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Patent GB-2562214-A (GB)
Title: Two-way two-line light control circuit
Inventor: ZHENGXIAN SHEN
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2017-05-03
Abstract: A bidirectional two-line light control circuit comprises a stabilized-voltage isolated switching power supply module, a full-bridge drive circuit module and a lighting control module U2, wherein the full-bridge drive circuit module consists of transistors Q2-Q5, of which Q2 and Q4 are connected in series before they are respectively connected in parallel with Q3 and Q5, the base electrode of Q4 is connected between resistors R15 and R16, the base electrode of Q5 is connected between resistors R14 and R17, and the other terminals of resistors R15 and R14 and the emitter electrodes of Q4 and Q5 are all connected to a high-voltage line HV. The arrangement is such that an anti-parallel connected LED circuit placed between terminals OUT1(LED) and OUT2(LED) may be driven in a controlled manner by the full-bridge inverter circuit.
Patent GB-2554796-A (GB)
Title: Testing 3D imaging systems
Inventor: HONGLEI WU
IPC: H04N17/00
Filed: 2017-08-02
Abstract: A reading is received (502) from a three-dimensional camera, coupled to a camera mount, which includes a distance (depth) from the 3D camera to a calibration target coupled to a mount. An actual camera to target distance measurement is received (504). Measurement characteristics of the particular camera are provided from the reading and actual distance measurement (506), relating to at least one of (i) noise and uniformity, (ii) sharpness or frequency response or (iii) motion artefacts. The 3D imaging system can capture 2D images with pixel values indicating camera to target distances, wherein multiple measurements are taken to determine distance mean and variance for each pixel to provide the camera measurement characteristics. The movement of the target mount is constrained to the direction extending along the rail. A reading from the target may be received. The measurement characteristics may be scores that quantify a particular characteristic of the camera, and may relate to distance error. The characteristics may be transformations that produce a transform of a subsequent reading from the camera. The target may have a uniformly flat surface or may comprise tilted stepped targets or a rotating propeller.
Patent GB-2565141-A (GB)
Title: Devices and methods for controlling a fluid module
Inventor: PRATAP RAMA
IPC: H01M8/0432
Filed: 2017-08-04
Abstract: A fuel cell system 101 comprises a cooling module comprising a tank 109 containing a coolant, a pump 111 configured to transport the coolant to the fuel cell system, a heating element 112 in thermal communication with the coolant and at least one sensor configured to detect a change corresponding to the presence of absence of sufficient liquid coolant to initiate said pump. The coolant is preferably water, which may be frozen or partially frozen. The sensor may measure the pressure or the temperature of the vapour phase of the coolant. The sensor may be a strain gauge (124, figure 3) configured to detect a change in the stress the coolant exerts on the tank, an electromechanical switch 120, such as a bimetallic switch, a thermocouple or a float (128) configured to move in response to a change in the quantity of frozen or partially frozen coolant. Also disclosed is a method of detecting flowable coolant in a fuel cell system.
Patent GB-2563687-A (GB)
Title: Audio test mode
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 2017-08-25
Abstract: An audio system and method of operation thereof. The system having an input 62 for receiving an input signal, an output 64, and a filter 68 including at least on band pass filter. If the input signal has a sparse representation in the frequency domain the input signal is filtered in the at least one band pass filter. The system may determine whether the input signal has a sparse representation. Determining whether the input signal has a sparse representation may be achieved by passing the input to: a Linear Predictive Coding block, which may identify one or more frequency components, subtract them from the signal and determine it has a sparse representation if the result is below a threshold; a Fast Fourier Transform block and determining the number of significant frequency components in an output of the block; or a series of one or more notch filters, determining if an output of any notch filter is below a threshold, and determining the signal has a sparse representation if the output of one notch filter is below a threshold.
