Patents by Inventor Lasse Laaksonen
Lasse Laaksonen 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).
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Publication number: 20240147179Abstract: An apparatus configured to: generate at least one ambience component representation, wherein the ambience component representation comprises: at least one respective diffuse background audio signal, and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with the at least one respective diffuse background audio signal; and output the at least one ambience component representation, wherein the at least one ambience component representation is configured to be used in rendering an ambience audio signal, based on the at least one respective diffuse background audio signal, the at least one parameter of the at least one ambience component representation, and at least one of: a rendering position, or a rendering direction, relative to a defined position within an audio field.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Lasse Laaksonen
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Publication number: 20240127828Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining values for parameters representing an audio signal, the values comprising at least one directional value and at least one energy ratio value for each sub-band of at least two sub-bands of a frame of the audio signal; determining a penalty value for each sub-band; and on a sub-band by sub-band basis: selecting a sub-band based on the penalty value; and encoding, for the selected sub-band, the at least one directional value for each sub-band; distributing any bits allocated for encoding the selected sub-band at least one directional value which are not used in the encoding of the at least one directional value to succeeding selections of sub-bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Adriana VASILACHE, Anssi RÄMÖ, Lasse LAAKSONEN, Tapani PIHLAJAKUJA, Mikko-Ville LAITINEN
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Publication number: 20240129683Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene; render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Antti ERONEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Jussi LEPPANEN, Lasse LAAKSONEN
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Patent number: 11962993Abstract: An apparatus for audio signal processing audio objects within at least one audio scene, the apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to: define for at least one time period at least one contextual grouping comprising at least two of a plurality of audio objects and at least one further audio object of the plurality of audio objects outside of the at least one contextual grouping, the plurality of audio objects within at least one audio scene; and define with respect to the at least one contextual grouping at least one first parameter and/or parameter rule type which is configured to be applied with respect to a common element associated with the at least two of the plurality of audio objects and wherein the at least one first parameter and/or parameter rule type is configured to be applied with respect to individual element associated with the at least one further audio object outside of the at least one contextual grouping, the at least one first parameter and/or parameter rule type being appliType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo, Arto Lehtiniemi
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Patent number: 11956615Abstract: An apparatus including means configured to: obtain at least one audio stream, wherein the at least one audio stream includes one or more transport audio signals, wherein the one or more transport audio signals is a defined type of transport audio signal; and convert the one or more transport audio signals to at least one or more further transport audio signals, the one or more further transport audio signals being a further defined type of transport audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Lasse Laaksonen, Juha Vilkamo
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Patent number: 11943603Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for: receiving information on a position of at least one user with respect to a spatial audio field provided by an audio source device, determining an audio volume level at the position of the at least one user, receiving information relating to background noise generated by the audio source device when providing the spatial audio field, determining, based on the audio volume level at the position of the at least one user and the information relating to the background noise, control information for controlling the audio source device, and controlling the audio source device based on the control information when providing the spatial audio field.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi, Lasse Laaksonen, Mikko-Ville Laitinen
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Patent number: 11930350Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: providing an incoming audio indication in response to incoming audio (41), the incoming audio indication comprising visual representations of a plurality of audio modes (55-58); receiving at least one input from a user (59) for selecting one of the plurality of audio modes (42); and rendering audio (43) based, at least partially, on the selected audio mode, wherein one or more parameters of the rendered audio are determined based on the selected audio mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate, Antti Eronen
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Patent number: 11924627Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured for: defining at least one ambience audio representation, the ambience audio representation includes at least one respective diffuse background audio signal and at least one parameter, the at least one parameter associated with the at least one respective diffuse background audio signal and further associated with at least one frequency range or at least one part of the frequency range, at least one time period or at least one part of the time period and a directional range for a defined position within an audio field, wherein the at least one ambience component representation is configured to be used in rendering an ambiance audio signal by a 6-degrees-of-freedom or enhanced 3-degrees-of-freedom Tenderer by processing, based on the at least one ambience audio representation and a listener position and/or direction, the respective diffuse background audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Lasse Laaksonen
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Publication number: 20240071394Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one audio scene including at least one audio signal; obtain orientation information associated with the apparatus, wherein the orientation information includes information associated with a default scene orientation and orientation of the apparatus; encode the at least one audio signal; encode the orientation information; and output or store the encoded at least one audio signal and encoded orientation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Lasse LAAKSONEN
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Patent number: 11917392Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising means for providing first positional data indicative of a first user position in a virtual space which comprises a plurality of audio objects. The means may also be for receiving, based at least partially on the first positional data, data indicative of a first allocation of the audio objects into a prioritized order or into one of a plurality of prioritized groups in which each group has a respective priority order, and receiving audio data associated with at least some of the audio objects. The means may also be for rendering the received audio data for at least some of the audio objects associated with the received audio data, based on the first allocation data, in which audio objects with a higher priority or in a higher priority group are rendered with priority over audio objects allocated with a lower priority or in a lower priority group.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Antti Eronen, Jussi Leppänen
