baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2580661-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for storing asphalt
Inventor: DAVID ALEXANDER THOMAS
IPC: E01C23/09
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for temporary storage of pre-heated asphalt 12 comprises a housing 14 having an access mechanism 34 moveable between open and closed conditions, an enclosed space being sealed when the mechanism is in the closed condition. The housing comprises at least one pressure release valve 20 to release pressure from the enclosed space at a predetermined pressure. An inlet for atmosphere control 22 may provide an inert gas atmosphere within the enclosed space. A heating structure 30 may extend through, or may be external to, the enclosed space to heat the asphalt. The access mechanism may comprise the at least one valve and the atmosphere control. Also claimed is a method of preserving an atmosphere in an enclosed space where pre-heated asphalt is stored, the method comprising sealing the enclosed space to prevent ingress of gases. The method may include the step of purging the enclosed space with an inert gas. A method for retrofitting an apparatus for temporary storage of preheated asphalt includes the provision of a housing having an access mechanism with at least one pressure release valve openable to release pressure at a predetermined set pressure.
Patent GB-2567580-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle stand
Inventor: SIMON BRIAN LAIGHT
IPC: B62H3/08
Filed: 2017-02-01
Abstract: A stand for locating a wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle. The stand comprises front and rear locating structures 12, 11 for receiving a wheel 16, and has three pairs of cooperating locating surfaces 19 for locating the wheel there between. The front structure has an upper pair of surfaces 19C and a front lower pair 19A, and the rear structure has a rear lower pair 19B. The front structure has an opening 17 positioned between its upper and lower pairs of surfaces wide enough to allow the wheel axle to pass there through. The two lower pairs of surfaces may be positioned asymmetrically relative to the upper pair, with the horizontal distance between the front lower pair and the upper pair being greater than the horizontal distance between the rear lower pair and the upper pair. Alternatively, the front and rear structures may converge towards each other with the angle between the front structure and the horizontal being less than the angle between the rear structure and the horizontal. The stand may be positioned within a transport vehicle.
Patent GB-2572844-A (GB)
Title: Method and devices for removing unwanted data from original data
Inventor: Robert John Dale
IPC: G06F16/215
Filed: 2019-02-13
Abstract: A method of removing unwanted data from original data prevents unwanted data transfer between a first device 2 (e.g. a PC) and a second device 3 (e.g. a projector) along a communication pathway 4, e.g. to combat malware. The communication pathway has a data channel 5a, 5b, 5c and a control channel 6. A negotiation means 7 is provided along the control channel. Original data comprises control data and associated protocol data. The control data is checked at the negotiation means to determine whether the protocol data conforms to at least one predetermined protocol mode criteria, e.g. whether it complies with an image or audio data type, such as display resolution, colour depth, frame rate, audio sampling frequency or bit rate. The negotiation means is terminated where the control data is found to be unwanted data. The resulting left-over data is free of unwanted data, enabling associated protocol data transmission along the data channel.
Patent GB-2571232-A (GB)
Title: Treatment fluids comprising synthetic silicates and methods for use
Inventor: KRISHNA M RAVI
IPC: C09K8/42
Filed: 2017-01-17
Abstract: Methods for using treatment fluids comprising synthetic silicates in subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a synthetic silicate into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation comprising a loss zone; allowing the treatment fluid to displace at least a portion of a first fluid present in the wellbore; and allowing the treatment fluid to at least partially plug the loss zone.
Patent GB-2573951-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for processing projection-based frame with at least one projection face generated using non-uniform mapping
Inventor: Ya-Hsuan Lee
IPC: H04N19/597
Filed: 2018-04-03
Abstract: A video processing method includes obtaining projection face(s) from an omnidirectional content of a sphere, and obtaining a re-sampled projection face by re-sampling at least a portion of a projection face of the projection face (s) through non-uniform mapping. The omnidirectional content of the sphere is mapped onto the projection face(s) via a 360-degree Virtual Reality (360 VR) projection. The projection face has a first source region and a second source region. The re-sampled projection face has a first re-sampled region and a second re-sampled region. The first re-sampled region is derived from re-sampling the first source region with a first sampling density. The second re-sampled region is derived from re-sampling the second source region with a second sampling density that is different from the first sampling density.
