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Patent GB-2494062-A (GB)
Title: Establishing pairing between two devices using probes
Inventor: BRADLEY BOB
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2012-08-30
Abstract: A secure wireless communication link (pairing) between two devices can be established using cleartext wireless transmissions between devices not joined to a network ("probes"). One device can broadcast a first probe indicating that it is seeking to establish a pairing. The other device can respond with a second probe, and the two devices can establish a shared secret, e.g., by exchanging further information using additional probes. Thereafter, either device can send a message to the other by encrypting the message using a cryptographic key derived from the shared secret. Encrypted messages can also be sent within probes. The receiving device can extract an encrypted message from a probe and decrypt it using the cryptographic key. The encrypted message can include credentials usable by the receiving device to join a wireless network.
Patent GB-2495370-A (GB)
Title: Detecting anti-aliased text in images
Inventor: GLEICHMAN SIVAN
IPC: G06V30/10
Filed: 2012-09-04
Abstract: A method of detecting anti-aliased text in digital images includes identifying 42 a region of a digital image containing first pixels and second pixels. An image is initially converted 40 into a grayscale image. The first pixels are identified if they lie on a horizontal line with a positive intensity gradient, wherein for a given pixel, the left neighbouring pixel is darker (i.e. has a lower intensity value) and the right neighbouring pixel is lighter (i.e. has a higher intensity value). Second pixels (within a predefined proximity/distance from the first pixels) are identified if they lie on a horizontal line with a negative intensity gradient, wherein the left neighbouring pixel is lighter (i.e. has a higher intensity value) and the right neighbouring pixel is darker (i.e. has a lower intensity value). Once the pixels have been identified, a histogram of the pixel intently distribution is calculated 48 for the identified image region. The histogram/pixel intensity distribution is analysed 50 to determine whether the region contained anti-aliased text. The analysis identifies anti-aliased text if three criteria are satisfied, namely (i) pixels in the distribution are distributed into a specific number (e.g. 5-10) of groups, (ii) each group includes a number of intensities within a specified range (e.g., between 1-30 grey-levels), and (iii) the group containing the most pixels is either the group having the lowest intensity or the group having the highest intensity. If anti-aliased text is detected, the region is selected for optical character recognition (OCR) processing to extract the characters in the identified region. An associated apparatus and computer program product for carrying out the method are also claimed. The method is intended to enable higher accuracy optical character recognition of anti-aliased text in digital images.
Patent GB-2505666-A (GB)
Title: Instability prevention for vehicle and trailer combination
Inventor: STRANO GIOVANNI
IPC: B60D1/30
Filed: 2012-09-06
Abstract: A method of preventing instability in a vehicle-trailer combination 10 is provided. The method comprises monitoring relative movement between the vehicle 20 and the trailer 30 using a system comprising optical sensing means such as a rearward facing camera, and determining a trailer yaw condition in dependence on a signal output from the camera. The yaw frequency or yaw angle is determined, the yaw angle being between the longitudinal axes LV and LT of the vehicle 20 and trailer 30 respectively. The method further comprises comparing the determined trailer yaw condition to a predetermined threshold yaw condition, and when the determined trailer yaw condition is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold yaw condition, outputting an alert signal indicative of the onset of instability in the vehicle-trailer combination. The signal is output to the driver or to an electronic stability system for corrective measures to be taken.
Patent GB-2495596-A (GB)
Title: Rear underbody for automobile
Inventor: MILDNER UDO
IPC: B62D21/10
Filed: 2012-09-27
Abstract: A rear underbody structure 10 is provided for an automobile. The rear underbody structure 10 has a base 16 and two longitudinal beams 11,12, spaced apart from one another, connected with a transverse beam 20, and spring plates 13,14 for supporting spiral springs. The transverse beam 20 arranged in the rear region of the underbody structure 10 is constructed as a hollow profile, the covering wall of which is formed from at least two individual carrier profiles (23, 40 see fig 4) which are connected with one another. The profiles (23,40) may be L-shaped and are important to the load carrying capacity of the structure.
