baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2587244-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a video stream with subpictures
Inventor: NAËL OUEDRAOGO
IPC: H04N19/70
Filed: 2019-12-17
Abstract: A method of encoding video data comprising pictures into a bitstream, pictures being divided into subpictures, comprises, for at least one subpicture: encoding in the bitstream information indicating that the picture has a size that is a multiple of the size of the coding tree block and that the subpicture is independently decodable; encoding the coding tree blocks composing the subpicture into the bitstream. Information may be related to all subpictures, and defined in a sequence parameter set, being a syntax structure containing syntax elements that apply to bitstream pictures. Subpictures may be further identified by a subpicture identifier; defining sub picture identifiers in a picture header may be prohibited. Alternatively, a method of encoding video data comprising pictures into a bitstream, pictures being divided into subpictures, comprises, for at least one subpicture: encoding in the bitstream information indicating a conformance window for the subpicture; encoding the coding tree blocks composing the subpicture into the bitstream. A further method combines the above features, i.e. encoding information indicating an independently decodable sub picture has a size that is a multiple of the coding tree block, as well as conformance window information
Patent GB-2592895-A (GB)
Title: Building cleaning system
Inventor: ROWA YOUSEF ALHABBAB
IPC: E04G23/00
Filed: 2020-01-09
Abstract: A cleaning system for a building comprises at least two side motion members 17 which extend vertically adjacent to the edges of an exterior wall of a building. The system includes a cleaning assembly 18 extending between the two side motion members, the cleaning assembly includes a cleaning box (30, Fig 3) which houses an array of brushes (32, Fig 4) and a drying box (31, Fig 3) capable of blowing air over the exterior wall of the building, the cleaning assembly being capable of being translated upwards and downwards on the side motion member. Also defined is a cleaning assembly for a building comprising a cleaning box characterised by a row of rotatable brushes which extend along the length of the cleaning box, a row of nozzles for supplying soap and water, and a drying box characterised by ducting which extends the length of the cleaning box for supplying air to dry an exterior wall of a building.
Patent GB-2594300-A (GB)
Title: Security documents and methods of manufacture thereof
Inventor: Nikhil Parab
IPC: B42D25/405
Filed: 2020-04-22
Abstract: A security document comprises a substrate (100, Fig.1), a first and a second digitally printed print working on a first surface of the substrate. The first print working (110, Fig.4A) comprises a first array of printed elements arranged according to a first grid of lattice points having a first pitch and defining a first screen of laterally distributed screen elements 111, each composed of multiple printed elements. The second print working (120, Fig.4A) comprises a second array of printed elements arranged across a second grid of lattice points having a second pitch different from the first pitch and defining a second screen of laterally distributed screen elements 121, each composed of multiple printed elements. The second screen of laterally distributed screen elements being different than the first screen of laterally distributed screen elements. The screen elements of at least one of the first and second screens vary across the respective screen in one or more of the size, shape, spacing, number of printed elements, size of printed elements and spacing of printed elements of each screen element to provide areas of different colour or tone defining at least part of a multi-colour or multi-tonal image.
Patent GB-2601363-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric Mannich base, preparation methods and use as an epoxy resin curative
Inventor: PAUL JONES
IPC: C08L63/00
Filed: 2020-11-27
Abstract: A method of preparing a polymeric Mannich base for use as an epoxy resin curative and/or accelerator comprising: (i) [a] a polymer having aromatic terminal groups linked by a hydrocarbyl polymeric backbone, wherein each of the aromatic terminal groups comprises a ring substituted with one or more activating groups and at least one unsubstituted ring atom, wherein the activating group is capable of activating the aromatic terminal group to undergo electrophilic aromatic substitution at the unsubstituted ring atom, wherein the aromatic terminal groups are bonded to the hydrocarbyl polymeric backbone through an ether, ester, amine, amide, thioether or thioester group; [b] a primary or secondary monoamine and/or a polyamine comprising primary and/or secondary amino groups, and [c] an aldehyde; and (ii) performing a Mannich reaction using [a] to [c], wherein each aromatic terminal group of the polymer is converted to a Mannich base. Also disclosed is a polymeric Mannich base prepared using the method and an epoxy resin curative composition comprising the polymeric Mannich base. The polymeric Mannich base has an improved safety profile due to the avoidance of the use of phenol in its preparation.
