baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2559160-A (GB)
Title: Pressure protection for an offshore platform
Inventor: HROAR ANDREAS NES
IPC: E21B43/017
Filed: 2017-01-27
Abstract: A method for pressure protection of an offshore platform 14, 16 of an oil and gas Installation which is connected to source of hydrocarbons e.g. a subsea production system 12 via a pipeline 18. The method comprises: using a safe link device 62 at the pipeline 18, located subsea and outside of the safety zone of the platform e.g. at 500m. The safe link device 62 activates or fuses to release pipeline pressure from when it exceeds a preset threshold above the normal ultimate limit state pressure for the platform. The safe link device preferably provides a multiple redundant physical pressure relief system e.g. a rupture disc or breakable pin valve and may be used alongside, and with a higher activation pressure than, a High integrity Pressure Protection system (HIPPS) 20. The activation pressure may be below the pipeline accidental limit state pressure e.g. at 430-450 barg. Allows removal of inventory emergency depressurization equipment and flare stack with resulting reduction in platform size.
Patent GB-2547125-A (GB)
Title: Catalysts
Inventor: ZOFIA ANNA BRODZIAK
IPC: B01J37/02
Filed: 2010-05-20
Abstract: An installation for producing and handling an active catalyst comprises: catalyst production or regeneration equipment 12, including a catalyst coating tank 14, conveying means 16 for conveying a mixture of active catalyst particles and a molten organic substance from the catalyst coating tank; a casting machine 20 casts casting in the form of solid cylinders, the casting machine includes a plurality of moulds into which the conveying means can discharge the mixture of active catalyst particles and molten organic substance and a cooling bath adapted to contain a cooling liquid in which the molds can be submerged. The conveying means may include a pipe 16 leading from the catalyst coating tank, with a spout 18 being provided at the free end of the pipe. The installation may include a conveyor or conveying castings of active catalyst particles embedded in an organic substance matrix from the casting machine.
Patent GB-2551888-A (GB)
Title: Wearable sensor system with an article of clothing and an electronics module, article of clothing for a wearable sensor system,
Inventor: Konstantin Brunnbauer
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: A wearable sensor system 10 (e.g. barcode scanner) comprises an article of clothing such as a glove 16 and an electronics module 14. The electronics module includes a housing 42, a circuit board (60), and a contact element (54). The glove comprises an operational element 18 (e.g. a switch), and a holder 20 for attaching the electronics module, the holder having a receiving space (28, Fig. 2c) and a mating contact (26, Fig. 2c). The guide is configured such that the electronics module performs a linear movement or a pivoting movement towards the bottom of the receiving space when moving to its final position with respect to the mating contact (see Figs. 4a,b,c). The receiving space could comprise a guide (32), end wall (30) and deflector (38) to achieve this desired movement during docking. Independent claims are included for the system, the article of clothing and the electronics module.
Patent GB-2553196-A (GB)
Title: Managing energy usage in mobile devices
Inventor: CHIRANT PARIKH
IPC: H04W52/02
Filed: 2017-06-08
Abstract: A battery powered mobile device has a battery monitoring circuit that measures one or more parameters indicative of a current state of the battery. A battery power factor is calculated as a function of the one or more parameters, and the battery power factor is compared to a threshold. When the battery power factor exceeds the threshold, a system or process within the mobile device is identified whose power consumption can be reduced. The power consumption is reduced by altering or disabling the identified system or process. The systems or processes may be identified on the basis of an assigned priority. The parameters measured may be the battery temperature, battery terminal voltage and battery current draw. The battery power factor may be calculated as the sum of assigned values given to each of the battery temperature (T), terminal voltage (V) and current draw (I). The identified system or process may comprise a heater element, and the power consumption may be reduced by either deactivating the heater element or causing the heater element to operate at less than 100% heat generation.
Patent GB-2565556-A (GB)
Title: Cavity barriers for inhibiting the spread of fire and smoke in buildings
Inventor: DEREK ALFRED WARD
IPC: E04B1/94
Filed: 2017-08-15
Abstract: A method of producing bespoke cavity barriers 10 for inhibiting the spread of smoke and fire in a building comprises the steps of producing an elongate rectangular block of high density interwoven mineral wool and coating the block on at least one surface with a material which intumesces in the presence of fire. A plurality of cavity barriers of the same or different dimensions are then cut from the coated block. The density of the mineral wool may be 240 kg/m3 and the thickness of the block may be 20mm and the depth 60mm. Fixings 14 enable the block to be attached to the walls or other features of a building. Also claimed is an elongate block formed with intumescent material on at least two opposed sides.
