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Patent GB-2527428-A (GB)
Title: Destructive interference microphone
Inventor: CASE ELIOT MAXWELL
IPC: G10K11/175
Filed: 2013-12-17
Abstract: A higher-order acoustical pressure measurement device (e.g., microphone) is disclosed. The device includes a first acoustic pressure measurement from a generally concentrated spatial location and a second acoustic pressure measurement having a spatiality greater than the concentrated spatial location of the first acoustic pressure measurement and at least one destructive interference signal. The destructive interference signal is characterized at least in part by the spatiality of the second acoustic pressure measurement. A higher-order microphone includes sensor elements configured to provide a destructive interference signal such that interference at one sensor element is configured to lower the destructive interference signal for the primary direction of directivity from a source signal.
Patent GB-2546955-A (GB)
Title: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field System
Inventor: TING TSEUN LEE
IPC: A61N2/04
Filed: 2015-08-17
Abstract: A system for delivering an electromagnetic field to a patient has a coil 108 to which is applied a constant electrical signal to induce a static magnetic field, and simultaneously an intermittent electrical signal to overlay a pulsing magnetic field. The static magnetic field is stronger than the pulsed magnetic field. A controller 105 has a first output 112 in communication with a first MOSFET switch 107, a second output 113 in communication with a second MOSFET switch 110, and is linked to a power supply 101. Preferably, the static magnetic field has a strength of 20-100 Gauss whilst the variable magnetic field has a strength of 1-10 Gauss and a frequency of 10-500 Hz. The coil may be a closed (figure 2) or open loop coil (figure 3), may be mounted on a bench and may be slidable to treat multiple locations in a patient.
Patent GB-2532552-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for determining bubble point pressure
Inventor: JENNY SMYTHE
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2014-03-08
Abstract: Method and systems for determining bubble point pressure of a fluid sample are described herein. The method includes transmitting light through the fluid sample and detecting transmitted light. The method also includes applying a series of thermal pulses to the fluid sample. The series of thermal pulses includes a time interval between each thermal pulse. The pressure of the fluid sample is varied and the bubble point pressure of the fluid sample is determined using an intensity of the transmitted light that corresponds to a time interval between the thermal pulses.
Patent GB-2544547-A (GB)
Title: Holding back Elongate elements during subsea operations
Inventor: Olivier Lodeho
IPC: F16L59/20
Filed: 2015-11-20
Abstract: A subsea pipeline 50 coated with a thermally insulating coating 34 has a radially outer surface shaped to define external hold-back formations 38. In a J-lay operation, the weight load of a pipeline catenary is held back using a complementary bushing or clamp 52 of an installation vessel engaged with the hold-back formations 38. The weight load is transferred from the catenary to the bushing or clamp 52 by shear forces acting through the coating 34. The coating 34 extends continuously along the pipe and is interposed between the hold-back formations 38 and the underlying pipe 32. The hold-back formations 38 may be integral with the coating, and either overmoulded, bonded or welded to the coating. They may also be supported by a shell that is bonded or welded to the coating, and formed from a plastics material. The bushing or clamp 52 is annular and has a radially inner surface shaped to engage with the hold back formations 38. The inner surface can comprise a circumferentially extending groove having a face that is acutely inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the bushing or clamp 52.
Patent GB-2548546-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for detection of document tampering
Inventor: Wayne Christopher David Carlisle
IPC: G07D7/20
Filed: 2016-02-18
Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method, and apparatus, of testing a digital image (10a, 10b) of a cheque (check) or other document for indications that it was subject to tampering. The digital image comprises a set of pixels each having one or more pixel values. The method comprises analysing the digital image to identify contiguous sets of pixels over a predetermined size in which all the pixels in a set have pixel values which match those of the other pixels in the set to within a predetermined margin. The identification of image regions may comprise testing pixels within a cell and counting the number of pixels whose pixel values match a reference pixel. Further disclosed is a computer-implemented method and apparatus for testing a document for features suggestive of tampering which includes the identification of marked pixels, defining a set of tiles, calculating, for each of the tiles, a tile image density and analysing tile image densities to determine whether any is suggestive of tampering. The inventions may have particular use in electronic cheque clearing systems and allow the detection of washing, coating or other alteration of the cheque or document which results in a background pattern being removed.
Patent GB-2536144-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser comprising a system facilitating the placement of the product made of paper into the dispenser
Inventor: SIMSIR BOGAÇ
IPC: A47K10/34
Filed: 2014-11-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser designed for use of products made of paper such as paper towels, toilet papers and the like and comprising a system enabling the product to be easily placed into the dispenser for use. The dispenser according to the present invention comprises the following: a main body (8), an inner receptacle (9) for placing the product made of paper, a dispenser cover (1), a slot/receptacle (3) connected with the dispenser cover, a product outlet (10) positioned on the slot/receptacle (3), a joint (4), a stopper surface (5), a cover stopper surface (6) positioned on the lower portion of the dispenser cover (1), and ribs (7) positioned on the dispenser cover (1).