Patent GB-2588723-A (GB)
Title: Corporate performance prediction management system and method
Inventor: HIRONOBU KATOH
IPC: G06Q40/06
Filed: 2018-10-25
Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to manage the progress of corporate performance in each quarter relative to a planned value for the calendar year, and to easily compare the planned value to a user-predicted value for the same period. This system encompasses a corporate performance prediction management system for managing predictions for corporate performance, the system including a server configured to store a planned value for corporate performance in a first period, and a client configured to transmit, to the server, a user-predicted value for corporate performance in a second period, which is within the first period and is shorter than the first period, wherein the server is configured to: calculate a planned value for corporate performance in the second period on the basis of the planned value for corporate performance in the first period; compare the planned value for corporate performance in the second period and the user-predicted value for corporate performance in the second period; and transmit an alert to the client if the planned value for corporate performance in the second period and the user-predicted value for corporate performance in the second period deviate by at least a prescribed value.
Patent GB-2603455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to e-commerce product packaging
Inventor: RAPHAËL BARBET
IPC: B65D65/04
Filed: 2020-12-11
Abstract: A protective wrap 101 for enclosing an item has at least two panels 110, 120 arranged at a pre-determined angle, preferably 90 degrees. The width of each panel is sufficient to cover the item and the length of each panel is sufficient for the panel to be wrapped around the item. Preferably at least one panel has perforated tear lines 112, 122 parallel to its length to allow its width to be adjusted. A method of wrapping an item using at least two panels comprises: arranging proximal ends of the at least two panels at a pre-determined angle; placing the item on the proximal ends of the at least two panels; wrapping one panel around the item and securing it; and wrapping the at least one other panel around the item and securing it. Also claimed are a protective panel (61, fig. 7) and a matrix sheet (71, fig. 8A) suitable for use in forming the protective wrap, wherein the panel or sheet has a length and comprises one or more perforation tear lines (22) parallel to its length. The matrix additionally has perforation tear lines (12) parallel to its width.
Patent GB-2606558-A (GB)
Title: A compressor
Inventor: Raul Corralejo Anton
IPC: F04D29/32
Filed: 2021-05-13
Abstract: A compressor for use in domestic appliances comprising an impeller 22 with an inlet 40, an outlet 42, a hub 26 defining a rotational axis 44, a plurality of impeller blades 28, and a shroud 30, a housing 24, a leakage flow path 50 defined between the shroud and the housing, a labyrinth seal arrangement 58 provided in the leakage flow path, and a flow straightening arrangement 78 having an inlet at an outlet of the labyrinth seal arrangement. The flow straightening arrangement may be spaced away from the outlet of the leakage flow path to provide a wake recovery chamber and may comprise a mesh, foam body or straightening vanes that may be spaced about the axis of rotation and/or be greater in number than the number of blades. The labyrinth seal arrangement may comprise one or more shroud rings 60 interdigitated with one or more housing rings 62 so as to form a tortuous flow path for fluid flowing through the leakage flow path. The impeller may be a mixed flow impeller. A fan assembly comprising the compressor as disclosed.
Patent GB-2596901-A (GB)
Title: Content-aware style encoding using neural networks
Inventor: MING-YU LIU
IPC: G06T11/40
Filed: 2021-05-14
Abstract: Neural Networks are used to apply feature(s) (e.g. styles, optionally from objects in the first image) from a first image to objects in a second image based on the object(s)’s location within the second image. The Neural Networks may be untrained. A styled output image (218) may be generated by neural network(s) (216) based on a style contained in a style image (214) and content of a content image (212) where the neural network(s) has not been trained by a training framework on the style. The NNs may transform the object(s) within the second image to comprise visual attribute(s) of the feature(s) from the first image. Application to medical and autonomous vehicle fields are disclosed, as well as hardware implementations of the invention.
