Patents by Inventor Ralph Niewmierzycki

Ralph Niewmierzycki 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).

  • Predicting future indoor air temperature for building
    Patent number: 10885238
    Abstract: A method and system for calculating an estimated future indoor air temperature for a building receives information about the building, information about environmental conditions, and thermostat set point information, determines, using a processor, thermodynamic properties of the building based on the received information about the building, and calculates the estimated future indoor air temperature using the determined thermodynamic properties of the building, the received information about environmental conditions, and the received thermostat set point information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Packer, William Derose, Agustin Fonts, Ralph Niewmierzycki
  • Providing set point comparison
    Patent number: 10031534
    Abstract: A thermostat set point insight providing method and system that receives thermostat set point information for a reference population for a user, receives at least one thermostat setting for the user, identifies the set point insight for the user based on the thermostat set point information for the reference population and the at least one thermostat setting for the user, and provides the set point insight to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Devenish, Daniel McCool, Thomas E. Darci, Ralph Niewmierzycki, Mari Miyachi