Patents by Inventor Matti Hamalainen
Matti Hamalainen 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).
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Patent number: 8933885Abstract: A method is provided for reducing hand or pointing device occlusions of a display, particularly a touch screen or hover display. Detection of the position of a pointing object and eyes relative to a device display may be used to calculate an offset correction. Shifting a user interface component based on the offset correction may reduce pointing object occlusions of the display. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Matti Hamalainen, Radu Ciprian Bilcu, Daniel Gratiot
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Publication number: 20140355389Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to provide for the control of a remote device. The method may include determining, with a processor, a control radius for a remote device, determining a first proximity of a user device to the remote device, in response to determining that the first proximity is within the control radius, enabling the user device to control the remote device, determining at least one command input from the user device to the remote device based on a second proximity of the user device to the remote device, and causing transmission of the command input to the remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jukka Reunamaki, Arto Palin, Matti Hamalainen
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Publication number: 20140328502Abstract: An apparatus including an input configured to receive at least one first audio signal from a first apparatus; an input configured to receive at least one second audio signal from a second apparatus; a distance detector configured to determine a distance between the first and the second apparatus; and a level control generator configured to generate a level control for mixing the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal based on the distance between the first and the second apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jussi Virolainen, Matti Hamalainen, Joonas Itaranta
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Publication number: 20140267824Abstract: An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Juha Alakarhu, Matti Hamalainen, Ossi Kalevo, Tero Vuori
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Patent number: 8773543Abstract: An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Juha Alakarhu, Matti Hämäläinen, Ossi Kalevo, Tero Vuori
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Patent number: 8751127Abstract: There is provided a vehicle with the capability of estimating its position. An exemplary vehicle comprises a positioning unit configured to operate in a first mode for communicating with one or more first radio-responsive devices and operate in a second mode for communicating with one or more second radio responsive devices. The positioning unit is configured to estimate a coarse position of the vehicle based on data received from the first transceiver, and estimate a fine position of the vehicle based on data received from the second transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Harri Viittala, Simone Soderi, Jani Saloranta, Matti Hämäläinen, Jari Iinatti
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Publication number: 20140085202Abstract: A method is provided for reducing hand or pointing device occlusions of a display, particularly a touch screen or hover display. Detection of the position of a pointing object and eyes relative to a device display may be used to calculate an offset correction. Shifting a user interface component based on the offset correction may reduce pointing object occlusions of the display. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Matti Hamalainen, Radu Ciprian Bilcu, Daniel Gratiot
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Publication number: 20130194454Abstract: An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Juha Alakarhu, Matti Hämäläinen, Ossi Kalevo, Tero Vuori
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Publication number: 20130138314Abstract: There is provided a vehicle with the capability of estimating its position. An exemplary vehicle comprises a positioning unit configured to operate in a first mode for communicating with one or more first radio-responsive devices and operate in a second mode for communicating with one or more second radio responsive devices. The positioning unit is configured to estimate a coarse position of the vehicle based on data received from the first transceiver, and estimate a fine position of the vehicle based on data received from the second transceiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventors: Harri Viittala, Simone Soderi, Jani Saloranta, Matti Hämäläinen, Jari Iinatti
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Patent number: 8184801Abstract: In a mobile terminal device having a processing unit and a memory unit, an acoustic echo cancellation and a microphone beamforming are provided. Said device includes a plurality of a microphones, a pre-processing stage has an amplifier and a signal converter for an analog-to-digital conversion. In a main signal processing stage, a pre-filter suitable for polynomial beamforming, an acoustic echo cancellation stage and a post-filter for polynomial beamforming are provided. Furthermore, a post-processing stage has an amplifier and a signal converter for a digital-to-analog conversion, and plurality of speakers.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Matti Hamalainen
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Patent number: 8014553Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for providing flexible audio communication solutions using ear-devices utilizing, e.g., electrode transducers with one or more sensors comprising a surface resonator cavity sensitive to a predetermined acoustic frequency range for using, for example, in headsets and hearing aids. The ear-device can be configured for inserting it into a human ear for a handsfree operation and the sensors can be configured to detect human tissue vibrations using the surface resonator cavity. The acoustic communication solutions with these ear-devices may include: providing two-way communications in normal conditions as well as in noisy conditions, providing protection of hearing, recording the true sound field bin-aurally, providing a playback capability, providing volume enhancement and equalization for persons with hearing defects, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Matti Hämäläinen, Lauri Wirola, Ville Myllylä, Shinya Terasaki
