baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2539079-A (GB)
Title: Process control system, maintenance support device, and controller
Inventor: KENJI ISHIKAWA
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2016-04-07
Abstract: The system 100 includes a maintenance support device 5 which has a control program revision unit and a control program distribution unit. The revision unit performs the revision of the control program, it also applies a new identification sign to both a component revised and a component affected by the revised component (figure 4). The identification sign applied has a larger value than the previous sign. The distribution unit distributes a maximum value as an identification sign for the control program, i.e. the maximum value is the largest value for the signs applied to the components. Another aspect includes a controller 1a,b which has an execution program management unit 13a,b which allows update of the control program based on a difference between the identification sign of a control program before and after the update. This difference has to be within a preliminary set threshold. If the difference exceeds the threshold the execution of the control program is limited. The system ensure that the valid updates of the control programs are applied to the controllers. The system can also include a standby controller 1b as well as a main controller 1a.
Patent GB-2539111-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen storage alloy
Inventor: SHINGO KIKUGAWA
IPC: H01M4/38
Filed: 2015-03-25
Abstract: Provided is a novel hydrogen storage alloy, which has few impurities that cause short-circuiting and the yield of which can be maintained even when magnetic separation is performed. Proposed is a hydrogen storage alloy having a matrix with a AB5-type crystal structure, the hydrogen storage alloy being characterized in: having a mischmetal (indicated as "Mm") at the A sites in the ABx composition while having any of Ni, Al, Mn, Co, etc. or a combination of two or more of same at the B sites; the ratio (indicated as "ABx") of the total number of moles of the element configuring the B sites with respect to the total number of moles of the element configuring the A sites being 5.00 < ABx ≤ 5.40; Co content being greater than 0.0 mol% and less than 0.7 mol%; and residual magnetization being greater than 0 (emu/g) and not more than 0.020 (emu/g).
Patent GB-2554050-A (GB)
Title: Versatile canoe seating system
Inventor: JOHN PAUL STANDEN
IPC: B63B35/71
Filed: 2016-06-26
Abstract: A canoe seating system comprising a canoe seat 3, a longitudinal track 1, and a locking means 4 which locks the seat in position. The track is either mounted into the hull after manufacture of the hull or the track is formed as an integral part of the hull, where the longitudinal axis of the track is approximately along the centre line of the hull. The angle of the seat may be adjusted, as the seat is pivotally connected to the seat supports 8 by the axis pins 9 where the seat angle is locked by the bolts 10 which pass through the curves slots 12. The track may be a slotted groove where the seat may be clamped to the track by T-slot fasteners 4. The seat may be removed from the track, so it can be used as a seat away from the canoe. The canoe seat may also comprise kneeling pads which remain in the same position relative to the seat, when the seat is moved forwards and backwards. The systems allows additional seats to be added to the canoe. The seat is less wide than the width of the hull of the canoe.
Patent GB-2545766-A (GB)
Title: Optical components for wavelength division multiplexing with high-density optical interconnect modules
Inventor: JEAN BENOIT HEROUX
IPC: H04J14/02
Filed: 2016-08-02
Abstract: Wavelength division multiplexing devices 200, systems including such devices and methods of forming the same, include a coupling lens 214 and a waveguide, the lens being positioned over a mirror 216 formed in a transmission path of the waveguide. The mirror reflects incoming light signals 206 out of the transmission path through the lens and further reflects light signals coming from the lens and into the transmission path. An optical chip 212 is positioned near a focal length of the lens. The optical chip has an optical filter 208 configured to transmit a light signal at a first wavelength and to reflect received light signals at wavelengths other than the first wavelength. The optical filter may be a Bragg filter comprising alternating dielectric layers and there may be nine periods of such layers which may be composed of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide. The mirror may be a groove in the waveguide that reflects incoming and outgoing signals by total internal reflection.
Patent GB-2554064-A (GB)
Title: An enteral feeding tube
Inventor: SHAILINDER JIT SINGH
IPC: A61J15/00
Filed: 2016-09-01
Abstract: An enteral feeding tube capable of delivering nutrients and/or medications to a patient at multiple points in the gastrointestinal tract and/or aspirating the gastrointestinal tract, comprises two or more channels 5,6 each with at least one opening 11,15,16, said channels 5,6 running parallel to each other until one channel 5 ends, each channel 5,6 keeping the fluid separated from the other channel 5,6, said channels 5,6 being open at the proximal end and closed or open at the distal end and each channel 5,6 having one or more perforations 15. The perforations 15 may be of the same or variable sizes.
