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Patent GB-2553036-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous police vehicle
Inventor: MOHAMED AHMAD
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous police vehicle 110 comprises obtaining an indication of a violation of one or more traffic laws (such as the exceeding of a speed limit 190) by a target vehicle 120, manoeuvring the autonomous police vehicle 110 to pursue (chase) the target vehicle 120 and remotely executing an action with respect to the target vehicle (such as zooming a camera and photographing the license plate of the target vehicle). Determination of the violation of a traffic law may be achieved by a speed sensor, or analysis of one or more images from cameras 140, 160. The indication of a traffic violation may be from a remote device. The remotely executed action may comprise wirelessly exchanging messages between the autonomous police vehicle and target vehicle, and the police vehicle receiving a response to indicate whether the target vehicle was in an autonomous driving mode, or being driven by a human driver. An image of the human drivers license may be received by the autonomous police vehicle, and a disposition transmitted to the target vehicle. A machine learning tool may be employed to determine one or more locations 180 at which the violation of traffic laws by vehicles may be visible, and the autonomous police vehicle manoeuvred to such a position. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2554617-A (GB)
Title: Hoisting system
Inventor: Håvard Andersen
IPC: E21B19/086
Filed: 2016-04-04
Abstract: A hoisting system comprising at least one hydraulic hoisting cylinder (6), a pressurised gas reservoir (1), and an emergency lifting line (7) adapted to selectively lead pressurised gas from the pressurised gas reservoir (1) into the at least one hydraulic hoisting cylinder (6). The invention also relates to an offshore drilling vessel provided with the hoisting system.
Patent GB-2569986-A (GB)
Title: Method and system of mapping emissions
Inventor: MITHUN DAS
IPC: G08G1/00
Filed: 2018-01-08
Abstract: Information is received about a network of vehicles comprising location and emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx, a pollutant). For each vehicle, a travel path, and emission along that path, is predicted. The location and an indication of the emission is displayed on a digital map 102, and also the predicted path and predicted emission. A route may be generated to minimise exposure to emission, so that the air is cleaner on that route. The real-time location and NOx emission information, and the predicted information, may be presented as separate layers on the digital map, or as a single layer. The emission information may be colour-coded. The method may be used as part of a navigational system. The location and emission information may be received directly from each vehicle in the network (e.g. through V2V or DSRC), or via a database. The vehicles may measure emissions using onboard sensors 106.
Patent GB-2571797-A (GB)
Title: Template and counters system teaching aid for basic arithmetic
Inventor: PETER ROBIN MAYERS
IPC: G09B19/02
Filed: 2018-03-10
Abstract: A template and counters system teaching aid for basic mathematics, consisting of a magnetic whiteboard 1, a lesson template and magnetic counters / discs 5,6, 7. The whiteboard has a dot matrix grid 2 which is overlaid by a lesson template 3 that is also marked with a dot matrix grid and held in place by magnetic buttons 4. Some of the magnet counters 5 represents a single unit e.g. 1, some magnetic counters 6 are smaller and white in colour with a mathematic operand e.g. a + sign written on them, and some of the counters are white onto which a user can write a numerical number. In use, the lesson template provides instructions e.g. an arithmetic sum, which a user replicates with magnetic discs / counters 5,6,7 by placing the counters in cells that are formed by the dots on the template, and writing the answer on one of the white writable discs 7. The sum and answer can also be written in numerical form in cells on the whiteboard 8. Alternatively the whiteboard, counters and means to secure the lesson template to the whiteboard are not magnetic, and the whiteboard is marked with a line grid.
