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Patent GB-2548466-A (GB)
Title: System and methods for vehicle interior protection from precipitation
Inventor: BRANDON BEAUVAIS
IPC: E05F15/71
Filed: 2017-01-26
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for preventing damage to a vehicle interior due to precipitation. The method comprises determining the location of the vehicle; communicating said location to a weather prediction module and receiving a likelihood of precipitation in a predetermined radius of the vehicle; powering or turning on a precipitation sensor on the vehicle; receiving a precipitation signal from said sensor and transmitting a close signal to a window control module (See fig.2 flow chart). The systems include a location module 20, window control module 18, and rain sensor 14 all communicatively linked to a processor 12 which in turn communicates with a weather data module 22. The vehicle may further comprise a microphone to be turned on prior to turning on the precipitation sensor, where detection of a rainfall sound pattern results in a precipitation signal being sent to the processor. In a further aspect, the microphone may be used in place of the precipitation sensor to detect rainfall on the vehicle (See fig.3 flow chart). The system 10 may initially determine that at least one vehicle window is open. Weather data may be gathered from a third party meteorological forecasting website.
Patent GB-2561195-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic pump
Inventor: ERIC DALTON
IPC: F04B19/00
Filed: 2017-04-04
Abstract: An electromagnetic pump 100 and method of operation comprising a conduit 101 comprising an inlet 103 and an outlet 105. A first magnetic field generating unit 109 is provided for generating a first magnetic field in the conduit. A second magnetic field generating unit 111 is provided for generating a second magnetic field in the conduit, the second field direction being substantially opposite to the first field direction. A piston member 113 is disposed within the conduit, the piston member being moveable within the conduit under the influence of the first and/or second magnetic fields to pump fluid received from the inlet of the conduit to the outlet of the conduit. The first and second magnetic field generating units may operate at the same time, they may be driven by an alternating power cycle to periodically reverse the field directions. The magnetic fields may overlap creating an increased magnetic flux. The system may include a one way flow valve 117, the valve may be partially within the piston.
Patent GB-2552866-A (GB)
Title: Dedicated ray memory for ray tracing
Inventor: JOHN WILLIAM HOWSON
IPC: G06T15/06
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: A ray tracing unit is implemented in a graphics rendering system 100. The ray tracing unit comprises: processing logic 122 configured to perform ray tracing operations on rays, a dedicated ray memory 126 coupled to the processing logic 122 and configured to store ray data for rays to be processed by the processing logic, an interface 128 to a memory system, and control logic 124 configured to manage allocation of ray data to either the dedicated ray memory 126 or the memory system 114. Core ray data for rays to be processed by the processing logic is stored in the dedicated ray memory, and at least some non-core ray data for the rays is stored in the memory system. This allows core ray data for many rays to be stored in the dedicated ray memory without the size of the dedicated ray memory becoming too wasteful when the ray tracing unit is not in use.
Patent GB-2563262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the stability of work machines
Inventor: STEPHEN THOMPSON
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-06-08
Abstract: A method which predicts a risk of instability of one or more work machines moving along a route along terrain of a worksite, the method comprising using a navigation unit 22 to generate route data and sensors 21 to generate ground condition data indicative of ground condition, e.g. density of soil, gradient etc., of the terrain along the route. Sensors 21, e.g. LIDAR, measure surface topography and generates surface topography data. A processing unit 23 processes the route data, ground condition data and surface topography data to generate risk data indicative of a risk of instability along the route. The processing unit 23 also comprises machine inputs 26, outputs 27 and a communication module 28. Generating surface topography data may comprise generating simulated surface topography data and/or retrieving previously generated simulated or actual surface topography data from a memory. Reference is also made to a system for determining a risk of instability of a work machine. The system may be an external system (40, fig 4) which communicates with a surveying device (30), e.g. an UAV.
