Patents by Inventor Juha Urhonen

Juha Urhonen 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: 11461073
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided A controllable loudspeaker, the loudspeaker comprising a speaker element and a digital signal processor comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to receive a multicasted control signal, alter the behavior of the loudspeaker in response to the said control signal, wherein the altering of the behavior comprises applying settings stored in the memory of the digital signal processor of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Genelec Oy
    Inventors: Kimmo Raatikainen, Jussi Tikkanen, Marko Koponen, Juha Urhonen, Kari Pöyhönen
  • Publication number: 20210149621
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided A controllable loudspeaker, the loudspeaker comprising a speaker element and a digital signal processor comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to receive a multicasted control signal, alter the behavior of the loudspeaker in response to the said control signal, wherein the altering of the behavior comprises applying settings stored in the memory of the digital signal processor of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Kimmo Raatikainen, Jussi Tikkanen, Marko Koponen, Juha Urhonen, Kari Pöyhönen
  • Patent number: 10490180
    Abstract: In accordance with an example aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to derive, from first digital information describing a system impulse response caused by a loudspeaker to a first location in a first room, second digital information describing a cancelling impulse response, determine, for samples comprised in the second digital information, at least one of a delay value describing how much the samples are to be shifted in time and a gain factor describing how much the samples' magnitude is to be adjusted, so that an energy associated with a sum of the system impulse response and the cancelling impulse response is reduced, and employ the determined at least one of the delay value and the gain factor to generate a cancelling signal, and to ad
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Genelec Oy
    Inventor: Juha Urhonen
  • Patent number: 10448179
    Abstract: According to an exemplary aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising: at least one loudspeaker element, at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus to produce sound via the loudspeaker element, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to adjust the sound according to criteria stored in the at least one memory, wherein the criteria comprise a wide bandwidth roll-off using at least one parametric shelving filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Genelec Oy
    Inventors: Aki Mäkivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen, Thomas Lund
  • Publication number: 20180359581
    Abstract: According to an exemplary aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising: at least one loudspeaker element, at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus to produce sound via the loudspeaker element, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to adjust the sound according to criteria stored in the at least one memory, wherein the criteria comprise a wide bandwidth roll-off using at least one parametric shelving filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Genelec Oy
    Inventors: Aki MÄKIVIRTA, Jussi TIKKANEN, Juha URHONEN, Thomas LUND
  • Publication number: 20180268802
    Abstract: In accordance with an example aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to derive, from first digital information describing a system impulse response caused by a loudspeaker to a first location in a first room, second digital information describing a cancelling impulse response, determine, for samples comprised in the second digital information, at least one of a delay value describing how much the samples are to be shifted in time and a gain factor describing how much the samples' magnitude is to be adjusted, so that an energy associated with a sum of the system impulse response and the cancelling impulse response is reduced, and employ the determined at least one of the delay value and the gain factor to generate a cancelling signal, and to ad
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Juha Urhonen
  • Patent number: 9706330
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to present a graphical user interface comprising a spatial representation and at least one element, the element being associated with at least one specific physical loudspeaker, and receive input concerning moving of the at least one element within the spatial representation, activate a sensory signal in a physical loudspeaker associated with the first element, determine a location in the spatial representation where the first element is moved to, and based at least in part on the determined location, assign a name to at least the first element and the physical loudspeaker associated with the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Genelec Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen, Aki Mäkivirta, William Eggleston, Pekka Moilanen, Kari Pöyhönen
  • Publication number: 20160080887
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to present a graphical user interface comprising a spatial representation and at least one element, the element being associated with at least one specific physical loudspeaker, and receive input concerning moving of the at least one element within the spatial representation, activate a sensory signal in a physical loudspeaker associated with the first element, determine a location in the spatial representation where the first element is moved to, and based at least in part on the determined location, assign a name to at least the first element and the physical loudspeaker associated with the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen, Aki Mäkivirta, William Eggleston, Pekka Moilanen, Kari Pöyhönen
  • Patent number: 8798280
    Abstract: The present publication describes a calibration method and apparatus, in which an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analyzed, and the system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results. The calibration signal is formed in the loudspeaker in such a way that it is essentially a sinusoidal signal, the frequency of which scans at least substantially through the entire audio frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Genelec Oy
    Inventors: Andrew Goldberg, Aki Makivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen
  • Patent number: 8175284
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a sound-reproduction system, in which method an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and the loudspeaker system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results. The operator is permitted to made additional alterations to the settings of the loudspeaker system on the basis of the measurement performed, the effects of the alterations are calculated and displayed to the operator without additional measurements, and the additional settings are implemented in real time in the loudspeaker system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Genele Oy
    Inventors: Andrew Goldberg, Aki Makivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen
  • Publication number: 20100303250
    Abstract: The present publication describes a calibration method and apparatus, in which an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and the system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results. The calibration signal is formed in the loudspeaker in such a way that it is essentially a sinusoidal signal, the frequency of which scans at least substantially through the entire audio frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: GENELEC OY
    Inventors: Andrew Goldberg, Aki Makivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen
  • Publication number: 20100202624
    Abstract: A method and means for a sound-reproduction system. The means include a first opening arrangement for a microphone, and a second opening arrangement for a microphone stand, formed in an essentially planar elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: GENELEC OY
    Inventors: Jari Mäkinen, Aki Mäkivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen
  • Publication number: 20090180632
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a sound-reproduction system, in which method an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and the loudspeaker system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results. The operator is permitted to made additional alterations to the settings of the loudspeaker system on the basis of the measurement performed, the effects of the alterations are calculated and displayed to the operator without additional measurements, and the additional settings are implemented in real time in the loudspeaker system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: GENELEC OY
    Inventors: Andrew Goldberg, Aki Makivirta, Jussi Tikkanen, Juha Urhonen