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Patent GB-2595695-A (GB)
Title: Modular electrical accessory
Inventor: MICHAEL JAMES GODFREY
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 2020-06-03
Abstract: A modular electrical accessory 300 for a building has a housing 310 for attaching to a building structure and an electrical backplane mounted in the housing. The electrical backplane 320 is configured to be electrically wired to an electrical circuit associated with the building in order to receive electrical power from the electrical circuit. A user-replaceable electrical accessory module 330 is removably connectable to the electrical backplane by a user. A securing means is configured to secure the user-replaceable electrical accessory module to the housing. The modules may be switches or sockets such as USB sockets. The module may comprise transceivers for data communication. A further embodiment relates to communications between different electrical assembly modules.
Patent GB-2584239-A (GB)
Title: Dynamically constructing and configuring a conversational agent learning model
Inventor: GIUSEPPE CIANO
IPC: G06F16/30
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: An approach is described with respect to dynamically constructing and configuring a conversational agent learning model. Various aspects of the conversational agent learning model may be constructed and updated without continuous intervention of a domain administrator. A method pertaining to such approach may include retrieving a corpus of information. The corpus of information may include records from a set of repositories and external data, including data from social networks or applications. The method further may include configuring the conversational agent learning model based upon the retrieved corpus of information. The method further may include deploying the conversational agent learning model by facilitating interaction between the conversational agent learning model and a plurality of clients. The method further may include updating the conversational agent learning model to address any modification to the corpus of information.
Patent GB-2598139-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for establishing the presence of a user at a tag device
Inventor: PETER BRIGHAM
IPC: G07C9/28
Filed: 2020-08-20
Abstract: System for establishing the presence of a user at a stationary location tag, comprising: a tag 12 providing time dependent output; and a server 36 that receives tag data from a user, extracts the time data and stores said time data. The system may comprise multiple tags with unique IDs, the tags’ output including the tag ID. The tag device may include: a real time clock 20 where the tag output changes periodically relative thereto; and an encryption module 24 configured to encrypt clock and tag ID as a displayed image, such as a QR code 50. The tag output may comprise a URL providing an address of the server. A user reader device 32 may optically scan the tag output and communicate the tag data to the server along with a user ID, via the URL. The server may store a sequence of check-ins indicative of a, or multiple, users being present at multiple tags at various times (Figs. 5-7) in order to track the movements of the users or operate a queuing system.
Patent GB-2589727-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for automatic antenna alignment
Inventor: Jason Buydens
IPC: H04B17/12
Filed: 2019-05-28
Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for automatic antenna alignment. The method comprises receiving a request to initiate antenna alignment; collecting location data from the drone; collecting location data from the target device; calculating bearing and altitude of the drone and the target device using the collected location data; and aligning the drone with the target device based on the calculated bearing and altitude.
Patent GB-2600440-A (GB)
Title: An electro-optical system and a method of designing the same
Inventor: MICHAEL EDWARDS
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 2020-10-29
Abstract: An electro-optical system has a non-hemispherical, non-planar, environmental window 2, a transmissive optical corrector 3 an optical train 4 a sensor 5 disposed to receive optical rays that have passed through the window, optical corrector and optical train; and a steering means 6 adapted to steer the line of sight of the sensor about the field of regard. The surface geometry of the environmental window and of the optical corrector are designed using matched surface sagitta equations which have: a) base biconic equation: =2+ 21+ √1−(1+)22 –(1+)22 in which: Z is the Sagitta whereby z=0 is located at the intersection of the surface and optical axis; c is curvature in x or y where in x and y are orthogonal directions about the optical axis; k is conic constant in x or y; and cx=1/Rx cy=1/Ry R is 25 radius of curvature in x or y; and b) optionally, one or more further terms that define aspheric and/or or free form deviations from the base biconic equation, to provide a substantially uniform wave front error and substantially uniform magnification across the field of regard.
