baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2506902-A (GB)
Title: Jump position and frame shifting in list based prefetching
Inventor: MAURER THILO
IPC: G06F12/0862
Filed: 2012-10-12
Abstract: Prefetching data by receiving (102) one or more addresses (404.1, 602, 604, 606) upon execution of an enqueuing command (614, 616, 618) and enqueuing (101) each of the received addresses to a recording-list (408.2). A jump position (504, J.:, J2, J.3) is identified in the recording-list as jump position; and provided to (107) a frame-shifter (424). A sub-list of the recording-list defined by a shiftable frame (502) is used as a playback-list (408.3). A frame-shift command (FSC) is executed to trigger shifting of the frame in dependence on the jump position to provide an updated playback-list (408.3') and data (434) identified by the updated playback-list from a second memory is fetched(208). The addresses may be filtered before, during or after enqueuing in the recording list. Base addresses of recording lists and jump addresses of frame shifts may be stored in MMIO registers.
Patent GB-2494799-A (GB)
Title: Golf club heads with loft-based weights and method of manufacture
Inventor: JERTSON MARTY R
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2009-07-15
Abstract: A golf club head 100 comprises a face portion 150 associated with a loft angle 250, the angle being defined by the loft plane 230 and a front end plane 210, a weight 710, 810 positioned at a distance X1, X2 relative to the front end plane and along an axis extending between the front and back of the club head, wherein the distance of the weight from the front end plane is inversely proportional to the loft angle. The flight of the ball, and in particular its height and length of travel vary with respect to the loft angle, and so a set of clubs may be provided including a progression of lift angles and associated weight positions.
Patent GB-2509120-A (GB)
Title: A security system for a road trailer
Inventor: HARRISON DUDLEY JOHN
IPC: B60R25/102
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: A security system for a trailer 14 comprises: a detection arrangement to detect activity relating to the trailer; a communication arrangement 4 for two-way communication between the trailer and a remote control centre; and a security arrangement which is selectively activatable, wherein: the communication arrangement is operable to receive an authorisation message indicating whether activity of a certain type is authorised or unauthorised; and upon detection by the detection arrangement of activity relating to the trailer, if an authorisation message is received indicating that the activity is unauthorised, the security arrangement is activated. The detection arrangement may include door sensors 12, to detect whether a door is opened, and/or sensors detecting operation of an electrical 24 or fluid 22 connection, and/or the operation of a parking brake 10. The signal received from the remote centre may be in response to a signal being sent from the trailer, or it may be in advance of detecting the activity. If an unauthorised activity is detected a camera and/or an alarm may be triggered, and the brakes of the trailer may be locked on.
Patent GB-2512023-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for encoding an image into a video bitstream and decoding corresponding video bitstream using enhanced inter layer resid ual prediction
Inventor: FRANCOIS EDOUARD
IPC: H04N19/30
Filed: 2013-01-07
Abstract: A method for encoding an image of pixels and for decoding a corresponding bit stream is described. More particularly, it concerns residual prediction according to a spatial scalable encoding scheme. It can be considered in the context of the Scalable (scalable video encoding SVC) extension of the HEVC standard (noted SHVC). It is proposed to simplify the computational complexity and the memory usage needed by the GRILP and DIFF inter modes by combining upsampling and motion compensation operations into a single operation and/or reducing the complexity of the linear filtering processes involved in some of the processes and/or adopt some limiting usage of these two modes when combined with bidirectional prediction. Accordingly a reduction of the complexity is achieved with, at worst, a limited loss in coding efficiency. Corresponding claims for a device and method of decoding are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2514748-A (GB)
Title: Diversity with a coded signal
Inventor: HISCOCK PAUL DOMINIC
IPC: H04L1/04
Filed: 2013-01-16
Abstract: A communications device 301 configured to generate (e.g. by a compound chirp generator (CCG) 302) a first diversity signal comprising a first single coded signal (e.g. a first single chirp signal) spanning a first frequency sub-band and a second single coded signal (e.g. a second single chirp signal), contemporaneous with the first single coded signal, spanning a second frequency sub-band offset from the first frequency sub-band such that the total bandwidth of the first diversity signal is greater than the bandwidths of either of the first and second frequency sub-bands alone. The communications device 301 comprises a signal transmitter 307 configured to transmit the first diversity signal to a first counterpart communications device. After being transmitted, received, shifted into a receiver frequency sub-band spanning a narrower bandwidth than the total bandwidth of the first diversity signal, and cross-correlated with a replica signal based on the transmitted signal, each of the first and second single coded signals are such that a single significant peak corresponding to the most direct transmission path is produced.
