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Patent GB-2546936-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust fluid filter including hydrocarbon detection witness media
Inventor: KEVIN GUDORF
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2014-11-10
Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes an exhaust reductant tank configured to store an exhaust reductant. A filter is fluidically coupled to the exhaust reductant tank. The aftertreatment system includes a hydrocarbon detection device configured to indicate the presence of a hydrocarbon in the exhaust reductant. A catalyst is included in the system and configured to treat the exhaust reductant flowing through the system. The hydrocarbon detection device can include a hydrophobic paper, and can be disposed in the filter.
Patent GB-2552577-A (GB)
Title: Neuromorphic synapses
Inventor: EVANGELOS STAVROS ELEFTHERIOU
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2015-10-13
Abstract: A neuromorphic synapse (11) comprises a resistive memory cell (15) connected in circuitry having first and second input terminals (21,22).These input terminals (21,22) respectively receive pre-neuron and post-neuron action signals, each having a read portion and a write portion, in use. The circuitry also has an output terminal (23) for providing a synaptic output signal which is dependent on resistance of the memory cell (15).The circuitry is operable such that the synaptic output signal is provided at the output terminal (23) in response to application at the first input terminal (21) of the read portion of the pre-neuron action signal,and such that a programming signal,for programming resistance of the memory cell (15), is applied to the cell (15) in response to simultaneous application of the write portions of the pre-neuron and post-neuron action signals at the first and second input terminals (21,22) respectively. The synapse (11) can be adapted for operation with identical pre-neuron and post-neuron action signals.
Patent GB-2566436-A (GB)
Title: Device for collecting and temporarily storing excrement
Inventor: MALCOLM TOPPING
IPC: E01H1/12
Filed: 2017-07-26
Abstract: A device for collecting and at least temporarily storing excrement comprising a container [3, figure 2] with cavity into which excrement can be placed. The opening has a threaded portion is provided adjacent the open end which matches a corresponding thread 19 on a lid 17 which is used to seal the container. The lid also has on its outer surface a grasping handle 21 and on its inner surface an excrement handling portion 25. The handling portion may have bifurcated tines 31 and a rebate to allow excrement to be picked up from grass. The device may be used with a carry case. A method of using the device is disclosed.
Patent GB-2551069-A (GB)
Title: Polycrystalline diamond compacts and methods of manufacture
Inventor: GAGAN SAINI
IPC: E21B10/573
Filed: 2015-03-10
Abstract: An example polycrystalline diamond compact includes a substrate and a diamond table attached to the substrate. A multilayer joint interposes the substrate and the diamond table and comprises at least two component parts selected from the group consisting of a base layer, one or more intermediate layers, and a braze layer. The at least two component parts are formed via a thin film deposition process.
Patent GB-2555519-A (GB)
Title: A telecommunications method and system
Inventor: HAFEEZ BANA
IPC: H04W88/18
Filed: 2017-08-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to routing communications within a communications network 303 including a plurality of core networks, and includes: within a server system 300, routing (201, figure 2) a telecommunications message for a telephony subscriber identity (e.g. an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI) to a simulated subscriber identity module, SIM / USIM / UICC 301, and performing a communication action (202) in relation to the telecommunications message at the simulated subscriber identity module. Actions which can be performed in relation to said telecommunications messages include rerouting the messages to different subscriber identities, providing an API to the simulated module for use by third parties, and simulating physical phone functions. Message may be received via a signalling gateway within the server system via an inter-network signaling protocol such as SS7. The server system may include a roaming network which can simulate, at least, a VLR and a MSC of the roaming network. The disclosed invention has similarities to a SIM gateway, SIM box or SIM bank, in which a collection of physical SIM cards are contained. In the present invention the collection of SIM cards is simulated within a processor.
Patent GB-2566556-A (GB)
Title: Actuator rotational alignment device
Inventor: JAMES LEWENDON
IPC: F15B15/16
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A linear actuator 30 is provided. The linear actuator 30 comprises: a helical orientation surface 40 in a fixed angular position relative to a first component 32; and a follower 50 in a fixed angular position relative to a second component 33. When the first and second components are moved towards one another as the actuator is retracted, the follower 50 engages and moves along the helical orientation surface 40 to rotate the first and second components 32, 33 to a predetermined relative angular position.
