Juha Arrasvuori

University of Vaasa · The School of Technology and Innovations

An apparatus configured, based on a first virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a first user and a second, different, virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a second user, the first and second virtual spaces based on respective virtual reality content that comprises visual imagery and wherein a representation of the f...

Many SMEs aim for business development by diversifying their offerings to fit global markets. However, internationalization has consequences for all aspects of a company's business model. Even though internationalization poses many business model challenges, the recent development of digital technology is a key enabler of resource-efficient interna...

A method comprising: dividing a virtual space using virtual partitions that affect perception of the virtual space by a user within the virtual space; in response to a first action in the virtual space relative to a first virtual partition by a user making a first change to how the first virtual partition affects the virtual space perceived by the...

A method comprising: determining a portion of a visual scene, wherein the portion is dependent upon a position of a sound source within the visual scene; and enabling adaptation of the visual scene to provide, via a display, spatially-limited visual highlighting of the portion of the visual scene.

An apparatus and method is described, including: determining a position of a plurality of users within a volumetric space; and determining a rendering of a message within the volumetric space, based, at least in part, on the determined positions of said users, such that the message is one or more of: visible to, audible by and touchable by each of...

An apparatus configured to, based on virtual reality content for presentation to a user in a virtual reality space for viewing in virtual reality, wherein a virtual reality view presented to the user provides for viewing of the virtual reality content, and an identified physical real-world object; providing for display of an object image that at le...

An apparatus comprising: an analyser configured to analyse at least one input to determine one or more expression within the at least one input; and a controller configured to control at least one audio signal associated with the at least one input dependent on the determination of the one or more expression.

In respect of virtual reality content of a scene for presentation to a user in a virtual reality (VR) space, the VR content comprising spatial audio captured by an audio capture device at an audio capture location, and based on a virtual location of a user relative to a virtual audio capture location in the virtual reality space that corresponds to...

An apparatus caused to: in respect of video imagery of an event at which one or more commenting users are present and have submitted comments, a location of the or each of the one or more commenting users visible in the video imagery; based on a current view of the video imagery provided for display to a user and at least one comment having locatio...

A method comprises receiving information associated with a content item, designating a first bead apparatus (716) to be associated with a first content item segment of the content item, the first content item segment being identified by a first content item segment identifier, causing display of a visual representation of the first content item seg...

A method comprising: rendering a first media scene based upon media content provided by a content-rendering application via one or more rendering devices worn by the user; determining a priority for an event that occurs near the user, the event being independent of the content-rendering application; and automatically modifying the rendered first me...

Apparatus configured to, based on visual and audio content captured of a scene comprising at least one audio source and the content including at least two audio tracks, each audio track comprising audio captured by a respective one of at least two audio capture devices located at different locations in the scene, and audio-capture-direction informa...

A method comprising identifying a mood media item association with an object media item, the mood media item being a media item of a face of a user while the object media item is being viewed by the user, determining an object that is associated with the object media item, and causing establishment of an association between the object and the mood...

In respect of virtual reality content of a scene for presentation to a user in a virtual reality (VR) space, the VR content comprising spatial audio captured by an audio capture device at an audio capture location, and based on a virtual location of a user relative to a virtual audio capture location in the virtual reality space that corresponds to...

A method is disclosed including providing a plurality of sets of virtual reality video content, the sets representing respective three-dimensional virtual spaces within which a user can be immersed and being associated with respective three-dimensional portions of a real-world space such that, when rendered to a user device, there is a partial over...

A method comprising: causing rendering of a first sound scene comprising multiple first sound objects; in response to direct or indirect user specification of a change in sound scene from the first sound scene to a mixed sound scene based in part on the first sound scene and in part on a second sound scene, causing selection of one or more second s...

An apparatus, method, and computer program product for: associating a first item with a first portion of a hovering field, the hovering field at least partially encompassing a device, providing a first virtual item representative of the first item and controlling spatial audio in dependence on a position of the first virtual item.

A method comprising: rendering a user interface for user selection of sound objects for rendering, each sound object being associated with a location in a three-dimensional sound space, wherein the user interface maps sound objects onto at least one shape and identifies sound objects on the shape at a collection of locations on the shape that diffe...

