Patents by Inventor Jussi Leppanen

Jussi Leppanen 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: 20210263636
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a man machine interface configured to provide: a screen that presents information indicative of, at least, a real-time capability of a remote user to access and consume mediated reality content; and a user-selectable option to initiate an action that causes the mediated reality content to become accessible to the remote user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Miikka VILERMO, Sujeet Shyamsundar MATE
  • Publication number: 20210258711
    Abstract: An apparatus, the apparatus comprising means configured to: receive audio content comprising voice audio and ambient audio and directional information indicative of a direction of the at least one sound source and the direction of the remote user relative to the reference point; receive a reference location; provide for presentation of the ambient audio with a first spatial audio effect, based on the directional information, and presentation of the voice audio with a second spatial audio effect, based on the directional information, receive repositioning signalling from the remote user device; and provide for presentation of the audio content using a modification of the first spatial audio effect to reposition an ambient-perceived direction based on the repositioning signalling and/or a modification of the second spatial audio effect to reposition a voice-perceived direction based on the repositioning signalling to increase the spatial separation between the voice-perceived direction and the ambient-perceived
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Lasse LAAKSONEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Antti ERONEN, Jussi LEPPÄNEN
  • Patent number: 11076121
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to; based on first video content comprising video imagery being captured by a first camera of a device and second video content comprising video imagery being captured by a second camera of the same device, the first and second video content captured contemporaneously and based on a slow-motion-mode input selecting one of the first and second video content for playback in slow-motion, provide for simultaneous display of: a live, first preview comprising video imagery of a non-selected one of the first and second video content as it is captured and presented at a first play rate substantially equal to a capture rate at which the non-selected video content was captured; and a second preview comprising video imagery of the selected one of the first and second video content presented at a second play rate slower than a capture rate at which the selected video content was captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi Leppänen, Miikka Vilermo, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen
  • Publication number: 20210227150
    Abstract: This specification describes: using a first camera of a multi-camera device to obtain first video data of a first region; using a second camera of the multi-camera device to obtain second video data of a second region; generating a multi-camera video output from the first and second video data using a first video mapping to map the first video data to a first portion of the multi-camera video output and using a second video mapping to map the second video data to a second portion of the multi-camera video output; and generating an audio output from obtained audio data, the audio output comprising an audio output having a directional component within the first portion of the video output and an audio output having a directional component within the second portion of the video output, wherein generating the audio output comprises using a first audio mapping to map audio data having a directional component within the first region to the audio output having a directional component within the first portion of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Sujeet Shyamsundar MATE, Antti ERONEN
  • Publication number: 20210227320
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising means configured to: receive audio content from a remote user device, the audio content comprising primary audio and secondary audio, the secondary audio being different to the primary audio and comprising ambient audio; receive secondary audio importance information associated with said audio content and indicative of an importance of the secondary audio; receive current audio presentation information indicative of at least whether audio from one or more audio sources is currently being presented as spatial audio such that respective audio of the one or more audio sources is to be perceived as originating from one or more respective directions or ranges of directions around the user; provide for presentation of the primary audio; and provide for presentation of the secondary audio based on the secondary audio importance information and the current audio presentation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Lasse LAAKSONEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Antti ERONEN, Jussi LEPPÄNEN
  • Patent number: 11069137
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for rendering virtual reality content, wherein the virtual reality content comprises a virtual reality object associated with a caption and wherein the caption is rendered within a field of view of a user; determining a level of interest with respect to the virtual reality object; and determining if the caption is to be rendered based at least partly on the determined level of interest associated with the virtual reality object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi Leppänen, Sujeet Mate, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen
  • Patent number: 11055057
