baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2497655-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust system including two zone catalyst and SCR catalyst
Inventor: BLAKEMAN PHILIP GERALD
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 2012-12-11
Abstract: An exhaust system 20 for an internal combustion engine comprises two catalysed substrate monoliths. The first catalysed substrate monolith 12 comprises a first washcoat coating in a first zone 16, and a second washcoat coating in a second zone 18. The first washcoat coating comprises a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal (PGM) and at least one support material. At least one PGM in the first washcoat coating is liable to volatilise when the first washcoat coating is exposed to relatively extreme conditions including relatively high temperatures. The second washcoat coating comprises at least one material supporting copper for trapping volatilised PGM and is oriented to contact exhaust gas that has contacted the first washcoat. The second catalysed substrate monolith l4 comprises a catalyst for selectively catalysing the reduction of oxides of nitrogen to dinitrogen with a nitrogenous reductant, and is disposed downstream from the first catalysed substrate monolith.
Patent GB-2509159-A (GB)
Title: Triclosan derivative for use in a selective medium for cultivating microbes in a mixed population of cells
Inventor: BOVILL RICHARD
IPC: C12N1/20
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: A selective agent comprising a triclosan derivative for use in selective inhibition of non-target cells in a mixed population of target and non-target cells. Preferably the triclosan derivative is a glycoside derivative, more preferably a pyranoside derivative. Suitably a selective medium comprising said selective agent and methods of culturing cells using the selective agent are provided. The target cells may be Salmonella or Campylobacter spp. whilst the non target cells may be Escherichia coli or other coliform bacteria. The microbial target cells may be bacteria, fungal or yeast cells. Methods, kits and composition comprising the triclosan derivatives are claimed.
Patent GB-2500964-A (GB)
Title: Forward progress mechanism for stores in the presence of load contention in a system favouring loads by state alteration.
Inventor: WILLIAMS DEREK EDWARD
IPC: G06F12/0842
Filed: 2013-01-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a cache coherency protocol for multiprocessor data processing systems 104. The systems have a set of cache memories 230. A cache memory issues a read-type operation for a target cache line. While waiting for receipt of the target cache line, the cache memory monitors to detect a competing store-type operation for the target cache line. In response to receiving the target cache line, the cache memory installs the target cache line in the cache memory, and sets a coherency state of the target cache line installed in the cache memory based on whether the competing store-type operation is detected. The coherence state may be a first state indicating that the target cache line can source copies of the target cache line to requestors. In response to issuing the read-type operation, the cache memory receiving a coherence message indicating the state, wherein setting the coherence state for the target cache line comprises the cache memory setting the coherence state to the first state indicated by the coherence message if the competing store-type operation is not detected.
Patent GB-2508039-A (GB)
Title: A fingerprint sensor having a number of separately operable sections
Inventor: STOJKOVIC ZELJKO
IPC: G06K7/00
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: A fingerprint sensor apparatus comprises: a controller (14); and a sensor area 8 formed of a plurality of separately operable sensor sections 16, where each sensor section captures a representation of an area of a fingerprint. The controller is arranged to activate each of the plurality of sensor sections at separate times to obtain a representation of the fingerprint area at each section, thereby permitting a representation of the fingerprint over the entire sensor area to be generated. The sensor sections could be capacitive sensors. Each sensor section may contain an array of pixels (18). The aims of the invention include reducing power usage compared to a single full-area sensor. The sensor may find application in a smart card (2) or an ID token.
Patent GB-2515120-A (GB)
Title: A carrier device
Inventor: HASLAM SCOTT MICHAEL
IPC: A47D13/02
Filed: 2013-06-15
Abstract: A carrier device, for carrying an infant and other items simultaneously arranged across fore and rear of a user, comprises two shoulder straps fastened by at least one band 5 to form a harness 1. The harness comprises a plurality of connection points 4 for releasable engagement to a number of carriage components, such as a belt 2, a baby/child/infant holder 3, a backpack (9, Fig 3) and a carriage rig (12, Fig 4). The connection points typically comprise sewn or bonded anchors or clips which may interrelate with connectors 7 provided on the carriage components.
