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Patent GB-2370319-A (GB)
Title: Single-feed tandem cylinder
Inventor: BECK ADAM
IPC: A61G3/06
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: A tandem cylinder (10) comprises two blocks (11, 12), each containing an elongate cylindrical bore (13, 14). The blocks are attached together so that the bores (13, 14) are parallel to each other and communicate with a common feed-port (21). One or more cylinders (10) is attached by means of a lug (33) to the platform of an underfloor vehicle lift.
Patent GB-2391135-A (GB)
Title: User group creation using local communication link
Inventor: WESTMAN IIKKA
IPC: H04W4/029
Filed: 2002-06-28
Abstract: A host device receives on a local communication link identities associated with a plurality of mobile terminals and collects or groups the received identities to establish at least one user group amongst the plurality of mobile terminal. The terminal identities may be transmitted in response to a request broadcast from the host on a local communication link. Thus, user groups or "buddy" lists for mobile terminals located within a particular location, e.g. at a conference or in a restaurant, can be produced without using network location information. For example, a host device comprising a computer terminal 104 and a local transmitter/receiver 106 positioned in the doorway of a conference area 102, receives identities from mobile terminals 110, 112 entering or within the room and forms one or more user groups. The local communication link may be a short range communication link, which may be an infra-red link or a radio link, e.g. Bluetooth. The user group may be used at the time or at a later date to provide services such as SMS text messaging, etc. and may be temporary, stored, dynamically updated, transmitted to a mobile communications network, transmitted to the mobile terminals and date stamped, time stamped or location stamped. The host device may be or include a mobile terminal or may be a dedicated control unit, a computer, a mobile telephone, a PDA etc.
Patent GB-2390247-A (GB)
Title: Method for preventing copying if a programme signal
Inventor: TAN BAOLIN
IPC: H04N7/169
Filed: 2002-06-28
Abstract: A method of modifying a program signal to provide protection against copying on a magnetic tape recorder comprising performing at least two of the following steps, adding a pulse into the programme signal during the horizontal blanking interval, adding a first modulation signal to vertical synchronisation pulses of the programme signal and adding a second modulation signal to lines of picture information in the vicinity of the vertical blanking region at the bottom of a frame of the programme signal. Preferably the picture information in lines of the programme signal is amplified to increase the brightness of the signal and reduce the darkening effect of adding the pulse and the modulated signals is reduced. The pulse added to the horizontal blanking interval may be adjacent to the horizontal synchronisation pulse. Alternatively the width of the horizontal synchronisation pulse may be reduced.
Patent GB-2396707-A (GB)
Title: Authenticating transactions over a telecommunications network
Inventor: DEBNEY CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2002-10-17
Abstract: A method of authenticating transactions over a telecommunications network comprises associating one or more stores of predetermined authentication information with a data processing device and using the information as part of an authentication procedure. The storage device may be a SIM or smart card. In use, the user of the device will request a session key for a service which will result in a challenge from a service provider. The response to the challenge will be read from the stored information and the session approved if the authentication matches that held by service provider. On successful authentication, the session key will be passed to a transaction manager which will allow the user to access a service. The session key mechanism may also be used to charge the user for using the application.
Patent GB-2378467-A (GB)
Title: Equalising the contact area of cutting elements with a foundation
Inventor: SINGH AMARDEEP
IPC: E21B10/16
Filed: 2001-06-08
Abstract: A roller cone drill bit has cutting elements on adjacent cones which intermesh and are arranged such that a contact area of the cutting elements with a formation is substantially the same for each of the cones. The axial force may be balanced between each of the cones and the work performed by each of the cones may be the same. The above features are realised by the use of an iterative simulation model.
Patent GB-2396436-A (GB)
Title: An optical filter with three layers and mixed materials
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHN
IPC: H01L31/0216
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: The optical filter which is suitable for photovoltaic or solar cells has two layers having a mixture of two materials sandwiching a layer of one of the two materials. The optical filter includes a substrate having a layer of a first material H and two layers M formed from an inhomogeneous mixture of said first material and a second material L which has a lower index of refraction than the first material H. Layer H is stacked between the other two layers. The optical thickness of each of the two layers M is greater than the optical thickness of layer H. The multi stack layer 50 may comprise a series of repeating layer groups or "nests" on a substrate 60.
