Patents by Inventor Antero Väyrynen

Antero Väyrynen 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 for visualizing the input and display components of terminal equipment and corresponding terminal equipment
    Patent number: 7178725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for visualizing the input and display components of terminal equipment. The terminal equipment includes the said input component for controlling the operations of the terminal equipment and the display component. The terminal equipment (10) has at least two states, of which in the first, open, state, the terminal equipment implements the operations directed to it through the input component and in which second, locked, state, the terminal equipment does not implement the operations directed to it through the input component but instead implements an indicator effect in the input and/or the display component in order to visualize the input and/or the display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Antero Väyrynen, Kaj Saarinen