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Patent GB-2524143-A (GB)
Title: Chemically reduced lithium compound-based Q-switch
Inventor: JUNDT DIETER HANS
IPC: H01S5/06
Filed: 2015-01-14
Abstract: A method 100 suitable for manufacturing Q-switches includes coating 120 a first Z-surface and second Z-surface of an oriented slab of a chemically reducible electro-optic lithium compound crystal (LC slab) with a condensed material including an active chemical operable once activated to chemically reduce the LC; the LC slab with condensed material thereon is heated 130 in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above an activating temperature of the condensed material; the LC slab is cooled 140 to a temperature below a quenching temperature below which re-oxidization of the LC slab is inhibited; a finishing process is performed 150 including cutting the LC slab into a plurality of Q-switch devices each having a chemically reduced LC substrate, and forming metal electrodes on opposing sides of the LC substrates that are orthogonal to the Z-surfaces, and coating the Z-surfaces with an antireflective (AR) coating material. The reduction process increases the electrical conductivity of the LC slab thus preventing large charge build ups.
Patent GB-2524869-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring system and method
Inventor: SUDAK MENACHEM MENDEL
IPC: G07C5/02
Filed: 2015-02-04
Abstract: A monitoring system (1) for determining compliance with one or more vehicle insurance rules. The system (1) includes a biometric detection means for detecting biometric data associated with an individual operating or driving the vehicle. A database storing biometric data associated with one or more authorised individuals is provided. A condition capture means, such as a camera, captures data relating to driver behaviour. The system compares the detected biometric data with a database of biometric data in order to identify an authorised individual corresponding to the detected biometric data, and associates data from the condition capture means with the authorised user. The condition capture means may detect an eccentric event. If the biometric data does not correspond to an authorised individual an authority may be notified and requested to authoise the driver.
Patent GB-2536281-A (GB)
Title: Battery pack formed by parallel connection of a plurality of secondary battery cells via two conductive members
Inventor: DONALD PI HSIANG WU
IPC: H01M50/517
Filed: 2015-03-13
Abstract: A battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells 10 connected in parallel via a pair of conductive members 20, 30, wherein each battery cell includes a positive terminal 12 and a negative terminal 13 extending from the same terminal surface 111. The conductive members 20, 30 are electrically isolated from each other, and include a conductive portion 21, 31 extending along the terminal surface 111, and a terminal portion 22, 32 integrally formed with its respective conductive portion 21, 31 and being located towards a lateral surface 112 of the battery pack. A plurality of fuses 40 are provided on one of the conductive members 30 between the conductive portion 31 and each of the negative terminals 13 of the battery cells. The fuses 40 comprise a first leg 41 electrically connected to the conductive portion 31 and a second leg 42 electrically connected to a respective negative terminal 13. The positive terminals 12 may be joined to the conductive member 20 via intermediate conductive pieces 51, bolts 52, washers 53 and nuts 54, or may be joined directly (fig 7). The battery cells 10 may be square-shaped cells or soft pouch cells (fig 8). Since the conductive portions 21, 31 are integrally joined with the terminal portions 22, 32 (which may act as power output terminals), no wiring is required between the conductive portions and the terminal portions, which reduces the possibility of wiring caused short circuits and wire loosening.
Patent GB-2539897-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, method and computer program
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN WILLIAMS
IPC: H04N21/8547
Filed: 2015-06-29
Abstract: An apparatus for analysing a video recording of a sporting event such as a football (soccer) match, comprising circuitry to receive a plurality of first event records, each indicating a start time, end time and participant identifier. A timeline of the sporting event is generated and displayed, indicating an elapsed time of the video recording along a first axis, and the participant identifier of each first event record along a second axis. The timeline comprises a plurality of first timeline elements each corresponding to a respective first event record. Participant tracking data is received, indicative of participant positions at each of a plurality of times during the elapsed time of the video recording. A timeline element is selected and in response a video clip is generated from the video recording, the clip temporally extending between a first and second time, encompassing the start and end times of the associated event record. The video clip comprises one or more portions of the video recording, generated on the basis of the participant tracking data corresponding to the selected timeline element.
