baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2537018-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle having a supercharged internal combustion engine which is arranged at the rear
Inventor: ERWIN RUTSCHMANN
IPC: B60R13/10
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a supercharged internal combustion engine which is arranged at the rear or back and can be fed cooled combustion air via a charge air cooler 7, the charge air cooler being positioned above the internal combustion engine A below acovering hood 4 for the internal combustion engine, it being possible for the charge air BEIN to be fed via at least one charge air inlet opening or slot 6 in a charge air inlet shaft 8 which adjoins the covering hood and to be discharged via at least one charge air outlet shaft BAUS which is connected to outlet openings 10 in the region of a license plate or number plate recess 9 of the motor vehicle.
Patent GB-2548366-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for effecting sperm collection and artificial insemination in small birds
Inventor: ANDREA CABIBI
IPC: A61D19/02
Filed: 2016-03-15
Abstract: A method of artificially inseminating a hen (e.g. a canary, finch or other small bird) includes the steps of securing a male bird (20,45 Fig 2), applying a semen extender liquid to the tip of a cloacal protuberance of the male bird (90, 135 Fig 3), squeezing the cloacal protuberance to extract semen from the male bird into the semen extender liquid to form a mixture (95,140 Fig 3), applying a tip of a pipette to the mixture (110, 155 Fig 3), drawing the mixture into the pipette (115, 160 Fig 3), securing the hen (200 Fig 3), inserting the pipette into the hen's cloaca (205, 230 Fig 3), and squeezing a blub of the pipette to inject the mixture from the pipette into the cloaca (210, 235 Fig 3). A holding device for restraining a bird during sperm collection and artificial insemination procedures has a base 5, an arm 7 extending upward from the base, and an open-ended receptacle 10 connected to the upper end of the arm; which restrains an upper portion of the bird in use.
Patent GB-2535660-A (GB)
Title: Vulcanized oil and water swellable particulate composite compositions
Inventor: RAGHAVA B REDDY
IPC: C09K8/467
Filed: 2013-10-30
Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method comprising providing a self-sealing cement slurry comprising an aqueous base fluid, a cementitious material, and a vulcanized oil and water swellable particulate composite, wherein the vulcanized oil and water swellable particulate composite comprises an elastomer, a crosslinked water swellable superabsorbent polymer, and a hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymer; introducing the self-sealing cement slurry into a subterranean formation; and setting the self-sealing cement slurry, wherein the vulcanized oil and water swellable particulate composite is capable of swelling in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid and an aqueous fluid to reduce the permeability of fluid flowpaths in the set self-sealing cement slurry upon loss of structural integrity.
Patent GB-2549324-A (GB)
Title: Media file systems and methods of storing media files in a media file system
Inventor: JAMES WESTLAND CAIN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-04-15
Abstract: A method of storing media files in a media file system comprising: obtaining a new media file and determining the one or more portions of essence data from which the new media file is derived; generating a new materials data file for the new media file indicating the determined one or more portions of essence data; storing the new materials data file in the media file system; and updating the file relationship graph using the new materials data file.
Patent GB-2535906-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for multiple input power distribution to adjacent outputs
Inventor: CARREL W EWING
IPC: H05K1/14
Filed: 2012-05-31
Abstract: A power distribution unit (PDU) includes a printed circuit board having two conductive layers, one of these layers having two or more separate regions. One region of layer 615 connects the line terminals 425-a of some sockets to one phase input 410, while other regions connect the earth terminals 425-c, 430-c etc of the sockets to earth. Similar PCBs connect the line terminals 430-a, 435-a etc of other sockets to the other phases, and connect the neutral terminals 425-b etc. Thus adjacent sockets can be connected to different phases of a three-phase supply.