Patent GB-2506917-A (GB)
Title: Re-establishing a connection with a mobile terminal
Inventor: LIESHOUT GERT-JAN VAN
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2012-10-12
Abstract: The re-establishment mechanism in LTE systems is designed to facilitate recovery when a network fails to execute a handover in time (e.g. due to radio link failure (RLF)). It allows a mobile terminal that has lost connection to a source basestation (or eNB) to reconnect to a potential target basestation (or eNB). For this to succeed the target basestation needs settings of the disrupted connection (e.g. user configuration or UE context). To reduce additional signalling, a mobile terminal attempting to re-establish provides its equipment identifier and identifier of previous source cell or eNB (e.g. Physical Cell Identifier (PCI)) to the target basestation. The target basestation can then request the connection information from the source basestation to establish the reconnection. A target basestation able to process multiple connection re-establishment types is described, as well as able to determine a mobile terminals capability to respond to certain information requests and, the allocation of connected equipment identifiers to mobile terminals.
Patent GB-2496964-A (GB)
Title: A fin structure employing self-aligned carbon nanotubes
Inventor: HAN SHU-JEN
IPC: H01L51/00
Filed: 2012-11-12
Abstract: A fin structure has a length and a width and is located on a substrate 10, the fin structure includes a vertical alternating stack of a first isoelectric point material layer 30 having a first isoelectric point and a second isoelectric material layer 40 having a second isoelectric point less than the first isoelectric point; the first and second isoelectric point material layers become oppositely charged in a solution with a pH between the first and second isoelectric points; carbon nanotubes 50 are given a charge by an ionic surfactant such that they are attracted to one of the first isoelectric point material layer 30 or the second isoelectric point material layer 40 and repelled by the other; the carbon nanotubes 50 will attach to the attractive of the two layers aligning lengthwise along the sidewall of the attractive layers. A method of forming said structure is also disclosed, it further discloses that the fin structure is immersed in a solution containing the carbon nanotubes 50, the solution having a pH between the first and second isoelectric points. The fin structure may then have a gate dielectric 60 and gate electrode 70 selectively deposited thereon, where source and drain electrodes may also be selectively deposited such that the fin structure becomes part of the field effect transistor with the carbon nanotubes 50 acting as the semiconducting channel.
Patent GB-2511283-A (GB)
Title: A bracket
Inventor: LLOYD ROY LAWRENCE
IPC: A47F7/24
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to a hanging bracket for supporting clothing hangers. The bracket comprises at least one hanger engagement member 1 for receiving and supporting multiple clothes hangers. The hanging bracket further comprises an attachment means 4-6 for engaging a shopping trolley (figure 11), possibly by clamping to the mesh of the trolley. The hanger engagement member is located at the upper end of a support member 3, where said support member may be telescopically extendible by a user pulling on the hanger engagement member, which doubles as a handle. The hanger engagement member may be provided with a number of ribs 2 for maintaining the clothes hangers in place. The support member may be pivotally attached 8 to the trolley so that it can be folded flat with respect to the trolley when not required. Clips 7 located on the attachment means retain the support member in the upright position when in use.
Patent GB-2511739-A (GB)
Title: Multi-component fluid determination in a well bore
Inventor: SHANKS DAVID SIRDA
IPC: G01N27/02
Filed: 2013-03-11
Abstract: A fluid measurement system and method for determining component mixtures flowing in a conduit such as an oil well. The system includes a sensor wire 24 for location in a well bore 12; a signal generator 22 or 26 for injecting a high frequency signal along the wire; a data acquisition unit to record first reflected signals received from the wire; a system criteria unit to maintain a data set relevant to the system, and a processor unit operable to act upon the first reflected signals and the data set to establish an output indicative of component fluid within the well bore from which the mixture of fluids flowing within the well bore can be determined. An iterative process can be used with waveguide and probabilistic models. Also the signal generator can be operable to apply a second high frequency signal to the member to determine the mixture of fluids flowing within the well bore.
