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Hamalainen, FI

Ari Henrik Hamalainen, Vantaa FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100239042Distance Estimation - A method, comprising: periodically enabling reception of a signal at a receiver, every first time; transforming the received signal in order to determine data in the received signal; comparing the determined data with reference data; and using the difference between the determined data and the reference data to estimate a correction to a multiple of the first time in order to determine a distance between the receiver and an origin of the signal.09-23-2010
20110103517DISTANCE ESTIMATION - A method, comprising: periodically enabling reception of a signal at a receiver, every first time; transforming the received signal in order to determine data in the received signal; comparing the determined data with reference data; and using the difference between the determined data and the reference data to estimate a correction to a multiple of the first time in order to determine a distance between the receiver and an origin of the signal.05-05-2011
20110194634BEARING DETERMINATION USING SIGNALS TRANSFORMED INTO FREQUENCY DOMAIN - An apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a bearing. The apparatus may comprise a first transformer configured to transform a first signal formed from a set of multiple orthogonal subcarriers and received via a first path, from a time domain to a frequency domain and produce for each of a plurality of the multiple orthogonal subcarriers a respective first coefficient; a second transformer configured to transform a second signal formed from the set of multiple orthogonal subcarriers and received via a second path, different from the first path, from a time domain to a frequency domain and produce for each of a plurality of the multiple orthogonal subcarriers a respective second coefficient; and processing circuitry configured to process the plurality of first coefficients and the plurality of second coefficients to determine a bearing for the apparatus.08-11-2011
20120263259BEARING DETERMINATION USING SIGNALS TRANSFORMED INTO FREQUENCY DOMAIN - An apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a bearing. The apparatus may comprise: a first transformer configured to transform a first signal formed from a set of multiple orthogonal subcarriers and received via a first path, from a time domain to a frequency domain and produce for each of a plurality of the multiple orthogonal subcarriers a respective first coefficient; a second transformer configured to transform a second signal formed from the set of multiple orthogonal subcarriers and received via a second path, different from the first path, from a time domain to a frequency domain and produce for each of a plurality of the multiple orthogonal subcarriers a respective second coefficient; and processing circuitry configured to process the plurality of first coefficients and the plurality of second coefficients to determine a bearing for the apparatus.10-18-2012

Patent applications by Ari Henrik Hamalainen, Vantaa FI

Hannu Hamalainen, Vaasa FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100139875Composition and Process for the Treatment of Fibre Material - The invention relates to a stabilizing composition comprising following components 06-10-2010

Hannu Hämäläinen, Savonlinna FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090303497Method for measuring the volume or the end face diameter of a tree trunk and for quality control - The invention relates to a method for measuring the volume or the end face diameter of a tree trunk and for quality control. The volume is measured in a prior known manner with laser gauges capable of measuring top and butt diameters as well as a length, which are used for calculating a volume. For quality control, the end face of a tree trunk is illuminated with red light and blue light, and light coming from the end face of the tree trunk is received by a color matrix camera (12-10-2009

Henri T. Hamalainen, Espoo FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090328101USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE TV INTERACTIVE SERVICES - A method includes providing an electronic program guide that presents content programming information for one or more program channels on a broadcast TV device; detecting a selection of a program block in the electronic program guide, the selected program block corresponding to a program scheduled on a program channel; and providing a program indicator block corresponding to the selected program block, the program indicator presenting detailed programming information related to the scheduled program including any program reminder or program recording state setting.12-31-2009

Jani Hämäläinen, Espoo FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110020546Low Temperature ALD of Noble Metals - Noble metal films can be deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD)-type processes. In preferred embodiments, Ir, Pd, and Pt are deposited by alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate with vapor phase pulses of a noble metal precursor, an oxygen source, and a hydrogen source. The oxygen source is preferably a reactive oxygen species. Preferably the deposition temperature is less than about 200° C. Preferably, pulses of the hydrogen source are less than 10 seconds.01-27-2011
20120276305ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF METAL PHOSPHATES AND LITHIUM SILICATES - The present application relates to atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for producing metal phosphates such as titanium phosphate, aluminum phosphate and lithium phosphate, as well as to ALD processes for depositing lithium silicates.11-01-2012

