baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2559616-A (GB)
Title: Detection circuit, receiver, communications device and method of detecting
Inventor: ROBERT GEOFFREY MAUNDER
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2017-02-13
Abstract: A turbo decoder circuit consisting of upper and lower decoders 1001/1002 and an interleaver to recover a frame of data symbols from a received signal. The decoders 1001/1002 include processing elements 1006/1008 which receive a priori soft decision values pertaining to data symbols associated with a window of consecutive trellis stages. Parallel calculations performed by the processing elements 1006/1008 use the a priori soft decision values to generate corresponding extrinsic soft decision values. The a priori soft decision values for the lower decoder 1002 are provided by interleaving the extrinsic soft decision values provided by the upper decoder 1001 and vice versa. Interleaving is performed to a predetermined schedule which provides the a priori soft decision values at different clock cycles. This avoids contention caused by values being provided simultaneously to the same processing element of a decoder. The processing elements 1006/1008 may have a window size which includes a number of stages of the trellis so that the decoder can be configured with an arbitrary number of processing elements.
Patent GB-2549844-A (GB)
Title: Anti-rotation blades
Inventor: FRASER A WHEELER
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: An anti-rotation system 100 includes a housing 102 defining a longitudinal axis, where a carriage 104 is mounted for radial movement relative to the housing. The carriage includes at least one anti-rotation blade 106 configured to engage a formation and resist rotation of the housing about the longitudinal axis. A retraction mechanism 108 is provided, operatively connected to the carriage so as to pull the carriage from a first position with the at least one anti-rotation blade extended radially outward, to a second position with the at least one anti-rotation blade retracted radially inward relative to the first position. In another embodiment there is provided a method of operating a downhole tool by advancing a steerable, rotational tool downhole. The tool includes a non-rotational housing with retractable anti-rotation blades in a retracted position. Then, the anti-rotation blades are extended from the housing to engage the blades with a formation to prevent rotation of the housing and rotational tool is rotated relative to the housing while steering the rotational tool.
Patent GB-2560567-A (GB)
Title: Independent EBS control of axle 2 (second steer axle) brakes when converting N3 tractor or rigid truck 6x2 or 6x4 to 8x2 or 8x4 configuration
Inventor: MARK PHILIP QUIGLEY
IPC: B60T8/00
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: A commercial vehicle lorry or truck chassis may be modified to have an additional axle(s) fitted to increase the carrying capacity or load distribution. Commercial vehicles are commonly fitted with antilock ABS and Electronic Braking Systems (EBS) to improve braking performance. A supplementary axle may be retrospectively fitted as a second steer axle using an independent EBS as used on a trailer bogie. The device employs a dedicated air reservoir for the additional axle which is fed from the front and rear service reservoirs via a charging valve on each tank. The charging valves ensure that should the additional reservoir loose pressure that the original tanks maintain their pressure. All tanks have some independence thus providing additional redundancy. Electrical CAN signals for the additional EBS are supplied from the same pins as the original EBS whilst the pneumatic supply is derived from the trailer control valve. The axle may have air suspension and may be lifted. Warning lights relating to this axle may be switched off when axle is lifted.
Patent GB-2552732-A (GB)
Title: Device for tilting the backrest of office chairs
Inventor: VICENTE BERBEGAL PEREZ
IPC: A47C7/44
Filed: 2017-04-03
Abstract: Disclosed is a device suitable for tilting the backrest of office chairs, said device comprising coil spring 3 disposed inside a casing, a side knob, a rod attached to the side knob, and a U-shaped part 7 disposed about the casing. One end of the rod comprises a pinion, and one side of the U-shaped part comprises a notched rack 13 to engage the pinion of the rod. Two opposing arms of the U-shaped part comprise inclined grooves 12 for receiving a through pin 11. The casing also comprises a through hole 10 for receiving said through pin, such that the U-shaped part and casing are connected by the through pin in use. An end of the casing distal the through hole comprises a connecting means 5 for connecting the device to a front portion of a chair structure in use. Longitudinal movement of the U-shaped part affects upward and/or downward movement of the coil spring by means of the inclined grooves, and the through pin that is forced to run through said grooves.
Patent GB-2564077-A (GB)
Title: A customisable building arrangement
Inventor: LEE MCCORMACK
IPC: E04F17/08
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: The building arrangement comprises a column within a surrounding living space. The column provides a hub such that external services may be routed through the column, the external services comprising one or more of electricity, gas, sewage and data. One or more movable modules are attachable to the hub and may be moved to change the arrangement of the living space. The modules may be moved while maintain attachment to the hub and external services. The column may be circular and the movement is via rotation around the column. The building may include a central rotating joint inside the column and a rotating arm for each movable module where each arm is attached to the joint.
