Patents by Inventor Hakan Jonsson

Hakan Jonsson 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: 10904380
    Abstract: A method for controlling notifications from applications on a user device includes setting a priority for each application on the user device based on a predetermined priority input, defining a notification limit, wherein the notification limit defines a total number of notifications for presenting notifications allowed during a time period available to applications on the user device, and providing each application with a portion of the total number of notifications allowed during the time period based on the set priority. A computer program product, a computer readable memory storage unit, and a computing arrangement or user device may also execute the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Håkan Jonsson
  • Publication number: 20200220969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling notifications from applications on a user device. The method comprises setting a priority (21) for each application on the user device based on a predetermined priority input, defining (22) a notification limit, wherein the notification limit defines a total number of notifications for presenting notifications allowed during a time period available to applications on the user device, and providing (23) each application with a portion of the total number of notifications allowed during the time period based on the set priority. The invention further relates to computer program product, a computer readable memory storage unit, and a computing arrangement or user device for executing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Håkan JONSSON
  • Patent number: 10051453
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic devices and methods for directional proximity detection of other wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic devices. A first wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device (1) for directional proximity detection comprises a signal transceiver configured for wireless communication, and a control unit for the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Magnus Persson, Hakan Jonsson
  • Patent number: 9820095
    Abstract: Location information of first and second mobile terminals may be received at an application server. Location information may include a cellular position and/or a Wi-Fi access point identifier. It is determined whether the first mobile terminal is in a same short-range wireless transmission area as the second mobile terminal based on a comparison of the first location information with the second location information. An instruction is sent to the first mobile terminal instructing the first mobile terminal to send a notification addressed to the second mobile terminal using a short-range wireless transmission protocol responsive to a determination that the first mobile terminal is in the same short-range wireless transmission area as the second mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Håkan Jonsson
  • Patent number: 9786321
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display to output a video, a user interface for controlling a navigation in the video along a time axis, and a processing device. The processing device is configured, when operating in an operating mode in which an object shown in a plurality of frames of the video is selected by a user input, to determine a magnitude of a speed vector of the object, and to apply a time scaling factor which depends on the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object to the navigation along the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Lars Nord, Hakan Jonsson, Ola Thorn, Par-Anders Aronsson
  • Publication number: 20170013401
    Abstract: Location information of first and second mobile terminals may be received at an application server. Location information may include a cellular position and/or a Wi-Fi access point identifier. It is determined whether the first mobile terminal is in a same short-range wireless transmission area as the second mobile terminal based on a comparison of the first location information with the second location information. An instruction is sent to the first mobile terminal instructing the first mobile terminal to send a notification addressed to the second mobile terminal using a short-range wireless transmission protocol responsive to a determination that the first mobile terminal is in the same short-range wireless transmission area as the second mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Håkan JONSSON
  • Publication number: 20160366528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system, an audio server, and a method for operating a communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Magnus Landqvist, Fredrik Johansson, Jonas Gustavsson, Hakan Jonsson, Peter lsberg, Olivier Moliner, Ola Thorn, Magnus Midholt
  • Publication number: 20160337303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of method and systems for approving or disapproving connection requests between devices. The present invention discloses a method for approving or disapproving a connection request between a first device and a second device, which method comprises sending, by the first device, a connection request to the second device, the connection request comprising an unique identifier of the first device, receiving, at the second device, the connection request from the first device, retrieving, by the second device, account information connected to the unique identifier of the first device from a database, determining, based on the account information, an amount of interconnectivity between the first device and the second device, approving the connection request if the amount of interconnectivity reaches a threshold amount of interconnectivity; and disapproving the connection request if the amount of interconnectivity does not reach the threshold amount of interconnectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Anders ISBERG, Håkan JONSSON
  • Patent number: 9479672
    Abstract: A system and method of preparing images captured by a lifelog camera for efficient transfer from the camera to another device. The lifelog camera generates a corresponding thumbnail for each image that it captures, and an automated analysis engine analyzes the thumbnails for interestingness and, in some cases, for similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandar Rodzevski, Hakan Jonsson, Ola Thorn
  • Publication number: 20160275986
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display to output a video, a user interface for controlling a navigation in the video along a time axis, and a processing device. The processing device is configured, when operating in an operating mode in which an object shown in a plurality of frames of the video is selected by a user input, to determine a magnitude of a speed vector of the object, and to apply a time scaling factor which depends on the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object to the navigation along the time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Lars Nord, Hakan Jonsson, Ola Thorn, Par-Anders Aronsson
  • Patent number: 9418043
