein the setting adjustment policy is based on user change information associated with the plurality of user changes. The logic when executed is further operable to perform operations including adjusting the at least one default setting based on the setting adjustment policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar
  • Publication number: 20190011268
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a determining a layout of a living space. In some implementations, a residential sensor device performs operations including receiving activity information collected by the one or more sensors, where the activity information includes sensed activity of one or more users at one or more user locations of a plurality of user locations. The residential sensor device further performs operations including determining one or more routes in the living space based on one or more sets of user locations of the plurality of user locations. The residential sensor device further performs operations including determining one or more object locations of one or more objects in the living space based on the one or more routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar
  • Publication number: 20180210437
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential electrical switch sensor device platform. In some implementations, a sensor device performs operations including detecting an activity in the living space, determining contextual routine information, determining user care protocol information, and determining an occurrence of an adverse health event. In response to the occurrence of the adverse health event, the sensor device performs operations including one or more of sending a notification to one or more destinations based on the adverse health event and activating one or more surveillance devices based on the adverse health event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar, George Scolaro, Larry Nasarabadi
  • Publication number: 20180210438
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a security application for a residential electrical switch sensor device platform. In some implementations, a sensor device performs operations including detecting an activity in the living space, determining contextual security information, and determining an occurrence of an intrusion event based on the activity in the living space. In response to the occurrence of the intrusion event, the device is operative to perform further operations including sending a notification to one or more destinations based on the intrusion event, and activating one or more surveillance devices based on the intrusion event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Premal Ashar, Vaibhavi Ashar, George Scolaro, Larry Nasarabadi
  • Publication number: 20170350615
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a residential sensor device platform. In some implementations, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices. Each of the plurality of sensor devices includes a first transceiver operative to support uplink communication with a wireless router, a second transceiver operative to support mesh link communication with other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, an electrical control, a sensor operative to sense a condition of a living space, and a processor. The processor is operative to communicate with the wireless router, communicate with the other sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices, and receive the sensed condition of the living space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 9807849
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for automatically commissioning lighting controls using sensing parameters of the light controls are disclosed. One embodiment includes a building control system. The building control system includes a plurality of sensors, a plurality of lights associated with the plurality of sensors, and a controller. The controller is operative to receive sense signals from the plurality of sensors, and generate a graph based on the sensed signals, wherein the graph includes nodes that represent light locations, and edges that represent distances between the lights. For an embodiment, the controller further operative to performing inexact graph matching between a floor plan graph and the sensor graph, thereby automatically commissioning the plurality of lights based on the sensed signals of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: enLighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Anup Bhatkar, Tanuj Mohan, Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 9478129
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for monitoring a one or more vehicles are disclosed. One system includes a plurality of road transceivers located along a vehicle roadway, wherein each road transceiver is operative to at least one of communicate with or sense the one or more vehicles as the one or more vehicles travels along the vehicle roadway. A controller interfaced with the plurality of road transceivers or a controller within at least one of the plurality of road transceivers is operative to determined one or more operative conditions of the one or more vehicles based on the communications with or the sensing of the one or more vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Vaibhavi Kothari, Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 9363867
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems of an intelligent light controller controlling a light, are disclosed. One method includes interpreting a switch from a normal power supply to an emergency power supply. Upon interpreting the switch from the normal power supply to the emergency power supply, the intelligent light controller controllably powers the light for a predetermined period of time. Further, the intelligent light controller executes an energy-savings behavior control of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: enLighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanuj Mohan, David Perkins, Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 9323233
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for managing a building load reduction of a plurality of loads within a building are disclosed. One method includes assigning one or more loads of the plurality of loads to logical groups, assigning a sensitivity coefficient to each of the logical groups, wherein the sensitivity coefficient is directly proportional to an impact on occupants in the building to load changes, determining the baseline load for each of the logical groups, receiving a power reduction demand response, and reducing a load of each logical group based upon the sensitivity coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: enLighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanuj Mohan, Premal Ashar
  • Patent number: 9148935
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for dual-technology occupancy detection are disclosed. One dual-technology occupancy detection apparatus includes a motion sensor sensing motion, an ambient light sensor sensing variation in ambient light, and a controller for detecting occupancy and controlling a building environmental parameter based on the sensed motion and the sensed variations in ambient light. One method of detecting occupancy for controlling lighting includes sensing motion with a motion sensor, sensing variations in ambient light with an ambient light sensor, and detecting occupancy and controlling activation of a light based on the sensed motion and the sensed variations in ambient light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: enLighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanuj Mohan, Joseph Basil Curasi, Zachary Gentry, Premal Ashar, Sanjeev Patel
  • Patent number: 9006996
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for controlling a luminaire are disclosed. One embodiment includes a lighting control sub-system. The lighting control sub-system includes a luminaire, a controller coupled to the luminaire, and a sensor coupled to the controller. The sensor generates a sensed input. The lighting control sub-system further includes a communication interface, wherein the communication interface couples the controller to an external device. The controller is operative to control a light output of the luminaire based at least in part on the sensed input, and to communicate at least one of state or sensed information to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: enLighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanuj Mohan, Premal Ashar, David Perkins