Patents by Inventor Juhani Savolainen

Juhani Savolainen 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).

  • Enhancing vehicle system control
    Patent number: 9792801
    Abstract: A method for alertness control of a vehicle operator includes obtaining, by an apparatus, physiological status data of a person acquired using at least one sensor including at least a biosignal sensor; determining, based on at least the physiological status data, at least one alertness value being indicative of alertness level of the person; determining, by comparing the at least one alertness value to at least one alertness reference value, whether the alertness level of the person is below a threshold alertness level for operating the vehicle; and as a response to the determining that the alertness level is below the threshold alertness level, causing an output of a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: POLAR ELECTRO OY
    Inventors: Juhani Savolainen, Topi Korhonen
  • ENHANCING VEHICLE SYSTEM CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170053513
    Abstract: A method for alertness control of a vehicle operator includes obtaining, by an apparatus, physiological status data of a person acquired using at least one sensor including at least a biosignal sensor; determining, based on at least the physiological status data, at least one alertness value being indicative of alertness level of the person; determining, by comparing the at least one alertness value to at least one alertness reference value, whether the alertness level of the person is below a threshold alertness level for operating the vehicle; and as a response to the determining that the alertness level is below the threshold alertness level, causing an output of a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Juhani Savolainen, Topi Korhonen
  • Cost control in a telecommunications system
    Patent number: 6892063
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based and normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Jarmo Juhani Savolainen
  • Cost control in a telecommunications system
    Publication number: 20010023181
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based and normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventor: Jarmo Juhani Savolainen