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Patent GB-2563548-A (GB)
Title: Electric power control device and vehicle
Inventor: HIROAKI AKIMOTO
IPC: H02M7/797
Filed: 2017-01-23
Abstract: Provided are a device and the like by which the continuous operation time of a load which uses a capacitor as a main power source can be extended. When a capacitor voltage V1 is equal to or higher than a first reference voltage Vth1, electric power is supplied from a capacitor 11 to an electric motor 14 as a load without going through a boosting operation by a converter 12. Whereas when the discharge capacity of the capacitor 11 has decreased due to the supply of electric power to the motor 14 as the load and the capacitor voltage V1 has dropped lower than the first reference voltage Vth1 as a result, electric power from the capacitor 11 is boosted by the converter 12 before the electric power is supplied to the load
Patent GB-2578104-A (GB)
Title: An absorbent composition
Inventor: KEVIN WRIGHT
IPC: C10L3/10
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: An absorbent composition and a method of making an absorbent composition, comprising copper carbonate and gelatin and/or a thermal decomposition product of gelatin. The composition may comprise additional binders, such as clays or a mixture of clays. The composition may comprise absorbent material in addition to copper carbonate. Further aspects are directed towards the use of absorbent compositions according to the first aspect for the absorption of sulphur, mercury and at least one sulphur containing compound.
Patent GB-2566632-A (GB)
Title: An industrial robot apparatus
Inventor: XIONG WANG
IPC: B25J15/02
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: An industrial robot apparatus comprises an apparatus main body 10, a handling device and a moving device which comprises a first groove 11, a first motor 12 driving a first lead screw 13 to move a slide block 14. The slide block 14 is connected to a first working block 15 on which is arranged a second motor 16 and a circular groove 19 to rotate a second working block 18 which carries a spinning reel for winding a lead wire 46 and which also carries support rods 24 upon which a third working block 25 is rotationally supported. The third working block 25 carries rotary wheels 37 and 39 for the lead wire 46 and also carries at its end a fixed block 32 with a rotary wheel 40 and a communicating pore both for the lead wire 46 to the end of which is fixedly connected a clamp block 35 with clamp plates 45 driven by a pneumatic cylinder 42. The main body 10 may be moved by wheels 49 driven by third motor 47 and then fixed in place by fixed base blocks 52 of pneumatic cylinders 50. Shaft 26 on which third working block 25 is rotationally supported may be braked or locked and released by fastening plates (31 fig. 2) driven by an air pump device (28 fig. 2) to allow lead wire 46 to rotate third working block 25 or to extend the clamp block 35.
Patent GB-2580325-A (GB)
Title: Fraud detection system
Inventor: ABHINAV ANAND
IPC: H04M3/523
Filed: 2018-12-28
Abstract: A call switching unit 201 determines the age of the phone number of a calling party by first extracting call signalling information. This age is then used to determine the likelihood that the call is fraudulent. The switching unit may select a destination for forwarding the incoming call based on the fraud score. For example, the unit may be used in a call centre to divert calls with a higher chance of being fraudulent to more experienced operators. The age of the number may be determined based on the date on which it was activated by a communications provider, and a younger number may be treated as more likely to be fraudulent. In a second aspect, the age of a phone number is estimated by identifying the block of telephone numbers which includes the received number, then determining when this block was allocated to the communications provider.
