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Patent GB-2557655-A (GB)
Title: Medical injection device packaging
Inventor: MARK PHILLIP HORLOCK
IPC: B65D85/20
Filed: 2016-12-14
Abstract: Packaging 2 for an injection device 4 includes a channel 6 extending longitudinally to accommodate the injection device. The channel includes a longitudinal wall 8 adjoining a base wall 12. A handling recess 14 may be formed through the longitudinal wall. A positioning rib 22 extends longitudinally and protrudes from the base wall into the channel. The rib may be suitable for insertion into a positioning recess 24 of the injection device, may be offset laterally from the recess, may extend in or outside of a longitudinal field defined by the handling recess, and may have a concave shaped top wall (77, fig. 5.) The rib may also be arranged for stiffening the handling recess. Methods of stowing an injection device, stiffing an injection device packaging, and extracting an injection device are also claimed.
Patent GB-2544907-A (GB)
Title: Optical shaft twist angle measurement methods and systems
Inventor: BHARGAV GAJJI
IPC: G01L3/08
Filed: 2014-07-28
Abstract: A system includes a shaft and a light path surface coupled to or integrated with the shaft. The light path surface is displaced as a function of twist angle at a point along the shaft. The system also includes a sensor configured to measure the light path length that varies according to displacement of the light path surface. The system also includes a processing unit that determines a twist angle value for the point along the shaft based on the measured light path length.
Patent GB-2559738-A (GB)
Title: Animal tongue-tie
Inventor: ROBERT PATTON
IPC: B68B1/06
Filed: 2017-02-10
Abstract: A tongue-tie 10 comprising a rigid or semi-rigid tongue-engaging member 12, means for holding the animals tongue 14A against the tongue-engaging member, and means for coupling the tongue-engaging member to the animals head 14B. The tongue-engaging member 12 may be a plate or rod with two ends 16, 18 and a concave, tongue contacting underside surface 22 with optional anti slip material. The means 14A, and 14B may be a single flexible, adjustable strap 14 coupled to the device by apertures 36, 38. In use, the horses tongue is passed through loop 40 such that the tongue engaging member 12 sits on the tongue and prevents the tongue moving over the bit and/or blocking the airway.
Patent GB-2553024-A (GB)
Title: Police vehicle monitor
Inventor: PAUL KENNETH DELLOCK
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2017-06-13
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring the distance of wearable nodes140 from a police vehicle 100 and controlling vehicle operations based upon the distance exceeding a threshold. A police vehicle includes first beacons 110 positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle and second beacons 112 positioned on a lightbar of the police vehicle. The chassis beacons and/or the lightbar beacons are used to track the distance from the vehicle of one or more wearable nodes 140 associated with a police officer 142. This can be achieved by using received signal strength values from the node(s). Responsive to the distance satisfying a first threshold, the police vehicle will lock doors and roll up windows. If the distance then satisfies a second, closer, distance, the doors will unlock. Alerts relating to cabin temperature, approaching objects, seat occupancy can be provided either to the wearable node or be output via directly the vehicle depending on whether or not the node is detected to be in the vehicle. The invention ensures that a police vehicle is secured even when a police officer leaves their vehicle in a hurry, perhaps in pursuit of a suspect.
Patent GB-2550742-A (GB)
Title: Determination of density
Inventor: Benjamin John Cantwell
IPC: G01N23/083
Filed: 2016-02-24
Abstract: A method of radiological examination of an object for determining the volumetric electron density of a predetermined interrogation region of the object is described. The method comprises the steps of: irradiating the predetermined interrogation region of an object under test with high energy radiation such as x-rays or gamma-rays and collecting radiation emergent from the object at a suitable detector system in such manner that emergent radiation intensity data is collected for the interrogation region of the object under test; numerically processing the radiation intensity data to obtain a first data item correlated to the total number of electrons within the interrogation region; using a non-radiological measuring technique to obtain a second data item correlated the volume of the interrogation region; using the first and second data items to derive an indication of the mean volumetric electron density of the interrogation region.