Patent GB-2607925-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft battery systems
Inventor: MICHAEL A ZAGRODNIK
IPC: H01M10/6561
Filed: 2021-06-16
Abstract: Battery packs 20 for aircraft 10 are provided, as are aircraft 10 comprising such battery packs 20. One such battery pack 20 comprises: battery cells 200; and an air channel 21. The air channel 21 is connectable to an aircraft air inlet 16 and an aircraft air outlet 17 whereby, during flight of the aircraft 10, air enters the aircraft 10 through the air inlet 16, passes through the battery pack air channel 21 and exits the aircraft 10 through the air outlet 17. At least a portion of a surface 211 of the air channel 21 is in thermal contact with the battery cells 200, whereby air flowing through the air channel 21 exchanges heat with the 10 battery cells 200 through the surface 211 of the air channel 21.
Patent GB-2597400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in beverage container holders
Inventor: STEPHEN DALY
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 2017-09-13
Abstract: A beverage container holder 1 comprises a housing for retaining a beverage container and at least one connector 7a,7b configured to releasably attach the holder to a stem of a suitcase handle (figure 5). The holder has at least one pin 6a,6b extending between the housing and the connector, wherein a pin is foldably mounted on the housing and/or a pin is detachable from the housing. The chamber has a first configuration wherein the chamber is releasably secured in a collapsed state (figure 2) and a second configuration wherein the chamber is extended and able to house and support a beverage container (figure 7). The holder comprises a lid 2, which along with the collapsible chamber forms a liquid retaining compartment, and the lid should be able to be closed when a beverage container is retained in the holder.
Patent GB-2612607-A (GB)
Title: A respiratory assistance apparatus, and valves for respiratory assistance apparatuses
Inventor: John Henry Cawood
IPC: A61M16/20
Filed: 2021-11-04
Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus comprising a blower 12, a vented pressure limiting valve (PLV) 14 regulating the pressure of air, a flow limiting valve (FLV) 16 regulating the flow of air in proportion to the pressure of air from the PLV, and a shuttle aspiration valve (SAV) 18 in fluid communication with the FLV and a user interface 20 to engage about the mouth and nose. The SAV operates in an inhalation configuration initiated by negative pressure generated at the user interface, and an exhalation configuration initiated by a predetermined internal pressure being reached. The FLV may comprise a flow regulator with a member displaceable proportional to the internal pressure and a connected airfoil to control the air flow in response to the displacement. The SAV may be attached to a plunger and have a detent to retain the shuttle in the inhalation position until the predetermined pressure is reached.
Patent GB-2605250-A (GB)
Title: System for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen in a gaseous stream
Inventor: Thorben Busch
IPC: G21C9/06
Filed: 2021-08-31
Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a combiner for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen gas in a gaseous stream, said combiner comprising: a pipe capable of accommodating the flow of a gaseous stream, wherein the pipe is adapted to transmit the gaseous stream to a catalytically active structure (CAS), the CAS having: contact with the substantial majority of the gaseous stream, a housing, and an inlet, said inlet being connected to the pipe, and an outlet, for the removal of the gaseous stream post recombination, and a second pipe connected to the outlet of the CAS for the transmission of the gaseous stream away from the combiner. A second embodiment of the invention sees the CAS housed within an electrochemical cell directly.
Patent GB-2600659-A (GB)
Title: Waterproofing building product
Inventor: SCOTT FLETT
IPC: E04D13/04
Filed: 2020-07-15
Abstract: In one aspect there is disclosed a waterproofing building product (10) for use in waterproofing a joint (12) between a first and second roofing panel (14, 16). The waterproofing building product (10) includes an overlapping section (18) operatively adapted to overlap a portion of the first roofing panel (14) and an underlapping section (20) operatively adapted to underlap a portion of the second roofing panel (16). The waterproofing building product (10) further includes a transition section (22) located between the overlapping section (18) and the underlapping section (20) and connecting the overlapping section (18) with the underlapping section (20).
