baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2504019-A (GB)
Title: Using mobile application activity state to select the network configuration to use for the application data.
Inventor: LUNA MICHAEL
IPC: G06F15/16
Filed: 2011-11-01
Abstract: Many systems and methods of mobile traffic categorization and policy implementation for network use optimization are disclosed. In the claimed invention, a method of detecting an activity state of an application on a mobile device to which traffic is originated from or directed to is used to determine the network configuration to be used in passing traffic to and from the application on the mobile device. The activity state of the application may be categorised as foreground or background and it may be determined whether the user is currently interacting with the mobile application. The network configuration selected for the specific application data may be 2G, 2.5G, 3G, LTE, 4G etc.
Patent GB-2503851-A (GB)
Title: Low-temperature methods for spontaneous material spalling
Inventor: KHAYYAT MAHA M
IPC: H01L21/18
Filed: 2012-05-08
Abstract: Method to (i) introduce additional control into a material spalling process, thus improving both the crack initiation and propagation, and (ii) increase the range of selectable spalling depths are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a stressor layer on a surface of a base substrate at a first temperature which is room temperature. Next, the base substrate including the stressor layer is brought to a second temperature which is less than room temperature. The base substrate is spalled at the second temperature to form a spalled material layer. Thereafter, the spalled material layer is returned to room temperature, i.e., the first temperature.
Patent GB-2520321-A (GB)
Title: Infrared sensor with limitation aperture
Inventor: BUYDENS LUC
IPC: H01L31/0216
Filed: 2013-11-18
Abstract: An infrared sensor assembly 100 comprises at least a first sensing element 120 for sensing infrared radiation and an aperture means 110 comprising a plurality of apertures 111 or holes. The at least a first sensing element 120 and the aperture means 110 are positioned with respect to each other so that the plurality of apertures 111 are positioned in front of the first sensing element 120 so that the plurality of apertures 111 limit the field of view (FOV) of the first sensing element 120 for impinging radiation. The aperture means 110 may have a thickness 112 so that the plurality of apertures have inner walls which are non-reflecting or made absorbent. The aperture means 110 may be a perforated plate. The apertures may have a tubular shape, a circular cross-section, a quadrangular cross-section, a rectangular cross-section or an oval cross-section.
Patent GB-2520998-A (GB)
Title: Expandable Reamer
Inventor: JOHNSON ASHLEY BERNARD
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2013-12-06
Abstract: An expandable reamer for a borehole has a plurality of support elements distributed around a central axis of the tool with cutters 234, 236 and stabilising pads 250 on the support elements. The reamer includes a drive mechanism for expanding the support elements radially outwardly from the central axis. The support elements differ in the presence or axial position of stabilising pads 250 thereon such that at least one support element differs from at least one other support element in the presence or axial position of at least one stabilising pad 250, figs 7-9. This arrangement is said to allow the stabilising pads to be positioned at or close to full gauge, thereby reducing vibration.
Patent GB-2509846-A (GB)
Title: System for strengthening poles
Inventor: STANLEY MARTIN
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 2012-08-15
Abstract: Disclosed is a system for strengthening a pole (100) comprising a support element (102) for supporting the pole; and fastening means (104,106) for securing the support element to the pole; wherein the fastening means comprises a pair of mutually engaging fastening parts, including a bolt part (104) and a corresponding nut part (106) adapted to engage with the bolt part; and wherein the support element comprises an aperture (408) adapted to receive a first one of the pair of fastening parts, and wherein at least one of the aperture and the first fastening part is shaped to prevent rotation of the first fastening part when located in the aperture.
