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Patent GB-2470985-A (GB)
Title: Forgery prevention medium
Inventor: YAMAUCHI TSUYOSHI
IPC: B41M3/14
Filed: 2010-04-26
Abstract: A forgery prevention medium includes a volume hologram layer 2 on which an interference pattern is recorded after being exposed to an emitted laser beam; a digital watermarking information layer (22) that can be interpreted by emitting a light beam with a predetermined wavelength; and an adherend (41) that has the digital watermarking information layer and is attached to the volume hologram layer, wherein the information layer is of a different color from the volume hologram layer.
Patent GB-2472298-A (GB)
Title: Re-processing waste cobalt-molybdenum mixed oxide catalysts
Inventor: MIURA NAOKI
IPC: B01J37/00
Filed: 2010-07-20
Abstract: A method of processing a composite oxide containing molybdenum and cobalt (e.g. from waste catalysts) by mixing the oxide an aqueous extracting solution obtained by dissolving at least one of ammonia, an ammonia forming material or an organic base in water, thereby extracting molybdenum and cobalt into an aqueous phase. The aqueous phase can then be dried and calcined to form a composite oxide. Ammonia forming materials include ammonia carbonate, ammonia bicarbonate and urea. The organic base can be an aliphatic amine such as mono-, di- or tri- methylaimine, ethylamine or allylamine, an aromatic amine or a quaternary ammonium compound. The method can be used to form composite oxide catalysts containing molybdenum and cobalt for the production of unsaturated aldehydes and carboxylic acids by heat treating the calcined mixed oxide in the presence of a reducing material such as hydrogen, ammonia, carbon monoxide, or C1-6hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes or amines.
Patent GB-2473918-A (GB)
Title: Fastener for a side airbag
Inventor: SCHIRM SVEN
IPC: B60R21/21
Filed: 2010-09-08
Abstract: A fastener 18 for an inner panel 10 of a motor vehicle has a proximal fastening foot 32 for connection to the inner panel 10 and a distal retaining clip 30 for the captive fastening in a retaining opening 20 of a vehicle body reinforcement 22. A retaining ramp 26, which is movable in the direction of an opening plane 48 of the retaining opening 20 of the vehicle body reinforcement 22, is provided between the proximal fastening foot 32 and the distal retaining clip 30 to retain the fastener 18 in the retaining opening 20. It is thus possible to pull the fastener 18 as a whole somewhat out of the retaining opening 20, in order to form an opening space for unfolding an airbag 16 between the inner panel 10 and the vehicle body reinforcement 22. This results in an embodiment of the fastener 18 having a simple design and a reduced repair expenditure after the triggering of the airbag 16.
Patent GB-2473925-A (GB)
Title: Passing a clock signal for memory accesses from the memory device to a processor
Inventor: SCHAEFER ANDRE
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2010-09-15
Abstract: A processor 202 exchanges data with a memory device 252. The interface 250 of the memory device sends a clock signal 242 to the interface 204 of the processor. A latch 224 in the processor latches data from a bidirectional link 240 from the memory device using the clock signal. The clock signal may be generated by a clock source in the memory device 280 or by an external clock source 235. The processor may communicate with several memory devices via the same interface. The memory may be a dynamic random access memory, a static random access memory, a synchronous RAM or a graphics RAM. The processor may be a graphics processor.
Patent GB-2483884-A (GB)
Title: Parallel processing system using dual port memories to communicate between each processor and the public memory bus
Inventor: MANZKE MICHAEL
IPC: G06F15/167
Filed: 2010-09-23
Abstract: A parallel processing system 13 has a number of processing elements 16 connected to a public memory bus 18 via multiple port memories 10. One port of each memory is connected to the bus. The other ports are connected to processors. The multiple port memory is configured as a shared memory resource, which can be accessed both by the processors connected to the ports of the memory and by processors connected to the public memory bus. The memory may be divided into segments based on the data path width and the size of the memory. The system may comprise a number of separate nodes 11, 12, each of which has a number of processing elements and a number of multiple port memories.
