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Patent GB-2563323-A (GB)
Title: Modulated infrared lighting
Inventor: DAVID KARL BIDNER
IPC: H04W4/46
Filed: 2018-04-06
Abstract: A method 700 comprises transmitting a first sequence of light pulses, pulsed at a first rate 702, receiving a second sequence of light pulses 704 from a vehicle, and transmitting a message as a sequence of light pulses, pulsed at a second rate (frequency) 712 based upon the second sequence of light pulses received from the vehicle, wherein the first rate is different from the second rate. The light pulses may be modulated infra-red (IR) radiation. The message may include information regarding vehicle position, motion, size, safety status, path history, encoded into binary. The light receiver may be an IR video sensor. The modulation may be pulse width modulation (PWM). The message may include a basic safety message (bsm). The disclosed handshaking (i.e. data rate negotiating) is intended to achieve communications in the presence of changing environmental (channel) factors such as glare, reflections, fog and spray.
Patent GB-2562631-A (GB)
Title: Use of a spindle to provide optical fiber in a wellbore
Inventor: DHRUV ARORA
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2016-12-22
Abstract: A method of providing optical fiber in a wellbore may include lowering a spindle holding the optical fiber through the wellbore and anchoring a distal end of the optical fiber in the wellbore. The method may also include drawing the optical fiber from the spindle by pulling the spindle back through the wellbore. A device for providing optical fiber in a wellbore may include a spindle configured to hold at least a portion of the optical fiber as the spindle moves through the wellbore. The optical fiber is drawn from the spindle as the spindle passes through the wellbore.
Patent GB-2567274-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus with integrated touch screen and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: HYANGMYOUNG GWON
IPC: H01L27/32
Filed: 2018-06-29
Abstract: A display apparatus with integrated touch screen includes a light emitting layer 200 disposed on a substrate 100, an encapsulation layer 310 disposed on the light emitting layer, a plurality of touch electrodes 320 and 340 disposed on the encapsulation and spaced apart from each other, and an upper photoactive compound (PAC) layer 350 disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes. The upper PAC layer is patterned to be disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes. The arrangement enables dry etching or purging between the gaps in the PAC layer pattern to remove impurities which would otherwise cause short circuits between touch electrodes. The PAC layer may also extend at the sides of the screen (360, fig 6) and may overlay a conductive pad 170. The conductive pad may also include a further half thickness PAC layer (370, fig 6) arranged to be removed during said dry etching.
Patent GB-2576501-A (GB)
Title: Sensing fluid flow
Inventor: OLIVER PARSON
IPC: G01P13/00
Filed: 2018-08-16
Abstract: In one example, there is provided a method for estimating, at a given time, a fluid flow state in a conduit of a property, comprising: obtaining historical data (S1) associated with at least one fluid flow state in the conduit; obtaining a probability model (S2) for the at least one fluid flow state, wherein a probability for the at least one fluid flow state is a function of the historical data associated with the at least one fluid flow state; obtaining observed data (S3) associated with the property, the observed data including a measure representative of fluid flow in the conduit; and estimating a fluid flow state (S4) in the conduit of the property at the given time, based on the historical data associated with the at least one fluid flow state, the probability model and the observed data. Another example describes (with figure 3) a leak detection method for detecting a leak at a given time in a conduit of a property and which generally uses observed data including a measure representative of a fluid flow in the conduit, a probability model for at least one fluid state being a leak state (using historical data and observed data prior to the given time) and assigning a probability of a leak state using the probability model.
Patent GB-2577068-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle having a door check mechanism
Inventor: BRIAN WESTGARTH
IPC: E05C17/20
Filed: 2018-09-12
Abstract: A motor vehicle having a rotary vehicle door check mechanism 120 with a door check bar 121 having a helical guide, preferably at least one groove 122a, 122b, each of which is engaged by a respective spring loaded detent 132a, 132b supported by a rotary body member 131. At predefined positions along each of the helical grooves 122a, 122b there is provided a check hold recess 123 for fuller engagement of the respective detent 132a, 132b defining a door check position. By varying the number of check hold recesses 123 different door opening positions are provided. The helical guides or grooves may be arranged at a uniform helix angle, or have an angle which increases towards either the door or the frame of the vehicle. The check bar has a circular cross section. The spring loaded detents may be balls and resilient pads 23 may be located against the end stop 22.
