baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2566337-A (GB)
Title: Transient detection for speaker distortion reduction
Inventor: ZIAD HATAB
IPC: H04R3/04
Filed: 2017-09-25
Abstract: Audio distortion by a speaker may be reduced by detecting onset audio events within an audio signal and modifying the audio to reduce the audio distortion perceived by a listener. The onsets may be detected using a psych-acoustic model by determining critical sub-band powers and corresponding masking thresholds. When a loudness value calculated from the CSBs and masking thresholds exceeds a threshold level, certain frequency bands may be attenuated and other frequency bands may be amplified. The audio modification may be performed on a frame by frame basis and each frame may be processed multiple times until the onset is sufficiently masked or attenuated. Transients are detected in distortion producing frequency bands which are typically low frequencies 202, the distortion producing bands may be attenuated 204, distortion masking bands may also be amplified 206 to reduce perceived distortion.
Patent GB-2558085-A (GB)
Title: Humidification system connections
Inventor: HAMISH ADRIAN OSBORNE
IPC: A61M16/16
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: A circuit connector 2012 for a humidification system 2000, the humidification system 2000 comprising a base unit 2002 and a humidification chamber 2004, the humidification chamber 2004 being configured to be engageable with the base unit 2002, the circuit connector 2012 comprising an inlet configured to provide a fluid connection to an outlet if the humidification chamber to receive heated and/or humidified gases therefrom; an outlet configured to provide fluid connection to a conduit for directing the heated and/or humidified gases to or from a patient or other person, and an electrical terminal configured to provide an electrical connection to a base unit electrical terminal, the electrical terminal comprising at least four electrical contact pads 2106, wherein the at least four electrical contact pads 2106 comprised at least two heater pads configured to be electrically coupled to heater wires, and two sensor and/or identification pads configured to be electrically coupled to sensor wires and/or identification wires.
Patent GB-2556525-A (GB)
Title: Implants and guides for inserting an implant
Inventor: JONATHAN T COSTABILE
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 2016-09-23
Abstract: A system and a method for performing a spinal procedure configured to minimize the size of the surgical corridor so as to reduce recovery time is provided. The system and method include an implant and a guide. The guide is configured to be disposed within a surgical corridor formed by an instrument. The instrument is removed wherein the muscles may contract onto the guide so as to reduce the surgical corridor, wherein the implant is slid down the surgical corridor between a pair of guide members.
Patent GB-2558089-A (GB)
Title: Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill
Inventor: MICHAEL COLSTON
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out on the electronically-controlled appliance via the hardware controller.
Patent GB-2570676-A (GB)
Title: Signalling congestion status
Inventor: MATTHEW HALLIGAN
IPC: H04W28/02
Filed: 2018-02-01
Abstract: An apparatus for a base station 124 in a radio access network 100. The apparatus is configured to detect a change in a radio network congestion status associated with the base station’s cell or cell sector which is being used to serve a mobile device 104, the change being a change to a given one of a plurality of possible radio congestion levels. Once detected the apparatus begins modifying packets which may be IP packets in each of one or more uplink data flows 118 from the mobile device to a core network device, said modification may involve updating a field which may be a differentiated services field in a packet header of each packet, and the modified packets signal to a server the change in congestion status. The apparatus may be configured to stop the modification process when it detects an acknowledgement packet from the server to acknowledge the change in status.
Patent GB-2563143-A (GB)
Title: Gravity based vehicle camera cleaning systems and methods
Inventor: MAHMOUD YOUSEF GHANNAM
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 2018-04-20
Abstract: A vehicle camera cleaning system and method, the system comprising a camera, a blade 308 for cleaning a lens 306 of the camera, a fluid reservoir 310 for dispensing fluid using gravity via a one-directional gateway valve 312, and an actuator for moving the blade vertically across the lens, wherein the fluid reservoir dispenses fluid responsive to actuation of the blade. The camera may be a rear-view camera of a vehicle (see figure 1a). The contour of the blade may match the shape of the surface of the lens, e.g. convex for a convex lens. The blade may be connected to the camera housing 302 on one or both sides of the lens, with the actuator controlling the side(s) in a blinking motion. One side may be connected to the housing via a spring mechanism (see figure 4). The system may include a determiner circuit to determine when the lens of the camera is unclear, e.g. including sensors. The reservoir may be located directly above the lens. There may also be a dispensing element (514; figures 5A-D), which moves horizontally across the lens prior to the actuation of the blade vertically and dispenses fluid onto the lens during this movement.