Patent GB-2514792-A (GB)
Title: TC-Met-N-BG polymer additive
Inventor: CIRULIS RAIMONDS
IPC: C08K5/092
Filed: 2013-06-04
Abstract: A polymer additive comprises a combination of 2-methylene-3-oxo-butanedioic acid as a first component and 2-oxopentanedioic acid or a salt or ester thereof as a second component. A polymer additive comprising either component in combination with any other carboxylic acid, acid anhydride, chlorine, fluorine, silicone, hydrogen peroxide, metal, or metallocene oxide is also envisaged. A catalyst comprising either or both components in combination with a metal or metallocene oxide and a catalyst comprising both components with a silicone or halide is further disclosed.
Patent GB-2515034-A (GB)
Title: User interfaces and associated methods for wallpaper user-notifications based on application events
Inventor: RAINISTO ROOPE
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2013-06-11
Abstract: User notification of a particular application event associated with an electronic device is enabled by changing a background wallpaper (411) on a display of the device. The events may be external e.g. a missed call and the background image may be a photographic image displayed as wallpaper set behind an application icon on a home screen. Internal events such as calendar events may also be notified. In one example album covers for a currently played album may be displayed behind a lock screen of the device. The change of wallpaper may be prioritized according to priority levels of respective applications.
Patent GB-2502897-A (GB)
Title: Tubing injector with built in redundancy
Inventor: NEILSEN SHAWN
IPC: E21B19/22
Filed: 2011-12-08
Abstract: A tubing injector has a first injector pair and a second pair of cooperating injector mechanisms. The first injector pair are positioned on a first track and the second pair are positioned on a second track. The tubing injector provides redundancy to address safety concerns. The first injector pair is movable to the engaged position, when the second injector pair is moved to the disengaged position and vice versa.
Patent GB-2507640-A (GB)
Title: Proximal radial prosthesis having a floating humeral articulation surface
Inventor: HUEBNER RANDALL JOSEPH
IPC: A61F2/38
Filed: 2013-09-10
Abstract: A system for replacement of the proximal end of a radial bone, with a prosthesis having a floating articular member. The prosthesis 50 includes a head portion 52 connected or connectable to a stem portion 84, the head portion 52 having an articulation member 54 which floats relative to the stem portion. The head portion/articular member 65 may float transversely and/or rotationally with respect to the stem portion. The head 52 may provide the bearing surface 68 for the humeral bone and also a side surface 72 for articulating with the ulnar bone. The head 52 may form a cup 76 into which is inserted a dish 54 or plate and a retainer 110 to enable the plate to move. The ulnar articulation surface may be fixed relative to the stem, the mobile bearing (fig 17) or neither (fig 18A).
Patent GB-2519513-A (GB)
Title: Method of deriving displacement information in a video coder and a video decoder
Inventor: GISQUET CHRISTOPHE
IPC: H04N19/573
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: Motion information to be associated with pixel blocks of a current inter-version reference image (IVRI) (e.g. Inter Layer Reference images) to be inserted in a reference image buffer is derived. The buffer is used for temporal prediction of a current image belonging to a second version of a multi-version video (e.g. at least three scalable or multi-view versions). Pixel blocks of the current IVRI are derived from an first version image of the same video (e.g. which corresponds temporally to the current image). For a current pixel block of the current IVRI, a reference pixel block of the first version image which spatially corresponds to the current pixel block is determined, which is associated to first motion information. Properties of that first motion information are then obtained. Different motion information (8.10) (e.g. no motion, followed by setting the mode to INTRA, or using a different pixel block) is associated to the current pixel block if it is determined from the properties that the first motion information points to an IVRI held in the buffer which was used for temporal prediction of first version images. Artefacts introduced by the re-use of the same motion information twice are therefore avoided.