Patent GB-2616460-A (GB)
Title: Diaphragm and diaphragm valve
Inventor: MARK GOUGH
IPC: F16K7/16
Filed: 2022-03-10
Abstract: Diaphragm 7 for a diaphragm valve 1, comprising a sheet 39 of a resiliently deformable material having opposing first and second faces 63, 65, a central portion 43 of the sheet being movable to open and close a fluid path 37, a peripheral portion 41 of the sheet being arranged to be compressed to hold the diaphragm in place, the diaphragm including integral rigid stops 79 in the peripheral portion to limit compression of the peripheral portion. Also claimed is a body portion of a diaphragm valve comprising a housing at least partially defining a fluid path along a first axis 29, an outer face 17 of the housing having a first planar portion extending in a first plane, wherein the first plane extends parallel to the first axis, and is spaced from the first axis along a second axis 33 perpendicular to the first, the first plane being rotated around a third axis 45 parallel to the first axis and in the first plane, so the first plane forms a predefined angle with a second plane formed by the first and third axes, the third axis perpendicular to the first and second, the predefined angle defining an installation angle for the body portion. A barrier or weir 31 may extend across the fluid path to partially block it.
Patent GB-2614762-A (GB)
Title: Fano based crab sensor and system for fuel quality, level, and volume monitoring for irregular shaped fuel tanks
Inventor: STEPHEN LARKIN
IPC: G01F23/296
Filed: 2022-03-18
Abstract: A fuel monitoring system 100 includes an ultrasonic sensor 106, a Fano-based crab sensor 112 and a control module 102, 104 coupled to the sensors. The ultrasonic sensor is mounted to a fuel tank to measure or detect a fuel level of fuel in the fuel tank. The Fano-based crab sensor is mounted inside the fuel tank to monitor a quality of the fuel in the fuel tank. The Fano-based crab sensor may comprise a microstrip structure printed on a support structure 110, and may have a plurality of sensing elements at different heights. The fuel monitoring system may include a proximity sensor 108 to measure or estimate a size of the fuel tank, a flow monitoring device 116 at an input to the fuel tank and/or a cap sensing device 118 to sense a state of a lid of the fuel tank.
Patent GB-2604788-A (GB)
Title: Cuttings volume measurement away from shale shaker
Inventor: Prashant Shekhar
IPC: G06T7/62
Filed: 2020-01-13
Abstract: A system for measuring drill cuttings may comprise a conveyor belt disposed below a shaker, wherein the shaker disposes the drill cuttings on to the conveyor belt, and an imaging system connected to the conveyor belt by a frame, wherein the frame positions the imaging system to form a field of view on the conveyor belt with the imaging system. The system may further include an information handling system configured to operate the shaker and the conveyor belt. A method for identifying a size of drill cuttings may comprise dropping drill cuttings on a conveyor belt from a shaker, operating the conveyor belt to move the drill cuttings through a field of view, viewing the drill cuttings in the field of view with an imaging system, and sizing the drill cuttings based at least in part on one or more calibration blocks attached to the conveyor belt.
Patent GB-2619022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to soap
Inventor: JOHN TURNER
IPC: C11D17/08
Filed: 2022-05-23
Abstract: A soap comprises a liquid or gel having a viscosity at ambient temperature that allows it to be delivered to hands when positioned close to an automatic sensor that activates delivery of the soap. The soap additionally comprises a light activatable ingredient which can be activated by exposure to light, especially UVA light, to indicate the presence of soap residues on the hand after completion of the washing and rinsing. The soap may be aqueous based. Also shown is a process for washing using the soap formulation.
Patent GB-2610088-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for key fob communication disconnection
Inventor: EVAN A VIJITHAKUMARA
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2021-05-06
Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling a key fob. In one embodiment, a key fob, associated with a vehicle, includes an antenna, a control circuit including one or more processors and a memory communicably connected to the one or more processors, and a disable switch connected to the antenna and to the control circuit. The disable switch connects the antenna with the control circuit in a first state and disconnects the antenna from the control circuit in a second state.