Patent GB-2515611-A (GB)
Title: Instructions and logic to provide advanced paging capabilities for secure enclave page caches
Inventor: ROZAS CARLOS V
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2014-03-31
Abstract: A processor has multiple hardware threads and an enclave page cache. The processor has a first instruction to prevent new address translations being created. This instruction takes the address of a page in a secure enclave as a as a parameter. It prevents new entries being made in a translation look-aside buffer for that page. The processor has a second instruction to record the threads accessing an enclave. This instruction specifies the enclave identifier as a parameter and records the number of hardware threads accessing the enclave. The number is decremented whenever a thread exits the enclave. The processor has a third instruction to evict a page from an enclave page cache. The instruction takes the page address to evict as a parameter. It writes the page back to memory if the number of threads accessing the enclave is zero.
Patent GB-2510076-A (GB)
Title: Gain value of image capture component
Inventor: CAMPBELL ROBERT
IPC: G06V10/141
Filed: 2011-10-27
Abstract: A device to detect an object within proximity of the device, identify a brightness level of the object and modify a gain value of an image capture component based on the brightness level, determine whether the object includes a face, and capture an image of the face if the face is detected.
Patent GB-2527815-A (GB)
Title: A modular shoe
Inventor: THOMASSON GAYNOR MARIE
IPC: A43B21/42
Filed: 2014-07-03
Abstract: A modular shoe comprising a sole 100 that is capable of receiving a shoe upper 400 for arrangement over a wearers foot by at least one attachment means 200, engaging the shoe upper with the sole. The configuration of the shoe can be customised by the wearer. The attachment means may comprise at least one loop for arrangement over a corresponding member. The loops may be positioned on the sole, and the corresponding members on the upper; or the loops may be provided on the upper and the corresponding members on the sole. The lower face of the sole may be adapted to receive a heel 300, via a threaded member or a sliding mechanism. Also claimed is a shoe upper suitable for use with such a shoe.
Patent GB-2527824-A (GB)
Title: Airbag assembly
Inventor: NOBLE PAUL
IPC: B60R21/207
Filed: 2014-07-03
Abstract: A side airbag assembly for a vehicle seat (10) in which a tear seam joins the edges (120, 125) of the first and second portions (60, 65) of the seat trim cover (35) to at least one edge of a seat airbag guide (100) which can generally be tubular in shape, and which guides the airbag towards the tear stitch, the guide edge being sewn to an edge of only one seat trim cover portion. This configuration allows for the attachment of the trim cover portions and guide portions to be performed in a single sewing operation. The method of construction consists of aligning the seat trim cover edges to the airbag guide edges and sewing them such that the guide edges are attached to only one of the seat trim cover portions.
Patent GB-2529613-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mounted laser projector
Inventor: BROOKE EMILY
IPC: B60Q1/50
Filed: 2014-07-03
Abstract: A laser projector comprising: a power source: a laser light source; a diffractive optical element; and vehicle attachment means. wherein, in use, the laser projector is attached to a vehicle via the vehicle attachment means, and the laser light source produces a beam of laser light which passes through the diffractive optical element to produce an image on a surface external to the vehicle. The image may be projected onto a road surface from the vehicle. The laser projector may be connected to the speedometer of the vehicle. The laser projector may comprise means for sensing the amount of ambient light and configured to compensate for the sensed amount of ambient light. The laser projector may comprise an array of laser light sources and a plurality of diffractive optical elements such that they may be switched rapidly to produce a video projection.
Patent GB-2528930-A (GB)
Title: Water sample analysis kit
Inventor: JOHNSTON SIMON RICHARD
IPC: G01N33/18
Filed: 2014-08-05
Abstract: A water sample analysis kit for determining first and second, different, chemical analytes, comprises a cartridge 1 having an array of discrete fluidic channels 3. The array comprises a first discrete fluidic channel 3a, terminating at a first exit port; a first substrate 6a or first well in or adjacent to the first discrete fluidic channel; and a first analytical cell 7a in the first discrete fluidic channel downstream from the first substrate or well; which is selectively loaded with first reagents. The kit also comprises a second discrete fluidic channel 3b that terminates at a second port; a second analytical cell 7b in the second discrete fluidic channel to receive a second amount of the water sample; where the second analytical cell or a part of the second discrete fluidic channel adjacently upstream to the second analytical cell is selectively loaded with second reagents. The first and second exit ports are discrete or common and are air-vented at or near to the first exit port and second exit port by a hydrophobic air-venting membrane (51, fig 2b) or a hydraulically resistant air-venting discontinuity or dislocation (13a, fig 3a). The cartridge is mountable in a detector.
