Patents by Inventor Mikko Tammi

Mikko Tammi 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: 20180206054
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method includes: obtaining at least three ambient audio signals wherein at least one of the ambient audio signals is to be processed with a first directional transfer function pair and at least one other of the ambient audio signals is to be processed with a second directional transfer function pair wherein the directional transfer function pairs to be used are based on target directions of the ambient audio signals; determining a change of the target direction for the at least one ambient audio signal to an updated target direction; selecting an updated directional transfer function pair associated with the updated target direction wherein the updated directional transfer function pair is selected from a plurality of directional transfer functions and the updated directional transfer function pair is more closely associated with the updated target direction than the first directional transfer function pair; and processing the at least one ambient audio sig
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi
  • Publication number: 20180192249
    Abstract: A method comprising determining an interaction navigational location, causing display of a perspective image that depicts a view of a portion of map information from the interaction navigational location, causing display of a video region indicator that indicates that video content is available at a video navigational location, the video content depicting a view of a portion of the map information from the video navigational location, determining that the interaction navigational location has changed such the interaction navigational location corresponds with the video navigational location, and causing rendering of the video content based, at least in part, on the interaction navigational location corresponding with the video navigational location is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Arto LEHTINIEMI, Lasse LAAKSONEN, Miikka VILERMO, Mikko TAMMI
  • Publication number: 20180182146
    Abstract: A method including causing display of a first visual information that is a view from a first geographical location, receiving, by the apparatus, an indication of availability of a second visual information that is a view from a second geographical location, the second geographical location being in a first direction from the first geographical location, determining a position in the first visual information that corresponds with the first direction, and causing display of at least a portion of the second visual information such that the portion of the second visual information overlays the first visual information at the position in the first visual information is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Lasse LAAKSONEN, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Mikko TAMMI, Miikka VILERMO
  • Publication number: 20180146316
    Abstract: A method comprising: causing targeting of a message to a first sub-set of users that receive messages, wherein the message is not targeted to a second sub-set of users that receive messages; and causing different spatial rendering of the message to the first sub-set of users compared to the second sub-set of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi, Arto Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 9788119
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two audio signals; a frequency domain transformer configured to transform the at least two audio signals into a frequency domain representation of the at least two signals; a spatial covariance processor configured to generate an observed spatial covariance matrix from the frequency domain representations of the at least two audio signals; a beamformer configured to generate a spatial covariance matrix model comprising at least one beamformer kernel; a matrix factorizer configured to generate a linear magnitude mode! of audio objects; to combine the spatial covariance matrix model and the linear magnitude model; and further configured to determine at least one combination parameter, such that the at least one parameter for the combination attempts to optimise the combination; and a separator configured to cluster the audio objects based on the at least one combination parameter to create separated audio sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi, Joonas Nikunen, Tuomas Virtanen
  • Patent number: 9781507
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a first audio former configured to generate a first formed audio signal from a first of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a second audio former configured to generate a second formed audio signal from the second of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; an audio analyzer configured to analyze the first formed audio signal and the second formed audio signal to determine at least one audio source and an associated audio source signal; and an audio signal synthesizer configured to generate at least one output audio signal based on the at least one audio source and the associated audio source signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jorma Mäkinen, Anu Huttunen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Publication number: 20170153788
    Abstract: A method comprising causing display of a representation of a three dimensional model, receiving information indicative of a first multiple implement input that is associated with a first number of implements, determining that the first multiple implement input is a non-depth multiple implement input based on the first number of implements, determining a first width and a first height in the three dimensional model based on the non-depth multiple implement input, receiving information indicative of a second multiple implement input that is associated with a second number of implements, the second number being different from the first number, determining that the second multiple implement input is a depth multiple implement input based on the second number of implements, and determining a second width, a second height, and a second depth in the three dimensional model based on the depth multiple implement input is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Miikka VILERMO, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Mikko TAMMI, Lasse LAAKSONEN
  • Publication number: 20170150062
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving first camera information from a first camera module that is configured to face in a first camera direction, causing display of at least part of the first camera information, receiving information indicative of a zoom input that corresponds with a zoom direction that signifies zooming out of the first camera information, determining that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond a zoom out threshold associated with the first camera information, receiving second camera information from a second camera module that is configured to face in a second camera direction based, at least in part, on the determination that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond the zoom out threshold, and causing display of at least part of the second camera information is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Toni Makinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 9632586
    Abstract: A method for an audio driver user interface comprising: capturing at least two audio signals (1 1, 14, 101); determining a trajectory of an audio source from the at least two audio signals (103); and generating a user interface input dependent on the trajectory of the audio source (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ravi Shenoy, Erika Reponen, Mikko Tammi, Anssi Rämö
  • Patent number: 9602732
