baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2551748-A (GB)
Title: Power control circuitry for controlling power domains
Inventor: Dominic William Brown
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A data processing apparatus 2 includes a plurality of power domains controlled by respective power control signals PCS. Power control circuitry 22 includes mapping circuitry which maps a plurality of power status signals PSS indicative of the power status of respective power domains, and received from those power domains, to form the power control signals which are then supplied power domains. The mapping circuitry may be controlled by mapping parameters stored within a memory mapped array. The mapping parameters may specify that a given power control signal is either sensitive or insensitive to the power status of a particular other power domain within the data processing apparatus 2. The mapping parameters may be fixed or software programmable. The mapping parameters may be accessible as memory mapped values within a memory address space of a data processing apparatus.
Patent GB-2541539-A (GB)
Title: Methods, apparatus, computer programs, and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums for repairing aerofoils of gas turbine engines
Inventor: Mark Foulkes
IPC: F01D9/02
Filed: 2016-07-26
Abstract: A method of repairing an part 29 of a gas turbine engine, the part 29 comprising a first aerofoil 30 and a second aerofoil 32, the method comprising: controlling machining of at least one of: the first aerofoil 30 and the second aerofoil 32; the machining causing an increase in a throat area 42 defined by the first aerofoil, the second aerofoil, a first platform 34 and a second platform 36, the first aerofoil and the second aerofoil being arranged to couple to the first platform and to the second platform; and controlling provision of a coating (46, figure 5A) to at least one of the first platform and the second platform subsequent to controlling machining to reduce the throat area. The coating may comprise a thermal barrier coating including yttria stabilised zirconia or an Aluminide (Al) alloy. The invention further provides apparatus including a controller, a computer program and storage media for performing the method. Another aspect of the invention is a platform having a coating, the thickness of the coating being greater than two hundred and fifty (250) microns.
Patent GB-2538196-A (GB)
Title: Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, image encoding method, image decoding method, and program
Inventor: KATSUHIRO KUSANO
IPC: H04N19/59
Filed: 2014-03-04
Abstract: An image encoding apparatus (100) comprises: an image conversion unit (101) that converts an input image signal (20) having a first resolution to a second image signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution; a region acquisition unit (112) that acquires a region of interest (40) in an image represented by the input image signal (20); a region information output unit (113) that outputs first region information indicating the region of interest (40); a first encoding unit (12) that acquires, from the input image signal (20), a partial region signal corresponding to the region of interest (40) and that encodes the partial region signal into a first encoded signal; a second encoding unit (11) that encodes the second image signal into a second encoded signal; and an output unit (119) that outputs the second encoded signal and the first encoded signal.
Patent GB-2553337-A (GB)
Title: Dome light assembly for a vehicle, cabin for a vehicle comprising a dome light assembly, and vehicle comprising a cabin with a dome light assembly
Inventor: ERIC GULICK
IPC: B60Q3/76
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: The invention relates to a dome light assembly 16 for a vehicle, suitable for a vehicle, comprising a lighting arrangement 18, 20, 22, 24 wherein the lighting arrangement comprises a first lighting device 30 for providing direct illumination of an interior of the vehicle and wherein the lighting arrangement further comprises a translucent optical element (26, see fig 2) covering the first lighting device. To provide a dome light assembly of this kind, by means of which dome light assembly an improved, consistent and especially relaxing illumination of an interior of a vehicle can be achieved, the lighting arrangement further comprises a second lighting device comprising a light source and an optical waveguide coupled to the light source and arranged to provide ambient illumination of the interior of the vehicle. The light assembly may be in a ribbon shape and may comprise two parallel optical waveguides extending along a respective side of the lighting element. The device may comprise more than one lighting device and at least two may abut each other to form a single continuous waveguide.