Patent GB-2565215-A (GB)
Title: Radial-flow reactor apparatus
Inventor: SIMON ROBERT EARLY
IPC: B01J8/02
Filed: 2018-06-13
Abstract: A device for use as a distributor or collector in a radial-flow reaction vessel, comprising an open end and a plurality of rigid columnar portions, each columnar portion comprising a cylindrical outer screen 10 formed from parallel spaced wires 12 and a perforate inner screen 14 fixed to the outer screen, the inner screen formed from a plurality of adjacent perforate support members 16, 18, 20 that support the spaced wires. The rigid columnar portions comprise means for controlling a flow of a gaseous process fluid to or from the device. Means of controlling gas flow may be provided by a greater number and/or larger size and/or smaller spacing of the perforations 28 in the inner screen adjacent the open end. The wires may be triangular in cross-section with the apex of the triangle facing inwards towards the centre of the device. The portions may be joined by overlapping spigot joints (Fig 2; 138) and internal flange joints (Fig 2; 140). Further aspects relate to a radial flow vessel containing the device and a process of using the vessel. The vessel may be a cooled vessel, or a radial-flow steam-raising converter (rSRC). The vessel may contain a methanol synthesis catalyst.
Patent GB-2575670-A (GB)
Title: Encryption system
Inventor: RAYMOND PAUL GORDON
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2018-07-19
Abstract: A processing device, comprising: an interface for connecting to a host device; a processor and instructions such that when executed, causes the processing device to: receive at least one file from the host device 602 via the interface. A disconnection request 630 is then received via the interface and, in response to the disconnection request, a processing task is performed on each file. The processing device may be an encryption device 600, and the processing task may comprise performing an encryption 606 or decryption 608 operation on the at least one file. The interface of the encryption device may be a mass storage interface 602. Also, a processor having a mass storage interface connectable to a host device, configured to receive at least one file from said host device using a mass storage protocol, and to transmit said file back to said host device using said protocol, wherein said file is returned in a transformed state.
Patent GB-2583885-A (GB)
Title: Method, device, and computer program for improving transmission of encoded media data
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/845
Filed: 2018-09-20
Abstract: Encapsulating encoded media data from a server to a client by obtaining samples of the encoded media data, the samples of the encoded media data being ordered according to a first ordering; and encapsulating samples of the obtained samples, ordered according to a second ordering, the second ordering depending on a priority level associated with each of the obtained samples for processing the encapsulated samples upon decapsulation. Reordering information is also encapsulated, for reordering the encapsulated samples according to the first ordering, upon decapsulation. Preferably the media data is timed media data, and the obtained samples correspond to a plurality of contiguous timed media data samples. A priority map may also be obtained, where the reordering information is a function of the priority map. The priority levels may be determined as a function of dependencies between the obtained samples of the media data. Preferably the encapsulated media data is of the ISOBMFF or CMAF type. There are further aspects of the invention for the processing of the encapsulated data, a signal, and a media storage device.
Patent GB-2569843-A (GB)
Title: Scheduling tasks in a multi-threaded processor
Inventor: Simon Christian Knowles
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 2018-10-17
Abstract: A processor 4 comprises an execution unit 18 for executing a respective thread in each of a repeating sequence of time slots, the sequence consisting of a plural number of time slots in which the execution unit is operable to interleave execution of the threads; and a plurality of context register sets CX0…M, each comprising a respective set of registers for representing a state of a respective thread. The context register sets comprise a worker context register set CX0…M for each of the number of time slots the execution unit is operable to interleave and at least one extra context register set CXS; the number of context register sets being one more than the number of repeating time slots. The worker context register sets represent the respective states of worker threads executed within the time slots and the extra context register set represents the state of a supervisor thread. The processor is configured to begin running the supervisor thread in each of the time slots and enable the supervisor thread to relinquish the time slot to a worker thread. The invention allows the coordination of concurrent threads with minimal additional hardware and without the inefficiencies of a full programmatic software approach.
Patent GB-2576793-A (GB)
Title: Selecting an ith largest or a pth smallest number from a set of n m-bit numbers
Inventor: Thomas Michael Rose
IPC: G06F7/24
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: A method of hardware logic selecting the ith largest or the pth smallest number from a set of n m-bit numbers is described. The method is performed iteratively and in the rth iteration, of the method, each of the (m-r)th bits from the m-bit numbers is summed to generate a summation result, the result is then compared to a threshold value. Depending upon the outcome of the comparison, the rth bit of the selected number is determined and the (m-r-1)th bit of each of the m-bit numbers is selectively updated based on the outcome of the comparison and the value of the (m-r)th bit in the m-bit number. In the first iteration, the most significant bit from each of the m-bit numbers is summed and each subsequent iteration sums bits occupying successive bit positions in the numbers. Finally data indicative of the selected number is output, which may be the number or the position within the n numbers of the selected number. The updating may be done by setting a flag for each m-bit number to one or zero, the flag is then used to change or not change the relevant bit in the associated m-bit number.
