Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.

Provenance Asset Group LLC

Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a R.l.

Nokia Technology Oy

Juha Henrik Arrasvuori

Antti Johannes Eronen

Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi

Jussi Artturi Leppänen

Jukka Holm

Miikka Tapani Vilermo

Roope Olavi Jarvinen

Kari Juhani Jarvinen

Petri Piippo

Marion Boberg

Jussi Severi Uusitalo

Kari Juhani Järvinen

Hannu Korhonen

Olli Immonen

Peter Eskolin

Kimmo Tapio Roimela

Tero Jokela

Jussi Leppanen

Adriana Vasilache

Anssi Ramo

Marja Salmimaa

Akos Vetek

Martin Jansky

Kristian A Luoma

Petri Jarske

Severi Uusitalo

Mikko Antero Nurmi

Francesco Cricri

Ari Aarnio

Igor D Curcio

Erika Reponen

Mikko Olavi Heikkinen

Guido Grassel

Petros Belimpasakis

Timo Eemeli Nummenmaa

Andres Lucero

Tuomas Vaittinen

Jussi Leppänen

Andrés Lucero

Roope Olavi Järvinen

Elina Ollila

Jussi Pekka Holopainen

Erika Piia Pauliina Reponen

Markus Montola

Mika Antero Rautava

Yanqing Cui

Jaakko Keränen

Jaakko Lehikoinen

Petri Matti Olavi Piippo

Jan Peter Erik Eskolin

Sampo Tuomas Vaittinen

Elina Maria Inkeri Ollila

James D Lynch

Timo Kosonen

Kai Havukainen

Timo Pekka Pylvänäinen

Jaakko Olli Taavetti Keränen

Jani Bostrom

Bernard Berus

Tero Simo Ilari Jokela

Viljakaisa Aaltonen

Jani Boström

Mikko Roininen

Kari Järvinen

Matthew Coyle-gilchrist

Matthew Coyle-Gilchrist

Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila

Ollila Elina

Michael James Tudor

Jukka Antero Holm

Roope JÄRVINEN

An apparatus configured to, based on first imagery () of at least part of a body of a user (), and contemporaneously captured second imagery () of a scene, the second imagery comprising at least a plurality of images taken over time, and based on expression-time information indicative of when a user expression of the user () occurs, provide a time window () temporally extending from a first time (t&#x2212;1) prior to the time (t) of the expression-time information, to a second time (t&#x2212;5) comprising a time equal to or prior to the first time (t&#x2212;1), the time window () provided to identify at least one expression-causing image () from the plurality of images of the second imagery () that was captured in said time window, and provide for recordal of the at least one expression-causing image () with at least one expression-time image () comprising at least one image from the first imagery ().

Apparatus and method for associating images from two image streams

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 first user, viewable by the second user, is provided in the second virtual space and based on a communication initiation input from the second user; to provide for communication and presentation in the second virtual space, at a virtual location based on a location of the second representation of the first user, of a context-volume comprising a sub-volume of the first virtual space at least partly surrounding the first user to enable the second user to seethe first virtual space currently experienced by the first user.

Apparatus and associated methods for communication between users experiencing virtual reality

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 user.

Audio processing for objects within a virtual space

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.

Multimedia content

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 said users.

Rendering a message within a volumetric space

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 least includes a representation of the identified physical real-world object that is overlaid on the virtual reality content presented in the virtual reality view, the object image displayed at a location in the virtual reality space that corresponds to a real-world location of the identified physical real-world object relative to the user, the object image further including at least a representation of a further physical real-world object that is identified as potentially hindering physical user-access to said identified physical real-world object.

Apparatus, associated method and associated computer readable medium

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.

Spatial audio signaling filtering

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 the audio capture location; providing for audible presentation of the spatial audio when the virtual location is within a threshold distance with the spatial audio effect such that the one or more sounds are perceived to originate from one or more directions in the virtual reality space in corresponding to the directional information; and providing for audible presentation of the spatial audio when the virtual location is beyond the threshold distance such the one or more sounds are audibly presented with an ambient audio effect.

Apparatus and associated methods in the field of virtual reality

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 location information associated therewith indicative of one or more of (i) the location, at the time of making the comment, of the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event, (ii) a location, at the event, specified by the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event; provide for display of the comment overlaid over the current view of the video imagery, the comment displayed in the current view of the video imagery at a position that corresponds to the location information.

Apparatus and associated methods

A method is disclosed, including providing data indicative of dimensions of a real-world space within which a virtual world is to be consumed. The method may also include 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 content, based at least partly on the dimensions of the real-world space. The method may also include identifying one or more of the objects as being movable, identifying, from a set of three-dimensional virtual content items, one or more candidate items unable to be rendered within the available area(s) and which can be rendered if one or more of the movable objects is moved and providing an indication to a virtual reality user device of the candidate virtual item(s) and of the movable object(s) required to be moved.

Provision of virtual reality content

An apparatus configured to, in respect of presentation, to a user, of a secondary content window () overlying a scene () such that it covers a predefined area of the scene, the secondary content window () providing a display area for secondary visual content thereby allowing for viewing of the secondary visual content alongside the scene outside the predefined area; based on a predetermined event occurring in the scene at a location hidden by the secondary content window; provide for presentation of audio of at least the predetermined event with an event spatial audio effect, the event spatial audio effect configured to place a perceived origin of the audio of the predetermined event at a location () outside the secondary content window () to thereby alert a user to the occurrence of the predetermined event hidden by the secondary content window.

Apparatus for spatial audio and associated method

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 sound-source virtual visual object and a user-controlled virtual visual object, wherein a visual appearance of each interconnecting virtual visual object, is dependent up on one or more characteristics of a sound object associated with the sound-source virtual visual object to which the interconnecting virtual visual object is interconnected, and wherein audio processing of the sound objects to produce rendered sound objects depends on user-interaction with the user-controlled virtual visual object and user-controlled interconnection of interconnecting virtual visual objects between sound-source virtual visual objects and the user-controlled virtual visual object.

Audio processing

A method comprises receiving information associated with a content item, designating a first bead apparatus () 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 segment identifier by the first bead apparatus (), designating a second bead apparatus () to be associated with a second content item segment of the content item, the second content item segment being identified by a second content item segment identifier, causing display of a visual representation of the second content item segment identifier by the second bead apparatus (), receiving information indicative of a selection input of the second bead apparatus, and causing rendering of the second content item segment based, at least in part, on the selection input (). The causation of rendering comprises sending information indicative of a content item segment to a separate apparatus or causing sending of information indicative of a content item segment by another apparatus to a separate apparatus () such as a bead apparatus, an electronic apparatus, a server, a computer, a laptop, a television, a phone and/or the like.

Causing rendering of a content item segment on a bead apparatus

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 media scene, to render a modified second media scene based at least in part upon media content provided by the content-rendering application and at least in part upon other media content associated with the event.

Media rendering

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 information indicative of at least the direction towards each of the audio capture devices; provide for display of a user selectable audio-capture-location graphic for each of the audio tracks, wherein each audio-capture-location graphic is associated with one of the audio tracks and visually associated with the audio source wherein the form or position of the audio-capture-location graphics is indicative of the direction towards the audio source capture device and wherein based on selection of one of the audio-capture-location graphics, provide for audible presentation of the audio track associated therewith.

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Juha Henrik Arrasvuori