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20120148721 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 06-14-2012 |
20130164416 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 06-27-2013 |
20140141133 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 05-22-2014 |
20150238044 | Machine For The Preparation Of Beverages - A beverage preparation machine for dispensing beverages from beverage cartridges containing one or more beverage ingredients, the beverage preparation machine comprising means for receiving, in use, a beverage cartridge and means for passing water through the beverage cartridge to thereby produce a beverage, the beverage preparation machine further comprising a code reader for interpreting a code provided on or in the beverage cartridge. | 08-27-2015 |
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20140199443 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MAKING A BEVERAGE, AND A BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a method of delivering a beverage comprising the steps of at least partially filling an extraction chamber with roasted ground coffee, passing an aqueous medium through the extraction chamber to form the beverage and discharging the beverage from the extraction chamber; wherein the roasted ground coffee has a dry Helos particle size distribution D50 of less than or equal to 200 microns; wherein the aqueous medium has a temperature of ° C. to 40° C.; and wherein the flow rate of the aqueous medium through the extraction chamber is 0.5 to 5 mls | 07-17-2014 |
20150297023 | A METHOD OF DISPENSING A BEVERAGE, A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE, AND A SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150313402 | METHOD OF DISPENSING A BEVERAGE, A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE, AND A SYSTEM - A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet ( | 11-05-2015 |
20160066591 | A BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM, A CAPSULE AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A BEVERAGE - A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule ( | 03-10-2016 |
20160075506 | A BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM, A CAPSULE AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A BEVERAGE - A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule containing beverage ingredients and a beverage preparation machine. The capsule comprises a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a base and a side wall and the lid being sealed to the cup-shaped body. Prior to insertion, the side wall comprises: —an annular trough being dimensioned to receive an enclosing member of the beverage preparation machine on movement of the enclosing member, into a closed position; —a first side wall section extending between the base and the annular trough; and —a second side wall section extending between the annular trough and a rim of the capsule. A capsule and a method are also disclosed. | 03-17-2016 |
20160083174 | A BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM, A CAPSULE AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A BEVERAGE - A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule containing beverage ingredients and a beverage preparation machine. The capsule comprises a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a base and a side wall and the lid being sealed to the cup-shaped body. The side wall is dimensioned to be contacted by an enclosing member of the beverage preparation machine on closure of the enclosing member to buckle the side wall to form a valley zone bridging the enclosing member. The side wall is adapted such that said valley zone forms at least one sealing interface between the enclosing member and the side wall. A capsule and a method are also disclosed. | 03-24-2016 |
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20120143511 | REMOVING GROUND ROLL FROM GEOPHYSICAL DATA - Methods and systems for processing geophysical data are disclosed. In one embodiment, interferometry and modeling are used to generate and then remove estimates of ground roll between a source and one or more boundary locations. | 06-07-2012 |
20130100762 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION AND SOURCE-SIDE DERIVATIVES GENERATION AND APPLICATION - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image. | 04-25-2013 |
20130131988 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR SURVEY DATA ENHANCEMENT - Methods and systems are disclosed to enhance surveying techniques. In one embodiment, a virtual response is estimated that corresponds to energy propagated within a subsurface region between a virtual source and a virtual source estimation receiver, wherein the subsurface region corresponds to a survey zone including: a plurality of receivers deployed within the survey zone, a first subzone having at least one actual source, a second subzone within the first subzone; the virtual source is a first receiver disposed in the second subzone; and the virtual source estimation receiver is a second receiver. | 05-23-2013 |
20140278116 | FREQUENCY-SPARSE SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING - A method includes receiving data representing measurements acquired by seismic sensors in response to energy that is produced by shots of a seismic source. The energy that is produced by the seismic source for each shot includes a plurality of discrete frequencies of discrete frequency bands that are within a frequency range of interest and are separated by at least one excluded frequency or frequency band. The data may be processed to determine at least one characteristic of a geologic structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278119 | SEISMIC ACQUISITION USING PHASE-SHIFTED SWEEPS - A technique includes towing at least one seismic source in connection with a survey of a structure; and operating the seismic source(s) to fire shots, where each shot is associated with a frequency sweep. The technique includes varying phases of the frequency sweeps from shot to shot according to a predetermined phase sequence to allow noise in an energy sensed by seismic sensors to be attenuated. