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Patent GB-2545003-A (GB)
Title: Queue monitoring based on imprint profiles
Inventor: DANIEL JOBLING
IPC: G07C11/00
Filed: 2015-12-03
Abstract: A queue management system comprises respective sensors for capturing imprint data from people entering a first 5-1 and second 5-2 zones of a monitored queue area at respective times, determines a corresponding profile for each person entering the first zone based on the captured imprint data at the first zone, and determines a corresponding profile based on the captured imprint data at the second zone. The queue management system compares the profile of the person entering the second zone to profiles of people entering the first zone to determine a matching profile and computes a travel time between the zones from the relative capture times of the captured imprint data corresponding to the matching profile. The sensors 11 may comprise a pressure mat 13 and/or a thermal mat configured to capture data defining the pressure imprint, or thermal imprint, which may correspond to an impression of the persons foot 33 or shoe in contact with the mat. A thermographic camera may define a heat signature in response to the person entering the zone which may correspond to an imprint of the persons foot in contact with a floor area of the respective zone.
Patent GB-2531670-A (GB)
Title: Brown anthocyanin-containing colorant
Inventor: REBECCA J ROBBINS
IPC: A23L5/43
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: The present application is directed to a method of hard pan coating an edible core, a sucrose-based, hard panned coating, and a hard panned confection comprising an edible core coated with the same. The sucrose-based, hard panned coating comprises sucrose and a pH-adjusted purple carrot anthocyanin-containing colorant, is substantially crystalline, and has a brown hue described by a CIELCH color space h° coordinate of from about 0° to about 70°. In some embodiments, the coating further comprises a yellow colorant. The colorants are desirably naturally sourced to provide alternatives to synthetic colorants for coloring hard panned confectionery coatings in brown hues.
Patent GB-2535339-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for real time streaming and onboard recordation of video data
Inventor: MARSHAL HARRIS
IPC: G01V8/02
Filed: 2014-08-12
Abstract: A method and apparatus for visual inspection of wellbore environments wherein a real-time video feed is received at the earth's surface from a camera assembly positioned downhole within a wellbore. The camera system is capable of recording high quality video images in full streaming quality and speed in either color or black and white bands, simultaneously transmitting live visual images to the earth's surface, and accepting and acting upon commands from the surface (including, without limitation, recording programmability).
Patent GB-2537246-A (GB)
Title: Fuel control for dual fuel engines
Inventor: ROBERT CHARLES BORREGARD
IPC: F02D41/30
Filed: 2014-10-10
Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling fuelling of dual fuel internal combustion engines are disclosed. The control techniques maximize the substitution rate of gaseous fuel for the liquid fuel by determining a target fuelling amount for the liquid fuel and then regulating an actual fuelling amount of the liquid fuel in response to engine speed and power variations and by modulating the flow rate of the gaseous fuel to the engine.
Patent GB-2551772-A (GB)
Title: A column and a column assembly
Inventor: GORDON HUMPHREYS
IPC: E04H12/18
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: The column includes an upper part (10 fig.1d) pivoted to a lower part (12 fig.1d), and a locking assembly 16 including first and second parts 160, 162, the second part being moveable relative to the first part to prevent or permit pivoting of the upper and lower parts, the locking assembly also including a latch 18 contactable with the first part and which is moveable to prevent or permit movement of the second part relative to the first. The first and second parts may be concentric. The second part may have cams 164 which protrude from the first part and which when rotated cause the upper part to raise or lower. The latch may be rotatably connected to the second part, and be receivable in a channel 1600 when preventing movement of the second part. Also claimed is an assembly including the column and an actuator 2 which is received in the column to move the latch.
Patent GB-2541529-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of operating a system
Inventor: ANDREW NEIL RUSSO
IPC: G06F13/28
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: An aircraft has a network 24 based on the ARINC 664 part 7 protocol. An end system 34 has an interface to the network 48 to receive data frames on a port and a memory 46 to store the received frames. A processing module 30 configures a retrieval module 32 to transfer a subset of the frames into a memory, which is accessible to the processing module. The retrieval module transfers the frames without further action from the processing module. The end system, retrieval module and the processing module may be connected using a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) or peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus 36. The processing module may be an aircraft health monitoring unit.