Patent GB-2574069-A (GB)
Title: Manhole access
Inventor: ALAN JAMES TURNER
IPC: E02D29/14
Filed: 2018-05-26
Abstract: A manhole system having a manhole (101, Figure 8) and a device 901 for preventing unauthorised access into the manhole (101, Figure 8). The device 901 is preferably positioned between a manhole shaft (108, Figure 6) and a manhole cover (112, Figure 1) and has at least one support bracket 902,903 defining an open space 904 and a grating 905 that prevents access through the open space 904. The device 901 also includes at least one linking arm 1001,1002 that extends from the grating 905 at a first end and is pivotably attached to the at least one support bracket 902,903 at a second end. The grating 905 is pivotable in a direction away from the open space 904 to allow access to the open space 904 and the manhole (101, Figure 8). The linking arm 1001,1002 preferably has two portions allowing the grating 905 to rest on an external surface level (802, Figure 8) adjacent the manhole (101, Figure 8). The grating 905 is preferably domed and the device 901 may have a locking mechanism. There is also a device for preventing unauthorised access into a manhole and a method of constructing a manhole disclosed.
Patent GB-2566793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to radio propagation modelling.
Inventor: TOM MIZUTANI
IPC: H04W16/18
Filed: 2018-07-16
Abstract: There is provided a system and a method for determining a performance metric of a wireless system in a virtual environment, the wireless system comprising two or more antennas (104, 108) that are adapted to transmit and/or receive signals there between, at least one of the two or more antennas being adapted to occupy two or more positions within the virtual environment. A plurality of routes through the virtual environment is generated, each route comprising a plurality of points in the virtual environment. A channel modelling module obtains both geographical topography data and Long-term Evolution (LTE) base station data relating to each of the plurality of points. At each of the plurality of points a characteristic of a signal produced by at least one of the antennas and received by another is emulated using data outputted from the channel modelling module. A plurality of performance parameters of the wireless system is determined in dependence on the emulated characteristics andan evaluation of each performance parameter is performed to determine the performance metric for the wireless system. The advantage of the invention is the saving of time and resources saved by not having to perform physical vehicle drive testing.
Patent GB-2584990-A (GB)
Title: Inductive chargeable energy storage device
Inventor: FULIAN QIU
IPC: H02J50/10
Filed: 2019-05-08
Abstract: A planar energy storage device comprising a positive and negative electrode 53, 56 with a separator 55 disposed therebetween. The electrodes comprise a conductor 53a, 56a and an electrode material layer 53b, 56b, wherein at least one conductor is a spiral coil conductor with a plurality of turns. The electrodes are connected in series with a diode, forming an energy storage circuit which can be inductively charged by the primary coil of a transmitter circuit. The electrodes may both comprise spiral coil conductors, which may be spiralled in opposite directions. There may be a bi-electrode between the positive and negative electrodes which is sandwiched between two separators. The separator may comprise an electrolyte, such as a gel, liquid, semi-solid state or solid-state electrolyte. The device may be an electrochemical double-layer capacitor/supercapacitor. The spiral coils may be formed by cutting an electrode sheet.
Patent GB-2570610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to area denial
Inventor: Katie Austin
IPC: G08G1/07
Filed: 2017-09-11
Abstract: An area denial device is provided and comprises sensing means for sensing the presence of a vehicle and vehicle arrest means deployable in response to detection of a vehicle by the sensing means.
Patent GB-2577230-A (GB)
Title: Cacheless session ticket support in TLS inspection
Inventor: CHENG-TA LEE
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2018-05-31
Abstract: A network-based appliance includes a mechanism to provide TLS inspection with session resumption, but without requiring that a session cache be maintained. To this end, the inspector is configured to cause the TLS client to participate in maintaining the session context, in effect on behalf of the TLS inspector. In operation, when the inspector first receives the session ticket from the TLS server, and in lieu of caching it, the inspector generates and issues to the client a composited ticket that includes the original ticket and session context information that contains the session key. The composited ticket is encrypted by the inspector to secure the session information. When the TLS client presents the composited session ticket to resume the TLS connection, the inspector decrypts the ticket and retrieves the session context from it directly. The inspector then uses the original session ticket to resume the TLS session.
