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Patent GB-2316509-A (GB)
Title: Transferring information between concurrently operating applications
Inventor: JAIN PRADEEP
IPC: G06F3/02
Filed: 1997-07-18
Abstract: Communication of information between different applications executing concurrently in a workstation or across a network of workstations, wherein the types of events/data which can be intercommunicated are selectively customised. First application 24c1 creates an original data object by practising an event, and stores the data object in first cache memory 119 and also in database 110 when certain storage states are set. Second application 26c1 queries the database 110 for this original data, independently of the first application 24c1, and expresses an interest in this data to the first application via server 26c2. The second application then receives any subsequently modified versions of the data directly from the first application, rather than via the server. The modified data is stored in the first cache memory 119 in each storage state, but additionally in the database 110 only in one storage state. Ports 142 include convertors 142a to convert the data into formats appropriate to the different applications.
Patent GB-2328757-A (GB)
Title: Reading device with two mirrors
Inventor: STERN DAVID
IPC: G02B7/182
Filed: 1997-08-28
Abstract: A device two mirrors 2 to enable books or papers to be read by invalids or others whilst lying on their backs. Reading material 1 is laid on the chest and the mirrors 2 are adjustable in angle and height by the interlocking back plates and the sliding profiled standards. A baseplate 6 ensures stability and the whole device can be folded and demounted for storage.
Patent GB-2316827-A (GB)
Title: Compensating quantization errors of a decoded video signal by using an adaptive filter
Inventor: KIM JONG-II
IPC: H04N19/50
Filed: 1997-08-29
Abstract: An encoded video signal is decoded to obtain a decoded video signal, wherein the decoded video signal includes a previous and a current frame and is processed on a macroblock-by-macroblock basis, each frame's data containing pixel values, by deriving 130 a set of quantized discrete cosine transform coefficients corresponding to current frame data and converting 140 the set of quantized discrete cosine transform coefficients into a set of discrete cosine transform coefficients. Thereafter, depending on the complexity of the current frame data detected 150, high frequency components of the set of discrete cosine transform coefficients within a preset region are filtered 150 based on the set of discrete cosine transform coefficients and the complexity of the current frame data, to thereby produce a set of filtered discrete cosine transform coefficients. The set of filtered discrete cosine transform coefficients is transformed 160 into a set of inverse discrete cosine transform data, and the current frame data is generated 170-190 through the use of motion compensation and provided as the decoded video signal.
Patent GB-2330729-A (GB)
Title: Communications System Using Different Transmission Schemes for Uplink and Downlink
Inventor: JEPSEN RENE PIHL
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 1997-10-27
Abstract: A communication system (100) including at least one central (101) and a number of remote units (103) is provided which utilise a shared spectrum (203) for simultaneous communication in the uplink and downlink direction. According to the invention different transmission schemes are used in the two directions for reducing the cross interference between remote units (103) uplinking and remote units (103) downlinking in the shared spectrum. The different transmission schemes are characterised by one (CDMA) having the signal energy spread, in preferably both the time and frequency domain whereas the other (TDMA, DFDMA) transmission scheme is characterised by having signal energy concentrated in both the frequency and time domain.
Patent GB-2320951-A (GB)
Title: Elongate tool for manipulating electrical cables, wire, rope and the like
Inventor: DUNSMORE JAMES STEWART
IPC: H02G1/08
Filed: 1997-11-07
Abstract: There is disclosed an extendible tool for use in particular for the handling of small diameter flexible cable, wire, rope, etc in confined spaces such as for the installation of wiring to existing building structures. A hook, eye, or other accessory (60) is releasably attached to one end of a flexible rod (10). The rod may be made for example of glass reinforced polyester resin. Additional rod sections can be attached end to end, allowing cables and the llike to be handled over relatively large distance within a ceiling space, conduit, etc.
