Patents by Inventor Mikko J. Honkala

Mikko J. Honkala 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing virtual audio reproduction
    Patent number: 9602946
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit audio signals to provide additional information to a user regarding the distance to the source of the audio signals, thereby increasing a user's situational awareness. In the context of a method, a distance and a direction from a user to an object are determined. The method also scales the distance to the object to create a modified distance within a predefined sound field region about the user. The method also causes an audio cue relating to the object to be audibly provided to the user. The audio cue is such that the object appears to be located within the predefined sound field region in the direction and at the modified distance from the user from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Leo M. Karkkainen, Akos Vetek, Mikko A. Uusitalo, Mikko J. Honkala
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20160183024
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit audio signals to provide additional information to a user regarding the distance to the source of the audio signals, thereby increasing a user's situational awareness. In the context of a method, a distance and a direction from a user to an object are determined. The method also scales the distance to the object to create a modified distance within a predefined sound field region about the user. The method also causes an audio cue relating to the object to be audibly provided to the user. The audio cue is such that the object appears to be located within the predefined sound field region in the direction and at the modified distance from the user from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Leo M. Karkkainen, Akos Vetek, Mikko A. Uusitalo, Mikko J. Honkala