Patent GB-2513610-A (GB)
Title: Control system, vehicle and method
Inventor: HOLLOWAY KATY
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2013-05-01
Abstract: An apparatus for a vehicle 100 driven by an electric motor 123, powered by an energy storage means 150, generates an audible sound dependent on whether the vehicle 100 is charging. The vehicle 100 may be an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle. The sound or sonic signature may be generated upon detecting or receiving a signal from a portable user identification device 190, such as an electronic key. The sound may be generated inside or outside the vehicle 100 cabin. A plurality of different sounds may be selected, according to a state of charge of the vehicle 100, or whether the vehicle 100 is charging. A vehicle 100 comprising the apparatus and a method of providing feedback to a vehicle user by generating a sound in this way are also presented.
Patent GB-2499141-A (GB)
Title: Artificial planar conductor using nano engineered metal films
Inventor: SHELLEY MARTIN
IPC: H01P3/06
Filed: 2011-11-04
Abstract: A conductor for an electromagnetic wave comprises a plurality of interconnected conducting layers spaced from each other in a first direction by insulating layers. Each of the conducting layers has a thickness in the first direction smaller than the skin depth of the conducting layer at the frequency of the electromagnetic wave to be conducted in use. A planar strip or ground plane may be made using the conductor.
Patent GB-2514553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thermal energy storage
Inventor: PARRICK FINIAN
IPC: F28D20/00
Filed: 2013-05-28
Abstract: The modular thermal store 225 comprises a plurality of heat storage modules 250 which can be connected to provide a required collective storage capacity. Each module may be thermally insulated and comprise locating and locking means (855,857, figure 12) that cooperates with the same on other modules. Each module may also include two inlet ports 282,284 and two outlet ports 286,288 operable to receive connector pipes 264 to fluidly communicate adjacent modules, an electrical immersion heater to heat fluid contained within the module, and a heat exchanger to draw or deliver thermal energy to fluid in the module. The modular thermal store ideally comprises a plurality of stacked modules connected and covered with a thermally insulating jacket 227. Ideally the thermal store is filled with water to provide a hot water tank of a domestic hot water and central heating system. The modules can be selectively isolated from one another to change the storage capacity of the tank as needed. A thermal store comprising a flexible bag to receive a thermal storage medium and a corresponding support structure is also claimed.
Patent GB-2515829-A (GB)
Title: Latch mechanism
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH KEVIN PHILIP
IPC: B60P3/04
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: A structure 10, which may be a livestock transporter has a deck 14 which can be retained at an intermediate height (Figure 6), be lowered (Figure 10) below the intermediate height and be raised (Figure 16) above the intermediate height. A latch mechanism 20 comprising a freely rotatable catch 30 mounted to the deck 14, upper 22 and lower 24 alignment guides mounted to a side element 19 and a spring 28 biased trigger 26 pivotally mounted on the side element 19 between the alignment guides 22, 24 and a support abutment 29 mounted to the side element and laterally spaced from the lower alignment guide 24. The guides 22, 24 and trigger device 26 are arranged so on actuation to raise the deck 14 the catch 30 is orientated by contact with the lower guide 24 so the catch 30 passes adjacent the lower guide 24 and between the lower guide 24 and the abutment 29.