Patent GB-2540248-A (GB)
Title: Activity monitoring system and method
Inventor: Donald High
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2016-05-06
Abstract: Provided are a system and method for monitoring an activity performed by a member of staff 13 in a retail environment 10. The activity may be a compliance activity, where the staff member ensures the retail environment complies with a safety rule, such as food expiration or fire doors 14 operating correctly. A compliance activity database 200 stores a list of activities to be performed by the member of staff and location information associated with each activity on the list. An in-store device 300, such as a smart phone, displays an instruction to perform an activity from the list of activities, carried by the member of staff whilst performing the activity. A location determiner determines a location of the in-store device whilst the member of staff carries out the activity, generates location information based on the determined location, and stores the location information in the compliance activity database. The location information serves as evidence that the activity has been completed. A sensor, such as a 3D scanner or camera, may be provided to capture environmental data which can be used to determine whether the activity has been completed.
Patent GB-2551981-A (GB)
Title: Tank
Inventor: ANDREW SHUTTLEWORTH
IPC: E03F5/00
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A tank 10 is provided for subterranean installation. The tank 10 includes a frame 20 and a barrier member 30. The frame 20 is arranged to support the barrier member 30. The barrier member 30 is designed to contain a liquid, when in use. The reservoir has an inlet 40 and an outlet 50. The tank further includes a restrictor 60 arranged to restrict, in use, a flow of water through the outlet 50. The tank may comprise a plurality of subframes and the barrier member may be manufactured out of one or more types of thermoplastic polymers. The wall elements may be porous or impermeable. The tank may comprise a filter. A kit and a method for mounting the tank are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2545091-A (GB)
Title: Flexible elongate toy building block base
Inventor: ANINE KIRSTEN
IPC: A63H33/08
Filed: 2016-11-24
Abstract: A base 1 for use with toy building blocks and other co-operant pieces, with each construction block having a flat surface with multiple projections or accommodating recesses so that they can be frictionally engaged or clipped together. On one major surface 2 of the base is an array of projections 3 or recesses, and on the opposite face are alternative attachment means configured to fix the base 1 to a supporting surface. The base 1 is shaped as an elongate strip having a width accommodating one, two or three widths of a compatible toy building brick. The thickness of the strip renders it sufficiently flexible to follow a three dimensional contour when attached to a supporting surface which is not flat, whilst retaining the ability to support construction blocks. The thickness of the base 1 may decrease between sets of projections 2 to provide living hinges.
Patent GB-2549819-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for detection of whole organism bacteria
Inventor: Klariska Govindasamy
IPC: G01N33/569
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: The present invention provides for lateral flow devices, microfluidic devices and methods for detecting whole-organism bacteria in a water sample. The devices and methods provide for the rapid on-site detection of whole-organism bacteria in a water sample.
Patent GB-2558683-A (GB)
Title: Electronic control circuit for alleviating altitude sickness and oxygen supply device
Inventor: MINGTAO LIN
IPC: A62B9/06
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: A wearable oxygen supply device has an electronic control circuit to manage the flow of oxygen to a user and to trigger a massage of the forehead in an emergency state. The device comprises a casing 10 housing an oxygen bottle 11, a pump 12 with attached motor, an oxygen sensor downstream of the pump, a flow control solenoid valve 14 incorporating a flow proportion electromagnet 25, a channel which bypasses the pump and has a bypass solenoid valve 13 incorporating a bypass electromagnet 26, an air-pipe interface 15, a control button 24 and a microcontroller (23, figure 1). Externally of the casing, an air duct 40 connects the air-pipe interface to an air outlet pipe 30 mounted on a headset bracket 50. A breathing frequency sensor 22 is positioned on the air outlet pipe to locate adjacent a wearers face; a vibrating element (239) is positioned on the headset bracket to rest against a wearers forehead. The bypass valve activates to supply oxygen only during inhalation.