Patent GB-2585222-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous vehicles supporting global navigation satellite system (gnss) anti-spoofing
Inventor: Steve clark
IPC: G01S19/21
Filed: 2019-07-03
Abstract: An apparatus comprises a navigation receiver 106 configured to identify a location of a vehicle and to output the identified location, wherein the receiver comprises a processor configured to identify whether signals received are spoofed 110, 114 based upon angles of arrival of the signals and to suppress any signals that are determined to be spoofed. The apparatus may be provided in a system also including a vehicle and a vehicle control system configured to autonomously control one or more operations of the vehicle. The operations may comprise turning the vehicle, accelerating or decelerating. The navigation receiver may identify the location of the vehicle using any of the received signals that are determined not to be spoofed, and the receiver may include a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The suppressing of spoofed navigation signals prevents an illicit actor from misdirecting the vehicle to an undesired location or from causing the vehicle to make course corrections based on an incorrect current location of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2574969-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of matching style attributes
Inventor: MELANIE JOY PERKINS
IPC: G06F16/58
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a processor of a computing device, a first search query during editing of a design, the first search query including at least a first search term. The method also includes identifying at least one style attribute associated with the design and searching at least one database based on the first search term, the at least one style attribute, or a combination thereof, to generate search results. The method further includes outputting the search results. A first search result of the search results is ranked higher than a second search result of the search results based on a determination that the first search result more closely matches the at least one style attribute associated with the design than the second search result.
Patent GB-2579137-A (GB)
Title: Profiled structure for an aircraft or turbomachine for an aircraft
Inventor: FERNANDO GEA AGUILERA
IPC: F02C7/045
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A profiled structure for an aircraft or a turbomachine for an aircraft, having an elongated structure with a length L1 exposed to an airflow U and transversely a leading edge 164 and trailing edge 165. The leading edge and/or trailing edge are profiled, in the direction of elongation with serrations 28 defined by a succession of peaks 30 and troughs 32 having a geometric pattern transformed over at least part of the length L1. The geometric pattern that is transformed is formed by successive scaling, via multiplicative factors and evolves in a non-periodic manner in the direction of elongation L2 and/or transverse to the direction of elongation d. The non-periodic manner is according to a linear, quadratic, hyperbolic, exponential or logarithmic law of evolution.
Patent GB-2581024-A (GB)
Title: Method for the pretreatment of rare earth magnets prior to soldering using nanocrystalline soldering foils and magnetic component
Inventor: LOTHAR ZAPF
IPC: C23C28/02
Filed: 2019-12-19
Abstract: A rare-earth magnet (which may be Sm2Co7) comprising; i) a bronze coating (which may be between 0.1-3 µm thick) that entirely or partially covers the surface of the rare-earth magnet, and, ii) a tin coating (which may be between 5-30 µm) that entirely or partially covers the bronze coating. A second aspect is directed towards a method of soldering rare-earth magnets, comprising; a) providing a coated rare-earth magnet with a wing surface that has a bronze coating which has, in turn, a tin coating; b) arranging the coated rare-earth magnet onto a substrate, wherein a tinned, reactive foil is arranged between the wing surface of the rare-earth magnet and a corresponding wing surface of the substrate, and, c) triggering an exothermal reaction in the foil, wherein the resulting warmth initiates a diffusion process by means of which the rare-earth magnet is firmly bonded with the substrate. A third aspect is directed towards producing a bronze coating on a rare-earth magnet by means of the electroless deposition of copper and tin.
Patent GB-2582853-A (GB)
Title: Inside door opener arrangement
Inventor: STEFAN SCHMITZ
IPC: E05B85/12
Filed: 2020-01-17
Abstract: An inside door opener arrangement 99 for a vehicle door, with a housing 5 containing a pivotable lever and connectable to a door lock, the housing 5 has a first fastening element 6 for fastening to a door lining 1 and a second fastening element 9, preferably a dome shaped receptacle, for fastening to a door structure 11, wherein a sleeve 13 is provided for the door-specific bridging of the distance between the second fastening element 9 and the door structure 11, said sleeve being connected to the second fastening element. Preferably the second fastening element and the sleeve are hollow to allow a screw 8 to pass through and engage with a threaded hole 10 in the door structure. The second fastening element and the sleeve may be connected in a force-fitting or form-fitting manner. A pyramid projection (18 Fig 4) may be used to captively secure the screw into the sleeve. The sleeve may also have a projection (19 Fig 6) for engaging with a pocket on the dome shaped receptacle to prevent rotation of the sleeve when the screw is turned.