Patent GB-2383538-A (GB)
Title: Cancer treatment
Inventor: ROWLINSON-BUSZA GAIL
IPC: A61K39/395
Filed: 2003-01-13
Abstract: A therapeutic system comprises a combination of (i) a radiolabelled antibody, which binds selectively to polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM) such as the monoclonal antibody HMFG-1, and (ii) a chemotherapeutic agent, such as taxol. The chemotherapeutic agent may also be docetaxel paclitaxel, doxorubicin, cisplatin, gemcitabine, cyclophosphamide and vincristine The cancers are cancers of the breast, ovarian, lung, gastric bladder, head and neck.
Patent GB-2386277-A (GB)
Title: Detecting rapid changes in illuminance using angular differences between vectors in a YUV colour space
Inventor: FELDMANN INGO
IPC: G06T7/194
Filed: 2003-02-03
Abstract: During post-processing of video data in a YUV color space it may be necessary, for instance for immersive video conferences, to separate a video object in the image foreground from the known image background. Hitherto, rapid, locally limited deviations in illumination in the actual image to be examined, in particular shadows and brightenings, could not be compensated for. The inventive recognition and compensation method of the present invention, however, can compensate for shadows and brightenings in real time, even for great quantities of image data, by directly utilizing different properties of the technically based YUV color space. Chrominance, color saturation and color intensity of an actual pixel (P1) are approximated directly from associated YUV values (  V  , a, b) which leads to the avoidance of time-consuming calculations. The recognition of rapid deviations in illumination carried out in the YUV color space is based upon the approximation of a chrominance difference by an angle difference (  V  1-  a  2) of the pixels (P1, P2) to be compared, preferably in a plane (U, V) of the YUV color space. This proceeds on the assumption that the chrominance of a pixel at the occurrence of shadows and brightenings remains constant in spite of varying color saturation and color intensity. The method in accordance with the invention may be supplemented by a rapid decision program including additional decision parameters which excludes complex calculations of angle operations and separation error, even at significant deviations in illumination.
Patent GB-2401264-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling the bias and quiescent current of an RF transmitter
Inventor: PURSCHKE HAGEN ROGER
IPC: H03F1/02
Filed: 2003-04-30
Abstract: An RF transmitter includes means 7, 11 for adjusting the transmitted RF power level, and means 7, 17 for adjusting the bias of an RF component to control the dc quiescent current in the component. The controller 7 adjusts the bias in a manner such that, as the transmitted power level is changed, the quiescent current is correspondingly changed (fig.3). The bias control circuit 17 also produces a signal which controls an adjustable gain device 13, which maintains substantially constant forward gain of the transmitter chain at lower power levels. It is also disclosed that the bias may be adjusted by a feedback control circuit. Savings in dc power consumption and battery life are obtained, as the quiescent current is not held at a single level corresponding to maximum output power, as in prior art. The invention may be applied to mobile stations in a trunked radio communication system such as TETRA or GSM.
Patent GB-2402950-A (GB)
Title: An attachment apparatus for clamping objects
Inventor: MELING TORSTEIN
IPC: E21B19/06
Filed: 2003-06-17
Abstract: An attachment apparatus 3 in a form of a clamp or claw comprising attaching members 4 moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and arranged in such a way that they are movable relative to one another. The placing the attachment apparatus 3 on subsea structure 2 causes the attaching members 4 to automatically close around the subsea structure 2 thus securing the attachment apparatus 3 to the subsea structure 2, and locking means 10 are provided to lock the attachment members 4 in a closed configuration. The attachment apparatus 3 is attached to a guidepost 1 or other guideline or guidewire system.