Patent GB-2333502-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle jacking system
Inventor: ANGUS DARREN CLIVE LOWERY
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 1998-01-23
Abstract: A vehicle jacking system comprises at least one powered jacking device 15, 16, 17, 18 secured to a part of the vehicle and operable to deploy a ground engaging member 22 to engage the ground and lift a part of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling operation of the at least one jacking device, wherein the ground-engaging member aligns with the surface of the ground e.g. through a ball and socket joint. A control unit 33 may be provided in the drivers compartment. The jacking system may be used as an anti-theft device.
Patent GB-2323839-A (GB)
Title: A tamper evident closure assembly
Inventor: THOMSON DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: B65D45/32
Filed: 1998-04-02
Abstract: A tamper evident closure assembly for a bottle comprises a pouring fitment, a sleeve member 8, and a cap 16. An annular edge portion of the sleeve member has at least one first projection 44 extending axially in the direction of the cap, and an annular edge portion of the cap has at least one second projection 64 extending axially in the direction of the sleeve member, the second projection(s) being joined to the cap edge by shearable links 62. The first and second projections are arranged adjacently so that the projections impinge when the cap is unscrewed and the shearable links fracture. The first and second projections may interdigitate, and may have tapering leading edges to assist fracturing. Removal of the second projections may produce a permanent visual indication of tampering, for instance by revealing a different coloured portion of the assembly.
Patent GB-2336765-A (GB)
Title: A wiper assembly
Inventor: LUMSDEN PETER
IPC: B60S1/38
Filed: 1998-05-02
Abstract: An integral wiper assembly 1 is provided which comprises a plurality of tiered beams formed into at least a first beam tier 2 and a second beam tier 3. The assembly including coupling means 6 between tiered beams in order to allow lateral displacement of the respective beams in order to provide appropriate load distribution and deformation of the wiper assembly to accommodate various motor vehicle windscreen curvature profiles. The wiper assembly includes a wiper blade 5 secured to the assembly generally through a blade carrier 7 which in turn is coupled to the tiered beams appropriately coupled together by the coupling means 8. The present wiper assembly provides for lateral displacement of the respective tiered beams to give better consistency with windshield curvature than previous integral wiper assemblies whilst avoiding the necessity of slide couplings between respective tiers, typical in prior wiper assemblies.
Patent GB-2325837-A (GB)
Title: Method for perfoming 3D spacial volume transformations for rendering a volume data set on a 2D graphics display
Inventor: NAQVI HASAN SHAHZAD
IPC: G06T15/10
Filed: 1998-05-12
Abstract: A fast and precise method for performing 3D spacial volume transformations for rendering a volume data set (604) on a 2D graphics display (110). A backward mapping approach is used in which each destination point is transformed and resampled from the source. Three lookup tables are also employed to reduce the number of calculations required. The foundation of the method is the coding of the floating point values of an inverse transformation matrix and destination image points into a 32 bit fixed point format having 16 bits of scalar and 16 bits of fraction. Once this coding has been done, then transforming consecutive points along a ray (814) become simple integer adds. The method supports two resampling techniques, nearest neighbor (FIG. 4) and trilinear interpolation (FIG. 5). 3D spacial transformations are thus accomplished with very simple CPU instructions.
Patent GB-2322531-A (GB)
Title: Material moving tool
Inventor: SOKASKI THOMAS J
IPC: A01B1/02
Filed: 1995-11-29
Abstract: A material moving tool (10) is provided and includes a blade (12) and a handle (15) for manipulating the blade. The blade has an outside perimeter (20) defining the area of the blade. The blade has a plurality of ring-shaped apertures (58) therethrough. The blade has a material supporting surface (60) defined by the outside perimeter and the apertures, and is from between 80 % to 50 % of the area of the blade. When the blade of the material moving tool is inserted in material, it has an effective area (46) described by the perimeter of the blade immersed in the material, and a plurality of ring-shaped apertures through the effective area of the blade. The blade has an effective material supporting surface (57) defined by the perimeter of the blade immersed in the material and the effective apertures, and is from between 80 % to 50 % of the effective area of the blade.