Patent GB-2502505-A (GB)
Title: Subsea pressure booster
Inventor: STINESSEN KJELL OLAV
IPC: F04D1/06
Filed: 2012-03-15
Abstract: Subsea turbomachine for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluid flow from subsea petroleum productions wells or systems, comprising an electric motor and a compressor or pump driven by the electric motor, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, distinctive that the turbomachine comprises a pressure housing common for the electric motor or stator, and compressor, pump or rotor; a magnetic gear inside the common pressure housing for operative connection between the motor or stator and compressor, pump or rotor; and a partition inside the common pressure housing, arranged so as to separate a motor or stator compartment from a compressor, pump or rotor compartment.
Patent GB-2505350-A (GB)
Title: Bellows actuated infrared stage
Inventor: AESCHBACH JAMES
IPC: G01N21/552
Filed: 2012-03-30
Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention are directed to addressing the complexity, sample geometry, and even pressure feedback issues associated with mechanical-only mechanisms. In particular, by utilizing one or more bellows capsules in an attenuated total internal reflection (ATR) instrument as a pressure vessel that can expand, contract, and tilt in all directions, the mechanisms disclosed herein can substantially apply uniform pressure to an interposed sample surface to include non-orthogonal sample surfaces, and thus conform to any sample geometry within such instruments. The result of the novel arrangements described herein is to provide a user with a convenient and simple interface for operating the interrogating ATR optical instrument.
Patent GB-2510049-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid-tieback seal assembly using method and system for interventionless hydraulic setting of downhole components when performing subterranean operations.
Inventor: YOKLEY JOHN M
IPC: E21B23/04
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: A hybrid-tieback seal assembly comprises one or more anchoring bodies, one or more packer seal assemblies, and one or more interventionless hydraulic setting systems. A method of setting downhole equipment comprises applying a pressure to a compensating volume and providing a working volume, wherein the working volume is separated from the compensating volume by one or more hydraulic control devices. A pressure is applied to the working volume in response to the pressure applied to the compensating volume. The pressure applied to the compensating volume is then reduced and the pressure applied to the working volume- is captured by the hydraulic control devices. The captured pressure in the working volume is applied to set downhole components.
Patent GB-2517521-A (GB)
Title: Drain decontamination system
Inventor: POTTS HUGH
IPC: E03F5/10
Filed: 2013-12-19
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for decontamination and disinfecting areas contaminated with pathogens such as drainage systems. The apparatus comprises an open enclosure (1 figure 1) capable of forming a seal against an area of floor; and a dielectric barrier discharge device (2 figure 1) capable of forming ozone. The open enclosure has sealing means (6 figure 1) attached to the end of the open enclosure, such that the sealing means is capable of forming a tight seal against the floor area. The dielectric discharge device may generate ozone from the atmospheric air, and may be powered by a battery (3 figure 1). In use the device may be placed over a drain gate 9 and started manually where the device produces ozone in a pulsed pattern to maintain a high concentration for a period of time.
Patent GB-2531579-A (GB)
Title: Improved sealing member
Inventor: IAN SHORT
IPC: F16J15/12
Filed: 2014-10-23
Abstract: An elastomeric sealing member 1 for a pressure testing apparatus is provided. The sealing member 1 comprises: a seal body 3 incorporating a plurality of reinforcement elements 13 embedded in the seal body 3 adjacent a sealing edge 9. An anchoring apparatus (see Figure s2a & 2b) incorporating the elastomeric sealing member 1 of the invention and a method of making such a seal are also provided.
Patent GB-2532919-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring physiology
Inventor: ORIANE ELISABETH CHAUSIAUX
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2014-10-24
Abstract: A physiological monitoring system comprises a sensor device 1 attached to the skin 50 of a subject, the sensor device comprising at least a first sensor 12 for sensing a physiological parameter of the subject; and a processing device configured for analysing data sensed by the sensor by means of a predetermined algorithm to estimate whether the data is indicative of a disease condition, and on detecting such a condition to generate an alert. In embodiments the sensor may be an accelerometer or a temperature sensor. The system may be used to monitor sleep. In an embodiment, a method is included for monitoring multiple subjects, each using a physiological monitoring system, the method involves assessing whether there is a contemporaneous trend indicative of a disease condition between the subjects.