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293741 | SEISMIC RECEIVERS AS SEISMIC SOURCES - Seismic surveying techniques are described in which seismic receivers in a seismic array are used as seismic sources. These receiver-sources may be used to determine the near-surface structures of the Earth, geometric properties of the survey array, receiver locations and operations of the survey array. The receiver-sources may be driven by drive sequences to produce amplified receiver-source signals, plane waves, surface waves converging towards a point inside the seismic array, surface waves sweeping through the seismic array and/or the like. The receiver-sources may comprise geophones, hydrophones, accelerometers and/or the like. A driver may be used to drive the receiver-sources and the driver may be controlled by a processor. By encoding drive sequences, seismic data generated by the receiver-sources may be separated from seismic data generated by another seismic source in the seismic array. Similarly, seismic data can be separated by controlling the frequency of seismic signals produced by the receiver-sources. | 10-02-2014 |
20140321239 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION AND SOURCE-SIDE DERIVATIVES GENERATION AND APPLICATION - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324357 | SEISMIC INTERFEROMETRY FOR GRAND ROLL & NOISE ATTENUATION - Methods of acquiring and processing seismic data using derivative sensors, such as strain sensors, that facilitate ground roll noise attenuation with seismic interferometry are disclosed. The methods use both seismic data and their spatial derivatives in computing ground-roll noises which are removed from processed seismic data. | 10-30-2014 |
20140362663 | SIMULTANEOUS SOURCE MARINE SEISMIC ACQUISITION - Methods and apparatuses for acquiring marine seismic data to generate images or determine properties of an interior section of the Earth using vessels ing simultaneous sources. The time required to acquire a seismic survey is decreased by increasing the speed of the source towing vessel (or decreasing the data sampling density, or increased sampling interval) using multiple simultaneous sources. After separation with simultaneous source technique and combination of separated datasets, seismic data with designed data sampling density or better are acquired. | 12-11-2014 |
20150117149 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LAND SEISMIC SURVEYING - Methods and apparatuses for land seismic survey are provided. The methods and apparatuses utilize spatial derivatives of a seismic wavefield to interpolate, regularize or extrapolate seismic data. The methods and apparatuses may considerably reduce land seismic field efforts and/or compensate data gaps. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110044132 | Removing Ground-Roll from Geophysical Data using Source-Receiver Interferometry - A method for processing geophysical data. The method includes applying a first interferometry on an estimate of a direct ground roll between a receiver location and one or more boundary source locations and an estimate of a direct ground roll between one or more boundary receiver locations and each boundary source location to generate an interferometric estimate of a direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location. The method then includes applying a second interferometry on geophysical data between the source location and each boundary receiver location and the interferometric estimate of the direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location to generate an interferometric estimate of a direct and scattered ground roll between the source location and the receiver location. After applying the second interferometry, the method then includes removing the interferometric estimate of the direct and scattered ground roll between the source location and the receiver location from geophysical data acquired at the receiver location due to a source at the source. | 02-24-2011 |
20110046886 | Removing Ground-Roll from Geophysical Data - A method for processing geophysical data. The method includes generating a model from geophysical data acquired at a receiver location and one or more boundary receiver locations. After generating the model, the method applies a forward modeling algorithm using information from the model to generate a modeled estimate of a direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location. The method then estimates a ground roll between a source location and each boundary receiver location. Using the modeled estimate of a direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location and the estimate of the ground roll between a source location and each boundary receiver location, the method applies interferometry between the estimate of the ground roll between the source location and each boundary receiver location and the modeled estimate of the direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location to generate an interferometric estimate of a ground roll between the source location and the receiver location. The method then removes the interferometric estimate of the ground roll between the source location and the receiver location from geophysical data acquired at the receiver location due to a source at the source location. | 02-24-2011 |
20110082646 | Noise Attenuation in Passive Seismic Data - Passive seismic data is collected from measurements of seismic sensors in respective sensor assemblies, where the passive seismic data is based on measurements collected during periods when no active seismic source was activated. Attenuation of surface noise in the passive seismic data is performed using data from divergence sensors in at least some of the sensor assemblies. The passive seismic data with surface noise attenuated is output to allow for performing an operation related to a subterranean structure using the passive seismic data with the surface noise attenuated. | 04-07-2011 |
