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Patent GB-2390459-A (GB)
Title: Interactive digital television
Inventor: CASHMAN NEIL
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2003-06-02
Abstract: Digital television audio / video content and interactive content are transmitted to a receiver (53, 54). A viewer makes a response to the interactive content and response data from a number of viewers is routed to interaction data processing means (58) for processing. The interaction data processing means (58) is part of an interaction management system which is capable of receiving and processing (a) response data from a range of different interactive applications and / or (b) response data from interactive applications programmed on a range of different software platforms. The interaction management system has an application programming interface and the response data from different interactive applications and interactive applications programmed on different software platforms is compatible with the application programming interface. The response data representing a particular response to a particular interactive application includes an identifier which identifies the particular interactive application to the interaction management system so that at least part of the response data is routed to be processed in accordance with criteria stored in the interaction management system relating to the particular interactive applications. Processed response data in respect of the particular interactive application is provided to a party (51) associated with the particular interactive application.
Patent GB-2402359-A (GB)
Title: An ergonomic gardening tool handle
Inventor: POLLINGTON BRUCE IAN
IPC: A01D7/00
Filed: 2003-06-04
Abstract: A gardening tool handle comprising a shaft which is shaped to an angle and which is offset with regard to the centre line of tool attachment. In use, the upper extremity of the handle 1 is supported on the shoulder of the user and gripped by two side-mounted handles 2 and 3. The length of the handle is adjustable with a telescopic section 4. The angle of attack or pitch of the tool in relation to the ground may be changed with a screw adjustment 5. This feature also allows for the handle to be folded for transport and storage. The device is reversible for both right and left handed use. The handle has the facility of exchangeable tool heads.
Patent GB-2388039-A (GB)
Title: Radiation Applicator
Inventor: CRONIN NIGEL
IPC: H01Q1/36
Filed: 2000-02-25
Abstract: Radiation applicators comprise an elongate device having an antenna (240,340) at their tip for coupling radiation into biological tissue and a dielectric body (250,350) surrounding the antenna to enhance transmission of radiation in the forward direction. The body (250,350) may be cylindrical with the antenna (240,340) along its axis. The antenna may be   g  /2 in length and the tip (270) of the antenna (240) may be rounded hemispherical with radius   g  /2 to enhance forward transmission of radiation. The dielectric constant (  e  ) of the body (250,350) is as high as possible to reduce its diameter at a desired operating frequency.
Patent GB-2408436-A (GB)
Title: Pole winder
Inventor: TASKER KENNETH W
IPC: A01K97/06
Filed: 2003-11-25
Abstract: A pole winder comprising an elongate member (10) around which a fishing line can be wound so that each successive loop of the winding extends along the length of the winder when the pole winder is in use. The pole winder is provided with a slider (30) constructed to slide along the length of the pole winder. A movement inhibitor (28, 42) is provided to inhibit movement of the slider (30) against movement under the force of gravity or accidental jarring of the pole winder. At the same time it freely allows movement of the slider (30) along the length of the pole winder by the application of manual force. The slider (30) is provided with line retaining means (44) to enable the end of a length of fishing line to be retained by the slider (30). There may be a number of such pole winders, each held as a close fit in a tray (48, fig 6).
Patent GB-2410459-A (GB)
Title: Three dimensional model making
Inventor: HURLEY PETER DAVID
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 2004-02-02
Abstract: A method of producing a three dimensional object is disclosed, wherein the polymer bead string key provides for the integration of the polymer bead strings. To integrate and aid in structural integrity of the polymer bead string during curing the shape of a nozzle tip will create a key in the polymer bead string for the successive bead strings to engage with, a shown as a stepped shape tip. Polymer bead string shape is varied according to the distance between the vertices of profile lines.