Patent GB-2552936-A (GB)
Title: Unmanned vehicle
Inventor: MICHAEL ALEXANDER SNOOK
IPC: B64D47/08
Filed: 2016-08-05
Abstract: An unmanned vehicle, such as a UAV, comprises a main body portion 306, a neck portion (418 fig 4) and a head portion 318. The main body of the vehicle includes control surfaces and/or control actuators which are able to influence vehicle movement. The vehicle includes flight control sensors that are carried in the head of the vehicle which is stabilised relative to the vehicle body. The stabilized flight control sensors experience less noise or generate less noise as a consequence of vehicle manoeuvring.
Patent GB-2544590-A (GB)
Title: Image synthesis utilizing an active mask
Inventor: Sohrab Amirghodsi
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: Performing a patch-based synthesis technique comprising; generating an active mask 106 that indicates one or more portions of a target region as inactive 116a-d, the one or more portions being composed of groupings of pixels that have converged, wherein at least one process of the technique ignores the one or more positions indicated as inactive by the active mask. Preferably there is a coherency analysis on individual pixels of the target region, and the identification of converged pixels is based at least in part on said coherency analysis. Preferably the identification of groupings of pixels is based on the coherency of neighbouring pixels of each pixel within the groupings of pixels. Preferably the patch synthesis comprises performance of an approximate nearest neighbour search process to identify the portions of the source region that are to be utilised in synthesising the target region and the performance of a voting process. This particular invention relates to a patch synthesis technique which requires less computing resources so that it may be readily performed on devices with limited computing power. It achieves this by generating a mask that indicates which portions of a target region no longer need processing, therefore preventing unnecessary repeated processing.
Patent GB-2544882-A (GB)
Title: Maintenance system and method for a machine used in drilling operations
Inventor: BJARNE LARSEN
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2016-10-26
Abstract: A method for scheduling a maintenance event for a machine used in drilling, comprising: providing a first well plan for a first well to be drilled over a first time period tA and a second well plan for a second well to be drilled over a second time period tB; controlling a computer program module for determining a projected first duty profile 1a for the machine in the first time period and a projected second duty profile for the machine in the second time period; controlling a computer program module for scheduling a maintenance event tM1 for the machine based on the projected first duty profile and the projected second duty profile; and creating a new maintenance event tM2 at a time prior to the second time period if the maintenance event falls within the second time period. The invention also relates to a computer program product, maintenance method and a system for scheduling a maintenance event.
Patent GB-2541835-A (GB)
Title: Multivesicular liposome formulations of tranexamic acid
Inventor: KATHLEEN DUNNE ALBRIGHT LOS
IPC: A61K47/18
Filed: 2016-01-20
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present application are related to multivesicular liposome formulations comprising tranexamic acid (TXA) for the purpose of minimizing the side effects of unencapsulated tranexamic while maintaining or improving efficacy and lengthening the duration of the effect. Methods of making and administering the tranexamic acid encapsulated multivesicular liposome formulations and their use as medicaments are also provided.
Patent GB-2561549-A (GB)
Title: Method of detecting a doser valve opening or closing event
Inventor: MARTIN A P SYKES
IPC: F01N11/00
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: A method of detecting a valve opening or closing event in a solenoid operated reductant injector valve comprises applying a voltage with a chopped waveform to the solenoid to actuate the valve. The resultant current through the solenoid is sampled at local maxima 13, 15, 17 and minima 14, 16. Values of the difference between local maxima and subsequent local minima or between local minima and subsequent local maxima are determined. A valve opening or closing event is determined based on the rate of change of the difference values. The valve opening or closing time may be determined from the rate of change. Valve opening and closing events are determined from a plot of values of the current at local maxima or local minima. The first or second derivatives of the plot may be compared to a threshold. The sampling times may be synchronised with the modulation signal with respect to the voltage drive.
