Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Rangoli Sharan

35Patents
15h-index
18Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 14, 2010 → Jun 22, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8630741B1 Automated presence detection and presence-related control within an intelligent controller Electricity 368 Active
US8510255B2 Occupancy pattern detection, estimation and prediction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 226 Active
US8606374B2 Thermodynamic modeling for enclosures Physics 84 Active
US8757507B2 Thermostat facilitating user-friendly installation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Active
US9298196B2 Energy efficiency promoting schedule learning algorithms for intelligent thermostat Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 75 Active
US9189751B2 Automated presence detection and presence-related control within an intelligent controller Electricity 74 Active
US8788448B2 Occupancy pattern detection, estimation and prediction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Active
US8950686B2 Control unit with automatic setback capability Physics 53 Active
US9104211B2 Temperature controller with model-based time to target calculation and display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US8630740B2 Automated control-schedule acquisition within an intelligent controller Electricity 41 Active
US9851728B2 Inhibiting deleterious control coupling in an enclosure having multiple HVAC regions Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Active
US8452457B2 Intelligent controller providing time to target state Electricity 33 Active
US9459018B2 Systems and methods for energy-efficient control of an energy-consuming system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Active
US9256230B2 HVAC schedule establishment in an intelligent, network-connected thermostat Electricity 24 Active
US9245229B2 Occupancy pattern detection, estimation and prediction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9020646B2 Automated control-schedule acquisition within an intelligent controller Electricity 12 Active
US10078319B2 HVAC schedule establishment in an intelligent, network-connected thermostat Electricity 10 Active
US8761946B2 Intelligent controller providing time to target state Electricity 9 Active
US10690369B2 Automated presence detection and presence-related control within an intelligent controller Electricity 7 Active
US9684317B2 Thermostat facilitating user-friendly installation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10030880B2 Automated presence detection and presence-related control within an intelligent controller Electricity 4 Active
US10012405B2 Automated control-schedule acquisition within an intelligent controller Electricity 3 Active
US9709290B2 Control unit with automatic setback capability Physics 3 Active
US10175668B2 Systems and methods for energy-efficient control of an energy-consuming system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US10107513B2 Thermodynamic modeling for enclosures Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.