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Patent number: 11902768Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene; render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Jussi Leppanen, Lasse Laaksonen
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Publication number: 20230402053Abstract: There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for spatial audio encoding comprising: means for determining a first spatial audio parameter of a frequency sub band of one or more audio signals and a second spatial audio parameter of the frequency sub band of the one or more audio signals; and means for combining the first spatial audio parameter and the second spatial audio parameter to provide a combined spatial audio parameter for the frequency sub band.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Mikko-Ville LAITINEN, Lasse LAAKSONEN, Anssi RÄMÖ, Tapani PIHLAJAKUJA, Adriana VASILACHE
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Patent number: 11832078Abstract: An apparatus configured to: determine, for two or more speaker channel audio signals, at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determine, between the two or more speaker channel audio signals, at least one coherence parameter, wherein the at least one coherence parameter is configured to provide at least one inter-channel coherence information between the two or more speaker channel audio signals for respective ones of at least two frequency bands of the two or more speaker channel audio signals; determine at least one value based, at least partially, on the at least one coherence information, wherein the at least one value is configured to indicate at least one information associated with the at least one inter-channel coherence information; and transmit the at least one spatial audio parameter and the at least one determined value.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Lasse Laaksonen, Juha Vilkamo, Tapani Pihlajakuja
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Publication number: 20230377587Abstract: There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for audio encoding configured to compare an audio parameter against a threshold value and against a value dependent on a previous quantized audio parameter; calculate a quantized audio parameter as the previous quantized audio parameter increased by a predetermined value; and calculate the quantized audio parameter as the previous quantized audio parameter multiplied by a factor value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Anssi RÄMÖ, Mikko-Ville LAITINEN, Lasse LAAKSONEN
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Patent number: 11825287Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive at least two audio signals; determine at least one parameter associated with at least two audio signals, wherein the at least one parameter is configured to represent an ambiance energy distribution of the at least two audio signals, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with, at least, a respective energy of ambient sound of the at least two audio signals in a plurality of directions; determine at least one directional parameter; and provide, using at least one of the at least two audio signals, at least one output audio signal based on, at least, the at least one directional parameter and the at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter controls ambiance energy distribution of the at least one output signal according to the ambience energy distribution of the at least two audio signals in the plurality of directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Antti Eronen, Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Juha Vilkamo, Lasse Laaksonen, Anssi Ramo
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Publication number: 20230370803Abstract: An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal, the at least one spatial audio signal comprising at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter; determine at least one first audio signal based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial audio signal and the at least one of the user position or orientation; obtain at least one augmentation audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal has a different audio format than an audio format of the at least one spatial audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal provides a different type of media content; determine at least one second audio signal based, at least partially, on at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal; and mix the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Lasse LAAKSONEN, Antti ERONEN, Kari Juhani JARVINEN
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Patent number: 11758349Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured for: obtaining at least one spatial audio signal which can be rendered consistent with a content consumer user movement, the at least one spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter associated with the at least one audio signal, wherein the at least one audio signal defines an audio scene; rendering the at least one spatial audio signal to be at least partially consistent with a content consumer user movement and obtain at least one first rendered audio signal; obtaining at least one augmentation audio signal; rendering at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal to obtain at least one augmentation rendered audio signal; mixing the at least one first rendered audio signal and the at least one augmentation rendered audio signal to generate at least one output audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Antti Eronen, Kari Juhani Jarvinen
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Patent number: 11729574Abstract: A method including: obtaining at least one spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal, wherein the at least one spatial audio signal at least partially defines an audio scene; obtaining at least one augmentation audio signal; determining at least two audio objects based upon the at least one augmentation audio signal; determining audio-object dependency information for the determined at least two audio objects; and augmenting the audio scene based, at least partially, on both the determined at least two audio objects and the determined audio-object dependency information.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Lasse Laaksonen
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Publication number: 20230232182Abstract: An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal that defines an audio scene forming at least in part an immersive media content; obtain metadata associated with the at least one spatial audio signal; obtain at least one augmentation control parameter associated with the at least one spatial audio signal; obtain at least one augmentation audio signal; render an output audio signal that is based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial audio signal, the metadata associated with the at least one spatial audio signal, the at least one augmentation control parameter, and the at least one augmentation audio signal; and obtain an indication that at least part of the at least one spatial audio signal has been omitted from the output audio signal based, at least partially, on at least part of the at least one augmentation audio signal included in the output audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventor: Lasse LAAKSONEN
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Publication number: 20230197086Abstract: There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for spatial audio encoding comprising: means for determining at least two of a type of spatial audio parameter for one or more audio signals, wherein a first of the type of spatial audio parameter is associated with a first group of samples in a domain of the one or more audio signals and a second of the type of spatial audio parameter is associated with a second group of samples in the domain of the one or more audio signals; and means for merging the first of the type of spatial audio parameter and the second of the type of spatial audio parameter into a merged spatial audio parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Mikko-Ville LAITINEN, Lasse LAAKSONEN, Adriana VASILACHE, Tapani PIHLAJAKUJA, Anssi RÄMÖ