公开(公告)号：WO2022175493A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：PCT/EP2022/054154

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: ELIA, Carmine

Inventor： ELIA, Carmine

IPC: B01F23/233 ,  B01F23/2373 ,  B01F27/1125 ,  B01F27/1143 ,  B01F27/724 ,  B01F25/52 ,  B01F25/53 ,  B01F33/81

Abstract: A screw conveyor (3) for mixing a gas into a liquid and a mixing apparatus (1) including the screw conveyor are disclosed. The screw conveyor comprises a helical element having a screw core (7) having a longitudinal axis (x), a primary spiral (60) comprising a plurality of primary coils and a secondary spiral (61) supported on the primary spiral and comprising a plurality of secondary coils. The primary spiral and secondary spiral comprise a plurality of primary coils and second coils in succession. The secondary spiral is slidably rotatable on the primary spiral. The screw conveyor comprises at least one deflector (8) spanning each pair of consecutive primary and secondary coils, wherein the longitudinal axis (xi) of each deflector is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the screw core, the deflectors are simultaneously rotatable while maintaining their longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the screw core.

公开(公告)号：WO2022064197A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：PCT/GB2021/052468

申请日：2021-09-23

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Inventor： SPECHT, Jan ,  COLE, Marina ,  ESFAHANI, Siavash ,  GARDNER, Julian

IPC: G01N29/036 ,  G01N15/06

Abstract: A device for particle sensing (1) is disclosed. The device includes a sensor (2) including a bulk acoustic wave resonator (4) having a resonant frequency, an acoustic mirror (5) 5 arranged to support the resonator, and a heater (9) in thermal communication with the resonator such that a resonator temperature is based on a heater temperature. The device also includes circuitry (3) connected to the sensor. The circuitry comprises a driver (17) configured to drive the heater with a driver signal having a constant periodic cycle, and an oscillator (18) configured to generate an output signal indicative of the 10 resonant frequency. The resonant frequency is modulated by the resonator temperature.

公开(公告)号：WO2021234350A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：PCT/GB2021/051167

申请日：2021-05-14

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Inventor： DIXON, Steven ,  LI, Zhichao

IPC: G01F1/66 ,  G01F25/00

Abstract: A method of determining flowrate of a fluid (7) in a pipe is disclosed. The flowrate is determined using a flowmeter having first and second ultrasonic transducers (10; Fig. 8A) separated along the pipe by a given distance (D; Fig. 1) and inclined so that waves in the fluid propagate at a given path angle (θ; Fig. 1). For a given inner pipe diameter (d; Fig. 1), there is a given integer number of reflections between the first and second ultrasonic transducers. The method comprises obtaining flow rate measurements using wave packets (18) corresponding to an integer number of reflections which is less than said given number.

公开(公告)号：WO2021205145A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：PCT/GB2021/050805

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: OXFORD IONICS LIMITED

Inventor： HARTY, Tom ,  BALLANCE, Chris ,  WOLF, Jochen

IPC: G06N10/00

Abstract: A method is presented, which includes trapping a charged particle at a first position using an electromagnetic trap and providing a static magnetic field at the first position such that a qubit transition of the charged particle is defined, and providing, using an entangling electrode, an oscillating magnetic field. The oscillating magnetic field present at the first position does not contain a polarisation component which directly couples to the qubit transition. The oscillating magnetic field has a spatial gradient at the first position, of the polarisation component of the oscillating magnetic field which couples the qubit transition to the motion of the charged particle.

公开(公告)号：WO2020254829A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-24

申请号：PCT/GB2020/051498

申请日：2020-06-19

Applicant: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED ,  UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN

Inventor： ROCHER, Luc ,  HENDRICKX, Julien ,  DE MONTJOYE, Yves-Alexandre

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of assessing likelihood of re-identification is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a statistical generative and multivariate model (2) of a distribution of a population of entities having a set of attributes, receiving a record for a given entity x having a given set of attributes, receiving a value n of population size and determining a probability p(x,n) of the record for the given entity and population size. The method further comprises determining, using the probability p(x, n) of the record for the given entity and the population size: a first probability ξx that the given entity is unique in the population and/or, for a given set of attributes, a second probability Kx that the given entity is correctly identifiable and outputting the first and/or second probability as measure(s) of likelihood.