Patent GB-2567136-A (GB)
Title: Moving between spatially limited video content and omnidirectional video content
Inventor: IGOR DANILO DIEGO CURCIO
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2017-08-30
Abstract: The invention relates to moving between video content displayed on a display having a limited field of view such as a television and omnidirectional video content displayed on a virtual reality display device such as a head mounted display(HMD). A method is therefore disclosed comprising receiving, by a receiver apparatus, e.g. TV, a signal comprising first video content 52, wherein the first video content corresponds to a portion of second video 50 content to be displayed in a virtual space by a virtual reality display device e.g. HMD, causing display of the first video content on a display, and transmitting, by the receiver apparatus, at least one parameter such as yaw, pitch, roll, width or height defining a spatial position or location of a viewport in the virtual space, wherein the viewport contains the portion of second video content. The parameter may be determined by performing visual registration between first and second video content. A timestamp may also be transmitted corresponding to a temporal location in the second video content at which the portion of the second video content is to be displayed in the virtual space. The signal transmitted may be a timed metadata stream comprising the at least on parameter.
Patent GB-2566273-A (GB)
Title: Accessing ordered sets of data entries
Inventor: Jaume Cabecerans Bertran
IPC: G06F13/14
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: An apparatus for processing data, for example an interconnect on a system-on-chip, comprises circuitry to store one or more ordered sets of data entries and circuitry to control access, during a given access cycle, to a given ordered set of data entries of the one or more ordered sets of data entries. The access for a given ordered set depends upon head-entry location data indicating a head storage location within the data storage circuitry that stores a head entry of the ordered set to be accessed next, next-following-entry location data indicating a next-following storage location within the data storage circuitry that stores a next-following entry of the ordered set to be accessed next after the head storage location, and preceding-cycle data indicating whether the ordered set was accessed during a preceding access cycle preceding the current given access cycle. When the preceding-cycle data indicates that the given ordered set was accessed during the preceding access cycle, the access control circuitry uses the next-following-entry location data to access the next-following entry within the next following storage location during the current access cycle.
Patent GB-2567893-A (GB)
Title: A temperature responsive liquid flow regulator
Inventor: CHRIS JAMES LECK
IPC: F16K7/02
Filed: 2017-10-31
Abstract: A temperature responsive liquid flow regulator 100 is disclosed having a temperature responsive regulator member 110 held captive within a passage 101 to define an orifice 111 through which liquid flows. Member 110 comprises a continuous resilient hollow, possibly toroidal, ring 107, having a flexible wall defining a chamber 106 filled with a regulator material 120, such as wax, which has a predefined state change temperature. When the temperature of liquid in the passage is below a predefined state change temperature, material 120 is solid and the orifice flow area is a maximum, but when liquid temperature is above the state change temperature, material 120 transforms into a liquid and the orifice flow area reduces in proportion to the increase in liquid temperature. The hollow ring may be made of rubber or elastomer. Flow regulator 100 may to regulate liquid flow through a radiator bypass passage of a motor vehicle engine cooling system, thus allowing coolant to bypass the radiator until the engine has heated up to a sufficient temperature. It may also be used to regulate coolant flow in a supply/return conduit to/from a vehicle automatic transmission warm up unit.
Patent GB-2568501-A (GB)
Title: Aquaculture system for cultivating aquatic organisms
Inventor: Bjøm Anders Brimsholm
IPC: A01K61/60
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: An aquaculture system for farming aquatic organisms comprising a cylindrical cage 1 with a longitudinal axel 20 arranged horizontally in water, and a floating structure 7 supporting the axel at both ends. The cage may be rotatable and in use, half of the cylinder surface may be exposed to air to make inspection, service and cleaning easier. The cylinder may comprise an internal rotating bulkhead 10 and/or a sensor frame 15 for measurement of biomass and size distribution of the fish. There may be an external waterproof cylindrical shell 3 which can be rotated so that the cage can be converted into a closed tank.
Patent GB-2556781-A (GB)
Title: Multi-agent system for global positioning system (GPS) web services
Inventor: GLEN HARDING
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2016-08-02
Abstract: The present invention is an internet communications and coordination system for providing demographic transport and shipments services. Multi-agent technology comprises the web server, vehicle, and customer applications of the internet system. Moreover, relational database technology manages and automates the sytem. Importantly, the vehicles and customers in the system are sorted by their dynamic Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates to automatically set up real-time transport and shipments propositions. And moreover, the GPS datagrams of the vehicles and customers interface to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases and web services for mapping, navigation, and ecommerce user interfaces. For example, a GIS map is drawn using the customer's GPS datagram for the map center point. Next, available vehicles are sorted by closest distance to the customer and offered as a proposition for transport services. Therefore, the system automatically creates ecommerce propositions based on dynamic closest distance between transport vehicles and mobile customers. In a preferred embodiment, the customer selects and contracts one of the closest vehicles which then navigates to the customer's current GPS position to provide the contracted transport services.