Patent GB-2568596-A (GB)
Title: Electronically controlled sway bar damping link
Inventor: PHILIP TSIARAS
IPC: F16F9/06
Filed: 2018-10-01
Abstract: A sway bar system 100 is described. The sway bar system includes a sway bar 12 having a first end and a second end. The sway bar system further includes a first electronically controlled damper link 14L which is coupled to the first end of the sway bar. The first electronically controlled damper link is configured to be coupled a first location of a vehicle. The sway bar system also has a second link 14R which is coupled to the second end of the sway bar. The second link is configured to be coupled a second location of the vehicle. The sway bar system may comprise a cylinder (28, see fig. 2a), a piston (25), a fluid reservoir (26), a gas chamber (27) and an internal floating piston (33), wherein a valve (200) fluidly coupled to the damper cylinder and fluid reservoir may adjust a flow area for adjusting the damping characteristics. The sway bar system may be coupled proximate to a vehicle wheel, suspension or axle.
Patent GB-2564624-A (GB)
Title: Configuration for multi-factor event authorization
Inventor: MARK ARANA
IPC: G06F21/34
Filed: 2017-04-20
Abstract: An authorization device receives a message from a content server through a network based upon a first factor of authorization being completed by a playback device requesting playback of content associated with a user account. The authorization device may be a mobile device that is associated with the user. The authorization device may receive a user input indicating an approval of the requested playback. The authorization device may send a playback authorization message through the network to the content server. The content server may use at least a first factor of authorization such a login credential from a smart playback device or a registration credential from another type of playback device in addition to a second factor of authorization such as the playback authorization message to generate a user authentication that is provided to allow the playback device to playback the content.
Patent GB-2564369-A (GB)
Title: Portable double folding bicycle
Inventor: FOLING ZHANG
IPC: B62K15/00
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: A portable double folding bicycle, comprising: a front wheel, a frame assembly and a rear wheel, the frame comprising handlebars, a front frame, a crossbar assembly, a rear frame and a saddle, the handlebars being detachably connected to the upper end of the front frame, the crossbar assembly comprising a front crossbar, a middle crossbar and a rear crossbar, the rear end of the front crossbar and the front end of the middle crossbar being connected by means of a first folding piece, the rear end of the middle crossbar and the front end of the rear crossbar being connected by means of a second folding piece, the saddle being detachably connected to the rear crossbar, the inclination angle of the first folding piece is 58°-62°, and the inclination angle of the second folding piece is 89°-94°. The present invention provides the first folding piece and the second folding piece on the crossbar assembly, such that the handlebars can be inclined backwards after folding, enabling the front wheel and the rear wheel to sit coaxially, facilitating parallel towing; moreover, the handlebars and the saddle can be detached from the bicycle and placed into a backpack together with the folded bicycle, such that travel is better facilitated, thereby improving the usage of the bicycle as a whole.
Patent GB-2570044-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing network access in the event of a computer system failure
Inventor: Rustin PENLAND
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2018-11-30
Abstract: A computer system (100, fig. 1) for providing network access during a boot failure comprising a processor (110, fig. 1) with a first non-volatile memory (120, fig. 1) storing a firmware that is implemented to perform a boot process, a network interface (130, fig. 1), and a microchip (140, fig. 1) connected to the processor with a second non-volatile memory (205, fig. 2) storing a program 440 that connects the network interface to a communications network when a failure is detected in the boot process 415. The boot process can include initializing and testing additional electronic components 420 or loading an operating system 425. The network interface may connect via a graphical user interface (555, fig. 5) to technician in a remote location. There may also be a second processor (210, fig. 2) which can detect power supply failure or failure in an electronic component and run the program to connect the network interface. The boot failure may also include hard drive or software failure.