Patent GB-2557425-A (GB)
Title: Detection of acoustic impulse events in voice applications using a neural network
Inventor: SAMUEL EBENEZER
IPC: G10L25/84
Filed: 2017-10-10
Abstract: An integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of an audio device may include an audio output configured to reproduce audio information, a microphone input configured to receive an input signal indicative of ambient sound, and a processor configured to implement an impulsive noise detector. The impulsive noise detector may comprise a plurality of processing blocks for determining a feature vector based on characteristics of the input signal and a neural network for determining based on the feature vector whether the impulsive event comprises a speech event or a noise event. The feature vector comprises statistics indicative of harmonicity, sparsity, and degree of temporal modulation of a signal spectrum of the input signal. The feature vector may comprise a statistic indicative of: an acoustic energy present in the input signal, an occurrence of a signal burst event of the input signal, or mel cepstral coefficients of the input signal. The processor may modify a characteristic associated with the audio information, the characteristic comprises a coefficient of a voice-based processing algorithm including at least one of: a noise suppressor, a background noise estimator, an adaptive beamformer, dynamic beam steering, always-on voice, and a conversation-based playback management system.
Patent GB-2554255-A (GB)
Title: Intelligently and dynamically selecting operating mode of a node in an ad-hoc network
Inventor: KATRIN REITSMA
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2016-04-22
Abstract: A method of transitioning a wireless networking device from a non-access point mode to an access point mode includes receiving a find network request from another wireless networking device and sending a find network response including beacon data and an identifier. The method includes receiving a join network request from the other wireless networking device and associating with the other networking device by transitioning from a default mode to an access point mode. The other wireless networking device then operates as a client device. Each wireless networking device in the default mode listens for other wireless networking devices seeking an access point for the wireless network. In the access point mode the wireless networking device periodically broadcasts beacons. Each wireless networking device transitions to a client-only mode, when limiting conditions are present.
Patent GB-2569386-A (GB)
Title: Fishing appliance controller
Inventor: CLIFFORD ROYSTON FOX
IPC: A01K97/12
Filed: 2017-12-18
Abstract: A remote control 100 for communicating with an electronic fishing appliance 200. Remote control 100 comprising: a wireless transceiver to communicate with fishing appliance 200; a user interface; a controller to transmit a control signal via the transceiver to fishing appliance 200 for controlling its operation in response to user interaction with the user interface; and a notification element to receive via the transceiver, an operational status signal from fishing appliance 200, where the notification element alerts a user of the status. Fishing appliance 200 may comprise a bite detector, the status being a bite detected on the bite detector. Fishing appliance 200 may comprise two bite detectors, where the notification element indicates which bite detector detected the bite. Fishing appliance 200 may comprise a PIR detector. Remote control 100 may form a communication network by linking with fishing appliances 200 as they appear within a range of the remote control 100. Remote control 100 may enable calling or messaging other remote controls 100. Remote control 100 may communicate with an ancillary fishing accessory 300,400 coupled to: fishing appliance 200 through a port; remote control 100 through a port. The port may comprise a physical coupling with two electrical connections.
Patent GB-2563109-A (GB)
Title: LED print curing apparatus
Inventor: MALCOLM RAE
IPC: F26B3/28
Filed: 2018-01-11
Abstract: A print curing apparatus (1, Fig.2) comprises an LED array comprising a body. The body comprises a mounting area with one or more LED modules mounted thereon; at least one heat sink (2, Fig.3); and one or more cooling modules 13, adjacent to the or each heat sink. The cooling modules comprise at least one water-cooled holder 15 comprising at least one fluid inlet channel 17 and at last one fluid outlet channel 19 therethrough; and at least one heat pipe 7 held substantially within the or each water-cooled holder 15. The water-cooled holder may be a shaped extrusion having at least two channels therethrough wherein each channel has at least two finned walls. The water-cooled holder may comprise an inner block 15a and two outer blocks 15b. There may be one or more temperature sensors embedded adjacent to the or each heat sink. The inner and outer blocks mate to form a recess for the heat pipe.
Patent GB-2557519-A (GB)
Title: Optical fiber cable
Inventor: MAHMOUD FARHADIROUSHAN
IPC: G01H9/00
Filed: 2014-10-15
Abstract: An optical fiber cable comprises a core 10, with a fiber 12 wound around the core. The core comprises one or more hollow regions 114 comprising acoustically reactive masses 112, arranged to provide a directionality to the acoustic response. The fiber may be would contiguously, or variably with varying pitch, or sections which run parallel to the core. The hollow regions 114 may be at the outer circumference of the core 10, and the masses 112 may be resiliently mounted. The cable may be surrounded by an extruded protective sheath. The fiber may be a fiber in metal tube (FIMT) type. The cable may form part of a distributed acoustic sensing system, or a distributed temperature sensing system. The distributed acoustic sensing system may be employed in flow monitoring by tracking locations of eddies within pipework.