Patent GB-2572194-A (GB)
Title: Antimicrobial compounds
Inventor: Seamus Fanning
IPC: C07C57/30
Filed: 2018-03-22
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), which may be antimicrobial. R1-R5 are each independently selected from H, a halogen, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkenyl group, and an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkoxy group. N is 3 to 19, Z is either a bond, methylene (CH2), sulfur (sulphur), oxygen or NH (secondary amine). Y is selected from a carboxylic acid, an amide, a sulfonic acid, a sulfonamide, a phosphonic acid or a heterocyclic group, or salts thereof. The compounds may be derived from carvacrol or thymol. The compounds may be useful as medicaments, particularly in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by antimicrobial resistant strains, and may be useful for disinfecting surfaces and/or medical devices. Most preferably, n is 10 and Y is carboxylic acid, or salt thereof (e.g. choline addition salt). Also claimed is a process for synthesising compounds of formula (I).
Patent GB-2572346-A (GB)
Title: Electrode, battery and method
Inventor: THOMAS KUGLER
IPC: H01M4/60
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: A freestanding anode or cathode film 101, 105 comprises a conductive mesh 111 and, respectively, an n-type or p-type electrochemically active polymer wherein at least some of the n-type or p-type electrochemically active polymer is disposed in pores of the conductive mesh. The anode or cathode film 101,105 may be used as an electrode layer of a polymer battery electrode. Such electrodes may contain further electrode layers 101', 105' which do not contain a conductive mesh. The anode and/or cathode films 101, 105 may also include a conductive carbon material such as carbon black, carbon fibre, graphite or carbon nanotubes. The film(s) may also include an electrolyte, especially an ionic liquid electrolyte such as 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide. A battery comprising an anode current collector 107, a cathode current collector 109, an anode layer 101 with a mesh 111 and an n-type polymer, a cathode layer 105 with a mesh 111 and a p-type polymer, and a separator 103 between the anode and cathode is also disclosed. The battery may be vacuum sealed within a pouch. A method of forming the battery is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2574225-A (GB)
Title: Ground surface access assemblies
Inventor: Simon John Gibson
IPC: E03F5/06
Filed: 2018-05-31
Abstract: A raising frame 10 configured to be mountable to a base frame 102 of a ground surface access assembly 100 and configured to receive a manhole cover 104. The raising frame defines a raising frame opening 12. The raising frame opening is dimensioned to correspond to dimensions of a base frame opening 106 defined by the base frame 102. The raising frame may comprise corner mountings 110 and securing means for attaching the raising frame to a detent in the base frame.
Patent GB-2577084-A (GB)
Title: Dust extractor
Inventor: MARKUS ROMPEL
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 2018-09-13
Abstract: The dust extractor includes a housing (10, Figure 1) and a drill collar 12 attached to the housing having a drill passage 18 formed through it. A suction chamber 38, 96 formed by the walls of the housing has an opening which, in use, locates against a work piece to create a chamber. A single aperture 24 is located on the housing through which air can pass. At least one first air passage 32 is formed by the walls of the housing, and which connects between the drill passage and the aperture to enable air to pass from the passage to the aperture. At least one second air passage 804 is formed within the housing, and which connects between the suction chamber and the single aperture to enable air to pass from the suction chamber to the aperture. A part of the first air passage is formed by a tube 802, at least part of which passes through the suction chamber. Alternative dust extractors further include a tube extending through a single aperture, a tube with an end remote from a drill passage being freestanding, or a tube extending into and terminating inside an end of a flexible tube.
Patent GB-2570027-A (GB)
Title: Relaxer with methionine
Inventor: VOLKER SCHEUNEMANN
IPC: A61Q5/04
Filed: 2018-10-25
Abstract: Hair treatment agents which contain, with respect to their weight, from 0.0001% to 20% of methionine and from 0 to 10% of at least one metal hydroxide with formula (I) M(OH) in which M represents an alkali metal cation or NH4+; and/or from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one metal hydroxide with formula (II) M(OH)2 in which M represents an alkaline earth metal cation, such that the sum of the quantities of the metal hydroxides with formulae (I) and (II) is from 0.1% to 20% by weight and the pH of the agent is from 9 to 14. The agents are intended to reinforce the internal structure of the hair. In some embodiments, cationic polymers, including cellulose or guar derivatives, are included. In other embodiments, the composition may be in two parts with the second part containing guanidine carbonate. Methods of applying the compositions to hair are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2567600-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous behavior robot recognizing direction of sound source
Inventor: KANAME HAYASHI
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2017-08-23
Abstract: This robot uses a microphone array to detect a sound and identify the direction of a sound source. The robot faces a head portion in the direction of the sound source. If an object having a characteristic of an uttering body is detected in an image capturing region 420 in the direction of the sound source identified by the microphone array, the uttering body is identified as an utterance source. Upon identifying the uttering body as the utterance source, the robot faces a body thereof toward the sound source (utterance source). The robot executes a predetermined motion if a particular environmental sound is detected.