Patent GB-2567888-A (GB)
Title: Tire sensor location method and apparatus
Inventor: WILLIAM DAVID STEWART
IPC: G01S11/06
Filed: 2017-10-31
Abstract: A method of locating a wheel-mounted electronic device, e.g. a tire pressure monitoring device 111-115a (TPMS). An interrogation device 301 (e.g. handheld) transmits a wireless signal at each of multiple locations (401-408; figs 7a, 8a). The wheel-mounted device receives the signals, which may be low frequency radio waves or electromagnetic induction between transmitter 302 and transponder 206 using antenna coils 315 and 215. The wheel-mounted device then measures the received signal strength for each location, e.g. the amplitude or received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and then transmits a wireless signal indicating each measured signal strength. These signals are received by the interrogation device and may be high frequency radio waves between transmitter 205 and receiver 307. Alternatively, the transponder 206 may transmit the strengths and an identifier, i.e. RFID. The interrogation device determines from the signal strengths a location of the wheel-mounted device relative to a wheel, e.g. the circumferential position for dual wheels. This may be by comparing the signals and using geometrical and/or confidence based analysis. Also claimed is a method of communicating wirelessly with multiple devices involving measuring the signal strength received at a device and delaying the response signal depending on the measured signal strength.
Patent GB-2555745-A (GB)
Title: Integrated LED module with IMS substrate
Inventor: ISTVAN BAKK
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2016-07-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED Module (10) comprising a first carrier (1) with at least one LED Chip (3) arranged thereon and a second carrier (2) on which electric components (4) for being connected to the at least one LED Chip (3) are arranged, wherein the first carrier (1) is an insulated metal substrate comprising a metal base material and a dielectric layer on which the at least one LED Chip (3) is arranged, wherein the second carrier (2) is a sheet-shaped circuit board arranged to at least partially cover a top surface of the first carrier (1) and which is electrically connected to the first carrier (1), and wherein the second carrier (2) comprises stress reducing means (8) which are arranged to at least partially surround or encompass electric connection means (7a) of the second carrier.
Patent GB-2570864-A (GB)
Title: Airborne urban mobility vehicle with VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability
Inventor: ARNAUD DIDEY
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 2017-12-22
Abstract: The present invention provides Airborne Urban Mobility Vehicle 100 with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) capability. The aircraft has a fuselage 200 freely pivoted between lateral arms of a yoke 230; the arms of the yoke extending fore and aft. At or towards the extremities of the arms the respective fore portions are linked laterally together by an aerofoil or wing 240 and the respective aft portions are linked laterally together by an aerofoil or wing 250. At least one of the fore and aft aerofoils having mounted thereon one or more propulsion units 260 such as propeller units or ducted fans. There is also claimed a method of operation which includes taking off with the wings in a vertical take-off orientation and then transitioning to a horizontal flight orientation with the fuselage moving freely to self-orientate with respect to the yoke.
Patent GB-2570900-A (GB)
Title: A planar LED light source module
Inventor: MATTHEW HANBURY
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2018-02-08
Abstract: A light source module for a luminaire comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB) and a housing. A number of optical layers are coupled to the LEDs. The optical layers comprises a light guide plate subassembly which includes a light guide plate layer 5, a reflector film layer 6 and a diffuser layer 4. The light guide plate subassembly is mechanically mounted to the housing. The mechanical mounting may be as a result of a snap fit feature where a projection 19 extending from the edge of the subassembly mates with a complementary notch on the housing. Also claimed is a method of fabricating a light source module. The module may be bendable about one or both of its x and y axis.
Patent GB-2557520-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for processing a fluid produced from a well
Inventor: ARNE OLAV FREDHEIM
IPC: F25J3/08
Filed: 2016-09-15
Abstract: A method of processing a fluid produced from a well, the produced fluid being a high pressure fluid, the method comprising: reducing the pressure of the fluid to a reduced pressure such that a gas phase and a liquid phase are formed; separating the gas phase from the liquid phase thus forming a gas product and a liquid product; and storing the liquid product in a storage tank at a pressure such that the liquid product remains in a stable liquid phase during storage, wherein the reduced pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure.
