Patents by Inventor Jari Karhu

Jari Karhu 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).

  • Publication number: 20210253394
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a control device. The control device is configured to receive data from a passenger traffic system configured in a building, the data comprising information associated with operations for transferring passengers of the passenger traffic system; based on the received data, monitor a change in a quality of service level of the passenger traffic system in transferring the passengers and a change in a passenger traffic pattern in transferring the passengers in the passenger traffic system; and in response to detecting the change in the service level or in the passenger traffic pattern, run one or more simulations of the passenger traffic in the passenger traffic system in the at least one building using the received data in order to trigger at least one operation to change a configuration of the passenger traffic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Juho KOKKALA, Marja-Liisa SIIKONEN, Juha-Matti KUUSINEN, Henri HAKONEN, Mirko RUOKOKOSKI, Jari KARHU, Markus HAUTAKORPI
  • Patent number: 9375585
    Abstract: The present publication discloses a device and method for generating magnetic pulses and directing them to brain. The device in accordance with the invention comprises means (15) for generating short, high energy current pulses (18), means (7) for controlling amplitude (16) of the current pulses (18), means (1) for generating high energy electromagnetic field stimulation pulses from the current pulses (18) and directing them to brain, and means (6, 14) for measuring biologic responses to the stimulation pulses. In accordance with the invention the device includes means (7) for creating such a pulse sequence (17) of electromagnetic pulses where the amplitude (18) varies irregularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: NEXSTIM OY
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Jari Karhu
  • Publication number: 20120101366
    Abstract: The present publication discloses a device and method for generating magnetic pulses and directing them to brain. The device in accordance with the invention comprises means (15) for generating short, high energy current pulses (18), means (7) for controlling amplitude (16) of the current pulses (18), means (1) for generating high energy electromagnetic field stimulation pulses from the current pulses (18) and directing them to brain, and means (6, 14) for measuring biologic responses to the stimulation pulses. In accordance with the invention the device includes means (7) for creating such a pulse sequence (17) of electromagnetic pulses where the amplitude (18) varies irregularly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NEXSTIM OY
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Jari Karhu
  • Patent number: 7925066
    Abstract: An error in the co-registration of a coordinate system used to represent a head of a subject in image data with a coordinate system used to represent the location of trackers affixed to the scalp surface of the head and a tracked device, such as a transcranial magnetic stimulation (“TMS”) induction coil device, is corrected using information representative of the actual distance between the tracked device and the scalp of the subject, such that representations of the tracked device and the subject's head are accurately shown on a display of a navigated brain stimulation (“NBS”) system tracking movement of the tracked device in relation to the subject's head. The correction of the error in the co-registration is performed without collecting additional tracking information from trackers on a tracked TMS coil device and the head, which avoids interrupting NBS using the TMS coil device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nexstim Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Perttu Sipilä, Raine Hurme, Risto Ilmoniemi, Jari Karhu
  • Publication number: 20080064950
    Abstract: An error in the co-registration of a coordinate system used to represent a head of a subject in image data with a coordinate system used to represent the location of trackers affixed to the scalp surface of the head and a tracked device, such as a transcranial magnetic stimulation (“TMS”) induction coil device, is corrected using information representative of the actual distance between the tracked device and the scalp of the subject, such that representations of the tracked device and the subject's head are accurately shown on a display of a navigated brain stimulation (“NBS”) system tracking movement of the tracked device in relation to the subject's head. The correction of the error in the co-registration is performed without collecting additional tracking information from trackers on a tracked TMS coil device and the head, which avoids interrupting NBS using the TMS coil device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Perttu Sipila, Raine Hurme, Risto Ilmoniemi, Jari Karhu
  • Patent number: 6849040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the effect of magnetic stimulation on human brain. According to the method, the stimulation dose is determined in different parts of the brain by summing cumulatively the electric field strength generated by the individual stimulus pulses. According to the invention, the position and alignment of a magnetic stimulation coil (1) is determined separately for each applied stimulus pulse in three dimensions relative to the head (5), the number, repetition rate and intensity generated by the magnetic stimulation coil (1) are measured separately for each pulse, the coordinate data of the brain are determined substantially unambiguously in the same coordinate system with the magnetic stimulation coil (1) on the basis of information obtained from other kind of measurement, such as a tomographic scan or, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Nexstim Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Jari Karhu
  • Publication number: 20030073899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the effect of magnetic stimulation on human brain. According to the method, the stimulation dose is determined in different parts of the brain by summing cumulatively the electric field strength generated by the individual stimulus pulses. According to the invention, the position and alignment of a magnetic stimulation coil (1) is determined separately for each applied stimulus pulse in three dimensions relative to the head (5), the number, repetition rate and intensity generated by the magnetic stimulation coil (1) are measured separately for each pulse, the coordinate data of the brain are determined substantially unambiguously in the same coordinate system with the magnetic stimulation coil (1) on the basis of information obtained from other kind of measurement, such as a tomographic scan or, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Jari Karhu
  • Patent number: 6256531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for examining and mapping the reactivity of and connections between different cortical areas. In the method an electromagnetic stimulus is induced in the interior parts of the head and the electromagnetic field generated around the skull is measured by electrical means (1). According to the method, the electromagnetic activity of the brain is measured using multichannel equipment, artefacts caused by the stimulus are eliminated from the signal containing the electromagnetic activity, a visualization of the activity changes in the measured signals is formed, and the areas of the head related to said activity generating said electromagnetic field are localized, or alternatively, the maximum of the sensitivity pattern of the multichannel activity measurement system is focused to a desired point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventors: Risto Ilmoniemi, Jari Karhu, Jarmo Ruohonen, Juha Virtanen