baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2550930-A (GB)
Title: Process
Inventor: ZHAOXI ZHANG
IPC: C10G21/06
Filed: 2016-05-31
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for upgrading a petroleum product (e.g. FCC gasoline) comprising mixing the petroleum product with an upgrading solution to provide a two-phase mixture consisting of an extract phase and a raffinate phase, wherein the upgrading solution comprises a pyrolysis oil (e.g. bio-oil) and optionally a polar organic solvent such as methanol or ethanol. The upgrading may take the form of increasing the oxygenates in the petroleum product or increasing the octane number thereof.
Patent GB-2543177-A (GB)
Title: Rolling cutter assemblies
Inventor: Christopher Charles Propes
IPC: E21B10/573
Filed: 2014-07-28
Abstract: An example rolling cutter assembly includes a rolling cutter disposable within a cutter pocket defined in a drill bit, the cutter pocket including a receiving end, a bottom end, and a sidewall extending between the receiving and bottom ends. The rolling cutter provides a substrate having a first end with a diamond table disposed thereon and a second end arrangeable within the cutter pocket at or near the bottom end. A bearing element is disposable within the cutter pocket at the bottom end and engageable with the second end of the rolling cutter as the rolling cutter rotates about a central axis.
Patent GB-2541325-A (GB)
Title: Light source device and projection video display apparatus provided with light source device
Inventor: DAISUKE ITO
IPC: H01S5/024
Filed: 2014-06-06
Abstract: A laser light source module (10) is composed of a plurality of unit laser light source modules each of which emits laser light of one color, and when the laser light source module (10) is composed of the unit laser light source modules of two or more colors, the unit laser light source module in which the median of a temperature range where practical luminance can be obtained is high is thermally connected to an evaporator (25) on the further upstream side of the flow of a refrigerant than the unit laser light source module in which the median of the temperature range where the practical luminance can be obtained is low.
Patent GB-2559124-A (GB)
Title: Flue mounted hoist
Inventor: CARL NESBIT
IPC: B66D3/26
Filed: 2017-01-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus to aid in lifting condensing boilers, or similar appliances, and being suitable for mounting within a flue hole 18, the apparatus comprising hoisting means 10 for connection to an object 14 when in use. The apparatus may comprise a rubberised and/or elastomeric sleeve 32 bonded or over-moulded to an outer surface of an elongate polyhedral metal body 12. The apparatus may comprise a tensioning means such as a bungee 28, gas strut (54, fig 4) or retractable coil spring (56, fig 5). The tensioning means may be connected to a flexible strap 36 that is used for connecting to the object 14. The tensioning means may provide a selectable tension assist that is selectable by means of a pair of cleats or rollers 44a, 44b. The apparatus may also comprise an extendable arm (66, fig 8) and the tensioning means may be electrically powered and connected to a battery (60, fig 6).
Patent GB-2559809-A (GB)
Title: Motion tracking apparatus and system
Inventor: SHARWIN WINESH RAGHOEBARDAJAL
IPC: G06T7/70
Filed: 2017-02-21
Abstract: Images of a user are used to generate tracking information 300 whilst motion information for a user is generated from input signals 310; the tracking information and motion information are merged 320, the motion information used to modify the tracking information. The merged information may be used to generate images 330; the image generation may comprise rendering an avatar that moves in a virtual environment dependent on the users movements in the real world. The input signals may be received from peripheral devices (140, Fig.1), indicating motion of the users body, for example their head and/or hands. The photos of the user may be used to update a skeletal model, comprising information about the height, weight, and joints of the user. The input signals may be received at a frame rate different to as the camera capture rate, this may help provide tracking with a latency that is suitable for virtual reality (VR) applications.
