Patents by Inventor Ossi Mäenpää

Ossi Mäenpää 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).

  • Continuous sound pressure level monitoring
    Patent number: 9609449
    Abstract: A device is disclosed, the device comprising a least one microphone, at least one output audio transducer driver, at least one processor, a storage comprising a set of instructions executed locally, wherein the set of instructions causes the processor to: continuously measure an ambient sound pressure level when the device is an on state, calculate a sound pressure level of the output audio transducer driver when the output audio transducer is active, combine the two sound pressure levels into a total sound pressure level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ossi Mäenpää
  • Controlling method, secondary unit and radio terminal equipment
    Patent number: 7672693
    Abstract: Radio terminal equipment of a communication system, the communication system comprising one or more secondary units coupled to the radio terminal equipment, the radio terminal equipment comprising: means for receiving information on audio characteristics optimising an audio signal of the secondary unit, means for converting the audio characteristics information into a form of an audio control algorithm used in the radio terminal equipment for performing a secondary unit audio control algorithm, means for optimising an audio signal of the secondary unit by using the secondary unit audio control algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Kallio, Jarmo Saari, Tommi Raussi, Ossi Mäenpää, Markus Vaalgamaa, Erkki Paajanen, Kimmo Kaukoranta, Andrew Bright