Patent GB-2540298-A (GB)
Title: Signature retrieval and matching for media monitoring
Inventor: DANIEL NELSON
IPC: H04N21/442
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform signature retrieval and matching for media monitoring are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein can include querying a first table using a first site signature obtained from a monitored site, the first table including hash keys corresponding to respective reference signatures, the first table further including respective qualifier data descriptive of respective ones of the reference signatures, Such example methods can also include querying a second table using first qualifier data obtained from querying the first table using the first site signature, the first qualifier data descriptive of a first reference signature corresponding to a first hash key determined to match the first site signature. Such example methods can further include comparing a first block of site signatures with a portion of a plurality of blocks of reference signatures obtained from querying the second table using the first qualifier data.
Patent GB-2552228-A (GB)
Title: Sports training system and method
Inventor: RICHARD JOHN GRAY
IPC: A63B69/34
Filed: 2016-10-25
Abstract: A training system 1 for developing tackle or tackle follow-up technique in contact sports, especially American football, comprises first 3, second 5 and third 7 padded tackling apparatus for targeted training of tackle technique and tackle follow-up technique at levels corresponding to a relatively low, medial and high body heights respectively. Each apparatus 3, 5, 7 may comprise a cushioned elongate body 4, 6, 8 which allows the apparatus 4, 6, 8 to stand on one end. Gripping features 11 may be provided on the bodies 4, 6, 8. A method of tackle training is also disclosed. Apparatus 3, 5, 7 featuring flanges movable along their body 4, 6, 8, enclosed cavities within the bag 4, 6, 8 or interchangeable cores are also disclosed. Additionally, a modular apparatus is provided which enables longitudinal assembly to provide different lengths of body 4, 6, 8.
Patent GB-2553599-A (GB)
Title: Method for deghosting and redatuming operator estimation
Inventor: JOHAN ROBERTSSON
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: Method for removing the surface ghost from and/or separating wavefield data and/or for estimating redatuming operators of the wavefield data. It includes obtaining wavefield signals obtained by activating sources 1-12 at different distances from a reference surface (dotted line). A gather is formed from the wavefield signals of multiple lateral offsets. It also includes applying a transform to the gather to partition or map a first wavefield into at least two different cones in the transformed domain. In some aspects the transform is also used to partition or map a second or ghost wavefield which propagates towards the reference surface. The contribution of the wavefield in the cone is used to isolate the first wavefield and/or a ghost wavefield and/or to estimate a redatuming operator.
Patent GB-2542315-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning unit of track vehicle mounted under vehicle
Inventor: ZONGCHANG WANG
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 2015-11-10
Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioning unit of a track vehicle mounted under the vehicle, which is a unit-type air conditioning unit and comprises a housing (2), wherein an indoor side (3) and an outdoor side (4) are separated in the housing (2); condensers (7), condensate fans (8) and a compressor (9) are mounted to the outdoor side (4); condensate air inlets (12) are provided on two side walls of the housing (2) corresponding to air inlets of skirt boards on two sides of a device cabin (1), and condensate air outlets (13) are provided on a bottom wall of the housing (2); the condensate fans (8) are provided at positions close to the condensate air outlets (13) on the bottom wall; and there are two condensers (7) which are respectively provided close to the condensate air inlets (12) on the two sides. The air conditioning unit increases the number of the condenser, changes the methods for condensate air-in and air-out so as to double the condensate air-in area for the air conditioner, thereby increasing the condensate air quantity for the air conditioner, improving the refrigeration effect when the air conditioner is at a high temperature, and improves the sitting comfort of a passenger when the vehicle is operated in the environment of high temperature for a long time.
Patent GB-2559561-A (GB)
Title: Thom door stop
Inventor: Stanley John Thomas
IPC: E05C19/00
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: Apparatus for preventing a door opening, having a bottom plate 1 screwed into the joist of a floor, and a removable top plate 2 with upright section. The top and bottom sections are joined together using screws and washers on the floor mounted plate section fitting through holes on the door wedge upper section, preventing movement from side to side. Part of the top plate 3 protrudes under the door and stops the door from being opened. The top section is only removable from the lower section by lifting upwards.
