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Patent GB-2557167-A (GB)
Title: Security devices
Inventor: BRIAN WILLIAM HOLMES
IPC: B42D25/351
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: A security device 1 comprises: a periodic array of focusing elements 20; an array of image elements 30 overlapping the array of focusing elements 20; the image elements 30 representing at least two images; the image elements 30 in a first region R1 being laterally shifted relative to the image elements 30 in a second region R2such that, at a first viewing angle O1, a first image is displayed across the first region R1 and simultaneously a second image is displayed across the second region R2; and at a second viewing angle O2 the second image is displayed across the first region R1 of the device and simultaneously the first image is displayed across the second region R2 of the device. A colour filter 10 is located between the image elements 30 and viewer and has a first colour in the first region and a different colour in the second region. A security device creating an optically variable effect with viewing angle that may have a backing layer is also disclosed as is a method including applying a curable material and contacting a die form.
Patent GB-2555633-A (GB)
Title: Updating data stored in a memory
Inventor: LARS OSKAR FLORDAL
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: Updating data in a memory region 514 comprises reading in data 806, updating, particularly decompressing, the data 806, and then writing back the updated data 806 to memory avoiding overwriting data 808 that is yet to be read in from the memory region 514 by writing back the updated data 806 for the first group 802 starting at a selected memory address, for example other than the start address of the memory region 514. The data 808 can then be read in and updated, and the updated data 808 written back to memory without overwriting the updated data 806. When the end of the memory region is reached, the writing back may return to the start address of the memory region and continues to write the updated data from there. The data can be written back to the same region or a different region from which it was read. This reduces the amount of memory bandwidth and local cache used when updating the data.
Patent GB-2545800-A (GB)
Title: System and method for safety-critical software automated requirements-based test case generation
Inventor: MENG LI
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: Automated requirements-based test case generation comprising constructing a software architecture model derived from architectural information of a software design model 205, allocating requirement models into components of a software architecture model 210, and generating component/unit level requirements-based test cases from the architecture model 215. The allocation may involve connecting corresponding monitored or controlled variables with at least one of an input and output port of respective modules. The method may further include generating integration level test cases 220 and applying these to verify whether a code module complies with the allocated requirements. The architecture model may be received as a hierarchical data flow diagram including one or more blocks/operators mapping to components, and an intermediate test model built based on a selected component by attaching at least one test objectives and test constraints. Test cases may be generated according to a requirements coverage, logic condition coverage and/or input masking strategy. Test case generation may involve model-checking, constraint solving and/or reachability resolution methods on the intermediate model. Also provided is a system for automated requirements-based test case generation comprising a model based development tool and a component level test case generator unit.
Patent GB-2558202-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid energy storage system combines flywheel energy storage with fluid power
Inventor: SEAMUS GARVEY
IPC: H02K7/02
Filed: 2016-11-21
Abstract: A hybrid energy storage system comprises: a first rotor 1, such as a flywheel, acting as a major store of kinetic energy; a second rotor 2, such as a magnetic rotor, spinning about the same axis carrying the elements of a synchronous electrical motor/generator; a differential drive unit 3 connected between the first rotor and the second rotor such that it can exert torque between the two rotors to affect the difference in spin speeds of those rotors; and an external fluid subsystem that can provide power into the differential drive unit and absorb power from that differential drive unit, wherein the power is carried via fluid flow, which may be a liquid such as hydraulic oil or distilled water. The liquid may travel between a high pressure manifold 5 and a low pressure manifold 6 using control valves (fig.2 51, 52, 53) and motor/pump units 31, 32, 33 (see fig.3) which may be hydraulic gear-pumps or screw-pumps.
Patent GB-2550007-A (GB)
Title: QOS based binary translation and application streaming
Inventor: BHARATH MUTHIAH
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2014-03-11
Abstract: A system comprises; a network interface, a processor which supports a first instruction set architecture (ISA), and a virtual machine (VM) which performs binary instruction translation form a second ISA to the first ISA. The translation is performed using Quality of Service (QoS) criteria including priority based acceleration. The processor executes the binary translated instructions to generate output display data for delivery to a client device; the processor transmits the generated output via the network interface; and the QoS criteria are to maintain a level of service by the system to the client device. The VM may use parameters including decode capabilities and the VM may be tuned for the client device. The binary instruction translation may be given a high priority, and may be accelerated using additional computation resources. The VM may be selected from a list of potential VMs based on available execution resources.
