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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael K. Brown, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ashwin Balasubramanian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Miaolei Yan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/03 (2006.01); A61L 9/015 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/03 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/12 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable communication device includes an apparatus for environmental sensing. The apparatus includes a housing, one or more environmental sensors and an ozone source. The housing includes one or more ports for allowing air flow between the surrounding environment and a cavity of the housing. The environmental sensors are coupled to the housing and can sense an environmental agent included in the air flow. The ozone source can generate ozone gas within the cavity of the housing to decompose unwanted organic compounds inside the port.