Patent GB-2559751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a vehicular accessory attachment system and method
Inventor: Matthew James Furlong
IPC: B60R11/06
Filed: 2017-02-16
Abstract: An accessory attachment system for a vehicle providing a plurality of attachment points for an item to be secured, comprising a panel 200 made up of a combined web ladder layer 208 defining the plurality of attachment points in at least one ladder section, a backing layer 206 adapted to fit the predetermined location, wherein the combined web ladder layer 208 is adapted to be fixed to the backing layer to thereby form the panel. The system provides for rigid anchor points for securing items in vehicles.
Patent GB-2560562-A (GB)
Title: Improved access management to multi-user uplink random resource units by a plurality of BSSs
Inventor: PASCAL VIGER
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: A physical Access Point (AP) manages a plurality of BSS groups through Virtual APs. The AP sends beacon frames informing of the profile of each BSS. The AP can send a trigger frame to reserve a transmission opportunity (TXOP) including resource units the stations access to transmit data during the reserved TXOP. To improve channel utilization, the trigger frame identifies a plurality of BSS groups, stations of which are allowed to access the resources units to transmit data during the reserved TXOP. To support random access procedure onto the resources units of the reserved TXOP identifying a plurality of groups, the AP provides a joint set of random access parameters in the beacon frame, in addition to the set of random access parameters of each BSS. A station of given group has to use the joint set of random access parameters or the set of its BSS for the random access procedure. The station computes a ratio of at least one random access parameter between the joint set and its BSS set (e.g OCWmin). Applying a scale factor on the backoff counter value (OBO) ensures equivalent fairness in accessing the offered resources units to transmit data.
Patent GB-2560917-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-monitoring probe apparatus and system
Inventor: JEREMY KNIGHT
IPC: G01N1/42
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: A fluid monitoring probe apparatus 14 has a proximal probe body part 20 and a distal probe body part 18. The proximal probe body part 20 is engagable with an access port 16 of a liquid-natural-gas pipeline 12. A cooling-fluid channel 26 extends through or into the proximal probe part 20 to enable liquid-natural-gas from the pipeline 12 to cool the proximal probe part 20 and a liquid-natural-gas monitoring passage 22. There may additionally be a valve 25 to allow fluid in the probe 14 to be isolated. There may be sensors in the proximal probe body part 20 such as fluid pressure, temperature or flow velocity sensors. Sub-cooled fluid is maintained in the probe apparatus 14 due to fluid flowing through the pipeline 12 being redirected through the internal fluid channel 26 of the probe 18.
Patent GB-2561574-A (GB)
Title: Needle coating for injector closed loop
Inventor: ROMAIN VIT
IPC: F02M61/16
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: A needle valve member 12 of a fuel injector 10 coated in a first zone 44 with an electrically isolating wear resistant material and, remaining electrically conductive in a distinct second zone 42. The invention provides for a durable electric switch for use with a close loop injector control strategy.
Patent GB-2573974-A (GB)
Title: Methods for using a proprietary hardware device to digitally fingerprint any analogue music source, specifically in-car radio and record player pre-amplifier
Inventor: DARREL SHEINMAN
IPC: G06F16/60
Filed: 2017-04-19
Abstract: A system comprising a music source, a hardware chipset capable of converting the music to a low bit rate data stream and a transmitter which transmits the data stream to a server programed with a music recognition algorithm. The proprietary hard ware device is connected by wire to an analogue music source such as an in-car radio or a record player. This digitally fingerprints the music source. The tracks may be uploaded to a server and added to an online library. The system may be initiated by dropping the tone arm or touching the screen or indicator stalk in car.