Patent GB-2534327-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent article having an absorbent assembly with integral containment flaps
Inventor: MARCILLE FAYE RUMAN
IPC: A61F13/494
Filed: 2014-10-13
Abstract: An absorbent assembly includes a liquid permeable bodyside liner, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent structure disposed between the liner and the backsheet. A pair of laterally opposed containment flaps is integrally formed from the bodyside liner.
Patent GB-2550577-A (GB)
Title: Control system
Inventor: GUANG-ZHONG YANG
IPC: B25J9/16
Filed: 2016-05-23
Abstract: A control system 200 suitable for a robotic surgical system is connected between a robotic surgical instrument 100 and a computer system 200 and has a motherboard with modular components comprising a safety watchdog module 206 which is connected between a plurality of motor controller modules 204 for independently controlled motors and a mains power supply 202 and which monitors at least one parameter of the robotic surgical system, such as temperature, motor current and communications between the computer and control system, and is configured to isolate power from the motor controllers in response to detection by the safety watchdog module of one or parameters deviating from a pre-determined range or exceeding a pre-determined threshold, to prevent erroneous operation and damage or injury to a patient.
Patent GB-2551208-A (GB)
Title: Pesticidal formulation
Inventor: KAL EDLY
IPC: A01N53/06
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A single-phase emulsifiable concentrate composition, comprising the pesticide tefluthrin, a solvent suitable for dissolving tefluthrin, a water-soluble emulsifying surfactant system enabling an oil in water emulsion to be formed when the emulsifiable concentrate composition is diluted with an aqueous solution, a non-aqueous polar solvent for diluting the water-soluble emulsifying surfactant system, and a C2-C10 alcohol to provide physical compatibility between the hydrophobic solvent for dissolving tefluthrin and the hydrophilic emulsifying surfactant system and the hydrophilic non-aqueous polar solvent. Preferably, the C2-C10 alcohol is selected from ethanol, 1-hexanol, 1-octanol and 1-decanol. The water-soluble emulsifying surfactant system may comprise an alkyl polyglycoside surfactant, a polyalkylene oxide block copolymer and/or a polyaryl-phenyl ether phosphate. Preferably, the non-aqueous polar solvent is selected from propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol and dipropylene mono-methyl ether, or mixtures thereof. The solvent for dissolving tefluthrin is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon. Also disclosed is an insecticidal composition obtained by diluting the emulsifiable concentrate composition in a suitable carrier, such that the final concentration of tefluthrin is between 0.01-10 wt%. The carrier is preferably an aqueous carrier, such as water or liquid fertiliser. The dilute composition may be applied to the plant propagation material, plant or locus thereof.
Patent GB-2538204-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus to gather and analyze electroencephalographic data
Inventor: BRADLEY R LAWRENCE
IPC: A61B5/296
Filed: 2015-03-10
Abstract: Example headsets and methods for gathering electroencephalographic signals are disclosed herein. An example headset disclosed herein includes a cap to be worn on a head of a person and a first electrode carried by the cap. The first electrode holder defines a first opening therethrough. The example headset includes a first electrode that insertable into the first opening. The first electrode has a first length and is adjustable in the first opening to a first plurality of discrete positions having different depths of insertion relative to the first opening. The first electrode is to engage the head of the person when inserted a sufficient depth into the first opening. The example headset also includes a second electrode that is interchangeable with the first electrode and insertable into the first opening. The second electrode has a second length, greater than the first length, and is adjustable in the first opening to a second plurality of discrete positions having different depths of insertion relative to the first opening. The second electrode is to engage the head of the person when inserted a sufficient depth into the first opening.
Patent GB-2544171-A (GB)
Title: Insulating product
Inventor: ALBERT SEILER
IPC: E04B1/94
Filed: 2016-09-15
Abstract: Insulation panel comprising a wood wool layer 10 secured to a thermal insulation layer and present between the two layers a fire resistant material supported by a carrier material 11. The insulation layer may comprise a foam, preferably expanded polystyrene. The fire resistant material may comprise white/grey cement, magnesia, caustic magnesia, silicates and/or gypsum. The carrier material is preferably a woven or non-woven veil, most preferably of glass. The fire resistant layer is preferably a substantially continuous layer, preferably with a thickness between 0.5 and 5 mm. The wood wool layer is preferably 3 30 mm thick and the insulating layer 20 300 mm. The panel may comprise a second wood wool layer such that the insulation layer is between the two wood wool layers. Also included are claims to a wood wool layer secured to an insulating layer with between 0.8 and 8 kg/m2 of fire resistant material between the two layers and a method of manufacturing fire resistant insulation panels comprising providing fire resistant material in a liquid form, sandwiching between wood wool and an insulating layer and subsequently drying the fire resistant material.