Patent GB-2602837-A (GB)
Title: Methods and controllers for controlling memory operations field
Inventor: MARTIN LYSEJKO
IPC: H04L1/18
Filed: 2021-01-19
Abstract: A method for controlling memory operations comprises identifying a plurality of data sets to store in memory S1501, each data set comprising two of more bits ordered from most to least significant. A first plurality of the bits are stored in memory to define a stored portion of each data set S1502, the first plurality of bits comprising one or more selected successive first bits, including the most significant bit, of each data set. A further plurality of the bits, comprising one or more further selected bits of each data set, are stored in memory S1503. The further bits are outside the stored portion and include the most significant bit outside the stored portion of each data set. A further method includes identifying a plurality of data sets to read from memory, and similarly choosing first and further pluralities of bits from the data sets to read from memory. The data sets may be LLR (log-likelihood ratio) words or samples stored in a HARQ buffer. A controller for carrying out the above methods may comprise a HARQ buffer manager coordinating transfer of LLR samples to or from DDR memory.
Patent GB-2604189-A (GB)
Title: Packaged lubricated condom
Inventor: QUN SU
IPC: A61L31/14
Filed: 2021-03-30
Abstract: A packaged condom comprising a sealed package and, within the package, a condom comprising natural rubber latex and/or synthetic polyisoprene. The condom comprises, on one or more surfaces thereof and in contact with the natural rubber latex and/or synthetic polyisoprene, an aqueous lubricant. The aqueous lubricant comprises a thickener and, in a total amount of 5-25 % by weight of the lubricant, one or more organic compounds independently selected from the group consisting of a polyhydric alcohol and a sugar, each of said one or more organic compounds having at least 4 hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of from 120 to 10000. Preferably the organic compound is a monosaccharide, disaccharide or sugar alcohol. Most preferably the organic compound is maltitol. Also provided is a method of preparing the packaged condom and the use of the aqueous lubricant to lubricate one or more surfaces of a condom.
Patent GB-2592781-A (GB)
Title: System and method for contamination monitoring
Inventor: KAI HSU
IPC: G01N15/06
Filed: 2019-10-17
Abstract: A method includes receiving first fluid property data from a sample flowline of a focused sampling system and receiving second fluid property data from a guard flowline of the focused sampling system. The sample flowline and the guard flowline are each configured to sample formation fluid from a hydrocarbon reservoir, the formation fluid includes native formation fluid and a contaminant, and the first fluid property data includes an optical density of the native formation fluid and the second fluid property data includes an optical density of the contaminant.
Patent GB-2608805-A (GB)
Title: Gas block
Inventor: RALPH CALDECOTT
IPC: C25B15/08
Filed: 2021-07-09
Abstract: A gas block (10) for the removal of multiple contaminants from a gaseous stream from an electrolyser, such as an AEM electrolyser (figure 1, 1). The gas block (10) comprises at least one inlet (13), the at least one inlet being configured to receive a gaseous stream from an electrolyzer, and at least two outlets (12, 14), wherein the first outlet (12) is configured for the removal of liquid from the gas block, and the second outlet (14) is configured for the release of the gaseous stream from the gas block. A first removal chamber (15) is situated along a flow path of the gaseous stream between the at least one inlet and the first outlet, the first removal chamber being for removal of liquid and/or vapour from the gaseous stream. A second removal chamber (16) is situated along a flow path of the gaseous stream between the first removal chamber and the second outlet, the second removal chamber being for removal of degraded products from the gaseous stream. The block may be manufactured though additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Patent GB-2603983-A (GB)
Title: View generation using one or more neural networks
Inventor: Siddhant Pardeshi
IPC: G06T15/20
Filed: 2021-08-25
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate image or video content representing at least one point of view. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate 556 one or more images of one or more objects from a first point of view based at least in part upon one or more images of the one or more objects from a second point of view. The embodiments may also process the image to provide instance segmentation to identify features for the one or more objects in the one or more second images. The neural networks may use a variational autoencoder (VAE) to encode the features of the one or more objects into a latent space.