Patent GB-2546222-A (GB)
Title: Improved acceleration tube and cutter head housing retainer for hydraulic cutting system
Inventor: Christopher Paul Hebbeln
IPC: B26D7/06
Filed: 2015-11-02
Abstract: An apparatus for a hydraulic cutting system having a pump that propels solid food products suspended in a working liquid through a blade. An elongated case is mounted in, and is longitudinally-movable relative to, a frame. The case has at least one rigid member connected to an upstream ring and extending to a downstream ring. A substantially flexible, tapered tube is mounted within, and substantially coaxially to, the case. At least a first portion of the case is moveable from a closed position, in which the tapered tube is retained in the case, to an opened position, in which the tapered tube may be removed from the case, relative to a second portion of the case.
Patent GB-2562289-A (GB)
Title: An alarm
Inventor: CHRISTOPER BRODIE
IPC: G08B13/19
Filed: 2017-05-11
Abstract: An anti-theft alarm for an object has attachment means to secure the alarm to the object, and a transmitter to transmit an alarm signal to a mobile telephone network if a signal is received from either of the alarms passive infra-red sensor (PIR sensor, used to detect unauthorised access of a person) or accelerometer (used to detect motion of the object). The alarm system may be contained within a case, which may be sealed using a tamper-proof screw, and may be comprised of silicone so as to protect the alarm from water ingress. The attachment means may be part of the case and may be screws, magnets, complementary male/female portions, or a mounting portion on the alarm which releasably engages with a mounting plate attached to a surface of the object. The alarm may have a SIM card, and the transmitter may transmit an alarm signal to a mobile phone.
Patent GB-2551072-A (GB)
Title: Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner
Inventor: DAVID ANDREW ISLEY
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2014-07-24
Abstract: A cleaner head 8 for a vacuum cleaner has an agitator in the form of a brush bar 18. The brush bar 18 has a sealing material 52 extending over substantially the entire circumferential and axial extent of the brush bar 18. The sealing material 52 is a tufted material. The cleaner head 8 further has a housing 22 defining a chamber 24 which at least partially surrounds the brush bar 18, a dirty air inlet 68 in a lower part of the chamber 24 and a front opening that exposes the brush bar 18 at the front of the housing 22. The brush bar 18 is supported for rotation with respect to the housing 22 and arranged in the chamber 24. A partition 76 is arranged within the chamber 24 between the brush bar 18 and an outlet 36 of the chamber 24. The partition 76 extends transversely and divides the chamber 24 into an agitating region 24b and a settling chamber 24a. The partition 76 has a wall 78 that extends in a plane which is substantially tangential to the brush bar 18 and is inclined rearwardly.
Patent GB-2567836-A (GB)
Title: Cooking apparatus
Inventor: GEORGE JUSTIN PETER CADBURY
IPC: F24C3/04
Filed: 2017-10-25
Abstract: Cooking apparatus 10 comprising an outer housing 18, an inner housing 12 received within the outer housing defining a heating volume 50, a chamber 20 for pressurised air defined between the outer and inner housing, means to supply pressurised air into the chamber, a plurality of apertures 22 in the inner housing communicating with the chamber to allow pressurised air to exit the chamber into the heating volume, at least one burner 16 located in the inner housing, means to supply a combustible fuel/air mixture to the burner which is separate from the supply of pressurised air to the chamber, and a cooking surface 44 for supporting food. The means to supply a combustible fuel/air mixture to the burner may comprise a Venturi gas valve linked to a variable speed fan, controlled by a thermostat for speed control of a fan. The apertures in the inner housing may be arranged to form a vortex around the heating volume. The supply of the combustible fuel/air mixture to the burner may be separated from the supply of pressurised air to the chamber. The apparatus may be used for barbecue grilling.