Patent GB-2323909-A (GB)
Title: Vibratory screening machine with an inclined mesh screen
Inventor: BAILEY ARTHUR ROBERT
IPC: B01D33/03
Filed: 1997-10-15
Abstract: The screening machine for separating solid particulate material from drilling fluid has a basket that supports a horizontal upper screen 88 and an inclined lower screen 90 that rises from an input end to a discharge end in the direction in which the particulate material is conveyed during vibration and makes an acute angle with the horizontal. The vibratory drive has two pairs of rotatable eccentric weights with individual drives 14, 16 that are mounted at the same height just above the upper screen on a bridge 12 that spans the basket. A deflector plate or intermediate screen 92 extends over the lower screen below the region onto which, in use, the mixture of material and fluid is poured.
Patent GB-2326502-A (GB)
Title: Programmable logic array with split multiplexed inputs from global conductors
Inventor: REDDY SRINIVAS
IPC: H03K19/177
Filed: 1998-06-19
Abstract: In a multiplexer arrangement for connecting global conductors to logic array block (LAB) inputs, a single connection e.g. 312 connects a particular global conductor to an input path to LABs on both sides of the interconnect region in a folded LAB architecture. The number of connections to the global conductors is thus reduced, reducing the number of transistors needed to make those connections and the corresponding loading of the global conductors. The connections to two paths are part of a first level multiplexer 310. A second-level multiplexer 306 or 306' connected to each LAB line is also provided to add back some of the flexibility lost by having each global conductor connection connect to two paths. The invention cuts the number of transistors needed to connect to the global conductors in half, while adding some transistors for the second-level multiplexers, with a net reduction in connection transistors of about 1/3. In other embodiments, each second-level multiplexer has four (rather than two) inputs, achieved by doubling the number of first-level multiplexers 310 or having each feed two second-level multiplexers on each side.
Patent GB-2331409-A (GB)
Title: Housing for electronic control unit
Inventor: LOIBL JOSEF
IPC: G05B11/36
Filed: 1998-08-05
Abstract: An electronic control unit has a housing, having a base plate (1) and a plastics cover (2), a circuit carrier (12) fastened to the base plate (1) and at least one contact pin (21), which is fastened in the plastics cover (2). When the plastics cover (2) is joined to the base plate (1), the contact pin (21) is pushed through an opening (13) in the base plate (1), and an electrical connection is produced between the contact pin (21) and a strip-conductor carrier (11).
Patent GB-2328332-A (GB)
Title: CMOS amplifier with variable transconductance
Inventor: KIMURA KATSUJI
IPC: H03F3/30
Filed: 1998-08-12
Abstract: A tunable CMOS OTA is provided, which improves the transconductance linearity with a simple circuit configuration. This OTA is comprised of (a) a differential input pair of first and second MOSFETs M1 and M2, (b) a first resistor 1 connected to sources of the first and second MOSFETs, (c) a current source/sink 4, 5, 6, 7 etc. for supplying/sinking a variable driving current to the differential input pair, and (d) an output circuit M3-M8 etc. for the differential input pair. A differential input voltage is applied across gates of the first and second MOSFETs M1 and M2 to generate a first pair of differential output currents. The current flowing through the first resistor 1 is proportional to the applied differential input voltage. The first pair of differential output currents are applied to drains of third and fourth MOSFETs M3 and M4 of the output circuit, thereby generating a first bias voltage at the drain of the third MOSFET and a second bias voltage at the drain of the fourth MOSFET. The first and second bias voltages generate a current flowing through the second and third resistors 2 and 3, which is proportional to the applied differential input voltage. A differential output current of the OTA is derived from the difference between the second pair of differential output currents flowing through the third and fourth MOSFETs 3 and 4 of the output circuit, respectively. The transconductance is adjusted by means of current sources 4 and 5. Nagata and Widlar current reference circuits (figures 3 and 5) may be used for the current sources or sinks. Temperature effects of resistors 1-3 are reduced. Figure 4 shows a second embodiment.