Patent GB-2573797-A (GB)
Title: A filter
Inventor: CHRISTOPHE GISQUET
IPC: H04N19/186
Filed: 2018-05-17
Abstract: Controlling a filter for one or more portions of an image, the filtering of first component samples of the one or more portions 200 of the image being based on sample values of a second component of the image. Preferably, the first component is a chroma component and the second component is luma and the control is based on variation among three or more luma samples 203, 205. A measure of variation of these luma samples may be compared against a threshold that is computed based on the block quantisation threshold. In embodiments the filters are deblocking filters which are used in a prediction loop when encoding or decoding the images. The control of the chroma filtering may constitute a decision of whether or not to apply chroma filtering in the chroma portion, the setting of a chroma filtering parameter, or the determination of a measure of a variation among a plurality of the chroma samples in the chroma portion to be used when controlling the filter. Another embodiment is claimed in which the chroma filter is controlled based on parameters of the luma filter.
Patent GB-2575654-A (GB)
Title: A sensor insert for a shoe
Inventor: JASON ROBERTS
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2018-07-18
Abstract: A sensor insert for a shoe includes a flexible planar portion 1 shaped as a shoe insole. The flat portion 1 comprises a central layer 10 containing pressure sensors 2 for detecting pressure applied by a wearer’s foot and electrical connections 3 to the sensors 2. The flat portion 1 also includes lower and upper layers 11, 12. The lower layer 11 includes a bottom surface 30 and an upper layer 12 with a top face 33. The upper layer 12 has a lower coefficient of friction than the base layer 11. The insert may include a flexible connection portion, extending from the flat component 1 and securable to the inside of a shoe by a hook and loop fastener. The connectors 3 may extend to a terminal along this connection portion. Materials used to form the upper layer 12 and the lower layer 11 may include PET and silicone.
Patent GB-2576153-A (GB)
Title: Coupling apparatus
Inventor: GUY TIMOTHY SCHOFIELD
IPC: F16L27/10
Filed: 2018-08-06
Abstract: A rotatable coupling 1 for an exhaust system comprises clamping means 19 for constraining movement along a longitudinal axis X of the exhaust system, and sealing means 18, 23 providing a gas-tight seal. At least one of the clamping means and the sealing means comprises a self-lubricating member to enable rotation about the longitudinal axis. The rotatable coupling may be between two exhaust pipes 7, 8. The sealing means may comprise annular seals disposed between flanges 14, 16, of the pipes or a sleeve 15, and the clamping means. The clamping means may comprise a part-spherical member (219, fig 7), and a pivoting joint may be formed between a part-spherical flange (229, fig 7) and the clamping means. The self-lubricating member may comprise graphene, graphite or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). An exhaust system (2, fig 1) for an internal combustion engine (3, fig 1) comprises the rotatable coupling. A vehicle (4, fig 1) comprises the exhaust system.
Patent GB-2563759-A (GB)
Title: Colour-changing blocks
Inventor: Zakir Mohmed
IPC: G09B1/38
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: In a self-enumerating colour-changing block, a processor uses (502) switches to sense a spatial arrangement of the block with respect to another block. An axis selector configures (504) a communication path along a selected axis with respect to the block, the selection being responsive to the sensed spatial arrangement, so as to form a linear communication network, while supressing communication along any other axes. The linear communication network carries an communication bus, via at least some of the switches and along the selected axis in cooperation with the other block. The axis selector is operable to configure the communication path until a valid input is read from the other block over the path, before the network comprising the bus is formed. In order to use the bus to determine the count of blocks, the processor may receive the count of blocks from the bus. The processor uses (506) the bus to communicate a count of blocks connected to the bus (in a linear chain) along the selected axis. The processor controls the light source to make it change colour (508) in accordance with the determined count of blocks.
Patent GB-2577742-A (GB)
Title: Data processing apparatus and method
Inventor: Mike Santer
IPC: H04N21/2343
Filed: 2018-10-05
Abstract: An electronic document has information of a predetermined type (eg. text in a web page, PDF or word processing document) extracted in order to generate images of different portions (eg. large subtitles, diagrams or figures) in an embeddable video whose soundtrack may be a text-to-speech audio synthesis synchronised with the displayed images, which may be identified by eg. HTML tags according to a hierarchy level (eg. <main>, <body> etc). The generated video may then be transmitted (in eg. 3GP format), allowing text document access to users with poor literacy or eyesight or very basic phones.