Patent GB-2586989-A (GB)
Title: Electric Machines
Inventor: SIMON TURVEY
IPC: H02P29/028
Filed: 2019-09-11
Abstract: A fault-tolerant radial flux rotary electric machine 112, comprising: a permanent magnet rotor 301 having fourteen poles 311 and an alternate-wound stator 302 having sixteen slots and four coil pairs 303-310, each coil pair forming part of one of four independent electrical phases ΦA, ΦB, ΦC, ΦD. Each coil pair may be radially separated by 180 degrees. Each of the sixteen slots may be defined by a wound tooth and an unwound tooth. The width of the wound teeth may be greater than the unwound teeth, with wound teeth being twice the width of unwound teeth. The width of each tooth at its root may be greater than or equal to the tooth tip width. The slots may be trapezoidal in cross section. The coils may be wound to form a parallelogram-shaped cross section providing a void with a triangular cross section in each slot for the flow of coolant. The slot fill-factor may be from 0.22 to 0.28. The ratio of the stator inner diameter to the stator outer diameter may be from 0.6 to 0.7. The slots may be sealed by magnetic sealing members engaged with tips of adjacent teeth. The rotor may comprise permanent magnets arranged in a Halbach array. The stator coils may be formed of a transposed litz conductor to reduce eddy currents.
Patent GB-2578004-A (GB)
Title: Aggregating energy resources
Inventor: JOHN LINDUP
IPC: H02J3/28
Filed: 2018-07-24
Abstract: A method for controlling an energy terminal, such as an electric vehicle (EV) battery, a solar (PV) panel, or a heat pump, comprises determining a metric indicating a future availability of an energy resource, such as electricity, at an energy terminal based on usage data associated to use of the energy resource by the energy terminal, generating control data to control the distribution of the energy resource between the energy terminal and an energy infrastructure, such as an electrical utility grid, based on the metric, and communicating the control data to the energy terminal. The system may be used to control a vehicle to grid (V2G) system by predicting the availability of electricity from vehicle batteries based on predicted user behavior based on historic user behaviour. The state of charge (SOC) and degradation of batteries may be taken into account in the model.
Patent GB-2590623-A (GB)
Title: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance
Inventor: SAMUEL WILLIAM BENNETT
IPC: A47L11/30
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance comprises an agitator 11 rotatable about an axis, a housing having a front side, a rear side and first and second sides which extend between the front side and rear side, said housing further including a floor facing surface which extends between the front side, the rear side and the first and second sides and which, in use, faces a surface to be cleaned, wherein the housing defines a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet 27 and a dirty air outlet, a wiper 70 device which extends laterally between the first and second sides of the housing and which is positioned on or adjacent the floor facing surface of the housing and a floor engaging device 30 which extends laterally between the first and second sides of the housing and which is positioned on or adjacent the floor facing surface of the housing, said floor engaging device including an absorbent portion, wherein the wiper device and the floor engaging device are positioned rearwardly of the dirty air inlet. The wiper can be a squeegee and the floor engaging device is preferably felt or microfibre.
Patent GB-2591812-A (GB)
Title: Fuel gauge sensor unit, fuel tank assembly, vehicle and method of manufacturing a fuel gauge sensor unit
Inventor: ROBERT KAVANAGH
IPC: G01F23/76
Filed: 2020-02-10
Abstract: A vehicle fuel level sensor unit 101 comprises a float 112 and a movable float arm 111, manufactured as a single, integrally formed component 120. This reduces the risk of the float and/or float arm being damaged due to vibration. The integral float arm and float 120 may be moulded from polymeric materials. The integral float arm and float 120 may be blow moulded, such that the float arm and the float are both hollow. The float arm 111 may be attached to a sensor assembly 109 by at least one clip 121, which may be formed integrally with the float arm and float. A fuel tank assembly and a vehicle comprising such a fuel level sensor unit are also disclosed; as is a method of manufacturing the sensor unit 101.