    Abstract: In respect of virtual reality content of a scene for presentation to a user in a virtual reality (VR) space, the VR content comprising spatial audio captured by an audio capture device at an audio capture location, and based on a virtual location of a user relative to a virtual audio capture location in the virtual reality space that corresponds to the audio capture location; providing for audible presentation of the spatial audio when the virtual location is within a threshold distance with the spatial audio effect such that the one or more sounds are perceived to originate from one or more directions in the virtual reality space in corresponding to the directional information; and providing for audible presentation of the spatial audio when the virtual location is beyond the threshold distance such the one or more sounds are audibly presented with an ambient audio effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Jussi Leppänen, Juha Arrasvuori
  • Publication number: 20210160642
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a technique for spatial audio processing on basis of two or more input audio signals that represent an audio scene and at least one further input audio signal that represents at least part of the audio scene is provided, the technique including identifying a portion of interest (POI) in the audio scene; processing the two or more input audio signals into a spatial audio signal where the POI in the audio scene is suppressed; generating, on basis of the at least one further input audio signal, a complementary audio signal that represents the POI in the audio scene; and combining the complementary audio signal with the spatial audio signal to create a reconstructed spatial audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Antti ERONEN, Jussi LEPPANEN, Tapani PIHLAJAKUJA, Arto LEHTINIEMI
  • Publication number: 20210158049
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to, based on first imagery (301) of at least part of a body of a user (204), and contemporaneously captured second imagery (302) of a scene, the second imagery comprising at least a plurality of images taken over time, and based on expression-time information indicative of when a user expression of the user (204) occurs, provide a time window (303) temporally extending from a first time (t-1) prior to the time (t) of the expression-time information, to a second time (t-5) comprising a time equal to or prior to the first time (t-1), the time window (303) provided to identify at least one expression-causing image (305) from the plurality of images of the second imagery (302) that was captured in said time window, and provide for recordal of the at least one expression-causing image (305) with at least one expression-time image (306) comprising at least one image from the first imagery (301).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Antti ERONEN, Juha ARRASVUORI
  • Publication number: 20210160646
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: generating or obtaining at least one augmented reality image for presentation to a user, the augmented reality images comprising one or more virtual objects, displays or devices of an augmented reality system; attenuating real-world audio of the augmented reality system; and controlling the provision of audio to the user in at least one audio focus or beamform direction relating to at least one selected real-world object of the augmented reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Miikka VILERMO, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Francesco CRICRÌ
  • Publication number: 20210157406
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer instructions are provided. The apparatus comprises means for: mapping a virtual space to a real space; associating a user's real location in the real space with a virtual location of the user in the virtual space, such that a change in the user's real location causes a corresponding change in the user's virtual location; disassociating the user's real location with the user's virtual location, based at least in part on at least one user input; and changing, following disassociation of the user's real location with the user's virtual location, the user's virtual location without a corresponding change in the user's real location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Antti ERONEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Mikko-Ville LAITINEN
  • Patent number: 11010051
    Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments of the invention there is provided a method comprising: enabling display to a user of a virtual visual scene; in dependence upon detection of an occurrence of a predetermined action by a user, starting display to the user of one or more control visual elements in the virtual visual scene while the virtual visual scene is being displayed to the user; and enabling interaction by the user with the one or more control visual elements within the displayed virtual visual scene to enable control while the virtual visual scene is being displayed to the user, wherein the one or more control visual elements displayed in the virtual visual scene represent a controller device physically used by the user, within the virtual visual scene, wherein the predetermined action by the user is in relation to a first portion of the physical controller device physically used by the user, and wherein the one or more control visual elements displayed in the virtual visual scen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Jussi Leppänen, Veli-Matti Kolmonen
  • Patent number: 10999412
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program code are provided. The method comprises: causing display of mediated reality content by one or more displays associated with a device; identifying a further device with which at least a portion of the mediated reality content is to be shared; determining one or more parameters characterizing one or more displays associated with the further device; determining at least a portion of the mediated reality content to be shared with the further device based, at least in part, on the determined one or more parameters; and causing the portion of the mediated reality content to be shared with the further device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi Leppänen, Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 10993067