Patent GB-2553634-A (GB)
Title: A multiple orientation antenna for vehicle communication
Inventor: PERRY ROBINSON MACNEILLE
IPC: H01Q3/24
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: A multiple directional antenna array 102 comprising a housing 112 with embedded shutters containing a waveguide with a plurality of slot antenna elements 114 which are oriented to provide vertical and horizontal communication and a motor to rotate the housing. First and second sets of the shutters may be aligned with a respective first and second set of slot antenna elements 114a, 114b. The shutters or the housing may be formed by conductive material. The shutter sets may have independent open and close control means. The housing may be dome-shaped and rotation control means. The shutters may include an iris diaphragm or multiple door arrangement. Also disclosed is a vehicle communication system comprising an antenna with a plurality of shutters which, when open, facilitate communication through corresponding ones of a plurality of slot antenna elements and a controller 106 which during a first time period opens the plurality of shutters and continuously rotates the antenna and which during a second time period selectively opens one or more of the plurality of shutters and orients the open shutters to directions specified by an orientation request. The system may be used in an intelligent vehicle transport system.
Patent GB-2565338-A (GB)
Title: Fault detecting and fault tolerant multi-threaded processors
Inventor: TIMOTHY CHARLES MACE
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 2017-08-10
Abstract: A multi-threaded processor 100 includes first and second register banks 116A, 116B associated with a first and second thread respectively. The processor also includes a multi-stage execution pipeline 102 comprising a scheduler 126 which causes instructions from a program to be fetched by the first thread starting at a first program counter value, and in response to the first thread stalling or reaching a pre-defined synchronisation point (e.g. a memory write), causes instructions from the same program to be fetched by the second thread starting at the same program counter value. When the second thread has caught up with the first, comparison logic 130 compares the registers from the two register banks and if the register values match, the program continues by fetching another set of instructions for the first and second threads, one after another. If there is a mismatch, an error may be detected and an exception raised.
Patent GB-2553673-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming lateral boreholes from a patent wellbore
Inventor: BRUCE L RANDALL
IPC: E21B43/26
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: A method of forming a lateral borehole in a pay zone located within an earth subsurface is provided. The method includes determining a depth of a pay zone in the earth subsurface, and then forming a wellbore within the pay zone. The method also includes conveying a hydraulic jetting assembly into the wellbore on a working string. The assembly includes a jetting hose carrier, and a jetting hose within the jetting hose carrier having a nozzle connected at a distal end. The method additionally includes setting a whipstock in the wellbore along the pay zone, and translating the jetting hose out of the jetting hose carrier to advance the nozzle along the face of the whipstock.
Patent GB-2567500-A (GB)
Title: Support post assembly
Inventor: William Newing
IPC: A62B35/04
Filed: 2017-10-16
Abstract: A support post assembly 2 for supporting a fall safety line comprises a base 4 a support post 6 to which a fall safety line is connectable, the support post having a longitudinal axis 12. The assembly also has cooperating curved bearing surfaces (18, Fig 7 and 20, Fig 4) disposed between the base 4 and the support post 6. A detent assembly (204, Fig 3) prevents relative movement of the bearing surfaces (18, Fig 7, and 20, Fig) below a threshold force. Application of a force to the support post by the fall safety line above the threshold force causes the support post 6 to pivot with respect to the base 4 such that the bearing surfaces slide with respect to each other and friction between the bearing surfaces dissipates energy. Also defined is a fall safety line system incorporating the claimed support post assembly.
Patent GB-2568081-A (GB)
Title: End-to-end data format selection for hardware implementation of deep neural network
Inventor: JAMES IMBER
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: Selecting fixed point number formats for representing values input to and/or output from layers of a deep neural network DNN which take into account the impact of the fixed point number formats for a particular layer in the context of the DNN. The methods comprise selecting the fixed point number format(s) used to represent sets of values input to and/or output from a layer one layer at a time in a predetermined sequence wherein any layer is preceded in the sequence by the layer(s) from which it depends. The fixed point number format(s) for each layer is/are selected based on the error in the output of the DNN associated with the fixed point number formats. Once the fixed point number format(s) for a layer has/have been selected any calculation of the error in the output of the DNN for a subsequent layer in the sequence is based on that layer being configured to use the selected fixed point number formats.