Patent GB-2553691-A (GB)
Title: Injection water pre-treatment and injection system and method
Inventor: JOSE LUIS PLASENCIA
IPC: E21B43/20
Filed: 2016-03-22
Abstract: A system and a method for groundwater pre-treatment and injection are disclosed. The pre-treatment and injection system comprises subsea water wells (1, 1') connectable to a water injection system (2) comprising a water injection pump (3) in flow communication with a water injection well (4), wherein the subsea water wells (1, 1') are made as a hole into a groundwater holding strata under the mud-line (ML) with a water permeable (9') or non-permeable (9) completion using the seafloor soil for filtration, with an inner tubing (12, 12') connectable to the seawater injection system (2) via a valve (5).
Patent GB-2557005-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for providing ultrapure water
Inventor: IGNAZIO DENTICI
IPC: C02F103/04
Filed: 2017-10-05
Abstract: A water treatment apparatus to provide ultrapure water comprises in sequence: (a) a reverse osmosis (RO) unit 10; then (b) a capacitive deionisation (CDI) unit 16; and then (c) an electrodeionisation (EDI) unit 22. Suitably, the apparatus further comprises a UV irradiation unit and/or a degassing unit. In a further aspect, a method of maintaining a capacitive deionisation unit in a method for providing ultrapure water comprises the steps of: (i) receiving a signal from a downstream device that ultrapure water is required; (ii) passing the feed water through the RO unit; (iii) passing RO permeate water through the CDI unit to remove hardness forming ions; (iv) passing the water from the CDI unit to the EDI unit to remove ions and carbon dioxide, to provide ultrapure water to the downstream device; (v) receiving a signal from the downstream device that purified water is no longer required; (vi) passing more feedwater through the RO and CDI units so that the CDI unit discharges the removed ions of step (iii) in a CDI discharge stream; and (vii) directing the CDI discharge stream away from the EDI unit.
Patent GB-2552123-A (GB)
Title: Non-uniform constellations
Inventor: BELKACEM MOUHOUCHE
IPC: H04L27/34
Filed: 2014-06-09
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data are disclosed wherein non-uniform constellations are used that are maximized for performance e.g. capacity and Signal to Noise (SNR) gain compared to uniform constellations. A non-uniform constellation is one where the constellation points are not regularly spaced. A method for transmitting data comprises the steps of: mapping data to one or more constellation points of a non-uniform constellation; and transmitting a signal according to the constellation points to which the data are mapped, wherein the non-uniform constellation comprises a 64-QAM constellation optimized for a coding rate of 5/15 according to the following Table, wherein the Table gives the constellation points for a first quadrant and the constellation points for the other three quadrants are given by symmetry:
Patent GB-2572344-A (GB)
Title: Forearm exercise grip device
Inventor: BEN SINCLAIR
IPC: A63B21/055
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: A forearm exercise grip device comprises a frame 115 with a gripping portion (105, fig 3) and a band 135. A connecting portion 120 extends from opposing ends of the gripping portion and includes an arcuate bend (125, fig 3) that may extend to bearings 130 on each side of the connecting portion. An elastic band with a loop wraps around each respective bearing. A user places the gripping portion of the frame in his hand, and then extends his fingers to, depending on size of hand and strength, one or both of a proximal or distal section of the band. The user squeezes the band directionally toward the gripping portion, which thereby exercises the user's forearm and hand muscles.
Patent GB-2580361-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of obtaining data rfom a video game
Inventor: DANIEL GOLDMAN
IPC: G06T7/246
Filed: 2019-01-04
Abstract: A video game image comprising at least one avatar is inputted 310 and a pose of the avatar is detected 320. Status boxes are assigned 330 to portions of the avatar and the positions of the status boxes with respect to the avatar are determined 340 based on the pose of the avatar using correlation between poses and status boxes. Avatar status data is produced 350 indicating of the position of avatar status boxes with respect to the avatar. One or more indicator images are generated 360 for the avatar in accordance with the avatar status data and the video image is augmented 370 with the indicator images in response to the pose of the avatar. Status boxes may be hit-boxes or hurt-boxes, for example a hit-box may be mapped to a first avatar’s leg, foot, or hand, and a hurt-box may be mapped to a head or torso of a second avatar. The method enables data to be obtained from video games without reverse engineering source code. A correlation processor, such as a neural network, may be trained to determine correlations between avatar poses and avatar-status boxes using in-game interactions between first and second avatars.