Patent GB-2610810-A (GB)
Title: Energy store mounting arrangement
Inventor: JAMES DAVID BIRCH
IPC: H02B1/40
Filed: 2021-09-10
Abstract: A storage system comprises an electrical energy store 4, preferably in the form of one or more batteries, supported by a chassis or casing 6 configured to at least partially enclose the energy store. A mounting structure 2 is configured to mount the chassis or casing to a support structure 8, such as a wall or the ground or floor. One or more decorative panels (24, Fig 2) is removably attached to the exterior of the chassis or casing. The panel(s) may be secured to the chassis by clip-fixing, snap-fixing and/or magnetic attraction, and may extend continuously around a periphery of the chassis or casing. Vent apertures (64/68, Fig 6) may be provided in the chassis and/or removable panel. The mounting structure may comprise a framework or lattice 10 surrounding the chassis or casing, so that it supports at least a portion of its weight. An illumination device (32, Fig 3) may be provided, preferably surrounding the chassis and/or mounting structure. An electrical power convertor may be supported by the chassis along with the batteries. The invention provides a practical and aesthetic solution for mounting batteries within a home or commercial environment, such that it can be visually prominent.
Patent GB-2610878-A (GB)
Title: An outlet nozzle arrangement for a drink dispensing apparatus
Inventor: Tobias Johannes Kelderman
IPC: B67D1/07
Filed: 2021-09-21
Abstract: A beverage dispenser comprises a nozzle arrangement 10 including a plurality of nozzles, where at least one is an outlet nozzle for dispensing a drinkable fluid and at least one is a cleaning return nozzle. A cleaning chamber 14 is repeatably movable between a stowed position and a deployed position for cleaning the nozzle arrangement, the cleaning chamber having an internal cavity 16 which receives the nozzles in a sealed manner when in the deployed position. The cleaning chamber may include a well for each of the nozzles which could have a sidewall that redirects cleaning fluid from the outlet nozzle along its exterior surface. The chamber may be stowed or deployed via a drive mechanism, which could include a drive arm. The cleaning chamber may form part of a cleaning circuit in which sanitising fluid could be circulated through one or more drink preparation modules and the cleaning chamber housing prior to being sent to an external drain.
Patent GB-2612808-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of components for vehicle batteries
Inventor: STEVE JONES
IPC: H01M50/50
Filed: 2021-11-12
Abstract: Manufacturing an electrically insulated cluster (300) of cylindrical electrical cells (100) for a vehicle battery. The method comprises providing (402) a cluster (300) of cylindrical electrical cells (100), the cluster having a first end (304), a second end (302) opposite the first end, and a contoured side surface (310) extending between the first and second ends. The electrical cells (100) of the cluster each have parallel longitudinal axes aligned between the first and second ends. The method (400) comprises providing (404) a sheet (218) of electrically insulating film; wrapping (406) the sheet (218) around the contoured side surface (310) of the cluster (300) to engage a first surface (218c) of the sheet (218) with the contoured side surface (310) and surround the contoured side surface (310) of the cluster to electrically insulate the contoured side surface (310) of the cluster; and adhering (408) the first surface (218c) of the sheet to the contoured side surface (310). Thus, dielectric coverage of the contoured side surface of the cluster is provided. The method may comprise moulding a sheet to the contoured surface by pressing a jig against the surface.
Patent GB-2599535-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents including an imidazole-comprising compound
Inventor: SIMONETTA GENINATTI CRICH
IPC: A61K49/18
Filed: 2020-05-27
Abstract: Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agents including an imidazole-comprising compound,wherein the imidazole-comprising compound comprises at least 5 imidazole moieties, and wherein the imidazole moieties are in an immobilized state so that in use the longitudinal water proton relaxation rate at 1.38±0.3MHz (Proton Larmor Frequency) increases of at least 10%of the pre-contrast value.
