Lucas, GB
Alan Lucas, Cambridge GB
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20090175979 | Baby feeding formula and system - A method is provided for reducing the extent of or occurrence of long-term adverse health effects in human infants, comprising feeding to said infants when newborn a nutrient-containing-formula providing not more than 1 gram of protein per 100 ml of formula and/or not more than 50 kcal per 100 ml of formula. Also disclosed are methods of administering the infant formulas to reduce the occurrence or extent of insulin resistance in an individual later in life, to reduce the occurrence or extent of obesity or atherosclerosis in an individual later in life, or combinations thereof, by feeding newborn infants the newborn infant formula described herein. | 07-09-2009 |
20110262585 | NEWBORN INFANT FORMULAS AND FEEDING METHODS - Disclosed are newborn infant formulas comprising fat, carbohydrate, and from 0.5 to 2.5 g of protein per 100 ml of formula, wherein the formula has a caloric density of from 25 to 50 kcal per 100 ml of formula. Also disclosed are methods of administering the infant formulas to provide newborns with optimal nutrition, to reduce the occurrence or extent of insulin resistance in an individual later in life, to reduce the occurrence or extent of atherosclerosis or coronary artery disease in an individual later in life, or combinations thereof, by feeding newborn infants the newborn infant formula described herein. | 10-27-2011 |
Alexander R.g. Lucas, Cheltenham GB
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20140237607 | IDENTIFYING EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABILITIES USING ERROR REPORTS - A tool and method examine error report information from a computer to determine not only whether a virus or other malware may be present on the computer but also may determine what vulnerability a particular exploit was attempting to use to subvert security mechanism to install the virus. A system monitor may collect both error reports and information about the error report, such as geographic location, hardware configuration, and software/operating system version information to build a profile of the spread of an attack and to be able to issue notifications related to increased data collection for errors, including crashes related to suspected services under attack. | 08-21-2014 |
Alexander R. G. Lucas, Cheltenham GB
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20090320136 | IDENTIFYING EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABILITIES USING ERROR REPORT - A tool and method examine error report information from a computer to determine not only whether a virus or other malware may be present on the computer but also may determine what vulnerability a particular exploit was attempting to use to subvert security mechanism to install the virus. A system monitor may collect both error reports and information about the error report, such as geographic location, hardware configuration, and software/operating system version information to build a profile of the spread of an attack and to be able to issue notifications related to increased data collection for errors, including crashes related to suspected services under attack. | 12-24-2009 |
Alexander Robin Gordon Lucas, Gloucestershire GB
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20140372988 | Using a Static Analysis for Configuring a Follow-On Dynamic Analysis for the Evaluation of Program Code - The use of a static analysis for configuring a follow-on dynamic analysis for the evaluation of program code is provided. A request may be received for configuring a static analysis session for the evaluation of the program code. The static analysis may be executed and an output may be produced therefrom. The output may be analyzed to determine whether a dynamic analysis is needed for resolving code ambiguities in the program code. If it determined that the dynamic analysis is needed, then the dynamic analysis of the program code is initiated. | 12-18-2014 |
Amanda Lucas, Stevenage GB
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20120308609 | 6-AMINO-2--9-[5-(1-PIPERIDINYL)-7,9-DIHYDRO-8H-PURIN-8-ONE MALEATE - The present invention relates to a compound which is 6-amino-2-{[(1S)-1-methylbutyl]oxy}-9-[5-(1-piperidinyl)pentyl]-7,9-dihydro-8H-purin-8-one: | 12-06-2012 |
Gary P. Lucas, Huddersfield GB
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20130036817 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE FLOW OF FLUID - The invention relates to an means and method for monitoring the flow of a fluid. The invention relates to an electromagnetic flow meter and method for measuring the axial velocity profile of a conducting fluid. The conducting fluid may be a conducting single phase fluid or a conducting continuous phase of a multiphase fluid. The conducting fluid may have a uniform flow profile or a non-uniform flow profile. The electromagnetic flow meter and method measure the axial velocity profile of a conducting fluid by dividing the flow cross section into multiple pixels and determining the axial velocity of the conducting fluid in each pixel. Having. derived the axial velocity profile, the electromagnetic flow meter and method may further derive the volumetric flow rate of the conducting fluid. The electromagnetic flow meter and method may be suitable for measuring the axial velocity profile and optionally the volumetric flow rates of each phase of a multiphase fluid. | 02-14-2013 |
Ian Lucas, Bristol GB