Patent GB-2578139-A (GB)
Title: Airfreight cage
Inventor: ALAN AUSTIN
IPC: B65D85/68
Filed: 2018-10-18
Abstract: A cage 1 securable to an airfreight pallet (figure 2, 3) for transporting a vehicle (figure 7, 2) under a cargo net, the cage comprising a rectangular base (figure 2, 4) adapted to support the vehicle, a pair of side portions 19 securable upright at either side of the base alongside the vehicle, one or more transverse portions (figure 4, 21) attachable between tops of the sides over the vehicle, a front portion 25 and a back portion 26 attachable in use to the sides for extending around the front and back of the vehicle respectively, having length in the direction of the sides and including lower members transverse the direction of the sides and above the level of the base. The side, top, front and back portions are substantial enough to support a cargo net secured over the cage without touching the car and are arranged such that the pallet 3, with the cage 1, cargo net and vehicle 2, can be placed on an aircraft cargo deck.
Patent GB-2566380-A (GB)
Title: Elimination of perforation process in plug and perf with downhole electronic sleeves
Inventor: ZACHARY WILLIAM WALTON
IPC: E21B43/26
Filed: 2016-07-15
Abstract: A method includes positioning a completion assembly in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation and conveying a frac plug through the completion assembly. The completion assembly may provide a fracturing assembly. The method further includes detecting a wireless signal provided by the frac plug with a sensor included in the fracturing assembly, actuating a sliding sleeve of the fracturing assembly based on detection of the wireless signal and thereby moving the sliding sleeve to expose one or more flow ports, setting the frac plug in the wellbore downhole from the fracturing assembly, conveying a wellbore projectile through the completion assembly, receiving the wellbore projectile with the frac plug, and thereby sealing the wellbore at the frac plug, and injecting a fluid under pressure into the subterranean formation via the one or more flow ports.
Patent GB-2568401-A (GB)
Title: Travel distance calculation device, billing system, travel distance calculation method, program, and storage medium
Inventor: NAOSHI NOGUCHI
IPC: G07B15/06
Filed: 2016-09-07
Abstract: A travel distance calculation device is provided with: a first travel distance calculation unit for calculating the travel distance of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle position information obtained through positioning using GNSS satellites; a second travel distance calculation unit for calculating the travel distance of the vehicle on the basis of the number of rotations of a tire the vehicle is provided with; and a calculation means selection unit for selecting the calculation means for calculating the travel distance of the vehicle from among the first travel distance calculation unit and second travel distance calculation unit on the basis of at least one from among the position information obtained through positioning using the GNSS satellites and information indicating the state of communication with the GNSS satellites.
Patent GB-2581160-A (GB)
Title: Rotary servo valve
Inventor: ANDREW COLLINS
IPC: F15B13/044
Filed: 2019-02-05
Abstract: A two-stage servo valve for controlling fluid flow is provided. The two-stage servo valve including a first stage valve 501 taking the form of a rotary valve, and a second stage valve 550 taking the form of a linear valve 550. The linear valve 550 is mounted coaxially with the rotary valve 501.
Patent GB-2575574-A (GB)
Title: Neuromuscular junction
Inventor: DHRUV SAREEN
IPC: A61K35/34
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: The invention relates to culturing motor neuron cells together with skeletal muscle cells in a fluidic device under conditions whereby the interaction of these cells mimic the structure and function of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) providing a NMJ-on-chip. Good viability, formation of myo-fibers and function of skeletal muscle cells on fluidic chips allow for measurements of muscle cell contractions. Embodiments of motor neurons co-cultures with contractile myo-fibers are contemplated for use with modeling diseases affecting NMJ's, e.g. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Patent GB-2579453-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for switching between message threads
Inventor: BING QIN LIM
IPC: H04M1/725
Filed: 2018-06-19
Abstract: A device and method for switching between message threads is provided. The device includes: a communication interface; a display device; and, a controller. The controller is configured to: generate, at the display device, a first message thread of a plurality of message threads, each message thread comprising groups of associated messages transmitted and received by the communication interface; identify a message portion in the first message thread as being associated with one or more other message threads of the plurality of message threads, based on one or more of: respective content and respective metadata of the one or more other message threads; and, generate, at the display device, a link to the one or more other message threads.