Patent GB-2396458-A (GB)
Title: Program provision for image enhancement
Inventor: GROVE JONATHAN GORDON
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2000-11-06
Abstract: A first computer receiving a request from a second computer for image defining data, establishing whether the second computer is provided with a computer program adapted to enhance said image, and, if no such program is provided, transmitting such a program to the second computer. Image data comprises a plurality of co-ordinates defining, in 3D space, the vertices of polygonal surface facets of the image. The image is enhanced by modifying the image by introducing new vertices between existing vertices, positioned to subdivide the polygonal facets according to the co-ordinates of the existing vertices, the co-ordinates of vertices neighbouring existing vertices, the value of a variable associated with the polygon edge which joins together existing vertices and the values of variables associated with the polygon edges which join existing vertices to neighbouring vertices. A second style of image enhancement has existing vertices moved, according to the same criteria.
Patent GB-2412375-A (GB)
Title: Ester slip agents
Inventor: PARKER DAVID ANDREW
IPC: C08K5/101
Filed: 2004-03-02
Abstract: A compound of formula 1 is used as a slip agent in a polymer: <CHE>R-X-R<1>```(1)</CHE> wherein: R and R<1> represent hydrocarbon moieties comprising 6 to 24 carbon atoms; X represents one of the moieties: <EMI ID=1.1 HE=81 WI=56 LX=972 LY=1277 TI=CF> <PC>wherein A represents a hydrocarbon moiety comprising 2 to 36 carbon atoms. Preferably, the compound is stearyl stearate, stearyl behenate, behenyl behenate or ethylene glycol distearate. The polymer may be a polyester. A container or film formed from the polymer containing the slip agent is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2397734-A (GB)
Title: Data recovery circuitry
Inventor: NAVEN FINBAR
IPC: H03L7/07
Filed: 2000-12-06
Abstract: Data recovery circuitry, for sampling a received serial data stream DIN, comprises a clock recovery circuit 180, 190 which receives a plurality of candidate clock signals PHASE0  é  31 having the same frequency but spaced apart one from the next in phase, and which selects, as a recovered clock signal RCVCLK, one of the candidate clock signals that matches the received serial data stream in phase. An offset clock circuit 200 selects, as an offset clock signal OFFCLK, a further one of the candidate clock signals different from the candidate clock signal selected as the recovered clock signal. A data sampling circuit 210 samples the received data stream using the offset clock signal. In such data recovery circuitry, the offset clock signal can be chosen freely to suit a data eye shape of the received serial data stream.
Patent GB-2414476-A (GB)
Title: Refractory material and method
Inventor: CHANG SHUN-CHI
IPC: C04B18/26
Filed: 2004-05-25
Abstract: A refractory material made of plant fibres, porous refractory granules and inorganic cement materials for building partitions. The plant fibres, the porous refractory granules and the inorganic cement materials are evenly mixed with water, so that the refractory granules and the inorganic cement can cover the surface of the plant fibres and bind them together. The mixture is poured into a mould and exposed to high-pressure formation and drying processes. The refractory property of the porous refractory granule can effectively strengthen the refractory capability of the inorganic cement material and plant fibres, so that the refractory material can stand a burning temperature higher than traditional partition materials.
Patent GB-2417149-A (GB)
Title: Digital adaptive control of IGBT or MOS gate charging current in a converter for a railway traction motor
Inventor: BELWON WALDEMAR
IPC: H03K17/16
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: The current applied by driver 12 to charge or discharge the gate of an IGBT is adapted from cycle to cycle in dependence on the response of the IGBT measured at a predetermined instant in each cycle. The unit 16 may measure gate-emitter voltage, collector-emitter voltage, collector current or a derivative. The gate drive is incremented or decremented in each cycle until the switching speed lies within a desired band. Obtaining an optimum switching speed reduces switching losses and prevents shoot-through current. The gate current in distinct phases of the charge or discharge cycle can be adapted independently (figures 3 and 4).
Patent GB-2407443-A (GB)
Title: Amplifier pre-distortion processing based on composite look-up tables
Inventor: JOHNSON ROBERT E
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 2004-09-20
Abstract: Current and previous input signal power measures are used to generate a combined index value that is applied to one or more composite look-up tables (e.g., an I LUT and a Q LUT) to retrieve one or more pre-distortion parameters (e.g., I and Q). In one embodiment, a combined index value is generated by concatenating current and previous power measures, where each composite LUT maps all possible combinations of the current and previous power measures to the corresponding pre-distortion parameters values. By using a composite LUT for each of I and Q, the overall signal processing time of the pre-distortion processing can be greatly reduced relative to the prior art, resulting in a significantly smaller RF delay line used to delay the input signal and thereby providing a less costly and more efficient amplifier system.
