Patents by Inventor Niilo Torsten Sirola

Niilo Torsten Sirola 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: 20170026251
    Abstract: It is disclosed to determine whether information useable for a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or made available to said generating/updating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 9523762
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 9497638
    Abstract: It is disclosed to determine whether information useable for a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or made available to said generating/updating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20150338502
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 9188661
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 8929924
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining, at a terminal, whether at least one terminal position associated with a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or reported to allow at least one of said coverage area and said communication node to be characterized at least partially based on said at least one reported terminal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 8816908
    Abstract: It is disclosed to determine, as a representation of a set of terminal positions, a polygon that encloses all terminal positions of the set of terminal positions. The terminal positions are positions of one or more terminals within a coverage area of a communication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 8498636
    Abstract: It is disclosed to operate a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node and/or at least one process associated with said generating/updating process in dependence on at least one state of a state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Patent number: 8213956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of tracking a state of a mobile electronic device and to a mobile electronic device including processing apparatus arranged to perform the method. A method of tracking a state of a mobile electronic device, the method comprising iteratively performing: (i) representing the state of the mobile electronic device using a grid comprising a plurality of cells, each cell representing a region in state space defined by one or more state variables and having a probability value that the state of the mobile electronic device is within that region in state space, the grid being bounded to include only cells having a probability value above a predetermined threshold; (ii) obtaining measurement signalling indicating values of one or more state variables; (iii) updating the probability values of the grid based on the measurement signalling and rebounding the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Niilo Torsten Sirola, Simo Sakari Ali-Löytty
  • Publication number: 20120139790
    Abstract: It is disclosed to determine, as a representation of a set of terminal positions, a polygon that encloses all terminal positions of the set of terminal positions. The terminal positions are positions of one or more terminals within a coverage area of a communication node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20120028652
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20110307428
    Abstract: It is disclosed to determine whether information useable for a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or made available to said generating/updating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20110306337
    Abstract: It is disclosed to operate a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node and/or at least one process associated with said generating/updating process in dependence on at least one state of a state machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20110306365
    Abstract: It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining, at a terminal, whether at least one terminal position associated with a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or reported to allow at least one of said coverage area and said communication node to be characterized at least partially based on said at least one reported terminal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tommi Antero Laine, Matti Samuli Raitoharju, Niilo Torsten Sirola
  • Publication number: 20090233619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of tracking a state of a mobile electronic device and to a mobile electronic device including processing apparatus arranged to perform the method. A method of tracking a state of a mobile electronic device, the method comprising iteratively performing: (i) representing the state of the mobile electronic device using a grid comprising a plurality of cells, each cell representing a region in state space defined by one or more state variables and having a probability value that the state of the mobile electronic device is within that region in state space, the grid being bounded to include only cells having a probability value above a predetermined threshold; (ii) obtaining measurement signalling indicating values of one or more state variables; (iii) updating the probability values of the grid based on the measurement signalling and rebounding the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Niilo Torsten Sirola, Simo Sakari Ali-Loytty