Patent GB-2531394-A (GB)
Title: Low power switching linear regulator
Inventor: ZOLNHOFER JENS
IPC: G05F1/565
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A voltage regulator comprises two regulators, a normal regulator 402 and a low power regulator 403 which uses less current to output a given voltage but permits its output voltage to fluctuate over wider limits than the normal regulator. A switch 404 connects either the normal or the low power regulator depending on the operating mode of a circuit supplied by the regulator. The low power regulator may supply the circuits when in a power saving mode. The normal regulator may have a current source that is capable of supplying higher current than the lower power regulator, comprising a larger transistor, and may act as a switched regulator which is only activated when its output voltage, which may be periodically sampled using a clock and a comparator, exceeds predefined limits. The low power regulator may comprise an error amplifier to monitor and keep its output voltage constant.
Patent GB-2535567-A (GB)
Title: Catalyst and process
Inventor: GARETH HEADDOCK
IPC: C07C31/125
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A catalyst comprises copper or a compound thereof, zinc or a compound thereof and a material containing silica and alumina. The zinc maybe present as zinc oxide. The catalyst may contain 10-70% by weight of zinc, calculated as zinc metal. It may also contain 10-70% by weight of copper, calculated as copper metal and 1-40% by weight of the material containing silica and alumina. The silica and alumina containing material may contain 1-40% of silica by weight and 60-99% of alumina by weight. Optionally the silica and alumina material may not be a zeolite, and can be selected from e.g. aluminosilicates and clays, such as kaolin, montmorillonite, attapulgite. A process for producing an alcohol comprising the steps of contacting an ester of a carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of the catalyst is also disclosed. The process may be a continuous process wherein a liquid feedstock containing the ester is caused to flow through a bed of catalyst particles and hydrogen is either present as a gas or dissolved in said liquid phase.
Patent GB-2557868-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: SIVA VAKEESAR
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2016-01-15
Abstract: A base station for a communications network, wherein the base station 5-2 receives, from a communication device 3, a request S501 for establishing a communication connection via a cell of the communication network operated by the base station. The base station obtains information indicating from where a context associated with a previously established communication connection can be retrieved; retrieves the context associated with the previously established communication connection based on the obtained information S507; and resumes the previously established communication connection with the communication device using the retrieved context. The communication device may be an Internet of Things, MTC or M2M device. In another aspect a base station for a communication network establishes a communication connection with a communication device and sets up an associated context and determines whether the communication connection is suspended. The context is transferred to another communication node upon at least one of establishing the communication connection, determining that the communication connection is suspended and upon request. In another aspect the base station sends a message to the communication device indicating that the previously establish communication connection cannot be resumed if the context associated with the previous communication connection cannot be retrieved.
Patent GB-2542027-A (GB)
Title: Vibration monitor
Inventor: Jacqueline Mclaughlin
IPC: G07C3/02
Filed: 2016-09-05
Abstract: A vibration monitor 10 is configured to be worn by an operator during use of a power tool. The vibration monitor comprises a vibration sensor to sense vibration sustained by the operator when the vibration monitor is worn by the operator. The vibration monitor further comprises a processor configured to receive sensed vibration data from the vibration sensor and to transform received vibration data whereby the transformed data is more representative than the received vibration data of vibration at a location on a power tool or a workpiece with which the operator is in contact during use of the power tool. The transformation may be configured to amplify the received vibration data to address attenuation of the vibrations by the body of the operator. The attenuation may be determined by taking simultaneous frequency spectra measurements from the power tool and the vibration sensor and determining the transfer function, which may differ by power tool. The amplification may apply to a predetermined range of frequencies. Frequency-weighted attenuation may be applied to the received vibration data.
