Patents by Inventor Tapio Lokki

Tapio Lokki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230100071
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising means configured to: obtain at least one impulse response; obtain at least one reflection filter based on the obtained at least one impulse response, wherein the at least one reflection filter is configured to determine at least one early reflection from an acoustic surface which is not overlapped in time by any other reflection, wherein a duration of the at least one early reflection is shorter than a duration of the obtained at least one impulse response. In addition, an apparatus comprising means configured to: obtain at least one impulse response, wherein the at least one impulse response is configured with a perceivable timbre during rendering; create a timbral modification filter; obtain at least one audio signal; and render at least one output audio signal based n the at least one audio signal, wherein the at least one output signal is based on an application of the timbral modification filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Antti ERONEN, Tapani PIHLAJAKUJA, Archontis POLITIS, Otto PUOMIO, Tapio LOKKI
  • Patent number: 8391508
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reproducing spatial impression of existing spaces in multichannel or binaural listening. It consists of following steps/phases: a) Recording of sound or impulse response of a room using multiple microphones, b) Time- and frequency-dependent processing of impulse responses or recorded sound, c) Processing of sound to multichannel loudspeaker setup in order to reproduce spatial properties of sound as they were in recording room, and (alternative to c), d) Processing of impulse response to multichannel loudspeaker setup, and convolution between rendered responses and an arbitrary monophonic sound signal to introduce the spatial properties of the measurement room to the multichannel reproduction of the arbitrary sound signal, and is applied in sound studio technology, audio broadcasting, and in audio reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. Meunchen
    Inventors: Tapio Lokki, Juha Merimaa, Ville Pulkki
  • Publication number: 20100322431
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reproducing spatial impression of existing spaces in multichannel or binaural listening. It consists of following steps/phases: a) Recording of sound or impulse response of a room using multiple microphones, b) Time- and frequency-dependent processing of impulse responses or recorded sound, c) Processing of sound to multichannel loudspeaker setup in order to reproduce spatial properties of sound as they were in recording room, and (alternative to c), d) Processing of impulse response to multichannel loudspeaker setup, and convolution between rendered responses and an arbitrary monophonic sound signal to introduce the spatial properties of the measurement room to the multichannel reproduction of the arbitrary sound signal, and is applied in sound studio technology, audio broadcasting, and in audio reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Tapio LOKKI, Juha Merimaa, Ville Pulkki
  • Patent number: 7787638
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reproducing spatial impression of existing spaces in multichannel or binaural listening. It consists of following steps/phases: a) Recording of sound or impulse response of a room using multiple microphones, b) Time- and frequency-dependent processing of impulse responses or recorded sound, c) Processing of sound to multichannel loudspeaker setup in order to reproduce spatial properties of sound as they were in recording room, and (alternative to c), d) Processing of impulse response to multichannel loudspeaker setup, and convolution between rendered responses and an arbitrary monophonic sound signal to introduce the spatial properties of the measurement room to the multichannel reproduction of the arbitrary sound signal, and is applied in sound studio technology, audio broadcasting, and in audio reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Tapio Lokki, Juha Merimaa, Ville Pulkki
  • Publication number: 20060171547
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reproducing spatial impression of existing spaces in multichannel or binaural listening. It consists of following steps/phases: a) Recording of sound or impulse response of a room using multiple microphones, b) Time-and frequency-dependent processing of impulse responses or recorded sound, c) Processing of sound to multichannel loud-speaker setup in order to reproduce spatial properties of sound as they were in recording room, and (alternative to c), d) Processing of impulse response to multichannel loudspeaker setup, and convolution between rendered responses and an arbitrary monophonic sound signal to introduce the spatial properties of the measurement room to the multichannel reproduction of the arbitrary sound signal, and is applied in sound studio technology, audio broadcasting, and in audio reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: HELSINKI UNIVESITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tapio Lokki, Juha Merimaa, Ville Pulkki