baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2492830-A (GB)
Title: Generating correction data units based on a set of data packets of a data stream in real-time
Inventor: NILSSON MATTIAS
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2011-07-14
Abstract: For the generation of each of the correction data (e.g. Forward Error Correction (FEC)) unit, based on the data stream, a performance measure to be optimized is selected. The performance measure relates to the recovery of lost data packets of the data stream. A coding requirement for the generation of each of the correction data units is determined. For the generation of each of the correction data units, it is determined, within the constraints of the determined coding requirement and based on at least one previously generated correction data unit, which of the data packets of the data stream to include in the set on which the generation of the correction data unit is to be based to thereby optimize the selected performance measure. Each of the correction data units is generated based on the respective set of the data packets of the data stream. The generated correction data units are included in the data stream. It allows the generation of the FEC data units to be optimized for each FEC data unit that is generated and to react immediately to changing channel conditions, coding requirements or selected performance measures. The determination as to which of the data packets to include in the set on which the generation of each correction data unit is to be based is performed on-the-fly, i.e. in real-time for each correction data unit.
Patent GB-2484768-A (GB)
Title: Multi-level parallel power converters
Inventor: MARKOWSKI PIOTR
IPC: H02M7/48
Filed: 2011-07-14
Abstract: A multi-level power converter 500 includes an input 208 for receiving an input voltage Vin and a converter output 220 for providing a variable output voltage Vout. The multi-level power converter includes a plurality of switching circuits 202A-N. Each switching circuit is connected to the input in parallel with the other switching circuits and includes two switches 204, 206. Each switching circuit is selectively operable to couple its output 216 to the input voltage node 210 or a reference voltage node (e.g. ground, zero volts) 212. The multi-level power converter includes matching network 518 to combine the outputs of the switching circuits. The matching network may be resistor based (fig. 6), inductor based (fig. 7) or comprise a parallel multi-winding autotransformer (PMA) 526. The PMA includes a plurality of windings 528A-N and a magnetic core having a plurality of magnetically connected columns. The output of each switching circuit is coupled to the beginning of a different winding and the end of each winding is connected to the converter output 219 in parallel with each other winding. The converter may be used for an envelope tracking power supply for a telecommunication and broadcasting system.
Patent GB-2480022-A (GB)
Title: Cutting tool comprising removable blade with first and second cutting edges
Inventor: ZEILER JEFFREY M
IPC: B23B51/04
Filed: 2007-03-02
Abstract: A cutting tool 10 for a power tool comprises a tool body 12 and a cutting blade 62. Tool body 12 comprises first and second ends 14, 16 with an axis between them, the second end 16 being engagable with the power tool. Cutting blade 62 is removably supported in the tool body 12 and includes a first cutting edge 64 supportable adjacent a radially-outermost portion of the first end 14 of the tool body 12, and a second cutting edge 66 extending radially across the first end 14 of the tool body 12 from its axis toward the radially-outermost portion. First cutting edge 64 may extend outwardly from the first end 14 of the tool body 12 by about 0.02 inches further than the second cutting edge 66. Cutting tool 10 may comprise a plurality of teeth 40, and first cutting edge 64 may provide a cutting edge of one of the teeth 40. Blade 62 may be secured in body 12 by locking mechanism 76. Cutting tool 10 may comprise a feed screw 30, which may be secured in tool body 12 by locking mechanism 76.
Patent GB-2485042-A (GB)
Title: Contact lens with capacitor for monitoring intraocular pressure
Inventor: ELSHEIKH AHMED
IPC: A61B3/16
Filed: 2011-10-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a device adapted to measure intraocular pressure comprising: a corneal contact lens 10 having a pressure sensor mounted in a recess or cavity in the contact lens, wherein the contact lens has a back surface, with a protrusion 20 beyond the profile of the adjacent part of the lens which presses against the cornea. The protruding portion experiences a reactive deformation which is detected directly or indirectly by the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a stiff bridge portion 22 and a flexible diaphragm 24 which support thin metal parallel plates 26, 27, forming a capacitor. When a force is applied to the protrusion (e.g. by the eyelid), the diaphragm membrane 24 deforms and the distance between the plates changes, changing the capacitance and affecting the resonant frequency of the system and inductance of the metal respondent coil 13 (see figure 2) in the lens. An exciter coil 29 (see figure 2) is energised with alternating current and used to detect the resonant frequency of the respondent coil. Preferably, the transition portion of the lens is used (see figure 8).
