This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 1 published patent application. Top assignee: Google Inc.. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Lucas Vickers and Smart Thermostat Innovation
Introduction
Lucas Vickers is an inventor associated with Astoria, New York, and Google Inc. His patent work concerns smart thermostat technology, particularly how a thermostat can adjust its display brightness when a person is nearby.
Latest Patents
Vickers is credited with 1 patent: “Intelligent Brightness Lock for Smart Thermostat.” The invention describes a smart thermostat equipped with a display, an ambient light sensor, and a radar sensor. The ambient light sensor measures light levels around the device, while radar data helps determine whether a person is within a predetermined distance. When someone is nearby, the thermostat activates a brightness lock mode that keeps displayed content at a brightness level equal to or greater than the initial level.
Career Highlights
Vickers’s listed patent reflects work on responsive thermostat interfaces that combine environmental sensing with proximity detection. The approach is designed to help keep display content visible when a person approaches the device.
Collaborations
The provided information lists Sathya Nanda Gopal Kurcharlapati and Junnosuke Kurihara as Vickers’s coworkers. Their shared association with Google Inc. provides context for the professional environment connected with his patent.
Conclusion
Lucas Vickers’s patent presents an intelligent brightness-lock feature for smart thermostats, using ambient-light and radar sensing to respond to a nearby person.
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