Patent GB-2585393-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic composition
Inventor: LAUREN BOWKER
IPC: A61Q1/12
Filed: 2019-10-22
Abstract: A method of providing an aesthetic effect on a keratinous substrate, for example human skin, comprising applying a chromic composition to the substrate of a subject, the chromic composition comprising a colourant and optionally a pigment or dye, the colourant changing colour upon being subjected to a stimulus. Preferably, the stimulus is heat or light, e.g. the colourant is a thermochromic liquid crystal or a thermochromic- or photochromic- leuco colourant. Preferably, thermochromic colourants change colour in the range 25 °C to 37 °C. Preferably, the composition is sprayable. The composition may comprise any of water, a volatile solvent, a film-forming component and a rheology modifier (e.g. polyethylene glycol). Also claimed are compositions suitable for application to a keratinous substrate (e.g. skin) comprising a colourant comprising a liquid crystal and/or a leuco dye. Further claimed is a sprayable chromic composition comprising a chromic composition comprising a UV or heat responsive colourant dispersed in a base composition wherein the base composition comprises a film-forming component and a carrier.
Patent GB-2576838-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for measuring a layer thickness of an object
Inventor: Benjamin Littau
IPC: G01B11/06
Filed: 2018-05-02
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring a layer thickness of an object. Firstly, an object which has a layer thickness is provided. Subsequently, at least two measurement steps (Mi) are carried out, wherein in each case electromagnetic radiation with frequencies (f) in a frequency band (Fi) corresponding to the measurement step (Mi) in question is radiated onto the object. The frequency bands (Fi) are different partial regions of a bandwidth (B). Secondary radiation emitted by boundary surfaces of the object is detected and a measurement signal corresponding to the measurement step (Mi) is determined. The measurement signals are, according to the frequency bands (Fi) corresponding to the measurement steps (Mi) in question, combined to form an evaluation signal, a base frequency is determined therefrom, and the layer thickness is calculated. Using the method, a large bandwidth (B) can be realised by means of narrow-band measurement steps (Mi). In so doing, physical limits of known methods are overcome and the measurement accuracy is increased.
Patent GB-2577825-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning device
Inventor: MISAKI KODA
IPC: F24F1/16
Filed: 2017-07-20
Abstract: This air conditioning device is provided with: an indoor unit having an indoor-side heat exchanger; and an outdoor unit having an outdoor-side heat exchanger, a heat exchanger support member that supports the outdoor-side heat exchanger from under, and a base part on which the heat exchanger support member is placed, wherein the heat exchanger support member is provided with: a plurality of heat exchanger support columns provided on the base part; and a plurality of heat exchanger support plates which are provided between the heat exchanger support columns adjacent to each other and have both ends supported by the heat exchanger support columns.
Patent GB-2580797-A (GB)
Title: A method
Inventor: Sarah E Tooze
IPC: F04D29/60
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: The method states that there are a set of gas turbine engine components comprising N gas turbine engine components, each component having a respective flow value, where the components are ordered in dependence upon their respective flow value, then the ordered set of components (M*N) is divided into M sequentially ordered sets of N components, with each set of N components being assembled into a gas turbine engine. The flow value may be the rate of a cooling fluid through an internal cooling system in the individual components. Also claimed are a computer program or signal with instructions to carry out the method.
