Patents by Inventor Mikko Blomqvist
Mikko Blomqvist 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: 11930878Abstract: The invention relates to a headset for a helmet. The headset comprises a speaker unit, a boom microphone and a skull microphone. The headset further comprises a switch configured to activate the boom microphone or the skull microphone based on the position of the boom microphone. The invention relates also to a helmet comprising the headset.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Savox Communications Oy Ab (Ltd)Inventor: Mikko Blomqvist
-
Patent number: 11689887Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for improving performance of a radio-based positioning system by detecting and excluding mobile radio nodes. The disclosed approach involves processors (e.g., of positioning server(s) and/or of a computing device) making a determination (i) that a speed of a computing device is at or above a threshold speed, and (ii) that at least one condition is met, the at least one condition indicating that a radio node is moving substantially along with the computing device. In response to making the determination, the processors may deem the radio node to be a mobile node. Given this, the processors may in turn exclude the radio node for positioning purposes, which may ultimately improve performance of the radio-based positioning system.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.Inventors: Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen, Mikko Blomqvist
-
Patent number: 11320512Abstract: A method includes obtaining or holding available a radio map that has been determined based on radio node observation data of radio signals emitted from radio nodes of a radio node network. The method obtains asset observation data of one or more radio signals that have been emitted from an asset and observed by radio nodes of the radio node network. The method also determines a position estimate of the asset based on the asset observation data and the radio map. A corresponding system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Mikko Blomqvist
-
Publication number: 20220095078Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for improving performance of a radio-based positioning system by detecting and excluding mobile radio nodes. The disclosed approach involves processors (e.g., of positioning server(s) and/or of a computing device) making a determination (i) that a speed of a computing device is at or above a threshold speed, and (ii) that at least one condition is met, the at least one condition indicating that a radio node is moving substantially along with the computing device. In response to making the determination, the processors may deem the radio node to be a mobile node. Given this, the processors may in turn exclude the radio node for positioning purposes, which may ultimately improve performance of the radio-based positioning system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: HENRI JAAKKO JULIUS NURMINEN, MIKKO BLOMQVIST
-
Publication number: 20210267300Abstract: The invention relates to a headset for a helmet. The headset comprises a speaker unit, a boom microphone and a skull microphone. The headset further comprises a switch configured to activate the boom microphone or the skull microphone based on the position of the boom microphone. The invention relates also to a helmet comprising the headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Savox Communications Oy Ab (Ltd)Inventor: Mikko BLOMQVIST
-
Patent number: 10768714Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE1, IMAGE2), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (SR, SL, SUp, SDown) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.Inventors: Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine, Miia Onkalo
-
Patent number: 10670690Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine
-
Publication number: 20200103488Abstract: A method includes obtaining or holding available a radio map that has been determined based on radio node observation data of radio signals emitted from radio nodes of a radio node network. The method obtains asset observation data of one or more radio signals that have been emitted from an asset and observed by radio nodes of the radio node network. The method also determines a position estimate of the asset based on the asset observation data and the radio map. A corresponding system is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: HERE GLOBAL B.V.Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes WIROLA, Mikko BLOMQVIST
-
Patent number: 10397739Abstract: A system obtains from each of a plurality of mobile devices a batch of data for a site. A batch includes data enabling a determination of a reference position, sensor data of motion sensors and sets of results of measurements performed by the mobile device on radio signals at different locations, each set including at least one indication of a received signal strength of radio signals and an associated identifier of at least one radio transmitter transmitting the radio signals. In at least two iterations, the system processes each batch to determine for each mobile device a (refined) sequence of fingerprints associating a respective position, which is based on the at least one reference position, the sensor data (and estimated characteristics of radio transmitters), with each set of results of measurements; and estimates characteristics of the radio transmitters based on the (refined) sequences of fingerprints.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Pavel Ivanov, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Jari Tapani Syrjärinne, Mikko Blomqvist, Muhammad Irshan Khan
-
Publication number: 20190162814Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine
-
Publication number: 20190121448Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE1, IMAGE2), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (SR, SL, SUp, SDown) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Mikko BLOMQVIST, Tommi LAINE, Miia ONKALO
-
Patent number: 10267894Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to determine a first result of estimating a position based at least in part on a first partial radio map, the processor further configured to perform a first comparison of the first result to a reference position, and a memory configured to store a second result based upon the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist
-
Patent number: 10241189Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine
-
Patent number: 10237679Abstract: An apparatus for location sharing may include a processor. The processor may be configured to access a point of interest and a geographic cell associated with the point of interest. In this regard, the geographic cell may include geographic cell boundaries. The processor may also be configured to receive location information. The location information may describe a location of a device. The processor may be further configured to determine whether the location described by the location information is within the geographic cell boundaries and associate the device with the point of interest in response to the location described by the location information being within the geographic cell boundaries. The processor may also be configured to share the association between the device and the point of interest via an online service. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Kristian Luoma, Mikko Blomqvist, Jukka Alakontiola, Marcel Duee
-
Publication number: 20190075117Abstract: The present invention relates to processing location information access requests. An identifier of a sender of a received location information access request is determined, and the identifier is compared to identifiers in a contact storage. Location access control information and/or supplementary contact information associated with an entry having a matching identifier in the contact storage is then retrieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Petri RAUHALA, Tommi LAINE, Mikko BLOMQVIST
-
Patent number: 10175337Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first receiver configured to receive a first partial radio map and a second partial radio map, a processor configured to compare the first partial radio map and the second partial radio map, and the processor further configured to determine to replace the first partial radio map with the second partial radio map based at least in part on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist
-
Patent number: 10129261Abstract: The present invention relates to processing location information access requests. An identifier of a sender of a received location information access request is determined, and the identifier is compared to identifiers in a contact storage. Location access control information and/or supplementary contact information associated with an entry having a matching identifier in the contact storage is then retrieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Petri Rauhala, Tommi Laine, Mikko Blomqvist
-
Patent number: 10126834Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE1, IMAGE2), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (SR, SL, SUp, SDown) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT1, SEGMENT2).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Inventors: Mikko Blomqvist, Tommi Laine, Miia Onkalo
-
Publication number: 20180255430Abstract: A system obtains from each of a plurality of mobile devices a batch of data for a site. A batch includes data enabling a determination of a reference position, sensor data of motion sensors and sets of results of measurements performed by the mobile device on radio signals at different locations, each set including at least one indication of a received signal strength of radio signals and an associated identifier of at least one radio transmitter transmitting the radio signals. In at least two iterations, the system processes each batch to determine for each mobile device a (refined) sequence of fingerprints associating a respective position, which is based on the at least one reference position, the sensor data (and estimated characteristics of radio transmitters), with each set of results of measurements; and estimates characteristics of the radio transmitters based on the (refined) sequences of fingerprints.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Pavel Ivanov, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Jari Tapani Syrjärinne, Mikko Blomqvist, Muhammad Irshan Khan
-
Patent number: 10039053Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a list of access points detected at a location, a processor for determining the number of times at least one access point in the list is detected during a first period of time and a processor for determining to use an access point in generating a partial radio map based at least in part on the number of times the access point is detected during a second period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Mikko Blomqvist