Patents by Inventor Tom Leskinen

Tom Leskinen 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: 20020101517
    Abstract: In the invention, devices and a method are described by means of which it is possible to focus a camera (11) placed in a terminal (10), particularly in an image phone using radio communication, at a user of the terminal (10). The focusing of the camera (11) is implemented, e.g., by means of pattern recognition (61), whereupon the terminal (10), according to the invention, searches for the figure of an upper body (18) of the user of the terminal in the image field recorded by it. When this is located, a sub-section (62) of the section the camera (11) has stored in an image memory (64) is selected, the sub-section containing essentially the upper body of the user of the terminal. Alternatively, the camera (11) is focused, e.g., by means of electric motors, at the user or the user himself is asked to turn the terminal (10) in the required direction, e.g., with the help of indication characters transmitted on to the display of the terminal (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: ARTO LEPPISAARI, TOM LESKINEN
  • Patent number: 6085081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for allocating a user identification (ID) in a mobile communication network (2) for a connection between a communication terminal (1) and the mobile communication network (2). The user identification (ID) is a temporary user identification (TID). The method comprises at least the following steps:examining if the mobile station (1) has a user identification (ID),if the mobile station (1) has no user identification (ID), the mobile communication network (2) allocates a temporary user identification (TID) for the connection, andthe mobile communication network (2) transmits the temporary user identification (TID) to the mobile station (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventor: Tom Leskinen