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20080256082 | Data access in distributed server systems - A logical network directory database compliant with the X.500 standard for a directory data system is disclosed. The network directory database provides a source of subscriber and service data accessible by various control and management processes that require subscriber information. The network directory database may be extensible across various communications service providers and IT domain. Further, the disclosed network directory database may be applied to new and existing services, such as, IP Multimedia Subsystem, Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) and other IP services. | 10-16-2008 |
James Lucas, London GB
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20130099540 | SEAT - A seat comprises a seat squab ( | 04-25-2013 |
James Lucas, Liverpool Merseyside GB
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20110163926 | DEVICE FOR PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES THROUGH WATER - The invention concerns a device ( | 07-07-2011 |
J. Michael Lucas, Leire Lutterworth GB
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20110252355 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK FOR UNIFIED CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE - A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting various specializations for each user type. Operator consoles are dedicated to each section of the plant and include additional functions such as maintenance, configuration, simulation and supervisory information. The unified for common graphical interface replaces control room displays filled with single case analog controllers, meters, and digital indicators. The common interface addresses the functions that previously were provided by the panel motor start/stop buttons and status indications, chart recorders, annunciator panels and subsystem interfaces. From a console, operators manage alarms, adjust the process by entering new setpoints or other parameters, “zoom in” on particular portions of the process for details, and utilize other specialized applications to work with their batch, advanced control, or business applications. The interface will run in both dedicated and non-dedicated modes, will run as a rich client or as part of a browser style interface utilizing web services and will run on workstations, laptops, tablet PC's, handhelds, and smart phones. | 10-13-2011 |
J. Michael Lucas, Leicester GB
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20090287321 | CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USING SECURITY OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT - A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases. | 11-19-2009 |
20100168874 | GRAPHICS INTEGRATION INTO A PROCESS CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - Graphic elements and graphic displays are provided for use in a process environment to display information to one or more users about the process environment, such as the current state of devices within a process plant. The graphic elements and displays may be associated with various logical and physical elements within the process plant during configuration of the process plant, and may be configured and downloaded to the hardware within the process plant along with other configuration items, such as control routines. In particular, the graphic elements and graphic displays may be created and stored in a library, and may then be configured by being associated with various logical or physical entities within the plant. During the configuration process, the graphic elements and graphic displays may be associated with areas, equipment, process modules, control routines or control strategies of the plant as defined elsewhere in the plant configuration, or may be associated with interfaces or display devices, to define the hardware on which the graphic displays will execute during runtime, as well at to define the process entities to which these displays will be bound for display purposes. Still further, each of the graphic displays may be defined with a role or a functional use, such as an operator view, a maintenance view, etc., and these roles may be used to define the proper access and use of the graphic displays within the runtime environment. | 07-01-2010 |
20100188410 | GRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE VISUALIZATIONS IN A PROCESS ENVIRONMENT - Smart graphic elements are provided for use as portions or components of one or more graphic displays, which may be executed in a process plant to display information to users about the process plant environment, such as the current state of devices within the process plant. Each of the graphic elements is an executable object that includes a property or a variable that may be bound to an associated process entity, like a field device, and that includes multiple visualizations, each of which may be used to graphically depict the associated process entity on a user interface when the graphic element is executed as part of the graphic display. Any of the graphic element visualizations may be used in any particular graphic display and the same graphic display may use different ones of the visualizations at different times. The different visualizations associated with a graphic element make the graphic element more versatile, at they allow the same graphic element to be used in different displays using different graphical styles or norms. These visualizations also enable the same graphic element to be used in displays designed for different types of display devices, such as display devices having large display screens, standard computer screens and very small display screens, such as PDA and telephone display screens. | 07-29-2010 |