Patent GB-2553169-A (GB)
Title: Connector for fluid chromatography
Inventor: NICOLAI BACHE
IPC: G01N30/60
Filed: 2017-02-20
Abstract: A connector for fluid chromatography, comprises a female assembly 12 that has a receiving member that releasably interlocks with a male assembly 10. The male assembly comprises a force-transmitting member 26 for exerting axial pressurization, and a capillary conduit 22 extending slidably through a passage 28A, 28B in the force-transmitting member for conveying chromatography fluid. The male assembly also comprises a sealing gasket 24 surrounding a front end of the capillary conduit, the sealing gasket having a rearward facing surface located so as to directly contact a forward facing surface of the force-transmitting member for subjecting the sealing gasket to axial pressurization. Preferably, the sealing gasket has a stepped front end 24*. The male assembly also comprises a jacket 32 surrounding the sealing gasket for providing axial guidance and alignment. A hollow hand holding shell (138, fig 3A) may be provided that receives the force-transmitting member. A coating layer (136, fig 3A) may be provided on the capillary that limits insertion of the capillary into the force-transmitting member. The connector is particularly suited for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) applications.
Patent GB-2562485-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft door control
Inventor: MARK GRUFFERTY
IPC: B64F5/60
Filed: 2017-05-15
Abstract: An aircraft door controller 100 has a receiver 110 which can receive a command 14 to move an aircraft door relative to a door frame, the controller does not store the command when power to move the door is unavailable; such as during ground maintenance, to prevent unexpected opening of the door when power is restored. The power may be hydraulic or electrical and the command may be an electrical signal, which is not latched in memory latch. Preferably, the door controller is part of a door control system 1 having a user control 12 for generating the command. The user control may be a button biased away from a position which would cause generation of the command, still operable, but unresponsive, when power is unavailable; alternatively a lever or a virtual touch screen button may be used. A second user control may be provided; both controls to be operated simultaneously for the command to be generated by the first control, for example. A detector may be provided to detect the door position. The door may be a landing gear bay door or cargo bay door.
Patent GB-2550691-A (GB)
Title: Improved tool
Inventor: SIDNEY DANTUMA JOHNSTON
IPC: E21B29/02
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: A tool for manipulating a tubular in a downhole environment is described. The tool comprises a housing defining a chamber, the chamber having at least one outlet, a propellant source located within the chamber 142 an ignition mechanism for igniting the propellant source; and a control mechanism 152. Upon ignition of the propellant source, the propellant source is operable to deflagrate, creating at least one stream of combustion products 174, the chamber directing the/each stream of combustion products 174 through the/each outlet, towards the tubular to be manipulated, at least one parameter of the/each stream of combustion products 174 being changeable by the control mechanism 152. Control may be achieved by ionizing the combustion products to form a plasma or by controlling the constitution of the propellant source and may include the introduction of oxygen.
Patent GB-2563582-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for inter-pipeline data hazard avoidance
Inventor: LUCA IULIANO
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: A method and parallel processing unit 100 are provided for avoiding inter-pipeline data hazards which may be identified at compile time (Figure 12). For each identified hazard the primary instruction and its secondary instruction(s) are identified, where a secondary instruction has a dependency on the primary instruction, and are linked by a counter 103 used to track that hazard. When a primary instruction is output by the instruction decoder 104 for execution, the value of the associated counter is adjusted (e.g. incremented) to indicate that there is hazard related to the primary instruction, and when primary instruction has been resolved 108 by one of multiple parallel processing pipelines 106 the value of the associated counter is adjusted (e.g. decremented) to indicate that this hazard has been resolved. When a secondary instruction is output by the decoder for execution, the secondary instruction is stalled in a queue 110 associated with the appropriate instruction pipeline if a counter associated with the primary instructions from which it depends indicates that there is a hazard related to the primary instruction.
Patent GB-2563674-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems to identify smart sensor locations by the application of physical stimulus
Inventor: STEVEN BONNET
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2017-06-23
Abstract: An apparatus 100 for determining the location of one or more sensors comprises a processor 110 configured to broadcast over a communication link an identification request, and receive identification responses from the sensors. The processor is further configured to instruct the sensor(s) 101, 102, 103 to enter a monitoring mode and await a stimulus (such as an audio, vibrational, optical or temperature signal). The processor is configured to compare the stimulus received by the sensor with an expected response, and if a criterion is satisfied, associate the sensor with a given location. The identification response may comprise a network address. The criterion may be a best fit quality value calculated between the received and one of several expected signals. Associating the sensor with a given location may also associate it with a certain measurement type. The processor may be further configured to send a configuration command to the sensor, based upon the determined location information. The location information may be used to generate a map of sensor locations. The application also specifies a method of operating the apparatus, and a computer programme which when implemented carries out the method.
