Patents by Inventor Niilo Alfthan

Niilo Alfthan 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).

  • Electronic devices
    Patent number: 8205170
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus arranged to be able to perform a plurality of functions, one or more of a plurality of functions being selectively performable when the apparatus is placed in a corresponding functional mode, the apparatus having a user interface to allow user operation of the plurality of functions, each of the functions being user operable using a particular region of the electronic apparatus user interface, the apparatus comprising a user moveable cover arranged to be moveable into a plurality of positions, wherein each of the cover positions is associated with a particular functional mode of the apparatus and is arranged to cover one or more regions of the user interface not associated with the particular functional mode and to reveal one or more regions of the user interface associated with the particular functional mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian (Pip) Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20070294633
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus arranged to be able to perform a plurality of functions, one or more of a plurality of functions being selectively performable when the apparatus is placed in a corresponding functional mode, the apparatus having a user interface to allow user operation of the plurality of functions, each of the functions being user operable using a particular region of the electronic apparatus user interface, the apparatus comprising a user moveable cover arranged to be moveable into a plurality of positions, wherein each of the cover positions is associated with a particular functional mode of the apparatus and is arranged to cover one or more regions of the user interface not associated with the particular functional mode and to reveal one or more regions of the user interface associated with the particular functional mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, Wiliam Sermaon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crisplan (Pip) Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • Electronic devices
    Publication number: 20070273641
    Abstract: An electronic display for an electronic device, the display being arranged to be able to indicate one or more user commands on the display, one or more of the user commands being indicatable on the display to be associated with a particular movement direction, and wherein the display is arranged to be moveable in that direction with respect to the electronic device to provide signalling to initiate the user command associated with that particular direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • Electronic devices
    Publication number: 20070268264
    Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus comprising first and second parts being arranged to be foldable with respect to each other about a folding axis to define first and second apparatus folding configurations, wherein the first and second parts comprise respective first and second displays, wherein the device is arranged to have respective first and second operating modes according to whether the apparatus is in the first configuration or the second configuration, and wherein, in the first operating mode, the first display is arranged to act as a user input, and in the second operating mode, the first and second displays are arranged to act as displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • Handset
    Patent number: D559212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Niilo Alfthan
  • Set of key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D581918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Niilo Alfthan
  • Handset
    Patent number: D680512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yo Lu, Boris Landwehr, Niilo Alfthan, Jan Stillerman
  • Handset
    Patent number: D680513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yo Lu, Boris Landwehr, Niilo Alfthan, Jan Stillerman