Patent GB-2593524-A (GB)
Title: System for demand response coordination across multiple asset pools
Inventor: BERT CLAESSENS
IPC: H02J3/14
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: A method of configuring a demand response service in an energy distribution network is disclosed. The demand response service comprises on-demand adjustment of energy flow between energy assets and the distribution network. A plurality of configuration options are received, each configuration option defining a demand response capability and associated with a pool of assets available for providing the demand response capability. A set of assets for implementing the demand response service are identified based on: the configuration options; locations of available assets associated with the configuration options; and network constraints relating to the locations of the available assets. Configuration information is then output for configuring the identified set of assets to implement the demand response service. The method may also include selecting configurations based on an optimisation metric, which can be based on performance, environmental impact such as emissions and cost.
Patent GB-2594070-A (GB)
Title: Signal processing system and method
Inventor: BENJAMIN JAMES HOYLE
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 2020-04-15
Abstract: An example signal processing system 900 has an input pre-processor 910 and a signal processing stack 940. The input pre-processor 910 obtains a probabilistic tensor signal from an input sensor tensor signal. The input sensor tensor signal is a time-series signal for a set of sensels. The probabilistic tensor signal is a random sample for the set of sensels obtained based on a probability function that receives the input sensor tensor signal. The signal processing stack 940 receives data derived from the probabilistic tensor signal and generates an encoded representation of the probabilistic tensor signal. The signal processing stack 940 implements feedforward and feedback data processing pathways. Each of the feedforward and feedback data processing pathways applying a transformation based on a representation of the variation of segments of the probabilistic tensor signal over time. The encoded representation of the probabilistic tensor signal is output by the feedforward data processing pathway.
Patent GB-2582493-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing a powder comprising particles of Triuranium octoxide and particles of plutonium dioxide
Inventor: FRANCOIS PONCELET
IPC: G21C19/46
Filed: 2018-12-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a powder comprising an intimate mixture of U3O8 particles and PuO2 particles and which may further comprise particles of ThO2 or NpO2. The method comprises: a) preparing, by oxalic precipitations, an aqueous suspension Si of particles of uranium(IV) oxalate and an aqueous suspension S2 of particles of plutonium(IV) oxalate; b) mixing the aqueous suspension Si with the aqueous suspension S2 to obtain an aqueous suspension S1+2 comprising particles of uranium(IV) oxalate and particles of plutonium(IV) oxalate; c) separating the aqueous suspension S1+2 into an aqueous phase and a solid phase comprising the particles of uranium(IV) oxalate and the particles of plutonium(IV) oxalate; and d) calcining the solid phase to convert (1) the particles of uranium(IV) oxalate to particles of triuranium octoxide and (2) the particles of plutonium(IV) oxalate to particles of plutonium(IV) dioxide, whereby the powder is obtained; and and in that steps b) and c) are performed simultaneously or successively. Applications: fabrication of nuclear fuels of MOX type, e.g. for LWR or FNR reactors.
Patent GB-2600775-A (GB)
Title: Movable barrier actuating system
Inventor: VINCENT RUANE
IPC: E05F15/71
Filed: 2020-11-10
Abstract: A system 100 for opening and closing a barrier such as a window 104, 114, 118, 122 comprising a first microphone 132 for detecting a first noise (142) from a first, e.g. external, environment, a barrier actuator (106) configured to move the barrier, a transmitter (152, Fig 1B) arranged to transmit a spectrum of the first noise from the microphone, a controller 140 configured to receive the spectrum from the transmitter and transmit an actuation signal to the actuator in response to the spectrum exceeding a predetermined threshold requirement so as to close the barrier. Preferably there is a second microphone 136 which may detect an internal environmental ambient noise. The controller may compare the noise signal from second microphone and stop the window closing when the noise meets an ambient threshold. There may multiple external and internal microphones for controlling multiple rooms in a building. The system may include a central database of noise signatures with a self-learning module. Also disclosed is a vent with a damping portion and attenuating portion.
