Patents by Inventor Hannu Kauppinen

Hannu Kauppinen 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: 8458143
    Abstract: An information system including subscriber stations (MS), at least two service sources (2 to 5) providing a respective service to subscriber stations of the system, and an access point (1) arranged to analyze a service request in order to forward the service request to the service source (2) offering the service, the service sources (2 to 5) being arranged to analyze a received service request in order to provide the subscriber station (MS) with the requested service. In order to improve the user friendliness of the system said system further includes a memory (7) for storing service requests which have led to successful identification of the requested service, and an error correction device (6) arranged to correct a received service request by utilizing the service requests stored in the memory (7) if no service source or no service can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Syslore Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Loven, Jorkki Hyvonen, Henri Tykka, Jukka Laurila, Hannu Kauppinen, Pasi Salento, Timo Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 8115680
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Klaus Doppler, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Jani Ollikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Antti Kainulainen, Juha O. Juntunen
  • Patent number: 8009099
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Klaus Doppler, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Jani Ollikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Antti Kainulainen, Juha O. Juntunen
  • Patent number: 7978137
    Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Antti Kainulainen, Vuokko Nurmela
  • Publication number: 20100309058
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo KALLIOLA, Klaus Doppler, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Jani Ollikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Antti Kainulainen, Juha O. Juntunen
  • Publication number: 20100085257
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimmo KALLIOLA, Klaus DOPPLER, Hannu KAUPPINEN, Joni JANTUNEN, Jani OLLIKAINEN, Tuukka LEHTINIEMI, Antti KAINULAINEN, Juha O. JUNTUNEN
  • Patent number: 7667646
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Klaus Doppler, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Jani Ollikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Antti Kainulainen, Juha O Juntunen
  • Patent number: 7548203
    Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Antti Kainulainen, Vuokko Nurmela
  • Publication number: 20080160930
    Abstract: A system, including: an electrical network fitted to a building, for distributing electrical power within the building to make the building operational, the network comprising a plurality of nodes for outputting the electrical power each node comprising a receptacle for receiving a lighting element; and a plurality of radio devices, retrofitted to the operational building, wherein each of the radio devices is operable, when powered via a respective node of the network, to transmit data relating to positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Hannu Kauppinen
  • Publication number: 20080150804
    Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimmo KALLIOLA, Hannu KAUPPINEN, Joni JANTUNEN, Antti KAINULAINEN, Vuokko NURMELA
  • Publication number: 20080068265
    Abstract: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be used to determine an appropriate configuration for the device. Further, the sensor information may also be used to affect the behavior of the device while performing the DoA estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimmo KALLIOLA, Hannu KAUPPINEN, Joni JANTUNEN, Antti KAINULAINEN, Vuokko NURMELA
  • Publication number: 20070197229
    Abstract: A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Kimmo Kalliola, Klaus Doppler, Hannu Kauppinen, Joni Jantunen, Jani Ollikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Antti Kainulainen, Juha Juntunen
  • Publication number: 20070002805
    Abstract: An antenna pattern can be modified in a radio system including at least one user terminal and at least one base station. A user terminal and a base station communicate using at least two channels of different type with time slots of a time division multiple access method. The base station forms at least two different antenna patterns per each channel, the at least two antenna patterns of each channel differing from each other in a vertical direction during at least two different time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Juha Laurila, Hannu Kauppinen
  • Publication number: 20060136573
    Abstract: An information system including subscriber stations (MS), at least two service sources (2 to 5) providing a respective service to subscriber stations of the system, and an access point (1) arranged to analyze a service request in order to forward the service request to the service source (2) offering the service, the service sources (2 to 5) being arranged to analyze a received service request in order to provide the subscriber station (MS) with the requested service. In order to improve the user friendliness of the system said system further includes a memory (7) for storing service requests which have led to successful identification of the requested service, and an error correction device (6) arranged to correct a received service request by utilizing the service requests stored in the memory (7) if no service source or no service can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Lauri Loven, Jorkki Hyvonen, Henri Tykka, Jukka Laurila, Hannu Kauppinen, Pasi Salento, Timo Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 6785547
    Abstract: A method and apparatus implement network planning in a radio system in a desired area. To determine transmitter coverage, a vector map describing the surroundings of the transmitter and containing a description of buildings and surfaces reflecting radio waves in the area is used. The transmitter signal strength is measured at points of a desired area. A subset is selected among the points, path attenuation is determined between all subset points using a ray tracing method, and the calculated values are stored in a memory. When performing network planning, a transmitter and a receiver are located at the points in the areas; a given number of the most significant signal paths among the possible signal propagation paths between the transmitter and the receiver is searched for using the values stored in the memory, and the transmitter signal strength is determined at the receipt location point using the ray tracing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kari Heiska, Olli Pekonen, Hannu Kauppinen