Patent GB-2505784-A (GB)
Title: An antimicrobial chair
Inventor: COOK PAUL RICHARD
IPC: A47C31/00
Filed: 2013-09-26
Abstract: A chair comprising a seating unit made of a thermoplastic polymer material with an antimicrobial agent dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer and pairs of front and back legs made of a metal or alloy. The antimicrobial agent may be an antibacterial or antifungal agent and may comprise silver ions or be at a level of 0.5 to 15% by weight of the thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer may be acrylonite butadiene styrene, polyoxymethylene, acrylate, ethylene vinyl acetate, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, nylon, polyethylene, polyether ether ketone, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polyphenylene sulphide, polysulfone, polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. The chair is designed for use in areas with high levels of use such as hospitals, schools and other public places.
Patent GB-2507416-A (GB)
Title: LED display luminance control
Inventor: WOOD JON ROBERT
IPC: G09G3/32
Filed: 2013-10-10
Abstract: A dot matrix LED display has an array of LED pixels and a control system configured to set the luminance of each pixel that is illuminated at a first luminance, L, if the percentage x of illuminated pixels is less than or equal to a threshold percentage n. L is set inversely with an ambient light level. The control system is configured to illuminate each pixel at a reduced luminance L, where L = (n/x)L, if n > x. A software low-pass filter is used to smooth the value of L.
Patent GB-2521217-A (GB)
Title: Extractor fan and control system therefor
Inventor: GREGSON SAMUEL JOHN
IPC: F24F11/76
Filed: 2013-12-16
Abstract: An extraction fan system for extracting air from a room comprises a fan 3 having an impeller 5 for extracting air from the room, a motor 7 for driving the impeller, and a controller 9 for controlling operation of the motor. The controller has at least one control input 11 which detects at least one trigger event, and the controller controls the motor normally to operate at a first background speed. Upon detecting a first trigger event the motor is switched off or operated at a second lower speed than the first speed, and upon detecting a second trigger event operated at a third speed (figs 2 - 4). The first and third speeds may be the same (fig 4). The third speed may be higher than the first speed (figs 5 & 6). The motor may operate at the third speed for a predetermined time. The control input may be a light switch, motion, temperature, humidity, gas, noise, light or water flow sensor. The controller may comprise a plurality of control inputs (fig 7). The room may be a bathroom or wetroom. No significant noise is associated with the fan while a person is in the room.
Patent GB-2510485-A (GB)
Title: Voice call and data transmission in an image processing apparatus
Inventor: SUGA DAISUKE
IPC: H04M11/06
Filed: 2013-12-16
Abstract: An image processing apparatus registers voice call destination information and data transmission destination information for a destination in association with each other. The image processing apparatus executes a voice call with the destination using the voice call destination information, and executes, after the voice call, data transmission to the destination using the data transmission destination information in accordance with a data transmission instruction input by the user. The image processing apparatus may be a multi-function printer capable of voice call operation, facsimile communication, e-mail, and voice and data communication over an IP network. Enables automatic sending of data (eg fax) to a destination after a phone call to that destination.
Patent GB-2521635-A (GB)
Title: Improved low-power oscillator
Inventor: STAPLETON JOEL DAVID
IPC: H03L7/00
Filed: 2013-12-24
Abstract: A method of calibrating a first oscillator 102 is disclosed. The first oscillator may be relaxation oscillator, such as an RC oscillator. Such an oscillator may have stable frequency at a fixed temperature and may have the advantage of low power consumption. A temperature is measured 106 and a determination is made of whether the measured temperature differs from at least one previously measured temperature by more than a threshold amount. If so, a reference oscillator 108, 110 is used to calibrate the first oscillator 102. The reference oscillator may be a crystal oscillator and may consume higher power than the first oscillator. By using the higher power reference oscillator to calibrate the lower power first oscillator only when necessary because of a temperature change, the amount of time for which the reference oscillator must be powered up is reduced, thereby reducing overall power consumption. It is also disclosed that the calibration routine may change the value of the capacitance in the RC oscillator by switching between two capacitors (fig.3), so that the RC oscillator runs at an average frequency equal to the desired frequency.
