Patents by Inventor Mikko Perälä

Mikko Perälä 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: 10663837
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes illuminating a scene in a first illumination by identically driving the emitters of a light source such that first exposures and/or first colour values of segments are ascertained by an image sensor, determining first illumination parameters for the segments of the scene, wherein the first illumination parameters are determined based on the first exposures and/or the first colour values, illuminating the scene in a second subsequent illumination by differently driving the emitters based on the first illumination parameters of the segments such that second exposures and/or second colour values of the segments are ascertained by the image sensor, determining second illumination parameters for the segments of the scene, wherein the second illumination parameters are determined based on the second exposures and/or the second colour values and illuminating the scene in a third subsequent illumination by differently driving the emitters based on the second illumination parameters
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Mikko Peraelae, Desiree Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20200159038
    Abstract: A 3D display element is disclosed. In an embodiment a 3D display element includes a light-emitting component configured to emit light and an optical arrangement, wherein the light-emitting component includes a plurality of triplets, each triplet including a first, a second and a third light-emitting region, wherein the triplets are arranged side by side in a first lateral plane, wherein the regions are arranged side by side in the first lateral plane, wherein the optical arrangement is configured to diverge light of adjacent triplets passing through the optical arrangement, and wherein light of a triplet passing through the optical arrangement is mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Hubert Halbritter, Mikko Perälä
  • Patent number: 10629573
    Abstract: A display device and a method for operating a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points configured for emitting visible light of adjustable color by at least one semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the image points are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the image points includes a plurality of types of pixels and each type of pixel is configured to emit light of a particular color, wherein the pixels are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the pixels is divided into a plurality of subpixels, the subpixels being independently controllable of one another within the associated pixel, and wherein all subpixels of the associated pixel are configured for emitting light of the same color from the display device without further color change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Hubert Halbritter, Jens Richter
  • Publication number: 20200120246
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for operating a lighting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lighting device includes at least one semiconductor component comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to generate light illuminating a field of view and a drive circuit, wherein the field of view is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein each pixel is configured to illuminate a region of the field of view, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first type subpixel and a second type subpixel, and wherein the first type subpixel is configured to emit light of a white color location and the second type subpixel is configured to emit light of a non-white color location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Désirée Queren, Mikko Perälä, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20200091382
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate primary radiation, a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes at least a first subpixel configured to generate radiation in a first spectral range and a second subpixel configured to generate radiation in a second spectral range different from the first spectral range, wherein the first and second subpixels are each assigned an active region of the semiconductor component; and a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of at least some of the active regions, wherein the radiation conversion element configured to at least partially convert the primary radiation into a secondary radiation and to radiate the secondary radiation at a narrow angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Hubert Halbritter, Mikko Perälä
  • Publication number: 20200080715
    Abstract: An arrangement that illuminates and records a moving scene, including a light source that illuminates the moving scene, a control device that operates the light source, and a camera that records the moving scene, wherein the light source includes a plurality of pixels, each of which is configured to illuminate an area of the moving scene, the control device is configured to operate the pixels, and the light source includes at least one semiconductor component including at least one semiconductor chip containing two or more of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Publication number: 20200042789
    Abstract: An illumination dystem, an electronic Device and a method for using an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation, an optical element and a control circuit, wherein the optical element is configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated, wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range, and at least one infrared pixel configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range, wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement, and wherein the pixels of the first type and the at least one infrared pixel are operable via the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20190373158
    Abstract: A method of operating a camera system having an image sensor including a plurality of activatable image elements, wherein an active image element converts incoming radiation into readable image information, a radiation source including a plurality of activatable radiation elements, each active radiation element emitting electromagnetic radiation, and an integrated circuit coupled to the radiation source, the method including capturing at least one image, wherein during capturing of each single image different subsets of the image elements are successively each once activated and deactivated again after a predetermined exposure time, different subsets of the radiation elements are successively activated by the integrated circuit and deactivated again after a predetermined emission time, and each subset of the image elements is assigned a subset of the radiation elements activated with temporal overlap so that the active radiation elements emit radiation while the associated active image elements receive image