Patent GB-2412285-A (GB)
Title: Animal trap
Inventor: BOULTON DAVID
IPC: A01M23/18
Filed: 2005-03-03
Abstract: The trap includes a receptacle 4 having at least one opening 10 therein and a removable lid 12 for closing the opening. One way access means 24 are provided with the lid to allow an animal to enter the receptacle through said access means but prevents the animal from exiting the receptacle via said access means. The receptacle may be a conventional tin can or food container.
Patent GB-2426906-A (GB)
Title: A method of growing mushrooms
Inventor: WALSH KIERAN JOSEPH
IPC: A01G1/04
Filed: 2005-06-08
Abstract: A method of growing mushrooms is carried out in a growing house 1 having shelves 3 on the underside of which are mounted spray nozzles 4 for delivering a spray of water onto casing, usually peat, which is laid on compost in turn on the shelves 3. The fine spray gives efficient wetting and little disturbance of the casing and compost. This is achieved by delivering a fine mist of water onto the casing for a preset time at preset time intervals in an initial wetting stage, allowing the casing to rest for a preset time in a water absorption stage and delivering a further fine mist of water onto the casing for a preset time at preset intervals in a final wetting stage.
Patent GB-2416086-A (GB)
Title: A surveillance system incorporating a privacy mask
Inventor: SHIH CHI-HSIEN
IPC: G08B15/00
Filed: 2005-07-06
Abstract: A surveillance system and a surveillance method are described. The surveillance system has a video recorder and a video processing module. The video recorder records a scene and generates an original video signal. The scene has an area in need of obscuring. The video processing module received the original video signal. The video processing module performs an interference process on part of the image displaying the area in need of obscuring and generates a post-processing video signal for displaying on a display. The interference process prevents the contents of the part of the image displaying the area in need of obscuring from being clearly identified. The interference process may comprise mosaicing the image in the area to be obscured or removing or covering the area to be obscured.
Patent GB-2419921-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring of engine start and exhaust gas concentration of a vehicle in a closable structure
Inventor: LUO YI
IPC: F02D17/04
Filed: 2005-10-26
Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and mitigating exhaust gas emitted from a vehicle 11 in a closable structure, such as a garage 12, comprises a remote monitoring device 13 within the closable structure which is trained in response to a signal transmitted from a remote transmitter device 17, to intercept an actual remote engine start signal sent from the transmitter device 17. The exhaust gas emitted from the vehicle 11 is then monitored when a remote start signal is intercepted, and if the exhaust gas concentration is found to be above a predetermined threshold, a control signal is sent by the monitoring device 13 to a mitigation device 15, 14, such as a ventilation or door opening system. An engine stop may also be generated by the monitoring device to shut down the vehicle engine. There is also provision for a home alert system to provide the user with audio or visual notification of the high exhaust gas concentration level.
Patent GB-2420478-A (GB)
Title: Optimising font data storage
Inventor: HEMINGWAY PETER
IPC: H03M7/30
Filed: 2005-11-16
Abstract: A method of structuring storage of font data in a memory requires each character of the font to be stored in combination with header data that identifies the dimensions of the character which may differ between characters. By storing the font data in this manner the processing and memory requirements for the font data may be minimised. The font data management is therefore particularly suited for use with lower resolution displays such as emissive displays such as those used in set-top boxes.
Patent GB-2437497-A (GB)
Title: Paint brush with handle modified to prise open lid of tin
Inventor: PROSSER CHRISTOPHER JAMES
IPC: A46B15/00
Filed: 2006-04-28
Abstract: A paint brush with a handle 1 the shape of which has been modified such that it may be used to prise open the lid from a paint tin. The modified shaping is at the distal end remote from the bristles. The shaping forms a tip 2 with a ridge 3 formed down the concave side to provide added strength. The shaping may be such that it faces either the direction of the broad side of the brush or the narrow edge of the brush. The handle may be made from metal or hard plastic.