20100228373 | VERSION CONTROL FOR OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A version control system helps to keep track of versions of process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant. These module objects may be created from module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant. Version data is stored and associated with a module object. The version data may comprise data indicative of a version of a module class object that was used to create the module object. The version data may also comprise data indicative of a version of the module object. Configuration systems, version control systems, viewing systems, debugging systems, run-time monitoring systems, asset management systems, etc., may examine or permit viewing of the version control data associated with an item. | 09-09-2010 |
20110224808 | Security for Objects in a Process Plant Configuration System - A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases. | 09-15-2011 |
20160098021 | REGIONAL BIG DATA IN PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - A regional big data node oversees or services, during real-time operations of a process plant or process control system, a respective region of a plurality of regions of the plant/system, where at least some of the regions each includes one or more process control devices that operate to control a process executed in the plant/system. The regional big data node is configured to receive and store, as big data, streamed data and learned knowledge that is generated, received, or observed by its respective region, and to perform one or more learning analyses on at least some of the stored data. As a result of the learning analyses, the regional big data node creates new learned knowledge which the regional big data node may use to modify operations in its respective region, and/or which the regional big data node may transmit to other big data nodes of the plant/system. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098388 | STREAMING DATA FOR ANALYTICS IN PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - Techniques for streaming big data in a process plant are disclosed. Generally, these techniques facilitate storage or communication of process control data, including alarms, parameters, events, and the like, in near real-time. Receivers of big data, such as big data historians or devices requesting specific data, are configured via an initial set of metadata, and thereafter receive updated metadata upon requesting it from the transmitting device, such as when the receiving device encounters an identifier in the data, which identifier was not defined in the metadata previously received. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098647 | AUTOMATIC SIGNAL PROCESSING-BASED LEARNING IN A PROCESS PLANT - Techniques for automatically or autonomously performing signal processing-based learning in a process plant are disclosed. Generally, said techniques automatically or autonomously perform signal processing on a real-time signal that is generated based on the process plant controlling a process. Typically, the signal corresponds to a parameter value that varies over time, and the signal is processed as it is generated in real-time during on-line plant operations. Results of the signal processing may indicate characteristics of the signal, and one or more analytics functions may determine the sources of the characteristics, which may include a process element or device, a piece of equipment, and/or an asset of the process plant that is upstream, within the process, of the source of the signal. An autonomous signal processor may be integrated with or included in a process control device and/or a big data node of the process plant. | 04-07-2016 |
John Lucas, Maidenhead GB
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20100023492 | INVENTIONS - The present invention relates to: an automatically adjusting seat, methods of playing video games by inputting a code that controls at least one aspect of the game, method of packaging cooking ingredients, methods and devices for providing gate and other travel information to passengers, a lid for a container and methods of reducing condensation, an email system for reducing size of user accounts, a toy figure or seat with a magnet, a receptacle with air inlets to prevent vacuum. | 01-28-2010 |
John Lucas, Triy GB
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20090163582 | Stable Pesticide Concentrates and End-Use Emulsions - Pesticide concentrates are provided containing an emulsifier that is an EPA list 4 inert and is a polyglycerol fatty acid ester, a sorbitan fatty acid ester or a combination thereof, a pesticide and a solvent that is either a EPA list 3 inert of acetyl ester, EPA list 4 inert of a methyl fatty ester, an acetyltributyl citrate, white mineral oil or a combination thereof. The pesticide can be a water-insoluble synthetic pyrethroid, natural pyrethrum, channel blocking insecticide, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, oxadiazine, organophosphate, neonicotinoid insecticide, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, clothianidin, nitenpyran, insect growth regulator, juvenile hormone mimic, fermentation insecticide, plant oil insecticide acaracide, miticide, fungicide, herbicide and combinations thereof. The pesticide concentrate is diluted with a hydrocarbon solvent, a white mineral oil or a combination thereof and mixed with water. A corrosion inhibitor is added to form a stable water-in-oil emulsion in conjunction with a propellant to make a ready-to-use aerosol for home, garden and public health pest control. | 06-25-2009 |
John M. Lucas, Leicester GB