Patent GB-2325866-A (GB)
Title: Cracker
Inventor: TAYLOR IVAN CONRAD
IPC: A63H37/00
Filed: 1998-10-07
Abstract: A cracker comprises a sheet having a mid-portion (4,4A) having an upper flap (7A) and a lower flap (7) joined thereto at upper and lower fold lines and enclosing one or more a novelty items, two intermediate panel portions (6,6A) joined to the mid-portion at respective left and right-hand fold lines, and flat panel portions (5,5A) joined at a further fold line opposite the left or right-hand fold line to each of the intermediate panel portions. The intermediate panel portions are folded inwardly about the left and right-hand fold lines to form an assembly in which the end panel portions (5 and 5A) lie edge-to-edge. A cracker snap (11A. 11B) is attached at each end to the respective end panel portions to hold the assembly in its folded state until the cracker is pulled, exploding the cracker snap (12) and allowing the upper and lower flaps (7A, 7) to open.
Patent GB-2330922-A (GB)
Title: Moisture sensing wash/wipe system for a vehicle
Inventor: JUBBER EDMOND JOHN
IPC: B60S1/08
Filed: 1998-10-12
Abstract: A vehicle has a wiper system which prevents the wipers 14 from being swept across a dry surface, in the event that the washer facility fails to wet the screen. A controller 18 responds to a signal 30 from a control lever, which is manually operated in order to initiate a wash and wipe cycle. The controller 18 operates a windscreen washer pump 20 and then monitors a moisture sensor 28 for a short while after operating the pump 20 in order to establish if there is moisture on the windscreen 12 as a result of the pump jetting liquid onto the windscreen, or as a result of incidental precipitation, such as rain. If the windscreen is wet due to either or both of these events, the controller 18 operates the wiper motor 16 to cause the wiper blade 14 to move across the windscreen 12 for the duration of a wiping interval. If the windscreen is not wet after the pump has been operated, the controller 18 does not operate the wiper motor 16. The wiping interval and wiper speed can be varied according to the degree of moisture sensed.
Patent GB-2332296-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum fluorescent display
Inventor: HOEKSTRA ERIC J
IPC: G09G3/06
Filed: 1998-10-22
Abstract: A vacuum fluorescent display driver and method for driving a vacuum display device includes a segment selecting circuit which selectively applies a potential of a particular polarity to a segment to illuminate that segment and a grid driver circuit which applies a potential of that polarity to the grid in order to illuminate the device. A filament supply supplies a current to the filament during a first portion of a duty cycle in order to heat the filament and applies a potential of polarity opposite to that applied to the filament during a second portion of the duty cycle in order to produce a potential between the filament, the grid, and any segment which is selected sufficient to illuminate the selected segments. The driver is especially adapted for use with a microcomputer particularly in a vehicle display mirror, such as a compass mirror.
Patent GB-2345177-A (GB)
Title: Data card holder
Inventor: KETTUNEN MIKKO
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 1998-11-26
Abstract: A holder for two or more data cards for a radio communication device has a body 26 releasably carrying the two or more data cards and being removably installed in a data card reader of the device. When a front panel 36 is fixed to the body 26 only one of the cards may be withdrawn through a slot 38. The other card may only be withdrawn after the front panel 36 is removed.
Patent GB-2344374-A (GB)
Title: Cable clip
Inventor: SPENCER BENEDICT CHAPLIN
IPC: F16L3/02
Filed: 1998-12-04
Abstract: An improved cable clip comprising means 2 for securing the clip to a supporting surface and means 1 for securing a cable or cables to the clip either before or alternatively after the clip has been secured to the supporting surface.
Patent GB-2344963-A (GB)
Title: Object-oriented network management system
Inventor: HAYBALL CLIVE COLIN
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 1998-12-17
Abstract: A network management system for managing a communications network. The network management system's model of the network comprises a management unit level, wherein a manageable unit of network functionality is represented by a management unit model (402). Management unit models comprise a plurality of types of models, each type of model comprising classes of managed objects. The network management system's model of the network may also be viewed at a managed object level, wherein classes of managed objects may be grouped into meta-classes. Types of management unit level models include application models (405, 406), being black box representations of network functionality, and implementation models (406, 409), being white box representations of network resources.
