Patents by Inventor Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois

Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois 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: 9755559
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to testing and verifying vibrator motor operation during manufacturing of a device and during in-the-field use. The test relies on an integrated motion sensor or other mechanical measurement circuitry, such as, for example, an accelerometer. In one embodiment, a speed determination for a vibrator motor performance during initial manufacture of the device. Subsequently, when vibration is detected during the in-the-field use, the vibration may be sampled using the integrated mechanical measurement circuitry. Once sampled, a speed may be determined based on a resonance of the sampled signal. Over time, the various speed determinations for the vibrator motor may be analyzed to determine an overall health of the vibrator motor. A threshold for detecting when the overall health of the vibration motor over time has degraded may be predetermined. A notification of a degradation of vibrator motor performance is sent to either a manufacturer or user of the mobile communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Chanh-Duy Nguyen Tran
  • Publication number: 20140333235
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to testing and verifying vibrator motor operation during manufacturing of a device and during in-the-field use. The test relies on an integrated motion sensor or other mechanical measurement circuitry, such as, for example, an accelerometer. In one embodiment, a speed determination for a vibrator motor performance during initial manufacture of the device. Subsequently, when vibration is detected during the in-the-field use, the vibration may be sampled using the integrated mechanical measurement circuitry. Once sampled, a speed may be determined based on a resonance of the sampled signal. Over time, the various speed determinations for the vibrator motor may be analyzed to determine an overall health of the vibrator motor. A threshold for detecting when the overall health of the vibration motor over time has degraded may be predetermined. A notification of a degradation of vibrator motor performance is sent to either a manufacturer or user of the mobile communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Chanh-Duy Nguyen Tran
  • Patent number: 8836502
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a media device that controls input and output characteristics based on one or more associated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, David John Tupman, Daniel Shawn Keen, Anthony Joseph Guetta, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Victor M. Tiscareno, David Harrington, Stephen John Chick, Jahan Minoo, Jay Steven Laefer, Kevin Saul, Scott Forstall
  • Patent number: 8793094
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to testing and verifying vibrator motor operation during manufacturing of a device and during in-the-field use. The test relies on an integrated motion sensor or other mechanical measurement circuitry, such as, for example, an accelerometer. In one embodiment, a speed determination for a vibrator motor performance during initial manufacture of the device. Subsequently, when vibration is detected during the in-the-field use, the vibration may be sampled using the integrated mechanical measurement circuitry. Once sampled, a speed may be determined based on a resonance of the sampled signal. Over time, the various speed determinations for the vibrator motor may be analyzed to determine an overall health of the vibrator motor. A threshold for detecting when the overall health of the vibration motor over time has degraded may be predetermined. A notification of a degradation of vibrator motor performance is sent to either a manufacturer or user of the mobile communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Chanh-Duy Nguyen Tran
  • Patent number: 8688392
    Abstract: An improved system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device based on expected sensor data and not timing information. The system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device retrieves sensed data from the portable electronic device (i.e. device under test) after the device has traversed a series of test areas or zones. The sensed data is compared against a set of expected sensor data patterns to determine which components of the sensed data correspond to each test area or zone. The sensor of the portable electronic device may be tested based on an association of the test areas or zones with segments of the sensed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Bridget Bin Wu, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois
  • Publication number: 20110301885
    Abstract: An improved system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device based on expected sensor data and not timing information. The system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device retrieves sensed data from the portable electronic device (i.e. device under test) after the device has traversed a series of test areas or zones. The sensed data is compared against a set of expected sensor data patterns to determine which components of the sensed data correspond to each test area or zone. The sensor of the portable electronic device may be tested based on an association of the test areas or zones with segments of the sensed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Bridget Bin Wu, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois
  • Publication number: 20110301870
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to testing and verifying vibrator motor operation during manufacturing of a device and during in-the-field use. The test relies on an integrated motion sensor or other mechanical measurement circuitry, such as, for example, an accelerometer. In one embodiment, a speed determination for a vibrator motor performance during initial manufacture of the device. Subsequently, when vibration is detected during the in-the-field use, the vibration may be sampled using the integrated mechanical measurement circuitry. Once sampled, a speed may be determined based on a resonance of the sampled signal. Over time, the various speed determinations for the vibrator motor may be analyzed to determine an overall health of the vibrator motor. A threshold for detecting when the overall health of the vibration motor over time has degraded may be predetermined. A notification of a degradation of vibrator motor performance is sent to either a manufacturer or user of the mobile communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching Yu John Tam, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Chanh-Duy Nguyen Tran
  • Publication number: 20090167542
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a media device that controls input and output characteristics based on one or more associated conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Culbert, David John Tupman, Daniel Shawn Keen, Anthony Joseph Guetta, Ryan Jeffrey Du Bois, Victor M. Tiscareno, David Harrington, Stephen John Chick, Jahan Minoo, Jay Steven Laefer, Kevin Saul, Scott Forstall