Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Kevin J McDunn

Linda Limper-Brenner

Minoo D Press

Rachid M Alameh

Debabrata Pal

Kurt A Estes

Detlef W Schmidt

Loren Francis Root

Gerald W Ballard

Daniel Roman Gamota

Paul R Steuer

Maninder Singh Sehmbey

Seang Yong Chau

Mir Farooq Ali

Morris B Bowers

David T Tennant

Balaji Thiagarajan

Xiaodong Xun

Kevin Foy

Maziyar Khorasani

Michael K Bullock

Lauren Elizabeth Schwendimann

Rakshit Khosla

Irina Konstantinonva Shmagin

Jun Ki Min

Eva Bills Lacivita

Joseph Swantek

A method and apparatus filter light spectrum. Ambient light conditions of light that is ambient to a user device can be sensed. Ambient light color conditions can be determined based on the sensed ambient light conditions. User device charging times when the user device is being charged can be monitored. User device motion including movement of the user device can be monitored. User device activity can be monitored. Color-modified image display times can be ascertained from at least one selected from the user device motion, the user device activity, and the user device charging times. A color-modified image can be generated based on at least the ambient light color conditions and the color-modified image display times. The color-modified image can be displayed.

Method and apparatus for light spectrum filtering

An electronic device includes an audio capture device, one or more physical sensors or context sensors, and one or more processors. A method of operating the electronic device includes receiving audio input, identifying a device command from the audio input, and detecting one or more multi-modal social cues from an environment about the electronic device. Where the one or more multi-modal social cues match one or more predefined criteria, the method executes a control operation in response to the device command.

Methods and systems for controlling an electronic device in response to detected social cues

An electronic device includes a housing and one or more processors. At least one proximity sensor component is operable with the one or more processors and can include an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission from an object external to the housing. The one or more processors can receive, with a communication circuit, an incoming communication from a remote communication device and determine whether a person is within a thermal reception radius of the at least one proximity sensor component. Where the person is not within the thermal reception radius, the one or more processors can perform a control operation in response to receiving the incoming communication.

Portable electronic device with proximity-based communication functionality

An electronic device includes a housing. One or more processors are operable with a plurality of proximity sensor components that can be disposed behind a grille defining a plurality of reception beams with at least a first reception beam oriented at least partially in a first direction and at least a second reception beam oriented at least partially in a second direction. The one or more processors can detect a person is within a thermal reception radius along the first direction, and can determine whether another person is within the thermal reception radius along the second direction. Where only the person is within the thermal reception radius, the electronic device can operate in a first mode of operation. When the person and another person are within the thermal reception radius, the electronic device can operate in a second mode of operation.

Portable electronic device proximity sensors and mode switching functionality

A method in an electronic device includes receiving, with an audio capture device such as a microphone, a request for navigational information. One or more processors of the electronic device then identify a transit mode. The one or more processors also detect, with one or more sensors, one or more contextual cues from an environment about the electronic device. The contextual cues can include a geo-location, transit mode, bearing, or other factors. The one or more processors then provide a navigation information response that is a function of the transit mode and the one or more contextual cues to a user interface of the electronic device.

Methods and systems for providing contextual navigation information

An electronic device includes a housing, a user interface, and one or more processors operable with the user interface. At least one proximity sensor component is operable with the one or more processors and can include an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission from an object external to the housing. At least one proximity detector component can be operable with the one or more processors and can include a signal emitter and a corresponding signal receiver. The one or more processors can actuate the at least one proximity detector component when the at least one proximity sensor component receives the infrared emission from the object, thereby causing the signal emitter to transmit a beacon having a unique identifier encoded therein. The beacon allows the device to determine the number and identity of other devices or persons within a thermal detection radius.

Portable electronic device with proximity sensors and identification beacon

Battery life and cooling are improved in an electronic device. A thermoelectric module and phase change material module are placed near a heat source in an electronic device. The thermoelectric module and phase change material module insulate a surface to be cooled on the electronic device. The thermoelectric module generates an electrical current in response to a temperature differential at opposite surfaces on the thermoelectric module. The phase change material module enhances or limits the temperature differential seen at the thermoelectric module. The electrical current generated by the thermoelectric module is used to charge a battery of the electronic device.