Patent GB-2514943-A (GB)
Title: Voice authentication and speech recognition system and method
Inventor: TALHAMI HABIB EMILE
IPC: G10L17/00
Filed: 2013-01-23
Abstract: A method for configuring a speech recognition system comprises obtaining a speech sample utilised by a voice authentication system in a voice authentication process. The speech sample is processed to generate acoustic models for units of speech associated with the speech sample. The acoustic models are stored for subsequent use by the speech recognition system as part of a speech recognition process.
Patent GB-2533819-A (GB)
Title: A docking system
Inventor: RICHARD JOHN NOEL AKESTER
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2015-01-05
Abstract: A method of determining which of at least two connected mobile devices is to function as a host device, in which the mobile devices first communicate (22) with each other to determine which of the mobile devices is to act (23) as an initial host device and which is to act (24) as an initial peripheral device. The initial host device then provides (25) a user of the initial host device with options to enable the user to input a selection (26) of which of the mobile devices is to be the host device. Based on the users selection either (i) the initial host device controls, as host device, the initial peripheral device as a peripheral device; or (ii) the initial host device passes (27) control to the initial peripheral device to enable the initial peripheral device to control, as host device (28), the initial host device as a peripheral device (29).
Patent GB-2537094-A (GB)
Title: Image data compression and decompression
Inventor: MARCOS RODRIGUES
IPC: H04N19/625
Filed: 2015-02-27
Abstract: Image data compression in which a discrete cosine (DCT) transformation is applied 210 to each of a plurality of pixel blocks to generate a set of DCT coefficients for each pixel block comprising a DC coefficient and a plurality of AC coefficients. The coefficients is quantised 230 and a DC array and an AC matrix are formed 240, 250 from the quantised DC and AC coefficients respectively. The grid of AC coefficients is compressed 260 by eliminating blocks of data having only zero values and forming a reduced AC array from the remaining blocks. The reduced AC array is compressed using a key to form a coded AC array. The DC array and coded AC array are arithmetically coded 270 to form arithmetically coded data which is included in a compressed image file. The key may comprise a plurality of components and use of the key for compression may reduce the number of elements in the reduced AC array by combining elements of the AC array to form a single element of the coded AC array. Also claimed is a corresponding decompression process.
Patent GB-2537867-A (GB)
Title: Shoring system and method of making an excavation with such shoring system
Inventor: BOB DE MAEIJER
IPC: E04G25/04
Filed: 2015-04-29
Abstract: Shoring system 1 for shoring at least one sidewall of an excavation comprising; atleast one sheeting panel 2 for supporting the sidewall an upright guiding frame 3 for guiding the sheeting panel along the sidewall along an upright direction, a spreader frame 4 connected to the guiding frame lying horizontally in the excavation and supporting the guiding frame. The shoring system is at least partly made up by a set of longitudinally adjustable struts 5.
Patent GB-2538784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in energy storage
Inventor: STEPHEN GARETH BRETT
IPC: F17C9/04
Filed: 2015-05-28
Abstract: A cryogenic energy storage system comprises a liquefaction apparatus 100 for liquefying a gas to form a cryogen. The liquefaction apparatus is controllable to draw power from an external power source to liquefy the gas. A cryogenic storage tank 200 is in fluid communication with the liquefaction apparatus for storing cryogen produced by the liquefaction apparatus. A power recovery apparatus 300 is in fluid communication with the cryogenic storage tank for recovering power from cryogen from the cryogenic storage tank by heating the cryogen to form a gas and expanding said gas. A hot thermal store 400 for storing hot thermal energy and is arranged with the power recovery apparatus so that hot thermal energy from the hot thermal store can be transferred to the gas before and/or during expansion in the power recovery apparatus. A charging apparatus 600 is controllable to draw power from the external power source when the power drawn by the liquefaction apparatus is below a threshold value, and supply the energy storage system with thermal energy.