Patent GB-2485598-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for producing a dental component: shaping the component with support pin, then engaging second holding means for subsequent pin removal.
Inventor: MIQUEL FLORENT
IPC: A61C5/77
Filed: 2010-11-22
Abstract: A method and device for producing a dental component comprises: a) providing a piece of material (10) held by a first holding means (12); b) shaping the piece of material to form the dental component (16) and at least one support pin (18) maintaining the dental component attached to the first holding means; c) engaging a second holding means (24) to the dental component while the dental component still is attached to the first holding means via the support pin; and d) removing the support pin from the dental component while the dental component is engaged by the second holding means. The material may be shaped by milling, and the support pin may also be removed by milling, which may be by the same tool. The second holding means may be engaged in a cavity of the dental component, and may be secured by use of a vacuum. The steps of manufacture may be automated and controlled by electronic control means such as a microcontroller.
Patent GB-2485812-A (GB)
Title: Cage antenna
Inventor: EHRENFRIED MARTIN
IPC: H01Q1/14
Filed: 2010-11-25
Abstract: A cage antenna 1 comprises at least two perimeter conductors 20 - 23 symmetrically spaced around a central conductor 10. One end 20A â   23A of each perimeter conductor 20 - 23 is connected to an end 10A of the central conductor 10 and support means 40, 41 is provided to hold the central and perimeter conductors. The other ends 20B â   23B, 10B of the perimeter and central conductors are connected to a radio device 50. The support means 40, 41 may be rings arranged to hold the antenna 1 in a substantially vertical position. Insulating spacers 30, 31 may be arranged to keep the conductors symmetrically spaced and parallel around the central conductor 10. The perimeter conductors and the central conductor are arranged to minimise the coupling between the central conductor and the perimeter conductors and to suppress RF energy signals that would otherwise be emitted from the central conductor 10. The ends of the perimeter conductors may taper in to respective connection points. Three or more perimeter conductors may be used. An impedance matching transformer 24 terminating loads 11 and a conductive metal ground sheet or wire screen 12 may be used.
Patent GB-2494095-A (GB)
Title: A SERDES receiver evaluates timing synchronization by comparing representative amplitudes of pairs of bit patterns.
Inventor: SIMPSON RICHARD
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 2010-11-26
Abstract: Systems and method are provided for timing recovery at a serialiser/deserialiser (serdes) digital receiver. A verification component receives a plurality of pairs of symbol patterns which each include a series of at least two symbols and preferably each comprise 3 bits. The verification component compares each pair of symbol patterns to determine if a comparison of respective representative signal amplitudes associated with the symbol patterns is likely to produce useful timing information 256. A comparison component compares representative signal amplitudes associated with at least two of the plurality of pairs of symbol patterns 254 to evaluate if the digital receiver is sampling the bit stream early or late. The verification component preferably selects only pairs for which one symbol pattern exhibits a transition between bits two and three and the other pattern does not. The amplitude of a bit may be increased when there is a transition between this bit and the next bit.
Patent GB-2475974-A (GB)
Title: Antenna selection in a diversity system, which operates correctly even when switching times are asynchronous with a received signal
Inventor: MIN SANG HYUN
IPC: H04B7/08
Filed: 2010-12-02
Abstract: This application relates to antenna selection methods of the type which initially switch between a plurality of antennae at predetermined regular intervals, until quality metrics of received signals can be used to determine which antenna to select. Received preamble signals, from which quality metrics are extracted, are asynchronous with predetermined antenna switching times. This lack of synchronicity has led to antenna selection errors in prior art systems. In a first embodiment (improvement 2), if, following a first antenna switch operation, it is determined that a quality metric of a received signal initially continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold before falling below the threshold within a predetermined time interval, then it is concluded that the first switch was made in error and a switch is made back to the antenna used prior to the first switch. In a second embodiment (improvement 1), when a quality metric is below a first threshold corresponding to a level required to permit detection of the signal, a switch from a first antenna to a second antenna is made at a predetermined switching time only if at that time the quality metric exceeds a second threshold which is less than a first threshold. The quality metric may be a correlation value, intensity value or power value. In claim 1 the first embodiment is expressed in terms of an "antenna stay time" and an "error available time".