Patent GB-2552259-A (GB)
Title: Outdoor unit for air conditioner
Inventor: YUTAKA AOYAMA
IPC: F24F1/14
Filed: 2015-01-23
Abstract: This outdoor unit 1 for an air conditioner is provided with a plurality of fin-tube-type heat exchangers 6a, 6b, 6c in which a plurality of heat exchanger cores 12 comprising a plurality of heat-radiating fins 11 and a plurality of heat transfer tubes 10 that pass through the plurality of heat-radiating fins 11 and guide a refrigerant are superimposed in multiple rows, and a compressor 24. The plurality of fin-tube-type heat exchangers 6a, 6b, 6c are stacked in the vertical direction, and during a defrosting operation in which a high-temperature, high-pressure gas refrigerant is supplied to the plurality of fin-tube-type heat exchangers 6a, 6b, 6c by the compressor 24, the high-pressure gas refrigerant initially inflows to heat transfer tubes that, of the plurality of heat transfer tubes 10, are situated to the upwind side of contacting sections 11a of the plurality of fin-tube-type heat exchangers 6a, 6b, 6c.
Patent GB-2564477-A (GB)
Title: An access terminal control system
Inventor: ANAND BHANUSHALI
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2017-07-14
Abstract: An access terminal control system and method to permit utilisation of at least one of multiple operational features comprises a plurality of access terminals 1 each having at least one terminal feature, the terminals each being connected directly, or remotely, to a controlling server 200 which includes access to a plurality of operational features 207-211 each of which is transmissible to each of the access terminals to enable different specific operational features for each terminal to be customised for each purchaser of the system. The terminals and controlling server operate preferably act as a client-server system and the operational features are specific to the commercial operations of each purchaser. The terminal features may include a time and attendance feature or biometric authentication. The terminal feature may be controlled by the server in accordance with a time basis. The operational features are allocated to specific terminals on the basis of the location of the terminals. Communications between the terminals and the server can be encrypted. User validation may occur at the server 200. The terminals preferably have essentially identical construction and are configured on installation to meet the relevant commercial needs of the customer.
Patent GB-2552751-A (GB)
Title: Components for and methods of manufacturing toilet pan bodies and systems
Inventor: GARRY MOORE
IPC: A47K13/24
Filed: 2012-03-01
Abstract: A latch arrangement for a toilet pan body, the latch arrangement having a latch member 194 being moveable, when a toilet lid 56 is closed on a toilet pan 12, between latched and released positions, the latch member being under the toilet lid in the closed position and is arranged to push up under the toilet lid when in the released position. Also disclosed is a unitarily formed latch member, arranged to be pivotally mountable to a toilet lid, and moveable between latched and released positions, the latch member having an integral lifting handle 222 that is directly manually operable for directly lifting the toilet lid. Further disclosed is a toilet pan having a recess (190, figure 6A) in a surface thereof.
Patent GB-2559825-A (GB)
Title: Process
Inventor: THOMAS DAVISON
IPC: C07C273/14
Filed: 2017-10-03
Abstract: A process for the production of formaldehyde stabilised urea comprising: generating a synthesis gas (syngas) 18, dividing the syngas into two syngas streams, subjecting the first syngas stream 22 to one or more stages of water-gas shift 26 to form a shifted gas, cooling 28 the shifted gas to form a dried shifted gas, recovering carbon dioxide from the dried shifted gas to form a CO2 depleted syngas 32, methanation 38 of the CO2 depleted syngas to form an ammonia syngas, synthesising ammonia from the ammonia syngas 44 and recovering ammonia, reacting a portion of the ammonia and at least a portion of the recovered CO2 stream to form a urea stream 54 and stabilising the urea by mixing the urea stream and a stabiliser prepared using formaldehyde. The formaldehyde is prepared by passing the second syngas stream through a scrubber 66 to remove contaminants therefrom, and the scrubbed syngas is fed into a methanol synthesising unit 74. The off-gas from the methanol synthesising unit is combined with the shifted gas. Methanol recovered from the methanol synthesising unit is oxidised 60 with air to produce formaldehyde. A method for revamping a urea production process is also claimed.