Patent GB-2541813-A (GB)
Title: Laryngeal mask with piriform-fossa conduit
Inventor: MICHAEL STIX
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2015-01-28
Abstract: A laryngeal mask airway device inserted in the pharynx of an unconscious patient to ventilate the lungs includes an airway tube and mask portion with cuff formation shaped to fit the actual and potential space surrounding the circumference of the inlet to the larynx. A piriform-fossa conduit is included in a cuff formation of such mask to facilitate insertion of orogastric tubes. Anatomically the piriform-fossa conduit travels around the laryngeal inlet through the piriform fossa to reach the upper esophagus. Structurally the piriform-fossa conduit travels through the lateral cuff formation with the inflatable cuff element. The distal orifice of the piriform-fossa conduit is on the outer perimeter of the cuff formation near the tip of the mask, does not intersect the medial line at the tip, and does not increase bulk in the distal cuff formation along the medial line.
Patent GB-2553380-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle refuelling point assembly
Inventor: MALCOLM JOYNSON
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: A refueling point assembly for a vehicle, comprising: an access tube 15 for communication with a fuel store within a body of the vehicle, the access tube having a mouth portion 15M via to access the fuel store, and a closure 13, e.g. a hinged lid or cover, configured to either close or open the mouth of the access tube. The access tube is selectively moveable, relative to the vehicle body, e.g. by a compression spring 3 or a powered motor drive, between a closed configuration in which it is contained substantially within the vehicle body and an open configuration in which at least a portion of the access tube protrudes or extends from the vehicle body whilst providing access to the fuel store. The closure is operably connected to the access tube such that it moves between its closed and open configurations with movement of the access tube. The operable connection may be provided by a hinge connection 40 coupled with a linkage element which operates to pull the closure open as the access tube travels outwards into its open position.
Patent GB-2551232-A (GB)
Title: Voice action discoverability system
Inventor: BO WANG
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a voice action system to give a user a discoverability example for a new voice action for a software application, based on data specifying trigger terms that trigger the action and a context that specifies the status of the application when the voice action can be triggered. The voice action system receives data defining a discoverability example for the voice action that comprises the trigger terms that trigger the application to perform the voice action when a status of the application satisfies the specified context. The voice action system receives a request for discoverability examples for the application from a user device having the application installed, and provides the data defining the discoverahility examples to the user device in response to the request. The user device is configured to provide a notification of the one or more of the trigger terms when a status of the application satisfies the specified context.
Patent GB-2542986-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead assembly with an annulus access valve
Inventor: MATHEW FRANK LOCKWOOD
IPC: E21B34/02
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: A wellhead assembly includes an annulus access valve (AAV) disposed in a wellhead hanger. Upper and lower annulus access bores intersect the bore at upper and lower ports. The AAV includes a body that reciprocates within the bore between open and closed positions. Hydraulic fluid moves the body between the open and closed positions. Axially spaced apart upper and lower apertures are formed through the body outer surface allow communication to a chamber within the body. When in the open position, the upper and lower apertures respectively register with the inlet and outlet ports so that the upper and lower annulus access bores are in communication through the AAV. When in the closed position, a solid portion of the body registers with one of the inlet or outlet ports, thereby blocking communication through the AAV between the upper and lower annulus access bores.
Patent GB-2562021-A (GB)
Title: Composition, kit and method for colouring keratinous fibers
Inventor: BENZION LANDA
IPC: D06M15/643
Filed: 2017-01-11
Abstract: There is disclosed a method of coloring an external surface 10 of a keratinous fibre, such as hair, the method comprising: (a) applying, on the external surface 10 of individual fibres, a formulation comprising: (i) water; (ii) a reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone pre polymer that, subsequent to condensation curing, forms an elastomer; (iii) a plurality of sub micronic pigment particles; (iv) a dispersant; and optionally, (v) a cross-linking agent and/or (vi) a curing accelerator or catalyst. The partial condensation curing of the pre-polymer can be effected at a temperature of up to 45°C, to form an at least partially cured pigmented film on the external surface 10 of the fibre. Following the partial condensation-curing, the fibres can be washed. Suitable compositions and kits including the same are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2546682-A (GB)
Title: Loudspeaker protection
Inventor: JASON WILLIAM LAWRENCE
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2015-09-02
Abstract: The loudspeaker protection system 100 receives a digital audio signal comprising a plurality of samples at an input node IN. A delay block 15 delays the digital audio signal, and a gain block 14 applies a controlled gain to the delayed digital audio signal. An excursion predictor 12 receives a version of the audio signal from the signal path upstream of the delay block 15 and determines a predicted excursion for theloudspeaker 10 based on the audio signal. A gain controller 23 controls a gain setting g of the gain block 14 in response to the predicted excursion and a first loudspeaker impulse response model and a predetermined excursion limit. The gain controller 23 is configured to determine at least one gain setting {ga} to be applied to a set of samples {Va...Vi} of the audio signal delayed by the delay block where the set of samples of the audio signal corresponds to a time-span which is less than an impulse response settling time of the loudspeaker.