Patent GB-2571438-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for exercising a person's legs
Inventor: LEE ROBERT MORTON
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 2019-01-10
Abstract: An apparatus 2 for exercising a person's legs 6 comprises: a platform 8 on which the person 4 stands; a bar 10 for extending across the person's upper body 12; at least one length of stretchable material 14 which in use extends upwardly from the platform 8; first and second lengths of non-stretchable material 16 which in useextends downwardly from the bar 10 and are connected to the stretchable material 14 and length-adjusting means 20 for adjusting the length of the non‑stretchable material 16 such that the length of stretchable material 14 gives a desired resistance when the person is performing the leg exercise and is moving from a first position to a second position, with the second position being higher than the first position. Wherein the platform 8 includes first and second roller formations 44 on an underside of the platform 8 adjacent first and second apertures 34.
Patent GB-2575718-A (GB)
Title: Evaluation of an amount of a substance contained within circulating blood
Inventor: HRAND MAMI MAMIGONIANS
IPC: G01R27/26
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: Apparatus for and method of determining an amount of a substance (i.e. glucose) contained in blood within human body tissue. Application region 105 of an apparatus makes skin contact, electrodes 106, which may be substantially parallel, present an active region. Force is measured by sensor (408 figure 4) and if sufficient force is applied selected pairs of electrodes are capacitively-coupled to the tissue, producing electric fields that penetrate the tissue and provide output data from which the amount of the substance is calculated. If insufficient or excessive force is applied coupling is inhibited, and the device may indicate that more or less force is necessary (figures 16 and 17). A second, orthogonal set of electrodes may be provided (figure 9). The transmitter and receiver electrodes may be scanned through via a multiplexer (figure 8) to penetrate different layers of the tissue (figure 20). Machine learning techniques may be applied to the data to calculate substance amounts.
Patent GB-2585227-A (GB)
Title: Saliva testing
Inventor: Stefano Borini
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 2019-07-04
Abstract: A system 200 for performing an ELISA, ELONA or other saliva-based test comprises (i) a saliva receiver having an inlet channel 202 for collecting saliva from a user and guiding it into (ii) an incubation chamber 206 having bioreceptors which bind to an analyte and reagent of the saliva, providing an incubated solution, (iii) a test chamber 208 which receives the incubated solution and having electrodes used to perform a biosensing test on the solution, (iv) a controller which controls the electrodes to perform the test and (v) a user interface to indicate the status of the user based on the result of the said test. The system includes a narrowing/constriction 204 of the inlet channel and an openable vent hole 210 downstream of the narrowing and/or incubation chamber; the hole assisting flow of the collected saliva through the receiver and toward the incubation chamber. Further openable vents 212, 216, 224 may also be included. A method of performing an assay using the said system is also provided.
Patent GB-2587009-A (GB)
Title: Combining QKD and classical communication
Inventor: Andrew lord
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2019-09-12
Abstract: In the description prior art arrangements with one fibre of a pair of fibres carrying dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) traffic one way and the other carrying DWDM traffic the other way are shown. The two fibres may reuse wavelengths and QKD signals may be multiplexed on the fibres alongside the DWDM signals. The claims specify using one fibre 314 of a pair of optical to carry DWDM traffic in both directions, whilst using the other fibre 315 to carry QKD traffic. Using one fibre to carry DWDM traffic in both directions leaves the second fibre free for QKD use and reducing noise effects on the QKD signals, and could be used with the prior art fibre pairs.