Patent GB-2599056-A (GB)
Title: Communication system, communication device, and communication control method
Inventor: TAKESHI MARUYAMA
IPC: H04W84/14
Filed: 2020-04-01
Abstract: Provided is a communication system used for an electric power system, and provided with a plurality of communication devices for transferring a packet including identification information of a transfer destination by wireless communication. The communication device receives a specific packet that is the abovementioned packet including specific type information regardless of the identification information, and when receiving the specific packet, performs discard processing for discarding the packet including type information different from that of the specific packet during a predetermined period, and the communication device as the transfer destination transfers the received specific packet including identification information of another transfer destination by wireless communication.
Patent GB-2602565-A (GB)
Title: Image based captcha challenges
Inventor: WEI LIU
IPC: G06F21/36
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: Providing access to a resource, comprising obtaining one or more first images having a unknown characteristics and one or more second images having a known characteristic, providing the one or more first and the one or more second images to a user device in a verification challenge, the verification challenge comprising one or more instructions presented to the user of the user device, the instructions based at least in part on the unknown characteristic of the one or more first images and the known characteristic of the one or more second images, determining based at least partly on the response to the verification challenge from the user device the unknown characteristic of the one or more first images, then providing a verification token to the user device, in response to determining the unknown characteristic of the first image, receiving, by the one or more computing devices, the verification token from a resource provider, in response to providing the verification token to the user device; validating, by the one or more computing devices, the verification token from the resource provider; and providing data indicative of the validation to the resource provider, to provide the user device with access to the resource.
Patent GB-2605017-A (GB)
Title: Non-animal based protein sources with functional properties
Inventor: KRITIKA MAHADEVAN
IPC: C12N15/81
Filed: 2020-08-19
Abstract: Provided herein are compositions with enhanced protein content, compositions with functional proteins, protein combinations and methods for the preparation thereof.
Patent GB-2617061-A (GB)
Title: Gas torch and cooking apparatus
Inventor: SHAHRIYAR VAFAIEFARD
IPC: A47J36/26
Filed: 2022-03-21
Abstract: A gas torch 100, for use as a cooking device, comprises a first gas line 105, a second gas line 110, and a ball-joint 115 having a throughbore 120 coupling the first gas line to the second gas line. The gas torch also has an arm 135 coupled to the second gas line that acts as a handle for manually orienting the second gas line relative to the first gas line. A cooking apparatus (400, fig 4) comprises the gas torch and a support (410, fig 4) for a food item (415, fig 4) to be cooked, such as a bread, naan, flatbread or chapati, where the gas torch can be manually oriented to direct a flow of gas towards the support. The cooking apparatus may include a second gas torch having a third gas line, where the second gas torch is configured to heat the support.
Patent GB-2619087-A (GB)
Title: An electrolysis apparatus and a burner
Inventor: THOMAS W K LAM
IPC: C25B1/04
Filed: 2022-05-27
Abstract: Electrolysis apparatus for generating oxygen and hydrogen which comprises: a water storage tank 210, at least one electrolysis cell 100a-100d for electrolysing water fed from the tank 210 to generate oxygen and hydrogen which are separated by a proton exchange membrane and are discharged through respective oxygen and hydrogen discharge pipes 124 & 134. During use at least a portion of water in the electrolysis cell 100a-100d is recycled back to the tank 210 by the oxygen discharge pipe 124 with the recycled water being cooled by a heat exchanger 220a arranged externally to the electrolysis cell 100a-100d. An oxygen/hydrogen burner comprises one or more chambers 2, each comprising an oxygen inlet 3A-3D and at least one oxygen exhaust aperture 4 and a hydrogen feed pipe 5 for each exhaust aperture 4, each feed pipe 5 passing through each chamber 2 and having an outlet end 6 of cross-sectional diameter of 0.25 mm less which passes through an oxygen or hydrogen exhaust aperture. The burner can be used in a central heating boiler, a cooker or a welding / brazing torch.