Patent GB-2522432-A (GB)
Title: Computer system and method
Inventor: DAVENPORT ROBERT CHARLES
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-01-23
Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising: establishing a session for a registered user having user meta data including user identity; and storing a token, e.g. a alphanumeric string, in a data structure indexed by the user identity, where the token is either generated in response to content provided to the system by the user or provided by the user as an identifier of content stored by a third party. Preferably, the content is address or location data,
Patent GB-2524486-A (GB)
Title: Ultra low power transistor for 40nm processes
Inventor: VIGAR DAVID
IPC: H01L29/786
Filed: 2014-03-24
Abstract: Methods of fabricating ultra-low power transistors with a lightly doped drain (LDD) region 206 and pocket (or halo) implant regions 208, the method involves optimising the LDD and pocket doping levels for hot carrier injection (HCI) failure time and off (i.e. leakage) current and using the lowest doping possible while maintaining acceptable failure rates. By optimizing a MOSFET for low junction off current rather than speed/on current, a MOSFET can be produced which still meets the HCI reliability specification but has significantly reduced power consumption when off. This is in contrast to standard MOSFETs which are optimized for speed/on current and have an LDD dose which, if increased further, would cause the device to no longer pass the HCI reliability specification.
Patent GB-2514685-A (GB)
Title: An electrical fitting adapted to be recessed in a partition and support an electrical and/or electronic device
Inventor: RYAN JAMES ANTHONY
IPC: F21V21/04
Filed: 2014-05-27
Abstract: An electrical fitting 1 such as a downlight is recessed in a ceiling panel 2. A problem with prior art designs is that if the electronics of the fitting fail, it is necessary to remove and replace the whole unit. It can be difficult to remove the unit from the ceiling without damaging the panel around the aperture. The problem is solved by providing a two part fitting in which a first part 3 is supported within the aperture in the panel 2, and a second part 40 that includes the electronics is releasably attached to the first part 3. A heat sink 4 is arranged on a first side of the unit in thermal contact therewith.
Patent GB-2511959-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for extending physical sensor range using virtual sensors
Inventor: FELTY TIMOTHY JOE
IPC: G05B13/02
Filed: 2012-12-06
Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor (140, 142) that may output a physical output value, and a virtual sensor network (130) that may output a virtual output value. The control system may also have an electronic control module (120) that may be configured to receive the physical output value from the physical sensor (140, 142) and receive the virtual output value from the virtual sensor (330). The electronic control module (120) may be further configured to determine a trust level of the physical sensor (140, 142) based on the physical output value, and determine that the trust level of the physical sensor (140, 142) is below a first threshold trust value. The electronic control module (120) may control a machine (100) based on the virtual output value responsive to determining that the trust level of the physical sensor (140, 142) is below the first threshold trust value.
Patent GB-2538285-A (GB)
Title: A fluid delivery device
Inventor: William Henry Southby
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2015-05-14
Abstract: A fluid dispensing device comprising a fluid reservoir container 11, a pump 3 and an actuator 4, wherein the fluid dispensing device is provided with an auditory indicator for signalling when the valve stem has been moved with respect to the fluid reservoir through a sufficient stroke length to pump a required quantity of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the delivery duct. The auditory indicator comprises a mechanical clicker 6. In use the actuator 4 and mechanical clicker 6 are pressed towards the fluid reservoir, causing downstands 53 to be pressed against face 21 and eventually deforming the inner ring 50 of the clicker relative to the outer ring 51, whereby flexible arm 54 rides over the inner annular ring 50 and makes an audible clicking noise.
