Patents by Inventor Sami Niemi

Sami Niemi 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: 10212365
    Abstract: A method includes maintaining images and associated video streams; detecting a swipe gesture of a user on a touch sensitive display, wherein the swipe gesture comprises direction and speed information; and selecting an image based on the direction information of the swipe gesture. The method includes adjusting a playback of an associated video stream based on the direction and the speed information of the swipe gesture; providing the associated video stream on the display during the swipe gesture, for creating a motion effect relating to the image; and providing the image on the display after the swipe gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 10200257
    Abstract: There is disclosed means for in a communications device enabling an indirect communications channel between the communications device and at least one further communications device. A data service selected from a set of data services is associated with an identity code. The identity code identifies the communications device. Data related to the identity code is transmitted to a server. The data is preferably transmitted through a radio-frequency based communications interface. The identity code is broadcasting during a predetermined period of time and intended to be received by the at least one further communications device. The broadcast is preferably transmitted through a short-range non-radio frequency based communications interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 10020997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communications systems, and more particularly to enabling one communications device to access data, such as a set of multimedia objects, accessible by another communications device. Identity code information is communicated between the communications devices and the server, wherein a representation of the identity code is communicated from one of the communications devices to the other of the communications devices and then to the server. The identity code is associated with data accessible by one of the communications device and the data is associated with access rights. The server is thereby able to associate specific communications devices, access rights and contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Publication number: 20180077361
    Abstract: A method includes maintaining images and associated video streams; detecting a swipe gesture of a user on a touch sensitive display, wherein the swipe gesture comprises direction and speed information; and selecting an image based on the direction information of the swipe gesture. The method includes adjusting a playback of an associated video stream based on the direction and the speed information of the swipe gesture; providing the associated video stream on the display during the swipe gesture, for creating a motion effect relating to the image; and providing the image on the display after the swipe gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9883117
    Abstract: A method includes maintaining images and associated video streams; detecting a swipe gesture of a user on a touch sensitive display, wherein the swipe gesture comprises direction and speed information; and selecting an image based on the direction information of the swipe gesture. The method includes adjusting a playback of an associated video stream based on the direction and the speed information of the swipe gesture; providing the associated video stream on the display during the swipe gesture, for creating a motion effect relating to the image; and providing the image on the display after the swipe gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9792012
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for selecting an image comprises forming a group of digital image representations, displaying a first digital image representation of the group of digital image representations on a touch sensitive display, generating a position signal in response to a detection of a pointing device on the touch sensitive display, said position signal indicating a touch position, identifying a selected position within the displayed first digital image representation based on the position signal, generating a zoom-in signal in response to a detection of the pointing device sliding away from the touch position on the touch display, said zoom signal indicating a sliding distance from the touch position, displaying an enlarged representation of the first digital image representation in response to the zoom-in signal, generating a shift signal in response to a detection of a second sliding motion of the fingertip on the touch sensitive display, and displaying a second digital image repr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9544498
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for forming images, comprising: providing a plurality of images, each image including a first image part and a second image part, and each image depicting a respective partial view, wherein there is an overlap between partial views depicted in pairs of consecutive images, forming a first combined image from said first image parts, which first combined image depicts a first continuous view, and forming a second combined image from said second image parts, which second combined image depicts a second continuous view, wherein the first and the second continuous views overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9432583
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of providing an adjusted digital image representation of a view, the method comprising providing a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera; determining an initial representation of the view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of said set; sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display; providing a secondary image based on image data of at least a second image of said set, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and sending, in response to receiving a user command, the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9396569
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for seamlessly replacing areas in a digital image with corresponding data from temporally close digital images depicting substantially the same scene. The method uses localized image registration error minimization over a fixed preliminary boundary. A least cost closed path which constitutes a boundary for the area to be replaced is calculated using dynamic programming. The replacement area is blended such that image data information from one image is seamlessly replaced with image data information from another image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Alexander Lindskog, Gustaf Pettersson, Ulf Holmstedt, Johan Windmark, Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9344642
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of capturing images using a camera. The method comprises analyzing a view depicted by the digital camera and determining, based on the analysis, a subset of configurations of the digital camera. The method further comprises capturing, in response to a detection of an image capturing command at the camera, a set of at least two images using at least two different configurations of said subset of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: MOBILE IMAGING IN SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, David Fredh
  • Patent number: 9258354