Patent GB-2593227-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method and apparatus
Inventor: EDWARD HAWKE
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2020-03-20
Abstract: Image processing, comprising: obtaining first sequence of images (i.e. video) (Fig. 2, 201) of a moving point, captured from first perspective; obtaining second sequence of images (i.e. video) (Fig. 2, 202) of a moving point, captured from second perspective; determining, from image 505 in first sequence, a constraint on position of moving point in the scene at capture time; determining, in each of plurality of images 506 - 508 in second sequence, an extent to which the constraint on the position of moving point in scene is satisfied (see tick); determining capture time of one of plurality of images in second sequence as corresponding to capture time of image 505 of first sequence, depending on extent to which the constraint in each of the plurality of images of the second sequence is satisfied. The constraint may be that the images are captured within 0.2 seconds of each other, or that the distance from the moving point to the epipolar line 504 is less than a threshold, or minimised. The moving point may be one of a plurality of points on a person, which indicate the pose of a person, such as a golf swing pose or a tennis serve pose.
Patent GB-2586533-A (GB)
Title: A cleaning apparatus
Inventor: TONY SCOZZARI
IPC: A47L13/58
Filed: 2020-04-23
Abstract: Cleaning apparatus comprises a plurality of cleaning heads 5, such as mop heads and a plurality of bucket screens 2, in use each bucket screen is arranged over a separate bucket 7, wherein each cleaning head is configured to cooperate with and pass through only one of the bucket screens, thereby enabling only one cleaning head is able to be used with a selected bucket. The screen preferably comprises an aperture with a first configuration or shape and the head comprises a collar 1 with a corresponding configuration or shape.
Patent GB-2596055-A (GB)
Title: Automatic decontamination device
Inventor: OLANIRAN AFEEZ GBADAMOSI
IPC: A61L2/26
Filed: 2020-05-20
Abstract: A decontamination device 100 comprises at least two legs 118, a motion sensor, a biosensor a control unit 114 and at least one disinfectant source. The device can slide on a surface, such as using caterpillar tracks 119. The disinfectant source may be a radiation disinfectant and/or a liquid or gas disinfectant provided in a dispensing tank 116 between the legs. Nozzles 120 and radiation lamps 122 may be provided on the tank. The radiation disinfectant may include ultraviolet (UV), far-ultraviolet C (UVC), infrared (IR), X-ray or gamma radiation. The control unit may determine time scheduling for the disinfectant source. The device may be used to disinfect electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, touchscreens, keyboards and remote controls.
Patent GB-2587056-A (GB)
Title: Spontaneous eco-system of aftermarket brokered wagers
Inventor: EDUARDO BURILLO
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2020-05-29
Abstract: A wager management method for a spontaneous eco-system of wagers, in which a number of subscribers 170 are registered to a computing system brokering 140 a number of wagers 110 fully owned by ones of the subscribers for fractional purchase by other subscribers. The system receives a request 130 from a subscriber to import a wager pool 190 of new wagers and extracts from the request odds, an amount wagered, and a list of participants for each of the new wagers, none of whom are subscribed to the system other than the one who made the request, the extracted information is then written to a registry and the new wagers published for aftermarket resale. An entry indicating fractional ownership is written to the registry responsive to purchase of a portion of a wager by one of the subscribers. Purchase of wagers, payout in response to an outcome, and deduction of a brokerage fee may be via electronic payment. Participants not subscribed to the system may be messaged a hyperlink to a web page where they may become registered as subscribers. There is also claimed a data processing system and computer program for management of an eco-system of wagers.
Patent GB-2596549-A (GB)
Title: A foodstuff preparation device
Inventor: STEPHEN GREETHAM
IPC: H05B6/44
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: A foodstuff preparation device, such as an induction hob, has a magnetic field generator 104 for generating a magnetic field to interact with a foodstuff receptacle placed on a contact surface of the foodstuff preparation device. The magnetic field generator has a magnetic core 106 having a coreback 114 to accommodate a coil 108 and having a pair of arms 118,120 extending from the coreback. A first pair of poles 126 extend from the coreback and a second pair of poles 130 extend from the arms. The magnetic field generator may comprise six magnetic cores, each wound with a respective coil, disposed in an annular array. The first pairs of poles may define flux guides to form part of a first magnetic circuit, e.g. for interaction with a susceptor of a foodstuff receptacle to heat the foodstuff receptacle and the second pairs of poles may define flux guides to form part of a second magnetic circuit, e.g. for interaction with an agitator of the foodstuff receptacle, to stir or chop the contents of the foodstuff receptacle.