Patent GB-2590981-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow device
Inventor: DANIEL WOOD
IPC: F16K17/04
Filed: 2020-01-13
Abstract: A device 2 controls the flow of fluid through a conduit 1 from an upstream side 6 of the device to a downstream side 8 of the device. The device 2 includes a valve seat 26 mounted on a casing 10 that defines a valve aperture 20, a mounting member 14 arranged on the downstream side 8 of the valve aperture 20, and a valve member 16 mounted on the mounting member 14. The valve member 16 is arranged to selectively open and close the valve aperture 20 to control the flow of the fluid through the valve aperture 20. A seal retaining member 28 is arranged adjacent the valve seat 26 and, with the valve seat 26, defines a seal retaining groove 26a. A compliant seal 30 within the seal retaining groove 26a seals the valve aperture 20 when the valve member 16 is moved to close the valve aperture 20.
Patent GB-2581105-A (GB)
Title: Page accessing method and system for terminal
Inventor: MAOJIE SUN
IPC: G06F21/44
Filed: 2020-05-15
Abstract: Uploading terminal information to a server at a set frequency, including information about the terminal’s configuration, owner, and location. The server searches permission data in a database, and extracts the configuration, owner and location information from the terminal information, and extracting a permission grading strategy from the database. Determining, from the permission grading strategy by the server, a permission level corresponding to each type of the terminal information, respectively. Generating permission data for the current terminal according to a pre-set weighting algorithm based on each permission level. Sending, the searched permission data to the terminal and generating or updating a permission list by the terminal. Pushing, by the server, a to-be-processed item to the terminal and returning the permission list of the terminal to the server according to the to-be-processed item, the permission list is a set of processing permissions that is established according to the terminal information. Searching a permission entry in the permission list and generating a link address according to the searched permission entry. The link address is sent to the terminal and terminal access link to present a processing page.
Patent GB-2582098-A (GB)
Title: Optical manipulation of atoms or molecules
Inventor: Timothy George Ballance
IPC: G21K1/00
Filed: 2018-11-06
Abstract: An optical beam-forming apparatus arranged for forming an optical beam for manipulating cold atoms or cold molecules. The apparatus comprises a first optical expander arranged to receive a laser beam and to expand the cross-sectional area of the laser beam asymmetrically in a first dimension transverse to the laser beam thereby to provide a first expanded laser beam. A second optical expander is arranged to receive the first expanded laser beam and to expand the cross-sectional area of the first expanded laser beam asymmetrically in a second dimension which is transverse to the first dimension. The result is output, as a second expanded laser beam, in a direction which is transverse to both the first dimension and the second dimension thereby to provide an output laser beam having a cross-sectional area expanded in two transverse dimensions of the output laser beam.
Patent GB-2598609-A (GB)
Title: Computer-implemented method and system for content delivery
Inventor: NZE NONNY
IPC: G09B23/28
Filed: 2020-09-04
Abstract: A computer implemented method of delivering content is provided. The method provides a virtual reality environment where a response can be generated based on the identification of a condition in an input using a response generation model. The response generation model may be a trained data model wherein the response content stored in the response generation model comprises a plurality of training files and determining that the characteristic in the input content comprises determining that the characteristic corresponds to a label in training input corresponding to a feature of interest. The output content which makes up the response content may comprise an audio component in the form of a phrase identified in a patient parlance and a corresponding video component which shows a virtual patient speaking the words of the phrase. The generation may be based on an artificial neural network.