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of utilizing a plurality of Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs) of an array processor. It is determined that a first quantity of the ALUs are scheduled to execute a function during a given processing cycle, with each ALU being scheduled to use a respective one of a plurality of selected input vectors as an input. It is also determined that a second quantity of the ALUs are not scheduled for use during the given processing cycle. A plurality of predicted future input vectors that differ from the plurality of selected input vectors are determined. The second quantity of ALUs are scheduled to execute the function during the given processing cycle using respective ones of the plurality of predicted future input vectors as inputs. After completion of the processing cycle, function outputs received from the first and second quantity of ALUs are cached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jim Rasmusson, Håkan Jonsson, Jonas Gustavsson, Anders Isberg
  • Patent number: 9380257
    Abstract: A portable electronic equipment comprises a first sensor to record media and at least one second sensor to capture data representing a physical condition of a user of the portable electronic equipment, the at least one second sensor being configured to capture the data in response to the first sensor recording the media. A processing device is interfaced with the at least one second sensor. The processing device is configured to retrieve the data captured by the at least one second sensor, to generate metadata for the recorded media based on the data, the metadata being indicative of the physical condition, and to cause the metadata to be stored in association with the recorded media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Pär-Anders Aronsson, Håkan Jonsson, David De Leon, Ola Thörn, Gunnar Klinghult
  • Patent number: 9323342
    Abstract: A system includes a processing logic and output logic. The processing logic is configured to receive information identifying points of interest, identify at least one of location or distance information from each of the points of interest to the system, and sort the points of interest based on the location or distance information. The output logic is configured to project information identifying the points of interest onto a surface, wherein the projected information is displayed in accordance with the sorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pär-Anders Aronsson, Henrik Sven Bengtsson, Håkan Jonsson, Linus Mårtensson, Ola Thörn
  • Patent number: 9313318
    Abstract: A media-reproduction device for adaptively reproducing media objects based upon social context of one or more people in proximity to the media-reproduction device is disclosed. The media-reproduction device includes an output device for reproducing a media object and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify a person in proximity to the media-reproduction device and to determine a social context based upon an analysis of social data corresponding to the identified person. The control circuit select at least one media object for reproduction on the output device based upon the social context and then reproduce the at least one media object on the output device. The media objects selected and reproduced on the output device can be adapted based upon changes in the social context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Hakan Jonsson, Andreas Kristensson, Anders Isberg
  • Publication number: 20160048943
    Abstract: A digital photograph is processed by receiving a communication related to the digital photograph from an application external to an image storage device that stores the digital photograph. Parameters related to the application are processed. The digital photograph is changed based on the parameters related to the application. Related methods, devices, and/or computer program products are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Isberg, Par-Anders Aronsson, Ola Thorn, Olivier Moliner, Hakan Jonsson
  • Publication number: 20160021277
    Abstract: A system and method of preparing images captured by a lifelog camera for efficient transfer from the camera to another device. The lifelog camera generates a corresponding thumbnail for each image that it captures, and an automated analysis engine analyzes the thumbnails for interestingness and, in some cases, for similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Alexandar Rodzevski, Hakan Jonsson, Ola Thorn
  • Publication number: 20150365575
    Abstract: A lifelog camera is configured to capture a digital image without user input that commands the capturing of the digital image. The lifelog camera includes a control circuit configured to detect a state transition in a signal from a sensor, the state transition indicative of a change in user activity; a camera module that captures the digital image under the control of the control circuit in response to the detection of the state transition; and a memory in which the digital image is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Håkan Jonsson, Ola Thörn, Kåre Agardh, Magnus Midholt, Erik Westenius, David de Léon
  • Publication number: 20150363356
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of utilizing a plurality of Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs) of an array processor. It is determined that a first quantity of the ALUs are scheduled to execute a function during a given processing cycle, with each ALU being scheduled to use a respective one of a plurality of selected input vectors as an input. It is also determined that a second quantity of the ALUs are not scheduled for use during the given processing cycle. A plurality of predicted future input vectors that differ from the plurality of selected input vectors are determined. The second quantity of ALUs are scheduled to execute the function during the given processing cycle using respective ones of the plurality of predicted future input vectors as inputs. After completion of the processing cycle, function outputs received from the first and second quantity of ALUs are cached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Jim Rasmusson, Håkan Jonsson, Jonas Gustavsson, Anders Isberg
  • Publication number: 20150365591
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method implemented by a computing device is disclosed. Images from a sequence of images that depicts a scene are displayed on an electronic display. User input is received that selects an image from the sequence to be used as a base image. User input is also received that selects an object from the sequence of images. A movement trajectory of the selected object is determined from the sequence of images. The selected object is repositioned based on user input that drags the selected object along the determined movement trajectory from an initial position to a new position. A new image is created by combining the base image and the repositioned object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Pär-Anders Aronsson, Håkan Jonsson, Lars Nord, Ola Thörn
  • Publication number: 20150358782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an system for displaying viewscreen information on a display in a mobile communication device, wherein the viewscreen information is related to information shown on a viewscreen, wherein the method comprise the steps of determining a direction to the viewscreen from the mobile communication device, communicating the determined direction to a server, determining, in the server, viewscreen information based on the direction to the viewscreen, wherein the viewscreen information is related to information displayed on the viewscreen, receiving viewscreen information from the server in the mobile communication device and displaying the viewscreen information on the display in the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Klinghult, Hakan Jonsson, Andreas Kristensson, Ola Thorn