Patent GB-2486894-A (GB)
Title: User-configured internet radio broadcasts
Inventor: MILLAR LAURENCE
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2010-12-29
Abstract: An internet radio is able to play real-time interactive multimedia content from a host broadcasting website. A user is able to initiate rearrangement of broadcasts content via interaction with at least one in-built sensor (e.g. a tilt sensor) to determine which of a variety of broadcast content sequence configurations is desired. Upon receipt of the user interaction, the radio may switch from a current default sequence configuration 1 to an alternative configuration (e.g. 2,3,4) in real-time. The internet radio may be a standalone device or embedded in other consumer electronics devices and is able to receive/play audio or video multimedia content, which may be saved in a memory. The radio may be arranged to recognise user gestures to control content handling, and further include user interface buttons or a microphone to allow users to interactively communicate with broadcasting websites.
Patent GB-2491869-A (GB)
Title: Acquiring, storing and utilising network registration information for a plurality of communication networks
Inventor: MOISANEN MATTI
IPC: H04W48/18
Filed: 2011-06-15
Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided, wherein different radio networks, employing different radio access technologies, can be selected for subsequent communications. One embodiment comprises: acquiring registration information 202 for a plurality of networks each supporting a different radio access technology; selecting a radio access technology 204; and selecting 206 on the basis of the selected radio access technology the network registration information to use when performing network selection. The registration information may be acquired from a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM). Registration information may be received from transmission of base stations of available networks. Information on network topology and/or location of the communication apparatus may be used when selecting which network registration information is used.
Patent GB-2492326-A (GB)
Title: Multicast grouping in a license-exempt band
Inventor: HAKOLA SAMI
IPC: H04L5/00
Filed: 2011-06-23
Abstract: A coexistence central entity CCE 28, e.g. coexistence manager, receives deployment messages from each of a plurality of N access nodes 22, 24, 26. Each deployment message has an identifier of an access node of the plurality and an identifier of a channel in a license-exempt band. From the received deployment messages the CCE compiles and maintains a database which associates each channel with a multicast group. Each multicast group includes all of the access nodes from which was received at least one deployment message identifying a said channel corresponding thereto. When the CCE receives a multicast message from one of the access nodes identifying a given channel, it checks the database to find members of a multicast group associated with the given channel, and notifies at least some of those members of the received multicast message. In this manner the access node's multicast message is forwarded among the whole group. The arrangement may be used in a cognitive radio system wherein the access nodes may use a licensed band alongside a license-exempt band to improve spectrum efficiency in the network. A proximity limitation may also be placed on members of the multicast group to which the multicast message is forwarded. The license-exempt shared band may be TV White Space or an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band for example.
Patent GB-2482066-A (GB)
Title: Image display system and method using temporally modulated laser illumination
Inventor: CHRISTMAS JAMIESON
IPC: G03H1/22
Filed: 2011-07-14
Abstract: A method of operating a laser 100 in a projection image display system comprises calculating a modulation level required for the laser to produce a desired brightness/luminance for a displayed image and embedding the modulation levels into image content data. Upon image display, modulation levels are extracted from the image content data and applied to drive an illuminating laser light source. An image display system using laser illumination modulated in accordance with the method is also disclosed. The method/system may be applicable to a projection image display system in which a spatial light modulator (SLM) 140 is illuminated with at least one laser. Multiple lasers (e.g. 302,304,306, figure 3) may be used to generate colour (e.g. RGB) sub-frames of a 2D video frame using frame-sequential colour (FSC) or spatially separated colour (SSC) methods. The method and system is particularly suited to the reconstruction of holographic images using holographic image data to drive the SLM to impart phase characteristics to incident light in order to enable a Fourier lens 120 to recreate the holographic reconstruction at a replay field/screen 180. By temporally modulating the laser illumination the apparent brightness of the resultant image may be controlled to counteract unwanted intensity variationd between different colour laser light sources.
