Patents by Inventor Mary-Ann Ionascu

Mary-Ann Ionascu 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).

  • Patent number: 11283278
    Abstract: An electronic system can include a charged system and a charging system. The charged system can include a charger and a battery configured to be charged thereby. The charger may be configured to receive power from a charging system that includes a power converter configured to supply power to the charger and a controller configured to control the power converter. The controller may be configured to receive feedback information from the charged system, including one or more voltages. The controller may be further configured to determine an output voltage compensation value for the power converter as a function of the feedback information and to set an output voltage of the power converter as a function of the compensation value. The compensation value and output voltage may be selected to maintain a preselected headroom between a battery charging target voltage of the charger and a voltage supplied to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Soham Banerjee, Jeyakkrishnan Chengleput Srinivasan, Kirill Kalinichev, Antonio De Lima Fernandes, Jason Brinsfield, Mary-Ann Ionascu
  • Publication number: 20210391739
    Abstract: A method of controlling charging of an electronic device includes estimating a usage time value that corresponds to an anticipated future occurrence of usage of the electronic device; and estimating a resume time value that corresponds to a time for charging to commence to allow for completion of charging from a first predetermined state of charge value to a second predetermined state of charge value by the usage time value. The method also includes charging a battery of the electronic device using electrical power supplied by a charging device until a current state of charge of the battery reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, entering, by the electronic device, a deactivated mode after the current state of charge reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, and causing the electronic device to return to the activated mode according to the resume time value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kartik R. Venkatraman, Mary-Ann Ionascu, Felix T. Tristram, Andres Y. Chabolla, Antonio De Lima Fernandes
  • Patent number: 11089398
    Abstract: A method of controlling charging of a wireless headphone device includes estimating a usage time value that corresponds to an anticipated future occurrence of usage of the wireless headphone device and estimating a resume time value that corresponds to a time for charging to commence to allow for completion of charging from a first predetermined state of charge value to a second predetermined state of charge value by the usage time value. The method also includes determining that the wireless headphone device has been placed in a charging case. A battery of the wireless headphone device is charged to the first predetermined state of charge value and then enters a deactivated mode, wherein the charging case is configured to return the wireless headphone device to an activated mode according to the resume time value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik R. Venkatraman, Mary-Ann Ionascu, Felix T. Tristram, Andres Y. Chabolla, Antonio De Lima Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20210126470
    Abstract: An electronic system can include a charged system and a charging system. The charged system can include a charger and a battery configured to be charged thereby. The charger may be configured to receive power from a charging system that includes a power converter configured to supply power to the charger and a controller configured to control the power converter. The controller may be configured to receive feedback information from the charged system, including one or more voltages. The controller may be further configured to determine an output voltage compensation value for the power converter as a function of the feedback information and to set an output voltage of the power converter as a function of the compensation value. The compensation value and output voltage may be selected to maintain a preselected headroom between a battery charging target voltage of the charger and a voltage supplied to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Soham Banerjee, Jeyakkrishnan Chengleput Srinivasan, Kirill Kalinichev, Antonio De Lima Fernandes, Jason Brinsfield, Mary-Ann Ionascu
  • Publication number: 20210099002
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for determining a state of charge of a battery. A temperature, electrical current value, and voltage of the battery of a computing device may be obtained. A charging tier of a multi-tiered charging scheme may be identified based at least in part on the temperature and the voltage. An electrical current rate to be applied to the battery may be obtained using the temperature, the voltage of the battery, and the identified charging tier. A mapping may be obtained based at least in part on whether the battery is being charged during a constant voltage phase or a constant electrical current phase of the charging tier. A state of charge of the battery may be determined using the mapping and either the voltage or the electrical current value. The state of charge may be presented at an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Soham Banerjee, Mary-Ann Ionascu