Patent GB-2580518-A (GB)
Title: Smart internet of things menus with cameras
Inventor: RACHID ALAMEH
IPC: H04M1/72415
Filed: 2019-11-27
Abstract: An image is captured of an IOT device using a camera of an electronic communications device. The IOT device is identified. The image of the IOT device is displayed on a display of the electronic communications device. A user of the electronic communications device is identified. A customized IOT device control menu is displayed for the IOT device based on the user’s identity. The IOT device may also be identified using the Received Signal Strength indicator (RSSI) level of the IOT device received at the electronic communications device and a determined size of the displayed image of the IOT device, wherein it is determined that the RSSI level and the size of the displayed image both correspond to the same distance within a predetermined tolerance. Further aspects of the invention generate the customised IOT device control menu using retrieved data regarding historical behaviour of the user and also provide identifying the IOT device using the captured image. The IOT device may be a lighting fixture. The user may be identified using facial recognition.
Patent GB-2590380-A (GB)
Title: Optical bonding process and bonded assembly obtained therefrom
Inventor: HUNOR THORSTEN CUTLAC
IPC: G02F1/1679
Filed: 2019-12-13
Abstract: An assembly comprising a cover panel 1, a display panel 2 opposite the cover panel, and a bonding layer provided between the cover and display panels. The bonding layer comprises a liquid optical bonding material 4 mixed with spacers 5. The spacers have the same refractive index as the bonding material. A method is provided involving mixing spacers in a liquid optical bonding material. The mixed bonding material is poured on a display panel to form an optical bonding layer. A cover panel is applied over the display panel covered with the bonding layer. The display is then pressed to the cover panel until the spacers are evenly distributed throughout the bonding layer, and the bonding layer is cured. Optionally, the liquid bonding material is silicone, and the spacers are made of silicone gel. Ideally the spacers are spheres of equal diameters and provide a thickness of 300 to 500μm.
Patent GB-2583183-A (GB)
Title: Smart bath mirror
Inventor: XIANFENG WU
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2019-06-03
Abstract: A smart bath mirror, comprising a mirror face (1) and edge covering plates (2); a top end of the mirror face (1) is provided with a functional box (3), wherein the functional box (3) is externally provided with an illuminance sensor (301) and an infrared sensor (302), and the functional box (3) is internally provided with an inclined plate assembly (303), a piston (304), a telescopic light-emitting plate (305) and a controller (308); the inclined plate assembly (303) comprises a first inclined plate (3031) and a second inclined plate (3032); the telescopic light-emitting plate (305) comprises a first light-emitting plate (3051) and a second light-emitting plate (3052) that may telescopically slide along the first light-emitting plate (3051), a tail end of the first light-emitting plate (3051) is slidably connected to the first inclined plate (3031), and a tail end of the second light-emitting plate (3052) is slidably connected to the second inclined plate (3032); the first light-emitting plate (3051) and a top part of the functional box (3) are connected by means of the piston (304); the inclined plate assembly (303) and a bottom part of the functional box (3) are provided therebetween with trigger switches (306), and the bottom part of the functional box (3) is provided with a sealed cover (307); when a detection value of the illuminance sensor (301) is lower than a threshold and the infrared sensor (302) senses that a moving object is present in front of the mirror face (1), the piston (304) is controlled to elongate; and when the trigger switches (306) are triggered, the sealed cover (307) is controlled to open and the telescopic light-emitting plate (305) is simultaneously controlled to illuminate, which is thus a safe and effective manner of illumination for a bath mirror device.
Patent GB-2593898-A (GB)
Title: Fastening Mechanism
Inventor: STEVEN LAWSON
IPC: B25B23/16
Filed: 2020-04-06
Abstract: A fastening mechanism 2 comprises a female component 6 with a bore 20 that receives a male component 4 having a groove 12 and a cutaway (14, Figure 4). A locking member 24 extends across the bore. The groove extends around an outer surface of the male component and receives the locking member in a first configuration. The cutaway extends from the groove and receives the locking member in a second configuration. The engagement prevents displacement between the male and female components. The male component may comprise a handle. The female component may comprise an end fitting. The male component may comprise a flat key surface axially extending between a distal end and the groove. The male component may have a stop 8a against which the locking member abuts. A biasing member such as a magnet or spring may force the locking member into the cutaway in the second configuration.