Patent GB-2585144-A (GB)
Title: Capacitor having an electrical termination
Inventor: STEPHEN HOPWOOD
IPC: H01G4/35
Filed: 2018-06-14
Abstract: A capacitor comprises a body of dielectric material in which at least one first electrode 10 and at least one second electrode 12 are arranged in an overlapping stack embedded within dielectric 14; and first and second electro-mechanical connections 16, each comprising a hole 18 which extends into the body in the direction of the stack in an area of the respective first or second electrode 10,12 not overlapping the other, an electrical connector 20,22 which is in electrical contact with the respective first or second electrode 10,12 and comprises a compliant element 22 (e.g. a canted coil spring, flexible fingers, coil spring under compression) and is suitable for holding a contact pin 24. The compliant element 22 is configured to decouple the body from mechanical forces applied to the contact pin.
Patent GB-2582884-A (GB)
Title: Vertical memory cell with mechanical structural reinforcement
Inventor: Adam yang
IPC: H01L27/11556
Filed: 2019-01-16
Abstract: A reinforced vertical-NAND structure is provided. The reinforced vertical-NAND structure includes a first set of interleaved oxide and nitride layers formed into first and second vertical structures. The first vertical structure rises from a first section of a substrate and the second vertical structure rises from a second section of the substrate. The reinforced vertical-NAND structure also includes a reinforcing layer and a second set of interleaved oxide and nitride layers formed into third and fourth vertical structures. The reinforcing layer includes sheets, which are distinct and laid across respective tops of the first and second vertical structures, and bridges connecting the sheets. The third vertical structure rises from the sheet corresponding to the first vertical structure and the fourth vertical structure rises from the sheet corresponding to the second vertical structure.
Patent GB-2585549-A (GB)
Title: Retrievable permanent magnet pump
Inventor: IGNACIO MARTINEZ
IPC: F04D29/62
Filed: 2019-02-13
Abstract: A well pumping assembly has a stator (13) mounted in a housing (33), the stator having an axially extending stator cavity (39). The stator has windings (127) that when powered create an electromagnetic field into the stator cavity. A pump (41) has a landed position within the stator cavity. The pump having a non-rotating pump portion (43) and a rotating pump portion (45). Magnets (47) mount on the rotating pump portion and impart rotation to the rotating pump portion in response to the electromagnetic field. A neck (49) on a downstream end of the pump has a running and retrieval feature (51) for engagement by a running and retrieving tool to retrieve the pump from and install the pump in the landed position.
Patent GB-2599653-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method for monitoring external properties of plant equipment and/or pipe work
Inventor: THOMAS SPERLE
IPC: G01N27/22
Filed: 2020-10-06
Abstract: A sensor system 10 and method for detecting the presence of water in an insulating material surrounding plant equipment and/or pipe work 12, the system comprising; a plurality of sensors 24 located in and spatially distributed over the insulating material 16, each sensor 24 being operable to provide a sensor output indicative of the presence of water in the insulating material; at least one reference sensor 9 to provide a reference sensor output indicative of the presence of water in an ambient environment in the vicinity of the plurality of sensors; a processor 26 configured to receive the sensor outputs from the plurality of sensors and the reference sensor output; the processor is configured to correlate the sensor outputs to provide correlation data output for use in evaluating a corrosion condition. The sensors may detect water or humidity, the system may detect corrosion under insulation or pipe leaks.