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Publication number: 20190302469
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting device including a radiation source, an emission surface through which radiation from the radiation source passes during operation, wherein the emission surface includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a plurality of subpixels, in plan view of the emission surface, each pixel forms a partial area of the emission surface and each subpixel forms a portion of such partial area, for each pixel, at least first subpixels are operable individually and independently of one another, and all subpixels of a pixel together make up at most 50% of the area of the pixel so that in simultaneous operation of all subpixels radiation is emitted via at most 50% of the area of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Hubert Halbritter, Mikko Perälä
  • Publication number: 20190189044
    Abstract: A display device and a method for operating a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points configured for emitting visible light of adjustable color by at least one semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the image points are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the image points includes a plurality of types of pixels and each type of pixel is configured to emit light of a particular color, wherein the pixels are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the pixels is divided into a plurality of subpixels, the subpixels being independently controllable of one another within the associated pixel, and wherein all subpixels of the associated pixel are configured for emitting light of the same color from the display device without further color change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Hubert Halbritter, Jens Richter
  • Publication number: 20190104246
    Abstract: An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image includes a pixelated emitter including a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Ludwig Plötz, Désirée Queren, Ulrich Streppel
  • Publication number: 20190075286
    Abstract: A 3D display element (2) comprising a plurality of emission regions (20) adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation (L), wherein at least some emission regions (20) are associated with a first group and at least some emission regions (20) are associated with a second group (21, 22), wherein by means of the emission regions (20) of the first group (21) respectively a pixel (100) of a first perspective (11) of an image (B) can be represented, and by means of the emission regions (20) of the second group (22) respectively a pixel (100) of a second perspective (12) of the image (B) can be represented the sum of all emission regions (20) is greater than the sum of all pixels (100) of all perspectives (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Peter BRICK, Hubert HALBRITTER, Mikko PERAELAE, Frank SINGER
  • Publication number: 20180239220
    Abstract: A method for operating a light source for a camera, a light source and a camera are disclosed. In an embodiment the method for operating a light source for a camera comprises individually illuminating segments of the scene by the emitters, wherein an illumination parameter is determined for a segment of the scene and an emitter is individually driven on a basis of the illumination parameter, and wherein the illumination parameter is determined by a measurement of a physical variable and/or by an input of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mikko Peraelae, Desiree Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20170336836
    Abstract: In an embodiment, device having display integrated infrared and light source is disclosed. In an embodiment, the device comprises a display, comprising: a visible light source; and an infrared source, the visible light source and the infrared source being integrated into a single radiation source component within the display, and the infrared source emitting an infrared radiation biometrically authenticating a user of the device. In another embodiment a display integrated infrared source is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tuomo Mörsky, Tomi Lintulahti, Mikko Perälä
  • Patent number: 7711257
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for using a flash light with, e.g., light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light sources of a camera of an electronic device for improving quality of images provided by the camera. The flash related parameters comprising a white balance setting and/or exposure settings can be determined using, e.g., an ambient light level and an estimate of the flash light reflected from said object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Tamminen, Mikko Perälä
  • Patent number: 7664387
    Abstract: A communications apparatus is shown having an imaging device for capturing an image, and a flash for lighting an image to be captured. Also shown is the use of the apparatus. Software for matching a flash performance to other functions of a device is also shown. A radio communications apparatus embodiment is shown that comprises an imaging device including an image sensor and a rolling shutter, and a flash unit. The flash unit is operated at a certain flash frequency, and an exposure time is determined according to the flash frequency so that the image sensor is uniformly exposed by the rolling shutter during the determined exposure time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Juha Alakarhu
  • Patent number: 7570881
    Abstract: The imaging device comprises a flash light unit, an imaging unit, a memory comprising predetermined color balance parameters specific to the individual flash light unit, and an image processor to correct the image colors based on the parameters. The predetermined parameters are determined by imaging a white test target and stored into memory. The predetermined parameters are applied at a later stage for the color correction of actual images. Consistent image colors may be guaranteed in mass production of the imaging devices although the individual flash light units may have different spectral properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Ossi Kalevo, Jyrki Huusko, Janne Tamminen