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Patent GB-2530115-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display device
Inventor: KIM YOUN-OH
IPC: G02F1/1339
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate 110 including a plurality of pixel regions; a second substrate 120 facing and spaced apart from the first substrate; a layer of liquid crystal material between the substrates; a thin film transistor Tr in each of the pixel regions; a pixel electrode 157on the first substrate in each of the pixel regions and connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode on the first substrate or the second substrate; first and second column spacers 175a, 175b on the second substrate and corresponding to first and second pixel regions, respectively; wherein a first relative position of the first column spacer in the first pixel region is different from a second relative position of the second column spacer in the second pixel region. The column spacers are arranged to maintain the cell gap between the first and second substrates. The different relative positions of the first and second column spacers in the first and second pixel regions allows the cell gap to be maintained even when a degree of miss-alignment exists.
Patent GB-2519024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vehicle speed control
Inventor: FAIRGRIEVE ANDREW
IPC: B60W30/14
Filed: 2013-08-16
Abstract: A speed control system for a vehicle, comprising an operating unit for automatically causing a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value. A receiving unit receives information relating to movement of a portion of a body of an occupant relative to the vehicle, preferably due to an imaging device. An adjusting unit automatically adjusts the target speed value depending on the information. A controller is configured to determine the target speed value depending on a signal indicative of a measured comfort level. The system is preferably used in a low speed progress/cruise control system over off-road terrain.
Patent GB-2535726-A (GB)
Title: An image processing method and apparatus for determining depth within an image
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JAMES WHITEFORD
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2015-02-25
Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring depth in an image captured (200) by a plenoptic camera, in which a respective plurality of scene images (204) focused at different depths are generated from the image and edge detection is performed (206) in each of said scene images to generate a plurality of edge detected images (208). Area identification (210) is performed in each edge detected image to generate a respective plurality of area identification images (212) indicative of areas of the edge detected images in which edges have been detected; and the area identification images are applied (214) to respective scene images to extract from said scene images image segments corresponding to said areas in which edges have been detected. The areas in which edges are detected may correspond to areas that are in focus in the scene images. The method or apparatus may be used in a mixed or augmented reality system.
Patent GB-2525301-A (GB)
Title: Messaging via vehicle steering wheel
Inventor: ATTARD CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B60W50/16
Filed: 2015-03-06
Abstract: A vehicle 101 includes a vehicle computer 105 that is configured to receive information, e.g., collected data 115, from one or more data collectors 110, such as sensors. The computer 105 includes an autonomous driving module 106 that comprises instructions for autonomously or semi-autonomously operating the vehicle 101 and is configured to identify a condition affecting the vehicle and/or a planned action of the vehicle and provide an instruction to actuate movement, e.g. long, or short vibrations, 180o, 360o rotation etc, of a steering wheel 103 which alerts a driver to the condition or action. The conditions, e.g. an obstacle in a roadway, are detected by the data collecors110 and the planned actions are determined and generated by module 106. Other conditions may include collision, a hazardous road, a deviation from a navigation plan, a determination that the vehicle is driving on a road shoulder, the vehicle violates speed limits, acceleration, deceleration, turning, and stopping. Reference is also made to a computer readable medium and method.
Patent GB-2538082-A (GB)
Title: .22 caliber adapter for 5.56mm caliber rifles
Inventor: MARK ANTHONY REMBIASZ
IPC: F42B14/06
Filed: 2015-05-06
Abstract: An adapter case for allowing a .22 calibre cartridge 14 to be used with a larger calibre firearm consists of a front half 10 and a rear half 12. The front half 10 is adapted to receive a .22 calibre cartridge 14. The rear half contains a firing mechanism such as a firing pin 20 actuated by a primer 24, which fires the .22 calibre cartridge 14. The rear half 12 may be interchangeable in order to allow for centerfire or rimfire cartridges. The front half may be interchangeable to allow for different types of cartridge. The adapter case may have the dimensions of a 5.56mm x 45mm NATO cartridge.
