Patents by Inventor Greg Maher

Greg Maher 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).

  • Method of detecting accessories on an audio jack
    Patent number: 8244927
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an audio or video jack connector configured to receive an audio or video jack plug of a separate device, a detection circuit in electrical communication with the connector, and a processor communicatively coupled to the detection circuit. The connector includes an electrical contact for connection to a conducting terminal of the plug. The detection circuit is configured to determine a resistance at the conducting terminal. The resistance is a resistive load of the separate device at the conducting terminal of the plug. The processor is configured to identify a function of the separate device according to the determined resistance, and configure an operation of the apparatus according to the determined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Chadbourne, Greg Maher, James A. Siulinski
  • METHOD OF DETECTING ACCESSORIES ON AN AUDIO JACK
    Publication number: 20110099298
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an audio or video jack connector configured to receive an audio or video jack plug of a separate device, a detection circuit in electrical communication with the connector, and a processor communicatively coupled to the detection circuit. The connector includes an electrical contact for connection to a conducting terminal of the plug. The detection circuit is configured to determine a resistance at the conducting terminal. The resistance is a resistive load of the separate device at the conducting terminal of the plug. The processor is configured to identify a function of the separate device according to the determined resistance, and configure an operation of the apparatus according to the determined function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Chadbourne, Greg Maher, James A. Siulinski