Patent GB-2389902-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic temperature and flow rate sensing
Inventor: CRICKMORE ROGER IAN
IPC: G01F1/688
Filed: 2003-06-18
Abstract: Apparatus (10) for measuring the temperature and flow rate of a fluid comprises a DFB fibre laser (20) and an AO modulator (16) for modulating the power of pump radiation (12) delivered thereto. Modulated pumping results in cyclical heating of the grating structure (30, 31) in the fibre laser and hence wavelength variations in laser radiation output therefrom. A photodiode (26) detects the optical output from the fibre. The temperature and flow rate of a fluid in which the fibre (20) is immersed may be inferred from the wavelength excursions and minimum value of the wavelength signal respectively. Alternatively, a single Bragg grating may be used in the fibre with a separate broadband source providing an optical signal to be modulated.
Patent GB-2387654-A (GB)
Title: Method of characterizing potential therapeutics by determining cell-cell interactions
Inventor: ELIAS KATHLEEN A
IPC: G16B20/00
Filed: 2001-12-12
Abstract: A method quantitatively analyzes images of two different cell types that interact in producing and maintaining a disease state or other biological condition. The two separate cell types are exposed to an agent or stimulus suspected of influencing the biological condition (e.g., the agent might be a potential therapeutic for treating a cancer). The two different cell types are co-cultured or otherwise allowed to interact with one another before and during exposure to the agent. The images of the cells show how the agent affects the cells' phenotypes, including their viability, migration patterns, etc. The method generates a quantitative phenotype for each cell type by quantitatively analyzing the cell images via an automatic procedure. The quantitative phenotypes typically take the form of a group of scalar or vector descriptors that together provide a "fingerprint." The descriptors may be size values, positions, morphological values, intensity distributions, etc.
Patent GB-2394765-A (GB)
Title: Setting the optical axis position of a vehicle headlamp
Inventor: BABA JUNJI
IPC: B60Q1/076
Filed: 2003-09-17
Abstract: A vehicle headlamp apparatus deflects the optical axis of the headlamps laterally in correspondence with the steering angle of the vehicle, but can also deflect the axis in a vertical plane. Each time the vehicle is started, the headlights are placed in their lowermost position and their lateral alignment is then calibrated by rotating them to one or both extreme lateral positions before returning them to the straight ahead reference position and raising them to the normal inclination (figure 11). Lowering the optical axis prevents other road users from being dazzled during the calibration phase.
Patent GB-2396102-A (GB)
Title: Industrial truck with swivelling seat
Inventor: HOCK WOLFGANG
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 2003-10-27
Abstract: The invention relates to an industrial truck, in particular a forward control fork-lift truck, having dual pedal control, which has a pedal (5) assigned to the right leg of an operator for forward travel and a pedal (6) assigned to the left leg of the operator for reverse travel, and having a driver's seat (2) which can be swivelled about an approximately vertical axis of rotation (D). In order to keep the expenditure and space required for the ability of the driver's seat (2) to swivel low, according to the invention, the driver's seat (2) can be swivelled in a clockwise direction from a normal position, associated with the forward travel direction, by an amount of at most 15 to 25 degrees, in particular by an amount of 15 to 20 degrees, into an oblique position associated with the reverse travel direction. A maximum angle of swivel of the driver's seat (2) of approximately 17 degrees is preferably provided. The axis of rotation (D) of the driver's seat (2) can be arranged in the region of the seat front edge, within the seat contour.
Patent GB-2409316-A (GB)
Title: Programming electronic security token
Inventor: BARAZ BENJAMIN
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: A second security token (720) is programmed using data stored on a first security token (710), a privilege to be assigned to the second security token (720) being selected by a user of the first security token (710) . The user selects from privileges assigned to the first security token (710) . A file containing a definition of the privilege to be assigned to the second security token is transferred from apparatus for programming security tokens (500) to the second security token (720).