Patent GB-2521316-A (GB)
Title: Method for deghosting seismic data acquired by a marine seismic source and receiver assembly
Inventor: SAVELS TOM
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2013-11-08
Abstract: In a method for deghosting seismic data acquired by a marine seismic source and receiver assembly effects of seismic reflections by the water surface, known as ghost signals, are removed by a deghosting algorithm, which transforms input seismic data with the surface ghost reflections into source- and receiver- deghosted seismic data using a sparse-inversion technique both for hydrophone and/or geophone recordings, which technique includes equation (26), thereby considerably improving usuable bandwidth and giving rise to a significant imaging uplift.
Patent GB-2526693-A (GB)
Title: Arris protection joint
Inventor: KEEN ANDREW
IPC: E04F15/14
Filed: 2015-05-11
Abstract: An arris protection joint comprising a pair of elongate wave shape members having anchors and supports. The wave shape members are of moulded polymer. The anchors 133, 134 comprise a formation extending between neighbouring peaks of the wave shape or alternatively between intermediate portions of the wave shape. The anchors may be hexagonal in plan view. Alternatively, the anchors may comprise formations at two levels: U-shaped formations (317, Fig 14) extending from the arris member at an upper level, and a strip 314, Fig 14) spaced from the arris member by fingers at a lower level. The supports may be adjustable threaded members that engage with threaded apertures 142 in the anchors. Alternatively, the supports may be feet 141, e.g. lazy Z-shape, which are secured to the anchors by a screw or bolt 144. Alternatively, the supports may be steel pins (331, Fig. 14) held by clips (332, Fig. 14) that themselves clip to the anchor. There may also be sleeved dowels (323, Fig. 14) that slidably fit through the arris members to either side of the joint.
Patent GB-2526465-A (GB)
Title: Task lighting system with alarm and dimming features
Inventor: LAX DANIEL A
IPC: G08B7/06
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: A temporary task lighting system used on job sites has an alarm mode. The system may be used to provide an alarm indication using the light units of the system. The alarm indication may be cycling the lights through on and off conditions or full on and dimmed conditions. Different systems and methods may be used to activate the alarm. The alarm activation may come from a typical fire alarm switch, a button on the power supply, a button on a central control computer, or a signal from an emergency response system such as a 91 1 system. The disclosure also provides central control for remote drivers and ballasts. The central control allows different zones of low voltage lighting systems or different zones of low voltage lights to set up, identified, and individually controlled from a central interface.
Patent GB-2536530-A (GB)
Title: Catalyst manufacturing method
Inventor: DUNCAN ROY COUPLAND
IPC: B01J37/02
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst or catalyst precursor comprises: applying a slurry of a particulate catalyst compound in a carrier fluid to an additive layer manufacturing support structure to form a slurry impregnated support; and drying or optionally calcining the slurry impregnated support to form a catalyst or catalyst precursor, wherein the mean particle size of the particulate catalyst compound in the slurry is in the range 1-50 µm and the support structure has ≥ 0.02 ml/g. The support structure may be manufactured by steps comprising: combining a particulate support material with a binder to form a pre-form mixture; forming a layer of the preform mixture; applying a binding solvent from a printhead to the layer of preformed mixture according to a predetermined pattern to bind the particulate support material; repeating the previous two steps layer upon layer; removing unbound material and drying or optionally calcining to form the support structure. The particulate support material may be a powder with a particle size in the range of 0.1-400 µm and may comprise an alumina, metal-aluminate, silica, alumina-silicate, cordierite, titanium (IV) oxide cerium (IV) oxide, zinc oxide, or a mixture thereof, a zeolite, a metal powder, silicon carbide, silicon nitride or carbon.