Patent GB-2558029-A (GB)
Title: A crop monitoring system and method
Inventor: VIDYANATH GURURAJAN
IPC: A01D91/00
Filed: 2017-08-31
Abstract: A harvester monitoring system configured to determine one or more parameters associated with harvested items (21/22, fig 3), the system comprising: a camera module (111, fig 9) having a field of view and configured to generate image data associated with the harvested items; a mounting bracket (113, fig 7) configured to secure the camera module to a harvester (100, fig 1) such that a conveyor (108, fig 1) of the harvester is within the field of view of the camera module; a location sub-system 14 configured to determine and output location data representative of a geographical location of the harvester monitoring system; and a processing unit configured to receive the image data and the location data, to determine one or more parameters associated with the harvested items, and to record the one or more parameters in association with the location data on a computer readable medium; wherein the camera module is configured to determine depth data for the harvested items. Also disclosed is a monitoring method.
Patent GB-2553237-A (GB)
Title: Pre-fetched encoding for application streaming
Inventor: CHUO LING CHANG
IPC: H04N21/6336
Filed: 2016-05-04
Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-fetched encoding for application streaming. In some implementations, an indication at a server computer system that a client device has a plurality of representations of template frames may be received. Multiple image frames, provided to a client device by the server computer system, where the processing of each image frame includes determining whether the image frame satisfies a threshold similarity to one of the template frames, may be processed. The operations performed for each image frame that satisfies the threshold similarity to one of the template frames may include, generating a representation of a difference between the image frame and the template frame with which the image frame satisfies the threshold similarity, generating an instruction for rendering the image frame, and providing the instruction to the client device.
Patent GB-2557727-A (GB)
Title: Universal adapter for a plug connector head and plug connector part having a plug connector head of this kind
Inventor: HANS BAUMGARTNER
IPC: H01R24/64
Filed: 2017-10-25
Abstract: An adapter 16 for receiving a plug connector head 1 comprises a main body 14 and a slide element 30. The main body has, on an end face, a through-opening (28) for guiding through the plug connector head at least in part. The adapter is intended to be able to receive the plug connector head irrespective of the geometric design of said plug connector head and therefore irrespective of the manufacturer. For this purpose, the slide element is movably mounted on the main body such that the slide element and the main body form a variably sized receiving space (38) for the plug connector head. Teeth 22 allow the slide element to be moved in one direction only. The adapter allows a commercial RJ45 network connector to be used in an industrial setting.
Patent GB-2571333-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit design
Inventor: ANUP GANGWAR
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2018-02-26
Abstract: Designing data routing networks connecting components of an integrated-circuit, comprising generating an undirected graph 510 representing a mesh of candidate router elements, 505 positioned dependent on at least one characteristic of the circuit, nodes representing elements and edges connections between them. A process is then repeated, each iteration comprising; generating a tree structure 520 interconnecting the nodes; for each node computing a compactness index 525 representing path cost for connections to other nodes; identifying a node set for each component within the tree structure and connecting the component to a selected node therein considering the compactness index of the nodes within the set; establishing a candidate router network 535; and computing a cost value (5B, 540) for the candidate based on each pair of components co-communicating within the candidate. One candidate is then selected (5B, 560) based on the cost-value. Minimum cost trees, e.g. Steiner trees, may be used for generating tree structures and Breadth-First Search (BFS) or Dijkstra’s algorithm may determine optimal paths for computing the compactness-index.
Patent GB-2562163-A (GB)
Title: Telephone signal processing
Inventor: YUFEI TAO
IPC: H04M11/06
Filed: 2018-03-21
Abstract: A method of processing a telephone signal comprising voice 200 and data signals 210 which may be one or more of acoustic signals or DTMF tones, comprising detecting the presence of an artefact (Figure 4, 310) in the telephone signal which may be a spike of a predetermined duration, indicating the presence of a data signal fragment associated with an earlier attenuation of a data signal and processing the telephone signal by further attenuating the telephone signal near the artefact optionally by at least one of omitting, replacing or modifying a portion of the signal, in order to remove the data signal fragment from the telephone signal. Processing the telephone signal may occur in the time domain and it may be processed as a sequence of frames of varying duration or position either of which may be determined by means of a neural network or by a parameter in dependence on the telephone signal source.