Patent GB-2545863-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for allocating resources from component carriers to a public-safety mobile radio
Inventor: TRENT J MILLER
IPC: H04W72/10
Filed: 2015-09-23
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for allocating resources from component carriers to a public-safety mobile radio. An embodiment takes the form of a process that is carried out by carried out by a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Evolved Node B (eNodeB). The eNodeB makes a first determination to allocate resources to a given mobile radio. The eNodeB makes a second determination that the given mobile radio is a public-safety mobile radio. In response to making the first and second determinations, the eNodeB selects, based on one or more public-safety-communication criteria, a component carrier from among a plurality of component carriers managed by the eNodeB. The eNodeB allocates resources on the selected eNodeB component carrier to the given mobile radio.
Patent GB-2562514-A (GB)
Title: A ball valve assembly
Inventor: GLEN ANSELL
IPC: F16K5/06
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: A ball valve assembly comprises a duct 1 with a central passage for the flow of fluids. A ball valve 21 is rotatably mounted within the duct. The ball valve 21 has a through bore selectively alignable in an operational position with the central passage to allow flow through the valve assembly. A lateral opening is provided in the duct 1. A handle 22 attached to the ball valve 21 extends through the lateral opening such that it is accessible from outside the duct 1 to allow rotation of the ball valve 21. The ball valve 21, handle 22 and duct 1 are sized so that the ball valve 21 and handle 22 together are insertable into one end of the duct 1 in a first orientation to an intermediate position, from which position and orientation the ball valve 21 and handle 22 together can be manipulated without the ball valve leaving the duct to a final position with a second orientation in which the handle 22 extends out through the lateral opening 21 and the ball valve 21 is in its operational position.
Patent GB-2557698-A (GB)
Title: A subsea DC to DC voltage converter
Inventor: JONATHAN BROWN
IPC: H02M7/53
Filed: 2017-08-02
Abstract: A subsea DC-DC voltage converter comprising a DC-AC converter 31 and an AC-DC converter 34. The DC-AC converter comprises first 35 and second 36 voltage supply lines between which first 37 and second 38 conversion lines extend. At least one of the conversion lines 37, 38 comprises a plurality of switching stages 14, each switching stage being adapted to be switched between an open configuration in which it has a capacitive input impedance (17, Figs. 3a&3b) and a closed configuration in which switching stage is a closed circuit at DC. A controller 40 controls the switching stages to produce a periodic time varying voltage difference between the first and second output lines. The AC-DC voltage conversion stage 34 comprises a transformer (43, Fig. 7) comprising a primary coil (44, Fig. 7) and at least one secondary coil (45, Fig. 7) the secondary coil(s) (45, Fig. 7) being connected to AC-DC converter(s) (46, Fig. 7). The voltage source (2, Fig. 1) may be connected to the first and second voltage lines via an umbilical cord (5, Fig. 1). The controller switches the switching stages such that: a square wave is output; and no switching stage experiences a voltage greater than the stages breakdown voltage. The switching stages may be a full or half bridge switching stage. The second conversion line may comprise a plurality of capacitors 39 or switching stages connected in series. A low pass filter maybe connected to the output of the rectifier (AC-DC converter).
Patent GB-2556988-A (GB)
Title: Contextually driven messaging system
Inventor: Evan Nicklas Wu Malahy
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2016-05-04
Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a computing device associated with a user, a message from an origination source and receiving, by the computing device, an audio input, and determining, by the computing device and based at least in part on the audio input and contextual information, a probability that the user intends to send a response message to the origination source. The method may include, responsive to determining that the probability the user intends to send the response message to the origination source satisfies a threshold probability, determining, by the computing device, that the user intends to send the response message to the origination source, and, responsive to determining that the user intends to send the response message to the origination source, generating, by the computing device and based on the audio input, the response message, and sending, by the computing device, the response message to the origination source.
Patent GB-2568666-A (GB)
Title: Auxiliary equipment provision
Inventor: ANTHONY JASON VANGASSE
IPC: H01R31/06
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: Apparatus for providing auxiliary electronic equipment at a subsea location includes a housing 310 including at least one wet mate receptacle connector 330 and at least one wet mate plug connector 340 spaced apart from the receptacle connector, at least one electronic auxiliary device 320 in the housing, and at least one connector member 440 extending through a portion of the housing connecting at least one connection element of the wet receptacle connector to a respective at least one connection element of the wet plug connector; wherein the auxiliary device is connected to the connector member in the housing. The auxiliary devices can be wireless communication devices such as transceivers. Also claimed are methods for retrieving, replacing or retrofitting auxiliary devices at subsea locations using ROV, AUV or divers.
Patent GB-2556701-A (GB)
Title: Image processing device, image processing system and image processing method
Inventor: RYOJI HATTORI
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2015-09-15
Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image analyzer (12) that analyzes an input image to detect one or more objects appearing in the input image, and estimates quantities of one or more spatial features of the detected one or more objects; and a descriptor generator (13) that generates one or more spatial descriptors representing the estimated quantities of the one or more spatial features.