Patent GB-2554213-A (GB)
Title: Distributed scintillation detector for downhole positioning
Inventor: DONALD KYLE
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2015-05-15
Abstract: A position determination system and a method for position detection within a wellbore are disclosed. A radioactive tag may be disposed within the wellbore. One or more scintillating optical fibers may be longitudinally disposed along a drill string, wireline, or the like, and run into the wellbore. A detector system is coupled to the optical fiber(s). A scintillating optical fiber emits short, bright flashes of visible light whenever exposed to the gamma radiation. When a scintillating flash is measured, it may be determined that the optical fiber is located within proximity to the radioactive tag. The amplitude of received pulses may be used to estimate where in the optical fiber scintillating events are occurring. By providing a second optical fiber coupled to a scintillating optical fiber, a time delay between received pulses may be used to indicate where along the scintillating optical fiber scintillation events are occurring.
Patent GB-2559271-A (GB)
Title: Managing congestion response during content delivery
Inventor: MICHAEL NILSSON
IPC: H04L47/27
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: Delivering media content over a network, said media content comprising a plurality of temporal segments, each comprising multiple packets, said method comprising: selecting an initial size of a first congestion window 402; delivering a first segment using the first congestion window 404, the initial size of the first congestion window being used to control the size of the congestion window for the duration of the first segment delivery; measuring packet loss during delivery of the first segment 406; determining an initial size of a second congestion window in dependence on the measured packet loss 412; and delivering a second segment using the second congestion window 414, the initial size of the second congestion window being used to control the size of the second congestion window for the duration of the second segment delivery. Upon detection of a packet loss the arrangement may result in resetting the current congestion window to the size of the initial congestion window for the current segment (506, Figure 5). The size of the first congestion window may be variable throughout delivery of the first segment dependent on packet loss and controlled to be greater than or equal to its initial size.
Patent GB-2556563-A (GB)
Title: Varying water level solids and tracking control
Inventor: TIMOTHY L LINDEMANN
IPC: C02F3/12
Filed: 2016-09-01
Abstract: A sequencing batch reactor includes a liquid level sensor configured to measure a level of liquid in the vessel and provide an indication of the level of the liquid to a controller and a sludge detector configured to measure a position of an interface between sludge and solids-lean supernatant in the vessel and to provide an indication of the position of the interface to the controller. The controller is configured to perform a comparison between the level of the liquid and the position of the interface and control an amount of solids-lean supernatant removed from the vessel during the decant stage based on the comparison.
Patent GB-2562140-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for operating a drilling plant
Inventor: OLE PETTER JOHNSEN
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: Method for analysing a drilling operation comprising the steps: obtaining a first set of logged operational data from the drilling operation through a first time interval ti; obtaining a set of operational activity dividers that delimit a plurality of second time intervals ta-n within the first time interval; allocating one of a plurality of pre-defined activities A1-n such as drilling, reaming or tripping in or out, to each of the second time intervals; comparing a calculated performance indicator parameter to a pre-determined target performance indicator value, wherein the target performance indicator value is a threshold value indicative of a need for inspection, maintenance, replacement or repair of a machine involved in the drilling operation. Operational activity dividers include crossing a weight-on-bit (WOB) threshold value, and slips open or closed states and the activity determined by measured process variables such as WOB, mud flow, bit depth change and string rotation and torque
Patent GB-2557500-A (GB)
Title: Devices for clearing blockages in artificial and natural lumens
Inventor: Katherine M Erdley
IPC: A61B17/3207
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: An occlusion clearing device for a patient has a housing with a motor(s) that generates repetitive motion, which is reciprocating, rotational or both. A clearing stem including a sheath that has a lumen,wherein aspiration is conducted through the sheath lumen. A wire is located in the sheath lumen and receives repetitive motion from the controller. The sheath terminates in a sheath end having at least one sheath opening. The wire terminates in a wire tip, which may be flat, helical, or tubular. The wire tip is positioned within the sheath end, in proximity to the sheath opening(s), and movement of the wire tip and/or sheath end relative to each other creates shearing forces that break up an adjacent occlusion.