Patent GB-2525326-A (GB)
Title: A method of depicting an image
Inventor: BROWN MICHAEL JOHN WALTER
IPC: G09F19/22
Filed: 2013-10-29
Abstract: A visual advertisement is disclosed which is carried by a substrate. The advertisement comprises a first inverse perspective transformation image (48) and a contiguous second inverse perspective transformation image (46). The images (48,46) are inverted with respect to one another. The first image (48), when the images are viewed in one direction, is the predominant image and the second image (46) is a subsidiary image. When the images (48,46) are viewed in the opposite direction the second image (46) is the predominant image and the first image (48) is the subsidiary image.
Patent GB-2540148-A (GB)
Title: Controlling contaminant build-up in an air extraction system
Inventor: JAMES DRAKE
IPC: F24C15/20
Filed: 2015-07-06
Abstract: An air extraction system 2 comprises an air flow duct 4 and a decontaminating apparatus (10, Fig. 1). Decontaminating apparatus (10, Fig. 1) comprises first and second (16, 18, Fig. 1) reservoirs storing respective decontaminating agents and a delivery mechanism 14. A controller (50, Fig. 1) controls supply of at least one of the decontaminating agents in an aqueous phase into the air flow duct 4. The rate, concentration and time of supply of the agents may be controlled in response to user input, air flow, temperature, a fan speed or a grease load measurement in the duct 4, an external event, or a time-based schedule. The decontaminating agents may be delivered in the form of droplets generated by a device 46 which may comprise a nozzle 48 or vibrating body. The decontaminating agents may be mixed together or diluted before delivery into the air flow duct 4. The apparatus may comprise an incubator (22, Fig. 1) for grease-consuming bacteria. An air extraction system comprising a bacteria incubator is also claimed. The system is suitable for extracting air from cooking apparatus in a kitchen.
Patent GB-2540982-A (GB)
Title: Gas phase fluorescence analysis
Inventor: DAVID CARTY
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2015-08-03
Abstract: A method and apparatus for quantifying an analyte in a gas phase sample comprises: a laser 5 defining a laser axis; an optical cavity having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a fluorescence detector 11 perpendicular to the axis and arranged to provide a first signal in response to fluorescence in the cavity; an photon detector 9 provided axially external to the cavity, configured as cavity ring-down spectrometer (CRDS), and arranged to provide a second signal; wherein the apparatus is configured to comprise a cavity-enhanced laser-induced fluorescence (CELIF) spectrophotometer; means for supplying a pure gas sample or an analyte-containing gas sample to the cavity through the inlet; and a processor 12 adapted to receive a first signal to calibrate the apparatus and to receive a second signal to provide a measurement of the concentration of the analyte in the sample.
Patent GB-2529564-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and system for regenerating voice intonation in automatically dubbed videos
Inventor: ROSSANO BOAZ
IPC: H04N5/278
Filed: 2014-03-11
Abstract: A system and method for automatically dubbing a video in a first language into a second language, comprising: an audio/video pre-processor configured to provide separate original audio and video files of the same media; a text analysis unit configured to receive a first text file of the video's subtitles in the first language and a second text file of the video's subtitles in the second language, and re-divide them into text sentences; a text-to-speech unit configured to receive the text sentences in the first and second languages from the text analysis unit and produce therefrom first and second standard TTS spoken sentences; a prosody unit configured to receive the first and second spoken sentences, the separated audio file and timing parameters and produce therefrom dubbing recommendations; and a dubbing unit configured to receive the second spoken sentence and the recommendations and produce therefrom an automatically dubbed sentence in the second language.