Patent GB-2557445-A (GB)
Title: Linear visualization of a driving route
Inventor: BAILIANG ZHOU
IPC: G01C21/36
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: A nonlinear route for traveling from a source to a destination is determined. The route includes a sequence of (i) route segments and (ii) intermediate geographic locations defining endpoints of the route segments. An initial linear visual representation of the route is generated and displayed via a user interface of a computing device. To generate the initial linear visual representation of the route, an initial subset of the intermediate geographic locations is selected. The initial subset does not include at least of the intermediate geographic locations in the sequence. Indicators of the intermediate geographic locations are positioned along a single line, and an interactive control is provided. When activated, the interactive control generates an expanded linear visual representation of the route. The expanded linear visual representation includes at least one of the intermediate geographic locations not selected for the initial linear visual representation. The initial subset of intermediate geographic locations may be selected based on connecting road segments corresponding to roads of different types, prominence, lengths of road segments or a metric of user familiarity with geographic areas.
Patent GB-2554290-A (GB)
Title: Support for a panel of a section of guided transport track
Inventor: DAVID VIAN
IPC: E01B29/04
Filed: 2016-05-27
Abstract: The invention concerns, in particular, a section of guided transport track intended to be attached to a ballastless track bed (15) characterised in that said section comprises: a track panel (20) comprising two longitudinal members (21, 22) and at least one structure (23, 24) transverse to the longitudinal members, each longitudinal member (21, 22) comprising a top longitudinal groove (25) for receiving a rail; a plurality of panel supports (31, 32, 33, 34), each support comprising at least one stud (35) for attachment to the track bed, a cradle (37) for supporting a longitudinal member (22) mounted vertically movable in said stud (35), and means for the vertical movement of said cradle (37) relative to said stud (35) in such a way as to be able to adjust the height of the panel (20) relative to said track bed (15), and define the superelevation of the section of track formed in this way by means of a coordinated adjustment of the various cradles (37). 20
Patent GB-2568545-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing containers
Inventor: MARK PAUL HOGAN
IPC: B65D83/04
Filed: 2017-11-21
Abstract: A blister pack type container for storing and dispensing consumer products such as pills or tablets. The container includes a tray having a generally planar top surface into which has been formed one or more discrete cavities for receiving the consumer products. A seal includes a cover film 38 secured to the generally planar top surface of the tray to seal the one or more cavities to retain the consumer products in the one or more cavities, the cover film having pre-formed lines of separation 42 (Figure 7) defining a releasable portion 40a per cavity, and a barrier patch 48a per releasable portion secured to the cover film. Each releasable portion 40a is attached to the remainder of the cover film by a bridge region 44 defined by a gap in the associated pre-formed line of separation 42 (Figure 7). Each barrier patch 48a includes a main portion 52 that is shaped and sized so that in use it overlies an associated cavity, and a securing portion 54 that projects outwardly from the main portion and which is substantially aligned with the bridge region 44 of the associated releasable portion 40a. The securing portion 54 of the barrier patch 48a or patches can include a narrowed section.
Patent GB-2555362-A (GB)
Title: Novel dissymmetric N, N-dialkylamides, the snythesis thereof and uses of same
Inventor: MANUEL MIGUIRDITCHIAN
IPC: C22B60/02
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: The invention relates to novel dissymmetric N,N-dialkylamides having formula (I), wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group at C8 to C15. The invention also relates to a method for synthesising said N,N-dialkylamides, and to the uses of same as extractants, alone or in admixture, in order to extract uranium and/or plutonium from an aqueous acid solution or to partially or fully separate uranium from plutonium in an aqueous acid solution and, in particular, an aqueous solution resulting from dissolving spent nuclear fuel in nitric acid. The invention further relates to a method for the treatment of an aqueous solution resulting from dissolving spent nuclear fuel in nitric acid, allowing the uranium and plutonium contained in the solution to be extracted, separated and decontaminated in a single cycle, without requiring any plutonium reduction operation, and in which one of the aforementioned N,N-dialkylamides or a mixture of same is used as an extractant. The invention is suitable for use in the treatment of spent nuclear fuel, in particular that comprising uranium (e.g. UOX) or uranium and plutonium (e.g. MOX).