Patent GB-2500309-A (GB)
Title: Improved flavouring of potato crisps by contact with aqueous solution
Inventor: CLOW ANDREW EDWARD CRISPIAN
IPC: A23L19/12
Filed: 2013-02-20
Abstract: A process for making a flavoured snack comprises cutting raw potato into pieces and contacting with a water-based flavouring via submersion or spraying before cooking such that their water content is reduced to 2.5 weight % or less. As the flavour is soaked into the potato before cooking, it is considered to offer a fuller flavor and/or colour in crisps prepared from fresh potatoes, without increasing the final product fat content. A potato crisp has at least one flavouring component distributed within the crisp body, with the potato crisp having a moisture content of not more than 2.5 % by weight. A colourant may also be distributed in the crisp body, whereby the flavoring and/or the colourant is water soluble. The potato crisp may be fried or baked and may comprise of corrugated or linear potato slices. The potato crisp may additionally comprise a flavouring adhered to the external surface that may be different to the flavouring present within the crisp body.
Patent GB-2500784-A (GB)
Title: Lung biopsy needle with flexibility increasing features
Inventor: DILLARD DAVID H
IPC: A61B10/02
Filed: 2013-02-26
Abstract: A flexible needle 500 with a distal end comprising a piercing tip 402, a flexible region 408 proximal of the distal tip region, the flexible region 408 having one or more flexibility increasing features and the distal tip 402 being less flexible than the flexible region 408. Said features may be cuts 404, 406 in the needle, which may be in a spiral, jigsaw or serpentine configuration, and may be a continuous cut or an interrupted pattern. The cuts 404, 406 may be symmetric or asymmetrically distributed. The needle 500 may be used in a system with a catheter, suction source, steering mechanism and guidewire. There may also be a navigation system comprising an ultrasound probe.
Patent GB-2497060-A (GB)
Title: Method and structure for pFET junction profile with SiGe channel
Inventor: RIM KERN
IPC: H01L29/06
Filed: 2011-07-27
Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a p-channel field effect transistor (pFET) device located on a surface of a silicon germanium (SiGe) channel 14 is provided in which the junction profile of the source region and the drain region 26 is abrupt. The abrupt source/drain junctions for pFET devices are provided in this disclosure by forming an N- or C-doped Si layer 16 directly beneath a SiGe channel layer 14 which is located above a Si substrate 12. A structure is thus provided in which the N- or C-doped Si layer 16 (sandwiched between the SiGe channel layer and the Si substrate) has approximately the same diffusion rate for a p-type dopant as the overlying SiGe channel layer. Since the N- or C-doped Si layer and the overlying SiGe channel layer 14 have substantially the same diffusivity for a p-type dopant and because the N- or C-doped Si layer 16 retards diffusion of the p-type dopant into the underlying Si substrate, abrupt source/drain junctions can be formed.
Patent GB-2513128-A (GB)
Title: Die bond design for a medium pressure sensor for automotive applications
Inventor: WANG JOE PIN
IPC: G01L9/00
Filed: 2013-04-15
Abstract: A pressure sensor 100 and a method of forming a pressure sensor comprising a micro-electromechanical pressure transducer (MEMS sensor) 102 formed from silicon and comprising a diaphragm, the MEMS sensor having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between about 1 ppm/Â°C and about 5 ppm/Â°C; a plastic housing 108 comprising a mounting surface 104 for the MEMS sensor and having a pressure port 116 configured to permit fluid to apply pressure to the diaphragm, the plastic housing being configured to have a coefficient of thermal expansion between about 10 ppm/Â°C and about 30 ppm/Â°C, the substrate having a through hole configured to extend; and an adhesive 110 having a CTE between about 10 ppm/Â°C and about 30 ppm/Â°C, the adhesive being located between the mounting surface and the MEMS sensor thereby attaching the MEMS sensor to the mounting surface. The housing may be formed from a first amount of plastic mixed with a second amount of glass mineral filler, such that the CTE of the housing formed from the mixture is between amount 10 ppm/Â°C and 30 ppm/Â°C. The filler may have a weight between about 50% and about 65% of the housing weight.