Patent GB-2556599-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for manufacturing ophthalmic lenses
Inventor: GREGG A DEAN
IPC: B29D11/00
Filed: 2016-08-25
Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, a target value for an optical property is selected (500) for the ophthalmic lens. A first mold member (400) is formed (505) for cast-molding the ophthalmic lens in combination with a second mold member. A property of the first mold member(400)is measured (510), the measured property correlating with the optical property of the ophthalmic lens. A determination (520) is made as to whether the measured property of the first mold member (400) is consistent with the target value of the optical property of the ophthalmic lens. If the measured property of the first mold member (400) is consistent with the target value of the optical property of the ophthalmic lens, the manufacture of the ophthalmic lens continues (530). If the measured property of the first mold member (400) is not consistent with the target value of the optical property of the ophthalmic lens, the first mold member (400) is discarded (540).
Patent GB-2560447-A (GB)
Title: Biasing scrubber for digital content
Inventor: MATTHEW SHARIFI
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: A digital content server provides bias scores used for biasing display of sections of a digital content item, such as an e-book, audio track, or video, during scrubbing on a client device. For each user, the server compiles a user profile which includes information such as the user's search and browsing history, stated interests, and location. The server determines a collection of similar user profiles and analyzes them to determine a relevance score for each section of the digital content item. For each section, the server also identifies individual entities, and compares the identified entities against the user profile to determine a second relevance score. The server combines the relevance scores to determine an aggregate bias score for each section of the digital content item. The bias scores are provided to a client device containing a scrubber module, which uses the scores to bias display of sections during scrubbing.
Patent GB-2571985-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle engine cooling
Inventor: MATTHEW AUGUST ALBRECHT
IPC: F04D15/00
Filed: 2018-03-15
Abstract: A vehicle engine coolant pump 100 comprises a housing 4. Coolant flows through an inlet 6 towards an eye 22 of a rotatable impeller 2 and is ejected through an outlet 8. A flow restrictor comprises a cylindrical shroud 110 surrounding a circumference of the impeller, and a back flow sealing plate 12 on an opposite side of the eye of the impeller. The shroud is movable in a direction of the axis of rotation of the impeller from a closed position restricting coolant flow from inlet to outlet and an open position allowing coolant flow from inlet to outlet. The flow restrictor has at least one aperture 115 which allows a restricted flow of coolant from inlet to outlet when the shroud is in the closed position. The apertures may be castellations in the shroud 110, or may be holes (215, Fig. 5D) in the sealing plate 12 with associated valves (218, Fig. 5D) operable between open and closed positions. A vehicle engine cooling system, a vehicle comprising a vehicle engine cooling system, and a method of cooling a vehicle engine are also claimed.
Patent GB-2575236-A (GB)
Title: User and/or application profiles
Inventor: DANIEL ANSORREGUI LOBETE
IPC: G06F21/31
Filed: 2018-05-11
Abstract: An apparatus or method including: obtaining user input (e.g. swipes, touches, pressure applied, accelerometer data etc) from one or more user devices (e.g. mobile phone or games controller) wherein the user is accessing an application (such as a computer game); converting each of the plurality of user inputs into a usage signature and aggregating some or all of said usage signatures into one or more application profiles and/or one or more user profiles (e.g. at a server). A usage signature may be a vector and the input data may be converted into the vector using sparse coding and/or principle (principal) component analysis. Usage signatures may be anonymized. A user profile may be based on usage signatures from a plurality of applications. User profiles may be used to identify a change in a user and restrict or block access to the device. An application profile may also be based on usage signatures from a plurality of users. User profiles may also identify user performance feedback over time, a potential health problem or an emotional status of the user. Accessing similarity of application profiles may be used for targeted advertising.