Patent GB-2559328-A (GB)
Title: Communication over a network
Inventor: Efstathios Larios
IPC: H04L12/40
Filed: 2017-01-26
Abstract: An electronic device for use as a node (101A, 101B, 101C, 101D) in an Ethernet network of a vehicle (702) which has a transceiver means (102) configured to transmit and receive signals comprising an idle stream between packets of data. The device is configured to store a node identifier for each one of a plurality of other nodes on a network connected to the electronic device and transmit a signal comprising a wake-up pattern comprising one of the node identifiers within an idle stream. The node identifier may comprise fewer bits than that of the respective MAC address, or for example a magic packet. The device may be an ECU unit of a vehicle which is also configured to connect to a CAN, FlexRay or LIN bus. The method may allow networked devices to be in a low quiescent current or deep sleep state and selectively woken.
Patent GB-2560525-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal-type slicer for slicing food
Inventor: GREG HILLIARD
IPC: B26D7/06
Filed: 2017-03-13
Abstract: A centrifugal-type slicer having a cutting head (12, Fig 3) and an impeller (80, Fig 8), the cutting head comprising a plurality of blades 22 secured to the cutting head, and each blade comprises a cutting edge. The impeller comprising a plurality of paddles 82, each paddle 82 having a front surface which is arranged to rotate the unsliced food products against the cutting head in use. Each cutting edge and each front surface is inclined downwardly towards a bottom of the slicer where the angles are opposed such that the front surface and the cutting edge cross each other in the manner depicted in figure 9. The angles may be set such that the paddle and the blade apply substantially equal and opposite turning forces on the unsliced food product during a cutting operation. This results in the sliced product having substantially parallel sliced faces. Both angles may be set between 8 and 45 degrees from the rotational axis. The invention also relates to a method of using the centrifugal-type slicer. A centrifugal-type slicer and method thereof is also disclosed, having a cutting edge on at least one blade and front surfaces on a plurality of paddles on the impeller where both cutting edges and front surfaces are arranged to face each other.
Patent GB-2553877-A (GB)
Title: Welding head
Inventor: Paul Plumb
IPC: B23K37/02
Filed: 2017-06-06
Abstract: A welding apparatus with an evacuatable welding head 60 (20, fig 2) with an outer face 62 attachable to a welding device, and an inner face 64 which seals to a workpiece (22, figs 1 & 2), the face having first and second annular channels (137, 138, fig 7) with outer sealing ring 68 and a softer inner ring 66 within, of Shore hardness of 50 to 70 and 20 to 40 silicone respectively. Between is a vacuum chamber (72, fig 4) 74. The welding head seal can be circular or teardrop shaped (fig. 5) and of uniform or variable width to account for the heated zone, and may include a bridging seal (100,102, fig 5) between rings. The head seal may have a channel for the beam to pass through, perhaps connected by groove to at least the inner ring. The seal preferably moves with the welding head, e.g. via fixed track (18, fig 1). Opposite there may be another seal maintaining the pressure balance, a beam shielding blocking bar (48, fig 2), and beam detector (50, fig 2). The invention is designed to provide a mobile sealed vacuum for laser or electron beam welding for large items outside vacuum chambers e.g. steel tubes for wind turbines and oil pipes.
Patent GB-2565057-A (GB)
Title: Advanced guardrail coupling system and its method of use
Inventor: JEFFREY DUNCAN ARNOLD
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2017-07-28
Abstract: A coupling system for detachably coupling a guardrail 30 on a lift above a boarded lift 24 between the standards of a scaffolding structure 100. The coupling system comprises a pair of elongate arms 10a, 10b each having a first end 34 for coupling the guardrail 30, and having an opposite second end 38 for connecting the arms to a pre-attached guardrail 26 on the boarded lift 24. The coupling system also includes a ledger securing means (42, Fig 3) positioned between the first and second ends of the arms for securing each of the elevating arms to the ledger 14a on the lift above. Also defined are methods for detachably coupling and dismantling a guardrail on a lift above a boarded lift. A tool for positioning a guardrail is also claimed.
Patent GB-2570271-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle oil service reminder
Inventor: RAJAB ALI ZAFARI
IPC: G07C5/00
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: A device to remind the owner/user of a vehicle to carry out the relevant oil service of the vehicles engine, gearbox and differential, wherein each has their own trigger point relating to the amount of mileage covered between oil changes. The trigger points will also depend upon the vehicle’s manufacture, make and model and specifications e.g. manual and automatic. The device will be inside the vehicle, and a user has the option of entering vehicle registration number and/or chassis number, which will allow the device to locate and programme the device with all the service details e.g. oil type and mileage between services, and reminder settings for the vehicle. The device detects and keeps a record of the vehicle mileage, and may provide three reminders, one at 1,000 miles and another 500 miles prior to the relevant mileage point for the relevant service, and a final reminder at the relevant mileage point. The alerts are highlighted on the device and may also be sent as a text and e-mail simultaneously by the device to the vehicle owner and/or user. The device is powered by solar energy and/or battery and/or by the vehicle’s battery.