Patent GB-2499549-A (GB)
Title: Extending processing capacity of server side
Inventor: ZHAO YI XIN
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2011-11-24
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for extending processing capacity of a server side. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of extending processing capacity of the server side, comprising: deciding a job to be offloaded from the server side; partitioning the job into one or more tasks; allocating the one or more tasks to one or more clients in response to http requests transmitted from the one or more clients; receiving, from the http requests transmitted from the one or more clients, responses of the one or more clients to the one or more tasks.
Patent GB-2515472-A (GB)
Title: Method for processing an image received over a radio network, to decide whether to discard the image from transmitting it to a target video application
Inventor: LORGEOUX MICKA L
IPC: H04N19/89
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: An image of pixels received over a radio network is processed to decide whether to discard the image from transmitting it to a target video application. At least one copy of a data block corresponding to a block of pixels in the image is received and potential erroneous pixels (PEPs) are determined 933. A weight for each PEP is calculated based on the position of the PEPs within the image. A reduced number of PEPs 935 is calculated as a function of a sum of the weights. A PEP counter is then incremented 935 by this reduced number of PEPs for the current block. In case the PEP counter exceeds a predetermined threshold, the image is discarded 939 from transmission to the target video application. The PEPs are preferably determined using a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code and the weights may be determined by the proximity of a pixel to the edge of the image. Optionally, if the threshold is not exceeded, the data block is reconstructed 937 using pixels neighbouring the PEPs.
Patent GB-2502717-A (GB)
Title: Screen printing device and screen printing method
Inventor: TANAKA TETSUYA
IPC: B41F15/08
Filed: 2012-03-02
Abstract: In the present invention, in a return path operation and an outward path operation that fills pattern holes (12a) with a paste (P) by moving a closed squeegee mechanism (13) in a squeegeeing direction in a printing execution step, a film-forming member (29b) of a paste film forming mechanism (29A, 29B) positioned in the back in the direction of progress is moved in the direction of progress in the state of being caused to approach the upper surface of a mesh mask (12), and the paste (P) supplied to the outside of the closed squeegee mechanism (13) on the upper surface of a mesh mask (12) is spread by the film-forming member (29b), forming a paste film (P*) having a predetermined thickness.
Patent GB-2517189-A (GB)
Title: Footwear and methods of making footwear
Inventor: DINMAHAMED MAX
IPC: A43B13/36
Filed: 2013-08-14
Abstract: An item of footwear, and a method of making footwear, comprises a shoe with a footbed portion 22 in direct mechanical interlock with an outsole portion 100. The outsole portion comprises upper (10, Fig 4) and lower (40, Fig 4) faces, the lower face being in contact with a ground surface during use and the upper surface mechanically engaging with the footbed portion. The footbed portion is mechanically engaged with the upper surface of the outsole on a first lower face and engaging with the bottom surface of a foot on its opposing upper face. In one embodiment the lower footbed face or upper outsole face comprises one or more projecting elements (20,21, Fig 3) which extend outwardly its surface and engage with one or more recesses (11, Fig 3) in the respective outsole or footbed portion. The projecting elements may form an interference fit or snap fit with the recesses. An upper 80 may be provided which is optionally affixed within a groove 41 in the outer peripheral edge of the outsole portion.