Patent GB-2552241-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for beyond-the-horizon threat indication for vehicles
Inventor: LYNN VALERIE KEISER
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2017-05-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for Beyond the Horizon Threat Indication in which motion information 310 and vicinity data 320 of a first vehicle are transferred to a processor, which determines whether said first vehicle is subject to a possible hazard or risk 360. The determination of said hazard is based on the motion information and vicinity data. The processor then alerts the first vehicle on the potential hazard 370. The system may be implemented in a traffic control structure and the vicinity data may include information on a second vehicle, a moving object or a stationary object which may collide with the first vehicle. The system may therefore determine possible trajectories of the first vehicle and any further moving objects 364. The processor may further issue commands to remotely control the first vehicle in response to the detected hazard 380.
Patent GB-2564395-A (GB)
Title: Media gateway
Inventor: NICHOLAS PETER LARKIN
IPC: H04L47/20
Filed: 2017-07-06
Abstract: A media gateway 100 that comprises a media session manager function 104, a media processor function 106 and a media session datastore function 124. The functions are provided by one or more instantiations that may be independently scaled to provide N-way redundancy. A Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) load balancer 150 may be used to balance media session control requests between instantiations of the media session manager function. The media gateway may employ Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and be configured with an anycast IP address that is hosted at multiple instantiations of the media gateway simultaneously. The datastore function may employ key sharding to enable the media gateway service to be horizontally scaled. A flow steering sub-function may be used to filter out unwanted traffic types or traffic from blacklisted addresses and Denial of Service (DoS) protection may be improved by spreading bad packets across many media processors making it harder to overwhelm a single media processor.
Patent GB-2558338-A (GB)
Title: Means for adjusting sleeve length
Inventor: EDWARD AUBREY HUGH GOGGIN
IPC: A41D27/10
Filed: 2017-07-21
Abstract: A garment 10 comprising a sleeve 20, and an adjustment means comprising a fastener 40, 40 and attachment means 50 for said fastener, the fastener and attachment being longitudinally aligned in order to allow reversible adjustment of the length L of the sleeve, the fastener and attachment means being integral or permanently attached to the sleeve. Preferably the fastener and attachment means are a button and buttonhole, hook and loop fastener, popper or snap fasteners, toggles and loops, etc. The sleeve may comprise a plurality of fasteners and a plurality of attachment means. Preferably the adjustment means are located on the inner surface of the sleeve. Also claimed is a method of shortening and lengthening the effective length of a sleeve for such a garment.
Patent GB-2565297-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable power supply device for supplying power to a power switch control device
Inventor: FRANK WARNES
IPC: H02M3/335
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: An adjustable power supply suitable for a power switch driver circuit takes an input voltage Vin and generates output voltages at three output terminals. Two of the output terminals 131, 133 provide gate voltage signals to a power switch control device while the third 132 is connected to a reference voltage 127. The output voltages may be adjusted using a first and second external resistor R5, R6 enabling the power requirements for a wide variety of power switch devices to be satisfied. A transformer has a primary side winding coupled to the input terminals and a secondary side winding coupled to intermediate terminals 121, 122 of a converter circuit 102. The converter circuit includes first and second adjustment parts for adjusting the voltage difference between the respective output terminals and the reference output terminal. Power switching technologies the power supply may be used for include IGBT, SIC (Silicon Carbide), MOS and GaN (Gallium Nitride). The power supply topologies that the adjustable power supply may be applied to includes flyback (shown), forward, half bridge, full bridge, push pull, buck, boost Sepic, Cuk, or Zeta.
Patent GB-2567145-A (GB)
Title: Heated beanbag
Inventor: WILLIAM ANDREW JEFFERSON
IPC: A47C27/08
Filed: 2017-09-28
Abstract: The beanbag 1 has a heating element 2. The heating element 2 may be attached to an outer cover 4 of the beanbag 1 on an inner surface 18. The beanbag 1 may include an interior bag 24 filled with beanbag balls 26. The beanbag 1 may be shaped as a chair having a back rest 6 and seat 8, each having a part of the heating element 2 located thereat. The heating element 2 may include coils of wire 20 and have padding 22. The temperature of the heating element 2 may be set by a controller and a thermostat may be provided near the beanbag balls 26. A cord carrying a plug may connect the heating element to a mains electricity supply through an opening in the beanbag 1. Alternatively, the heating element 2 may be powered by a rechargeable battery.