Patent GB-2347089-A (GB)
Title: Soccer ball puzzle
Inventor: BOURNE MICHAEL
IPC: A63F9/12
Filed: 1999-02-26
Abstract: A three-dimensional puzzle is based on the structure of the geometrically patterned surface of a standard, 32-piece hand-sewn soccer ball. The 32 pieces comprise 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal shapes. By dividing the surface of a soccer ball into eight parts so that each part contains four geometrical shapes, eight puzzle-pieces are produced. The eight puzzle-pieces, each shaped to assume the curvature of a spherical base, are the puzzle components. In the process of play, they are affixed together on to the surface of the base, eg, by magnetic adhesion, so as to produce a representation of a football. In total, twenty different puzzle-pieces may be derived from the surface of a soccer ball. From these, and with the application of contrasting colors, a multiplicity of other puzzle versions within the same concept may be produced.
Patent GB-2338278-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulically damped engine mounting
Inventor: MEYER HEINRICH
IPC: B60K5/12
Filed: 1999-03-24
Abstract: An hydraulically damped engine mounting has a housing including resilient walls (2) defining two fluid-filled chambers (3, 4) and a diaphragm (5) which separates the chambers and at least one passage (6) connecting the chambers. The mounting characteristics are adjustable by an adjusting means including a further suspension spring (7). An intermediate space (9) is defined between the outside rigid wall (10) of one of the chambers (4) and the spring (7). The intermediate space (9) can be filled and/or vented through a valve (8).
Patent GB-2349442-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable damper
Inventor: TOURNIER PASCAL GERARD
IPC: F16F13/30
Filed: 1999-04-29
Abstract: A resilient mount (2) for resiliently supporting a member on a body, comprising body fixing means (6) for fixing the mount to the body, member fixing means (4) for fixing the mount to the member, and resilient interconnection means (16,18) interconnecting the body fixing means (6) and the member fixing means (4), the resilient interconnection means (16,18) including a material of adjustable stiffness (18) whereby the stiffness of the interconnection between the body fixing means (6) and member fixing means (4) may be controllably varied. The stiffness of the adjustable material maybe varied by generating an electric or a magnetic field in the region of the material.
Patent GB-2341819-A (GB)
Title: Sealed joint for an injection moulded lamp assembly
Inventor: OWENS DALE DOUGLAS
IPC: B29C45/00
Filed: 1999-07-30
Abstract: A plastic joint for an automotive lamp assembly (10) has a housing (14) containing a tongue (20) and lens (12) containing a groove (18) to accept the tongue. The tongue or the groove can provide a channel for a thermoplastic material that is a bonding agent between the tongue and groove. The channel can also be formed by making the tongue narrower than the groove or by providing protrusions or depressions on the tongue or groove. The joint is formed by assembling the housing and lens and injecting the thermoplastic material into the channel in the joint. When the thermoplastic material cools, a bond is formed between the tongue and groove that fastens the lens and housing together.
Patent GB-2359682-A (GB)
Title: Arrayed waveguide wavelength multiplexer-demultiplexer with uniform loss
Inventor: HAN DONG-KYOON
IPC: G02B6/12
Filed: 1999-10-05
Abstract: An optical wavelength multiplexer-demultiplexer with uniform loss is described. A first star coupler power-divides input optical signals received from input optical waveguides. An arrayed waveguide grating guides the optical signals output from the first star coupler in such a fashion that the optical signals have different phases introduced. In a second star coupler, the optical signals output from the arrayed waveguide grating are recombined and wavelength-divided. The wavelength-divided optical signals are output to output waveguides. A waveguide mode controller alters the profile of the waveguide mode of the optical signals output from the arrayed waveguide grating, thereby allowing the optical signals output to the output waveguides by the second star coupler to have flatter amplitude distribution. The waveguide mode controller maintains the main peak of the output waveguide mode controller maintains the main peak of the output waveguide mode while phase-shifting tails of the output waveguide mode. Accordingly, uniformity of channel loss is obtained.