Patent GB-2554365-A (GB)
Title: Canister and valve
Inventor: MICHAEL FRIEL
IPC: B65D83/66
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A valve has two metering chambers 21, 22; a stem 25 with a nozzle 24, the stem extending into each chamber and having two axial channels 32, 35; the stem selectively allowing communication between the chambers and the atmosphere while preventing communication between the chambers and their respective channels. The canisters propellant storage chamber can be connected to the product storage chamber via a pressure sensitive valve. Channels 32, 35 can connect each metering chamber in the valve to its respective storage chamber in the canister. Additional channels 38, 42 can provide the chambers communication with the atmosphere. Ideally each channel is axially extending with a radially extending inlet and/or outlet. It is the occlusion of these inlets or outlets which can control communication between the metering chamber and either the atmosphere or the storage chambers. The stem can be biased by a spring 28. One metering chamber can be one hundred times the size of the other.
Patent GB-2554696-A (GB)
Title: Methods of interacting between two devices and corresponding devices and system
Inventor: ROMAIN BELLESSORT
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: A method of securely interacting between two devices via a unidirectional communications connection is disclosed. A first device 510 such as a printer, scanner, camera or projector indicates an action (such as maintenance) to be performed for modifying its current state. When it is detected that this state has changed, the advertising device generates a URL based on its new current state. Preferably, this URL indicates at least one action to be performed to reach a target state from the new current state. It is then transmitted to a user device such as a mobile or laptop 520 in a message. It is also proposed that upon reception of the message, the user device determines whether the received URL is suitable for execution. If so, it determines an eligible web runtime environment of the user device, in which the received URL can be loaded. Finally, the received URL is loaded without need of user intervention.
Patent GB-2551000-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for filtering of media data based on to-do list
Inventor: Ashleigh Miller
IPC: H04N21/466
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: Resolving a meaning of an ambiguous calendar entry 102 and recommending media 104 based on the meaning. The method detects a calendar entry 102 specific to a user and determines that the calendar entry is ambiguous with respect to an associated period of time. A calendar entry may be ambiguous if it is not specific with respect to either the exact length of the calendar entry within the associated period of time, or the exact time in the period that the task will take place. If the calendar entry is ambiguous, the media guidance application 100 determines characteristics of the calendar entry and the user, and computes an estimated range of time corresponding to the calendar entry based on these characteristics. A recommendation of media 104 based on the estimated range of time is generated for display. The media may be broadcast media or may include on-demand video content. Preferably, the recommendation comprises media that will not be broadcast during the estimated range of time. In embodiments an ambiguous calendar entry may be do homework tonight and characteristics of the task (homework) and user (e.g. age) are used to estimate a timeslot for the task.
Patent GB-2546211-A (GB)
Title: Serially-connected Bluetooth low energy nodes
Inventor: THOMAS E WARNER
IPC: H04B3/54
Filed: 2015-09-16
Abstract: Bluetooth Low Energy nodes are serially-connected with a cable that includes power lines and can include communication wires. The nodes do not have individual batteries. Instead, a single common power source is connected to the wires to provide power for all the nodes. The nodes can also be connected in series with the communication wires (which can be the same as the power wires) along a length of the cable. A headend interface can also be connected at one point of the cable to provide a communication interface with the nodes. The nodes can transmit and/or receive beacons to be used for locationing of mobile devices.
Patent GB-2562745-A (GB)
Title: A toilet cleaning device
Inventor: MICHELLE WADE
IPC: A47K11/10
Filed: 2017-05-23
Abstract: A toilet cleaning device which comprises: a handle 200 which defines a handle axis A, and a head 100 which defines a head axis B; wherein at least part of the head 100 is displaceable from the handle to alter the angle between the two axes, and wherein at least part of the head 100 is wholly separable from the handle 200. The device may have a flexible head. Preferably, the head comprises at least two portions 9, 10. The head 100 may comprise a central flexible core 6, 7, 66 and a meshed outer 8 which may be rotatable on the core. The handle 200 may be axially telescopic.
