Patents by Inventor Pertti Ranttila

Pertti Ranttila 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: 10998006
    Abstract: A method for producing binaural immersive audio for audio-visual content. The method includes: receiving audio-visual content including video and audio; identifying audio-producing object(s) represented in given frame of video; analysing audio corresponding to given frame using first process (FP) to extract first audio track candidate; analysing audio corresponding to given frame using second process (SP) to extract second audio track candidate; determining first and second time-based match scores for first and second audio track candidates, respectively, based on match between given audio track candidate and audio-producing object(s) in given frame; selecting, for given frame of the video, at least one of first audio track candidate and second audio track candidate as playback audio based on first and second time-based match scores; and processing playback audio to produce the binaural immersive audio for the given frame of the video in the audio-visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd
    Inventors: David Oliva, Pertti Ranttila, Lasse Pouru
  • Patent number: 10820131
    Abstract: A method and system for creating binaural immersive audio for an audiovisual content. The method includes steps of receiving the video and the audio; selecting at least one frame of the video; analyzing the selected frame of the video to identify audio contributing object within the frame; analyzing at least one portion of the audio; associating the analyzed audio with the corresponding identified audio contributing object within the frame; using the association to generate the binaural audio for the audiovisual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Turku University of Applied Sciences LTD
    Inventors: David Oliva Elorza, Pertti Ranttila