Patent GB-2519372-A (GB)
Title: Machine and method of operation
Inventor: PFEFFER GARY
IPC: B65C9/42
Filed: 2013-10-21
Abstract: Disclosed is a labelling apparatus and method, in which a controller sends control signals to a motive means, such that a label web is accelerated in at least two steps up to its normalÂ desirable operating speed. This may prevent a speed overshoot, or oscillations in speed around the desirable speed, which might occur with a single acceleration step, for positionalÂ accuracy of labelling. Also disclosed is a labelling apparatus and method, in which a controller sends control signals to a motive means, such that a label web is decelerated to rest, and an encoder sends a position adjustment signal to the motive means, to adjust a final position of the label web. Also disclosed is a labelling apparatus and method, in which a controller sends control signals to a motive means, such that a label web is decelerated to rest at a first position, and in which relaxation of the web displaces the web to a second position past the first.
Patent GB-2509586-A (GB)
Title: Pick tool mounting assembly
Inventor: LACHMAN FRANK
IPC: E21C35/19
Filed: 2013-11-06
Abstract: A pick tool assembly 100 comprises a strike tip 210, a holder 300 and a reversible attachment mechanism 350 & 245i, ii, for coupling the strike tip to the holder, in which the strike tip comprises a strike surface including an apex. The pick tool assembly will be configured such that the strike tip can be non-moveably coupled to the holder in two mutually opposite orientations relative to the holder, the orientations being about a symmetry axis L through the apex. The attachment mechanism will limit the opposite orientations to being at least about 160 degrees azimuthally apart, and be configured such that the strike tip may be coupled to the holder assembly in either of two and only two mutually opposite orientations.
Patent GB-2520488-A (GB)
Title: Visually modeling screen-flows in component-oriented web-based system
Inventor: NAUERZ ANDREAS
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2013-11-20
Abstract: A method for visually modeling screen-flows is disclosed. This is performed by visually connecting portal resources of a portal system to create an execution flow path for immediate use. After activation, a graphical modeling tool is in a collection mode for portal resources. The graphical modeling tool may be active side by side as a portlet with other portal resources. The collected portal recourses may be assembled into a new screen-flow and input and output fields or selected and connected resources may be mapped visually. The resulting execution flow path may be stored.
Patent GB-2512432-A (GB)
Title: System and method for deletion compactor for large static data in NoSQL database
Inventor: PRUNER ANNE
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2013-12-19
Abstract: A system and method to compact a NoSQL database are disclosed. The method includes receiving an indication of a record to delete in the NoSQL database. For each file in the NoSQL database, the method further comprises the steps of: if said file does not contain the record to delete, placing said file in a first memory, if said file contains the record to delete placing said file in a second memory. A search is then performed to determine whether the record to delete from said file in the second memory matches a record in one or more files in the first memory, and if a searched file(s) in the first memory contain the record to delete from said file in the second memory, compacting said file in the second memory with the files in the first memory that contain the record to delete. The step of compacting may be performed by a Cassandra process.
Patent GB-2506554-A (GB)
Title: A safety device
Inventor: DRISCOLL UNA
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 2011-12-28
Abstract: Increasing legislation and concerns over child safety have led to aproliferation of chairs for infants and children in the marketplace. Prams, pushchairs, strollers, walkers, buggies and so on are available as means for transporting or seating an infant or child in many locations and environments. In particular in vehicles a child below a certain height (typically also below a relatively high age such as 7) will need to be seated in a kind of chair. These chairs tend to have three point harness or strapping, to maintain a child in place. However most children even of younger ages find it easy to slip their arms out of these harnesses, thereby diminishing the safety of the chair considerably. According to the present invention there is provided a safety device capable of joining two elongate straps, comprising a pair of clasps and a connector.