Patent GB-2540812-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for detecting a resonant frequency giving rise to an impedance peak in a power delivery network
Inventor: PAUL NICHOLAS WHATMOUGH
IPC: G06F1/28
Filed: 2015-07-30
Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for detecting a resonant frequency giving rise to an impedance peak in a power delivery network (PDN) used to provide a supply voltage. The apparatus includes resonant frequency detection circuitry that comprises test frequency control circuitry 100 and a loading circuit 110. The test frequency control circuitry is arranged to generate control signals to indicate a sequence of test frequencies. A loading circuit is controlled by the control signals and operates from the supply voltage. In response to each test frequency indicated by the control signals, the loading circuit draws a duty-cycled current load through the power delivery network at that test frequency. Operation of the loading circuit produces a measurable property whose value varies in dependence on the supply voltage, thus enabling the resonant frequency to be determined from a variation in the value of that measurable property. The loading circuit may comprise ring oscillator circuitry, a shorting circuit or may be some general purpose circuitry such as a central processing unit (CPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU). The control circuitry may comprise a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit.
Patent GB-2527948-A (GB)
Title: Methods for strengthening smectite shale in highwall mines
Inventor: LANDIS CHARLES R
IPC: C09K8/575
Filed: 2014-04-22
Abstract: Stabilizing smectite shale may include treating a smectite shale in a subsurface formation with a dewatering fluid so as to yield a stabilized smectite shale, the dewatering fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a dewatering additive. In some instances, at least a portion of a highwall in a highwall mine may be formed at a highwall mine site comprising stabilized smectite shale.
Patent GB-2544818-A (GB)
Title: A bin for items which have been used and which are for disposal
Inventor: Enitan Tolulope Opeyokun
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: A bin 2 comprises scanner means 4 for scanning identification codes on items as they are being placed in the bin. The bin further comprises transmitter means 6 for transmitting data on the items to a mobile telephone 8, whereby a person with the mobile telephone 8 is able to visit one more premises selling the items and be reminded that the items have been used and need to be replaced. The identification codes may be barcodes or QR codes and may give information on product names, brands and where the item was purchased. The data may be transmitted in a form suitable for an App on the mobile phone. The scanner means may be on the lid which may be a pedal operated lid. A shopping list reminder system comprising the bin and a mobile telephone in which may allow additional items to be added to the shopping list by manual input.
Patent GB-2530207-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and computer program for transmitting and/or receiving signals across an electric power grid
Inventor: HUOMO HEIKKI
IPC: H04B3/54
Filed: 2014-02-21
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer programs for transmitting and/or receiving information are described. Information encoded in a carrier signal comprising a modulation pattern superimposed on a grid frequency at which electricity flows in a synchronous area of an electric power grid, is decoded by measuring, at a receiving device, a characteristic relating to a frequency of electricity flowing in the electric power grid, accessing data indicative of one or more predetermined code patterns and performing a correlation process to determine a correlation between the modulation pattern and one of the one or more predetermined code patterns. The information is decoded on the basis of the determined correlation. This enables information to be easily transmitted within a synchronous area of the electric power grid.
Patent GB-2544356-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device and monitoring method adaptable to mobile device
Inventor: WEI-CHAO HSU
IPC: G06F21/52
Filed: 2016-01-26
Abstract: A mobile device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a plurality of commands and the processor is configured to receive the commands and execute the following steps. Receiving a function call s310 and datum S320 of a mobile application and then determining if the received function call is a call to a predetermined/preset application programming interface S330. It is also determined if the received datum is labeled datum S340. The received function call is processed with a predetermined monitoring procedure S350 when the received function call is the call to the predetermined application programming interface and the received datum is the labeled datum. The procedure may, if the function call is one that calls the predetermined application programming interface to write a file, determine if the file is needed to be written into a new file and determining if the file is encrypted by the application and if it is not registering and encrypting the file.
