Patents by Inventor Tapani RANTAKOKKO

Tapani RANTAKOKKO 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: 9778740
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for tracking an interest of a first user within a panoramic visual content. The method comprises presenting the panoramic visual content to the first user on a display area of a device and determining a first view point within the panoramic visual content at a first timestamp, and a second view point within the panoramic visual content at a second timestamp. The method also comprises determining at least one orientation parameter for the first view point at the first timestamp and the second view point at the second timestamp relative to each other and computing the interest of the first user within the panoramic visual content using the at least one orientation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FINWE OY
    Inventors: Tapani Rantakokko, Juha Kela, Mikko Polojarvi, Lauri Pohjanheimo, Esko-Juhani Malm, Minna Rahkola, Tommi Einola
  • Patent number: 9569086
    Abstract: A user interface module includes a display and a motion detector arranged to detect a motion. The module is arranged to display an emulated movement of a graphical representation of a first object on the display according to a motion detected by the motion detector. The first object has a physical characteristic and the user interface module further includes a controller module arranged to generate the emulated movement based on the physical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Kalle Pikkujamsa, Jukka Linjama, Juha Kela, Panu Korpipaa, Sanna Kallio, Tapani Rantakokko
  • Publication number: 20160301862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for tracking an interest of a first user within a panoramic visual content. The method comprises presenting the panoramic visual content to the first user on a display area of a device and determining a first view point within the panoramic visual content at a first timestamp, and a second view point within the panoramic visual content at a second timestamp. The method also comprises determining at least one orientation parameter for the first view point at the first timestamp and the second view point at the second timestamp relative to each other and computing the interest of the first user within the panoramic visual content using the at least one orientation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Tapani Rantakokko, Juha Kela, Mikko Polojarvi, Lauri Pohjanheimo, Esko-Juhani Malm, Minna Rahkola, Tommi Einola
  • Publication number: 20140325459
    Abstract: A control system is provided based on the use of gestures and functioning especially in mobile terminals. The gesture control system is provided with a general purpose interface with its commands for applications to be controlled. The processing software of the gesture signals includes a training program trained free-form gestures made by the user being stored in the gesture library, and a recognizing program, which matches a gesture made by the user to the stored gestures and chooses the most similar gesture thereof. Gestures can hence be used as commands for controlling any application configured or programmed to receive the command. One and the same application functions in different models of mobile terminals without matching, and in a certain mobile terminal all applications can be run, which applications use specified interface commands. The application can be e.g. a game or activity being included in basic implementation of a mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Juha Kela, Panu Korpipaa, Jani Mantyjarvi, Heikki Keranen, Tapani Rantakokko, Esko-Juhani Malm, Sanna Kallio, Jussi Holopainen, Jari Kangas, Samuli Silanto
  • Publication number: 20140297007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, system, detection apparatus and computer program for recognizing a collision of a golf club with a golf ball. In the invention the recognition procedure is configured to be executed partly in a motion sensor (22) of a detection device (2), party in the processor unit (20) of the detecting device and a mobile information processing device (6). The most complex processing and computation steps are executed in the processor unit (60) of the mobile information processing device (6). Due to the shared computations the result of the algorithm is accurate. Also the power consumption of the detecting device (2) is low which provides for a long operating time and accurate hit detection at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Osmo Voutilainen, Tapani Rantakokko, Tommi Käsmä
  • Patent number: 8819596
    Abstract: A control system basing on the use of gestures and functioning especially in mobile terminals. The gesture control system is provided with a general purpose interface (320) with its commands for applications (310) to be controlled. The processing software (330) of the gesture signals includes a training program (331), trained free-form gestures made by the user being stored in the gesture library, and a recognizing program (332), which matches a gesture made by the user to the stored gestures and chooses the most similar gesture thereof. Gestures can hence be used as commands for controlling any application configured or programmed to receive the command. One and the same application functions in different models of mobile terminals without matching, and in a certain mobile terminal all applications can be run, which applications use specified interface commands. The application (310) can be e.g. a game or activity being included in basic implementation of a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Juha Kela, Panu Korpipää, Jani Mäntyjärvi, Heikki Keränen, Tapani Rantakokko, Esko-Juhani Malm, Sanna Kallio, Jussi Holopainen, Jari Kangas, Samuli Silanto
  • Publication number: 20090201270
    Abstract: A user interface module includes a display and a motion detector arranged to detect a motion. The module is arranged to display an emulated movement of a graphical representation of a first object on the display according to a motion detected by the motion detector. The first object has a physical characteristic and the user interface module further includes a controller module arranged to generate the emulated movement based on the physical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kalle PIKKUJAMSA, Jukka LINJAMA, Juha KELA, Panu KORPIPAA, Sanna KALLIO, Tapani RANTAKOKKO
  • Publication number: 20050210419
    Abstract: A control system basing on the use of gestures and functioning especially in mobile terminals. The gesture control system is provided with a general purpose interface (320) with its commands for applications (310) to be controlled. The processing software (330) of the gesture signals includes a training program (331), trained free-form gestures made by the user being stored in the gesture library, and a recognizing program (332), which matches a gesture made by the user to the stored gestures and chooses the most similar gesture thereof. Gestures can hence be used as commands for controlling any application configured or programmed to receive the command. One and the same application functions in different models of mobile terminals without matching, and in a certain mobile terminal all applications can be run, which applications use specified interface commands. The application (310) can be e.g. a game or activity being included in basic implementation of a mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Juha Kela, Panu Korpipaa, Jani Mantyjarvi, Heikki Keranen, Tapani Rantakokko, Esko-Juhani Malm, Sanna Kallio, Jussi Holopainen, Jari Kangas, Samuli Silanto