20120081999 | Interferometric Seismic Data Processing for a Towed Marine Survey - A method for processing seismic data. The method includes receiving the seismic data acquired at two or more sensors on a towed marine survey and regularizing the received seismic data into a spatial domain. After regularizing the seismic data, the method includes classifying the regularized seismic data below and equal to a predetermined frequency as low-frequency seismic data. The method then calculates a set of low-frequency Green's functions using interferometry on the low-frequency seismic data described above. The method then processes high-frequency seismic data of the seismic data to create a set of high-frequency Green's functions at one or more source locations of the towed marine survey. After creating the set of high-frequency Green's functions, the method merges the set of low-frequency Green's functions and the set of high-frequency Green's functions to create a set of broad-band Green's functions at the source locations. | 04-05-2012 |
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20090291120 | Hydrophilic Polyurethane Compositions - A water-swellable linear polymer is made by reacting together a polyethylene oxide of number average molecular weight less than 4,000, an aliphatic diol, and a difunctional diisocyanate. Controlled release composition comprises the polymer together with an active agent. The polymer is able to take up pharmaceutically active agents of molecular weight 200 to 20,000. | 11-26-2009 |
20090324692 | Polyurethane Elastomers - A linear polymer is obtained by reacting together a polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol; a PEG-PPG-PEG or PPG-PEG-PPG block copolymer; a difunctional amine or diol; and a diisocyanate. A controlled release composition comprises the polymer together with an active agent. Active agents of molecular weight 200 to 20,000 may be used. | 12-31-2009 |
20110091488 | WATER-SWELLABLE POLYMERS - A pharmaceutical controlled release composition in solid dosage form is provided which comprises (I) a water-swellable linear polymer obtainable by reacting together: (a) a dried polyethylene oxide; (b) a dried C | 04-21-2011 |
20120302635 | Water-Swellable Polymers - A water-swellable linear polyurethane polymer is formed by reacting a polyethylene oxide (e.g. PEG 4000 to 35,000), a difunctional compound (e.g. a diamine or diol such as 1,10-decanediol) with a diisocyanate. The ratio of the three components is generally in the range 0.1-1.5 to 1 to 1.1-2.5. The polyurethane is water-swellable in the range 300 to 1700% and soluble in certain organic solvents such as dichloromethane. It can be loaded with pharmaceutically active agents, particularly of high molecular weight, to produce controlled release compositions, such as pessaries etc. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100317745 | Bioresorbable Polymers - A bioresorbable polymer is obtained by reacting together (a) a prepolymer comprising co-polymerised units of a caprolactone and poly(alkylene oxide) moieties; (b) a polycaprolactone diol comprising co-polymerised units of a caprolactone and a C | 12-16-2010 |
20120329883 | Polyurethane Elastomers - This disclosure relates to a linear polymer obtained by reacting a polyethylene glycol, a polypropylene glycol; a diol; and a diisocyanate, as well as a controlled release composition containing the linear polymer together with an active agent. The active agent can have a molecular weight of 200 g/mol to 20,000 g/mol. | 12-27-2012 |
20140107195 | WATER-SWELLABLE POLYMERS - A water-swellable linear polyurethane polymer is formed by reacting a polyethylene oxide (e.g. PEG 4000 to 35,000), a difunctional compound (e.g. a diamine or diol such as 1,10-decanediol) with a diisocyanate. The ratio of the three components is generally in the range 0.1-1.5 to 1 to 1.1-2.5. The polyurethane is water-swellable in the range 300 to 1700% and soluble in certain organic solvents such as dichloromethane. It can be loaded with pharmaceutically active agents, particularly of high molecular weight, to produce controlled release compositions, such as pessaries etc. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100328526 | MODULAR CAMERA SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A camera module includes a substrate with a cavity therein. A processor is located in the cavity, and wire bonding is for connecting the processor to the substrate. An imaging module is adapted to overlay the processor in the cavity and rest on at least part of the edge of the cavity. Wire bonding is for connecting the imaging module to the substrate and the processor. The cavity includes a longitudinal cutout section adapted to accommodate at least some wire bonding for connecting the processor to the substrate or associated surface mount components. | 12-30-2010 |
20110008038 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LENS ELEMENTS IN A LENS MOUNTING - A lens assembly includes a lens mount, an image sensor, and an optical filter. An optical filter holder is secured to the lens mount and has an upper contact surface which abuts the optical filter and a lower contact surface which abuts the image sensor to thereby align the optical filter and the image sensor with an optical axis. | 01-13-2011 |
20110130177 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR CAMERA MODULES - A camera module may include a substrate, and an image sensor mounted on the substrate. The camera module may also include a housing, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield provided around the image sensor and within the module. The camera module may be particularly suited for use in a mobile telephone, for example. | 06-02-2011 |
20120138222 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GLUE FLOW - A method for controlling a contact angle between a glue and a surface of a substrate during manufacture of microchip packages is disclosed. The method includes applying a glue to a surface of a substrate, and placing an electrode in electrical connection with the glue. A potential difference is applied between the electrode and the substrate. The potential difference is applied across the glue and causes a contact angle between the glue and the surface of the substrate to be altered. | 06-07-2012 |
20120194479 | INPUT DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An input device for an electronic device includes a proximity detector and a light source. The light source transmits light to a sensing area, which is reflected back to the proximity detector in the presence of an object in the vicinity of the sensing area, such that the proximity detector can produce an output indicative of a distance of the object from the proximity detector to give rise to a control signal for controlling the device. | 08-02-2012 |