A method comprising: causing display of a polyhedral virtual object, having a first number (M) of faces, in a virtual visual space, wherein each of at least a second number (N) of the M faces, displays content captured from an associated one of N different camera perspectives; causing rotation of the polyhedral virtual object in the virtual visual...

A method is disclosed, comprising providing data indicative of dimensions of a real-world space within which a virtual world is to be consumed. The method may also comprise identifying one or more objects within said real-world space, and determining one or more available areas within the real-world space for rendering three-dimensional virtual con...

A method comprising determining an input axis that extends between an apparatus and a separate apparatus, receiving information indicative of an input object, the input object being proximate to the input axis, determining an input axis position on the input axis based, at least in part, on the input object, and determining an operational directive...

An approach is provided for substantially automatically determining that a user is associated with at least one product. A processing platform determines one or more media files, one or more content files, or a combination thereof, which are associated with the at least one product. Further, the processing platform associates the one or media files...

Systems and methods for distributed audio mixing are disclosed, comprising providing one or more predefined constellations, each constellation defining a spatial arrangement of points forming a shape or pattern and receiving positional data indicative of the spatial positions of a plurality of audio sources in a capture space. A correspondence may...

Apparatus is configured to associate each of one or more spatially-distributed audio sources in a virtual space, each audio source providing one or more audio signals representing audio for playback through a user device, with a respective fade-in profile which defines how audio volume for the audio source is gradually increased from a minimum leve...

An apparatus configured to, in respect of presentation, to a user, of a secondary content window (201) overlying a scene (200) such that it covers a predefined area of the scene, the secondary content window (201) providing a display area for secondary visual content thereby allowing for viewing of the secondary visual content alongside the scene o...

A method comprising: causing display of a sound-source virtual visual object in a three-dimensional virtual visual space; causing display of a multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects in the three-dimensional virtual visual space, wherein at least some of the multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects interconnect visually...

A method comprises receiving information associated with a first content item, designating a first bead apparatus (842) to be associated with the first content item, the first content item being identified by a first content item identifier, causing display of a visual representation of the first content item identifier by the first bead apparatus...

Firms that are capable, undertake strategic renewal to ensure and reinforce a sustainable competitive advantage. Digitalisation is a major technological change; a strategic renewal that can deliver such an advantage. In this article, we adopt the theories of path dependence and strategic renewal to analyse the implementation and utilisation of digi...

A method, apparatus and computer program is provided. The method comprises: causing display of a panoramic menu in which a first panoramic menu item and a second panoramic menu item are simultaneously displayed, wherein the first panoramic menu item extends beyond a user's field of view and is associated with first mediated reality content, and the...

A method is disclosed, which comprises receiving a plurality of audio signals representing audio from respective audio sources in a space; defining for each audio source a spatial audio field indicative of the propagation of its audio signals within the space. For a first audio source is defined a restricted zone within its spatial audio field. A f...

Embodiments herein relate generally to changing spatial audio fields that are defined for audio sources. In the embodiments, the spatial audio fields are indicated to a user performing audio mixing, for instance by displaying them as polygons on a touch screen. The spatial audio fields move as the related audio sources move, and/or as the position...

A method comprising receiving a representation of an image (702), the image being based, at least in part, on at least one operational circumstance, determining a first part of the representation based, at least in part, on a position of a first bead apparatus (704), causing display of the first part of the representation by the first bead apparatu...

An apparatus comprising: at least one determiner configured to determine at least one characteristic associated with a flexible part of a further apparatus; a signal processor configured to process at least one signal dependent on the at least one characteristic associated with the flexible part of the further apparatus, wherein the signal is at le...

A method and corresponding system for correcting for deviations in a performance that includes a plurality of audio sources, the method comprising detecting a parameter relating to an audio source, determining if the parameter deviates from a predetermined characteristic and in response to it being determined that the parameter deviates from the pr...

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory comprising machine-readable instructions, that when executed cause the apparatus to: store in a non-volatile memory multiple sets of predetermined spatial audio processing parameters for differently moving sound sources; provide in a man machine interface an option f...

Service-oriented industrial companies need to manage the complexity of developing new services (NSD) besides products. Prototyping offers a way to increase the success of NSD. There are service prototyping environments, but they fall short in effectiveness. CoProtolab concept was developed for effective, comprehensive, immersive and collaborative p...