Patent GB-2493575-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible watertight assembly
Inventor: CHAPPELL ANNE
IPC: D06F5/00
Filed: 2011-11-22
Abstract: The collapsible watertight assembly includes an impermeable flexible container 1 having an open end adapted to be sealed and an inlet or outlet port 7 closeable by a cap 8. A sealing means 9 provides a watertight seal on the open end. The assembly also includes a reticulated inner container 11 adapted to fit inside the impermeable container 1. In use, items to be washed such as garments are received in the inner container 11, the impermeable flexible container 1 is supplied with water and a cleaning substance, the open end is sealed by the sealing means 9, the port is closed by the cap and an agitating motion is applied to the assembly to enable the garments to be cleaned. The assembly may be used as a portable laundry assembly, as a self-contained assembly for bleaching, dyeing, rinsing and drip-drying clothes, to carry water or to keep items dry in high-humidity or damp conditions. Alternatively, the assembly may be used to provide a portable shower with a shower head secured to the port 7 in place of the cap 8.
Patent GB-2485683-A (GB)
Title: Thread shift: Allocating threads to cores
Inventor: WOLFE ANDREW
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2010-06-04
Abstract: Techniques are generally described for allocating a thread to heterogeneous processor cores. Example techniques may include monitoring real time computing data related to the heterogeneous processor cores processing the thread, allocating the thread to the heterogeneous processor cores based, at least in part, on the reai time computing data, and/or executing the thread by the respective allocated heterogeneous processor core.
Patent GB-2497958-A (GB)
Title: Photovoltaic panel system
Inventor: BRAGHIROLI MARCO
IPC: F21S8/08
Filed: 2011-12-23
Abstract: A photovoltaic panel system for assembly to an outdoor column comprises one or more housings 1, each housing comprising a photovoltaic panel 3 extending between two collars 4, 5 and each collar being hinged to allow them to be placed around the column. An extension section (6, Fig. 1) having a dimension less than each collar extends beyond one collar 4 at one end of the housing 1 and has means to secure the extension section 6 to the column. The collar of one housing 1 extends over the extension section 6 of the neighbouring housing to cover the securement means and protect the securement means from the outside environment. The system is ergonomic in design, modular in structure and has connection features that are protected from the outdoor elements.
Patent GB-2488232-A (GB)
Title: Footwear which stimulates blood flow
Inventor: LINDSAY LESLIE
IPC: A43B7/14
Filed: 2012-02-15
Abstract: A shoe or similar footwear comprises an upper 14 enabling offloading of the foot, at least one fluid pump 16, 19 mounted in the sole, a reservoir 18 in fluid communication with the pump via a first valve 17, a bladder 25 in fluid communication with the reservoir via a second valve 23, sensors (not shown), and a processor 20. The processor uses signals from the sensors to control communication of fluid between the reservoir and bladder, such that the bladder may be selectively inflated to stimulate blood flow in the foot of a wearer. The fluid is preferably air. The pump may be an electrically powered pump 19, and/or a bellows-type pump 16 operated by ambulatory motion. The sensors may be pressure sensors, accelerometers, or distance measuring sensors. Inflation of the bladder may be based on time intervals. The shoe may include means (not shown) for storing and downloading information, such as number of steps taken. The footwear is intended for sufferers of diabetes. The pressure applied through controlled inflation of the bladder assists in aiding arterial and venous blood flow, and the offloading ability assists in alleviating ulcers of the sole or other wounds.
Patent GB-2493236-A (GB)
Title: Diamond sensors, detectors and quantum devices
Inventor: TWITCHEN DANIEL JAMES
IPC: C01B31/06
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A single crystal synthetic CVD diamond material comprises: a growth sector; and a plurality of point defects of one or more type within the growth sector, wherein at least one type of point defect is preferentially aligned within the growth sector, wherein at least 60% of said at least one type of point defect shows said preferential alignment, and wherein the at least one type of point defect is a negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defect (NV-). The preferential alignment may be out of plane with respect to a {110}, {111} or {113} crystallographic plane. A device component maybe be formed from the diamond material which comprises an out-coupling structure formed at the surface of the material. The component may be used in a device which includes a light source for optically pumping one or more of the plurality of point defects in the diamond material and at least one type of point defect being preferentially aligned with the light source.