Patent GB-2558351-A (GB)
Title: Determining semantically diverse responses for providing as suggestions for inclusion in electronic communications
Inventor: ANJULI KANNAN
IPC: G06F40/00
Filed: 2017-09-28
Abstract: A method of providing suggested responses 591A-593A to an electronic communication 580A, such as an email or SMS, includes identifying a candidate set of responses based on the content of the electronic communication, selecting a first response of the candidate set for inclusion in a selected set, and generating embeddings for each of the first response and a further response of the candidate set. If the first and further response satisfy a difference criterion based on a comparison between their respective embeddings, then the further response is added to the selected set. Responses in the selected set are provided for display at a user computing device enabling their selection for inclusion in a reply to the electronic communication. Preferably, the embeddings are generated using a neural network response encoder model which includes long short-term memory cells. The first response may be the highest ranked in a ranked candidate set. The difference criterion may be measured by calculating a cosine similarity, dot product or Euclidian distance between the embeddings. The invention aims to provide a range of semantically diverse response suggestions.
Patent GB-2569267-A (GB)
Title: Lighting integration
Inventor: MICHAEL PAUL ALEXANDER GEISSLER
IPC: H04N5/265
Filed: 2017-10-13
Abstract: Method for augmenting images, comprising: forming an image feed showing a subject illuminated by a lighting unit; estimating the location of the lighting unit; rendering 3D overlay data based on the estimated location of the lighting unit; overlaying the 3D overlay on the image feed. Images may be still or video. Position of camera and lighting unit may be estimated using radio location, time of flight to beacons, trilateration or by comparing locations of indicia in a series of images captured at different times. Indicia may be high brightness, retroreflective, matt or have a specific colour and may be flat laminar stickers disposed in an irregular pattern. Overlays may be computer generated imagery, animations, bar charts or 3D virtual objects to be rendered to replace the background of the video feed and may define a back ground image and foreground data, or the object size, attitude, surface texture and position relative to a reference point. Three dimensional objects may be textured and a lighting algorithm may simulate their illumination. Illumination angles of the simulated light and lighting unit may match.
Patent GB-2556457-A (GB)
Title: Driving machine
Inventor: KENJI KOBORI
IPC: B25C1/06
Filed: 2016-04-01
Abstract: Provided is a driving machine equipped with a cylinder (12) with a piston chamber (14) formed therein partitioned by a piston (13) which drives a driver blade (15), with which easy charging of a compression chamber with compressed air can be achieved without increasing the size of the driving machine. A housing (11) has a cylinder case section (11a) for housing the cylinder (12) and a handle section (11c), and the cylinder (12) is provided with a pressure accumulator (41). The pressure accumulator (41) is provided with a bottom wall section (42), an upper wall section (43), and a compression chamber (45) communicating with the piston chamber (14). A charge valve (71) is disposed on the bottom wall section (42).
Patent GB-2555744-A (GB)
Title: System and method for establishing a multi-well foundation comprising an alignment template for suction foundation units
Inventor: HARALD STRAND
IPC: E21B41/08
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: A system for establishing a collection of well foundations, the well foundations being formed of suction-foundation units (2) arranged to be driven down into an unconsolidated mass (31), wherein an alignment template (1) including several through cut-outs (11), each arranged to receive a suctiοη-foundation unit (2), is placed over the unconsolidated mass (31), forming a means of positioning the suction-foundation units (2) before the suction-foundation units (2) are driven down into the unconsolidated mass (31 ). A method of establishing a collection of well foundations is described as well, the method comprising the following steps: a) placing an alignment template (1) over an unconsolidated mass (31); b) lowering a suction-foundation unit (2) into a cut-out (11) in the alignment template (1); c) driving the suction-foundation unit (2) down into the unconsolidated mass (31) to a prescribed depth; and d) repeating steps b) and c).