Patent GB-2517956-A (GB)
Title: Deployable hand guard
Inventor: ELLIOTT SCOTT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16P1/00
Filed: 2013-09-05
Abstract: A hand guard that is made up of multiple bodies (4) that are fixed to the frame of a roll cage (1) and are to be deployed when manoeuvring the cage to provide a protective barrier around the operators hand. It is deployed using a pushing/pulling motion. Once the multiple bodies (4) have been deployed they will lock into position to ensure the guard is secure if it incurs an impact. Once the operator has finished manoeuvring the cage he will simply pull the key (7) back on the locking mechanism to release it from its position and retract the multiple bodies (4) back to its stationary position parallel with the cage. The inside of the guard may be padded.
Patent GB-2503179-A (GB)
Title: Automatic measurement of dimensional data with a laser tracker
Inventor: STEFFEY KENNETH
IPC: G01S17/89
Filed: 2012-03-14
Abstract: Measuring with a system having retroreflector targets and a laser tracker includes storing a list of nominal coordinates for three targets and at least one added point; capturing on a photosensitive array of the tracker a portion of the light emitted by a light beam and reflected off the three targets; obtaining spot positions on a photosensitive array of a tracker camera from light reflected off the three targets; determining a correspondence between three spot positions on the tracker photosensitive array and the nominal coordinates of the three targets; directing a beam of light from the tracker to the three targets based at least in part on the nominal coordinates of the first target and the first spot position; measuring 3-D coordinates of the three targets with the tracker; determining 3-D coordinates of the at least one added point based at least in part on the measured 3-D coordinates of the three targets and the nominal coordinates of the at least one added point.
Patent GB-2507671-A (GB)
Title: Chiropractic adjustment instrument
Inventor: JACOBS DARRYL
IPC: A61H1/00
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: The invention provides a cordless chiropractic adjustment device including a thrust element (80) capable of impacting a body contact member (10), a resilient spring (314) arranged to bias the thrust element towards the body contact member, and a motor (120). The motor is arranged to move the thrust element between a variable primed configuration in which the thrust element is held out of contact with the body contact member, and a fired configuration in which the thrust element is propelled by the resilient spring into con tact with the body contact member through a range of different impact forces. The motor is provided with direct current by one or more batteries (150), which may be rechargeable.
Patent GB-2507434-A (GB)
Title: High-amplitude corrugated food product and method of making same
Inventor: BARBER KEITH ALAN
IPC: A23L19/10
Filed: 2013-01-17
Abstract: A high-amplitude corrugated food product and method of making same. The corrugated food product comprises a corrugated surface on opposing surfaces, each surface having a plurality of peaks with substantially equal amplitude values of at least about 2.54 mm. The corrugated food product further comprises a high area moment of inertia of between about 20 x lCT8 m3 to about 160 x 10-8 m3 with a dehydration factor of less than about 1.7, which provides for less breakage and more texture. The corrugated food product has a 90Â°- to-0Â° hardness ratio of at least about 2.78 and a 90Â°-to-0Â° and a crispiness ratio of at least about 3.14.
Patent GB-2512209-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for removing acquisition related effects from seismic data
Inventor: PARKES GREGORY ERNEST
IPC: G01V1/04
Filed: 2014-03-10
Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a seismic source to attenuate shot generated noise, or residual energy from previous activation of the source, in recorded seismic data are described. In one aspect, methods operate a seismic source towed through a body of water. The source is activated more than once, wherein each activation of the source includes randomly selecting a time delay in a randomisation window 818, allowing a waiting period 814 to elapse, allowing the time delay to elapse after the waiting period and activating the source when the waiting period and the time delay have elapsed. The randomisation window may be equal to a maximum time delay minus a minimum time delay and the minimum time delay may be the waiting period. The time delay may be pseudo-randomly selected and the randomisation window may have a duration of 0.1 seconds.