Patent GB-2562378-A (GB)
Title: Self-propelled windrower with towing mode for use with a pull-type mower conditioner
Inventor: DANIEL SOLDAN
IPC: A01D57/00
Filed: 2018-04-05
Abstract: A method implemented in a machine comprises a first steering mode in which a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel 14 concurrently rotate, wherein the rotation of the left drive wheel is in a direction opposite that of the rotation of the right drive wheel and a second steering mode in which the left and right drive wheels rotate concurrently in the same direction and enabling one or more caster wheels 14A to freely steer rotate in the first steering mode and to steer-rotate according to a limited arc in the second steering mode. Also disclosed is a windrower having a plural drive wheels, a sensor, steering cylinder, a user interface and a controller, the windrower having a dual-path steering mode and a tailwheel steering mod wherein, in the dual-path steering mode the position of tailwheel casters are not controlled and in a tailwheel steering mode the steer-rotation of the caster wheels is limited based on caster steer position information received from the sensor.
Patent GB-2572976-A (GB)
Title: Touch screen display with stabilizing feature
Inventor: MARK ANDREW SMITH
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: A slot 47 located adjacent the screen surface 24a and wherein the at least one slot 47 includes a channel and is configured to form a stabilizing grasping feature when a user 70 interacts with the touch sensitive panel 24. This may be used by a pilot of a vehicle such as an aero plane as a homing point to ensure correct entry during bumps. The finger groove may be illuminated when turbulence is detected or in low light in the cockpit of an aircraft. The recess in the bezel may be a channel with a curved rear profile parallel to the display surface, to provide an anchor for the phalange of a finger.
Patent GB-2563731-A (GB)
Title: Markerless image analysis for augmented reality
Inventor: NICHOLAS CORSO
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: A markerless approach to displaying an image of a virtual object in an environment may be accomplished. A computing device 104 is used to capture an image of a real-world environment; including a planar surface 114 with a minimum threshold set of features. A second image is also captured during a movement of the device around the planar surface. One or more virtual objects which do not exist in the real-world environment are displayed in the image, such as by being positioned in a manner that they appear to be resting on the planar surface, based at least on a sensor bias value and scale information obtained by capturing multiple image views of the real-world environment. An inertial measurement unit with a tri-axis accelerometer and tri-axis gyroscope is used. The distance and orientation of the planar surface are also determined.
Patent GB-2564540-A (GB)
Title: A window system
Inventor: MORGAN CALLAGHAN
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 2018-05-18
Abstract: The window system comprises a glazing bar 4 and a body 6 extending from the glazing bar. In use the spacer bar 8 of a double glazed window panel is located within a rebate 24 defined by the body and glazing bar. The glazing bar may include a cap 18 into which a tip of the body is located. The body may be located in a groove of the glazing bar. Seal 26 may be located along a part of the rebate. Also claimed is a prefabricated window comprising the system including the glazing bar. Also claimed is a method of refurbishing a window comprising the steps of removing a section of the original glazing bar, adapting the original glazing bar by securing a body to define the rebate and capturing the edge of a multi glazed panel.
Patent GB-2565210-A (GB)
Title: Marine escape systems incorporating a chute and with a platform formed by inner and outer parts that are relatively rotatable
Inventor: JIM KILOH
IPC: B63C9/22
Filed: 2013-11-19
Abstract: A marine escape system for evacuating a marine structure 44 comprises a chute 11, a platform 12 and at least one inflatable life raft 13. These parts are deployable from a packed disposition on the structure to a disposition in which the chute 11 leads from the structure to the platform floating on the water and the platform leads to the inflated life raft so providing a passage for people from the structure to the life raft. The platform is formed by inner and outer parts (18, 19) that are relatively rotatable to allow, on deployment, the life raft (13) to swing relative to the chute (11). The platform may be either inflatable or non-inflatable, and some embodiments the platform may be releasably attached to the life raft.