Patent GB-2534635-A (GB)
Title: 'Blackburn cycle' engine with exhaust condenser
Inventor: ANTHONY EDGAR BLACKBURN
IPC: F01N13/08
Filed: 2015-10-18
Abstract: A 'Blackburn Cycle' petrol engine 1 has maximised alternate 'air only' inductions between usual combustion cycles. The exhaust gases are passed through a condensing chamber 5 where steam produced by combustion is condensed to liquid and passes along the exhaust pipe 6 with other gaseous products of combustion, preferably entering into a condensate tank 7 which may also be a silencer at the rear of the vehicle. This tank preferably contains several porous or mesh surfaces 8 therein. Motion of the vehicle causes condensate 13 to splash and wet these surfaces which then filters, absorbs and reacts with unwanted products of combustion including NOx to improve exhaust emissions at low temperature. Preferably a reservoir 10 is also connected at a central point of the tank by means of a drain tube 9; a drain tap 11 may be operated remotely to empty the condensate in the reservoir. The exhaust gas treatment may also be used with diesel and Otto cycle engines.
Patent GB-2544064-A (GB)
Title: Safety surfaces
Inventor: JONATHAN HAMP
IPC: E04F11/17
Filed: 2015-11-04
Abstract: Method of forming a non-slip surface comprising applying plastic sheet 12 of thickness d to a chequer plate 11 having a surface pattern projecting to a height h, where d is not less than h/2 and not more than 2h, heating the sheet 12 to soften it such that the sheet conforms to the surface of tread plate 11 and then applying grit to the plastic 12 while still soft. Pattern or signage may be incorporated using contrasting appliqués incorporated within a matrix. The anti-slip surface may be used on dock levellers where the pattern may be safety signs. Also included is a claim for a non-slip flooring as made above which may comprise a step or a loading bay platform.
Patent GB-2544497-A (GB)
Title: Manifold moisture sensor
Inventor: Matevz Bosnak
IPC: A01G25/16
Filed: 2015-11-18
Abstract: A soil moisture sensor comprises a processor 1 and a moisture sensing area 5. The sensing area contains a plurality of individual sensors 2, 3 and also an averaging sensor 7 to give a value over the length of the sensor. The sensors may be arranged in a vertical array so that when in use they may detect moisture levels at various discrete levels in the soil strata (Figure 2, item 10). The device may be mains 4 or battery powered. The sensors may be capacitive in nature and the array may be protected against abrasion and corrosion. The device may be equipped with a processing unit (19, Fig 2) that analyses the results from each sensor. The processing unit may calculate average values or may determine aggregate or weighted moisture levels, where the value may be biased to reflect moisture values proximate to the root structure of the plant. The sensor may send signals to a remote monitoring station which may be integrated with an irrigation system. The device is intended to reduce overwatering but also aims to ensure that the root structure is adequately watered.
Patent GB-2544509-A (GB)
Title: Control system
Inventor: STEPHEN TURNER
IPC: A61M1/36
Filed: 2015-11-19
Abstract: A control system to restrict the flow rate of blood in a blood line 12 in which blood is permitted to flow from an inlet towards an outlet, wherein the control system comprises a first flow sensor 26,32 to determine a first flow value indicative of the flow rate 18 in the blood online 12. A controller configured to process the first flow rate, and an adjustable restriction 28 responsive to the controller, wherein the adjustable restriction 28 is configured to reduce the flow rate 18 in the blood line 12 to maintain a flow rate that does not exceed a restriction threshold. The adjustable restriction comprises a gradually actuatable occlusive device e.g. clamp.
Patent GB-2545438-A (GB)
Title: A paint edger
Inventor: PAUL CONSTANTINE
IPC: B05C17/02
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: A paint edger 1 comprising: a body 5 having a feature arranged to contact a structure adjacent a surface to be painted to facilitate painting the surface close to the structure; and an applicator support 6 for supporting an applicator 7 for applying paint to the surface. The applicator support and the feature are moveably mounted relative to one another. The feature may be the edge of the body, or may be at least one wheel (8, see figure 1) mounted to the body. The at least one wheel may be mounted at an edge of the body. Additionally, the paint edger may comprise a biasing means (9, see figure 4) for moving the applicator support and the feature relative to each other. Said biasing means may be a spring and may bias the applicator support towards the feature.
Patent GB-2531455-A (GB)
Title: Alt asm
Inventor: VENKATA APPARAO VARE
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2014-06-20
Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to application support management and, more particularly, to improving throughput of the application support management. Various aspects of a process implemented in an organization are analyzed based on incoming tickets/demands and the process is optimized by removing associated functional redundancies.
