Thorpe, GB
Benjamin Thorpe, Twickenham GB
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20150194996 | Applicator - An applicator for aligning a screen protector on a portable electronic device (D) with a screen, four edges and a rear face opposite to the screen. The applicator comprises a body with an engagement member ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150195929 | CASE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A SCREEN - A case for a mobile device with a screen, the case comprising a band arranged to surround the edge of the device. The band comprises a layer of flexible polymer ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150195931 | CASE FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE WITH A SCREEN - A case for a portable device with a screen. The case comprises a main body ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150327657 | CASE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A SCREEN - A case for a mobile device with a screen, the case comprising a band arranged to surround the edge of the device. The band comprises a layer of flexible polymer and a layer of a damping material which is softer than the flexible polymer provided within the flexible polymer layer. The damping material has a plurality of integrally formed protrusions projecting inwardly protrusions projecting inwardly from a substantial portion of the inner periphery of the band to engage with the device. The protrusions are provided at least in the corner regions of the case and the protrusions are arranged such that, in normal use there is substantially no contact between the band and the device other than through the protrusions. | 11-19-2015 |
Catherine J. Thorpe, Tewkesbury GB
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20100242136 | UDP-GLUCOSE MODIFIERS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell. | 09-23-2010 |
20110030090 | Disease resistance genes - The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. | 02-03-2011 |
Christopher Thorpe, Farnham GB
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20130152308 | INTELLIGENT HOSPITAL BED AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - The invention relates to an intelligent hospital bed comprising a lower main frame ( | 06-20-2013 |
James Thorpe, London GB
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20100224208 | Mascara Applicators - A mascara applicator includes a hollow grip portion connected to which is one end of a shaft, the other end of which carries a mascara brush. The shaft and mascara brush are hollow and the mascara brush is flexible. An elongate flexible connector extends within the shaft and the mascara brush. A first end of the connector is fixed with respect to the distal end of the mascara brush and the second end of the connector is fixed with respect to actuating means within the grip portion. The actuating means are selectively operable to move the second end of the connector in the direction away from the mascara brush, thereby applying a force to the distal end of the mascara brush and causing it to adopt a curved configuration. | 09-09-2010 |
20110222955 | Cosmetic Bottle With Automatic Extending Applicator - An applicator includes a bottle cap with an automatically extending applicator head coupled to a spring. The bottle cap is removably coupled to a bottle having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. By virtue of having an automatic extending applicator head, the applicator is capable of extending during application and retracting during storage in a clean and automatic fashion. | 09-15-2011 |
Jevon Thurston Thorpe, Coventry GB
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20150367599 | METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PARTS FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF CARBON FIBER COMPONENTS - A carbon fibre part comprises an outer skin formed from at least two layers of carbon fibre material, and an insert located inside the outer skin, the insert comprising a block having opposing ends and at least one side wall, one of the ends being aligned with a hole that is provided in the outer skin prior to assembly of the outer skin around the insert during manufacture of the carbon fibre part. The insert may be tapered to aid alignment and may have a chamfered end adjacent the hole which helps produce a neat finish to the material around the edge of the hole in the carbon fibre part. | 12-24-2015 |
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Abbotts Barton GB
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20110210965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - A method of generating a disparity map is described. The method is for an image sequence which is displayable on a screen defining a screen plane, wherein the image sequence includes a stereoscopically viewable first object perceivable by a viewer on an image plane different to the screen plane, the stereoscopically viewable object comprising a first image viewable by a viewer's eye and a second image viewable by the viewer's other eye, the method comprising: | 09-01-2011 |
20110211042 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - A method of cutting between a first image sequence and a second image sequence displayable on a screen which defines a screen plane, wherein the first image sequence includes a stereoscopically viewable object perceivable by a viewer on a first image plane different to the screen plane and the second image sequence including a second object perceivable on a second image plane different to the first image plane, the stereoscopically viewable object comprising a first image at a first screen plane position and a second image at a second screen plane position, the method comprising: identifying the first screen plane position of the first image and the second screen plane position of the second image; inserting into a first post-cut frame of the second image sequence a first copy of the second object substantially at the first screen plane position and inserting a second copy of the second object substantially at the second screen plane position, and inserting the first copy of the second object and the second copy of the second object into a predetermined number of subsequent frames at positions on the screen which are closer to the screen position required to view the second object at the second image plane, than the first and second screen plane position. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MISALIGNMENT - An apparatus for determining misalignment between a first image and a second image, the first and second images being viewable stereoscopically, the apparatus comprising: | 09-01-2011 |