Patent GB-2592237-A (GB)
Title: Material processing apparatus with hybrid power system
Inventor: Ciaran Fanning
IPC: H02J7/14
Filed: 2020-02-20
Abstract: A material processing apparatus 10 has as a power supply system comprising an electrical power supply and a hydraulic power supply. The electrical power supply comprises a battery pack 20 and an electrical generator. The power supply system is operable in different power supply modes in which said at least one battery 20 and/or said electrical generator supply electrical power to the electrically powered components of the system 10. Various drives 14-17 are electrically powered via respective slave controllers 30A-30E. The apparatus 10 typically is a vehicle having tracks 18 which are powered hydraulically or hydraulically in different respective embodiments. A diesel engine (34 fig 2) may be provided. However, the invention is aimed at reduced engine use for environmental reasons at least, whilst being cost effective.
Patent GB-2592084-A (GB)
Title: Safety feature for a vehicle trailer
Inventor: MARK PHILLIP HOUGHTON
IPC: B60Q1/26
Filed: 2018-01-11
Abstract: A trailer 130 is provided for being towed by a tractor unit 120 which provides command signals to trailer 130 through one or more couplings 200 on the trailer to operate trailer safety functions. Trailer 130 has a control unit configured to operate safety functions of the trailer independent of couplings 200 and to operate safety feature lights which are present in parallel to safety feature lights operable by signals from the tractor unit via couplings 200. The safety feature lights are provided power in parallel to existing lighting units. The safety features can be both brake lights and indicator lights. A diode arrangement, for example two forward-biased diodes in parallel, may be provided to prevent power applied from the control unit being fed to tractor unit 120.
Patent GB-2590744-A (GB)
Title: Spacer micro-LED architecture for microdisplay applications
Inventor: Wei Sin Tan
IPC: H01L33/60
Filed: 2020-06-03
Abstract: A method of forming an optical device, comprising: forming electrically insulating, transparent spacers on a sacrificial mesa 210 having vertical sidewalls; depositing a reflective, electrically conducting mirror layer 230 on the external face of the spacers; removing the sacrificial mesa to form a pocket between the internal faces of the spacers; and, installing a die with vertical sidewalls into the pocket. The spacers may have a profile that is pseudo-parabolic or approximates a Bezier curve. A transparent conducting oxide, preferably Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), may be disposed over the die and spacers, preferably forming a contact to the die with a second contact being formed on the opposing surface. A light extraction feature, preferably a convex lens, may be formed on the transparent conducting oxide. The spacer may comprise two electrically insulating, transparent materials, with the first, inner material having a greater refractive index than the second, outer material.
Patent GB-2597902-A (GB)
Title: Hand tool
Inventor: DAWN MCINTOSH
IPC: E04G21/10
Filed: 2020-06-17
Abstract: The hand tool comprises a main body 10 and a screed levelling member 20. The levelling member comprises a first portion 21 and a second portion 22 joined together at a vertex and being non-co linear or non-coplanar, for example in an L shape. The first portion is secured to the main body and the second portion is configured to level the screed. The tool includes a depth adjustment means where the position of the second portion is adjustable relative to the main body, the adjustment means may also be the securing means for attaching the levelling member to the main body. Also claimed is a method of levelling screed using the hand tool.
Patent GB-2596533-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid microdisplay
Inventor: Wei Sin Tan
IPC: H01L25/075
Filed: 2020-06-29
Abstract: A method of forming a display comprising: bonding a CMOS backplane 202 comprising backplane electrical contacts to a monolithic light emitting diode structure formed on a growth substrate 102, wherein bonding comprises forming a reversible bonding metallic material 206 between the backplane contacts and corresponding micro LED contacts 114, and removing material from the monolithic light emitting diode structure to provide a plurality of physically isolated light emitting diode dies on the backplane. The micro LEDs are separated from the growth substrate and subdivided after bonding the micro LEDs to the backplane substrate. The removal and/or replacement of one or more defective micro LEDs is facilitated by heating the bond. The bonding material may be Au or Cu, or a eutectic alloy eg CuSn, InSn or AuSn.
