Patents by Inventor Bob Burrough

Bob Burrough 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).

  • Method and apparatus for acoustics testing of a personal mobile device
    Patent number: 8358787
    Abstract: A portable handheld test fixture has an acoustic port, e.g. a speaker port, a microphone, and/or an earpiece/receiver port. Once the media device has been installed onto the test fixture, the port becomes acoustically coupled to a respective acoustic aperture of the media device that is associated with a speaker, a microphone, or an earpiece/receiver as the case may be. A sound test tool, e.g. a reference sound source and/or a sound pressure level, SPL, meter, has an input or output sound port that can be removably coupled to the acoustic port of the test fixture. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Lee, Chad G. Seguin, Bob Burrough, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cyril Labidi, Daniel Farrell, Justin Gregg, Tony Aghazarian, Tang Yew Tan, Christian Paez
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACOUSTICS TESTING OF A PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090116656
    Abstract: A portable handheld test fixture has an acoustic port, e.g. a speaker port, a microphone, and/or an earpiece/receiver port. Once the media device has been installed onto the test fixture, the port becomes acoustically coupled to a respective acoustic aperture of the media device that is associated with a speaker, a microphone, or an earpiece/receiver as the case may be. A sound test tool, e.g. a reference sound source and/or a sound pressure level, SPL, meter, has an input or output sound port that can be removably coupled to the acoustic port of the test fixture. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Michael M. Lee, Chad G. Seguin, Bob Burrough, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cyril Labidi, Daniel Farrell, Justin Gregg, Tony Aghazarian, Tang Yew Tan, Christian Paez