Patent GB-2532401-A (GB)
Title: Power receiving apparatus
Inventor: HIDETADA NAGO
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 2014-07-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless power transmission system in which power transmission efficiency and safety go hand in hand. A power receiving apparatus (102, 103) includes a requesting unit configured to request power from a power transmitting apparatus (101); a detection unit (305) configured to detect that the power transmitting apparatus (101) has started transmission of the power requested by the requesting unit, an antenna (301) configured to receive power wirelessly transmitted from the power transmitting apparatus (101), a load unit (303) configured to operate using the power received through the antenna (301), and a switching unit (304) configured to switch, in accordance with detection performed by the detection unit (305), a disconnected state in which the antenna (301) and the load unit (303) are disconnected from each other to a connected state in which the antenna (301) and the load unit (303) are connected to each other.
Patent GB-2549538-A (GB)
Title: Portable rotary combined cutting and chamfering tool
Inventor: MARK WALKER
IPC: B26D3/02
Filed: 2016-04-22
Abstract: A combined cutting and chamfering tool for attachment to a portable electrical rotary device, with cutting teeth on two angled planes to remove material. The tool combines both cutting and chamfering in a single operation to achieve the desired cut length and finish. The tool has a depth control stop.
Patent GB-2551504-A (GB)
Title: Image Processing
Inventor: JONATHAN DIGGINS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-06-20
Abstract: An image is received 602 with a set of feature points characteristic of the image and each of the feature points in turn is selected 604 to be a selected feature point. A number of neighbouring feature points associated with the selected feature point are identified 606 and a first hash is created 608 comprising information associated with a first pair of neighbouring feature points. The first hash comprises a first neighbouring feature point and a second neighbouring feature point, wherein the information associated with the first and second neighbouring feature points represents the relative location of the first and second neighbouring feature points compared to the selected feature point. A second hash is created 610 comprising information associated with a second pair of neighbouring feature points, namely a third neighbouring feature point and a fourth neighbouring feature point, wherein the information associated with the third and fourth neighbouring feature points represents the relative location of the third and fourth neighbouring feature points compared to the selected feature point.
Patent GB-2544139-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device and circuit module thereof
Inventor: Han-Hung Cheng
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2016-08-03
Abstract: Circuit module including a PCIe (PCI-Express, PCI-E) connector strip (40 fig 1) and a main body 10 comprising a substrate portion 20 and a light-emitting portion (LEDs 30 fig 3) electrically connected with the PCI-E strip 40. The substrate portion includes a board 20 comprising an associated electronic unit 233 (e.g graphics or display processing module). The first face of the board 20 has a first coating layer 21, and where the coating is absent it forms an emergent light-transmittable portion 230 (i.e optical window as in 210 of figure 4). A coating or light shield may also be formed on the second face of the board 20, whilst the coating may be an insulation layer associated with the board or substrate. The light emitting portion of the board may be either transparent, translucent or light transmittable material. Alternatively this may be a hollowed out or cutaway section allowing light to pass through to the exterior. The electronic device forms a part of the circuit module which further comprises of a shell portion which cover the two opposite lateral faces of the circuit module and at least shields the light-emitting portion, and the shell portion further has a second light-transmittable portion corresponding to the emergent light-transmittable portion. The shell portion may also function as a heat dissipating layer (heat sink). A reflection structure (52 fig 4) or mirror may be placed on one inside face of the shell to internally reflect the light emitted from the LED light emitting section back into the light transmitting region of the board. A second light emitting section associated with a cutaway or hollowed out or transparent/translucent section of the opposite face shell 51 allows light to escape to the exterior of the device. The LEDs and the board light transmittable portion may be formed in the pattern of letters forming for example an appealing optical logo or trade mark viewable from outside of the unit.