US 9,955,280: An apparatus comprising: a first audio signal analyzer configured to analyze a first audio signal to determine at least one audio source, wherein the at least one audio source has a virtual location; a second audio signal analyzer configured to analyze a second audio signal to determine at least one localized audio source, wherein the...

US 9,940,970: A method comprising obtaining, by an automatic video media remixing service, at least one source of media content to be used as a reference media content; analysing the at least one reference media content according to at least one stylistic parameter; and determining, on the basis of the at least one stylistic parameter, at least one...

US 9,930,128: An approach is introduced for providing, by an apparatus, a virtual object that represents an item. The virtual object is perceivable to a user by at least one of the following ways: audibly, visibly or by haptic feedback. The item may be accessed by another apparatus when the position of the other apparatus corresponds to a perceive...

US 9,909,875: An approach is provided for providing alternate route recommendations based on progress information of a user along an alternate route. An adaptive routing platform determines at least one alternate route to a route, wherein the at least one alternate route is taken by at least one user. The adaptive routing platform further determin...

US 9,910,519: Method for receiving an indication of an input from a separate apparatus comprising beads, determining that the separate apparatus is associated with a designated operation of a designated program, and performing the designated operation based on the bead input.

A method, apparatus and computer program comprises: displaying, first content on a display; detecting a user input wherein the user input comprises deforming at least a portion of a housing of an apparatus; and in response to detecting the user input, performing a geometric transformation on the content such that after the geometric transformation...

(Also issued as CN104221060 (B)). A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to cause different multi-dimensional representations of an image to be presented upon a display and to facilitate changing from one multi-dimensional representation of the image to another multi-dimensional representation of the image, such as in respons...

An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive from at least one co-operating apparatus at least one audio signal; an audio signal analyzer configured to analyze the at least one audio signal to determine at least one audio component position relative to the at least one co-operating apparatus recording position; and a processor configured...

An approach is provided for providing content lists using connecting user interface elements. The content-based patching platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface depicting at least one location-based content list and at least one other location-based content list. Next, the content-based patching platform determines one or...

This chapter explores the important part played by the creation (and protection) of intellectual property (IP) within the innovation process. The growth in importance of IP within the modern business world is clearly laid out and the different forms of IP are defined and their importance explored. The emergence of new forms of IP in areas like onli...

Two in-depth case studies of new business models at the frontiers of innovation are presented. The first case study examines the move to make the vast stores of, often publically held, data available to firms and others in order to provide a basis for new forms of value creation and, potentially, new types of business model. The second case is a de...

An approach is provided for mixing at least one additional element on top of a media stream. A mix media platform determines at least a first media item for rendering in a first application. The mix media platform next determines one or more interactions with at least one connecting user interface element to associate a first representation of the...

CN102067125 (B): In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing information search service is disclosed. A first request comprising a search query expression is received from a first party (138), the search query expression comprising an identifier (ID X) for a search item. A data member of the search item...

Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for gathering and presenting emotional response to an event in the form of an emotional response timeline. In particular, the method may include generating a timeline of a collected emotional response of a user relative to an event, selecting, by a processor, a portion of the timel...

A method and related apparatus for providing content information for a video remix, the method comprising: identifying at least one performer of an event on the basis of image data of a source video; obtaining information about a role of the at least one performer in the event; determining at least some video frames of the source video to contain s...

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: associating at least one user interface visual display element and at least one user interface audio...

An approach for enabling users to view an image of a location from different fields-of-view is described. A field-of-view generator causes a rendering of a user interface element representing a field-of-view. The field-of-view generator further processes one or more interactions with the user interface element to determine one or more parameters fo...

An approach for enabling mobile device users to acquire information regarding events in their proximity on demand is described. An activity processing platform causes, at least in part, an aggregation of activity information associated with at least one device into at least one activity pool. The activity processing platform further processes and/o...

Methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage media for displaying at a first user equipment a first marker a location wherein the location is defined remotely at a second user equipment; displaying at the second user equipment a current geographic location and a current vantage point for the first user equipment; displaying at the second user...

Apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory. The solution includes determining settings of one or more images or video clips stored in the memory of the apparatus or retrieved from a network. The processor is configured to apply these determined settings when controlling the forming one or more new...

An approach is provided for modifying the image content of returned images resulting from a search query. The portions of each image that is unrelated to the search query is omitted or other wise obscured so as to reduce the amount of image data in the search results. Additionally, related advertising, hyperlinks, or other object can be combined wi...

An approach is provided for presenting a measure of relevant information stored on or associated with a nearby device using one or more lighting parameters and/or one or more short-range communication technologies. An information platform determines one or more queries from at least one device. The information platform causes, at least in part, a m...

An approach is provided for location-based presentation of content. A content service platform determines one or more representations of at least one structure. The content service platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more representations to determine one or more features of the one or more representations. The cont...

Mechanisms are described for providing visual representations of metadata so as to allow for an easier, more intuitive, and more entertaining way for a user to manage metadata by allowing a user to execute operations relating to the metadata through interactions with the visual representations of that metadata. A user can further define visual obje...

Provided herein are a method, apparatus and computer program product for dynamically and visually interfacing with a device to locate information and objects using a dynamic graphical interface to select and adjust the weight afforded to individual search criterion and a search. Example methods may provide for display of a search target, provide fo...

An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a generation of at least one representation of at least one building, wherein one or more floors of the at least one building are represented as one or more drawer user interface elements in the at least one representation. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an association of...

An approach is provided for creating multimedia summary for content information. The approach involves receiving a multimedia signal request from a mobile communication device, wherein content information of the mobile communication device is determined and processed. The approach also involves determining the characteristic of the content informat...

An approach is provided for an interactive cable-based interface to applications and services. A cable interface platform determines at least one configuration of at least one cable associated with at least one device. The cable interface platform determines at least one function associated with one or more applications, one or more services, or a...

Systems and techniques for selecting content elements for multimedia. Information relating to contributors to content elements, such as association with previous content elements, roles in relation to content elements, ratings, interest, social friends, and the like, is stored and analyzed as needed to assist in selection of content elements for di...

An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, an identification of one or more triggering devices. A processor may then cause, at least in part, an association of the one or more actions with the one or more triggering devices based, at least in part, on the identification wherein the one or more actions are initiated based, at least in pa...

An approach is provided for determining a group of users based on the overlapping area of two or more existing groups and providing services and/or content to the group based on the services and content of the existing groups. An interaction platform determines shapes of groups based, at least in part, on location information associated with one or...

The present invention provides an arrangement, e.g. a method, an apparatus and a computer program. The arrangement comprises obtaining information indicative of spatial positions of one or more sound sources within an audio image of a composite audio signal, obtaining information indicative of the types of the one or more sound sources, determining...

An approach is provided for sharing media in a multi-device environment. A group of devices for sharing one or more media files is determined. A shared media manager causes joining of one or more displays of the devices. The shared media manager then determines to generate a common user interface for presenting the one or more media files on the jo...

An apparatus including an audio mixer configured to mix at least two audio channels of an audio signal; and a sensor configured to sense motion and/or orientation of the apparatus. The audio mixer is configured to change mixing of the at least two audio channels based, at least partially, on an output from the sensor regarding the sensed motion and...

An apparatus is configured to detect one or more particular user inputs from respective one or more positions, each position associated with a respective edge region of a display; and upon detection of the one or more particular user inputs, modify at least a portion of a foreground view on the display to create a peep-hole within the foreground vi...

An approach is provided for creating a virtual workspace among devices based, at least in part, on location information. The virtual workspace corresponds to an application or a service common to the devices. Monitoring of the movement of one or more of the devices causes manipulation of the virtual workspace, the application, the service, or a com...

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a processor configured to determine a position information related to a first media object, determine a position information related to a second media object, and automatically generate at least one image based at least in part on the position information re...

An approach is provided for incorporating media elements from content items into associated locations presented by a location-based view. A media element platform determines one or more locations associated with at least one location-based view. The media element platform further determines one or more content items associated with the one or more...

A method comprising: capturing, by a device equipped with a camera, at least one image about a physical object; recognizing the physical object on the basis of the at least one captured image; retrieving a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the physical object from a memory; and showing the 3D model of the physical object on a display of the device.