Patent GB-2616525-A (GB)
Title: High-torque electric motor assembly
Inventor: DAVID B T SERCOMBE
IPC: H02K1/2753
Filed: 2020-06-01
Abstract: An electric motor 100 assembly to supply torque, the assembly comprising one or more rotor assemblies 150, each rotor assembly having a hub 155 and magnets 160 arranged along an outer periphery of the hub, the magnets each having magnetic north and south poles. A main shaft supplies torque, where at least one of the rotor assemblies is configured to rotate the main shaft. Stator modules 130 are provided having circumferentially arranged stator module core structures with stator windings 134, 139 configured to receive high-voltage, alternating current. Each winding comprises a conductive wire wrapped in multiple loops around one of the circumferentially arranged stator module core structures such that an opening formed by the multiple loops is aligned along a radial direction toward the main shaft. The stator windings on the stator modules are arranged with at least two independent sets of stator windings comprising a first independent set of windings 134 and a second independent set of windings 139; and the first windings are positioned on a first portion of the stator module and the second windings are positioned on a second portion of the stator module, where the first portion is spaced from and separated from the second portion to provide electrical isolation and resist magnetic coupling between the first the second windings.
Patent GB-2620820-A (GB)
Title: Node graph optimization using differentiable proxies
Inventor: MILOS HASAN
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 2023-05-15
Abstract: A material graph 106, for replicating the desired appearance of a material texture/patterning in a target image 108, is optimised by receiving the target image 108 and the material graph 106, and identifying a non-differentiable (i.e. cannot be optimised) node 112 of the material graph 106. A differentiable proxy 114 (which may be a neural network) for the non-differentiable node 112 is selected and is trained to replicate an output of the identified non-differentiable node 112 by receiving training material generated by the non-differentiable node and the corresponding input parameters which generated the training material. The differentiable proxy 114 is then used in place of the non-differentiable node 112 during optimisation of the material graph 106 to compute a set of optimised inputs which, when used with the original material graph 106, will generate an output material 122 that represents the target image 108.
Patent GB-2620069-A (GB)
Title: Determination of base modifications of nucleic acids
Inventor: YUK-MING DENNIS LO
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2020-08-17
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of training a neural network for detecting a methylation of a nucleotide in a nucleic acid molecule. The method comprises using input data structures corresponding to a window of nucleotides sequenced in the nucleic acid molecule. The nucleic acid molecule is sequenced by measuring pulses in an optical signal. The input data structures comprise values for an identity of the nucleotide, a position of the nucleotide with respect to a target position, the width of the pulse corresponding to the nucleotide, and an interpulse duration. A first training set is created comprising a first portion of inputted data structures and a plurality of first labels, each first label indicating a methylation status at a target position of a corresponding nucleic acid molecule. The neural network is trained using the first training set to predict methylation status of a target nucleotide. The neural network is validated using a second training set and a plurality of second labels. A first subset of the nucleic acid molecules can be unmethylated. A second subset of the nucleic acid molecules can be methylated. The neural network can comprise convolutional filters. The optical signal can be a fluorescence signal from a dye-labelled nucleotide.
Patent GR-880100562-A (GR)
Inventor: CASE DAVID PAUL
IPC: A24D1/00
Filed: 1988-08-31
Abstract: Σιγαρέττα χαμηλού παραπλεύρου ρεύματος περιλαμβάνουν τουλάχιστον 20% αραιωθέντα καπνόν και σιγαρόχαρτον με διαπερατότητα αέρος όχι μεγαλύτεραν των 20 μονάδων Coresta της πυκνότητας του καπνού ούσης μεταξύ 100 και 260 MG CM-3. ω
Patent GR-890100395-A (GR)
Title: Improved device for the recording of units charged for telephone calls in switching centers
Inventor: DELAKOURAS CHARALAMPOS
IPC: H04M15/04
Filed: 1989-06-13
Abstract: A device recording the actual telephone call units at the switchboards, which may record simultaneously up to six telephone devices and printout on metallic paper the call units individually providing time and called number data. This device is characterised by the fact that the information that have been recorded in the memory of the central control module is printed out in group form for each one of the lines when this is requested or automatically at the scheduled time for printout.