Patent GB-2565466-A (GB)
Title: Stillage
Inventor: KEVIN GERRATY
IPC: B65D88/12
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: Stillage comprising similar containers in vertical stacked apart relationship to one another. The container includes a flat load carrying surface for carrying items and corner fittings having a collar for cooperatively engaging with one end of support legs to support the container. The support leg has an external plug provided with a pocket having this spaced side walls at one end and an internal cavity surrounded by an enlarged flange at the other end. The lower end of a spacer for spacing apart two containers is received in the pocket of the support and the other end of the spacer is received within the internal cavity of the support leg which is provided with a guide for guiding movement of the spacer to adopt and maintain the correct vertical orientation to form a stable array of vertically stacked containers. The advantage of the stillage formed using the support leg and spacer is that a stable stacked array is formed enabling safe transport of items in the containers without risk of damage to the items.
Patent GB-2566622-A (GB)
Title: 5-(Trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine derivatives and method for producing same
Inventor: TAKUMI KAGAWA
IPC: C07D239/38
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: A 5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine derivative represented by formula (5): wherein R3 represents a hydrogen or a methyl group is provided. A method for producing 2-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine represented by formula (5) comprising reacting 2,4-dichloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine with a metal salt of an aromatic thiol represented by formula (6): wherein R3 is hydrogen or a methyl group is provided. The metal salt of an aromatic thiol is preferably a lithium, sodium or potassium salt.
Patent GB-2579820-A (GB)
Title: Methods of and apparatus for measuring physiological parameters
Inventor: ESTHER RODRIGUEZ-VILLEGAS
IPC: A61B7/04
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for measuring a blood vessel’s physiological parameters. Apparatus 10 comprises an acoustic sensor 12 and an attachment to fit the acoustic-sensor 12 on a person’s body. Preferably acoustic-sensor 12 comprises at least one microphone or piezoelectric sensor. Acoustic-sensor 12 may comprise: a first microphone to detect an acoustic signal from the person; a second microphone to detect background noise; and a processor to remove background noise from the acoustic signal. Apparatus 10 may comprise an optical sensor 20 comprising light source and photo-sensor. Apparatus 10 may comprise a motion sensor for determining when apparatus 10 is being worn by a person, where acoustic-sensor 10 and/or the photo-sensor are activated only when apparatus 10 is being worn, and preferably activates one or more additional electronic components when the photo-sensor determines that apparatus 10 is located in close proximity to an artery or vein. Apparatus 10 may be worn on a forearm. Also an apparatus for measuring blood pressure, comprising inter alia, an apparatus 10 that’s described as being for blood turbulence detection. Also a method of monitoring sleep phases comprising, inter alia, the use of an apparatus 10 to monitor movement, cardiac parameters and respiratory rate.
Patent GB-2571183-A (GB)
Title: Sensor array system selectively configurable as a fingerprint sensor or data entry device
Inventor: FRED G BENKLEY III
IPC: G06K19/07
Filed: 2018-03-22
Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for facilitating enrollment of biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) via a biometric sensor 102 on a smartcard 104. The data can be subsequently used for authenticating a user. The smartcard is inserted into a receptacle 904 of a non-data-transmitting power source 902, whence power is transmitted to the card from the receptacle via contact pads 108. A detector circuit is provided for detecting a signal in the smartcard during enrolment, said circuit can then activate a status indicator (e.g. an LED light) that indicates the state of the enrolment process. A sensor assembly could generate biometric images using the sensor, then derive and store a biometric template. A range of events (e.g. placing a finger on the sensor) could trigger the enrolment phase, and withdrawal from the receptacle could terminate enrolment. The biometric sensor could include finger guides (1212, e.g. beveled edges) to position a finger so that it contacts the sensor at desired orientations.
Patent GB-2580663-A (GB)
Title: Brake control assembly with manual and electrical actuation
Inventor: STEVEN JOHNSON
IPC: B60T15/04
Filed: 2019-01-22
Abstract: A braking system 10 is controlled by a valve assembly 40 including first and second valve elements (42', 42"; fig. 4) movable in first and second housings (41', 41"; fig. 4) from a first position to a second position to apply fluid pressure (e.g. hydraulic or pneumatic) respectively to first and second vehicle brake circuits 11, 12. The first valve element is movable from the first to second position by user input, e.g. via a foot pedal 50, and by an actuator assembly 60, e.g. a control valve (62; fig. 4), responsive to an electrical control signal 21 from an electronic controller 20. As the first valve element moves from first to second position, abutment of its surface (52’; fig. 4) and a second valve element surface (52”; fig.4) causes the second valve element to similarly move from first to second position. The two circuits may respectively control the brakes of a tractor and trailer. The ECU may independently control the brakes in response to vehicle conditions (e.g. speed) and/or pedal position e.g. for automatic retarding control (ARC). Also claimed is a method of controlling the braking system.