Patent GB-2587701-A (GB)
Title: Loading feedstock into an additive friction stir deposition machine
Inventor: ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ
IPC: B29C64/321
Filed: 2020-07-07
Abstract: Method of loading feedstock bars 106 into additive friction stir deposition AFSD machine 102 by containing feedstock bars 106 in a container 104 adjacent a spindle 108 of a friction stir machine 102 and moving a feedstock bar 106A into axial alignment with the spindle 108. The feedstock bar 106A may be inserted into the spindle 108. Axial alignment of the bar 106A may comprise contacting the bar 106A with a staging actuator or actuating a spring or a rotating lever or rotating the plurality of bars 106. The feedstock bars 106 may be connected via a chain. Axial alignment of the bar 106A may comprise driving the bars via a motor coupled to the chain. The container 104 may comprise a helicoid spring which biases the feedstock bars 106. Also claimed area container and system for loading feedstock bars.
Patent GB-2589465-A (GB)
Title: A configurable antenna and method of operating such a configurable antenna
Inventor: MARTIN LYSEJKO
IPC: H01Q21/20
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: A wireless network apparatus comprising at least one antenna for communication in a wireless network with a directional antenna 55-57, mounting portion 51 and omni-directional uniform circular antenna array 59-61 where the directional antenna 55-57 is rotationally positioned depending on a wireless signal from the non-directional antenna 59-61. Iterative position optimisation of the directional antenna 55-57 using a rotational motor may be achieved using signal strength and directionality information. A characteristic signal may be used to identify other antenna systems and allow reception and transmission at synchronised times between different systems. The antenna system may act as a hub, terminal or backhaul node. The directional antenna 55-57 may be a uniform linear array with an oppositely orientated rear aerial with fewer directional elements. The linear array may have a set of beam patterns in order to provide interference nulling.
Patent GB-2592724-A (GB)
Title: Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program
Inventor: Toru Kobayashi
IPC: H04N9/73
Filed: 2020-12-18
Abstract: Performing playback processing of a RAW movie file where information related to a development (i.e. change amount suppression) parameter (DP) (e.g. aperture, white balance) is stored in a frame, comprises determining a DP for processing a target frame within the file based on a difference between DPs (i) for the target frame and (ii) used in processing of a proceeding frame. A RAW image of the target frame is processed according to the determined DP, and an obtained image is outputted. When a playback start position in the file is designated by a user, a DP for a frame of interest corresponding to the start position is determined by performing the processing for each of a plurality of frames from a frame that is a necessary number of frames before the frame of interest up to and including the frame of interest. The number of iterations of processing need thus be only that which gives the same result as if processing were performed from frames prior thereto. The necessary number of frames may be a number of processing iterations needed to reach a largest value that a DP can take to change from a smallest to the largest value.
Patent GB-2595949-A (GB)
Title: Audio Feedback Detection and Suppression
Inventor: DIMITRIOS GRIMANIS
IPC: H04R3/02
Filed: 2021-01-26
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for automatically detecting audio feedback in an input audio signal 2. The method comprises separately filtering the audio input signal 2 with a plurality of separate analysis audio filters to generate a plurality of filtered audio signals. The separate analysis audio filters are different. Then, comparing at least two of the filtered audio signals to obtain an energy level difference. Performing one or more repetitions of the steps of filtering and comparing to establish a plurality of the energy level differences. Then comparing energy level differences from at least two of the repetitions to detect the audio feedback. Further is disclosed an audio processing system for detecting audio feedback of an input audio signal, and a use of the audio processing system. Preferred embodiments of the method and system include features of automatically performing audio feedback suppression 13 of the detected audio feedback.