Patent GB-2592305-A (GB)
Title: Managing antenna module heat and RF emissions
Inventor: MD RASHIDUL ISLAM
IPC: H01Q1/52
Filed: 2021-01-18
Abstract: An antenna arrangement 106 comprises one or more antenna elements 104; a metallic component 108 with one or more grooves 112 formed in the surface of the component, which allow the one or more antenna elements to provide an RF radiation pattern signal without deformation. The metallic component 106 may be a heat sink 118. The antenna arrangement may be: an antenna module or a mobile device where the device housing, which includes a structural component 108 integrated near the outer periphery of the device housing, which may include an RF signal aperture, which may form the heat sink 118. A mobile device may include antenna system on chip modules 106 each with one or more antenna elements 104. The one or more grooves 112 may be parallel with different quarter wavelength depths, to accommodate different frequencies, in at least one surface of the heat sink 118. The one or more grooves 112 may be covered by a dielectric fill material 134. The frequencies may be at millimetre wavelengths for 5G system communications. The grooves 112 may provide a high impedance surface. The antenna module 106 may include an amplifier which is proximate to the heat sink 118. The grooves 112 may isolate the antennas from each other and/or each of the antenna modules and/or from proximal conductive structures.
Patent GB-2603186-A (GB)
Title: Shape memory alloy actuator control
Inventor: RENÈ KIST
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2021-01-29
Abstract: A method of controlling a system which includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator, comprising determining if the system is in motion and how long for such that it indicates whether or not the shape memory alloy actuator will be subjected to mechanical shock, if the system will undergo shock then the controller controls the current in the SMA actuator in order to mitigate or reduce damage from the shock. The controlling of the current may include reducing the current to 0. The controller may make use of accelerometers and may monitor for a free-fall condition. The controller may be monitoring 3 non-planar axes to make the determination. The method may be implemented in a controller, the controller may be fitted to a module, the module may be fitted to a device. A computer program may be created which executes the method.
Patent GB-2608600-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for purifying a fluid
Inventor: JOSEPH KEITH HOPPER
IPC: C02F103/08
Filed: 2021-07-02
Abstract: An apparatus for purifying a fluid comprises a receptacle 4a with an inlet 3a for receiving a liquid with one or more contaminants therein, e.g. seawater, the receptacle being configured to be heated to evaporate the liquid, and the receptacle has a vapour outlet 8a through which the fluid in gaseous form may pass with at least part of the contaminant(s) remaining in the receptacle. A pump 2 may deliver the liquid from a reservoir 5 to the inlet. The pump can be powered by wave energy and/or by wind energy. The liquid may be filtered 7 before delivery to the inlet, e.g. to remove material such as seaweed, fish etc. The receptacle may be heated by solar energy, e.g. by direct sunlight. An outer surface of the receptacle may be of a light absorbent material with high thermal conductivity, e.g. formed of a polymer, silicone or glass. The outer surface may be of a light absorbent dark colour, e.g. a matt black colour. The receptacle may be hemispherical in shape. The apparatus may comprise two or more receptacles in series with the outlet of a first receptacle connected with an inlet of a second receptacle.
Patent GB-2609642-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for electrically killing plants
Inventor: Andrew Lawrence Diprose
IPC: A01M21/04
Filed: 2021-08-12
Abstract: An apparatus for electrically killing or attenuating the growth of plants 14, the apparatus including: an electrical energy supply unit 4; a contact determination system 16; an applicator unit 6 comprising an applicator electrode, and a return unit 8 comprising a return electrode. The electrical energy supply unit is arranged to apply electrical energy 10 through a transmission circuit 12 comprising the applicator electrode, and the return electrode. The contact determination system 16 is arranged to determine if an amount of physical contact between the return electrode and the ground has crossed a threshold, and, if said threshold is crossed, to attenuate the electrical energy 10 or prevent transmission of the electrical energy through the transmission circuit 12.
