Patents by Inventor Judith C. Segura

Judith C. Segura 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: 20220333998
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing at least partially defining an internal volume, a set of temperature sensors disposed in the internal volume, a display assembly, and a processor or main logic board. The set of temperature sensors can be positioned adjacent to or affixed to components of the portable electronic device. The processor can determine a temperature of an environment based on an adjustment factor and weighted temperature measurements taken by a subset of the set of temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: William B. Libeer, Chunwei Yu, Judith C. Segura, Mei Li, Xiangfei Yu
  • Publication number: 20210298212
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes a circuit board and a shield designed to cover the circuit board is disclosed. The shield can provide radio frequency shielding, thermal energy dissipation, and desense mitigation. The shield provides added structural benefits. For example, the thermal assembly can be made with a non-metal material, such as graphite. Further, the thermally assembly may include multiple graphite layers secured by adhesive layers. Additionally, the shield can rely upon adhesives/tapes to adhere to a metal wall located on a perimeter of the circuit board. In this manner, the shield can provide a compliant body that conforms to the position and location of the metal wall, account for tolerance variations in the metal wall, and thus prevent bending of the metal wall, as opposed to using rigid metal bodies. Based on the adhesive properties, the shield requires no holes for fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin K. MAYER, Alex Chun Lap YEUNG, Chunwei YU, Judith C. SEGURA, Lee B. HAMSTRA, John V. ABRAM
  • Patent number: 10963024
    Abstract: Electronic devices have a PCB with a heat-generating component (e.g., POP or SOC), a heat sink, and an EMI shielding structure. A combination structure can include a top heat spreader/EMI shield located above and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC top, a bottom heat spreader/EMI shield located below and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC bottom, and a heat-directing component located on the PCB, laterally surrounding a majority of the POP/SOC sides, and between and in thermal contact with the top and bottom heat spreaders. Resulting heat paths for the POP/SOC include one through its top to the top heat spreader, another through its bottom to the bottom heat spreader, and others through its sides through the PCB through the heat-directing component to the top and bottom heat spreaders. The heat-directing component can be a metal horseshoe shaped pad integrally formed onto the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Matheson, Vinh H. Diep, Brian L. Chuang, Judith C. Segura, Frank F. Liang, Leanne Bach Lien T. Ly, Kevin Z. Lo, Po W. Chiu, Lukose Ninan, Chong Li
  • Patent number: 10467982
    Abstract: An electronic device has a display with a pixel array overlapping an array of temperature sensors. Control circuitry in the device may gather temperature measurements from the temperature sensor array. The control circuitry may apply a global offset to the temperature measurements and may apply a damping factor to the globally offset measurements to produce a two-dimensional temperature profile for the display. A look-up table or other data structure may be used to store information on pixel color correction gain values as a function of temperature. This temperature-gain information and temperature information from the two-dimensional temperature profile may be used by display circuitry in the device to display color-corrected images on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahnaz Mohammadi, Adria Fores Herranz, Marc Albrecht, Alexander P. Yu, Ross Thompson, Daming Xu, Suraj P. Gorkhali, Heesang Suh, Mookyung Son, Victor H. Yin, Judith C. Segura, Mingkun Li, Jay Mayur Khandhar
  • Publication number: 20180348827
    Abstract: Electronic devices have a PCB with a heat-generating component (e.g., POP or SOC), a heat sink, and an EMI shielding structure. A combination structure can include a top heat spreader/EMI shield located above and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC top, a bottom heat spreader/EMI shield located below and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC bottom, and a heat-directing component located on the PCB, laterally surrounding a majority of the POP/SOC sides, and between and in thermal contact with the top and bottom heat spreaders. Resulting heat paths for the POP/SOC include one through its top to the top heat spreader, another through its bottom to the bottom heat spreader, and others through its sides through the PCB through the heat-directing component to the top and bottom heat spreaders. The heat-directing component can be a metal horseshoe shaped pad integrally formed onto the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Matheson, Vinh H. Diep, Brian L. Chuang, Judith C. Segura, Frank F. Liang, Leanne Bach Lien T. Ly, Kevin Z. Lo, Po W. Chiu, Lukose Ninan, Chong Li
  • Publication number: 20180286349
    Abstract: An electronic device has a display with a pixel array overlapping an array of temperature sensors. Control circuitry in the device may gather temperature measurements from the temperature sensor array. The control circuitry may apply a global offset to the temperature measurements and may apply a damping factor to the globally offset measurements to produce a two-dimensional temperature profile for the display. A look-up table or other data structure may be used to store information on pixel color correction gain values as a function of temperature. This temperature-gain information and temperature information from the two-dimensional temperature profile may be used by display circuitry in the device to display color-corrected images on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mahnaz Mohammadi, Adria Fores Herranz, Marc Albrecht, Alexander P. Yu, Ross Thompson, Daming Xu, Suraj P. Gorkhali, Heesang Suh, Mookyung Son, Victor H. Yin, Judith C. Segura, Mingkun Li, Jay Mayur Khandhar
  • Patent number: 10061363
    Abstract: Electronic devices have a PCB with a heat-generating component (e.g., POP or SOC), a heat sink, and an EMI shielding structure. A combination structure can include a top heat spreader/EMI shield located above and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC top, a bottom heat spreader/EMI shield located below and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC bottom, and a heat-directing component located on the PCB, laterally surrounding a majority of the POP/SOC sides, and between and in thermal contact with the top and bottom heat spreaders. Resulting heat paths for the POP/SOC include one through its top to the top heat spreader, another through its bottom to the bottom heat spreader, and others through its sides through the PCB through the heat-directing component to the top and bottom heat spreaders. The heat-directing component can be a metal horseshoe shaped pad integrally formed onto the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Matheson, Vinh H. Diep, Brian L. Chuang, Judith C. Segura, Frank F. Liang, Leanne Bach Lien T. Ly, Kevin Z. Lo, Po W. Chiu, Lukose Ninan, Chong Li
  • Publication number: 20170071074
    Abstract: Electronic devices have a PCB with a heat-generating component (e.g., POP or SOC), a heat sink, and an EMI shielding structure. A combination structure can include a top heat spreader/EMI shield located above and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC top, a bottom heat spreader/EMI shield located below and in thermal contact with the POP/SOC bottom, and a heat-directing component located on the PCB, laterally surrounding a majority of the POP/SOC sides, and between and in thermal contact with the top and bottom heat spreaders. Resulting heat paths for the POP/SOC include one through its top to the top heat spreader, another through its bottom to the bottom heat spreader, and others through its sides through the PCB through the heat-directing component to the top and bottom heat spreaders. The heat-directing component can be a metal horseshoe shaped pad integrally formed onto the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Matheson, Vinh H. Diep, Brian L. Chuang, Judith C. Segura, Frank F. Liang, Leanne Bach Lien T. Ly, Kevin Z. Lo, Po W. Chiu, Lukose Ninan, Chong Li