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20080249641 | Automatic Configuration of Synchronous Block Execution for Control Modules Run in Fieldbus Networks - A method or apparatus automatically configures a control module for synchronous execution on a Fieldbus segment of a process control network by determining if all of the critical function blocks of a particular control module can be assigned to FOUNDATION® Fieldbus field devices or to the I/O device associated with a particular Fieldbus segment. If so, the method or apparatus automatically assigns the function blocks of the control module, which would otherwise be scheduled to execute in a controller, to the I/O device for the Fieldbus segment. This technique enables all of the critical or necessary function blocks within the control module to execute in one macrocycle of the Fieldbus segment, thereby executing synchronously on a Fieldbus segment. This operation, in turn, increases the overall execution rate of the control module with respect to control modules that have function blocks split between a controller and field devices on a Fieldbus segment, which has been the traditional manner of configuring control modules implemented using devices on a Fieldbus segment. | 10-09-2008 |
20090059814 | Configuring and Optimizing a Wireless Mesh Network - An interactive software-based network design tool that may be used to simulate and view the operation of a wireless mesh device network used in a process plant, such as a wireless HART device network, allows a user to create a model of a wireless network, input several design requirements, and automatically generate and view communication routes and schedules for the wireless network. The network design tool provides an interactive graphic interface for the addition, removal, and positioning of nodes and devices within the wireless network and a menu including several interactive screens for specifying threshold values, network topology selections, routing preferences, and other configuration parameters related to generating and optimizing communication routes and schedules within the wireless mesh network. The network design tool automatically applies a set of optimization rules along with the parameters input by user to the network model in order to generate efficient network configuration data. | 03-05-2009 |
20110040390 | System Configuration Using Templates - A method in a computer system for developing a process control strategy includes providing a module template having a first plurality of components and being associated with a control operation, receiving a selection of one or more of the first plurality of components of the module template, generating an instance of a module based on the module template, including instantiating only the selected one or more of the first plurality of components, and associating the generated instance of the module with the process control strategy. | 02-17-2011 |
John M. Lucas, Leicestershire GB
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20150316918 | Smart Process Modules and Objects in Process Plants - An operator interface within a process plant includes an execution engine that implements process flow modules made up of interconnected smart process objects that are aware of devices and other entities within the plant and that can perform methods to detect conditions within the plant, especially on a system-level basis. The smart process objects include a display element to be displayed to the operator, data storage for storing data pertaining to and/or received from an associated entity within a plant, inputs and outputs for communicating with other smart process objects and methods that may be executed on the data to detect plant conditions, including system-level conditions, such as leaks, errors and other conditions. Process flow modules, which may be made up of numerous interconnected smart process objects, may also include flow algorithms associated therewith to calculate mass balances, flows, etc. for the process elements within the process flow modules. | 11-05-2015 |
John Mark Lucas, Maidenhead GB
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20100005075 | INVENTIONS - The present invention relates to: an automatically adjusting seat, methods of playing video games by inputting a code that controls at least one aspect of the game, method of packaging cooking ingredients, methods and devices for providing gate and other travel information to passengers, a lid for a container and methods of reducing condensation, an email system for reducing size of user accounts, a toy figure or seat with a magnet, a receptacle with air inlets to prevent vacuum. | 01-07-2010 |
20120100266 | CONTROL OF BUBBLE SIZE IN A CARBONATED LIQUID - Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation. | 04-26-2012 |
John Michael Lucas, Leicestershire GB
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20080301703 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO ACCESS INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Example apparatus and methods to access information associated with a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a first user-defined parameter name to reference a first datum value in a first data source. The first one of a plurality of data source interfaces is enabled to access the first datum value in the first data source. The example method also involves enabling referencing the first datum value in the first data source based on the first user-defined parameter name. In addition, data source interface software is then generated to access the first datum value in the first data source in response to receiving a first data access request including the first user-defined parameter name. | 12-04-2008 |