Patent applications by Jani Hämäläinen, Espoo FI

Jari Hamalainen, Kangasala As FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130024508METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECOMMENDING INTERACTION BETWEEN DEVICES IN A LOCAL ENVIRONMENT - Various methods are provided for recommending interaction between devices in a local environment. One example method may include locating at least one device within a local environment in response to an interaction with content. The at least one device that is located within a local environment is configured to provide functionality related to the interaction with the content. The method may include identifying a selected device from the located at least one device based on a user profile recommendation and the interaction with the content. The method may further include causing at least one of the content and an executable to be transferred to the identified selected device. Similar and related example apparatuses and example computer program products are also provided.01-24-2013

Jari Hamalainen, Tampere FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100331024DEVICE FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, DATA COLLECTION AND DATA PROCESSING, AND A CIRCUIT CARD - The object of the invention is a device for personal communication, data collection and data processing, which is a small-sized, portable and hand-held work station comprising a data processing unit (12-30-2010

Jari P. Hamalainen, Kangasala FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120078822METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR GENERATING RECOMMEDATION MODELS - An approach is provided for providing a framework for generating recommendation models. A recommendation engine receives a request, at the recommendation engine, for generating a recommendation model for an application, wherein the recommendation engine is applicable to a plurality of applications. Next, the recommendation engine determines to retrieve rating information from on one or more profiles associated with the application, one or more other applications, or a combination thereof. Then, the recommendation engine determines to generate the recommendation model based, at least in part, on the rating information.03-29-2012
20130073485METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RECOMMENDATION MODELS - A platform for managing recommendation models is described. The platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one user identification characteristic associated with at least one device to determine a user identity. The platform further determines at least one communication account active at the at least one device. The platform also causes, at least in part, an association of one or more recommendations models with the user identity, the at least one communication account, the at least one device, or a combination thereof.03-21-2013

Jari Pekka Hamalainen, Kangasala As. FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090201845POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT MOBILE RADIO TRANSMISSION - A method of operating a mobile communication system-supporting data transmission between a mobile station (MS) and a network in a number of different packet data protocols (PDPs) including a point-to-multipoint-multicast (PTM-M) protocol PDP data is formatted and unformatted by a sub-network dependent convergence protocol (SNDCP) according to the PDP of data. The PDP is identified to the SNDCP by a protocol identifier transmitted between the network and the mobile station. In order to allow a MS to receive a PTM-M in an IDLE state, a unique protocol identifier is permanently assigned to PTM-M transmissions whilst other identifiers are dynamically assigned to other PDPs by the network.08-13-2009

Jyri Hämäläinen, Oulu FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090111476ALLOCATION OF USER EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIER - A communication system that comprises a base station and a substation connected to the base station. The base station maintains a set of identifiers, each identifier of the set being at least temporarily allocatable to a user equipment for identifying the user equipment when it resides in a cell of the base station. From the set of identifiers of the base station at least one subset of identifiers is extracted, and assigned to the substation. The substation may then respond to a connection establishment request of user equipment by providing it with an identifier from the subset of identifiers assigned to it. The substation also transmits to the base station information on the connection establishment request and on the identifier provided to the user equipment.04-30-2009
20090279529Synchronization in Mobile Communication System - A solution to overcome synchronization problems related to a scenario where multiple radio access networks utilize a shared frequency band in a radio communication environment is provided. The radio access networks are synchronized to a common synchronization source which may be a synchronization signal broadcasted by another radio system. The synchronization source is selected from a predetermined set of synchronization signals according to the availability of the synchronization signals for transmitters of the radio access networks.11-12-2009
20100208645Method, Computer Program, Apparatus and System - The invention is related to an apparatus including means for making a decision to change connection from one relay node to another; and means for sending a message via a source relay node to a user device, the message including radio access information on a target cell and information on a connection change, and for sending a message to the source relay node for releasing user device resources in the source relay node.08-19-2010
20100279601Identification of Relay Base Stations in Wireless Networks - It is provided a solution for assigning to a relay node of a wireless telecommunication system an identifier from which a corresponding identifier of a central node associated with the relay node is derivable according to a determined rule. Accordingly, the identifiers of central nodes and their relay nodes are assigned in a manner which facilitates identification of a central node from a received relay node identifier, thereby avoiding the necessity of consulting higher layer controllers in order to identify the central node.11-04-2010