Patent GB-2569307-A (GB)
Title: Machine tools and methods of operation thereof
Inventor: DANIEL TURNER
IPC: G05B19/18
Filed: 2017-12-12
Abstract: The machine tool 2 is configured to receive input data 26 in a control arrangement 24, the data defining a profile (40, 70, 100) to be machined onto a work piece 20, such as a cam. The profile is defined in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation 18 of the workpiece and non-circular in that plane. The control arrangement calculates, using an evolutionary algorithm, a workpiece velocity profile (60, 90, 120) corresponding to the velocities at which the workpiece is to be rotated by a work piece mount 14 over at least part of a rotation of the work piece during machining by a tool 8 mounted in a tool mount 6. The machine tool then rotates the workpiece according to the workpiece velocity profile during machining of the work piece. The machine tool also includes a drive mechanism for moving at least one of the tool mount and the workpiece mount relative to the other. The control arrangement further controls the workpiece mount and the drive mechanism. The evolutionary algorithm may be a genetic algorithm. The machine tool is used in a method of machining a workpiece and in a method of generating a workpiece velocity profile.
Patent GB-2557074-A (GB)
Title: Characterization of wellbore materials in multiple casing strings
Inventor: LUIS F QUINTERO
IPC: G01V1/48
Filed: 2016-09-14
Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for characterizing materials in a wellbore having multiple casing strings uses well completion data and instantaneous frequency, instantaneous phase, and/or amplitude attributes, including waveform amplitude and instantaneous amplitude, of an acoustic waveform to determine material densities, acoustic velocities and acoustic travel distances for the materials between the various stages of casings.
Patent GB-2556571-A (GB)
Title: Methods of making an elastomer composite reinforced with silica and products containing same
Inventor: Jincheng Xiong
IPC: C08L21/02
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: Methods to make a silica elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion of a never-dried, or as-produced, precipitated silica are described, along with silica elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.
Patent GB-2560816-A (GB)
Title: Steering wheel control mechanism for autonomous vehicle
Inventor: WALTER JOSEPH TALAMONTI
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: A steering system of a vehicle, typically an autonomous vehicle, is instructed to perform a lateral steering action, for example changing lanes or repositioning within a lane, depending on whether a steering wheel angle θ is greater than a threshold angle θlane. Torque to a steering wheel is determined and applied based on comparing the steering wheel angle θ to threshold angle θlane; typically the steering wheel angle may increase as the steering wheel angle increases from a reference angle to threshold angle θlane, and may decrease as the steering wheel angle increases above threshold angle θlane towards a boundary angle θhi. The threshold angle may vary depending on vehicle speed.
Patent GB-2560469-A (GB)
Title: MIMO satellite service terminal
Inventor: HAO WANG
IPC: H04B7/185
Filed: 2015-12-17
Abstract: Disclosed is an MIMO satellite service terminal. By periodically reporting terminal state information to a gateway platform and obtaining, from a broadcast message by means of a scheduling module, a satellite communication system to which all satellite service terminals can be connected, all MIMO satellite service terminals accessing a network can update in real time the types of other satellite communication systems to which the terminals in the network can be connected. Therefore, a same satellite communication system can be selected for communication, and communication across satellite communication systems can also be performed on the basis of forwarding of the gateway platform. By means of the present invention, the flexibility of satellite communication can be improved, the interconnectivity for users using different satellite communication systems is enabled, the application convenience of the users accessing the network is improved, and the bandwidth utilization rate of the communication systems is improved.
Patent GB-2560847-A (GB)
Title: A locking device for a quick coupler
Inventor: ANDRE RICHARD ANDERSON
IPC: E02F3/36
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: A wedge locking element (10) for a locking device of a quick coupler A for coupling the pin P2 of an attachment to earth working machinery. The wedge locking element (10) has a sloping wedge surface (13). Projecting from the wedge surface (13) is an engagement surface (12) with which the attachment pin P2 can engage but not apply any substantial driving force to the wedge locking element (10) in the event of failure of a force maintaining the wedge locking element (10) in a position where the pin P2 is retained with the coupler A. The pin engagement surface (12) lies in a plane that is substantially in line with the direction in which the locking element (10) is, in use, moved by the driving force.
