Patents by Inventor Peter S. Kerr

Peter S. Kerr 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: 11930267
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The electronic device may be used to provide information to a user in response to being pointed at a particular object. The control circuitry may determine when the electronic device is pointed at a particular object using wireless control circuitry and/or motion sensor circuitry. In response to determining that the electronic device is pointed at a particular object, the control circuitry may take suitable action. This may include, for example, displaying information about an object when the electronic device is pointed at the object, displaying control icons for electronic equipment when the electronic device is pointed at the electronic equipment, and/or displaying a virtual object when the electronic device is pointed at real world object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martha Evans Hankey, John B. Morrell, James H. Foster
  • Patent number: 8731183
    Abstract: An echo canceller system includes a first echo canceller having a first voltage divider and an adaptable second voltage divider that is configured to generate a first replica of an echo. A second echo canceller is configured to generate a second replica of an echo and has tap values that are generated in response to an error signal. A controller is coupled to the first and second echo cancellers and includes a selection algorithm that responds to the tap values of the second echo canceller and selects a voltage divider value for the adaptable second voltage divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Goodson, Daniel M. Joffe, Neil M. Jensen, Peter S. Kerr