Patent GB-2549063-A (GB)
Title: A Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (RLN) sensing system
Inventor: CHRIS HOVEY
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2016-01-13
Abstract: A sensor system 2 for sensing activity in a target recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) comprises an elongate endotracheal tube 10 for insertion through a nasal passageway. The tube has a maximum transverse dimension of 5 mm. A maximum internal transverse dimension may be 3 mm. A sensor arrangement 6 is disposed on an external surface of the tube. The sensor arrangement comprises sensors 18 extending longitudinally along the tube for sensing electrical activity in the RLN. Each of the sensors 18 is at least partially unsecured relative to the tube to enable lateral sensor movement. This allows the sensors to conform to the anatomical geometry of the trachea. The tube may comprise a portion, e.g. a bend 14 in the tube, to limit insertion into the nose. The sensors may be secured to the tube at a spaced apart first zone 20 and second zone 22.
Patent GB-2547187-A (GB)
Title: Make-up practice tattoo
Inventor: LEANNE LORRAINE HARRY
IPC: A61Q1/02
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: A temporary tattoo of an eye (a) and eyebrow (h), having an aperture (g) above the eye part as a stencil for tracing a socket line. In a preferred embodiment the tattoo has perforations (i) to allow the eyebrow to be separated from the surrounding material, and the exposed section can be used as a stencil. The image of the eye is made of a transferable material on a backing paper which can be released using an agent such as water. The front of the tattoo transfer is covered by a protective film which in use is peeled off and discarded. The temporary tattoo is intended for training purposes, used as a template for practising applying eye makeup onto an area of skin other than an eyelid.
Patent GB-2535639-A (GB)
Title: A protective pad
Inventor: MARK BENJAMIN DAVID COMBES
IPC: A42B3/12
Filed: 2016-02-04
Abstract: A protective pad 5 configured for use in connection with a sports helmet 1, the helmet having an attached face guard 2, the face guard having a cage type construction of interconnected struts capable of surrounding and protecting at least the front and sides of the jaw of a wearer 20, the pad having attachment means (10, 17, fig.5) for attaching the struts of the face guard, the pad comprising two pad elements connected by one or more resilient or bendable connection pieces 9. The attachment means may comprise protruding flanges, which may be curved. The protective pad can be provided with hexagonal openings (11, fig.6) and one or more of the hexagonal openings may be filled with an impact absorbent crush foam. Also claimed is a protective pad for protecting the rear of the head or neck of a wearer, the pad having at least one pad element and a helmet having such a protective pad.
Patent GB-2548323-A (GB)
Title: A user interface mechanism
Inventor: ROBERT REUVEN FRANKS
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2016-02-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of defining building frames within a user interface. The method includes the steps of receiving input from a user at an input interface to define a frame; processing the input in relation to constraints to generate a frame; and displaying the frame to the user. The input interface may be a touch screen interface. The frame may be displayed to the user on the touch screen interface. The input may be processed based upon context. The input may be processed at a server. The constraints may be retrieved from a database. The input may be received from the user at a plurality of phases wherein each phase may be associated with specific constraints. It may be that during processing, one or more geometrics objects are detected within the input. These geometric objects may be in classes such as shape or lines.
Patent GB-2547459-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic gain controller
Inventor: SENTHIL KUMAR MANI
IPC: H03M1/18
Filed: 2016-02-19
Abstract: An audio gain control system 14 may control the analogue gain 15 and the digital gain 18 applied to a signal from a microphone 12 in a telephone apparatus 10. The system comprises: a power estimator 22 configured to estimate the power represented by digital signal derived from the audio signal; a digital gain estimator 23 configured to determine, in dependence on the estimated power, a digital gain 18 which would modify the power represented by the digital signal so as to reach a target power level; and a gain controller 24 configured to adjust an analogue gain applied to the audio signal in dependence on the determined digital gain. The power estimator 22 may receive an input signal via a voice activity detector 21. Analysis of audio in the digital domain allows the targeting of speech alone. Adjustment in both the analogue and digital domains maintains resolution when multiplying digital values and allows a larger dynamic range for the total gain. The system improves the quality of audio received by a far-end listener.