Patent GB-2423956-A (GB)
Title: Portable electric router having radial fan
Inventor: NISHIKAWA TOMOMSA
IPC: B27F5/02
Filed: 2004-05-14
Abstract: A compact and light-weight portable electric router (1, fig. 1) produced at a low cost and capable of providing high cutting efficiency with low noise. A radial fan 20 includes a cylindrical hub 21 functioning as an attachment portion to a motor shaft, a plurality of fan blades 22 having parts connecting to the hub 21, and a ring like guide section 23 connected to the hub 21 through the fan blades 22. A preventing section 24 is disposed between the annular guide section 23 and the inner peripheral surface of the housing 12 for restricting backflow of air from the discharge side to the motor side.
Patent GB-2439908-A (GB)
Title: Seed drill and cultivation method
Inventor: SEARBY ALAN
IPC: A01C7/16
Filed: 2006-07-13
Abstract: A seed drill for positioning individual seeds in soil comprises a carriage with a pointed hollow beak 9 carried by the carriage. The first and second beak members 9a, 9b are hingedly connected together and open to release a seed contained within. Means are provided for supplying seeds individually to the interior of the beak. The beak is movable in a cycle over a closed path relative to the carriage as the carriage moves forward over the soil. The beak moves downwards so that a tip portion of the beak penetrates the soil surface, rearwards to maintain a fixed position in the soil while the first and second beak members are hinged open to release a seed, upwards out of the soil, and then forwards in readiness for the next cycle, the beak being closed after lifting out of the soil to permit the next seed to be supplied to the interior of the beak. Also claimed is a method of cultivation comprising laying plastic sheeting having planting apertures over soil, and using the seed drill to sow a seed into the soil beneath each aperture.
Patent GB-2441165-A (GB)
Title: Method for obtaining feedback from subscriber units receiving a broadcast service in a mobile communication network
Inventor: WORRALL CHANDRIKA KUMUDINIE
IPC: H04W4/06
Filed: 2006-08-21
Abstract: A network controller transmits a request message to one or more wireless subscriber communication units; the units receive and process the request message and respond by transmitting a layer-1 response signal to the network controller, which detects the layer-1 response signal in a particular communication cell. In response the network controller enters a point-to-multipoint broadcast mode of operation or modifies the delivery of the broadcast service in that communication cell.
Patent GB-2430239-A (GB)
Title: Intermediate bearing for universal shafts
Inventor: ROTH HANS
IPC: B60K17/24
Filed: 2006-09-12
Abstract: An intermediate bearing for universal shafts comprises a bearing support 2 with mounting surfaces 5, 6 which are adapted to be mounted on a component supporting the universal shaft 4. An elastic compensating part 3 accommodated in a base orifice 7 in the bearing support 2, and in which the universal shaft 4 is mounted so that it is able to vibrate. In order to provide a vertical compensation, the centre of the bearing can be positioned at different heights relative to the mounting surfaces 5, 6. For the purpose of the invention, the base orifice of the support bearing is made with a bigger extension than the elastic compensating part 3 at least in the vertical direction and the elastic compensating part 3 is vulcanised in at a different height relative to the bearing support 2 depending on the degree of vertical compensation afforded, and a filling 8 of additional vulcanised material closes the gap left free between the compensating part 3 and base orifice 7 is formed during the process of manufacturing the vulcanised part 3.
Patent GB-2430748-A (GB)
Title: System for the Attenuation of Water Bottom Multiples in Seismic Data Recorded by Pressure Sensors and Particle Motion Sensors
Inventor: BORRESEN CLAES NICHOLAI
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2005-08-23
Abstract: An up-going wavefield and a down-going wavefield are calculated at a sensor position from a pressure sensor signal and a particle motion sensor signal (43, 44). Then, an up-going wavefield is calculated at a water bottom position substantially without water bottom multiples from the up-going and down-going wavefields at the sensor position. In one embodiment, the up-going wavefield at the sensor position is backward propagated to the water bottom, resulting in an up-going wavefield at the water bottom (45). The down-going wavefield at the sensor position is forward propagated to the water bottom, resulting in a down-going wavefield at the water bottom (46). The up-going wavefield at the water bottom without water bottom multiples is calculated from the backward propagated up-going wavefield at the water bottom, the forward propagated down-going wavefield at the water bottom, and a reflection coefficient of the water bottom (48).
