Patents by Inventor Juhani Rantalainen

Juhani Rantalainen 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: 20100289960
    Abstract: The method for modifying the content of a target area in a television image comprises generating an original image signal (PGM1) by means of a camera, processing the original image signal by adding graphics into the television image, determining the target area in the television image, transmitting further the processed image signal (PGM2) and the target area determining data, and inserting, at a later stage of the signal transmission chain, substitutive content to the target area according to the target area determining data. According to the present invention, the graphics is added into the television image according to a predetermined graphics percentage of coverage; and to the shared area of the target area and the additional graphics area, the substitutive content is inserted according to the residual percentage of coverage not covered by the added graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SUPPONOR OY
    Inventor: Erkki Aulis Juhani Rantalainen
  • Publication number: 20050053450
    Abstract: A method and a system utilizing the same, comprising two or more stacker cranes, of which each is intended to transfer at least one load independently, comprising a horizontally movable driving carriage and a lifting carriage arranged therein and intended for the manipulation and vertical transfer of said load. At least two stacker cranes are arranged to move, when necessary, to such a relative position in which it is possible to manipulate and transfer a load resting on the support of both lifting carriages simultaneously and to perform the movements of the driving carriages and the lifting carriages in a synchronized manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Fastems Oy Ab
    Inventors: Juhana Kantola, Matti Nurminen, Juhani Rantalainen, Tero Rapila, Jari Tikkala