Patent GB-2509411-A (GB)
Title: Register mapping with multiple instruction sets
Inventor: HARRIS GLEN ANDREW
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2012-10-02
Abstract: A processor core supports execution of program instruction from both a first instruction set and a second instruction set. An architectural register file (18) containing architectural registers is shared by the two instruction sets. The two instruction sets employ logical register specifiers which for at least some values of those logical registers specifiers correspond to different architectural registers within the architectural register file (18). A first decoder (4) for the first instruction set and a second decoder (6) for the second instruction set serve to decode the logical register specifiers to a common register addressing format. This common register addressing format is used to supply register specifiers to renaming circuitry for supporting register renaming in conjunction with a physical register file (16) and an (10) architectural register file (18).
Patent GB-2509253-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for galvanically removing from or depositing onto a device a metallic material downhole
Inventor: GAUDETTE SEAN L
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2012-09-28
Abstract: In one aspect, a method of performing a wellbore operation is disclosed that in one embodiment may include: deploying a device in the wellbore containing a conductive fluid, wherein the device is configured to disintegrate upon application of electrical current thereto; and applying current to the device in the wellbore using a tool to controllably disintegrate the device. In another aspect, an apparatus for use downhole is provided that in one embodiment may include a device placed at a selected location in a wellbore, wherein the device is made from a material that disintegrates when electric current is induced in to device and a tool placed proximate to the device configured to induce electric current into the device to cause the device to disintegrate.
Patent GB-2518254-A (GB)
Title: Communicating with a machine to machine device
Inventor: BONE NICHOLAS
IPC: H04W12/04
Filed: 2014-05-30
Abstract: The invention relates to the distribution of session keys/shared secrets to UEs (user equipments) and NAFs (network application functions) in a GBA (generic bootstrap architecture) or GBA-Push environment. Messages from the GBF (generic bootstrap function) server 130 to the UE 110 containing the session key are tunnelled via the NAF 122. A message providing the key to the NAF is also sent. The invention is intended to be used with M2M (machine to machine) type applications. Tunnelling the messages in intended to reduce the amount/complexity of interfaces 114/116 on the M2M device 110.
Patent GB-2518727-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration apparatus and method
Inventor: TANSLEY IAN
IPC: F25D11/00
Filed: 2014-07-23
Abstract: A cooling apparatus/method of cooling comprises a fluid reservoir 14 containing a fluid to be cooled and having a head region (14H, fig 3) and a body region (14B) arranged below. The apparatus has at least one cooling object in a cold store, and a cold store heat exchange portion in thermal communication with the fluid in the head region and the cooling object but not the fluid below the head region. The cold store portion and reservoir are in side-by-side configuration. A further heat exchange portion 16 cooled by the fluid in the body region transfers heat from a heat source to the fluid in the body region. The cooling object may be a cold pack, a block of dry ice, blocks or particles of ice, or a powered cooling element cooling the cold store heat exchange portion by conduction and/or convection. The apparatus may be within a thermally insulated casing 10 divided into three adjacent compartments with the heat source in a payload compartment 12 accessible via a door 18. The fluid may be water or a mixture thereof, and insulation (14IB & 14IH) prevents direct cooling of fluid in the body region by the cooling object.
Patent GB-2529416-A (GB)
Title: Multiphase brushless AC generator and method
Inventor: GEORGIEV GEORGI YANKOV
IPC: H02K1/27
Filed: 2014-08-19
Abstract: A multiphase brushless AC generator with transverse flux switched reluctance comprises stator means M1 and rotor means M2, wherein the stator means comprises a pair of fixed spaced poles of opposite magnetic polarity that together define two equal air gaps 4 and at least one fixed stator winding 2 and the rotor means comprises alternating segments of high and low magnetic reluctance, and wherein the rotor means is positioned for rotation (figure 10) or translation with said segments remaining within and moving through the length of the gap between the opposite polarity poles. The stator means or the rotor means may have a centrally-located permanent magnet 3, (3, figure 2). A method for brushless multiphase generation of alternating current with transverse flux switched reluctance using said generator is also disclosed.