20110211751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MISALIGNMENT - and second images being viewable stereoscopically, the method comprising: determining a feature position within the first image and a corresponding feature position within the second image; defining, within the first image and the second image, the optical axis of the cameras capturing said respective images; and calculating the misalignment between at least one of scale, roll or vertical translation of the feature position within the first image and the corresponding feature position within the second image, the misalignment being determined in dependence upon the location of the feature position of the first image and the corresponding feature position of the second image relative to the defined optical axis of the respective images is described. A corresponding apparatus is also described. | 09-01-2011 |
20120098856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING OBJECT DATA INTO A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A method of inserting object data into a stereoscopic image for display on a screen, comprising the steps of: providing a first image having a foreground component and a second image having a foreground component, the second image foreground component being a horizontally displaced version of the first image foreground component; inserting a first opaque section into the first image, and a second opaque section in the second image, the second opaque section being a horizontally displaced version of the first opaque section, wherein the displacement between the first image component and the second image component is less than the displacement between the first opaque section and the second opaque section; and inserting the object data onto the first opaque section for display on the screen. | 04-26-2012 |
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Hampshire GB
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20100023516 | INFORMATION HANDLING - An information handling apparatus in which textual metadata is generated in respect of a current information item in an ensemble of information items including: a mechanism that detects one or more predetermined properties of the current information item; a mechanism that detects a subset of information items from the ensemble of information items the subset being those which have the one or more predetermined properties most similar to those of the current information item; and a mechanism that selects one or more most frequently occurring words and/or phrases within textual metadata associated with the subset of information items, for use in textual metadata to be associated with the current information item. | 01-28-2010 |
20130173420 | IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images. | 07-04-2013 |
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Hants GB
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20090310861 | IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images. | 12-17-2009 |
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Abbots Barton GB
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20080317286 | SECURITY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A security device and system is disclosed. This security device is particularly useful in a security system where there are many security cameras to be monitored. This device automatically highlights to a user a camera feed in which an incident is occurring. This assists a user in identifying incidents and to make an appropriate decision regarding whether or not to intervene. This highlighting is performed by a trigger signal generated in accordance with a comparison between a sequence of representations of sensory data and other corresponding sequences of representations of sensory data. | 12-25-2008 |
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Winchester GB
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20080313179 | INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - An information retrieval apparatus is described for searching a set of information items and displaying the results of the search, the information items each having a set of characterizing information features. The apparatus comprises a search processor to search information items in accordance with user-defined characterizing information features and identify information items with corresponding characterizing information features. A mapping processor generates a map of information items, similar information items mapping to similar positions in the array, from a set of information items identified in the search. The apparatus includes a graphical user interface with a user control for selecting information items, and the search processor refines the search to identify information items relating to the selected information item. As such the user is provided with a facility for refining a search, and searching and navigating large amounts of data are thereby made easier. | 12-18-2008 |