Patent GB-2548586-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for causing bait to move during fishing
Inventor: PHILIP BERNARD HOUGH
IPC: A01K99/00
Filed: 2016-03-21
Abstract: Apparatus 22 for causing bait to move during fishing comprising a body portion 26; attachment means 28 for the bait; a propeller 30, driven by an electric motor 32, and control means 34 for causing the electric motor 32 repeatedly to turn on and off, such that intermittent rotation of the propeller causes the bait to move more like a fish. The apparatus may be weighted to the waterbed using a battery 38 and the propeller working periodically may cause the body 26 to move from a first position to a second position, such that the bait bobs up and down (as shown in figure 2). The body may be elongate with the attachment means 28, such as an aperture 46, at the bottom 36 and the propeller 30 at the top 34. The propeller may be in a housing 50 with a plurality of apertures 56. The control means may be adjustable so the angler can adjust the length of time the motor is on and off. There may be a fishing line, hooks, guide means for the line, such as a tube, and the apparatus may be attached to a fishing rod.
Patent GB-2535106-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride composite
Inventor: JIANFENG ZHANG
IPC: C04B35/5831
Filed: 2014-06-27
Abstract: A method for preparing a titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride composite material, wherein a titanium powder and cubic boron nitride are used as raw materials, mixed by the planetary ball-milling method, and then subjected to the steps of wet mixing, drying, sieving, high-temperature vacuum furnace pre-sintering, cold isostatic molding, high-temperature sintering, etc., to prepare the titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride composite. The method has simple operation, low costs, easily controlled process conditions, and achieves the uniform dispersion between each resulting phase by phase reaction, and can be used to obtain the titanium nitride-titanium diboride-cubic boron nitride ceramic matrix composite with a high density and high mechanical property.
Patent GB-2551832-A (GB)
Title: Item of clothing wtih front and rear openings
Inventor: AUDREY WOOD
IPC: A41D3/00
Filed: 2016-07-01
Abstract: An item of clothing 1 comprises a front panel 2 and a back panel 3, with arm holes 6 and a neck hole 12. The front panel 2 includes a front opening 8 extending from the neck hole 12 towards a bottom edge 11, while the back panel 3 includes a back opening 13 extending from the neck hole 12 towards a bottom edge of the back panel. The length of the opening 13 in the back panel 3 is at least half the length of the panel. Both the front 8 and back 13 openings are provided with primary closing means 10, 14 which provide for the selective opening and closing of the front and back openings.
Patent GB-2558278-A (GB)
Title: Virtual reality
Inventor: SIMON JOHN HALL
IPC: H04N13/344
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: A virtual reality system comprises a head-mounted display (HMD) by which images are displayed to a user 1400, a camera 1240 to capture images of the user; and an image processor to generate a representation (e.g. avatar 1700) of the user's body for display to the user by the HMD. The displayed representation moves in response to movements of the user's body. The processor may display an alternative representation 1710 of a required body position/pose which the user may be required to mimic. A corresponding virtual reality method is also disclosed. The system may be used to train users in particular movements, such as dance moves, military operational movements or for use in engaging with a virtual world.
Patent GB-2558968-A (GB)
Title: G Proteins
Inventor: Byron Carpenter
IPC: G01N33/566
Filed: 2017-01-27
Abstract: The invention provides a mutant of a parent heterotrimeric G protein alpha (Gα) subunit, which mutant (i) lacks at least one helix of the helical domain of the parent Gα subunit; (ii) is capable of binding to a GPCR in the absence of a heterotrimeric G protein beta (Gβ) subunit and a heterotrimeric G protein gamma (Gγ) subunit; and (iii) has an amino acid sequence that contains one or more mutations compared to the amino acid sequence of the parent heterotrimeric Gα subunit, which mutations are selected from a deletion, a substitution and an insertion.