Patent GB-2439845-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for supporting a disk drive and disk drive test apparatus
Inventor: ORRISS DAVID JOHN
IPC: G11B33/08
Filed: 2006-03-16
Abstract: Apparatus is provided for supporting a disk drive (11) that has a disk which rotates in use about a disk axis and an arm which pivots over the disk in use about an arm axis. The disk axis and the arm axis are generally perpendicular to the plane of the disk. The apparatus includes a disk drive carrier (10) having a disk drive receiving portion (12) in which the disk drive (11) can be received and a housing (16) in which the carrier (10) can be received. In one aspect, a mounting arrangement is provided for supporting the carrier (10) within the housing (16) such that the centre of rotation of the carrier (10) is outside the disk drive receiving portion (12) of the carrier (10). In another aspect, a mounting arrangement is provided for supporting the carrier (10) within the housing (16), the mounting arrangement comprising a forced pivot (15) at or towards the opposite end of the disk drive carrier (10) and about which the carrier (10) is fixed for pivotal movement in the housing (16).
Patent GB-2437445-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for performing channel simulation
Inventor: SARKKINEN TIMO
IPC: H04J99/00
Filed: 2006-01-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for performing channel simulation. The device comprises a radio channel simulation block (110) and a memory (112) and it is configured to simulate a radio connection between a transmitter (106) and a receiver in real time. The device is further configured to simulate a radio connection between at least one interfering signal source (100 to 104) and the receiver in real time, and to store the simulation result in the memory (112), and to read the stored simulation results in real time from the memory (112) and add the results read to the simulation during simulation of the radio connection between the transmitter and the receiver.
Patent GB-2437450-A (GB)
Title: Tape drive
Inventor: OTA KENJI
IPC: G11B23/087
Filed: 2004-11-10
Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading frame 28 for receiving and supporting each tape cartridge 40A, 40B being different in case thicknesses and a holder 29 for holding the tape cartridge 40A, 40B by pressing the cartridge by leaf spring 33 for pressing and holding the upper surface of the main body. Case 1 is fixedly secured to the lower surface of the holder 29. The side wall 31 of the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensors 34, 35 for identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holder 29 is displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridge 40A, 40B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors 34, 35. The tape cartridge is loaded through a loading mouth which opens to face the loading frame whilst a first door and second door 43, 44 are adjacently disposed on the inside and swingably supported between a shielding position for shielding the loading moth and retreated inwardly as the tape is loaded, wherein a vertical space between the lower edge of the first door and the loading mouth is set larger than a vertical thickness of the thin cartridge and smaller than the thickness of the thick cartridge, and first and second sensors sense the swings of both doors and an output signal is used to judge the size of the tale cartridge being loaded.
Patent GB-2452966-A (GB)
Title: Condiment grinder having adjustor knob to adjust the space between the grinding elements
Inventor: TANG YU WING
IPC: A47J42/08
Filed: 2007-09-20
Abstract: A condiment grinder includes tapered inner grinding element 8 spaced apart from an outer grinding element (6, fig.1) with a space therebetween which defines the size of the ground product. A shaft 3 is connected at one end to the inner grinding element 8 for operating the grinder. Screw threads 11 formed on the shaft 3 and an adjuster knob 28 are engaged such that rotation of the adjuster knob 28 directly moves the inner grinding element 8 axially for adjusting the size of the ground condiment. A sleeve 16 fixed to the inner grinding element 8 slides axially on the shaft 3 but is fixed to rotate with the shaft 3. Mating snap-acting connectors (27, 35, fig.3) on the sleeve and the adjuster knob are joined by elastic deformation.