Patent GB-2568879-A (GB)
Title: Parking assist method and apparatus
Inventor: JEREMY JOHN GREENWOOD
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2017-11-28
Abstract: A parking assist controller for parking a towed vehicle 3 coupled to a towing vehicle 2 comprises a processor configured to identify a parking location indicator 26 generated by a parking beacon 5 outside towing vehicle 2. The parking assist controller determines a target position for parking towed vehicle 3 based on parking location indicator 26. Based on the determination, a parking assist signal is generated, which may autonomously or semi-autonomously control vehicle 2 or may provide prompts to a user. Parking beacon 5 may be portable and may be an optical beacon, for example using a laser and emitting an encoded light pattern.
Patent GB-2570110-A (GB)
Title: Speculative cache storage region
Inventor: RICHARD ROY GRISENTHWAITE
IPC: G06F12/0875
Filed: 2018-01-10
Abstract: A processor 4 of a data processing system 2 executes instructions speculatively. Memory accesses related to speculatively executed instructions are stored in a speculative cache region 32 in a cache 16. The cache may be a data cache and there may be a separate instruction cache 8. Memory access related to instructions that are executed non-speculatively are stored in a main cache region 30 in the cache. When speculatively executed instructions are committed, a cache controller 34 may copy their related data to the main cache region. This may be done as soon as the speculative execution is resolved. Alternatively, the controller may periodically check for data to copy. If the speculative execution is resolved as incorrect, the controller may discard the related entries in the speculative region. If the processor switches to a less privileged state the controller may make the entries in the speculative region inaccessible to the processor.
Patent GB-2573809-A (GB)
Title: Speaker Recognition
Inventor: RAYMOND W M NG
IPC: G10L17/18
Filed: 2018-05-18
Abstract: A speaker recognition system 400 receives speech data using a microphone and processes it using a first artificial neural network (ANN) to identify the speaker. The ANN is trained using outputs of a second ANN that has been trained to perform speaker recognition, so as to emulate a result derivable using an output of the second ANN. The second ANN comprises more layers or more parameters than the first ANN. The first ANN may comprise a student ANN and the second ANN may comprise a teacher ANN that might not be stored by the system. The first ANN may be trained based on embedding vectors generated by an intermediate layer of the second (e.g. teacher) ANN. Another pair of ANNs may be provided, the smaller trained to emulate outputs of the larger, where the larger is of different architecture to the second ANN (or trained using a different objective function).
Patent GB-2574450-A (GB)
Title: Rotor, electric machine and vehicle
Inventor: KLAUS MÜHLBAUER
IPC: H02K1/27
Filed: 2018-06-07
Abstract: A rotor (4, fig 1) for an electric machine (2, fig 1) comprising: a core 8 having an axis of rotation 10 and a plurality of magnetic poles 12 extending radially from the axis, each pole having an axis denoted as a d axis and at least one magnet installation slot 26, wherein the slot comprises a magnet accepting portion 42 having a first width W1 and at least one air pocket portion 44, 46, wherein the pocket has a second width W2 that is greater than the first width W1. The pocket may extend outwardly from the accepting portion towards a rotor periphery 14, wherein the pocket extends at an angle of less than 180° to the magnet accepting portion such that the magnet installation slot has a U or a V-form. The slot may comprise two air pockets extending outwardly from opposing sides of the magnet portion, wherein the two air pockets 50, 52 are of differing lateral areas. Each pole may comprises two or more rows 38, 40 of slots at differing radial distances from the axis of rotation, arranged symmetrically to form a U or V shape. The rotor core may comprise of magnetic laminations. The machine maybe used in an electric or hybrid vehicle powertrain.
Patent GB-2561120-A (GB)
Title: Method of plugging and pressure testing a well
Inventor: GJERMUND GRIMSBO
IPC: E21B47/117
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: A method of plugging a well for abandonment comprising, conveying a plug placement and verification tool (PPVT) to a location in the well, the PPVT having a stinger 116 to deliver plugging material, an expandable packer 122 at one end of the stinger and one or more sensors 126, where the packer is operated to form a seal, plugging material is delivered above the packer thereby forming a plug and the stinger being left within the plug to act as a communications path through the plug for signals from the sensor(s). A mechanical plug or packer 114 may be installed below the plug location, the mechanical plug may be a bridge plug and it may be installed across the entire casing or liner. Openings 130, 132 may be created in the casing at at least two depths before the installation of the plug, where the mechanical plug is installed below both and the plug is formed between the two openings. The sensor(s) may be used to verify the plug once formed. The sensor(s) may include pressure or temperature sensors.
