Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Fischerwerke Gmbh & Co. Kg

Lasse Juhani Laaksonen

Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi

Miikka Tapani Vilermo

Mikko Tapio Tammi

Adriana Vasilache

Antti Johannes Eronen

Anssi Sakari Rämö

Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate

Anssi Ramo

Jussi Artturi Leppänen

Jussi Leppanen

Tapani Pihlajakuja

Mikko-Ville Laitinen

Kari Juhani Jarvinen

Juha Vilkamo

Mikko-ville Laitinen

Jari Mathias Hagqvist

Toni Mäkinen

Mikko Olavi Heikkinen

Anssi Rämö

Kemal Ugur

Francesco Cricri

Mikko Antero Nurmi

Pushkar Prasad Patwardhan

Koray Ozcan

Henri Toukomaa

Olli Ali-Yrkko

Juha Matias Kallio

Kari Juhani Järvinen

Roope Olavi Jarvinen

Hannu Juhani Pulakka

Jussi Leppänen

Pasi Saari

Joonas Nikunen

Kari Järvinen

Kalle Luukkanen

Miika Tapani Vilermo

Juha Tapio Vilkamo

Milkka Tapani Vilermo

Anssi RÄMÖ

There is inter alia disclosed an apparatus for audio encoding configured to compare an audio parameter against a threshold value and against a value dependent on a previous quantized audio parameter; calculate a quantized audio parameter as the previous quantized audio parameter increased by a predetermined value; and calculate the quantized audio parameter as the previous quantized audio parameter multiplied by a factor value.

Quantisation of audio parameters

A method comprising determining that calibration data is to be obtained, by a user device, wherein the calibration data is for generating spatial audio content, determining that a first user input is received by the user device, wherein the first user input causes a zooming operation to be performed for video content that is being captured by the user device, adding a deviation to the zooming operation, determining that a user second input is received by the user device, as a response to adding the deviation, wherein the second user input mitigates, at least partly, an effect caused by the deviation, and in response to the second user input, obtaining the calibration data by capturing audio content using a plurality of microphones.

Obtaining calibration data for capturing spatial audio

An apparatus including circuitry configured to: transition from displaying an in-focus image of a first scene to displaying a first alternative image; transition from displaying the first alternative image to displaying a second alternative image; transition from displaying the second alternative image to displaying an in-focus image of a second scene; wherein the in-focus image of the first scene and the first alternative image are defined by a first transportable multi-image container, and wherein the in-focus image of second scene and second alternative image are defined by a second transportable multi-image container separate to the first transportable multi-image container.

Displayed image transition

An apparatus comprising means configured to: obtain at least one parameter value () associated with at least two time-frequency parts of at least one audio signal (); obtain at least one similarity value based on the at least one parameter value () associated with the at least two time-frequency parts of at least one audio signal (); determine at least one group of time-frequency parts from the at least two time-frequency parts of at least one audio signal (), the at least one group of time-frequency parts based on the at least one similarity value; and generate for the at least one group of time-frequency parts at least one associated group parameter (), the at least one group parameter () based on the at least one parameter value () associated with the time-frequency parts.

Spatial audio parameter encoding and associated decoding

An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: providing a stereo or spatial audio signal produced using individual signals from respective microphones of a user device, the stereo or spatial audio signal representing an audio scene; detecting unwanted noise in at least one of the individual signals; responsive to detecting the unwanted noise, modifying the stereo or spatial audio signal based on a determined level of spatial interest in the audio scene meeting a predetermined condition; and providing the modified audio signal for output via one or more speakers.

Selective modification of stereo or spatial audio

An apparatus and method for image processing is disclosed. The method may include receiving an image from a camera sensor, receiving selection of one or more target objects appearing in the image and tracking the one or more target objects over a plurality of subsequently-received images. For the subsequently-received images in turn, the method may include estimating one or more performance metric(s) associated with performing a fill-in processing operation of the one or more tracked target objects and saving the image as an optimised reference image if the respective performance metric(s) indicate an improved performance over that of one or more previously-received images from the time of receiving selection. The method may include performing the fill-in processing operation using one or more of the saved optimised reference images for output to a display screen.

Image processing

An apparatus including circuitry configured for causing audio processing to a spatial audio-visual representation of an image and sound apparatus, the spatial audio-visual representation being live or reproduced from recording; and modifying the audio processing applied to an audio-visually manipulated spatial section of the spatial audio-visual representation in response to information a prior audio-visual manipulation with data processing in the audio-visually manipulated spatial section.

Image and audio apparatus and method

Example embodiments are disclosed relating to virtual content. Example embodiments may involve providing video data for output to a user device, the video data representing a virtual scene comprising one or more virtual objects at respective locations in the virtual scene with which a user of the user device may interact during an interactive session. The interactive session may be paused and a resumption input may be received at a second time, subsequent to the first time, for unpausing the interactive session. Responsive to receiving the resumption input, it may be detected that interaction with a particular virtual object, with which the user has interacted prior to the interactive session being paused, is restricted due to physical properties of a real-world space in which the user is located at the second time. The virtual scene may be modified to permit interaction with the particular virtual object without the detected restriction.

Virtual content

An apparatus, method and computer-program is described relating to user control in augmented reality (AR). For example, the method may comprise determining, based on motion of a user, one or more future step locations along a path. The method may also comprise displaying, via an augmented reality display device associated with the user, one or more interactive items. Each of the one or more interactive items may be associated with a respective one of the future step locations and is displayed so as to be perceived at a respective display position which is at or near said associated respective future step location. The method may also comprise detecting a control input associated with a particular interactive item, based at least in part on the user having reached a selection area which is at or near said associated future step location along the path.

User control in augmented reality

An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene; render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.

Associated spatial audio playback

An apparatus comprising means configured to:

Tactile audio display

An apparatus for rendering communication audio signal within an immersive audio scene, the apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal for rendering within the immersive audio scene; obtain the communication audio signal and positional information associated with the communication audio signal; obtain a rendering processing parameter associated with the communication audio signal; determine a rendering method based on the rendering processing parameter; determine an insertion point in a rendering processing for the determined rendering method and/or a selection of rendering elements for the determined rendering method based on the rendering processing parameter.

Method and apparatus for communication audio handling in immersive audio scene rendering

An apparatus configured to: receive a spatial media file comprising a plurality of viewpoints; determine a viewpoint from the plurality of viewpoints for a user consuming the spatial media file; receive an audio stream associated with the viewpoint; receive an augmentation audio stream, wherein the augmentation audio stream is at least partially different from the audio stream; control an audio rendering of the audio stream based, at least partially, on metadata associated with the augmentation audio stream; and provide the audio rendering of the audio stream for mixing with a rendering of the augmentation audio stream.

Multi-viewpoint multi-user audio user experience

An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one signal, wherein the at least one signal comprises one or more transport audio signals; obtain an indicator specifying a type of the one or more transport audio signals; and process the one or more transport audio signals based, at least partially, on the indicator to generate one or more processed transport audio signals that are of an at least partially different type than the type of the one or more transport audio signals.

Spatial audio representation and rendering

An apparatus for generating a spatialized audio output based on a user position, the apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain a user position value; obtain at least one input audio signal and associated metadata enabling a rendering of the at least one input audio signal; generate an intermediate format immersive audio signal based on the at least one input audio signal, the metadata, and the user position value; process the intermediate format immersive audio signal to obtain the at least one spatial parameter and the at least one audio signal; and encode the at least one spatial parameter and the at least one audio signal, wherein the at least one spatial parameter and the at least one audio signal are configured to at least in part generate the spatialized audio output.

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Lasse Juhani Laaksonen