Patent GB-2397975-A (GB)
Title: Reducing costs due to ported mobile subscribers
Inventor: TUCK STEVEN
IPC: H04M15/00
Filed: 2003-12-23
Abstract: In a Fixed Operator network (1), a Mobile Operator network A (2) and a Mobile Operator network B (3), a fixed network caller (4) wishes to call a subscriber that has ported in to the Operator network B (3) from the Operator network A (2). A query message (9) is sent to the Operator network B (3) so as to identify the subscription network for the required destination telephone number. A Send Routing Information for Short Message (SRI-SM) query (11A) is routed to a home location register HLR (12A) in the Operator network A (2), and an SRI-SM response (13) is sent back (14) via the Operator network B (3) to the Fixed Operator network (1). Accordingly, the call (16) can then be routed to the identified subscription network, in this case the Operator network B (3). This reduces costs for the fixed network operator, as the fixed network caller is directly connected to the mobile subscribers new network.
Patent GB-2409788-A (GB)
Title: Mobile terminal with accessory functions support
Inventor: HURULA MIKA
IPC: H04M1/72412
Filed: 2003-12-30
Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of supporting a plurality of accessory functions with one or more accessories, the mobile terminal capable of supporting each accessory function in two or more modes, and each accessory storing a capability array indicative of the capabilities of the accessory. The mobile terminal comprises reading means for reading a capability array from an accessory; interpreting means for interpreting a capability array read by the reading means in accordance with a predefined format as including one or more fields, each field corresponding to an accessory function; identifying means for identifying a mode of an accessory function in dependence on the content of a field of the capability array, the field corresponding to the accessory function; and supporting means responsive to the identifying means for supporting the accessory function with the accessory in the mode identified by the identifying means.
Patent GB-2404390-A (GB)
Title: Fibre - reinforced building members
Inventor: KESKIN OZGUR DEMIR THOMAS
IPC: E04C5/07
Filed: 2004-07-28
Abstract: A structural building member 10 includes evenly distributed reinforcing fibres 14, such that there is no requirement for steel reinforcing rods. The member 10 may be of concrete and the fibres of plastics, and may be flat fibres. The building member may be a beam, lintel, internal wall or suspended or intermediate floor.
Patent GB-2406593-A (GB)
Title: Well packer having an energized sealing element and associated method
Inventor: GAMBIER PHILIPPE
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2004-09-16
Abstract: An energised sealing element 10 for a packer that maintains a seal under various conditions by providing a source of stored energy that can be used to insure that contact forces are maintained between the seal 16 and the wall 22 or casing of the wellbore. Various combinations of sealing layers 16, support sleeves 18 and energising elements 20 are disclosed. The seal layer 16 may be made from rubber, an elastomeric compound, metal, thermoplastic or other soft, deformable materials. The support sleeve 18 and energizing element may be made of metal, composite materials or various other materials that would permit the storage of mechanical potential energy. The energising element may take the form of a spring, a bag or container which is energised with gas or other compressible material or a swelling material.
Patent GB-2418355-A (GB)
Title: A waste water outlet unit
Inventor: STIMPSON ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: E03C1/284
Filed: 2004-09-17
Abstract: The invention is directed to 4 different aspects of a waste water outlet unit viz. <SL> <LI>(i) a cover (20) that can be securely and releasably attached to the unit by means of a non-screw threaded arrangement (68,72) (as shown in Fig. 4a); <LI>(ii) a dip tube and bucket combination wherein the dip tube is snap-fit releasably engageable with the bucket; <LI>(iii) a unit comprising a trap body having an inlet at its upper end and a releasable dip tube positioned substantiallly within the body; and <LI>(iv) a flexible sealing device having a continuous ring shape with a substantially frusto conical bore. </SL>
Patent GB-2421558-A (GB)
Title: Water supply shut off valve
Inventor: LEWIS GARY
IPC: F16K15/04
Filed: 2004-10-11
Abstract: An automatic overflow-responsive water supply shut off valve with manual reset, incorporates a diaphragm and float 4, a ring magnet 9 and a spring release mechanism 11. Overflow water from a cistern or water storage tank operates the diaphragm and float 4 that enters the magnetic field of ring magnet 9 creating a force to activate spring release mechanism 11. A spring 12 under tension within the mechanism is released and the stored energy within the spring operates a shut off lever 13 and thereby moves the valve member against valve seating 17 to close the valve. The flow of water to a cistern or water storage vessel is now stopped. Draining the valve and depressing the reset button 18 resets the valve.