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to use captured spatial audio content captured by a rotatable spatial audio capture microphone array, the captured spatial audio content defining the three-dimensional arrangement of the audio in the scene, an orientation of the aural scene defined relative to the microphone array at the time of audio capture, and use captured direction data representative of the direction of a reference direction of said microphone array relative to the scene over a time during which said spatial audio content was captured; to generate modified spatial audio content in which the aural scene is decoupled from any rotation of the rotatable spatial audio capture microphone array that occurred during capture of the spatial audio content for presentation to the recipient user relative to a space in which the recipient user is located by virtue of modification of the orientation of the aural scene using the captured direction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lasse Juhani Laaksonen, Anssi Rämö, Arto Lehtiniemi, Jussi Leppänen
  • Patent number: 10993066
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising means configured to: receive first information indicative of a reference location; provide for presentation of audio content as spatial audio to be perceived, from the reference location, as originating from a direction of at least one virtual audio source, the at least one virtual audio source associated with a real-world location; receive second information indicative of at least the presence of a real-world object between the real-world location of the at least one virtual audio source and the reference location; modify, based on the second information, the audio content to indicate aurally the location of the real-world object; and provide for presentation of the modified audio content as spatial audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen, Jussi Leppänen
  • Patent number: 10979846
    Abstract: An apparatus for audio signal rendering, the apparatus including at least one processor configured to: receive at least one microphone audio signal captured by at least one microphone within a capture environment; receive at least one projection audio signal, wherein the at least one projection audio signal is a room-impulse-response filtered at least one microphone audio signal within the capture environment; receive at least one residual audio signal, wherein the at least one residual audio signal is a result of removing the at least one projection audio signal from at least one audio signal captured by a microphone array within the capture environment; and generate at least two volumetric audio signals based on the at least one microphone audio signal, the at least one projection audio signal and the at least one residual audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Jussi Leppanen, Tapani Pihlajakuja
  • Patent number: 10970932
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, including providing data indicative of dimensions of a real-world space within which a virtual world is to be consumed. The method may also include identifying one or more objects within said real-world space, and determining one or more available areas within the real-world space for rendering three-dimensional virtual content, based at least partly on the dimensions of the real-world space. The method may also include identifying one or more of the objects as being movable, identifying, from a set of three-dimensional virtual content items, one or more candidate items unable to be rendered within the available area(s) and which can be rendered if one or more of the movable objects is moved and providing an indication to a virtual reality user device of the candidate virtual item(s) and of the movable object(s) required to be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Leppanen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen, Juha Arrasvuori
  • Patent number: 10972800
    Abstract: An apparatus caused to: in respect of video imagery of an event at which one or more commenting users are present and have submitted comments, a location of the or each of the one or more commenting users visible in the video imagery; based on a current view of the video imagery provided for display to a user and at least one comment having location information associated therewith indicative of one or more of (i) the location, at the time of making the comment, of the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event, (ii) a location, at the event, specified by the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event; provide for display of the comment overlaid over the current view of the video imagery, the comment displayed in the current view of the video imagery at a position that corresponds to the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen, Jussi Leppänen, Juha Arrasvuori
  • Publication number: 20210092545
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a means for identifying virtual audio content within a first spatial sector of a virtual space with respect to a reference position. The apparatus also comprises a means for modifying the identified virtual audio content to be rendered in a second, smaller spatial sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jussi LEPPÄNEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Antti ERONEN, Sujeet Shyamsundar MATE
  • Publication number: 20210076153
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: means for causing selection of spatial audio content in dependence upon a position of a user in a virtual space; •means for causing rendering, for consumption by the user, of the selected spatial audio content including a first spatial audio content; •means for causing, after user consumption of the first spatial audio content, recording of data relating to the first spatial audio content; •means for using, at a later time, the recorded data to detect a new event relating to the first spatial audio content, the new event comprises that the first spatial audio content has been adapted for which a new spatial content is created, for example in the form of a limited preview; and•means for providing a user-selectable option to enable rendering, for consumption by the user, of the first spatial audio content by rendering a simplified sound object representative, which can be a downmix or clustered audio objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen, Jussi Leppänen