Patent GB-2552638-A (GB)
Title: Preparation method for sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet
Inventor: JIANFENG ZHANG
IPC: C01B32/921
Filed: 2016-05-06
Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method for a sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet. The method comprises the following steps: preparing two-dimensional titanium carbide by removing the aluminum atomic layer from lamellar titanium aluminum carbide by chemical exfoliation using hydrofluoric acid; preparing sulfanilic acid diazonium salt; and preparing a sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet by sulfonation reaction of the two-dimensional titanium carbide and the sulfanilic acid diazonium salt. The sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nano material prepared by the present invention has good dispersibility in water and common organic solvents, and a single-layer or few-layer sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet with a large size and high quality can be obtained by performing ultrasonic treatment on the dispersion solution. The preparation method has the advantages of low production costs, readily available raw materials, and simple and controllable preparation process.
Patent GB-2564761-A (GB)
Title: Micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor
Inventor: SIU WAI JACKY MAK
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2018-05-29
Abstract: A medical probe for internally probing tissue or fluid within a subject, the probe comprising: an elongate body 804 having a subject insertable end; an illumination waveguide 810 disposed along the body 804 to output optical illumination from the insertable end toward tissue or fluid to be probed; a collection waveguide 812 disposed along the probe body 804 to collect, from the insertable end, an optical response of the tissue or fluid to the output optical illumination; and an optical probe tip 802 integrally fabricated atop the illumination and collection waveguides 810,812 to optically relay the output optical illumination from illumination waveguide 810 and the optical response to the collection waveguide 812. Tip 802 may include a wavelength selective element in a collection optical path. Tip 802 may define one or more beam shaping elements 802A,802B,802C. A method for manufacturing a medical probe comprising: assembling a multi channel fibre bundle comprising two optical fibres having distinct optical probe channels; micro fabricating a monolithic optical probe tip via a 3D laser printing process to concurrently engage and respectively optically couple the optical probe tip with a distal end of each the two optical fibers. Applicable to spectroscopy probes and multichannel endoscopes.
Patent GB-2567521-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle seating system
Inventor: IAN GUY
IPC: B60N2/02
Filed: 2017-06-09
Abstract: A seat 100 for seating system of a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a pillar 120, a boss 130 coupled to the pillar 120 and one or more follower elements 132 coupled to the boss 130. The follower elements 132 follow a guide track 8 such that the seat 100 is movable between two or more spaced apart seating positions. A drive coupler 816 is configured to selectively couple the seat 100 to a drive mechanism 810 which is configured to drive the movement of the seat 100 between the seating positions. The drive mechanism 810 may include a cable 814 guided by pulleys 812 and the drive coupler 816 selectively engages with the cable 814. Also, a motor vehicle seating system 2 is provided. The seating system comprises two or more seats 100 as described above, and a guide track extending between three or more spaced apart seating positions within an interior of the motor vehicle 2.
Patent GB-2568174-A (GB)
Title: System and method to efficiently clean a blood filter
Inventor: JUSTIN ROHDE
IPC: A61M1/16
Filed: 2014-01-07
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a blood filter 30 including a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, a blood pump 28 for pumping blood through the filter, a treatment fluid pump 44 in fluid communication with a treatment fluid side 30b of the filter and a control unit 60 configured to control the pumps during a blood treatment of a patient and a filter cleaning sequence. The cleaning sequence includes pumping a blood compatible and physiologically safe first fluid back and forth through the insides and/or the outsides of the membranes to remove or loosen blood residuals, such as blood clots, proteins and/or biological fluid, then injecting air via a selective air access into the first fluid to form a second fluid and pumping the second fluid through the insides and/or outsides of the membranes to further or remove or loosen blood residuals therefrom. The control unit being configured to enable the filter cleaning sequence to be performed during the blood treatment.
Patent GB-2573416-A (GB)
Title: Modular tool system
Inventor: ANDREI MATEI
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: A modular tool system is disclosed that has a power unit, a battery, a controller, a sensor, and a plurality of tool modules. The hand-held sized power unit can include a motor housing and a motor with a shaft. The controller can variably control the shaft. Each tool module can include a housing, a work-engaging portion, a transmission linkage, and an identifier. The identifier is within a range of detection of the sensor when the housings are coupled. Each of the identifiers is distinguishable from other identifiers and the sensor transmits a different signal for each of the identifiers. The controller is configured to determine one of a plurality of different shaft speeds or one of a plurality of different torques to transmit through the shaft in response to the signal from the sensor indicating a particular identifier.