Patent GB-2552415-A (GB)
Title: Flameless candle with integrated fountain device
Inventor: MOU-LI LIN
IPC: F21S10/04
Filed: 2017-06-23
Abstract: A flameless candle with integrated fountain device includes a container 1, having an accommodation space 11 therein: a tube 2, including a first tube 21 and a second tube 22 disposed longitudinally side by side in the accommodation space 11. A pump motor 4 is disposed win the accommodation space 11 and communicates with the bottom end of the first tube 21. The first tube 21 and the second tube 22 being communicated with each other in a transverse direction (N); and a first light-emitting member 5, located inside the second tube 22. A fluid flows in the transverse direction (N) from the first tube 21 to the second tube 22 mitigate the impact of the fluid which can prevent the fluid from splashing out of the container 1 when the fluid flows out of the top end of the second tube 22. Fi
Patent GB-2563915-A (GB)
Title: Engine monitoring apparatus
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER J GREEN
IPC: G01M15/12
Filed: 2017-06-29
Abstract: A method of monitoring an internal combustion engine comprises sensing vibrations of the engine using a local monitoring device attached thereto (S20); processing the vibration data to determine a firing frequency of the engine (S30); generating an aggregated summary of the engine data (S40); and transmitting the aggregated summary and monitoring device identification data to a remote device (S50), wherein the remote device calculates engine speed based on the firing frequency and the identification data. The remote device may store a library of engine-characterising data e.g., number of firing events per engine revolution for a plurality of engines and associates the identification data with the engine of interest to perform the speed calculation. The remote device may be in communication with a plurality of local monitoring devices, each monitoring one of a plurality of engines, data for each of which is stored on the remote device. The monitoring device may form part of an oil filler cap or dipstick of the engine.
Patent GB-2565044-A (GB)
Title: Composite
Inventor: MOHAMED ALKORDI
IPC: C07F7/00
Filed: 2017-07-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a composite comprising electrically conductive carbon and a metal-organic framework which comprises mixing electrically-conductive carbon (such as graphene or carbon nanotubes) and precursors for the preparation of a metal-organic framework wherein the precursors comprises metal ions (such as zirconium) and organic ligands (such as terephthalic acid or 2-aminoterephthalic acid). The mixture is stirred at between 100 and 1000 rpm. An acid may be used in the mixture. Further disclosed is a method of making an electrocatalytically active composite further comprising nickel ions. Also disclosed are composites, articles (e.g. electrodes) comprising an electrocatalytically active composite and uses of an electrocatalytically active composite, e.g. in electrochemical heterogeneous catalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction.
Patent GB-2554529-A (GB)
Title: A Movable traffic signal or movable pedestrian signal system
Inventor: STEPHEN JOHN HEATON
IPC: G08G1/0955
Filed: 2017-08-03
Abstract: A movable traffic signal apparatus for use in controlling the movement of traffic or people on a temporary basis comprises: at least one movable traffic signal 100, 200 comprising an illuminated sign 5; a receiver for receiving control signals on one of two different radio frequency bands; a drive circuit arranged to drive the lights of the illuminated sign according to the received control signals; and a transmitter arranged to transmit control signals; and further including switching means enabling the apparatus to be configured to transmit and to receive control signals in either the first radio frequency band or the second radio frequency band. The two bands allows greater flexibility of installation when the apparatus is to be used in environments where there may be lots of interference or noise.
Patent GB-2554264-A (GB)
Title: Drill bit cutter having shaped cutting element
Inventor: SHILIN CHEN
IPC: E21B10/62
Filed: 2015-06-18
Abstract: A drill bit cutter having a shaped cutting element is disclosed. The cutter includes a substrate having a fixed portion, and a rotating portion rotatably attached to the fixed portion. The cutter also includes a cutting element secured to the rotating portion of the substrate, the cutting element having a non-circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to a cutter axis of the rotating cutting element, the cross-section having a radially symmetric shape.