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving first camera information from a first camera module that is configured to face in a first camera direction, causing display of at least part of the first camera information, receiving information indicative of a zoom input that corresponds with a zoom direction that signifies zooming out of the first camera information, determining that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond a zoom out threshold associated with the first camera information, receiving second camera information from a second camera module that is configured to face in a second camera direction based, at least in part, on the determination that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond the zoom out threshold, and causing display of at least part of the second camera information is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Toni Mäkinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 9570081
    Abstract: It is inter alia disclosed to provide a left signal representation associated with a left audio channel and a right signal representation associated with a right audio channel, each of the left and right signal representations being associated with a plurality of subbands of a frequency range, and to provide directional information associated with at least one subband of the plurality of subbands associated with the left and the right signal representation, the directional information being at least partially indicative of a direction of a sound source with respect to the left and right audio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi
  • Publication number: 20160351191
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving audio information by way of a plurality of microphones comprised by an apparatus, determining at least one spatial audio property of the audio information in relation to the apparatus, determining an operational directive based, at least in part, on the spatial audio property, and performing one or more operations in conformance with the operational directive is apparatus
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Miikka VILERMO, Arto LEHTINIEMI, Lasse LAAKSONEN, Mikko TAMMI
  • Publication number: 20160299738
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an image element determiner configured to determine at least one visual image element; a spatial audio analyser configured to determine, using at least two audio signals, at least one audio source with a location associated with the at least one visual image element; a user interface controller configured to provide at least one control input associated with the at least one visual element, and an audio processor configured to process the at least one audio source to change at least one audio characteristic of the at least one audio source based on the at least one control input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Toni Henrik Mäkinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Tapani Vilermo
  • Publication number: 20160266654
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program product for: associating an item in media content with a spatial location, receiving a user input corresponding to the spatial location and in response to receiving the user input, providing contextual information relating to the item, wherein the contextual information is dependent upon a previous occurrence of the item within the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Arto Lehtiniemi, Lasse Laaksonen, Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi
  • Publication number: 20160073198
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two audio signals; a frequency domain transformer configured to transform the at least two audio signals into a frequency domain representation of the at least two signals; a spatial covariance processor configured to generate an observed spatial covariance matrix from the frequency domain representations of the at least two audio signals; a beamformer configured to generate a spatial covariance matrix model comprising at least one beamformer kernel; a matrix factorizer configured to generate a linear magnitude mode! of audio objects; to combine the spatial covariance matrix model and the linear magnitude model; and further configured to determine at least one combination parameter, such that the at least one parameter for the combination attempts to optimise the combination; and a separator configured to cluster the audio objects based on the at least one combination parameter to create separated audio sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Miikka VILERMO, Mikko TAMMI, Joonas NIKUNEN, Tuomas VIRTANEN
  • Publication number: 20160041806
    Abstract: Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The method comprises: running, on a computing device having a multitasking environment with a foreground and a background, a first application in the foreground; running a second application on the computing device, in the background, concurrently with the first application; and responding to user input by enabling audio from the second application to be output by one or more loudspeakers while the second application remains in the background of the multitasking environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Publication number: 20160044410
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a first audio former configured to generate a first formed audio signal from a first of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a second audio former configured to generate a second formed audio signal from the second of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; an audio analyser configured to analyse the first formed audio signal and the second formed audio signal to determine at least one audio source and an associated audio source signal; and an audio signal synthesiser configured to generate at least one output audio signal based on the at least one audio source and the associated audio source signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jorma Mäkinen, Anu Huttunen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Publication number: 20150371643
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a channel analyser configured to analyse an audio signal comprising at least two audio channels to determine at least one parameter associated with a difference between the at least two audio channels; an encoding mode determiner configured to select a multichannel audio signal encoding dependent on the at least one parameter; and a channel encoder configured to encode the audio signal with the multichannel audio signal encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Anssi Ramo, Adriana Vasilache, Lasse Laaksonen, Miikka Vilermo, Mikko Tammi
  • Publication number: 20150326793
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving first camera information from a first camera module that is configured to face in a first camera direction, causing display of at least part of the first camera information, receiving information indicative of a zoom input that corresponds with a zoom direction that signifies zooming out of the first camera information, determining that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond a zoom out threshold associated with the first camera information, receiving second camera information from a second camera module that is configured to face in a second camera direction based, at least in part, on the determination that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond the zoom out threshold, and causing display of at least part of the second camera information is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Toni Mäkinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 9082397
    Abstract: An apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to select at least two single frequency components; generate an indicator, the indicator being configured to represent the at least two single frequency components and is configured to be dependent on the frequency separation between the two single frequency components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lasse Laaksonen, Mikko Tammi, Adriana Vasilache, Anssi Ramo