Patent GB-2575879-A (GB)
Title: Actuator
Inventor: Jean Paul Warmerdam
IPC: F16F9/49
Filed: 2018-07-27
Abstract: An actuator 10 including an external snubber or damper assembly 28 is provided. The actuator 10 comprises: a housing 14; a piston or actuator rod 12; and a snubber or buffer or damper assembly 28. The housing 14 has a generally cylindrical hollow body having a first end 19, a second end (not shown) and an outer wall 20. The piston or actuator rod 12 is generally cylindrical and has a first end 15 and a second end (16, Figure 4) with a stop 17 and a clevis joint 18 being provided at the first end 15. The snubber or buffer or damper assembly 28 is mounted at the first end 19 of the housing 14. A simulator or test system including an actuator mechanism with such an actuator is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2576774-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for vehicle registration plate assembly
Inventor: ADRIAN NIGEL DAYKIN
IPC: B60R13/10
Filed: 2018-09-01
Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a vehicle registration plate holds one component, such as a transparent plastics panel 5, in a fixed position, and brings a second component, such as a retroreflective sheet 8, progressively into contact with the plastics panel by using a release mechanism. The first and second componenets have respective retaining means 1, 10. A compression means, such as a roller, traverses to bond the retroreflective sheet to the plastics panel. The retaining means may comprises peripheral side walls. The release mechanism may include a plurality of independently retractable rectangular tabs 7 on which the retroreflective sheet rests (figure 2). The second retaining means may include a flexible membrane with perforations, through which suction 11 is applied to hold the retroreflective sheet. Alternatively the second retaining means may include a pad 14 which adheres the retroreflective sheet in a flat position, with the pad being able to then curve to bring the sheet progressively into contact with the surface of the plastics panel (figure 4). The apparatus may additionally include a UV printer. The above apparatus may enable a license plate to be made without misalignment between its layers.
Patent GB-2577337-A (GB)
Title: Image data encoding and decoding
Inventor: STEPHEN MARK KEATING
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2018-09-24
Abstract: Intra-prediction of image data using a Position Dependent intra Prediction Combination (PDPC) mode in which a prediction of a current sample of a current image region has a weighted dependency upon filtered and non-filtered reference samples. The PDPC mode is selectively enabled or disabled in response to a predetermined property of the current region to disallow the use of the PDPC mode for the current region when the predetermined property of the current region fails to meet a predetermined criterion. For example, the PDPC mode may be disallowed based on the current region size. The current sample is of a current image, of a plurality of regions of an image and is predicted with respect to one or more corresponding reference samples of the same image. The PDPC mode may be selectively enabled or disabled by a detector 1920 which controls whether the PDPC mode is used 1940 or disallowed 1900.
Patent GB-2568442-A (GB)
Title: Determining molecular and molecular assembly structures from a momentum transfer cross section distribution
Inventor: CHRISTIAN BLEIHOLDER
IPC: G01N23/20
Filed: 2017-06-06
Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for de novo determinations of molecular structures or assemblies, including biologically relevant protein structures or assemblies, from IMS-MS data alone. The systems and methods perform a comprehensive conformational analysis of a molecule or molecular assembly, predict IMS-MS spectra for the molecule or molecular assembly, and report structures that best explain experimental spectra for the molecule or molecular assembly.
Patent GB-2584618-A (GB)
Title: Control system and method
Inventor: William Hembury Beresford
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2019-05-23
Abstract: A control system is configured to associate navigation data for the host vehicle and disable use of said navigation data S103 after given length of time has expired S102 after a time point associated with the navigation data S101. The time point associated with the navigation data may be the time the data is received by the control system. Data may be supplied to an electronic horizon provider and if a predetermined length of time passes before the position data is updated, the stored electronic horizon data is deleted. Queries received after the data is deleted may be responded to with a message informing that no data is available. The navigation data may comprise data relating to at least one route for the vehicle and/or data relating to the vehicle. The length of time expired may be monitored by a counter or a clock signal. Aspects of the invention also relate to a vehicle, a control method and a non-transitory computer readable medium.
