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Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation (2019)
Patent
Mitchell, K., Koniaris, C., & Chitalu, F. (2019). Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation. US20190096028

A system for performing memory allocation for seamless media content presentation includes a computing platform having a CPU, a GPU having a GPU memory, and a main memory storing a memory allocation software code. The CPU executes the memory allocati... Read More about Memory Allocation For Seamless Media Content Presentation.

System and method for management of confidential data (2018)
Patent
Buchanan, B., Lo, O., Macfarlane, R., Penrose, P., & Ramsay, B. (2018). System and method for management of confidential data. GB2561176A

This application is for a method of data management to identify confidential digital content on a database by first receiving a management request 302 from a system 304 to carry out data management operations. These include the identification of data... Read More about System and method for management of confidential data.

Real-time rendering with compressed animated light fields (2018)
Patent
Mitchell, K., Koniaris, C., Kosek, M., & Sinclair, D. (2018). Real-time rendering with compressed animated light fields. US20180322691

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for real-time rendering using compressed animated light fields are disclosed. One embodiment provides a pipeline, from offline rendering of an animated scene from sparse optimized viewpoints to real-time... Read More about Real-time rendering with compressed animated light fields.

Method for identification of digital content (2018)
Patent
Buchanan, B., Lo, O., Penrose, P., Ramsay, B., & Macfarlane, R. (2018). Method for identification of digital content. World Intellectual Property Organization

Many areas oi investigation require searching through data that may be oi interest. One example oi data that may be involved in an investigation is copyrighted material that may be suspected of having been obtained or reproduced illegally by a third... Read More about Method for identification of digital content.

Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination (2018)
Patent
Yu, H. (2018). Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination. WO2018133241A1, US20190104699. State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R . China

Disclosed is a micro flying robot for autonomous pollination, comprising a robot body, an intelligent control portion, an intelligent sensor portion, a battery, a pollination apparatus and an emitter, wherein the robot body comprises a body portion a... Read More about Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination.

System and method of presenting views of a virtual space (2018)
Patent
Mitchell, K., Koniaris, C., Iglesias-Guitian, J., Moon, B., & Smolikowski, E. (2018). System and method of presenting views of a virtual space. US20180114343

Views of a virtual space may be presented based on predicted colors of individual pixels of individual frame images that depict the views of the virtual space. Predictive models may be assigned to individual pixels that predict individual pixel color... Read More about System and method of presenting views of a virtual space.

Leaf-based Routing Mechanism for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (2018)
Patent
Ghaleb, B., & Al-Dubai, A. (2018). Leaf-based Routing Mechanism for Low-Power and Lossy Networks. 1800668.4. Intellectual Property Office, UK

Unlike existing solutions, our invention provides a “Leaf-Based” mechanism for establishing the Downward routes in Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) that seeks to provide a novel, scalable and efficient routing solution for LLNs, which are the back... Read More about Leaf-based Routing Mechanism for Low-Power and Lossy Networks.

Acoustic Hanger (2017)
Patent
Su, S., Smith, S., & McAndrew, S. (2017). Acoustic Hanger. GB 2493005. UK Patent Office

This patent stemmed from research undertaken to investigate the reduction of sound transmission through lightweight floors in apartments. Lightweight floors have commonly been associated with low frequency resonance issues partly due to the lack of i... Read More about Acoustic Hanger.

Resilient secret sharing cloud based architecture for data vault (2016)
Patent
Lanc, D., Fan, L., MacKinnon, L., & Buchanan, B. (2016). Resilient secret sharing cloud based architecture for data vault

A method of securely storing data including: providing, within a secure data storage system, a plurality of secret sharing methods for selection and identifying a striping policy for storage of the data, in accordance with input preferences. The data... Read More about Resilient secret sharing cloud based architecture for data vault.

Sensor system for detecting a movement of an infrared light source (2016)
Patent
Wojtczuk, P., Giebeler, C., & Binnie, D. (2016). Sensor system for detecting a movement of an infrared light source. US9367142B2

A sensor system for detecting a movement of an Infrared light source (29) in a predetermined direction of movement (30) has at least one pair of infrared light sensors consisting of two infrared light sensors (4, 5; 36, 37) which are arranged beside... Read More about Sensor system for detecting a movement of an infrared light source.

Simulation and skinning of heterogeneous texture detail deformation (2016)
Patent
Koniaris, C., Mitchell, K., & Cosker, D. (2016). Simulation and skinning of heterogeneous texture detail deformation. US2016133040

A method is disclosed for reducing distortions introduced by deformation of a surface with an existing parameterization. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises receiving a rest pose mesh comprising a plurality of faces, a rigidity map corre... Read More about Simulation and skinning of heterogeneous texture detail deformation.

Content aware texture mapping on deformable surfaces (2014)
Patent
Koniaris, C., Cosker, D., Yang, X., Mitchell, K., & Matthews, I. (2014). Content aware texture mapping on deformable surfaces. US2014267306

A method is disclosed for reducing distortions introduced by deformation of a surface with an existing parameterization. In one embodiment, the distortions are reduced over a user-specified convex region in texture space ensuring optimization is loca... Read More about Content aware texture mapping on deformable surfaces.

Optical element (2013)
Patent
Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Muhammad Sukki, F., McMeekin, S., & Stewart, B. (2013). Optical element. GB2497942

Optical Element (2013)
Patent
Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Muhammad Sukki, F., McMeekin, S., & Stewart, B. (in press). Optical Element. US9910253B2

"Portal Frame”. A portal frame with header and column connector. (2013)
Patent
HARRISON, I., KERMANI, A., & MUNIR, S. (2013). "Portal Frame”. A portal frame with header and column connector. 2496577 (A). The UK Patent Office

A portal frame, for example a door or window, comprising at least one header 20, at least a first column 30 and at least one frame connector 50 for rigidly connecting the first column to the header. The connector comprises a lateral header connector... Read More about "Portal Frame”. A portal frame with header and column connector..