Patent GB-2560774-A (GB)
Title: MEMS devices and processes
Inventor: Marek Sebastian Piechocinski
IPC: H04R19/00
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: A MEMS microphone transducer has a vent structure (201, figs 4a, b, c) provided in the membrane layer. This vent structure is provided for protecting the transducer against the sudden, large pressure differential across the membrane due to acoustic shocks and the like. An opening 410 is formed at or within the vent structure for tuning the frequency response of the microphone. The opening provides for different flow paths to be provided as the pressure differential passes respective threshold values. A variety of different vent structures and openings are described (figs 5b to 9).
Patent GB-2562749-A (GB)
Title: Flexible leg supporting membrane, leg support frame and mobile patient standing and raising aid
Inventor: MARIE RUBIN
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 2017-05-23
Abstract: The flexible supporting membrane 8 is for positioning and supporting knees and lower legs of a patient being lifted by a mobile standing and raising aid 1. The membrane 8 is made from a stretchable material formed into a sheet. The membrane 8 has a vertically extending central section 19 separating two knee-receiving sections 20, 21. The central section 19 is stiffer than the knee-receiving sections 20, 21. The membrane 8 may have lateral supports 22, 23 to attach to a leg support frame 7, each support 22, 23 having a stopper 24, 25 to prevent the membrane 8 from sliding down the leg frame 7. The relative stiffness of the central section 19 may be due to a higher thickness. The membrane 8 may be a component in a leg frame 7 or a mobile patient standing and raising aid 1. Also disclosed is a leg strap 9.
Patent GB-2567860-A (GB)
Title: Image data encoding and decoding
Inventor: STEPHEN MARK KEATING
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: Encoding/decoding comprising: Selecting, from a set of prediction directions 2530, 2540, a set of candidate prediction directions as a subset of prediction directions, for a current image region 2500 of a current image in dependence upon one or more properties (i.e. image activity, referring to the amount of information carried by a set of samples, where high image activity 2510 represents a relatively large amount of localised image detail, and low image activity 2520 represents a set of similar or identical samples) of a group of reference samples 2510, 2520 of the current image applicable to the current image region; Selecting a prediction direction for the current image region from the set of candidate prediction directions; Intra-image predicting samples of the current image region with respect to one or more of the group of reference samples of the same image according to a prediction direction between the current sample and a reference position amongst the reference samples. Crux of invention: Discarding intra-prediction modes (directions) that are unlikely (based on analysis of samples or availability of reference pixels) - useful as the encoder can substitute these for other non-standard prediction modes like extra directional modes or curved modes.
Patent GB-2556241-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to position and protect control lines being coupled to a pipe string on a rig
Inventor: BRIAN DAVID BEGNAUD
IPC: E21B19/087
Filed: 2013-04-09
Abstract: A system for installing one or more control lines 90 secured to a tubular 80 in a borehole comprises a first arm 40 having a pivotally secured first end about which a second end is rotatable with a generally vertical plane; a second arm 30 having a first end pivotally coupled to the second end of the first arm and a second end coupled to a control line retainer 50, wherein the second arm slidably engages a track at a position intermediate the first end and the second end of the second arm; and one or more cylinders 13 for rotating the first arm and for translating and rotating the second arm within the vertical plane to move the control line retainer along a generally vertical path along the tubular string. The system may also include an interlock system comprising a slip position sensor and a control arm position sensor, wherein the interlock system prevents lifting of the control line retainer along the vertical path when a plurality of spider slips is set. Also claimed is a partially collapsible control line manipulator arm (CLMA) for securing a control line, including a stabiliser arm coupled to a base.
Patent GB-2555065-A (GB)
Title: A ground pile assembly
Inventor: TREVOR C BURDEN
IPC: E02D27/12
Filed: 2013-07-18
Abstract: A pile cap 24 comprising a cap plate 26 that extends over an end of a ground pile. The cap plate has a fixing hole for connecting an attachable structure to the cap plate and a plurality of cap connection plates 28 which depends from the cap plate for connection to the end of the ground pile. The fixing holes may extend through the cap plate and may be formed as curved slots. Each cap connection plate includes at least one hole for bolting the pile cap to a pile. The pile may include several rows of holes 22, to allow the pile to be cut and the pile cap installed at the desired height.
Patent GB-2556560-A (GB)
Title: Radio relay
Inventor: ANDREW PAUL PEVY
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2016-06-28
Abstract: A technique comprising: detecting at a first radio node a first signal indicating the number of hops at which a second radio node that transmitted the first signal first detected a second, earlier signal; and deciding whether to transmit said first signal onwards from said first radio node based at least partly on (i) a direction indicator in said first signal, (ii) a comparison of the respective numbers of hops at which said first and second radio nodes first detected said earlier second signal, and (iii) the result of a search at said first radio node for onwards transmission of said first signal by another radio node in the direction indicated by said hop-count number direction indicator.