Patent applications by Jyri Hämäläinen, Oulu FI

Jyri K. Hamalainen, Oulu FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080267058Optimum technique for encoding and decoding physical resource block locations - An apparatus, such as a user equipment, includes a resource unit RU measurement unit coupled to an output of a wireless receiver; an encoder configurable to encode information descriptive of M perceived best ones of N RUs, where each individual RU is assigned a unique number from a set10-30-2008
20090203405Data transmission method, base station and user transceiver - A multicarrier data transmission method and a base station (08-13-2009
20090232066Apparatus, methods, and computer program products providing improved flexible resource usage - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to send an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a receiver configured to receive a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the access point a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource.09-17-2009

Patent applications by Jyri K. Hamalainen, Oulu FI

Jyri Kalervo Hamalainen, Oulu FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100272038Method for spectrum sharing in a multi-mode system and relative apparatus - A measurement apparatus comprising means for checking for available radio spectrum resource in a first system in a radio coverage area; means for sending information to a second system indicating the availability of radio spectrum resource of the first system which is usable by said second system in at least part of said radio coverage area, wherein said first system has priority over said radio spectrum resource.10-28-2010
20110045836Radio System Configuration - A method, in which a bandwidth of a carrier frequency is allocated to subbands and one or more of the subbands is assigned to a radio network element to be used in radio communication between the radio network element and user equipment having a radio connection with the radio network element.02-24-2011
20110086639Method and Apparatus for Handover Procedure in Communication Network with Relay Extension - An enhanced solution for controlling a handover procedure for handing a terminal device over from a source cell to a target cell in a communication network with relay nodes is provided. In the solution, the relay nodes actively assist in the handover procedure by, for instance, initiating the handover procedure, configuring a relayed link and buffering user data at the relay node.04-14-2011
20110090839Network Comprising a Privately Owned Base Station Coupled with a Publicly Available Network Element - It is described a telecommunication network (04-21-2011

Leo Hämäläinen, Helsinki FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100164319METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WINDING COIL FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND A WINDING FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The object of the invention is a method for manufacturing a winding coil for an electrical machine, as well as the corresponding winding. The electrical machine comprises a stator sheet pack in which slots are arranged at the edge of the inner circumference of the sheet pack for fitting the winding coils. In the method, a winding coil is made of flat wire so that one coil turn (07-01-2010

Markku Hämäläinen, Jyväskylä FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100139882Installation Module for a Paper or Board Machine - A wet end of the machine comprises at least one vertical, self-supporting installation module (06-10-2010

Matti Hamalainen, Lempaala FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214267MOBILE DEVICE WITH VIRTUAL KEYPAD - A mobile electronic device with a virtual input device. The virtual input device includes an optical sensor for detecting movement of a user's fingers over a work surface and an acoustic or vibration sensor, for detecting an impact of the user's fingers on the work surface. A processor, coupled to the optical sensor and to the acoustic sensor, processes the detected signals as input for the electronic device. The user's fingers can be shown on the display overlaid by a virtual mask. The virtual mask may show a keyboard of menu items.08-26-2010

Patent applications by Matti Hamalainen, Lempaala FI

Matti Hamalainen, Pori FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090038440Method for the Recovery of Gold from Sulphide Concentrate - The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit.02-12-2009