Patent GB-2551074-A (GB)
Title: Robot selection method and robot selection device
Inventor: TETSUYA YOSHINO
IPC: B23K11/24
Filed: 2016-02-03
Abstract: After selecting a robot (10) for carrying out a welding operation at a given welding spot, the cross-section (22C) of a welding gun (22) with which that robot (10) is provided and the cross-section (WC) of a workpiece (W) at the welding spot are compared. Furthermore, a determination is made as to whether or not welding is possible without the welding gun (22) and the workpiece (W) coming into contact. When it is determined to be impossible, a substitute robot (10) for carrying out the welding of the welding spot is selected. With the present invention, the automatic selection of the robot (10) for carrying out the welding operation for the welding spot becomes possible. Therefore, the number of steps for robot selection can be reduced.
Patent GB-2558724-A (GB)
Title: Image provision apparatus and image reception apparatus, control method thereof, and image communication system
Inventor: KENICHIROH HARA
IPC: H04N21/6377
Filed: 2017-11-01
Abstract: An image provision apparatus transmits s501 to an external device information relating to at least a first image file in response to receiving from the external device a request for said information in compliance with a first protocol. Streaming information for streaming the first image file is transmitted to the external device in response to receiving a request s504 from the external device for the streaming information in compliance with the first protocol. The first image file is streamed in response to receiving from the external device a stream request s506 to stream the first image file, wherein the stream request is in compliance with a second protocol and may be based on the transmitted streaming information. Also claimed is an image reception apparatus corresponding to the external device and corresponding control methods. The first of the two protocols may be a picture transfer protocol (PTP) and the second may be HTTP.
Patent GB-2559658-A (GB)
Title: Multi-function heat exchanger and temperature control system
Inventor: JOHN READER
IPC: F28D21/00
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: A multi-function heat exchanger comprising a heat exchanger having a primary refrigerant circulation circuit 20 and one or more auxiliary refrigerant circulation circuits 30, 40, each circulation circuit being independently controllable by controller 50 and accommodating a different refrigerant or heat exchange fluid. One of the circulation circuits may be a heating circuit. The heat exchanger may comprise three circuits being a primary circuit for refrigerating a load space 60, a first auxiliary circuit 30 for heating the load space, and a second auxiliary circuit 40 having a single-use refrigerant for refrigerating the load space. The first auxiliary circuit may run from an external hot water heating system 35 and the second auxiliary circuit may release CO2 from a pressurized vessel 45 to provide emergency cooling. A temperature control system using the heat exchanger is also disclosed. The second auxiliary circuit may require a manual trigger to activate.
Patent GB-2556577-A (GB)
Title: Recovery of multi-page failures in non-volatile memory system
Inventor: ROMAN PLETKA
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: A data storage system includes a controller and a non-volatile memory array having a plurality of blocks each including a plurality of physical pages. The controller maintains a logical-to-physical translation (LPT）data structure that maps logical addresses to physical addresses and implements a first data protection scheme that stripes write data over the plurality of physica1 blocks. In response to a read request requesting data from a target page stripe, the controller detecting errors in multiple physical pages of the target page stripe. In responsive to detecting errors in multiple physical pages of the target page stripe, the controller scans the LPT data structure to identify a set of logical addresses mapped to the target page stripe and triggers recovery of the target page stripe by a higher level controller that implements a second data protection scheme, wherein triggering recovery includes transmitting the set of logical addresses to the higher level controller.
Patent GB-2571562-A (GB)
Title: Dental varnish
Inventor: SARAH HAFNER
IPC: A61Q11/00
Filed: 2018-03-01
Abstract: A dental varnish comprising [a] a resin composition comprising [i] an adhesive resin prepared from 0.5-25 wt% of one more acidic monomers selected from 4-methacrylolyloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride (4-META), pyromellitic dimethacrylate (PMGDM), 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate acid phosphate (HEMA-phosphate), N-tolylglycine glycidyl methacrylate (NTG-GMA); and 0.5-20 wt% 10-methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate (MDP); [ii] a base resin prepared from 15-30 wt% of a high molecular weight monomer selected from bisphenol A glycidyl methacrylate (Bis-GMA), urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA), Ethoxylated Bis Phenol A Dimethacrylate (Bis-EMA); and 0.5-15 wt% of a low molecular weight monomer selected from triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), methyl methacrylate (MMA), polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate (PEGDMA); [iii] 15-50 wt% solvent comprising one or more alcohols or one or more ketones; [iv] 0.1-2 wt% of a photoinitiator; [v] 5-20 wt% of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA); [b] 0.1-20 wt% of a pigment; and [c] optionally 1-20 wt% of a filler. Also disclosed is a cosmetic method of whitening, colouring and/or changing the appearance of teeth comprising use of the dental varnish.