Patent GB-2569679-A (GB)
Title: Seal assembly
Inventor: MICHAEL JAMES BEBB
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 2018-10-08
Abstract: The assembly 20 comprises a seal member 22 with an adhesive layer 24 on a rear side thereof to permit mounting on the openable member or frame, a backing member 26 being provided to initially cover the adhesive layer wherein the backing member comprises first 26a and second 26b parts extending longitudinally adjacent each other such that the first part of the backing member can be removed to expose a first portion 24a of the adhesive layer to provide an initial mounting of the seal member on an openable member or frame. The seal member can subsequently be removed from the openable member or frame and further mounted on the openable member or fame by removing the second part of the backing member to expose a second portion 24b of the adhesive layer. The seal member may further comprise an intumescent, brush, strip or fin fire and smoke seal. Also disclosed is a seal arrangement and a method to mount said seal arrangement.
Patent GB-2578573-A (GB)
Title: Circuitry and method
Inventor: VINCENZO CONSALES
IPC: G06F21/75
Filed: 2018-10-30
Abstract: A branch prediction unit having a prediction register (e.g. history register) storing prediction data to pattern history table, PHT 350 and a read/write (R/W) controller 600 to select an entry in the PHT 350 which generates prediction 370 of taken or not taken wherein the prediction data in the pattern history table are selectively altered. The prediction data update may be provided by a two-bit saturating counter (fig 7). Control circuitry 800 updates the prediction entries. When the prediction direction is determined it is communicated back to the PHT (resolution 380). The updating of the PHT entries may occur on a random or pseudorandom basis. A further update unit 1110 (fig 10) may be providing a negation resolution (i.e. if the resolution 380 is "taken" then the update corresponds to a situation of "not taken"). Randomising PHT entries may mitigate for the BranchScope attack whereby the data of a branch direction predictor such as the PHT is detected and leaked by a malicious "attacker" program code by detecting the contents of the PHT and the effect of successive variations of those contents. A further invention concerns inhibiting the updating of the pattern history table.
Patent GB-2572030-A (GB)
Title: System for filtering liquid
Inventor: BRIAN GEORGE KENNEDY
IPC: B67D3/00
Filed: 2018-11-02
Abstract: A system for filtering liquid comprises a liquid storage reservoir 112 and a liquid inlet reservoir 115. The system further comprises a filter receiving portion 116 configured to receive a filter, such that, in use, a filter is provided between said liquid inlet reservoir and said liquid storage reservoir and is, in use, configured to filter liquid passing from the liquid inlet reservoir to the liquid storage reservoir along a first liquid flow path. Preferably the filter is a disposable carbon element. The system further comprises second liquid flow path, preferably via an aperture 117, from the liquid inlet reservoir to the liquid storage reservoir which by-passes said filter. Also disclosed is a further invention directed to a beverage preparation system characterised by a liquid storage reservoir and a thermal management assembly. The system can provide chilled, filtered water or the water may be mixed with a preparation ingredient to provide a beverage.
Patent GB-2567754-A (GB)
Title: Flow path sensing for flow therapy apparatus
Inventor: RUSSEL WILLIAM BURGESS
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: Systems and method for conducting respiratory therapy in a respiratory system can adjust a flow of respiratory gases to a patient based upon a detected patient breath cycle. The respiratory system can include a non-sealed patient interface. The respiratory system can be configured to deliver a high flow therapy. A patient breath cycle may be determined using one or more measured parameters, such as a flow rate, a blower motor speed, and/or a system pressure. A flow source may be adjusted to have a phase matching that of the patient's breath cycle, such that flow in increased in response to the patient inhaling, and decreased in response to the patient exhaling.