    Abstract: There is disclosed means for uploading/downloading images to/from a remote server and for viewing the same. The uploading/downloading of the images to/from the remote server is parallel instead of serial. This means that the images, instead of being transferred as a sequential stream of bytes, instead are arranged in scans of image data in such a way that the uploaded/downloaded images can be browsed early albeit at a lower quality than if the entire image data is considered. As in the serial case, it is possible to interrupt the uploading/downloading process at any time, and still browse the received image data. Likewise it is possible to re-start the uploading/downloading process in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Johan Gulliksson, Sami Niemi, Martin Andersson
  • Patent number: 9196069
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for seamlessly replacing areas in a digital image with corresponding data from temporally close digital images depicting substantially the same scene. The method uses localized image registration error minimization over a fixed preliminary boundary. A least cost closed path which constitutes a boundary for the area to be replaced is calculated using dynamic programming. The replacement area is blended such that image data information from one image is seamlessly replaced with image data information from another image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Alexander Lindskob, Gustaf Pettersson, Ulf Holmstedt, Johan Windmark, Sami Niemi
  • Publication number: 20150256763
    Abstract: A method includes maintaining images and associated video streams; detecting a swipe gesture of a user on a touch sensitive display, wherein the swipe gesture comprises direction and speed information; and selecting an image based on the direction information of the swipe gesture. The method includes adjusting a playback of an associated video stream based on the direction and the speed information of the swipe gesture; providing the associated video stream on the display during the swipe gesture, for creating a motion effect relating to the image; and providing the image on the display after the swipe gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Patent number: 9066111
    Abstract: There is provided a method and a device for encoding a digital representation of an image into a single encoded image, comprising: generating at least two subsequent image data sequences each representing a portion of the digital representation of the image, inputting to an encoder (104) each of said subsequent image data sequences as if each image data sequence is an individual digital representations of an image, encoding each subsequent image data sequence into a variable length coded image, thereby generating at least two variable length coded images each representing a portion of the single encoded image, inserting a restart marker as terminating data of at least one of the variable length coded images, inserting an end of image marker as terminating data of one of the variable length coded images representing a final portion of the single encoded image, and associating the variable length coded images with each other by arranging them as subsequent parts of a single encoded data sequence representing th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, Johan Stén
  • Patent number: 8896614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for browsing images and an Image browser. The browsing is performed on a display of an electronic device having an image cache and includes the acts of determining an image, from accessible images not already stored in the image cache, being more likely to be displayed during the browsing than one image already stored in the image cache, storing the determined image in the image cache, shifting images presented on the display in response to a user input and at an image shifting rate of S. Said shifting images includes reading image data from the image cache and present the image on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, Martin Jacobsson
  • Publication number: 20140317186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mechanisms for sharing media items connected to an event between user accounts. An event for media items is created where the event is associated with a context. The created event is associated with a user account. The created event is shared with at least one further user account. The user account and the at least one further user account are associated with a specified subset of user accounts from at least one group of user accounts. Captured media items are connected to the created event. The captured media items are associated with the user account or the at least one further user account. The user account and the at least one further user are provided access to the connected media items. The connected media items are thereby enabled to be shared amongst the user account and the at least one further user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, David Fredh, Martin Henriz, Marcus Hast
  • Publication number: 20140293113
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of providing an adjusted digital image representation of a view, the method comprising providing a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera; determining an initial representation of the view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of said set; sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display; providing a secondary image based on image data of at least a second image of said set, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and sending, in response to receiving a user command, the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Sami Niemi
  • Publication number: 20140237083
    Abstract: There is disclosed means for uploading/downloading images to/from a remote server and for viewing the same. The uploading/downloading of the images to/from the remote server is parallel instead of serial. This means that the images, instead of being transferred as a sequential stream of bytes, instead are arranged in scans of image data in such a way that the uploaded/downloaded images can be browsed early albeit at a lower quality than if the entire image data is considered. As in the serial case, it is possible to interrupt the uploading/downloading process at any time, and still browse the received image data. Likewise it is possible to re-start the uploading/downloading process in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Mobile Imaging In SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Manuel Astudillo, Johan Gulliksson, Sami Niemi, Martin Andersson
  • Publication number: 20140184852
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of capturing images using a camera. The method comprises analyzing a view depicted by the digital camera and determining, based on the analysis, a subset of configurations of the digital camera. The method further comprises capturing, in response to a detection of an image capturing command at the camera, a set of at least two images using at least two different configurations of said subset of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, David Fredh
  • Publication number: 20140177975
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for seamlessly replacing areas in a digital image with corresponding data from temporally close digital images depicting substantially the same scene. The method uses localized image registration error minimization over a fixed preliminary boundary. A least cost closed path which constitutes a boundary for the area to be replaced is calculated using dynamic programming. The replacement area is blended such that image data information from one image is seamlessly replaced with image data information from another image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
    Inventors: Alexander Lindskob, Gustaf Pettersson, Ulf Holmstedt, Johan Windmark, Sami Niemi