Patent GB-2513506-A (GB)
Title: Parallelization of surprisal data reduction and genome construction from genetic data for transmission, storage, and analysis
Inventor: FRIEDLANDER ROBERT
IPC: G16B50/00
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: A method, computer product, and computer system of reducing an amount of data representing a genetic sequence of an organism, comprising: a computer dividing a reference genome and a sequence of the organism into parts and assigning the parts to one of a plurality of computer processing elements. Within each computer processing element, comparing nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism to nucleotides from a part of the reference genome, to find differences where nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism which are different from the nucleotides of the reference genome; and storing the surprisal data in a repository. Combining the parts of the surprisal data from the repository to form a complete set of surprisal data representing the differences between the genetic sequence of the organism and the reference genome; and storing the complete set of surprisal data in the repository.
Patent GB-2521735-A (GB)
Title: Driveline and method of controlling a driveline
Inventor: RICHARDS KARL
IPC: B60W10/119
Filed: 2014-10-29
Abstract: A motor vehicle controller 40 is configured to receive from various sensors information indicative of a speed of wheels 12, 13 of a first or front axle 19, a speed of wheels 14, 15 of a second or rear axle 26 and a terrain such as grass, gravel, sand, snow or rocks. When a first releasable torque transmitting device, typically dog clutch 22, is switched to an engaged condition, the controller 40 is configured, in response to a detected disparity between the speed of wheels 12, 13 of the front axle 19 and rear axle 26, in dependence upon the terrain information to either to automatically cause clutch 22 to be momentarily released and then subsequently re-engaged, or to cause the clutch 22 to be kept in the engaged position. Reference is also made to a motor vehicle control system, a vehicle comprising the invention and a corresponding method. The invention seeks to improve clutch control in four wheel drive vehicles when wheel slippage for example occurs.
Patent GB-2516589-A (GB)
Title: User dependent functions and data in a mobile communication device
Inventor: JOHNSTON CHRISTOPHER IAIN
IPC: H04W12/08
Filed: 2013-02-25
Abstract: A method of accessing a partition on a mobile communication device comprises receiving data specifying a partition; receiving an identification code from an identification module in or associated with the device; determining, based on both the data specifying a partition and the identification code, whether access to the specified partition is to be allowed; and allowing or denying access to the specified partition accordingly.
Patent GB-2534130-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods
Inventor: HUGO MIGUEL MAGALHAES MACEDO
IPC: B24B37/30
Filed: 2015-01-06
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the filter channel opening size of a ceramic filter element having flared pores. The apparatus comprises a lapping machine having a lapping plate 702 and a filter holder 710 to hold a ceramic filter element for controlled lapping of the flared pores. The filter holder comprises a filter element mount 714 to mount a filter element to be lapped, an adjustable actuator 724 to controllably move the filter element surface and means such as weights for urging said filter holder towards said lapping plate. The filter element mount permits mounting of a filter element to be lapped such that a surface of said filter element lies substantially flush with a lower face of said filter holder and the adjustable actuator controllably moves the filter element surface so that it remains substantially flush or projects beyond said lower face of said filter holder during lapping. Also disclosed is a further invention directed to a method of manufacturing a ceramic filter having a controlled filter channel opening size, characterised by sintering a ceramic precursor element and fabricating.
Patent GB-2527195-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for generating clean renewable energy through the application of hydrostatic pressure gradients associated with liquid reservoirs
Inventor: FOTHERGILL IAN ROBERT
IPC: F03B17/04
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: An apparatus is claimed to generate or store energy using a submersible vessel 1 which includes a compressible medium. The vessel 1 is lowered within a liquid reservoir, and then liquid is admitted through a turbine 16, to generate energy as the compressible medium is compressed. The vessel is them moved to a higher level, and liquid is then expelled through a turbine 16 as the compressible medium expands. The invention claims to minimise the energy required to move the vessel by using a counterbalance mechanism which may include a beam 62 with movable weights 71, 73, and a counterweight 68 which is submerged for part of each cycle, connected to the vessel via a pulley mechanism 65, 66, 67 on the beam 62. The compressible medium may comprise a gas, a vapour or a spring biased piston 6 or bellows. As an alternative to using a turbine for energy generation, the compressed gas may be stored in a compressed gas or vapour storage container external to said vessel for later use, see figures 13-15.