公开(公告)号：WO2020108738A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：PCT/EP2018/082661

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION ,  RENESAS ELECTRONICS EUROPE GMBH

Inventor： TOSCHI, Bjoern

IPC: G06T17/20 ,  G06T1/60

Abstract: A system for and a method of generating an ordered list of instructions comprising a list of pixel coordinates which are vertices (53) of triangles (51) in a strip (50) of a reference input image (33'; Fig. 11) in a source coordinate system (30; Fig. 11) such that transformation of the vertices to a corresponding output image (33; Fig. 10) in a destination coordinate system (32; Fig.11) causes the triangles to be mapped to a block (47) of image data which maps to a block of line memory (or "texture cache"). The method comprises dividing the reference output image into a plurality of tiled sections (35; Fig. 11) in the destination coordinate system. The method comprises, for each section, defining first and second boundaries of an array of strips (50) of pixels (46) in the section by dividing the section into blocks of line memory. The method comprises, for each strip, dividing each set of pixels contained in each strip into a series of ordered triangles, generating a set of destination and source coordinates for each vertex of each triangle in the strip and storing the coordinates of the vertices (53) in source and destination coordinate system (30, 32), in the ordered list of instructions.

公开(公告)号：WO2020095035A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：PCT/GB2019/053128

申请日：2019-11-05

Applicant: EARLHAM INSTITUTE ,  UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA ,  QUADRAM INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE

Inventor： KORCSMAROS, Tamas ,  BROOKS, Johanne ,  CARDING, Simon R.

IPC: G16B5/00 ,  G16B20/20

Abstract: A method of identifying contribution of a genomic variation to a phenotypic feature is disclosed. The method comprises determining a degree of a genomic variation (51; Fig. ) in each individual in a set of individuals and recording the degree of genomic variation in each individual in a database, for example, in a first table (6). The method comprises determining a location of the genomic variation to allow determination, by virtue of the location, of whether the genomic variation affects a gene product directly and/or regulates production of a gene product (53, 54; Fig. 5). The method comprises determining a first gene (51; Fig. 5) affected by the genomic variation. When the genomic variation affects a gene product directly, recording the gene, in the coding sequence of which the genomic variation is located, as the first gene, for example, in a second table (7). When the genomic variation regulates the production of a gene product, recording the gene, in the promoter region or other regulatory region of which the genomic variation is located, as the first gene. The method comprises determining an outcome of the genomic variation on the first gene and recording the outcome of the genomic variation in the database, for example, in the second table and determining the presence or absence of one or more other gene products (i) interacting with the first gene, (ii) encoded by the first gene; and/or (iii) regulating the first gene and, if present, recording the identity of the gene encoding the one or more other gene products in the database as the second gene, for example, in the second table.

公开(公告)号：WO2020079456A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-23

申请号：PCT/GB2019/052994

申请日：2019-10-21

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Inventor： VARAGNOLO, Silvia ,  HATTON, Ross

IPC: C23C14/04 ,  B05D1/32 ,  B05D5/08

Abstract: A method is described for selectively depositing a metallic layer (to) including one or more of copper, silver and gold. The method includes depositing a fluorinated layer (5) over a surface (1, 4). The fluorinated layer (5) has a thickness sufficient to substantially prevent deposition of the copper, silver and/or gold between the fluorinated layer (5) and the surface (1, 4) during a subsequent evaporation step using a given deposition rate. The method also includes forming the metallic layer (10) by evaporating, at the given deposition rate, the copper, silver and/or gold over the surface (1, 4) and the fluorinated layer (5). The copper, silver and/or gold preferentially adhere to the portions of the surface (1, 4) not covered by the fluorinated layer (5).

公开(公告)号：WO2020038899A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：PCT/EP2019/072168

申请日：2019-08-19

Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION ,  RENESAS ELECTRONICS EUROPE GMBH

Inventor： LANGER, Volker ,  KATTWINKEL, Thomas

IPC: H03L7/181

Abstract: Oscillator circuitry is disclosed. The oscillator circuitry comprises a free-running oscillator (8) for generating pulses at a frequency, and a frequency adjustment circuit for adaptively adjusting the frequency of the free-running oscillator. The frequency adjustment circuit comprises a counter (15) configured to count a number (24) of pulses (22) generated by the free-running oscillator and logic (26) configured to compare the number of pulses with an expected number (25) of pulses (corresponding to a target frequency) to determine a difference value (29) and to adjust the frequency of the free-running oscillator in dependence on the difference value. The frequency adjustment circuit is configured, in response to receiving a synchronisation pulse (4; Fig. 3), to trigger an update of the number of pulses to be compared.

公开(公告)号：WO2020016576A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：PCT/GB2019/051995

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Inventor： DIXON, Steve ,  KANG, Lei ,  FEENEY, Andrew

IPC: B06B1/04

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer (1) is disclosed. The transducer comprises a magnetic core (18) which extends along a central axis (2) to a distal end (20), a solenoid (14) wound around the magnet core, an annular permanent magnet (10) disposed around the solenoid and a transverse conductive foil (26) in front of the distal end of the magnetic core. The magnetic core is moveable along the central axis.