Patent GB-2564246-A (GB)
Title: Optical Sensors in Semiconductor Devices
Inventor: DANIEL GABLER
IPC: H01L31/054
Filed: 2018-05-24
Abstract: An optical sensor in an integrated Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) device, comprising: a sensor element 6 with an optical active region; a CMOS backend stack 8 comprising one or more layers; and an optical lens 20 formed in a layer of said one or more layers and arranged to direct light incident upon it towards the sensor element. Methods of manufacturing comprise forming the optical lens in a layer of the back-end stack using a CMOS backend process (such as back-end-of-line BEOL). Preferably the lens has a binary structure with a Fresnel zone plate design, and comprises a plurality of substantially concentric rings (40, figure 6). The lens may be formed in a dielectric layer (i.e. nitride passivation layer or oxide layer) or a metallization layer. By forming the lens in a layer of the backend stack during the CMOS process, there is no longer the requirement for additional layers to be deposited, instead the lens can be directly integrated in the standard CMOS backend stack after process refinement, such as patterning a layer using photolithography and etching.
Patent GB-2565634-A (GB)
Title: Imaging control apparatus and control method therefor
Inventor: Shingo isobe
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2018-06-25
Abstract: Control of imaging apparatus wherein an image signal is outputted for display and is one of two image signals; and in response to a user operation, the outputted image signal is changed to either the other image signal, or to both image signals, and an instruction to execute imaging preparation processing is issued. The two image signals are a first image signal corresponding to a first range of a live virtual reality (VR) image, and a second image signal which is magnified or zoomed relative to the VR image and has a smaller range that the first range. The VR image is an image that can be used in a VR display and includes omnidirectional, panorama or 360-degree images, which may be captured by a wide-angle camera 14. The image preparation may include one of autofocusing, exposure setting, aperture adjustment, shutter speed adjustment, white balance adjustment and gain adjustment. The VR image may include distortions of a real image, and transforming the first image to the second image may include correcting for the distortions. The invention means that, with a single user operation, a photographer can view both the magnified and unmagnified VR images and execute preparations for imaging.
Patent GB-2568788-A (GB)
Title: Agent and method for the temporary deformation of keratin-containing fibers
Inventor: Julia Bibiane Lange
IPC: A61Q5/06
Filed: 2018-09-25
Abstract: A cosmetic composition for the temporary shaping of keratinic fibres, comprising: a) at least one non-crosslinked, hydrophobically modified (meth)acrylic acid copolymer, such as acrylates/C10-30-alkyl methacrylate copolymer, and b) at least one crosslinked, hydrophobically modified (meth)acrylic acid copolymer, such as acrylates/C10-30-alkyl acrylate crosspolymer. The proportion by weight of copolymer a) is 0.1-15%. The proportion by weight of copolymer b) is 0.1-10%. The composition may further comprise 0.1-10% polyvinylpyrrolidones and/or vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer and at least 20% water. A method for the temporary deformation of keratin-containing fibres in which the keratin containing fibres are acted upon by the composition of the invention and temporarily fixed in their shape
Patent GB-2571187-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft galley
Inventor: Torsten Gienke
IPC: B64D11/04
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: An aircraft galley 1 is provided with a main body 2, the main body having walls 5 and a cover plate 4 defining a stowage space 3 for receiving catering containers 7. A plurality of trolley berths 6 are arranged next to one another. The stowage space 3 is configured as a cooling chamber, and a cooling apparatus 10 is provided in the stowage space and introduces cooling air into the stowage space via cooling air outlets 11 in the upper region of the catering containers and extracts heated cooling air via return air inlets 12 in the lower region of the catering containers 7. A drip pan 13 is arranged below the cooling apparatus and has a transition element 18 to a seal element 8, and a collecting element 17. This advantageously achieves a situation where any condensed water is collected and discharged, and accumulations of water are avoided on the floor of the galley in the working area of the flight attendants.
Patent GB-2580069-A (GB)
Title: Security documents and methods of manufacture thereof
Inventor: JOHN GODFREY
IPC: D21H21/42
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: A security document comprises a security document substrate 100 having a security article 200 integrated within or attached thereto. The security article is visible within an aperture region (50, Fig.2(b)) in the security document substrate. The security article comprises an optical effect layer 30 that is visible within the aperture region, and a first adhesive layer 20a forming a first outer layer of the security article. The first adhesive layer is in contact with the security document substrate such that the security article is adhered to the security document substrate, and a part of the first adhesive layer laterally extends across the aperture region. The security document further comprises an array 70 of substantially transparent refractive structures 71 on the part of the first adhesive layer that laterally extends across the aperture region. The array of refractive structures cooperates with the optical effect layer to exhibit an optically variable effect. There is also provided a method of manufacturing security device. The refractive structures may comprise an array of focussing elements e.g. microlenses 71, or an array of microprisms e.g. linear microprisms (81, Fig.6(b)). The optical effect layer may comprise a colour shifting layer.