20090217200 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO BIND PROPERTIES IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Example methods and apparatus to bind properties in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves associating a binding type with a property of a configuration element. A plurality of values for the property are then retrieved based on the plurality of values being associated with the binding type. At least some of the plurality of values are presented to a user. The example method also involves receiving a user-selected value from the at least some of the plurality of property values and generating a binding reference to bind the user-selected value to the configuration element. | 08-27-2009 |
John Michael Lucas, Leicester GB
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20140100668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROCESS CONTROL CONFIGURATION - Flexible configuration of process control systems or plants allows draft changes or modifications to be made to parent process objects, e.g., in a configuration environment, without automatically triggering corresponding instantiations and/or downloads of the parent process objects and/or their derived children objects into a run-time system. Parent objects to which draft changes are allowed may include class objects, instance objects, and/or library objects. One or more modifications to a process object may be saved as a draft, and multiple drafts for a same process object may be saved as different versions. Children objects may indicate the particular version of a parent object draft from which they are derived. A user may indicate that a particular draft or version is to be published or approved. Unpublished or unapproved drafts are prevented from being instantiated in the run-time system, whereas published or approved drafts are allowed to be instantiated. | 04-10-2014 |
Jonathan Lucas, Bristol GB
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20140220905 | CONTROLLING TRANSMIT POWER IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - One aspect provides a method of controlling transmit power in a wireless device, wherein a desired transmit power is determined as a result of detection of a receive signal parameter. The method comprises detecting a desired maximum transmit power and generating a sequence of attenuation factors. The sequence is generated by monotonically increasing a variable at a controlled rate between a starting value and the maximum transmit power. The method further comprises using each attenuation factor in turn to: (a) reduce the measured value of the received signal power; and (b) reduce a determined desired value of the transmit power, where the transmit power is continually reduced as the variable is increased. | 08-07-2014 |
Jonathan Harvey Lucas, Essex GB
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20140347425 | DROPLET GENERATOR - The present invention provides a droplet generator ( | 11-27-2014 |
Jonathan Peter Lucas, Bristol GB
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20120183033 | RECEIVING AN INPUT SIGNAL OVER A CHANNEL OF A WIRELESS NETWORK - Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing an input signal received over a channel of a wireless network at an apparatus. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of receiver processing means, wherein each one of the plurality of receiver processing means is repeatedly selected to perform the processing of the input signal for a respective time interval thereby generating a respective plurality of output signals and, only one of the receiver processing means is selected for said processing at a time. A respective quality measure of each of the plurality of output signals is compared. The selection of the plurality of receiver processing means is controlled in dependence upon the comparison of the quality measures of the output signals, such that the receiver processing means which generates the output signal having the quality measure indicating the highest quality is selected for the longest time interval. | 07-19-2012 |
Jonathan Peter Lucas, Readland GB
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20120183037 | EQUALISATION OF A SIGNAL RECEIVED OVER A WIRELESS CHANNEL - An apparatus, method and program for processing a signal received over a wireless channel. The apparatus comprises: a channel searcher configured to determine a profile of the channel in the form of energy values for a plurality of rays at respective channel positions, and an equaliser for equalising the signal based on a variable window of the equaliser. The channel searcher is configured to estimate dispersion of the channel by determining a measure of variance of ray distance from a reference position within the channel profile weighted by ray energy. The equaliser is coupled to the channel searcher and arranged to adapt the window in dependence on the measure of energy-weighted ray distance variance. | 07-19-2012 |
Margaret Lucas, East Dubartonshire GB
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20110126396 | JOINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A joint is produced in at least two overlapping workpieces (W | 06-02-2011 |
Martin J. Lucas, Aylesbury GB
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20130042320 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING PORTIONS OF DATA - A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data. | 02-14-2013 |
20150067856 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING PORTIONS OF DATA - A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data. | 03-05-2015 |
Martyn Lucas, Vale Of Glamorgan GB
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20150354217 | ROOF TILE SYSTEM - A roof tile system and a method for installing the roof tile system is disclosed. The roof tile system comprises a first roof tile and a tile-holding device. The first roof tile comprises a first attaching means, the first attaching means for attaching the first roof tile to a second roof tile when the first roof tile and the second roof tile are arranged together on a roof. The first roof tile further comprises a flange extending from a first end portion. The tile holding device for fixing tiles to the roof comprises a channel for receiving the flange so as to inhibit lifting of the first end portion away from the roof. | 12-10-2015 |