Patent GB-2584484-A (GB)
Title: Sealing tape
Inventor: RICHARD PAUL HOBSON
IPC: B65D33/16
Filed: 2019-06-06
Abstract: A sealing a bag by wrapping adhesive tape 400 around its mouth and engaging adhesive free ends 310, 311 of the tape against each other. One of the ends of the tape is not orthogonal. Ideally both ends 310, 311 are cut at the same angle between 30° and 60° to form a parallelogram so that when folded over the corners 410, 412 project rather than overlapping. Ideally the method involves clamping the ends of the tape to tension it and urging the gathered mouth of a bag towards and through the adhesive region and subsequently through a pair of rollers 252, 254 to press the adhesive against the material of the bag mouth. The cutter can be on the sealing apparatus and can be adjustable. Each cut could create one inclined end on each of two adjacent adhesive strips. An attempt has also been made to protect the sealing tape itself.
Patent GB-2589055-A (GB)
Title: Method, computer readable medium, and data processing apparatus
Inventor: SAMUEL JOSEPH BIRD
IPC: G06F21/32
Filed: 2019-08-09
Abstract: The method includes receiving data from a garment, obtaining, from the data, biometric identity for a user wearing the garment, determining whether the biometric identity is associated with a user account and if the biometric identity is associated with a user account, storing at least a component of the data in a data store associated with the user account. If the biometric identity is not associated with the user account, the method may not store data in a data store associated with the user account. A component of the data may be stored in a separate data store. The separate data store may be a common data store used by a plurality of garments that are not associated with the user account. Determining the biometric identity of a user may involve comparing the biometric identity to a pre-stored biometric identity associated with the user account. The garment may incorporate sensors which are designed to interface with the wearer of the garment and to determine information such as the wearer’s heart rate, rate of respiration, activity and body position.
Patent GB-2578692-A (GB)
Title: Improved method, apparatus and system for embedding data within a data stream
Inventor: SIMON GOGERLY
IPC: G11B20/00
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: Digits of coded media data (eg. audio or video) are placed within a data stream by determining an area 12 where a digit 8 can be placed to inhibit detection (eg. at a transient attack) using a placement criterion, and determining a format or digit location wherein each digit has a melodic or sympathetic relationship with an audio characteristic (eg. pitch, octave) of the original data 6 at that location, by imitating, estimating or extrapolating the original data preceding the location. This allows tracking and monitoring of audio copies by steganography which is undetectable to the human ear.
Patent GB-2581271-A (GB)
Title: Plaster for securing a tube
Inventor: CORNELIA HAINDL
IPC: A61M25/02
Filed: 2020-02-03
Abstract: A plaster 10 for use in securing a tube to a patient, the plaster 10 comprising a top layer 14 having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a pull tab 30, and a base layer 12 having an upper surface 20, and a lower surface 18. At least a portion of the lower surface of the top layer or the upper surface 20 of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the tube. The lower 18 of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the patient, and wherein the top layer includes a hinge 32 which the pull tab 30 can be orientated away from the skin of the patient. The plaster may comprise a grip tab 22 by which the base layer 20 can be gripped to allow the top layer 14 to be peeled away from the base layer 20. The pull tab 30 may overlie and extend outwardly beyond an outer perimeter of the grip tab 22.
Patent GB-2593543-A (GB)
Title: Video coding and decoding
Inventor: NAËL OUEDRAOGO
IPC: H04N19/70
Filed: 2020-03-27
Abstract: A sequence of images is encoded in a bitstream as a series of picture units PU-01~03; each PU including one or more network abstraction layer (NAL) units NAL-01~23. The NAL units may include video coding layer (VCL) NAL units and adaptation parameter set (APS) NAL units. The APS NAL units may be prefix APS NAL units P-APS or suffix APS NAL units S-APS. An additional constraint is applied to the bitstream prohibiting inclusion, in a picture unit, of a prefix APS NAL unit after the first NAL unit of the picture unit concerned. This can avoid more than one APS applying to slices belonging to the same picture unit, and hence reduce the size of an APS buffer. Alternatively, or additionally, it is permitted to include, in the same picture unit, of a prefix APS NAL unit and a suffix APS NAL unit having the same APS type and the same APS identifier but different contents. This can reduce rewriting operations when performing random access decoding at a specific timing in the coded video sequence. An alternative constraint is prohibiting inclusion, in a picture of a suffix APS NAL unit before the last NAL unit of the picture unit concerned.