Patent GB-2421440-A (GB)
Title: Breast implant with securing means
Inventor: WAHL ISHAY
IPC: A61F2/12
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: A breast implant 2 comprises at least one tube 6 capable of receiving a securing wire which may be used to attach the implant to a patient to prevent slippage of the implant. The wire and tube(s) are arranged such that the wire is secured to the patient at an upper part of the implant 31 and securely tied at a lower part of the implant 32. The tubes 6 may be formed on the external surface of the implant or be formed as channels which pass through the implant [25, Figure 3]. The implants may include reinforcement means and internal partitions [46, Figure 10]. The tubes are incompressible and may be straight or curved.
Patent GB-2409132-A (GB)
Title: Pre-negotiated quality of service
Inventor: MOTOROLA INC
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-08-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for use in wireless packet data mode communications, for enabling faster connection time for communications between a mobile station (102) and a base station (106). The invention provides for the use of a profile identifier to reference and activate on a base station (106) a quality of service related to the communication between the mobile station (102) and the base station (106). The profile identifier (506) is uniquely associated with a quality of service profile (508), which was pre-negotiated by the mobile station (102) or is a quality of service profile (508), which is permanent for the type of mobile station (102).
Patent GB-2412982-A (GB)
Title: Method of decreasing the soft errors produced by an integrated circuit by identifying the required power supply voltage
Inventor: LIEPE STEVEN F
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2005-03-17
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing the susceptibility of an integrated circuit to soft errors by identifying and then providing a suitable power supply voltage V for the IC. The method may include the steps of working out and providing the clock frequency F of the IC. Worked out, such that F < PMAX/(CV<2>), where pmax is the maximum power consumption of the IC and C is the switching capacitance. The steps of working out the clock frequency may be done without modifying the supply voltage. The supply voltage may be the maximum rated supply voltage. The method may be repeated periodically and the IC may be a microprocessor. The method may include the steps of checking the frequency of occurrence of error-correcting code in the IC and providing the identified voltage to the IC if the frequency is higher than a preset limit. The method is embodied in a device with a control circuit that generates a signal that represents the power supply voltage required by the IC and a voltage regulator module that receives the signal and provides the IC with the required voltage. Also disclosed is method for increasing the voltage and decreasing the frequency of a IC if the activity level exceeds a given threshold.
Patent GB-2412751-A (GB)
Title: A method for speed limit control of an IC-engine/generator
Inventor: DOLKER ARMIN
IPC: G05B15/02
Filed: 2005-03-31
Abstract: A method for controlling and regulating an IC-engine/generator unit in which a required-speed setting nM(SL) is preset as command variable by the operator. A first required amount of fuel to be injected qV1(SL) is calculated by means of a speed regulator from the required-speed setting and an actual speed nM(IST). A limiting amount of fuel to be injected qDBR is calculated from a speed-limiting curve, and a second required amount of fuel to be injected qV2(SL) is determined from the first required amount of fuel to be injected or the limiting amount of fuel to be injected. The operating point of the IC-engine/generator unit is set by the second required amount of fuel to be injected. The speed-limiting curve is modifiable as a function of the required-speed setting. An increase in the required-speed setting may cause a shift of the speed-limiting curve to higher actual speeds.
Patent GB-2426542-A (GB)
Title: A mortar board adjustably mounted to a vertical standpipe
Inventor: PRENTICE KENNETH WILLIAM
IPC: E04F21/02
Filed: 2005-05-25
Abstract: A mortar board or builder's tray 1 is fitted with a pivot pin 2 which fits into a slide block 3. The slide block is mounted to a vertical standpipe 4 and is free to slide up or down the pipe. The standpipe has a plurality of holes 4h which allow for the slide block to be fixed at one of a variety of different positions and held in place by a locking pin 5. The standpipe may be mounted on a floor stand means 7 or clamped to a scaffold hand rail with a scaffold clamp (8, fig 2).