Patent GB-2588272-A (GB)
Title: Portable brain function monitor
Inventor: RAJAGOPAL CHENNAKESAVALU
IPC: A61B5/291
Filed: 2020-07-01
Abstract: A wearable portable brain function monitoring device 1 having a headband 3 and a muscle loop (fig.5, 6), which may be worn on the arm or leg, in which a plurality of graphene and/or photonic sensors 4 are embedded in fabric or stainless steel for detecting at least changes in the amplitude and frequency of brain waves (electroencephalogram (EEG) and circulation before seizures, the device being set up to warn of impending seizures. The device may be adapted to create individualised warnings by means of artificial intelligence. The device may alert the person, caregiver, a responsible adult, affiliated organisations or emergency services at the onset of a seizure. A video recorder may record the event to provide visual evidence. Changes in heart rate, respiration, muscle activity and bloody oxygen may be detected. The device may diagnose epilepsy, strokes, intraventricular haemorrhage and transient ischemic attacks. The headband may also detect the onset of drowsiness and alert drivers, operators and pilots.
Patent GB-2597684-A (GB)
Title: Hairstyling device
Inventor: ELIZABETH CHANIA HICKEY
IPC: A45D7/02
Filed: 2020-07-29
Abstract: A hairstyling device (straightener or curler) is provided comprising a heatable hair contact member having a hair-contactable surface, the hair contact member being operable to apply heat to a tress of hair of a user via the hair-contactable surface. The hairstyling device comprises a controller configured to determine that the hair contact member is moving along the tress from a first end of the tress (e.g. hair root) towards a second end of the tress (e.g. hair tip). The controller is configured to, based on the determining, control heating of the hair contact member to cause the operating temperature of the hair contact member to change as the hair contact member moves along the tress from the first end of the tress (root) towards the second end of the tress (tip). One embodiment is that the temperature is controlled to increase with movement from root towards tip. The heating may be controlled based on a determined displacement from the first end of the tress (from the root). Additionally, the heating may be controlled, such as rate of temperature increase, based on a determined speed of the movement, determined by a sensor. The sensor may be an Inertial Measurement Unit, IMU.
Patent GB-2587126-A (GB)
Title: Biometric processes
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G10L17/10
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, devices and computer program products for authenticating a user based on a comparison of audio signals to a stored voice model for an authorised user. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining a first audio signal that comprises a representation of a bone conducted signal, wherein the bone conducted signal is conducted via at least part of the user's skeleton; obtaining a second audio signal that comprises a representation of an air conducted signal; and, responsive to a determination that the first audio signal comprises a voice signal, enabling updates to the stored voice model for the authorised user based on the second audio signal.
Patent GB-2601371-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for seeding and crop establishment
Inventor: DAVID HOWARD HOLLOWAY
IPC: A01M21/04
Filed: 2020-11-30
Abstract: A method of suppressing weed growth on an underlying soil substrate, comprises: (i) providing a moving carriage 2 having mounted thereon; a soil collecting device 4; a soil sterilizer device 30; a sterilized soil dispensing device (50, figure 1); and a weed barrier laying device 54; (ii) moving the carriage along or close to a path on which a weed barrier is to be laid; (iii) collecting soil from an underlying soil substrate using the soil collecting device; (iv) passing the soil through the soil sterilizer device to kill weeds present in the soil and provide a stock of sterilized soil; (v) laying the weed barrier onto the underlying soil substrate using the weed barrier laying device; (vi) depositing sterilized soil on to the laid weed barrier using the sterilized soil dispensing device so as to cover the weed barrier and hold it in place on the substrate; and optionally (vii) irrigating the dispensed sterilized soil and weed barrier. The invention also provides a method of suppressing weed growth as above but wherein the weed barrier is seed-bearing, as well as an apparatus for use in suppressing weed growth on an underlying soil substrate.