Patent GB-2582434-A (GB)
Title: Bearing assembly having cylindrical rolling elements
Inventor: SEBASTIEN BERARD
IPC: F16C19/46
Filed: 2020-01-22
Abstract: Roller bearing having cylindrical rolling elements 2, inner ring 3 and outer ring 4; the inner ring 3 has a radially-outwardly extending annular shoulder 6 forming a fillet 8 with the inner ring; the outer ring 4 has a radially-inwardly extending annular shoulder 10, disposed on the same side of the shoulder 6, between the shoulder 6 of the inner ring 3 and the rolling elements 2; the shoulder 10 has a chamfer 13 to accommodate for the fillet 8. The shoulders 6, 10 forms a guide for the rolling elements 2 on one side of the bearing; a retaining washer 14 may form a guide on the opposite side of the bearing. The washer may sit in an annular recess 16 on the outer ring 4. There may be a further annular lip 1 on the outer ring 4 to surround the washer 14.
Patent GB-2592243-A (GB)
Title: Battery system
Inventor: STEPHEN GREETHAM
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2020-02-21
Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery pack with first and second sub-packs; charge terminals 20 for receiving a charge voltage; and a boost converter that steps up the charge voltage and outputs a boost voltage. The first sub-pack 11; has a maximum voltage greater than the charge voltage, is connected to an output of the boost converter and is charged with the boost voltage. The second sub-pack; has a maximum voltage less than the charge voltage, is connected to an input of the boost converter and is charged with the charge voltage. In a charge mode, a plurality of modules 15-17 of the second sub-pack may be connected in parallel within the sub-pack. In a discharge mode, the modules may be connected in series within the sub-pack. In a discharge mode, the first and second sub-packs may be connected in series or parallel across discharge terminals. When the charge voltage exceeds the maximum voltage of the first sub-pack, both sub-packs are charged with the charge voltage. When the charge voltage is less than the maximum voltage, the first sub-pack is charged with the boost voltage and the second sub-pack charged with the charge voltage. A product includes: the battery system; an electric motor 5 having one or more phase windings 9; and an inverter 6 coupled to the phase winding(s), wherein the inverter and phase winding(s) form part of the boost converter.
Patent GB-2593151-A (GB)
Title: Elastomeric isolator
Inventor: MARIA ROSARIA MARSICO
IPC: E04H9/02
Filed: 2020-03-06
Abstract: An elastomeric isolator comprising a layer of an elastomeric material which is provided with a reinforcing material layer comprising graphene. The elastomeric layer may be natural or synthetic rubber. The graphene may be applied to a face of the elastomeric material and may comprise at least one graphene nanosheet. The isolator may comprise the elastomeric material located between a pair of steel places.
Patent GB-2581047-A (GB)
Title: Operating wellbore equipment using a data driven physics-based model
Inventor: Srinath Madasu
IPC: E21B43/25
Filed: 2017-11-13
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to receiving data associated with a subterranean reservoir to be penetrated by a wellbore and training a neural network with both the data and a physics-based first principles model. The neural network is then used to make predictions regarding the properties of the subterranean reservoir, and these predictions are in turn used to determine one or more controllable parameters for equipment associated with a wellbore. The controllable parameters can then be used to control equipment for formation, stimulation, or production relative to the wellbore.
Patent GB-2586395-A (GB)
Title: Power management system, power management method, and program
Inventor: SHINICHI YOKOYAMA
IPC: H02J13/00
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: This power management system for managing a power unit is provided with: an acquiring means for acquiring use plan information for the power unit that has previously been registered by a user of the power unit; a creation means for creating an operation plan for the power unit on the basis of the use plan information acquired by the acquiring means; and a setting means for setting an incentive for the user in accordance with the use plan information acquired by the acquiring means.
Patent GB-2599391-A (GB)
Title: Sputter deposition apparatus and method
Inventor: SEAN MICHAEL CARLEY
IPC: H01J37/32
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: An apparatus (100, figure 1) for sputtering material from a target (108) onto a substrate (104) comprises a process chamber (102), a substrate assembly (106) and a sputter target assembly (110) defining a deposition zone (112) therebetween, a plasma antenna assembly (116) comprising a radio frequency (RF) antenna 118, and a confining arrangement comprising one or more magnets 128, 130, 132, 134 for confining plasma to the deposition zone remote from the plasma antenna assembly, wherein the plasma antenna assembly is a helicon plasma source for generating helicon waves that propagate away from the antenna in a launch direction, the antenna being elongate in a lengthwise direction transverse to the launch direction, and the confining arrangement confining the plasma away from the plasma antenna assembly into a sheet extending laterally in the lengthwise direction of the antenna. The antenna may be a spiral, a serpentine or planar. The substrate assembly may comprise one or more rollers (246, 248, 250, figure 4) for transporting a flexible substrate (204) through the deposition zone.
