Patents Assigned to OU Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
  • Patent number: 9955047
    Abstract: Method and device for acquiring stream of the precisely time-stamped images, including the modulated light source, controlled by the absolute global real-time-base (e.g. provided by global navigation satellite system (GNSS) controller) and the image acquisition and processing unit, decoding the light modulation waveform and determining the time-stamp for every image frame. The GNSS time and position messages can be used to provide the full time- and location stamps for each frame. Multi-element light sources can be used to have more informative light modulation in the time domain. For time-stamping of several image streams (e.g. from several cameras) multiple light sources with the same modulation can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: Tallinn University of Technology, OU Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
    Inventors: Olev Märtens, Ago Mõlder, Raul Land, Tõnis Saar, Marko Reidla, Douglas Reid, Alexander Girfanov
  • Patent number: 9622679
    Abstract: A method for multichannel multifrequency analysis of an object, applying a set of excitation signals to the object and sampling the response signal from the object, using uniform and non-uniform undersampling. Non-uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling is performed for two or more different frequencies in one observation time slot. Also, uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling of a signal, corresponding to one frequency, is performed for two or more channels within one observation time slot and then sampling the same signal for another frequency for two or more channels within the next observation time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: OÜ Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
    Inventors: Mart Min, Paul Annus, Alar Kuusik, Raul Land, Toomas Parve
  • Patent number: 8773151
    Abstract: A method for multichannel multifrequency analysis of an object, applying a set of excitation signals to the object and sampling the response signal from the object, using uniform and non-uniform undersampling. Non-uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling is performed for two or more different frequencies in one observation time slot. Also, uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling of a signal, corresponding to one frequency, is performed for two or more channels within one observation time slot and then sampling the same signal for another frequency for two or more channels within the next observation time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: OÜ Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
    Inventors: Mart Min, Paul Annus, Alar Kuusik, Raul Land, Toomas Parve, Ants Ronk, Antti Haapalainen
  • Patent number: 8674680
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for fast impedance measurement of a biological object having dynamically varying in time parameters, wherein a titlet shaped pulse is introduced into the object and a voltage response signal is measured and analyzed by a processing unit for estimating the impedance of the object. The titlet pulse has a start frequency substantially in one end of the frequency range of interest and a stop frequency substantially in the other end of the frequency range of interest and a duration of the titlet pulse is one cycle or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tallinn University of Technology OÜ Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
    Inventors: Mart Minn, Toivo Paavle, Raul Land, Paul Annus, Toomas Parve
  • Publication number: 20130179441
    Abstract: Method for determining digital content preferences of the user is combining content access logs with additional information representing user physical activity patterns. For additional information describing changes in user activity pattern recordings from different sensors, like accelerometer, tilt sensor, magnetometer, e-field sensor, etc. integrated into handheld device will be used. Certain typical sensor patterns present higher or lower user interest comparing to an average.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: OÜ ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
    Inventor: OÜ ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
  • Publication number: 20130054178
    Abstract: A method and device for high speed broadband testing of systems and substances using a binary, spectrally sparse sequence (SSS) as a periodic excitation waveform. The sequences with controllable frequency and magnitude spectra content are designed by component manipulation method or by edge manipulation method. The excitation waveform is typically pre-calculated, and kept in waveform memory, from where it is shifted out into digital to physical quantity converter (DQC). The sparse spectrum of the SSS makes it easy to create plenty of uncorrelated frequency sets with adjacent, but sufficiently different frequencies to form multi-path test systems, where all the paths can be measured simultaneously. The response of the sample under test (SUT) is sampled and the complex transfer function is calculated directly or indirectly via Impulse Response by Discrete Fourier Transform technique and its derivatives. The sequence bit interval and sampling interval have a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: OU ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS, TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Raul Land, Paul Annus, Mart Min, Olev Märtens, Jaan Ojarand
  • Patent number: 8223020
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a RFID receiver, comprising receiving an input signal from a RFID tag, said input signal comprising a preamble section, creating a first reference waveform, comprising at least a fraction of said preamble section, calculating a first correlation value by correlating said input signal and said first reference waveform, creating a second reference signal so that there is virtually zero correlation between said first reference waveform and said second reference waveform, and using said first correlation value and said second correlation value for adjusting synchronization timebase, wherein the sign and the size of said second correlation value indicates the size and the sign of phase inaccuracy of the synchronization timebase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Tallinn University of Technology, OU Eliko Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus
    Inventors: Olev Martens, Alar Kuusik, Aivar Liimets
  • Publication number: 20120007583
    Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a frequency response of an object, the method involving: generating an excitation signal having relatively fast changing frequency, defined by a time-domain function; generating at least one reference signal, having a waveform corresponding to the excitation signal; introducing the excitation signal into the object, receiving a response signal from the object; analyzing said response signal in a signal analyzer by correlating the response signal with at least one reference signal during a relatively short sliding time-domain window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: OU ELIKO Tehnoloogia Arenduskeskus, TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Olev Märtens, Mart Min, Raul Land, Paul Annus, Tönis Saar, Marko Reidla
  • Publication number: 20110095747
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for fast impedance measurement of a biological object having dynamically varying in time parameters, wherein a titlet shaped pulse is introduced into the object and a voltage response signal is measured and analyzed by a processing unit for estimating the impedance of the object. The titlet pulse has a start frequency substantially in one end of the frequency range of interest and a stop frequency substantially in the other end of the frequency range of interest and a duration of the titlet pulse is one cycle or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OÜ ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
    Inventors: Mart Min, Toivo Paavle, Raul Land, Paul Annus, Toomas Parve
  • Publication number: 20110074442
    Abstract: A method for impedance measurements, using synchronous detecting and modified rectangular signals. The method comprises introducing a first modified rectangular signal into a bioobject, receiving a response signal from said bioobject, introducing said response signal and a second modified rectangular signal into a synchronous detector, whereas either one or both rectangular signals are modified to remove particular higher harmonics from the signal. In one embodiment, either one or both the first and the second modified rectangular signals are generated by summing at least two modified rectangular signals, wherein at least one of such rectangular signals have a zero amplitude segment introduced between rectangular half periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OU ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
    Inventors: Mart Min, Paul Annus, Jaan Ojarand
  • Publication number: 20100225303
    Abstract: A method for multichannel multifrequency analysis of an object, applying a set of excitation signals to the object and sampling the response signal from the object, using uniform and non-uniform undersampling. Non-uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling is performed for two or more different frequencies in one observation time slot. Also, uniform sampling of the response signal is performed, i.e., the sampling of a signal, corresponding to one frequency, is performed for two or more channels within one observation time slot and then sampling the same signal for another frequency for two or more channels within the next observation time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: OÜ ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
    Inventors: Mart Min, Paul Annus, Alar Kuusik, Raul Land, Toomas Parve, Ants Ronk, Antti Haapalainen
  • Publication number: 20100026496
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a RFID receiver, comprising receiving an input signal from a RFID tag, said input signal comprising a preamble section, creating a first reference waveform, comprising at least a fraction of said preamble section, calculating a first correlation value by correlating said input signal and said first reference waveform, creating a second reference signal so that there is virtually zero correlation between said first reference waveform and said second reference waveform, and using said first correlation value and said second correlation value for adjusting synchronization timebase, wherein the sign and the size of said second correlation value indicates the size and the sign of phase inaccuracy of the synchronization timebase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OÜ ELIKO TEHNOLOOGIA ARENDUSKESKUS
    Inventors: Olev Martens, Alar Kuusik, Aivar Liimets