Patent GB-2574485-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatic signal tube interupt device
Inventor: ROY JONES
IPC: F42B3/22
Filed: 2018-06-10
Abstract: A shockwave interrupt device comprising a preferably transparent or semi-transparent housing 10 with a series of water entry ports (20, 60 Fig 1). Diametrically opposed signal tube retaining arms (30, 35 Fig 1) are inserted into the housing. The upper retaining arm 30 holds the lead line 160 while the lower retaining arm 35 holds the detonator 40. In use water enters the ports, forcing disc 140 against a spring 120. This in turn forces a cylindrical member 130 so that the passage 180 through the shock tube is completed. If the device is not armed the shockwave is diverted into a self-contained chamber 100.
Patent GB-2575307-A (GB)
Title: Building-wall flexible cladding
Inventor: Paul bishop
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2018-07-05
Abstract: A wet mixture 24 comprising powdered aggregate and binding agent is applied to an absorbent, flexible substrate 18. The wet composite 24 is textured by applying an impression of a wall surface before being cured. Preferably the impressing element is stamped onto the wet mixture. The impressing element is preferably formed by applying a latex onto the textured surface of a wall. Preferably the curing step involves flash heating. The preferred method also involves applying powered aggregate to the coated wet mixture and applying a flexible or elastic grouting layer to the substrate after the curing step. The preferred wet mixture 20 comprises crushed stone, rock or brick in a polymeric matrix. The disclosed substrates 18 are polypropylene and cotton fabrics. The apparatus and cladding are also claimed.
Patent GB-2562431-A (GB)
Title: Vibratory screening panel
Inventor: Piper S Walker
IPC: B07B1/46
Filed: 2016-04-04
Abstract: A removable screen panel assembly for a vibratory screening machine for separating liquids and solids. The screen panel assembly includes a plate, a corrugated screen assembly supported by the plate, hook assemblies connected to opposite ends of the plate, and gaskets connected to the hook assemblies. A first hook assembly has a first end connected to a first end of the plate, a middle portion spaced above first apertures at the first end of the plate, and a second end parallel to the plate. The second end of the first hook assembly and the first end of the plate sandwich a first end of the corrugated screen assembly.
Patent GB-2579164-A (GB)
Title: Fire Barrier
Inventor: WILLIAM THORNTON
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2018-09-13
Abstract: The building comprises a floor and ceiling. The fire barrier comprises panels 1011 supported by a frame 1010 The method comprises attaching the fire barrier frame to a side of a module 1001 . Transporting the module with the attached barrier. Positioning the module between the floor and ceiling of a building and attaching the fire barrier frame to at least either the floor or ceiling. Also claimed is a module with the fitted fire barrier which defines an interior space. Also claimed is a services module for a data centre comprising a frame for holding fire barrier panel and a services module for installation to a data centre including hot and cold aisles. The fire barrier may include a fire damper attached to the fire barrier frame.
Patent GB-2577567-A (GB)
Title: Personal flotation device
Inventor: PETER ASTLES
IPC: B63C9/11
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: A personal flotation device or lifejacket comprising: a back portion 12, comprising a first buoyancy device (32, figure 1B) a first front portion 14, comprising a second buoyancy device 34 and a second front portion 16, comprising a third buoyancy device (36, figure 1B). The first and second front portions are connected to the back portion by shoulder straps 18, 20 and by lateral portions 8, 10. In use, the second front portion lies between the first front portion and the user’s torso, with the two being connected by a releasable connector 22a and 22b, such as a snap-fit buckle on the shoulder strap. In some embodiments, the device further comprises a releasable connector 44 for attaching at least one strap 41 about the user’s torso. In some embodiments there is at least one front pocket (6a-6d, figure 1A).