Patent GB-2586189-A (GB)
Title: Decoding designated barcode in field of view of barcode reader
Inventor: CHUNHUA CHEN
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2019-04-16
Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention is a barcode reader that includes an imaging assembly operable to capture image frames; an aiming light assembly operable to emit an aiming light; and a controller configured to: decode a barcode within a decode frame image captured by the imaging assembly; upon decoding the barcode within the decode frame image, cause a capture of a picklist frame image; and report the barcode to an external host upon at least some overlap between a location of the barcode within the decode frame image and the location of the at least a portion of the aiming light pattern in the picklist frame image.
Patent GB-2586761-A (GB)
Title: Trailer with storage apparatus
Inventor: STEPHEN BRADSHAW
IPC: B62D63/06
Filed: 2020-10-29
Abstract: A plant machinery transporting trailer has a platform 20 and an attachment support tray 32 between a front edge of the platform and a hitch with an end wall 44 having a notch or recess 48 to receive a part of an attachment (e.g. chisel breaker 2 or bucket) and a base panel at an angle to the plane of the platform between 2° and 10° for attachment change without manual handling. The support tray 32 can be rectangular with side walls, an outwardly extending flange, and support brackets 64,(64b, fig 2). The support tray 32 can have a mesh lid (222, fig 4) or cage to prevent theft.
Patent GB-2599972-A (GB)
Title: Ground plane estimation using lidar semantic network
Inventor: Venice Erin Baylon Liong
IPC: G01S17/89
Filed: 2021-01-14
Abstract: Autonomous vehicle navigation using a depth sensor and deep-learning network. A point cloud 501 is obtained 701 using a depth sensor (e.g. LIDAR 123 fig.1) of the vehicle and encoded 702. A deep learning network estimates a ground plane in the vehicle’s environment from the encoded point cloud 703. A drivable area is determined 704 from the ground plane 512 and a map of the environment. A path (198 fig.1) is planned and executed based on the drivable area. The deep learning network may include a 2D convolutional backbone 503, an object detection head 504 and a ground plane estimation (GPE) head 505. The point cloud may be encoded into 2D point pillars 502. A number of sample points from each pillar may be selected 507, augmented 509, and converted into a 2D point feature map 510 for processing by the 2D convolutional backbone to create rich feature maps from which the GPE head estimates the ground plane. A method and system for updating a ground plane estimation deep learning network is included, in which an estimated ground plane and a ground truth map are compared to calculate estimation losses. Parameters of the network are updated based on these losses.
Patent GB-2603748-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic actuator
Inventor: RAVINDER PADAM
IPC: F15B15/14
Filed: 2021-01-18
Abstract: A hydraulic actuator 10 and a material handling machine (90, Figure 1) are provided. The hydraulic actuator 10 includes a body 12 defining a bore 40 having a first end surface (71, Figure 3), a second end surface 72, and a bore surface 39, and a piston 14 slidable in the bore 40. The piston 40, bore surface 39 and first end surface define a first chamber 81; and the piston 40, bore surface 39 and second end surface 72 define a second chamber 82. The body 12 also includes a partition wall feature 34 which in part defines an accumulator chamber 83 and a fluid passage 60 within the partition wall 34 which allows the flow of fluid between the first chamber 81 and the accumulator chamber 83. An accumulator 20 is received in the accumulator chamber 83 and a valve 18 selectively opens and closes the fluid passage 60. A material handling machine 90 incorporating such a hydraulic actuator 10 is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2593592-A (GB)
Title: Technique for Performing Bit-Linear Transformations
Inventor: NIRMAL SAXENA
IPC: G06F17/16
Filed: 2021-03-03
Abstract: Perform one or more operations to calculate a Galois residue value 714 in response to performing a bit matrix multiply and accumulate (BMMA) operation 712. Also receiving an instruction for a BMMA operation and executing said operation to generate elements of a result matrix at an output of a datapath, each element generated by calculating a bitwise logical AND operation and applying an XOR operation to a portion of the result of the AND operation. Also generating an encoded output set of bits that represent a low density parity check (LDPC) encoded set of data based on input bits as a response to performing set of BMMA operations in parallel, where a number of sets of BMMA operations include first subset of operations with respect to a first data set representing bits of a payload block of a parity check matrix, and a second dataset that represents a portion of a parity encoding matrix; and a second subset of BMMA operations calculating a parity value for a parity encoding matrix row based on the results of the first subset; and the encoded output of said bit is stored.
