Nokia Corporation

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Varjo Technologies Oy

Pixieray Oy

Niko Eiden

Klaus Melakari

Pasi Kemppinen

Vicente Calvo Alonso

Esa Määttä

Ville Vehkaperä

Antti Karilainen

Otto Huittinen

Shahil Soni

Roope Rainisto

Esa Kankaanpää

Rasmus Martenson

Qing Xu

Sami Lehtovaara

Oiva Arvo Oskari Sahlsten

Terho Kaikuranta

Jarmo Ilkka Saari

Ville Miettinen

Pekka Kostiainen

Rebecca Qing Melakari

Kimmo Hämynen

Jarno Wuolijoki

Antti Peuhkurinen

Johannes Lehto

Marjukka Joutsen

Sany Zakharia

Kimmo Ollikainen

Mika Tarvonen

Petteri Salminen

Bart Delmulle

Riitta Nieminen-Sundell

Jarkko Kuntanen

Juha Välimäki

Marko Stark

Ville Kivistö

An optical apparatus includes an active optical element including an active material encased between a first substrate and a second substrate. Means for selectively controlling the active material in a central portion and a plurality of sectors of the active optical element is employed. The central portion and the plurality of sectors are arranged around an optical axis of the active optical element, wherein the plurality of sectors surround the central portion. A processor of the optical apparatus is configured to generate a drive signal to drive said means to selectively control the active material in at least one of: the central portion, at least one of the plurality of sectors to produce a given optical power thereat.

Optical elements with spatially-variable optical power

An eye-tracking apparatus. At least one light source and a plurality of sensors are arranged at a periphery of a first surface of at least one lens. A frame is employed to hold the at least one lens. A processor coupled to the at least one light source and the plurality of sensors is configured to control the at least one light source to emit light towards the user's eye, control the plurality of sensors to sense reflections of the light off a surface of the user's eye, and process sensor data pertaining to the sensed reflections to determine a gaze direction of the user's eye.

Eyeglass lens with eye-tracking components

An electronic device or electronic device assembly may comprise a first portion and a second portion, a first magnet disposed inside the first portion and rotatable about a pivot axis with respect to the first portion, and a second magnet disposed inside the second portion and rotatable about a pivot axis with respect to the second portion. The first and second magnet may be configured to rotate so that the first and second magnets magnetically engage each other when the distance between the first and second magnet is equal to or smaller than a first distance.

Magnetic block locking of an electronic device

A peripheral display apparatus that is wearable by a user. The peripheral display apparatus includes at least two light sources and at least one processor coupled to at least two light sources. The at least two light sources include a first light source and a second light source arranged at a first peripheral portion and a second peripheral portion of a field of view of user, respectively, first peripheral portion and second peripheral portion being positioned at opposite horizontal ends of field of view. The at least one processor or at least one external processor communicably coupled to at least one processor is configured to generate at least two images including a first image and a second image, wherein at least one processor is configured to display first image and second image simultaneously at first light source and second light source, respectively.

Peripheral display apparatus and system

A display system including eye-tracking means, first image renderer, second image renderer, optical combiner and processor is described. Eye-tracking data is processed to determine gaze directions of user's eyes. Gaze location and gaze velocity and/or acceleration of user is determined based on gaze directions of user's eyes. It is detected whether or not gaze has been fixated for predefined time period based on gaze location and gaze velocity and/or acceleration of user. If gaze has been fixated, input image is processed to generate and render first image and second image substantially simultaneously. Projection of rendered first image and projection of rendered second image are combined optically by optical combiner to create extended-reality scene. If gaze has not been fixated, input image is processed to generate and render first image via first image renderer, whilst switching off or dimming second image renderer.

Display apparatus and method incorporating gaze-dependent display control

A device is presented. The device comprises: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, a display element coupled to the processor, and a user input element coupled to the processor. The computer program code and the at least one memory are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the device to: play an omnidirectional video comprising a series of image frames, display a portion of the image frames of the played omnidirectional video on the display element, receive a user input from the user input element, the user input comprising selection of an object of interest in the displayed portion of at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video, identify the object of interest in at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video based on the user input, track the selected object of interest in consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video, and adjust the displayed portion of the consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video so that the tracked object of interest remains in the displayed portion. A method and method are also presented.

Tracking object of interest in an omnidirectional video

A plug receptacle comprises a receptacle housing having a passage configured to receive at least a part of a plug of a plug connector, a front side having a first opening and a top side having a second, elongated opening that intersects the first opening, the passage opening to the front side via the first opening and to the top side via the second opening. The plug receptacle comprises at least one plug receptacle cover that is configured to move between a cover position and an elevated position. In the cover position, the at least one plug receptacle cover covers the second opening at least partially. In the elevated position, the at least one plug receptacle cover is elevated outwards along its entire length, so that the at least the part of the plug partially extends through the second opening.

Plug receptacle and plug receptacle cover for an electronic device

A plug receptacle is disclosed, comprising a receptacle housing having a passage configured to receive at least a part of a plug of a plug connector, a front side having a first opening and a top side having a second, elongated opening that intersects the first opening, the passage opening to the front side via the first opening and to the top side via the second opening. The plug receptacle also comprises at least one plug receptacle cover that is reversibly extendable between a cover position and an open position. In the cover position, the at least one plug receptacle cover covers the second opening at least partially. In the open position, at least a part of the at least one plug receptacle cover is extended outwards, so that the at least the part of the plug partially extends through the second opening.

Plug receptacle for an electronic device

A wireless headset comprises a body portion and a boom pivotably coupled to the body portion. The boom is resiliently biased from a first position towards a second position relative to the first headset portion. The headset includes a sensor for detecting movement of the boom between the second to the first position.

Headset

A headset () comprises a body () and a boom (), on which a microphone is located. The boom () is mounted so that the position of a microphone () relative to the body () can be adjusted. The headsetfurther comprises a controller () arranged to process an electrical signal generated by the microphone () by equalizing components corresponding to high and low audio frequencies in accordance with the detected position of the microphone (). For instance, low frequencies may be preferentially attenuated if the microphone () is used when the boom () is in a retracted position. Optionally, the controller () may also adjust the gain of the microphone () in accordance with the position of the microphone (). The headset () may be used to communicate with an external device () using a wired or wireless connection. For example, the headset () may convey signals to and from a mobile telephone using the Bluetooth&#xae; protocol and/or may be used for Push-to-Talk applications.

Headset with adjustable boom

A medallion to be worn by a user, the medallion being functional in more than one mode, the medallion including an image display, a power source responsive to a fade-in signal and a fade-out signal, mode selection means for providing a repetitive mode selection signal if the user selects a repetitive mode, and a timing control means that is responsive to the repetitive mode selection signal from the mode selection means, the timing control means being for automatically and repeatedly providing the fade-in signal and the fade-out signal to the power source.

Medallion display with repetitive mode

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