20110267433 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing system for capturing a stereo pair of images comprising a first image and a second image. The system comprises a first camera operable to capture the first image of the stereo pair of images, and a second camera operable to capture the second image of the stereo pair of images. The system further comprises a communication link operable to connect the first camera with the second camera so that the first camera can communicate with the second camera. The first camera is operable to transmit second camera control data to the second camera via the communication link so as to control functions of the second camera which relate to the capture of the second image. | 11-03-2011 |
20130258051 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D VIDEO DATA - A method comprising: obtaining a disparity map for one of a left eye image and a right eye image, the disparity map indicating the horizontal displacement between corresponding pixels in the left eye image and the right eye image; generating a luminance representation of the disparity map, wherein a disparity unit which defines the resolution of the disparity map, is mapped to a corresponding luminance value; and companding the luminance value for transmission over a luminance channel is described. | 10-03-2013 |
20150286644 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND CLIENT FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A method of producing the results of a search for content for display on a client is described. The method comprises: identifying a plurality of objects of interest; uploading an image of each of the plurality of objects to a server; uploading captured content to the server, the captured content including the plurality of objects; performing, on the server, recognition of each of the objects in the captured content; generating a confidence score indicating the probability of each of the recognised objects being present in the content; receiving, from the client, an object selection, wherein the results of the search are arranged on the basis of the selected object; and generating the results of the search on the server for downloading to the client for display on the client, wherein a representation of the captured content is located between a representation of the selected object and another of the plurality of objects, the distance between the representation of the captured content and the plurality of objects being determined in accordance with the confidence score. | 10-08-2015 |
Paul Thorpe, Winchester GB
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20130188311 | COOLING AND NOISE-REDUCTION APPARATUS - A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system. | 07-25-2013 |
20140060797 | COOLING AND NOISE-REDUCTION APPARATUS - A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078666 | COOLING AND NOISE-REDUCTION APPARATUS - A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system. | 03-20-2014 |
Peter D Thorpe, Suffolk GB
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20080317005 | Computer Telephony System - A method and apparatus for securely registering an association between a computer terminal and a selected one of a plurality of communications terminals in a computer telephony system. An association is established according to a known technique between the identity of the selected communications terminal and the identity of the computer terminal to allow for control of the communications terminal by a user via the computer terminal. An abstract representation of the identity of the communications terminal is; generated and provided to a third party system accessible by the user. The user can then implement control of the selected communications terminal via the third party system whilst not prejudicing the security of the system. | 12-25-2008 |
Richard Thorpe, London GB
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20110018227 | SHOCK ABSORBER - There is described a shock absorber strut for a bicycle, comprising a piston ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110084544 | BICYCLE - There is described a bicycle ( | 04-14-2011 |
Stephen Thorpe, Lancashire GB
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20140378894 | APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING FLUID TO A MEDICAL TUBE - An apparatus | 12-25-2014 |
Steven Thorpe, Sileby GB
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20110317740 | HIGH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT PROBE - A high temperature measurement probe comprises an elongate probe body having a measuring head which in use is located in a hot fluid flow. The probe further comprises a thermocouple extending along the interior of the probe body to terminate at a temperature-sensing thermocouple junction inside the measuring head. The probe body has internal passages for circulation of a coolant fluid therein. The measuring head contains a channel, one end of the channel forming an inlet for receiving hot fluid from the hot fluid flow and another end of the channel forming an outlet for discharging the hot fluid received at the inlet. Between the inlet and the outlet a section of the channel extends along the length direction of the probe body. The thermocouple runs along the section of the channel with the thermocouple junction proximate the upstream end of the section. | 12-29-2011 |
Steven John Thorpe, Sileby GB
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20140037430 | TOTAL TEMPERATURE PROBE - A total temperature probe comprising a hollow elongate shroud defined by a shroud wall that envelops a first cavity. The shroud wall is comprised of an inner skin and an outer skin which enclose a second cavity therebetween. A temperature sensor mounted in the first cavity. In use, fluid flow is received into the first cavity, passes through at least one aperture in the inner skin into the second cavity and thence passes out of the shroud through at least one aperture in the outer skin. Beneficially, heat conduction across the inner skin is minimal. | 02-06-2014 |