Patent GB-2576420-A (GB)
Title: Computationally-efficient resource allocation
Inventor: Bruce F Davison
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2019-07-09
Abstract: Disclosed is a method to associate a set of first entities to a set of second entities, e.g. computing Jobs to processors, the second entities are vertexes on a network graph (NG). The method starts by associating a grouping of first entities with a particle of a set of particles, each particle having an attribute set. The set of particles are configured into a force directed graph (FDG), the particles are configured with respect to one another using attractions and/or repulsions derived from the attribute sets. The FDG is then brought into equilibrium, and the particles are then mapped onto the NG. Next, a simulation is executed against the NG. The mapping improves the efficiency of the computer executing the simulation by reducing random mapping of the NG, and avoiding local neighbour searching in the regions of the NG. The method may include outputting a first entity-to-second entity association derived from the simulation.
Patent GB-2586026-A (GB)
Title: Use of cannabidol in the treatment of Dravet syndrome
Inventor: GEOFFREY GUY
IPC: A61P25/10
Filed: 2019-07-29
Abstract: Cannabidiol (CBD) is disclosed for use in the treatment of disease modification in Dravet syndrome, a treatment-resistant epilepsy. Preferably, CBD is used to improve neonatal welfare, survival and co-morbidities in patients with Dravet syndrome. Preferably the CBD used is in the form of a botanically derived purified CBD which comprises greater than or equal to 98% (w/w) CBD and less than or equal to 2% (w/w) of other cannabinoids. The other cannabinoids present are THC at a concentration of less than or equal to 0.1% (w/w); CBD-C1 at a concentration of less than or equal to 0.15% (w/w); CBDV at a concentration of less than or equal to 0.8% (w/w); and CBD-C4 at a concentration of less than or equal to 0.4% (w/w). The botanically derived purified CBD preferably also comprises a mixture of both trans-THC and cis-THC. Alternatively, a synthetically produced CBD is used.
Patent GB-2581544-A (GB)
Title: Skincare devices and methods of use
Inventor: FILIP SEDIC
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2018-11-14
Abstract: An example skincare device includes a main body(10) having a first side(20), a second side(30), an intermediate portion(40), a groove(24), a light source(100), a motor(80), a temperature control unit(l 10), and a user control(72) configured to control one or more of the light source, motor, and temperature control unit. The skincare device can provide heat, cool, light, and/or vibrational therapy to a user's skin.
Patent GB-2577970-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal composition, use and method
Inventor: LAUREN BOWKER
IPC: A61Q5/06
Filed: 2019-08-09
Abstract: Disclosed is a temporary hair colour composition comprising an encapsulated liquid crystal, and optionally an iridescent component, and a coating composition comprising a thickening agent and a rheology modifier. The rheology modifier preferably comprises a glycol. Preferably, the thickening agent is poly(acrylate) based, a polyquaternium compound, a polyvinyl pyrollidone/vinyl acetate copolymer, or a hydrophobically modified starch. Preferably, the glycol is a polyalkylene glycol or a C2-C4 alkylene glycol, e.g. propylene glycol. Preferably, the liquid crystal comprises a cholesteric and/or a chiral nematic liquid crystal. Preferably, the encapsulated liquid crystal is incorporated into the composition as an aqueous slurry. Preferably, the iridescent component has a particle size of 1-50 micron or 50 to 200 micron. Also claimed is a method of colouring hair comprising adding the hair colour composition to hair. Further claimed is the use of a temporary hair colour composition for cosmetically treating hair.
Patent GB-2583980-A (GB)
Title: Transfer printing for RF applications
Inventor: Imene Lahbib
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 2019-08-30
Abstract: A semiconductor structure for RF applications comprises: a micro transfer printed GaN transistor attached to a SOI wafer or die by a glue layer and a resistor connected to the gate of said first transistor. The transistor may be configured in a a cascode configuration for amplifying RF signals. The transistors may be configured in low noise amplifier structures.
Patent GB-2590356-A (GB)
Title: Access control system and method
Inventor: MARK HOGGATT
IPC: G07C9/20
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A method for implementing access control using a mobile device to generate access requests comprises detecting a status change of the mobile device and upon detecting a status change of the mobile device, triggering logic on the mobile device into a state to monitor for receipt of one or more access control beacons. If an access control beacon from an access control device is received, an access request based on the received access control beacon is generated and transmitted over a wireless communication interface of the mobile device. The status change of the mobile device, which may be a smartphone, may determine that the device is not stationary or in motion, via an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer or barometer. The logic of the mobile device may be triggered into a state to monitor for the reception access control beacons. The mobile device can be used in an access control system. Also disclosed is a further method for implementing access control using a mobile device to generate access requests. The mobile device periodically monitors for access control beacons at monitoring intervals and generates and transmits an access request based on a received access control beacon. The monitoring intervals may be varied.
Patent GB-2578410-A (GB)
Title: Computer system software/firmware and a processor unit with a security module
Inventor: ANGEL NUNEZ MENCIAS
IPC: G06F12/14
Filed: 2018-07-23
Abstract: Technology for decrypting and using a security module in a processor cache in a secure mode such that dynamic address translation prevents access to portions of the volatile memory outside of a secret store in a volatile memory.