Patent GB-2564966-A (GB)
Title: Waveform peak detection and timing for radar applications
Inventor: JAMES FRANCIS HARVEY
IPC: G01S13/58
Filed: 2016-12-30
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices relating to radar and radar- based applications. A number of comparators are coupled in parallel with each comparator comparing an incoming signal and a predetermined value. If the predetermined value is exceeded by the incoming signal, the comparator output is set to trigger a flip flop. The predetermined value changes with each comparator and, with the signal being the radar reflection from a radar pulse, this allows for the detection of the peak value of the incoming signal. The circuit may be extended so that the output of the comparator which is triggered by the highest peak from the incoming signal is latched. Other variants include being able to count the clock cycles before the highest peak is detected within the range cell.
Patent GB-2575852-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: DAREN CROXFORD
IPC: G06V10/764
Filed: 2018-07-26
Abstract: A local object classifier 130 uses a set of object definitions 145 to perform object classification in image frames 110. The local object classifier is arranged to detect an object in an image frame and determine whether to transmit image data for the detected object to a remote object classifier 150. In response to said determining, the local object classifier transmits 160 image data, derived from the image data representative of the image frame (e.g. a portion of it), to the remote object classifier. The local object classifier is also arranged to receive object data 170, representative of the detected object, from the remote object classifier. The local classifier could be updated on the basis of the received data. The image data could be sent to the remote classifier when the object does not correspond to any of the object definitions stored at the local classifier. The remote classifier could have access to larger computing resources or databases 180.
Patent GB-2580360-A (GB)
Title: An audio capturing arrangement
Inventor: Jussi Kalevi Virolainen
IPC: H04S3/00
Filed: 2019-01-04
Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing two or more microphone signals. The method comprises: deriving a first captured audio signal having one or more channels based on the two or more microphone signals in accordance with capture control data that identifies at least one characteristic for derivation of the first captured audio signal. This is followed by storing at least part of the capture control data and intermediate audio data derived based on the two or more received microphone signals. Deriving modified capture control data as a combination of the stored capture control data and user-definable post-capture control data that identifies at least one characteristic for derivation of a second captured audio signal (post-capture audio signal). Deriving the second captured audio signal having one or more channels based on said intermediate audio data in accordance with the modified capture control data. Preferably the second captured audio signal replaces the first. The second captured audio signal may differ from the first in that it has been modified by wind noise removal, voice enhancement, audio equalisation or dynamic range compression.
Patent GB-2572864-A (GB)
Title: System and method for categorizing and routing network traffic associated with user equipments
Inventor: ANIL PAWAR
IPC: H04W40/02
Filed: 2019-04-02
Abstract: A routing device 104A provides at least two wireless networks 1A,1B, which are public or private wireless networks each with a unique service set identifier SSID. Each SSID has a corresponding gateway connected to a core network. A connection between a user equipment 102A and the routing device 104A is established using one of the SSIDs. The routing device 104A receives network traffic from the user equipment 102A and categorizes the network traffic based on the SSID of the network used by the user equipment. The routing device routes the network traffic to a gateway 108A, 108B, 108C corresponding to the SSID.
Patent GB-2573231-A (GB)
Title: Radiography system, information terminal, radiography method, and program
Inventor: HIROHIDE TACHIKAWA
IPC: A61B6/00
Filed: 2018-02-01
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a radiography system that can confirm whether radiography is possible even if transmission of a first image from an image processing means to an information terminal is not possible or has been delayed. This radiography system is provided with: a radiography means that performs radiography and generates radiation image data on the basis of detected radiation; and an image processing means that generates a first image by subjecting the radiation image data to first image processing, and that can transmit the first image to an information terminal. The radiography means generates a second image by subjecting the radiation image data to second image processing and transmits the second image to the information terminal.
Patent GB-2582842-A (GB)
Title: Unmanned aerial vehicle for transporting a payload
Inventor: JOHN YOUNG
IPC: B64C39/02
Filed: 2019-08-19
Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 100 for autonomously transporting a payload 118. The UAV 100 comprises a flight control system 122 which is configured to autonomously operate a steering and propulsion system 112 such that the UAV 100 is able to autonomously fly to a predetermined destination. The UAV 100 has a first navigation system 128 and a second navigation system 130, which are arranged to determine a position of the UAV 100 in dependence on different sources of data. The flight control system 122 is configured to determine whether the first navigation system 128 and the second navigation system 130 are providing a correct indication of the position of the UAV 100. The flight control system 122 disregards the position provided by the first navigation system 128 and/or the second navigation system 130 if it is determined that the first navigation system 128 and/or the second navigation system 130 are/is not providing a correct indication of position.