Patent GB-2595188-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method of determining one or more parameters of a refractive error of a tested eye
Inventor: OFER LIMON
IPC: A61B3/032
Filed: 2020-01-23
Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of determining one or more parameters of a refractive error of a tested eye. For example, a computing device may be configured to process depth mapping information to identify depth information of a tested eye; and to determine one or more parameters of a refractive error of the tested eye based on the depth information of the tested eye.
Patent GB-2610588-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic field visualisation
Inventor: RACHEL EDWARDS
IPC: G01S15/89
Filed: 2021-09-08
Abstract: Apparatus for acoustic field visualisation comprising an ultrasonic transducer 2 having an acoustic field emitting surface 3 and a removable visualisation layer 4 disposed on the surface. When the ultrasonic transducer is driven, the layer visualises an acoustic field, the layer comprising a polymer (10, fig 4) and liquid crystal (11, fig 4) dispersed in the polymer. The apparatus is operable in air to visualise the acoustic field. The liquid crystal may preferably comprise a thermochromic liquid crystal. Also disclosed is a system 30 comprising an ultrasonic transducer 2, an acoustic field emitting surface 3 and a backing layer for converting displacement to heat disposed on the surface such that the backing layer emits a heat signature indicative of the acoustic field, a power supply and control circuitry 31 for driving the transducer and a thermal camera 32 for capturing a thermal image of the backing layer and a processor for processing the thermal image.
Patent GB-2596669-A (GB)
Title: Moving body monitoring system, control server for moving body monitoring system, and moving body monitoring method
Inventor: Shota Fujisawa
IPC: G08G1/08
Filed: 2020-03-12
Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a laser radar (1) which irradiates a detection region with a laser beam and detects a reflection signal of the laser beam from a moving body in the detection region for a prescribed period; a vehicle detection unit (23) which detects a vehicle in the detection region on the basis of the reflection signal detected by the laser radar (1); and a vehicle tracking unit (24) which sets a plurality of division regions in the detection region, and is provided with a function for detecting a moving direction of the vehicle on the basis of whether the vehicle is in each division region, which is detected by the vehicle detection unit (23) for each prescribed period. In addition, a traffic flow calculation unit (25) is provided which calculates traffic flow data that is data including the number of vehicles in each division region, which are detected by the vehicle detection unit (23), and the moving direction of each vehicle detected by the vehicle tracking unit (24).
Patent GB-2596704-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder lock with improved strength
Inventor: HINESH PATEL
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2020-04-06
Abstract: A cylinder lock (100) comprising first and second housing sides (104, 106), an actuator (120) which is positioned in a space (116) between the first and second housing sides (104, 106), and a connecting portion (200) which extends completely across the space (116) and connects the first and second housing sides (104, 106), and wherein the actuator (120) is rotatable about the connecting portion (200) in order to cause operation of locking means. The connecting portion (200) gives the cylinder lock (100) increased strength.
Patent GB-2598496-A (GB)
Title: Quick response, transportable, stand-alone system for removing volatile compounds from contaminated fluid streams, and method of use thereof
Inventor: HARIKRISHNAN PARTHASARATHY
IPC: C02F1/20
Filed: 2020-04-22
Abstract: The quick response system and method for removing volatile compounds from contaminated water disclosed herein may comprise, at least, a preconditioning stage, a stripping stage, a condenser stage, a refrigeration stage, and a scrubber stage. The present invention relates to a portable system and method that can be deployed on an emergency or quick response basis to purify aqueous streams containing volatile organic compounds (VOC) and chlorinated hydrocarbons, collectively volatile compounds (VC), emitted from petroleum and chemical processing facilities. The system allows manufacturing facilities having internal cleanup issues to become compliant with environmental standards and guidelines quickly. Once the issues in the petroleum facility are fixed, this method can be demobilized and removed from the site in a short period of time.