Patent GB-2581673-A (GB)
Title: Curved piston liner and integral pad assembly
Inventor: BRIAN LEE DOUD
IPC: E21B23/12
Filed: 2018-03-02
Abstract: A rotary steerable tool for steering a drill string may include a tool collar extending along a longitudinal axis of the tool, a pad pusher, a pad retention housing, and a piston liner. The pad pusher may be rotatable about a pivot axis thereof between retracted and extended positions relative to the tool collar, for steering the drill string. The piston liner may be coupled to the pad retention housing and have a piston channel that defines a curved profile. The piston liner may provide sealing contact against a perimeter of the piston upon pivoting of the pad pusher through the piston channel along the curved profile, relative to the piston liner.
Patent GB-2583308-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchange device for conserving energy of water heater
Inventor: YINGLIN CAI
IPC: F28F1/06
Filed: 2019-01-07
Abstract: A heat exchange device for conserving energy of a water heater comprises an upper cover (10), a heat exchange plate module (30), a heat exchange tube module (40), and a base (20). A top surface (11) of the upper cover (10) is provided with a water inlet (14), and a water outlet is arranged near a bottom surface of the base (20). The heat exchange plate module (30) is arranged below the water inlet (14) of the upper cover (10), and is connected to the heat exchange tube module (40) to form a sealed communicating water passage, and the two modules are arranged at an inner portion of the base (20). Hot shower water flowing through the water inlet (14) of the upper cover (10) first makes contact with the heat exchange plate module (30), such that room-temperature water therein is preheated by the heat exchange tube module (40) and absorbs maximum heat by means of heat exchange before being guided to the water inlet of a water heater (2), thereby greatly reducing energy consumed by the water heater.
Patent GB-2589685-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of surface relief structures
Inventor: IAN MICHAEL STURLAND
IPC: G03F7/00
Filed: 2020-08-20
Abstract: A blazed surface relief structure is etched in a substrate by moving the substrate from a first position P1 to a second position P2. In the first position only a first part of the area to be etched is exposed to an anisotropic etchant 704. In the second position the whole area to be etched is exposed to the etchant so that the first part is exposed for a longer time period and the movement is defined according to the etching profile required. A variable depth etching profile is created upon completion of the etch and removal of the substrate. An etch resistant mask may be used in this process, and the movement may take place along an axis 706 perpendicular to the surface of the etchant. The etch profile may be non-linear. The movement between first and second positions may be continuous or take discrete steps. The steps may be of the same size or varying size. The time between each step may be variable. The movement may be continuous and at a constant speed. The surface relief structure may be an optical grating and may have an array of facets.
Patent GB-2586357-A (GB)
Title: Plumbing fitting
Inventor: Derek Ernest Howe
IPC: F16L19/065
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: A plumbing fitting comprising a pipe socket 14 and an insert 16 supported within the socket 14 to form a spigot therein, around which the bore of a pipe can be arranged. The insert comprises a leading end 16a configured for insertion into the socket 14, and a trailing end 16b, and defines a flow path between the leading and trailing ends for allowing fluid to flow along a longitudinal axis of the insert. The insert 16 is deformable, such that the insert is secured within the socket. In an embodiment, the insert 16 has a skirt or flange made up of sections (30, figure 3) which are elastically deformed when inserted into the socket 14, thereby gripping the same. In an embodiment the fitting further comprises an olive 18 located between the insert and the socket. In an embodiment the fitting further comprises a nut 22 configured to be connected to an external thread of the socket.