Patent GB-2582734-A (GB)
Title: Mother to baby pram pushchair belt
Inventor: IFY IKEGULU
IPC: B62B9/12
Filed: 2019-01-30
Abstract: A rope 2 is secured within a belt 1 such that it protrudes from either end. At each end of the rope there is a hook, clip or clasp 3 with tightening buttons 4 capable of securing the rope and belt to a pram, pushchair, stroller or similar. The belt attaches to a user’s waist by means of buckles 5 and has a plurality of pockets.
Patent GB-2581382-A (GB)
Title: A pump and a method of pumping a gas
Inventor: IAN DAVID STONES
IPC: F04C19/00
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: Disclosed is a pump comprising a housing element 20 and a further element 10, where one of the elements has a helix extending towards the other of the elements which has at least one liquid opening, the two elements and the helix form a path from a gas inlet to a gas outlet, with the further element mounted concentrically within the housing element such that the two can rotate relatively to each other, the helix narrowing as it extends from the element it is associated with and the at least one liquid opening configured to create a liquid blade when liquid is expelled such that it drives gas from the inlet to the outlet when the elements rotate. The pump may be a vacuum pump or a wet scrubber for an abatement system. Also included is a method of pumping a gas utilising a liquid blade and a helical element.
Patent GB-2568446-A (GB)
Title: Development of spinal cord on a microfludic chip
Inventor: JORDAN S KERNS
IPC: C12N15/85
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: The invention relates to culturing brain endothelial cells, and optionally astrocytes and neurons in a fluidic device under conditions whereby the cells mimic the structure and function of the blood brain barrier. Culture of such cells in a microfluidic device, whether alone or in combination with other cells, drives maturation and/or differentiation further than existing systems.
Patent GB-2577016-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for storing thin film device and method for measuring biological molecule
Inventor: KAZUMA MATSUI
IPC: G01N33/483
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: An apparatus for storing a thin film device, said apparatus comprising a thin film device 3 provided with an Si-containing insulating thin film having a thickness of not more than 100 nm, a solution being in contact with the thin film, and a container provided with a tank having the solution sealed therein, wherein the solution satisfies any of requirements (1) to (3): (1) a solution which contains 0-30% by volume inclusive of water; (2) a solution which has been cooled to and kept at a temperature not lower than the solidification point and lower than 15°C; and (3) a solution which contains a salt at a concentration of 1 mol/L or higher and not higher than the saturation concentration and has been cooled to and kept at a temperature not lower than the solidification point and lower than 25°C.
Patent GB-2591145-A (GB)
Title: A cleaning appliance
Inventor: MICHELE BENETTI
IPC: A61C17/22
Filed: 2020-01-20
Abstract: The appliance comprises a handle (16, fig 1), an optical system comprising illuminating means 65 and an image capturing means 67. The appliance transmits a plurality of illumination events towards the oral cavity and captures images of the oral cavity from light returned from the oral cavity. A controller 56 actuates a treatment for the oral cavity depending on the captured images. The appliance also comprises moving means 72 for moving the illumination means at a first frequency. The illumination means is configured to generate the plurality of illumination events at a second frequency. The first and second frequencies may be the same. The dental treatment may be delivered by a nozzle 32 for ejecting a fluid.
Patent GB-2583314-A (GB)
Title: Façade construction using through wall thermal stud
Inventor: HUGH BOWERMAN
IPC: E04C3/08
Filed: 2020-07-23
Abstract: A stud assembly for extending through a cavity wall, comprises a quadrilateral plate comprising perforations, said plate comprising two opposing faces and four edges; and two angle sections(13,14) for attaching to first and second opposing edges of the plate and to an internal and an external portion of the cavity wall respectively. The stud assembly may comprise two parallel perforated plates and two channel sections which form a box section stud. The stud assembly is prismatic and designed to be capable of being located by a robot and welded together by a robot. Therefore, the stud assembly may form a wall system suitable for automated manufacture. Also disclosed is a wall protrusion bracket for transferring loads from a wall projection into a load carrying structure of a building, comprising a vertical beam assembly and a moment resisting bracket.