Portable electronic device with enhanced battery life and cooling

The present invention provides a cooling module (,) and a method for forming the cooling module (,). The cooling module (,) is effective in reducing the temperature of heat-generating components mounted on the cooling module (,). The cooling module (,) includes a housing (,), a pressure relief mechanism (,), and a shearing surface (,). The housing (,) includes a cooling material (,) disposed therein. The pressure relief mechanism (,) is disposed within the housing (,) and covers the opening (,) to provide a seal that seals the housing (,). The shearing surface (,) is effective to break the seal upon exceeding a predetermined pressure within the housing (,).

Cooling module including a pressure relief mechanism

The device (,) includes a semiconductor die (,) positioned to receive a fluid cooling medium (,) and a power input lead (,) attached to the semiconductor die. The power input lead having a characteristic such that at a first temperature a first current flows between the semiconductor die and the power input lead and at a second temperature a second current flows between the semiconductor die and the power input lead.

Radio frequency electronic device and method for regulating an amount of power delivered to a radio frequency electronic device

The present invention provides an apparatus (,) that includes a heat-generating component (,) and a heat-dissipating apparatus (,). The heat-generating component (,) is mounted on a substrate (,). The heat-dissipating apparatus (,) includes a housing piece (,) that includes a sealed chamber (,) and a phase change material (,) disposed within the sealed chamber (,). The heat-dissipating apparatus (,) is thermally coupled to the heat-generating component (,) and provides for heat dissipation by an endothermic process of changing phase from solid to liquid, thereby lowering the operating temperature of the heat-generating component (,).

Apparatus including a heat-dissipating apparatus, and method for forming same

The filter includes a housing (13) defining a cavity (14). The housing has a fluid inlet orifice (22) and a fluid ou let orifice (24) therein. At least one resonator (16), which is sized to receive and pass a radio frequency signal, is disposed in the cavity. A dielectric fluid (18) fills the cavity. The fluid inlet orifice is configured to supply a first quantity of the dielectric fluid to the cavity and the fluid outlet orifice is configured to remove a second quantity of the dielectric fluid from the cavity, so that the dielectric fluid is continuously replaced.

Radio frequency filter and apparatus and method for cooling a heat

The apparatus includes a first housing (10) defining a first chamber (26), the first chamber sized to enclose an electronic device. The first housing has an inner surface (22) and an outer surface (24), and at least a portion of the first housing is transparent. A light-generating device (14) is disposed at least in part between the inner surface and the outer surface of the transparent portion of the first housing. The light-generating device has a first end and a second end. The first end is responsive to electrical signals (18) and the second end is responsive to optical signals (20). When a first electronic device (45) is disposed in the first chamber, the first electronic device transmits electrical signals to the first end, the second end translates the electrical signals to optical signals and transmits the optical signals through the outer surface.

Apparatus for communication by an electronic device and method for

The heat sink has an interior and has a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface, and includes a first heat removal region disposed in the interior. The first heat removal region defines a first cavity and is at least partially filled with a liquid. The first heat removal region transfers a first amount of heat from a first electronic device via a pool boiling phenomenon when the first electronic device is disposed on the first exterior surface. A first conduction-inhibiting region is disposed proximate the first cavity. A second heat removal region is disposed in the interior. The second heat removal region defines a second cavity and is at least partially filled with the liquid. The second heat removal region transfers a second amount of heat from a second electronic device via the pool boiling phenomenon when the second electronic device is disposed on the first exterior surface.

Heat sink and method for removing heat from a plurality of components

According to an aspect of the present invention, the foregoing needs are addressed by a splicing tool for joining a first tube and a second tube, including a first member and a second member which are moveably coupled. The first member has a first handle section and a first mold section. The first mold section has a first groove. The second member has a second handle section and a second mold section. The second mold section has a second groove. The first groove sized to receive at least a portion of a first tube, at least a portion of a second tube and a bonding material. The bonding material attaches the first tube to the second tube when the first and second grooves are substantially aligned and heat is applied to the bonding material.

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Kevin J McDunn