Matti Hämäläinen, Legal Representative FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100296987Method for the Recovery of Gold from a Gold-Containing Solution - The invention relates to a method for the recovery of gold from a gold-containing chloride solution using activated carbon. The gold-containing solution and the carbon are contacted with each other, after which the gold that has formed as metallic particles on the surface of the carbon is separated from the carbon using physical methods as gold concentrate that contains metallic gold.11-25-2010

Matti S. Hamalainen, Lempaala FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110164141Electronic Device Directional Audio-Video Capture - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing, electronic circuitry, and an audio-visual source tracking system. The electronic circuitry is in the housing. The audio-visual source tracking system includes a first video camera and an array of microphones. The first video camera and the array of microphones are attached to the housing. The audio-visual source tracking system is configured to receive video information from the first video camera. The audio-visual source tracking system is configured to capture audio information from the array of microphones at least partially in response to the video information. The audio-visual source tracking system might include a second video camera that is attached to the housing, wherein the first and second video cameras together estimate the beam orientation of the array of microphones.07-07-2011

Matti Sakari Hamalainen, Lempaala FI

Panu Hamalainen, Tampere FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300363Method and arrangement for real-time betting with an off-line terminal - The invention relates generally to a method and arrangement for real-time betting with an off-line terminal, and especially to the technological field of keeping reliable time in the off-line terminal when handling, within a communications system comprising a distributed domain and a central domain, electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome of a certain incident. Within the distributed domain a multitude of electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome of the incident are generated and furnished with a cryptographically protected proof of a certain moment of the distributed domain's local time associated with the generation of the electronic record.12-03-2009

Pasi Hamalainen, Helsinki FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090216634APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WIDGET AND CONTENT THEREFOR - An apparatus is provided and includes a processor that is configured to display an advertisement for an advertised widget on a standby screen presented by a display when the apparatus is in a standby state. The processor is configured to receive selection of the presented advertisement and, in response thereto, receive and install the advertised widget in response to receiving the selection. The processor is then configured to display an item of content provided by the installed, advertised widget on the standby screen when the apparatus is in the standby state.08-27-2009

Pauli Hamalainen, Lahti FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090166344Method and Apparatus for Short-Arc Welding - The invention relates to a short-arc welding method and apparatus. According to the method, an electrically periodically changing arc, which is short-circuited periodically by a molten droplet (07-02-2009

Perttu Hamalainen, Helsinki FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100202659IMAGE SAMPLING IN STOCHASTIC MODEL-BASED COMPUTER VISION - A method for tracking a target in computer vision is disclosed. The method generates an integral image (08-12-2010
20100208939STATISTICAL OBJECT TRACKING IN COMPUTER VISION - A method and system for object tracking in computer vision. The tracked object is recognized from an image that has been acquired with the camera of the computer vision system. The image is processed by randomly generating samples in the search space and then computing fitness functions. Regions of high fitness attract more samples. Computations may be stored into a tree structure. The method provides efficient means for sampling from a very peaked probability density function that can be expressed as a product of factor functions.08-19-2010
20100322472OBJECT TRACKING IN COMPUTER VISION - A method and system for object tracking in computer vision. The tracked object is recognized from an image that has been acquired with the camera of the computer vision system. The image is processed by randomly generating samples in the search space and then computing fitness functions. Regions of high fitness attract more samples. The random selection may be based on standard deviation or other weights. Computations are stored into a tree structure. The tree structure can be used as prior information for next image.12-23-2010