Patent GB-2564015-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
Inventor: HOWARD SLATER
IPC: H02P29/028
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the torque demand sent to an electric apparatus comprises a first input 102, 104 configured to receive at least one electrical limit corresponding to an electrical parameter (voltage, current) of a DC link electrical supply; a second input 106, 108 configured to receive at least one mechanical limit corresponding to a mechanical parameter (speed, torque) of the electric motor; and a controller 100 configured to sense the DC link electrical supply for the at least one electrical parameter and adjust the mechanical limit based on a comparison with the electrical limit for that sensed electrical parameter. The controller is configured to receive a torque demand and adjust the torque demand based on a comparison with the adjusted mechanical limit. The apparatus may be used for controlling an electric motor, for example an AC electric motor powered by a DC power supply, for example from a battery. The controller inputs may be coupled to a demand generator 200, for example a vehicle control unit, VCU. The controller may also be coupled to a battery management system, BMS.
Patent GB-2564269-A (GB)
Title: A powered air respirator kit
Inventor: STEPHEN JOHN HARE
IPC: A62B18/08
Filed: 2015-08-25
Abstract: A powered air respirator kit comprises a visor 9 on a front edge of a safety helmet 4, a drive unit 1, at least one filter module 22 providing a flow path through the filter module 22 to a space between a user's face and the inside of visor 9 and a power module or battery box 10 electrically connectable to said drive unit 1, each part of the kit being removably attachable to the helmet 4. A filter module 22 may be mounted on each side of said drive unit 1. The drive unit may be attached at a generally central location at the front edge of said helmet 4. The battery box 10 may be attached to a rear strap of an inner harness of the helmet 4. A visor gasket 2 can receive at least a portion of the drive unit 1 A visor carrier 3 may include a curved band (3d fig. 5) and a peaked portion (fig. 5).
Patent GB-2576343-A (GB)
Title: Pump assembly
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM VINCENT
IPC: A61C17/36
Filed: 2018-08-15
Abstract: A pump assembly for a dental treatment appliance (10, Fig 1) includes a pump 38, a drive and a freewheel clutch 104. An outer ring 108 of the clutch is rotatably connected to the drive, and a rotatable inner member 110 of the clutch is connected to the pump. With rotation of the outer ring by the drive, the clutch sequentially adopts a coupled state, in which the inner member rotates with the outer ring so that the pump is actuated by the drive to draw fluid into the pump, and a freewheeling state, in which the inner member becomes rotatable relative to the outer ring to enable an energy storage device (for converting kinetic energy generated during actuation of the pump into kinetic energy and storing the said energy, e.g. a compressed spring) to actuate the pump to urge fluid from the pump. A fluid displacement member (e.g. a plunger/piston 84) may also be included, connected to the drive (e.g. by a tethering member 88) and movable relative to the fluid chamber to draw fluid into the chamber.
Patent GB-2566371-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for collecting spirometry data
Inventor: ACHIM SCHUELKE
IPC: A61B5/1172
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: Disclosed herein are spirometers that can be used for assessment of pulmonary lung function. The disclosed systems, computer readable mediums and methods can be directed towards use in a variety of settings by health care professionals, clinical trial specialists, and individual users.
Patent GB-2578485-A (GB)
Title: Radiomic signature of a perivascular region
Inventor: CHARALAMBOS ANTONIADES
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2018-11-05
Abstract: A method, for characterising a perivascular region (PVR) using medical imaging data of a subject, comprising calculating the value of a radiomic signature on the basis of measured values, calculated from the medical imaging data, of at least two radiomic features of the perivascular region. In another embodiment there is a method, for deriving a radiomic signature for predicting cardiovascular risk, comprising using a radiomic dataset to construct a perivascular radiomic signature, the radiomic signature calculated on the basis of at least two radiomic features of a perivascular region and the dataset comprising the values of a plurality of radiomic features of a perivascular region obtained from medical imaging data for each of a plurality of individuals, the plurality of individuals comprising a first group of individuals having reached a clinical endpoint indicative of cardiovascular risk within a subsequent period after the collection of the medical imaging data and a second group of individuals having not reached a clinical endpoint indicative of cardiovascular risk within the subsequent period. The radiomic signature may provide a measure of the texture of the PVR. At least one of the radiomic features may be calculated from a wavelet transformation.
Patent GB-2580615-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for determining blending coefficients
Inventor: FABIO CAPPELLO
IPC: G06T13/80
Filed: 2019-01-16
Abstract: A method and system for determining blending coefficients for respective animations of an animated object is provided. The method comprises obtaining animation data 201, the animation data defining at least two different animations to be simultaneously applied to the animated object, each animation comprises a plurality of frames; obtaining corresponding video game data 202, the video game data comprising an in-game state of the object; inputting 203 the animation data and video game data into a machine learning model which is trained to determine, based on the animation data and corresponding game data, a blending coefficient for each of the animations in the animation data; determining 204, based on the output of the machine learning model, one or more blending coefficients (blend weights) for at least one of the animations; and blending 205 all or part of the animations using the or each blending coefficient. The machine learning model may comprise a neural network trained through supervised deep learning. The object may have a plurality of bones defining its animation. The in-game state may be a physical state, velocity, emotive state, or a character context.