Patents by Inventor Jussi Petteri Tikkanen

Jussi Petteri Tikkanen 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: 10038850
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compensating angular misalignment in Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) systems are described. In some embodiments, a method may include measuring an angle representing a misalignment between an actuator and an electronic component within a camera; and compensating for the misalignment using a rotation matrix, wherein the rotation matrix is calculated based upon the angle. In other embodiments, a camera may include an image sensor coupled to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); an OIS actuator coupled to the PCB and optically coupled to the image sensor, where the OIS actuator is physically misaligned with respect to the image sensor; and a controller coupled to the PCB, the controller configured to: measure an angle representing the misalignment; and compensate for the misalignment using a rotation matrix at the time of an image capture, where the rotation matrix is calculated based upon the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Juha Jorma Sakari Karttunen, Jussi Petteri Tikkanen
  • Patent number: 9513456
    Abstract: A lens driver circuit determines the resonant frequency at a number of positions that a lens can move to so that the lens can move from an old position to a new position in two steps where the second step occurs a delay time after the first step. The delay time can be one-half of the period of the resonant frequency at the new position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jussi Petteri Tikkanen, Juha Jorma Sakari Karttunen
  • Publication number: 20160088214
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compensating angular misalignment in Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) systems are described. In some embodiments, a method may include measuring an angle representing a misalignment between an actuator and an electronic component within a camera; and compensating for the misalignment using a rotation matrix, wherein the rotation matrix is calculated based upon the angle. In other embodiments, a camera may include an image sensor coupled to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); an OIS actuator coupled to the PCB and optically coupled to the image sensor, where the OIS actuator is physically misaligned with respect to the image sensor; and a controller coupled to the PCB, the controller configured to: measure an angle representing the misalignment; and compensate for the misalignment using a rotation matrix at the time of an image capture, where the rotation matrix is calculated based upon the angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Juha Jorma Sakari Karttunen, Jussi Petteri Tikkanen
  • Publication number: 20150370031
    Abstract: A lens driver circuit determines the resonant frequency at a number of positions that a lens can move to so that the lens can move from an old position to a new position in two steps where the second step occurs a delay time after the first step. The delay time can be one-half of the period of the resonant frequency at the new position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jussi Petteri Tikkanen, Juha Jorma Sakari Karttunen
  • Patent number: 8456093
    Abstract: A control module for driving an LED array, with the array including N number of LED current drivers connected to N number of electrical terminals of the module, and Y number of transistor switches connected between Y number of electrical terminals of the module and a common voltage point. N and Y are each at least three. An N number of column conductors and a Y number of row conductors are to be connected to the respective N and Y number of electrical terminals. At least one of the N×Y number of LEDs is connected between each pair of the column and row conductors. The control module further includes a controller for controlling the states of the N number of LED current drivers and the Y number of transistor switches so that, during a given LED drive period, all of the LED current drivers are activated and only one of the transistor switches is turned ON to provided a selected row conductor in which case only those LEDs connected to a selected row conductor are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ari Kalevi Väänänen, Jussi Petteri Tikkanen, Vladimir Trondin
  • Publication number: 20120242236
    Abstract: A control module for driving an LED array, with the array including N number of LED current drivers connected to N number of electrical terminals of the module, and Y number of transistor switches connected between Y number of electrical terminals of the module and a common voltage point. N and Y are each at least three. An N number of column conductors and a Y number of row conductors are to be connected to the respective N and Y number of electrical terminals. At least one of the N×Y number of LEDs is connected between each pair of the column and row conductors. The control module further includes a controller for controlling the states of the N number of LED current drivers and the Y number of transistor switches so that, during a given LED drive period, all of the LED current drivers are activated and only one of the transistor switches is turned ON to provided a selected row conductor in which case only those LEDs connected to a selected row conductor are activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: ARI KALEVI VÄÄNÄNEN, Jussi Petteri Tikkanen, Vladimir Trondin