Matthew Lucas, Hengoed GB
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20110296413 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC WORKFLOW IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Techniques and systems for modifying a virtual machine functionality. Archive files each including at least a class files are received. The archive files are stored within the virtual machine. The virtual machine runs on a host system and neither the virtual machine nor the host system are restarted in response to the receiving or storing of the archive files. Files of the host system are scanned to find class files that are not included in a class path for the virtual machine. The class files are copied to a class path for the virtual machine. Neither the virtual machine nor the host system are restarted in response to the copying of the class files. The classes corresponding to the class files are registered in the virtual machine in response to the copying of the class files to the class path. Neither the virtual machine nor the host system are restarted in response to the registration of the classes. | 12-01-2011 |
Matthew Lucas, Cambridge GB
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20150382085 | CONDITION MONITORING DEVICE - A monitoring device for monitoring treatment of the item that includes a sensor for sensing a condition relating to the treatment of the item, a memory arranged to store sensor data, and a communication interface for generating a wireless signal for transmitting the data. The device also includes a detector for detecting a predetermined event relating to the condition. The device is triggered to switch from a low power mode to a high power mode for a finite time period following detection of the predetermined event, and to switch from the high power mode to the low power mode upon expiry of the time period. In the high power mode the device is configured so as to read sensor data at an increased rate in order to gather sensor data or to send a communication signal at an increased rate for establishing a connection for transmitting data. | 12-31-2015 |
Michael J. Lucas, Leicester GB
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20160098037 | DATA PIPELINE FOR PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM ANAYTICS - A data pipeline is used as a fundamental processing element for implementing techniques that automatically or autonomously perform signal processing-based learning in a process plant or monitoring system. Each data pipeline includes a set of communicatively interconnected data processing blocks that perform processing on one or more sources of data in a predetermined order to, for example, clean the data, filter the data, select data for further processing, perform supervised or unsupervised learning on the data, etc. The individual processing blocks or modules within a data pipeline may be stored and executed at different devices in a plant network to perform distributed data processing. Moreover, each data pipeline can be integrated into one or more higher level analytic modules that perform higher level analytics, such as quality prediction, fault detection, etc. on the processed data. The use of data pipelines within a plant network enables data collected within a plant control or monitoring system to be processed automatically and used in various higher level analytic modules within the plant during ongoing operation of the plant. | 04-07-2016 |
Nathan J. Lucas, Leicester GB
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20160061228 | Valve Arrangement for the Hydraulic Circuit of a Work Machine - Valve arrangement includes a pilot operated load control valve fluidly having an energized unidirectional state allowing hydraulic fluid to pass from an outlet to an inlet and a de-energized unidirectional state allowing hydraulic fluid to pass from the inlet to the outlet. A pilot conduit is configured to direct pilot hydraulic fluid to actuate the load control valve. A connecting conduit fluidly connects the pilot conduit to the inlet, the connecting conduit including a flow restriction and a check valve configured to allow hydraulic fluid to flow only in a direction from the pilot conduit towards the inlet. | 03-03-2016 |
Olabanji Francis Lucas, London GB
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20110204483 | Electroluminescent device for the production of ultra-violet light - The invention provides a method of producing an opto-electronic device wherein a layer of lattice matched material is grown on a substrate, the lattice matched material being a cubic zincblend material and the substrate being a cubic diamond or zincblend material, to form a coated substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
Peter H. Lucas, Fleet GB
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20100325244 | REAL TIME DATA NETWORK - A data network in which real time data from sensors is collected by local data servers and transmitted to a global data server. A number of virtual servers hold subsets of real time data from the global data server. Domains of data clients have real time access to a virtual server such that data clients may not access data to which they do not have permission to access. | 12-23-2010 |
Richard C. Lucas, Ash Vale GB