Patent GB-2569904-A (GB)
Title: Interface apparatus and method
Inventor: HARPREET SINGH
IPC: B60W50/16
Filed: 2017-09-12
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a human-machine interface (HMI) for a vehicle, comprising an output means (40, 50) for outputting information, passenger monitoring means (20) for determining a status of at least one passenger within the vehicle and to outputting a passenger status signal indicative thereof, control means (10) for determining an operating state of one or more systems of the vehicle, wherein the control means (10) is arranged to receive the passenger status signal, and wherein the control means (10) is arranged to compose an output from the output means (40, 50) in dependence on the operating state of the one or more systems and the passenger status signal.
Patent GB-2582014-A (GB)
Title: Method, device, and computer program for optimizing transmission of portions of encapsulated media content
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/858
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: Media data encapsulation such that a client can obtain metadata from a server and, based on the received metadata, requesting a portion of media data, where the media data are requested independently of all metadata which they are associated with. The invention allows direct determination of media data such as a mdat box, independent of the associated meta data (typically, for MPEG DASH and similar schemes, in a moof box). For example, the file metadata allows the location (and length/end point) of the metadata moof box to be determined rather than the location of the combined moof/mdat segment data. In one embodiment an index 920 from the segment index (sidx) box 900 indicates the media data location. In another embodiment a separate spatial index (spix) box augments the sidx box and allow the media data to be pinpointed. Alternatively, the file may be encapsulated the with metadata-only and media-data only segments. These segments are independently addressed to achieve the claimed invention. De-encapsulation, transmission and receiving claims are included.
Patent GB-2582348-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: DANIEL JAMES BROOK
IPC: A47L9/28
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a vacuum motor configured to draw air through the vacuum cleaner; a battery configured to supply electricity to the vacuum motor; and a control system configured to control the supply of electricity from the battery to the vacuum motor. The control system is configured to switch the vacuum cleaner between a first power mode in which electricity is delivered from the battery to the vacuum motor at a first power level, and at least a second power mode in which electricity is delivered from the battery to the vacuum motor at a second power level which is lower than the first power level. The control system is configured to monitor the extent of operation of the vacuum cleaner in the different power modes and to provide an alert if usage of the vacuum cleaner in the first power mode exceeds a threshold.
Patent GB-2583104-A (GB)
Title: Method and process to make flexible copper alloys
Inventor: RONALD FOSTER
IPC: B32B27/38
Filed: 2019-04-16
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of copper alloy coating articles such as fabric, netting and reinforcement materials comprising glass or carbon fibres for example. A polymeric or poly-epoxide binder 11 binds the copper alloy powder particles 10 to the article or substrate to be coated or to a carrier 12 such as adhesive paper or a rubber bottom surface of a carpet. The coating may be applied to ceramics, steels, aluminium and other metallic substrates. The flexibility permits a wide range of uses. The coating provides an antimicrobial effect. Applications to industrial and consumer products may also include application to face masks, gloves, safety helmets, artificial leather, worktops, toilets, grips, touch surfaces, door parts, ships, brewing equipment, aqua-farming apparatus, trays, phones, electric switches, plugs and buttons and inside baths, pools, air conditioning units, washing machines, water filter apparatus, pipes and tubing, for example. The particles may be 30 to 300 microns in diameter. The article may be rolled after being coated, producing a 3 dimensional structure.
Patent GB-2583350-A (GB)
Title: Self-adhesive prepreg
Inventor: MICHAEL RHODES
IPC: C08J5/24
Filed: 2019-04-24
Abstract: A self-adhesive prepreg comprising a fibre reinforcement layer having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the fibre reinforcement layer has been pre-impregnated with a self-adhesive (i.e. adheres to metal) resin composition. The self-adhesive prepreg may be used as a structural reinforcement and is especially adapted for direct bonding to oily steel or galvanized steel in the automotive, aerospace and other sheet metal fabrication industries. The resin component is ideally based on an aromatic epoxy resin.
Patent GB-2575727-A (GB)
Title: Under-pressure tapping and access assembly for pressurized pipe
Inventor: ANDREW J NELSON
IPC: F16L55/46
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: An under-pressure tapping and access assembly for use with a pressurized pipe, the under-pressure tapping and access assembly comprising: a multi-branch portion 24 sealingly coupled to an outer surface of the pressurized pipe 22; a tapping branch 26 of the multi-branch portion extending along a tapping branch axis that is substantially perpendicular relative to a pipe axis of the pressurized pipe; a first access branch 28 of the multi-branch portion extending along a first access branch axis that is non-perpendicular relative to the pipe axis; and a tool 25 sized for insertion through the first access branch. Aspects include a first valve coupled to the tapping branch, a second valve coupled to the first access branch. The under-pressure tapping and access fitting provides a non-perpendicular access for the tool to be properly inserted into the interior of the pipe while the pipe is under pressure. The fitting may include multiple second or access branches to facilitate tool insertion into both directions of the pipe. Still further, a guide assembly may be provided to maintain spacing between a tether attached to the tool and sharp edges of the tapping hole, thereby preventing damage to the tether.