Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Provenance Asset Group LLC

Emberion Oy

Chris Bower

Piers Andrew

Zoran Radivojevic

Paul Beecher

Darryl Cotton

Mark Allen

Richard White

Samiul Md Haque

Michael Robert Astley

Di Wei

Yinglin Liu

Jani Kivioja

Markku Rouvala

Teuvo Tapani Ryhanen

Tapani Ryhänen

Antti Niskanen

Troels Roennow

Kim Blomqvist

Helena Pohjonen

Joachim Wabnig

Alexander Bessonov

Anton Fahlgren

Elisabetta Spigone

Pekka Kilpi

Andrew Peter Matthews

Pekka Korpinen

Surama Malik

Teuvo Tapani Ryhänen

Claudio Marinelli

Ilkka Niemela

Robin H A Ras

Tuukka Verho

Joseph Bottomley

Markus Ahonen

Ivonne Medina-salazar

Troels Frimodt Røennow

Darryl Paul James Cotton

Mark Lee Allen

An apparatus and method and electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a memory element configured to store information; a switching element coupled to the memory element; wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal provided by a capacitive touch screen and wherein when the switching element is in the second state the information can be read from the memory element by the capacitive touch screen.

Apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling information to be read from an apparatus

An apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising; a light collector configured to collect ambient light and provide the collected light to a portion of skin of a user; a photodetector configured to enable a biometric parameter to be monitored by detecting changes in the light absorbed by the portion of skin; and an amplifier configured to amplify an output signal provided by the photodetector; wherein the light collector is configured to filter the collected ambient light to increase the proportion of light within a selected range of wavelengths which is provided to the portion of skin of the user relative to the collected ambient light.

Apparatus and method for monitoring biometric parameters using an ambient light collector

An apparatus including a durable porous substrate; and a perfluorinated liquid located within pores of the durable porous substrate. The durable porous substrate and the perfluorinated liquid together are configured to provide an omniphobic surface.

Omniphobic surface for use in user interface device

An apparatus comprises a first magnetic plate; a second magnetic plate oriented parallel no the first magnetic plate, magnetically coupled to the first magnetic plate, and slidable relative to the first magnetic plate; a dielectric material positioned between the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate; and a contact in communication with the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate through which a voltage is applied, the voltage generating a signal that is responsive to a task performed on a mobile device, the signal providing a haptic effect to the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate upon sliding of the first magnetic plate relative to the second magnetic plate.

Haptic device for pedestrian navigation

An apparatus and method comprising: a plurality of sensor elements wherein the sensor elements are configured to be actuated in response to exposure to a parameter and the apparatus is configured to record when each of the sensor elements are actuated wherein: the plurality of sensor elements comprises at least a first subset of sensor elements and at least a second subset of sensor elements where the first subset of sensor elements are actuated in response to a first level of exposure to a parameter and the second subset of sensor elements are actuated in response to a second level of exposure to a parameter.

Apparatus and method for sensing a parameter

A device for direct X-ray detection () comprises a plurality of substantially parallel conductive channels () separated from one another by a quantum dot material (), thereby forming a composite material layer (). The parallel conductive channels () are electrically connected to source and drain electrodes () which enable a flow of electrical current through the conductive channels (). The quantum dot material () generates electron hole pairs upon exposure to incident electromagnetic radiation and the thus generated charge results in an electric field which causes a change in electrical current passing through at least one of the conductive channels (). The change in electrical current is indicative of one or more of the presence and magnitude of the incident electromagnetic radiation. Since the conductive channels () are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate (), the distances between the conductive channels can be chosen under consideration of the diffusion lengths of the generated charge carriers and independently from the thickness of the composite material layer () required for X-ray radiation.

Device for direct X-ray detection

A single device for emitting and detecting photons. The device comprises a semiconductive layer (), active material (), further dielectric layer () and overlying electrode (). In a first mode of operation an electrical field is applied between the semiconductive layer () and the overlying electrode (). This enables photons to be emitted from the active material (). In a second mode of operation, the semiconductive layer () constitutes a channel of a field effect transistor (). The field effect transistor further comprises source electrode (), drain electrode (), gate electrode () and dielectric layer (). Photons absorbed by the active material () causes charge to be transferred to the semiconductive layer (), thereby changing the channel resistance. A plurality of such devices can be arranged in a configurable array.

Device for emitting and detecting photons and method of producing the same

A method comprising: depositing a quantum dot solution onto a supporting substrate in a drop-wise manner to form one or more discrete droplets on a surface of the substrate, the quantum dot solution and discrete droplets comprising a plurality of quantum dots having primary ligands attached thereto to stabilize the quantum dots in solution; and depositing a ligand-exchange solution onto the one or more discrete droplets in a drop-wise manner to cause replacement of the primary ligands attached to the plurality of quantum dots with shorter-chain secondary ligands, replacement of the primary ligands with the secondary ligands allowing the plurality of quantum dots within each discrete droplet to become sufficiently close packed to facilitate charge transfer there between.

Quantum dot apparatus and associated methods and apparatus

Apparatus and methods for enabling information to be read from a touch screen apparatus

An apparatus including a structure including a plurality of passages from an interior side of the structure towards an exterior side of the structure; and a hydrophilic wicking material, positioned on at least the interior side of the structure, forming a contact surface for placement adjacent a user's skin.

Wearable apparatus

In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus for a user interface, the user interface including a user interface surface, the user interface surface including at least part of a self cleaning composition, the composition being configured to draw away at least one dermatological contaminant from one or more contaminated regions of the user interface surface to thereby provide a self-cleaning user interface surface.

User interfaces and associated apparatus and methods

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided securing information. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method, which may include receiving, at a user equipment, biometric data from a user of the user equipment; receiving, at the user equipment, sensitive data to be encoded and/or decoded; encoding, based on at least one feature detected in the biometric data, the sensitive data, when the user equipment is in a storage mode; and decoding, based on at least the at least one feature detected in the biometric data, the sensitive data, when the user equipment is in a read mode. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Storing and retrieving cryptographic keys from biometric data

An electrode comprises graphene, titanium dioxide and a binder, the binder configured to facilitate the binding together of the graphene and titanium dioxide to form the electrode.

Apparatus and associated methods

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 at least to provide a first state or a second state for an electrode, wherein in the first state, the electrode is configured for use in the detection of touch input, and in the second state, the electrode is configured for use in the provision of haptic feedback.

Apparatus and associated methods for touchscreen displays

Apparatus including: a face including a first surface electrode and a second insulated surface electrode; and a controller configured to apply a time varying potential difference between the first surface electrode and the second insulated surface electrode and configured to control at least the time variation in the potential difference.

Generating perceptible touch stimulus

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