Patent GB-2619950-A (GB)
Title: Improving fatigue resistance of steel catenary risers
Inventor: DANIEL KARUNAKARAN
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2022-06-22
Abstract: A method of installing a steel catenary riser includes progressively unspooling and launching the riser into water from a reel-lay vessel 10. The riser is plastically deformed in a straightening process aboard the vessel, downstream of unspooling and upstream of launching the riser. The straightening process is adjusted to form at least one residual curvature loop 28 of locally increased curvature in a length of the riser that will be suspended in the water above a touch-down point in use. Ballast weights 34 are then attached to the at least one region of increased curvature. Buoyancy elements (fig 9, 42) may be attached to the riser above the curved region.
Patent GB-2613920-A (GB)
Title: Generating shadows for digital objects within digital images utilizing a height map
Inventor: YIFAN LIU
IPC: G06T15/60
Filed: 2022-08-09
Abstract: A method comprising: generating a height map for an object in an image, determining a shadow projection of the digital object using the height map, and modifying the image to include the object shadow. The shadow may be a soft shadow and may be projected onto a non-planar surface. The height-map may be generated by extracting an object mask and inputting it to a neural network. The method may comprise a GUI wherein the user may alter parameters such the position of the object or the softness of the shadow. The shadow projection may be determined based on the height map and the location of the light source and may utilise a ray-tracing model. Shadows may be generated for multiple objects in the image.
Patent GB-2619808-A (GB)
Title: Private and secure chat connection mechanism for use in a private communication architecture
Inventor: BEN WEI CHEN
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2023-04-24
Abstract: A method for establishing secure chat in a public cloud network. The public cloud network comprises a plurality of internet ecosystems each comprising a secure chat portal (SCP), virtual machine servers (VMS) linked to the SCP, and virtual private metaverses (VPM). Each VPM includes a virtual local area network (LAN) router linked to a corresponding VMS, and a LAN mode secure chatroom linked to the virtual LAN router. A chat host, Host User-1, sends a client credential, 1500/1540, to at least one invitee, Invitee User-2, through a VMS. The host and the invitee sign-in to the SCP with the client credential, 1501/1511. A peer-to-peer (P2P) communication channel, 1541, is then established between the host and the invitee through the SCP. The host launches a secure chat application, 1503, and starts a secure chatroom with a chatroom credential, 1505. The host then sends, 1542, the chatroom credential to the invitee. The invitee launches the secure chat application, 1515, and signs-in to the secure chatroom with the chatroom credential, 1517. The host authenticates the invitee with the chatroom credential, 1507 and secure chat may proceed. Hosting or joining the secure chatroom requires no previous registration.
Patent GB-2615476-A (GB)
Title: Automatic detection of colon lesions and blood in colon capsule endoscopy
Inventor: JOÃO PEDRO SOUSA FERREIRA
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2021-11-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method, capable of automatically detecting clinically relevant colonic pleomorphic lesions and blood or hematic traces in colon capsule endoscopy images, by classifying pixels as colonic pleomorphic lesions or blood or hematic traces, using a convolutional image feature extraction step followed by a classification and indexing step of such findings into a set of one or more classes.
Patent GB-2615928-A (GB)
Title: Interactive monitoring and control system for a mineral extraction system
Inventor: Dinesh Kumar Dhamodaran
IPC: E21B21/08
Filed: 2021-11-16
Abstract: An interactive monitoring and control system for a mineral extraction system includes one or more processors configured to receive sensor data indicative of properties of components of the mineral extraction system and to provide a user interface for display via a display screen. The user interface includes a representation of the components of the mineral extraction system, includes the sensor data indicative of the properties of the components of the mineral extraction system, and enables a user to provide inputs to adjust the components of the mineral extraction system.
Patent GB-2617003-A (GB)
Title: Proactive anomaly detection
Inventor: HUI KANG
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2021-10-21
Abstract: Computer implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems are provided. For example, the method can, in response to receiving a request, collect trace data and specifications for a sequence of requests for normal behavior of a microservice application. The method can then generate request contextual features from the collected trace data and specification. The method can then train a neural network model based on the generated contextual features; and predict anomalous behavior of the microservice application using the trained neural network model.