Patents by Inventor Anand K Chamakura

Anand K Chamakura 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).

  • Publication number: 20250067595
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a sensor to measure ambient flicker. The sensor may be a sigma-delta converter. The flicker may be calculated based on the voltage output of the sigma-delta converter and the number of times the sigma-delta converter is triggered during a predetermined period, thereby reducing the voltage output. In particular, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) may be used on these values to determine the flicker. If desired, filtering and/or non-uniform sampling may be incorporated to avoid aliasing. Additionally or alternatively, a Lomb-Scargle spectral analysis may be used to prevent the attenuation of the measured flicker signals. As an alternative to using a sigma-delta converter to determine ambient flicker, a folding capacitive transimpedance amplifier (C-TIA) circuit or a circuit with an analog to digital converter and digital filter may be used to measure the ambient flicker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Anand K. Chamakura, Stephen N. Sweet, Ali Motamed, Dong Zheng, Jianjun Guo, Chau H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11953374
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light measurements. The ambient light sensor may include multiple channels for measuring different wavelengths of ambient light. An additional, modified, channel may be formed in the ambient light sensor to measure radio-frequency signals that may interfere with the ambient light measurements due to electromagnetic interference. Alternatively, circuitry separate from the ambient light sensor, such as an antenna, may measure the radio-frequency signals. If the radio-frequency signals exceed a threshold, the ambient light sensor measurements taken in the presence of the radio-frequency signals may be discarded or corrected. If the radio-frequency signals do not exceed a threshold, the ambient light sensor measurements may be kept. Therefore, the ambient light measurements that are kept and relied upon by the electronic device may be free from electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D Eaton, Anand K Chamakura, Dong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230288252
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light measurements. The ambient light sensor may include multiple channels for measuring different wavelengths of ambient light. An additional, modified, channel may be formed in the ambient light sensor to measure radio-frequency signals that may interfere with the ambient light measurements due to electromagnetic interference. Alternatively, circuitry separate from the ambient light sensor, such as an antenna, may measure the radio-frequency signals. If the radio-frequency signals exceed a threshold, the ambient light sensor measurements taken in the presence of the radio-frequency signals may be discarded or corrected. If the radio-frequency signals do not exceed a threshold, the ambient light sensor measurements may be kept. Therefore, the ambient light measurements that are kept and relied upon by the electronic device may be free from electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael D Eaton, Anand K Chamakura, Dong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11422661
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Niva A. Ran, Akshay Bhat, Volodymyr Borshch, Anand K. Chamakura, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Patent number: 10984732
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. The ambient light sensor may be at least partially covered by the display. The ambient light sensor may be switched into use during blanking periods when a portion of the display overlapping with the display is temporarily turned off. The ambient light sensor may include a photodetector, a first stage with an amplifier, first and second capacitors selectively coupled across the amplifier, and a second accumulation stage. During blanking time, the first capacitor may integrate photodetector current. During non-blanking, the charge stored in the first capacitor may be transferred to the second accumulation stage while the second capacitor applies an offset voltage to the photodetector to prevent undesired charge injection into the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Ali Motamed, Anand K. Chamakura
  • Publication number: 20210090509
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. The ambient light sensor may be at least partially covered by the display. The ambient light sensor may be switched into use during blanking periods when a portion of the display overlapping with the display is temporarily turned off. The ambient light sensor may include a photodetector, a first stage with an amplifier, first and second capacitors selectively coupled across the amplifier, and a second accumulation stage. During blanking time, the first capacitor may integrate photodetector current. During non-blanking, the charge stored in the first capacitor may be transferred to the second accumulation stage while the second capacitor applies an offset voltage to the photodetector to prevent undesired charge injection into the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Ali Motamed, Anand K. Chamakura
  • Publication number: 20210064159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Niva A. Ran, Akshay Bhat, Volodymyr Borshch, Anand K. Chamakura, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Patent number: 10838556
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Niva A. Ran, Akshay Bhat, Volodymyr Borshch, Anand K. Chamakura, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Publication number: 20200319731
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Niva A. Ran, Akshay Bhat, Volodymyr Borshch, Anand K. Chamakura, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Patent number: 8575755
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices are described that are configured to have a state of operation defined by a connection between at least one inner bump assembly and a selected outer bump assembly. In an implementation, the semiconductor device, which may be a wafer-level (chip-scale) package semiconductor device, includes an integrated circuit chip, a plurality of outer bump assemblies disposed on the chip, and one or more inner bump assemblies disposed on the chip so that the inner bump assemblies are at least partially surrounded by the outer bump assemblies. At least one of the inner bump assemblies is configured to be connected to a selected outer bump assembly to cause the integrated circuit chip to have a desired state of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kymberly Tennille Christman, Roderick Brian Hogan, Anand K Chamakura