Patent GB-2584434-A (GB)
Title: Enrolment device for a biometric smart card
Inventor: HOLGER ROESSNER
IPC: G07C9/37
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A method of enrolling a fingerprint to a biometric card 1 using an enrolment card 10B comprising: engaging the biometric card with the enrolment card, either wirelessly 27 (e.g. NFC) or via contacts 18; transmitting power from a battery 24 of the enrolment card to the biometric card; obtaining fingerprint information of the user from the fingerprint sensor 5 of the biometric card; and the biometric card’s microcontroller 8 generating and storing a fingerprint template. When using a contact communication method, the enrolment card has an engagement element which may comprise: a card reception opening provided on the long or short edge of the card (19, 23, Figs. 7, 8, 10, 11); alignment lines (51, Fig. 11); a friction fit (14, Figs. 2-4) to hold the biometric card; and an opening for a fingerprint (13, Figs. 2-6). The enrolment card may comprise a detachable activation portion 29 comprising a wire 20 that connects a low power terminal of the enrolment card’s microcontroller 15 to ground.
Patent GB-2579112-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing units and methods using render progression checks
Inventor: JOHN HOWSON
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A graphics processing system including multiple groups of one or more processor cores is described that uses a rendering space that is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles. Tile data is allocated to one or more cores configured to render graphics data and output the data for the processed tile to regions of a memory resource. A scheduling logic is configured to allocate sets of one or more tiles to the groups of processor cores for rendering to perform a first render and at a time when at least one of the groups of one or more processors has not completed processing its allocated set(s) of one or more tiles as part of the first render, allocates at least one set of one or more tiles for a second render to at least one of the other groups of one or more processor cores for processing. Progress indication logic maintains a progress indication indicating progress of the first render with the process indication indicating regions of the memory resource for which processing for the first render has been completed and progress check logic is configured to check the progress indication in response to a processor core requesting access to a region of the memory resource as part of the second render. The process check logic enables the processor core to access that region of the resource in response to the progress indication indicating that processing for the first render has been completed for that region.
Patent GB-2584660-A (GB)
Title: Automatic identification method and system for different mineral pores of mud shale
Inventor: SHANSI TIAN
IPC: G01N23/2251
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: An automatic identification method for different mineral pores of mud shale comprises: obtaining a mud shale SEM gray scale image (S1); determining an inorganic mineral pore image and a kerogen region image of the SEM image (S2); performing an expansion operation on the inorganic mineral pore image to obtain an expanded inorganic mineral pore image (S3); comparing the inorganic mineral pore image with the expanded image, determining an extra region in the expanded image as an expansion region (S4); collecting statistics about the number of pixel points of siliceous mineral, calcareous mineral and clay mineral (S5); calculating the proportions of siliceous, calcareous and clay minerals according to the number of pixel points of the minerals (S6); drawing a mineral pore triangular image chart according to the proportions of minerals (S7); and determining the mineral type corresponding to the pores in the inorganic mineral pore image according to the mineral pore triangular image chart (S8).
Patent GB-2576086-A (GB)
Title: Valve system with isolation device
Inventor: HAILIANG LIU
IPC: F16K31/126
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: A valve system with an isolation device, comprising an on/off valve 10 mounted on a pipeline 41, a valve stem 11 of the on/off valve being connected with an on/off actuating mechanism 20, the pipeline upstream of the on/off valve being connected with a pilot trigger mechanism 30 for triggering the on/off actuating mechanism, with an isolation device 60 between the upstream pipeline and the pilot trigger mechanism, where a pressure sensing component of the isolation device senses the pressure from upstream of the valve to feed back pressure to the pilot trigger mechanism via a non-viscous and incompressible fluid. The pressure sensing component may be a corrugated pipe 602, one side of which contacts the medium of the upstream pipeline and the other side of which contacts the non-viscous and incompressible fluid. The pressure sensing component may be a diaphragm or a piston. The pilot trigger mechanism may comprise a valve body 31 divided into first and second chambers 33, 34 by a diaphragm 32, with an ejector rod slidably mounted in the valve body, an upper end of the ejector rod being connected with the on/off actuating mechanism, the lower end extending out of the body and connected with a trigger rod.
Patent GB-2573418-A (GB)
Title: Port and snorkel for sensor array
Inventor: Suzi Marie Marcuccio
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2018-02-07
Abstract: An array of sensors provided on the outside of a tubular string for measuring a property within the tubular string. The array of sensors may include a plurality of connected sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of connected sensors is at least partially encompassed in a shroud. A snorkel line may extend from the shroud, the snorkel line capable of coupling with a sensor port in a tubular of the tubular string. The snorkel line may establish fluid communication between one of the sensors at least partially encompassed in the shroud and a corresponding sensor port of a tubular in the tubular string.