Patent GB-2538789-A (GB)
Title: Construction design and the method of construction of a silo or bin to store bulk material
Inventor: PRAKASHKUMAR NARASIMHAMURTHY
IPC: B65D88/54
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: A storage silo or bin 001 comprise at least two opposing vertical load bearing structures including inclined load bearing surfaces 003, 006 positioned at different levels. Preferably the silo is constructed from stacking together only vertically or both horizontally and vertically, plurality of modified shipping containers 002 or fabricated metal frame, panel as individual component, pre-fabricated modules or their combination thereof. At the base 009 of the silo there is a bulk material moving system such as a conveyor 010. There may be closable air vents 012 located in the vertical structures as well as a closable door 011.
Patent GB-2539918-A (GB)
Title: Refurbishing glazing units
Inventor: LEE JASON HWOZDYK
IPC: E06B3/663
Filed: 2015-06-30
Abstract: The method of upgrading comprises forming at least one hole 17 through an edge-facing wall of a spacer bar 5 of a pre-formed glazing unit 1, filling the spacer bar with desiccant through the hole, and resealing the glazing unit. A method of refurbishing further comprises draining pre-existing desiccant 7 from the spacer bar. Only the edge-facing wall 9 of the glazing unit may be penetrated in forming the hole. A hole may be formed in each spacer bar of the glazing unit. The holes may be formed in a corner of the glazing unit, and gas inside the unit replaced by an insulating gas through the corner hole, and the unit sealed. Also claimed is a method of refurbishing a pre-formed glazing unit comprising forming a hole through an edge-facing wall of a corner portion of the unit, replacing the gas inside the glazing unit with an insulating gas, and resealing the unit.
Patent GB-2542343-A (GB)
Title: Wind vector field measurement system
Inventor: THEODORE COSMO HOLTOM
IPC: G01S17/95
Filed: 2015-09-13
Abstract: A system includes a plurality of beam transceivers, preferably a plurality of intersecting LIDAR optical head beam transceivers 5, 6, 7, 8 mounted on one or more frames 15 attached to one or more columns, wherein the beams 21, 22, 23, are arranged to converge at a specified point 50. The apparatus is used as a three-dimensional wind vector field measurement system for localised velocity measurement enabling mapping of the wind field across an extended spatial region. The transceivers may be mounted on a wind turbine tower 70, or on a meteorological mast, or a floating buoy for measuring conditions around an offshore wind farm, for example. The optical heads may use RADAR, SODAR, Doppler LIDAR, Continuous Wave (CW) LIDAR, or Pulsed LIDAR. The apparatus may include position and orientation sensors. The beams can measure additional characteristics such as turbulence intensity. The data gathered can be used to inform a wind turbine control system, or assist with planning sites intended for wind turbines. The frame structure may be collapsible or removable.
Patent GB-2545628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to heating or cooling systems
Inventor: GLEN WILLIAM WALLIS
IPC: F25D29/00
Filed: 2015-10-22
Abstract: Energy saving means in the form of a control device 1 comprises a CPU 2 which is programmed with system information from heating and/or cooling apparatus. The system information comprises duty cycle, temperature, or current information and is used by the CPU 2 to determine a time span that the heating and/or cooling apparatus is activated during a peak rate time period. The CPU 2 may calculate an off time period of the heating and/or cooling apparatus based on the duty cycle, temperature, or current information. The heating and/or cooling apparatus may be switched by relays 14, 15. The control device 1 may comprise a memory to store historical duty cycle data over different periods so that a service engineer may view the efficiency of the system.