Patent GB-2587140-A (GB)
Title: Voltage converter circuit, controlling method and power supplier
Inventor: XINHAI LI
IPC: H02M3/155
Filed: 2018-06-27
Abstract: A voltage converter circuit, a controlling method and a power supplier are provided. The voltage converter circuit includes: a bootstrap gate driver, configured to output a driving signal from a first output port (Ho) according to a controlling signal received from a first input port; a bootstrap capacitor, configured to be connected between a second output port (Vb) and a third output port (Vs) of the bootstrap gate driver; a converting circuit, configured to comprise at least a first switching element, an inductor and a capacitor connecting in serial between an input voltage port and a ground port, an output voltage being outputted from an output voltage port which connects to a first connecting node (A) between the inductor and the capacitor, a gate of the first switching element receives the driving signal; and a first connecting control circuit, configured to be connected between the third output port (Vs) and a second connecting node (B) between the first switching element and the inductor, the first connecting control circuit controls the second connecting node to electrically connect to or disconnect from the third output port, according to a voltage of the second output port. Therefore, the bootstrap capacitor will be charged up in a short time, and the voltage converter circuit will not be latched and startup soon.
Patent GB-2600407-A (GB)
Title: Blind fasteners
Inventor: MATTHEW CROSS
IPC: F16B19/10
Filed: 2020-10-27
Abstract: A blind fastener 1 comprises a bolt part 11, a sleeve part 12, and a tubular insulating sheath 13. The bolt part 11 is at least partially received within the sleeve part 12. A first end (131, see figure 1a) of the sheath 13 is retained on the bolt part 11 such that relative axial movement between the first end of the sheath 13 and the bolt part 11is substantially prevented. The blind fastener 1 is movable between a pre-installation configuration (shown in figure 1a) and a post-installation configuration. In the pre-installation configuration, the sleeve part 12 has a first axial position relative to the bolt part 11 and a predetermined section of the sheath 13 is adjacent an outer surface of the sleeve part 12. In the post-installation configuration, the sleeve part 12 has a second, different axial position relative to the bolt part 11 and the predetermined section of the sheath 13 is adjacent an inner surface of the sleeve part 12.
Patent GB-2592464-A (GB)
Title: Techniques for extraction of vectorized content of an oil and gas play with an unstructured file
Inventor: IAN A FLETCHER
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 2020-11-30
Abstract: A method 400 for the creation of user-interactive documents from unstructured documents comprises retrieving 402 an unstructured document, defining 404 an area of interest in the document which contains a visual representation of geological formation information, extraction 406 of a set of vectorised polygons from the region of interest, assigning 408 properties from the document to each of the polygons, assigning a coordinate reference frame to the set of vectorised polygons, and generating 410 an interactive document from the set of vectorised polygons. The area of interest may comprise a visual indication of a set of geological formation layers or a chronostratigraphic chart. The method may comprise detecting the properties of a legend within the unstructured document, the properties comprising characteristics of a formation. The interactive document may be compiled with a set of multiple additional user-interactive documents to generate an interactive platform and the method may comprise the repair of defects in the positioning of the vectorised polygons within the output document.
Patent GB-2602474-A (GB)
Title: Audio synchronisation
Inventor: Dominic Sinclair Collins
IPC: H04N7/56
Filed: 2020-12-31
Abstract: A first device 10 plays video content 12 and a second device 20, comprising a camera (22, Fig.4), plays audio content, a method of synchronising the audio content comprises: capturing at least a portion of the video content with the camera; performing image recognition on the captured video content to identify a key frame (14, Fig.2), corresponding to a set time point in the audio content, in the video content; and playing the audio content from a time point in the audio content corresponding to the set time point, such that the audio content is synchronous with the video content. A method of preparing video reference data suitable for use in synchronising audio data played by second device with video content played by a first device, wherein the second device comprises a camera and captures at least a portion of the video content, comprises: reviewing the video content to identify frames suitable for use as key frames, each corresponding to a set time point in the audio and video content; generating a dataset of reference copies of key frames and corresponding time points; and providing the generated dataset for use by the second device.