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20090253438 | MOBILE STATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile station ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090279457 | SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN UNCOORDINATED TIME DIVISION DUPLEX COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - An apparatus and method for synchronization between uncoordinated Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication networks includes a first step ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090303891 | Mobile Station and Method Therefor Using Doppler and Cell Transition History for Cell Evaluation in a Fast Moving Environment - There is disclosed, a mobile station, and a method for candidate cell evaluation in a fast moving environment. The method includes receiving a plurality of transmissions from a plurality of candidate cells, where each of the plurality of transmissions corresponds to one of the plurality candidate cells. The method further includes measuring signal strengths of the plurality of transmissions and determining change in the signal strengths of the plurality of transmissions. The method further includes calculating a weighting factor corresponding to the plurality of candidate cells based on the measured signal strengths, the change in the signal strength, and a Doppler and assigning priority levels to the plurality of candidate cells based on the calculated weighting factor. | 12-10-2009 |
Richard Michael Lucas, Slough GB
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20080259358 | Display Material Provision - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for provision to customers of display material without intervention by an attendant. It is known to dispense material to attendees and prospective customers at meetings, exhibitions, conferences and commodity or product shows of all kinds, in an anonymous fashion from unattended literature racks and the like. The material to be dispensed usually comprises brochures, pamphlets and other printed material describing the item of interest which attracted the potential customer or attendee. It is not always possible to have a human attendant present, and even if one or more attendants are present, it may not be possible to meet the instant needs of a large crowd. The present invention seeks to provide means whereby the needs of every individual can be met, whether or not a human attendant is present, whilst allowing the attendee the choice of remaining anonymous or not. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a point of display document dispenser comprising: coupling means for accepting coupling of a portable electronic memory device to said point of display dispenser; detection means for detecting when a portable electronic memory device is coupled with said coupling means and providing output indicative thereof; and data transfer means, operative, on the condition that said detecting means has provided said output, to transfer an electronic copy of a document in an associated memory means to the portable memory device or to receive an identification address. | 10-23-2008 |
Robert Lucas, Manchester GB
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20090208462 | Methods of Treatment - The invention concerns the use of a nucleic acid encoding a photoactivator in the manufacture of a medicament for inducing photosensitivity in neuronal cells. In particular, the invention concerns the induction of photosensitivity in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) for restoring sight and/or alleviating blindness in an individual. The invention further concerns vectors, cells and pharmaceutical compositions therefor. | 08-20-2009 |
Robert Anthony Lucas, Surrey GB
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20150182427 | Silica Abrasive-Free Dentifrice Composition - A dentifrice composition providing superior shine and polish, low RDA and effective whitening comprising a calcined aluminium oxide polishing agent, a water soluble condensed phosphate such as an alkali metal phosphate salt and an orally acceptable carrier or excipient is described. The composition is free of a silica abrasive. | 07-02-2015 |
Robert Anthony Lucas, Weybridge GB
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20130017159 | NOVEL COMPOSITIONAANM Lippert; FrankAACI WeybridgeAACO GBAAGP Lippert; Frank Weybridge GBAANM Lucas; Robert AnthonyAACI WeybridgeAACO GBAAGP Lucas; Robert Anthony Weybridge GB - A dentifrice composition providing superior shine and polish, low RDA and effective whitening comprising a calcined aluminium oxide polishing agent, a water soluble condensed phosphate such as an alkali metal phosphate salt and an orally acceptable carrier or excipient is described. The composition is free of a silica abrasive. | 01-17-2013 |
Robert James Lucas, Manchester GB
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20160136451 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING NON-IMAGE FORMING RESPONSES - An illumination device ( | 05-19-2016 |
Stuart Lucas, London GB
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20100016224 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention relates to a method of enhancing a pro-inflammatory immune response through the administration of the DEAD-box protein DDX3, as encoded by SEQ ID NO:1. The invention further extends to a method of suppressing an aberrant immune response, such at that associated with autoimmune conditions, through inhibition of DDX3. The invention also extends to a method of suppressing a pro-inflammatory immune response through the administration of the vaccinia virus protein K7. The invention further extends to the provision of an attenuated poxvirus wherein the K7R gene which encodes for the K7 protein is deleted or rendered non-functional. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising DDX3 inhibitory compounds, such as K7, are also provided. | 01-21-2010 |