Patent GB-2543797-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for diverting solid food pieces suspended in a flowing liquid
Inventor: Colter J Young
IPC: B65G53/56
Filed: 2015-10-28
Abstract: A distributor 110 for guiding solid food pieces suspended in a working liquid to one or both of at least first and second destinations, the distributor comprising a tapered entry conduit 104 having opposite first and second ends connected by a central longitudinal axis, a cylindrical drum 112 to which the second end of the entry conduit is mounted, the drum having opposing first and second longitudinal ends connected by a central longitudinal drum axis, where the conduit axis is transverse to the drum axis, first and second outlet tubes 114, 116 extending from the drum to respective first and second destinations. An additional independent claim specifies that the conduit axis is substantially perpendicular and radially spaced from the drum axis and that the first and second outlet tubes extend from the first and second longitudinal ends of the drum. A third independent claim relates to an improved hydrocutting system, the system including a fluid conduit forming a loop with a working fluid tank (210, fig 8), solid food products suspended in a working fluid, a fluid pump, first and second accelerator tubes, (214) first and second cutting assemblies (216) and a distributor downstream of the pump and upstream of the first and second accelerator tubes.
Patent GB-2533688-A (GB)
Title: Resource allocation and deallocation for power management in devices
Inventor: Dillip K Dash
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2015-11-11
Abstract: A method for resource allocation and de-allocation that facilitates power management comprises determining, by a controller 8 of a device 6, the level of usage of a first subset of a plurality of resources 10, such as flash memory in a solid state drive (SSD). The resources are allocated in accordance with a thermometer data structure, whereby resources are ranked in a priority order, and the resources with a higher rank are allocated first. The controller compares the usage of the resources to a threshold value, and determines whether to power on an additional subset of the plurality of resources based on the comparison. The usage measurement may take the form of calculating the quantity of resources necessary to handle an expected load. The second subset of the plurality of resources may be powered off when usage drops below the threshold.
Patent GB-2545468-A (GB)
Title: Dc or nyquist free block-error correcting line encoder used with binary shift-keying modulation
Inventor: MOUNIR ACHIR
IPC: H04L25/06
Filed: 2015-12-17
Abstract: The invention relates to line encoding, in particular to DC free and/or Nyquist free encoding for terahertz communication possibly involving binary shift-keying modulation. A DS positive codebook and a DS negative codebook are used to encode input words according to current RDS. The two codebooks are built by obtaining an initial block error correcting code codebook made of initial codewords, for instance from a (11,15) Hamming code; obtaining digital sums of the initial codewords; and then forming the two coding codebooks as two sub-sets of the initial codebook, by selecting 2N initial codewords having the lowest absolute values of digital or alternate sum in the initial codebook.
Patent GB-2530962-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for implementing a bit array in a cache line
Inventor: STEINMACHER-BUROW BURKHARD
IPC: G06F12/0895
Filed: 2014-07-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for implementing a bit array (318) in a cache line (211) of a memory system (128) that includes a memory storage (208) and a controller (206), the method comprising configuring in the cache line (211) the bit array (318), the bit array comprising array of bits, wherein the configuring further comprises defining a value of each bit in the bit array, receiving, by the controller (206), a request (210) for an operation on the bit array wherein the request is indicative of a location of the cache line (211) in the memory storage (208) and information specifying the request; identifying,by the controller (206),for the operation one or more actions on the bit array (318) using the information, wherein the one or more actions are encoded in the controller (206); and in response to receiving the request, performing the request by executing the one or more encoded actions.
Patent GB-2534699-A (GB)
Title: Sensing magnetized portions of a wellhead system to monitor fatigue loading
Inventor: YURI ALEXEYEVICH PLOTNIKOV
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A wellhead assembly having a tubular magnetized in at least one selected location, and a sensor proximate the magnetized location that monitors a magnetic field from the magnetized location. The magnetic field changes in response to changes in mechanical stress of the magnetized location, so that signals from the sensor represent loads applied to the tubular. Analyzing the signals over time provides fatigue loading data useful for estimating structural integrity of the tubular and its fatigue life. Example tubulars include a low pressure housing, a high pressure housing, conductor pipes respectively coupled with the housings, a string of tubing, a string of casing, housing and tubing connections, housing and tubing seals, tubing hangers, tubing risers, and other underwater structural components that require fatigue monitoring, or can be monitored for fatigue.