Patent GB-2560649-A (GB)
Title: Image data encapsulation with tile support
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/845
Filed: 2014-03-25
Abstract: A method, device or computer program for generating a media file based on one or more still images, the method comprising: obtaining identification information for each of media items, at least one of the media items corresponding to image data of at least one spatial tile of the one or more still images, obtaining reference information which represents, by using the obtained identification information, a reference from a first item to a second item which may be a reference type and generating the media file including the obtained identification information of each of the media items and the obtained reference information.
Patent GB-2565405-A (GB)
Title: Language-adapted user interfaces
Inventor: TIMOTHY FITZPATRICK-NASH
IPC: G09B19/06
Filed: 2018-06-01
Abstract: A computer-implemented training system comprising: data storage storing in a non-transient manner: (i) a first set of visual instruction materials, (ii) a second set of audio instruction materials and (iii) a set of user data comprising, for each of a plurality of users, (a) a first indication of a visual instruction status and (b) a second indication of an audio instruction status; and a presentation control processing arrangement configured for selecting an instruction material of the first set or the second set and causing it to be presented to a user; the presentation control processing arrangement being configured to, for a specific user, select one of (a) a visual instruction material from the first set in dependence on the stored first indication for that user and (b) an audio instruction material from the second set in dependence on the stored second indication for that user, and to cause the selected instruction material to be presented to the user.
Patent GB-2575481-A (GB)
Title: Acknowledgement of direct link and downlink transmissions in trigger-based multi-user transmissions
Inventor: Stéphane Baron
IPC: H04W84/12
Filed: 2018-07-11
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to enhanced multi-user (MU) uplink (UL) protocols in wireless networks that allow non-UL transmissions to be performed simultaneously with triggered MU UL transmissions. An access point (AP) or station sends a trigger frame 510 that allocates resources for uplink (UL), downlink (DL) 450 and/or direct link (DiL) 440 multi-user (MU) data transmissions to/from another station. A resource unit 570 to be used by the DiL or DL destination station to send a response such as an acknowledgement (ACK) to the data transmission is signaled in the trigger frame. The allocated resource units and response resource units may belong to the same transmission opportunity granted to the triggering station through EDCA contention.
Patent GB-2570376-A (GB)
Title: Suspension compositions
Inventor: ROGER COULSTON
IPC: C11B9/00
Filed: 2016-08-24
Abstract: This invention provides granules or beads coated with a stable suspension composition comprising cucurbituril particles suspended in a medium. Preferably the cucurbituril is selected from CB[5], CB[6], CB[7], CB[8] or a mixture thereof. The medium is preferably a liquid medium, such as water or a hydroalcoholic system comprising ethanol, methanol and isopropanol. The composition may further comprise a suspending agent such as polyacrylic acid (PAA) or xanthan gum. Also provided is a method of producing the granules or beads by spraying or blending the uncoated granules or beads with the stable suspension composition, wherein the uncoated granules or beads may have an average particle size of between 0.1-10 mm.
Patent GB-2570762-A (GB)
Title: Hierarchical image interpretation system
Inventor: DANIEL HUBERT
IPC: G06T7/10
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A method for parsing parking signs comprises processing image data representing an image to determine a first information region 410 associated with a parent node of a hierarchy. One or more information sub-regions 422, 424, 426 wholly contained within the first information region are determined and associated with a sub-node of the hierarchy where each sub-node is a child to the parent node. Data indicative of the hierarchy is output. Each sub-region may have further sub-regions e.g. 434, 436 and 438. Semantic classification may be used to return a relevant rule, permit code, day or time category of the sub-regions. Feature detection algorithms may be used such as histogram of oriented gradients (HOG), scale invariant feature transform (SIFT), speeded up robust feature (SURF), Harr-like feature, or a neural network.