Seppo Olavi Hamalainen, Espoo FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110182213Network Node, Network and a Method for Waking Up a Network Node - A network node for connecting a network with a terminal is described, wherein the network node includes a sleep control device. The sleep control device includes a terminal linking device and a network linking device. The terminal linking device is adapted to connect to a terminal, wherein the network linking device is adapted to connect to a network. Furthermore, the network node is adapted to enter a standby mode, wherein the sleep control device is further adapted to switch on the network node on appearing of at least one trigger event of (i) appearing of a predefined signal sequence on the terminal linking device during a monitoring period of a listen cycle or (ii) appearing of a terminal paging signal sequence on the network linking device. The sleep control device is adapted to detect during the monitoring period the predefined signal sequence on the terminal linking device.07-28-2011
20110211514Reducing Interference and Energy Consumption for FEMTO Base Stations - The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, a system and a computer program product for reducing interference and energy consumption of wireless devices. An apparatus, namely a femto base station or home (e) NodeB, can include a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a determining unit, a disabling unit, a disabling handshaking unit, and a reassigning unit. If the determining unit determines that there is no active communication between the apparatus and a user device, the disabling unit may disable the transmitting unit and the receiving unit while maintaining a connection between the apparatus and a network. A disabling handshaking can be performed by the disabling handshaking unit to achieve this, wherein the re-assigning unit may re-assign one or more user device(s) to a network apparatus, namely a macro (e) NodeB.09-01-2011
20110212720Method of Improving Coverage and Optimisation in Communication Networks - A method and apparatus for detecting and determining the location of a coverage hole in a communications network such as a cellular communication system wherein the location is determined from operational parameters and/or by network elements themselves. Additionally is a method to reduce a hole by adjusting antennae parameters preferably remotely and automatically and this can be done in conjunction with hole location to optimise the system.09-01-2011
20110306312Energy Saving Operating of Power Amplifiers in Communications Networks - The present invention refers to operating of power amplifiers of base stations in a communications network, wherein each power amplifier is assigned to a corresponding antenna of a base station and enables receiving and/or transmitting of information signals in an area of the communications network covered by the corresponding antenna. The operating comprise& includes switching off of a number of power amplifiers of a base station so that at least one power amplifier of the base station is left on, if level of load in the communications network is detected as being low; and switching of a signal of the at least one power amplifier to antennas, to which power amplifiers of the number of power amplifiers are assigned.12-15-2011
20120003999MIMO Communication System - A device and method including a plurality of transmitters and/or receiver units and antennae therefore, and wherein each of said units are arranged radially to cover a plurality of sectors; and including at least one component necessary for the operation of said units, and arranged such that said component is shared between two or more units and/or their respective antennae. The device and method has application to MIMO systems.01-05-2012

Timo Hamalainen, Kangasala FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090240948METHODS AND ARRANGMENTS FOR REALISING BETTING WITH OFF-LINE TERMINALS - Methods and arrangements are provided for handling, within a communications system comprising a distributed domain (09-24-2009

Timo D. Hämäläinen, Kangasala FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080214303Method, System and Computer Program Product For Producing, Offering and Executing Recreational Application Programs - Recreational application programs are offered for execution through players' terminals. Said recreational application programs involve at least one of playing and gambling. The system comprises an event model (09-04-2008
20080253327Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Network, Node Devices for the Same and a Method for Arranging Communications in a Wireless Sensor Network - A wireless sensor network, a node device thereof and a method for arranging communications therein are presented. A first frequency is used in wireless communication of information between a headnode and subnodes of a first cluster (10-16-2008
20090300363Method and arrangement for real-time betting with an off-line terminal - The invention relates generally to a method and arrangement for real-time betting with an off-line terminal, and especially to the technological field of keeping reliable time in the off-line terminal when handling, within a communications system comprising a distributed domain and a central domain, electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome of a certain incident. Within the distributed domain a multitude of electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome of the incident are generated and furnished with a cryptographically protected proof of a certain moment of the distributed domain's local time associated with the generation of the electronic record.12-03-2009
20100110930ENERGY-EFFICEINT NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY FOR MOBILE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - A node device (05-06-2010

Patent applications by Timo D. Hämäläinen, Kangasala FI

Tuula Hämäläinen, Pori FI

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090038440Method for the Recovery of Gold from Sulphide Concentrate - The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit.02-12-2009
20100296987Method for the Recovery of Gold from a Gold-Containing Solution - The invention relates to a method for the recovery of gold from a gold-containing chloride solution using activated carbon. The gold-containing solution and the carbon are contacted with each other, after which the gold that has formed as metallic particles on the surface of the carbon is separated from the carbon using physical methods as gold concentrate that contains metallic gold.11-25-2010