Patent GB-2491487-A (GB)
Title: Configuring icons in a web browser interface
Inventor: HOLMES ANDREW
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2012-06-06
Abstract: A method of configuring icons 15 in a web browser interface 14 provided by a web browser program running on a computer, the method comprises the steps of: (i) providing screen output from the computer to a screen; (ii) providing the web browser interface in the screen output; (iii) providing in the web browser interface a docking area 1 for icons, wherein the docking area 1 is operable to receive website icons 15, each website icon being selectable to navigate to a respective website in the web browser interface. An icon creation function allows a user to create an icon corresponding to a displayed website. The user may create an icon by choosing: a library icon, a part of the displayed website, a part of a saved photo, or search. The method allows anything a user would normally do within an operating system (OS) graphical user interface environment of the computer to be done within the web browser interface. The web browser provides a desktop interface to access and control locally mounted Apps.
Patent GB-2488710-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for enhancing the spatial resolution of a fiber optical distributed acoustic sensing assembly
Inventor: BOER JOHANNIS JOSEPHUS DEN
IPC: G01D5/353
Filed: 2010-12-22
Abstract: The spatial resolution of a fiber optical Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) assembly is enhanced by: - arranging an optical DAS fiber (1) with a series of contiguous channels (C1-C14) that are sensitive to vibration in a U-shaped loop (Ul) such that substantially parallel fiber sections ( IA, IB) comprise pairs of channels (C1&C14, C2&C13,C3&C12.. etc) that are arranged at least partially side by side; - transmitting a series of light pulses (5A, 5B) through the optical fiber (1) and receiving back reflections (6A, 6B) of said light pulses (5A, 5B) by a light transmission and receiving assembly ( 7); and - processing the received back reflections (6A, 6B) such that back reflections stemming from at least one pair of channels (C1, C14; C2,C13) that are arranged at least partially side by side are correlated to each other.
Patent GB-2503000-A (GB)
Title: Implantable vascular occluder or filter
Inventor: LUND-CLAUSEN JACOB
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 2012-06-13
Abstract: An occlusion or filter device (10) includes a cannula (24), a dilator tip (20) fixed to the cannula and a frame member formed of an occlusion member or filter (28) and a sleeve (30). The occlusion member (28) may be covered with occlusion material (26). The cannula (24) is in the form of a tube having a lumen (25) passing through. The dilator tip (20) also has a lumen there through. A valve or seal (32) is located in either the cannula or the dilator tip. The arrangement is such that the occluder (10) can be delivered by an over the wire method using a guide wire, whereupon the cannula and dilator tip remain in the patient as part of the occluder assembly (10).
Patent GB-2503045-A (GB)
Title: Quantum cryptography system with error correction and privacy amplification
Inventor: LUCAMARINI MARCO
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2012-07-02
Abstract: This application concerns a quantum communication system in which a receiver performs error correction and privacy amplification. The privacy amplification is performed using an estimate of the upper bound of the information which has been intercepted by an eavesdropper, which is related to the lower bound of the secure rate (e.g. as given by equation 0.1). A parameter estimation procedure for estimating parameters (gains g0 and g1 and QBER e1) of the secure rate equation involves a numerically constrained optimization algorithm (equations 0.14-0.20) and yield-to-gain transformations (equations 0.12 and 0.13). The gains, Gj   , Gj   , and error probabilities Qj   , Qj    , used to define the constraints of the algorithm are extracted from binomial distributions (equations 0.8 and 0.9) and are calculated based on the number of light pulses Tj transmitted from a sender, the number of light pulses received at the receiver, Nj, and the number of errors detected, Ej.