Patent GB-2606394-A (GB)
Title: An attachment for a haircare appliance
Inventor: WEI JIE LAM
IPC: A45D20/12
Filed: 2021-05-07
Abstract: An attachment 10 for a hair care appliance with an inlet 12, an outlet 14, a wall (16, figure 6) defining an airflow, and a noise attenuation member (26, figure 6) surrounded by the wall. The noise attenuation member guides the airflow along part of the airflow path and may comprise perforated walls (28, figure 6). The perforated walls may be about the longitudinal axis of the device, comprise an annular wall, and may taper outwardly towards the air outlet. The noise attenuation member may comprise a sound-dampening material, or acoustic felt, it may comprise a cap with the sound dampening material between the perforated wall and the cap. The perforated wall may surround the sound dampening material. The wall may be tapered outwardly towards the outlet end. There could be a second wall surrounding the attachment, an RFID tag, or a magnet to secure the attachment to the appliance.
Patent GB-2607309-A (GB)
Title: Reporting method within an intelligent transport system
Inventor: JULIEN SEVIN
IPC: H04W4/90
Filed: 2021-06-01
Abstract: The present invention concerns methods for transmitting a Collective Perception Message, CPM, the methods being intended for an Intelligent Transport System, ITS, comprising at least one originating ITS station, ITS-S. In a first method, an originating ITS-S transmits CPM reporting information related to at least one object detected within an area monitored by the originating ITS-S wherein the reported information comprises safety-critical categorization information, indicating whether the detected object is critical for the safety of the monitored area. The detected object is reported individually. In a second method the detected objects are reported in a group of detected objects wherein all the objects in the group are categorized as not critical for safety. The reported objects may be grouped according to predefined grouping rules wherein the detected objects are VRUs having different profiles. A CPM comprises a Perceived Object container having a data element dedicated to report safety-critical categorization information.
Patent GB-2595392-A (GB)
Title: Live adaptive training in a production system
Inventor: JESSICA EMILY ARFAA
IPC: G09B5/02
Filed: 2020-02-12
Abstract: Techniques for live adaptive training in a production system are described. In an example, a training application executed on a workstation receives, based at least in part on an identifier of a user of the workstation, a training module and a trigger rule to present the training module. The training application exchanges, with a workstation application executed on the workstation, data about an event determined by the workstation application. The training application also determines a match between the trigger rule and the event. Based at least in part on the match, the training application initiates a presentation of the training module. In a further example, when the training module is presented, a transition rule may be used by the training application, based on an event from the workstation application, to determine a next training segment from the training module to present.
Patent GB-2613846-A (GB)
Title: A wind turbine and a wind power plant
Inventor: STIAN VALENTIN KNUTSEN
IPC: F03D7/06
Filed: 2021-12-16
Abstract: A wind turbine 12 comprising at least a first turbine rotor 16 and a contra rotating second turbine rotor 23 which rotate about the same rotational axis (A, fig 1). The wind turbine is preferably a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The wind turbine 12 has a generator (35, fig 1) comprising a first generator part (36, fig 1) and a second generator part (38, fig 1) mounted on respective turbine rotors 16 & 23, preferably at the periphery. The wind turbine 12may be mounted on a separate structure, such as a tower of an existing wind power plant 53, a radio/TV/telecoms mast, a lamppost, telegraph pole or chimney. The turbine blades (47, fig 5) may be rotatably mounted to support arms (45, fig 5) by an actuating mechanism to control the wind turbine.