Patent GB-2530225-A (GB)
Title: Processing guest event in a hypervisor-controlled system
Inventor: BACHER UTZ
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a guest event in a hypervisor- controlled system (10), comprising the steps: (i) the guest event triggering a first firmware service being specific for the guest event in a firmware (70), the guest event being associated with a guest (20) and with a guest state (52) and a guest memory (22) encrypted with a guest key (24); (ii) the firmware (70) processing information associated with the guest event, comprising information of the guest state (52) and the guest memory (22), and presenting only a subset of the information of the guest state (52) and the guest memory (22) in decrypted form to a hypervisor (30), wherein the subset of the information is selected to suffice for the hypervisor (30) to process the guest event; (iii) the firmware (70) retaining a part of the information of the guest state (52) and the guest memory (22) that is not being sent to the hypervisor (30); (iv) the hypervisor (30) processing the guest event based on the received subset of the information of the guest state (52) and the guest memory (22) and sending a process result to the firmware (70) triggering a second firmware service being specific for the guest event; (v) the firmware (70) processing the received process result together with the part of the information of the guest state (52) and the guest memory (22) that was not sent to the hypervisor (30), generating a state and/or memory modification; (vi) the firmware (70) performing the state and/or memory modification associated with the guest event at the guest memory (22) in encrypted form.
Patent GB-2533708-A (GB)
Title: Versatile clamp
Inventor: SOFIA BI
IPC: E05B67/38
Filed: 2016-01-23
Abstract: A bin clamp for securing a refuse bin against a wall or post comprising of a bracket 1 that is affixed to a surface having two locking arms 2 which secure and hold the bin, a cross bar 6 which connects the two locking arms together, and means for fastening a padlock 5 to prevent theft. The clamp assembly will preferably be used to prevent theft of objects and prevent the bin from falling over. The clamp assembly may preferably be used to secure any item that can fit within the width of the locking arms. Preferably, a single locking arm may be used with a mounted housing on a single bracket to be individually fixed to allow further securing of items.
Patent GB-2549103-A (GB)
Title: A speech processing system and speech processing method
Inventor: PETKO PETKOV
IPC: G10L21/02
Filed: 2016-04-04
Abstract: A system for enhancing speech intelligibility extracts overlapping speech frames from speech input S101, calculates a measure of their importance (ie. dissimilarity to previous frames as measured by normalised distance of Mel Frequency Ceptrum coefficients, MFCC) S102, estimates a reverberation contribution S103 using the reverberation time RT60 and modifies the frame power (S104-107) according to frame importance and reverberation contribution. Steps 104-107 are iterated to find the prescribed frame power which reduces the measured distortion to a local minimum, subject to a penalty term T.
Patent GB-2549260-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injector drive circuit
Inventor: PAUL NEWTON
IPC: H02M3/07
Filed: 2016-04-05
Abstract: A fuel injector actuator drive circuit comprises a high side and low side drive portions. The high side portion includes a high side drive switch S1, a first terminal of which is connected to a battery supply, Vbatt, and the opposite terminal connected to one or more actuators L1, L2 thence low side switches S2, S3 and an optional recirculation circuit with recirculation switch S4. Capacitive means C3 is connected in parallel across high side drive switch and optionally one or more diodes D1, D2 prevent reverse flow of current A. This portion of the circuit is used as a capacitive voltage doubler to boost voltage on cranking.
Patent GB-2558179-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: TIMOTHY JOHN GOWING
IPC: B65D88/54
Filed: 2016-07-19
Abstract: A valve assembly 1 suitable for controlling the flow of particulate material includes a chamber 10 with an inlet 15 and an outlet 14. The particulate material is dispensed from the outlet and builds up on an outlet control member that is located under the outlet. Sufficient build-up of the material acts to at least partially block the outlet and resist further material flow. The outlet control member and the chamber are movable relative to each other to disrupt the accumulated material on the outlet control member and unblock the outlet of the chamber to permit the flow of particulate material to resume. The outlet control member may comprise a plurality of plates (420, fig. 15), preferably stacked in a parallel arrangement. Preferably at least one plate (420t) contains an aperture (420a) through which particulate material can pass when dispensed from the outlet. Preferably at least one plate has no aperture and is used as a base plate (420b) to initiate accumulation of material within the stack of plates as material flows through the apertures. A method of controlling flow of particulate material through a valve assembly is also claimed.