Patents by Inventor Habib S. KARAKI
Habib S. KARAKI 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).
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Publication number: 20240074665Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume, a front opening, and a rear opening. The electronic device can include a display component disposed at the front opening and a rear cover disposed at the rear opening. A logic board can be disposed in the internal volume. The device can also include a thin film thermopile including a cold junction bonded to the logic board and a hot junction bonded to the rear cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. Hiemstra, Jeffrey W. Buchholz, Xiaofan Niu, James C. Clements, Wei Lin, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky, Boyi Fu, Yanfeng Chen, Edmilson Besseler
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Publication number: 20230392990Abstract: An internal heat-generating component noise correction technique can be used to improve accuracy of temperature sensing. In some examples, a method includes at an electronic device including a first temperature sensor and a first heat-generating component, measuring a first temperature using the first temperature sensor, and in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, compensating the first temperature based on a first estimate of heat generated by the first heat-generating component to generate a second temperature, and estimating a third temperature external to the electronic device using the second temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Han BI, Habib S. KARAKI, Zachary GAUBERT, Jiandong YU
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Publication number: 20230389899Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: 11781919Abstract: An electronic device housing encloses a temperature sensing system including a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The differential temperature probe includes a flexible substrate defining two ends. A first end is thermally coupled to the temperature sensor and a second end is thermally coupled to a surface, volume, or component of the electronic device. The temperature probe is an in-plane thermopile including a series-coupled set of thermocouples extending from the first end to the second end. A temperature measured at the temperature sensor can be a first measured temperature and a voltage difference across leads of the differential temperature probe can be correlated to a differential temperature relative to the first measured temperature. A sum of the differential temperature and the first measured temperature is a second measured temperature, quantifying a temperature of the second end of the differential temperature probe.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James C. Clements, Chad A. Bossetti, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky
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Patent number: 11771406Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: 11633114Abstract: A low-profile blood pressure measurement system and methods of use are disclosed. The system includes an expandable member or structure that has a multi-compartment structure and/or is mounted on a rigid surface or structure. The system is incorporated into a portable multi-function device, or is configured to communicate with a portable multi-function device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan, Richard H. Koch, Habib S. Karaki, Richard C. Kimoto, R. Keith Montgomery, Thomas J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20230098236Abstract: Robust estimation of temperatures inside and outside a device can be achieved using one or more absolute temperature sensors optionally in conjunction with thermopile heat flux sensors. Thermopile temperature sensing systems can measure a temperature gradient across two locations within the device, to estimate absolute temperature at locations that are impractical to measure using absolute temperature sensors. Using heat flux models associated with the device, the thermopile temperature sensing system can be used to estimate temperature associated with objects that contact an outer surface of the device, such as a user's skin temperature. Additionally, the thermopile temperature sensing system can be used to estimate ambient air temperature. Within a device, temperature measurements from the thermopile temperature sensors can be used to compensate sensor measurements, such as when the accuracy or reliability of a sensor varies with temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Wegene H. TADELE, Habib S. KARAKI, James C. CLEMENTS, Chin S. HAN, Craig C. D'SOUZA, Daniel W. LABOVE, Esther CHEN, Joseph R. LEE, Kuo Jen HUANG, Wanfeng HUANG, Fred Y. CHOU, Hongling CHENG, Ali M. AMIN, Chia-Hsien LIN
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Publication number: 20220373404Abstract: An electronic device housing encloses a temperature sensing system including a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The differential temperature probe includes a flexible substrate defining two ends. A first end is thermally coupled to the temperature sensor and a second end is thermally coupled to a surface, volume, or component of the electronic device. The temperature probe is an in-plane thermopile including a series-coupled set of thermocouples extending from the first end to the second end. A temperature measured at the temperature sensor can be a first measured temperature and a voltage difference across leads of the differential temperature probe can be correlated to a differential temperature relative to the first measured temperature. A sum of the differential temperature and the first measured temperature is a second measured temperature, quantifying a temperature of the second end of the differential temperature probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: James C. Clements, Chad A. Bossetti, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky
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Patent number: 11408778Abstract: An electronic device housing encloses a temperature sensing system including a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The differential temperature probe includes a flexible substrate defining two ends. A first end is thermally coupled to the temperature sensor and a second end is thermally coupled to a surface, volume, or component of the electronic device. The temperature probe is an in-plane thermopile including a series-coupled set of thermocouples extending from the first end to the second end. A temperature measured at the temperature sensor can be a first measured temperature and a voltage difference across leads of the differential temperature probe can be correlated to a differential temperature relative to the first measured temperature. A sum of the differential temperature and the first measured temperature is a second measured temperature, quantifying a temperature of the second end of the differential temperature probe.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James C. Clements, Chad A. Bossetti, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky
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Publication number: 20220047250Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng
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Publication number: 20220026284Abstract: An electronic device housing encloses a temperature sensing system including a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The differential temperature probe includes a flexible substrate defining two ends. A first end is thermally coupled to the temperature sensor and a second end is thermally coupled to a surface, volume, or component of the electronic device. The temperature probe is an in-plane thermopile including a series-coupled set of thermocouples extending from the first end to the second end. A temperature measured at the temperature sensor can be a first measured temperature and a voltage difference across leads of the differential temperature probe can be correlated to a differential temperature relative to the first measured temperature. A sum of the differential temperature and the first measured temperature is a second measured temperature, quantifying a temperature of the second end of the differential temperature probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: James C. Clements, Chad A. Bossetti, Habib S. Karaki, Paul Mansky
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Publication number: 20180153418Abstract: A low-profile blood pressure measurement system and methods of use are disclosed. The system includes an expandable member or structure that has a multi-compartment structure and/or is mounted on a rigid surface or structure. The system is incorporated into a portable multi-function device, or is configured to communicate with a portable multi-function device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Thomas J. SULLIVAN, Habib S. KARAKI, Richard C. KIMOTO, Richard H. KOCH, Tobias J. HARRISON-NOONAN, R. Keith MONTGOMERY