Patents by Inventor Antti Karilainen

Antti Karilainen 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: 20180046327
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a primary user interface, a housing of non-translucent material, a slot of translucent material arranged in the housing, the slot having a primary function not related to user interaction, and a light source arranged inside the housing in proximity of the slot; wherein the apparatus has a primary mode in which the primary user interface is on and a secondary mode in which the primary user interface is off, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a controller configured to provide visual notifications to a user with the light source in response to predetermined events when the apparatus is in the secondary mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Antti Karilainen
  • Publication number: 20180048745
    Abstract: According to one aspect, there is provided a wireless communication apparatus comprising an antenna configured to operate as an antenna and as an electrode, a reference part configured to provide a reference potential, and a sensor module connected to the electrode and to the reference potential, the sensor module being configured to measure a change in the potential between the electrode and the reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Antti Karilainen
  • Publication number: 20170229760
    Abstract: A cover of a device acting as an antenna of the device is disclosed. The device comprises a first body and a second body, wherein the first body comprises: a first conductive portion of a first cover of the device configured as an antenna of the device; a second conductive portion of the first cover configured as a ground of the antenna; and a dielectric slot of the first cover; wherein the second body comprises: a first conductive portion of a second cover of the device; a second conductive portion of the second cover; and a dielectric slot in the second cover; wherein a shape of the first and the second conductive portion of the first body and the dielectric slot of the first body aligns with a shape of the first and the second conductive portion of the second body and the dielectric slot of the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Antti Karilainen
  • Publication number: 20160218441
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication comprising: a conductive member (22) comprising: a first radiator (24) configured to resonate in an operational frequency band; a second radiator (26) configured to resonate in an operational frequency band; a first non-conductive slot (28) between at least the first radiator (24) and the second radiator (26), the first non-conductive slot (28) being oriented in a first direction (parallel to the Y-axis 38); a third radiator (30) configured to resonate in an operational frequency band; and a second non-conductive slot (32) between at least the third radiator (30) and the first radiator (24), the second non-conductive slot (32) being oriented in a second direction (parallel to the X-axis 36), different to the first direction (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ruiyuan Tian, Antti Karilainen