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Publication number: 20110137700Abstract: A method is provided for creating a calendar event whose responsibility is shared among a plurality of responsible parties, assigning the calendar event to a subset of the plurality of responsible parties, updating the calendars of each of the subset of the plurality of responsible parties with the calendar event, and resolving any conflicts that the subset of the plurality of responsible parties may have with the calendar event by reassigning the calendar event to a second subset of the plurality of responsible parties. The assigning of the calendar event may also include a fairness assessment that evaluates the previously completed calendar events and the scheduled future calendar events for the subset of the plurality of responsible parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventor: Matti Hämäläinen
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Publication number: 20100296987Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the recovery of gold from a gold-containing chloride solution using activated carbon. The gold-containing solution and the carbon are contacted with each other, after which the gold that has formed as metallic particles on the surface of the carbon is separated from the carbon using physical methods as gold concentrate that contains metallic gold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Outotec OyiInventors: Olli Hyvärinen, Jussi Liipo, Reijo Tontti, Matti Hämäläinen, Tuula Hämäläinen
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Patent number: 7785395Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: OUTOTEC OYJInventors: Jaakko Leppinen, Olli Hyvärinen, Seppo Heimala, Veikko Palosaari, Matti Hämäläinen, Tuula Hämäläinen, legal representative
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Publication number: 20100214267Abstract: A mobile electronic device with a virtual input device. The virtual input device includes an optical sensor for detecting movement of a user's fingers over a work surface and an acoustic or vibration sensor, for detecting an impact of the user's fingers on the work surface. A processor, coupled to the optical sensor and to the acoustic sensor, processes the detected signals as input for the electronic device. The user's fingers can be shown on the display overlaid by a virtual mask. The virtual mask may show a keyboard of menu items.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Zou Yanming, Wang Kongqiao, Matti Hamalainen, Jari A. Kangas
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Patent number: 7778425Abstract: This invention describes a method for generating noise references for adaptive interference cancellation filters for applications in generalized sidelobe canceling systems. More specifically the present invention relates to a multi-microphone beamforming system similar to a generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC) structure, but the difference with the GSC is that the present invention creates noise references to the adaptive interference canceller (AIC) filters using steerable beams that block out the desired signal when the beam is steered away from the desired signal source location.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Matti Kajala, Matti Hämäläinen, Ville Myllylä
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Patent number: 7776135Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the recovery of gold in connection with the hydrometallurgical production of copper from a residue or intermediate product containing sulphur and iron generated in the leaching of copper raw material. The recovery of both copper and gold takes place in a chloride milieu. The gold contained in the residue or intermediate product is leached using bivalent copper and oxygen in copper (II) chloride-sodium chloride solution in the conditions, where the oxidation-reduction potential is a maximum of 650 mV and the pH at least 1. The iron and sulphur contained in the residue remain for the most part undissolved.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Outotec OyjInventors: Matti Hämäläinen, Olli Hyvärinen
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Patent number: 7689670Abstract: A method is provided for downloading audio characteristics to terminal equipment. A score information part is provided describing the presentation instructions of an audible signal. An instrument information part is also provided describing the parameters for synthesizing an audible signal the presentation instructions of which is described by the score information part. Additionally some compatibility information is provided describing the compatibility of the score information part and the instrument information part with certain processing and storing capacity. As a response to a selection command the score information part and the instrument information part are downloaded to terminal equipment through a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jukka Holm, Matti Hämäläinen, David P. Williams, Janne Aaltonen, Ari Ikonen
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Publication number: 20090038440Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: Outotec OyiInventors: Matti Hamalainen, Tuula Hamalainen, Jaakko Leppinen, Olli Hyvarinen, Seppo Heimala, Veikko Palosaari
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Publication number: 20080192961Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for providing flexible audio communication solutions using ear-devices utilizing, e.g., electrode transducers with one or more sensors comprising a surface resonator cavity sensitive to a predetermined acoustic frequency range for using, for example, in headsets and hearing aids. The ear-device can be configured for inserting it into a human ear for a handsfree operation and the sensors can be configured to detect human tissue vibrations using the surface resonator cavity. The acoustic communication solutions with these ear-devices may include: providing two-way communications in normal conditions as well as in noisy conditions, providing protection of hearing, recording the true sound field bin-aurally, providing a playback capability, providing volume enhancement and equalization for persons with hearing defects, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Matti Hamalainen, Lauri Wirola, Ville Myllyla, Shinya Terasaki