An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determine a curvature of a deformable flexible user interface area of an electronic devic...

An approach is provided for efficiently capturing, processing, presenting, and/or associating audio objects with content items and geo-locations. A processing platform may determine a viewpoint of a viewer of at least one content item associated with a geo-location. Further, the processing platform and/or a content provider may determine at least o...

Systems and techniques for determining characteristics to be exhibited by a sound phrase. A user draws traces on an input device indicating characteristics, such as duration and direction, of sounds such as sounds to be captured by a microphone array. In response to the user inputs, signals from the microphone array are processed to produce a signa...

This study aims to deepen the understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) management and protection mechanisms taken by innovative small and medium size firms (SMEs). Prior studies have examined only a few of the broad range of IP management practices that SMEs may find important, particularly in the context of collaborative innovation. The present...

An approach is provided for generating and sharing compositions based on media elements acquired from different locations. A media generation platform determines an association of one or more media elements with one or more locations. The media generation platform next determines one or more interactions with at least one connecting user interface...

An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for creating a personalized visualization of broadcasting stations that enables a user to quickly identify broadcasting stations that are in line with his or her tastes or preferences. Broadcasting stations may be plotted at specific locations within a personalized visualization based o...

Social innovations are solutions to challenges that the market or public sector have not been able to solve adequately. Open data has been recognized to offer significant opportunities for developing new products and services. This potential can be especially significant for developing social innovations, for which the use of proprietary data may b...

An apparatus including a memory for associating at least one user defined channel identifier with at least one selection item of the apparatus and a control unit coupled to the memory, the control unit being configured to cause one of the at least one user defined channel identifier to play when a corresponding one of the at least one selection ite...

An approach is provided for managing data sharing at user device. A data sharing module determines one or more requests for a transmission or a reception of one or more data items at a device. Next, the data sharing module causes, at least in part, a time delay in the transmission or the reception of the one or more data items. Further, the data sh...

An approach is provided for providing a derivative publication of a publication at one or more services. The publishing service platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one publication to cause, at least in part, a generation of at least one derivative publication. Next, the publishing service platform determines at least one...

An approach is provided for annotating point of interest information to structures. One or more representations of at least one structure are determined. One or more partitions of the at least one structure is determined based, at least in part, on one or more features of the one or more representations. One or more points of interest associated wi...

Systems and techniques for location based sound management. Information associated with a display is defined or selected based on user inputs and sounds associated with responsive locations of the display. Defining of the information associated with the display may be based at least in part on user touches to a touch screen display. Parameters for...

Systems and techniques for location based sound management. Information associated with a display is defined or selected based on user inputs and sounds associated with responsive locations of the display. Defining of the information associated with the display may be based at least in part on user touches to a touch screen display. Parameters for...

In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive information related to a media object, and automatically select at least one supplemental media object based at least in part on a competency of a user related to the media object is disclosed.

An approach is provided for creating a virtual workspace among devices based, at least in part, on location information. The virtual workspace corresponds to an application or a service common to the devices. Monitoring of the movement of one or more of the devices causes manipulation of the virtual workspace, the application, the service, or a com...

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for controlling display operations is provided, comprising: detecting presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface, detecting at least one information item associated with the object, detecting distance information on the distance of the object t...

An approach is provided for binding devices into a group for one or more collaborative applications. A device binding application determined a request, from at least one host device, to bind one or more other devices for initiating at least one collaborative application. The device binding application determines an order for binding the one or more...

We conducted an international exploratory study on the perceptions of Confidential Business Information (CBI) and Trade Secrets (TS), and their management. Empirical data collection was conducted through a series of telephone interviews. The survey included both quantitative (multiple selection) questions and qualitative (open-ended) questions. We...

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in gaming. Functionality might, for instance, be provided wherein one or more users are, in the context of a video game, presented with one or more real-world fitness tasks to be performed. Various monitoring operations might, for example, be performed. Various compensatory operations might, for example...

An approach is provided for relaying media and creating new content from the media via a social network. Audio content is caused to be received from one of a plurality of devices. The one device is associated with a member of a first list of contacts. New audio content is generated based on the received audio content. The new audio content is cause...