baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2503304-A (GB)
Title: Rendering of three-dimensional models in real time video using supplementary data
Inventor: BENSON SIMON
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2013-02-25
Abstract: A method and device for real-time video playback comprising the steps of receiving video image data s10, receiving supplementary data relating to a process of rendering a 3D model of a scene depicted in a current frame of the video image data s20, obtaining texture information from the video image data s30, selecting at least a first viewpoint for rendering the 3D model of the scene s40 and rendering the 3D model of the scene depicted in the current frame of the video image data at the selected viewpoint using the obtained textures s50. The video image data may be a stereoscopic image pair and the supplementary data may be stereoscopic depth information or three-dimensional mesh information. Also disclosed is a method of authoring a video for real-time playback by associating supplementary data with received stereoscopic image data and a physical recording medium on which the video image data and supplementary data have been stored. The invention aims to improve the efficiency of rendering 3D models in video image data be allowing some of the image processing to be performed offline in advanced by an author or publisher of the video stream and provided along with the video stream at the point of delivery.
Patent GB-2506712-A (GB)
Title: Static balancing of retaining plates using dedicated weighing disc
Inventor: WILSON ANDREW KEITH
IPC: F01D5/02
Filed: 2013-05-14
Abstract: A method of balancing a set of retaining 3 and locking 5 plates used to retain a row of gas turbine engine aerofoil blades 1 in attachment to a rotor disc 7 includes providing a weighing plate 109 having a circular track. A set of retaining and locking plates 3, 5 are arranged on the track on the weighing plate 109 against an abutment shoulder 113, and the static balance is determined by a non-rotating, static balancing apparatus. The plates 3, 5 are then repositioned on the track to arrive at a balanced arrangement for the set of plates. The locking plates may have a smaller circular extent than the retaining plates and may have a different mass per unit arc. These differences may be used to facilitate balancing. The balanced set of plates is positioned in a circumferential row at the rim of the disc to retain the blade roots in the retaining slots.
Patent GB-2502893-A (GB)
Title: Non-circular reinforcing bar
Inventor: HOLLING JAMIE
IPC: E04C5/03
Filed: 2013-05-28
Abstract: This invention relates to reinforcing bar 10. The reinforcing bar 10 is designed to be embedded within concrete in a reinforced concrete structure. The reinforcing bar comprises an elongate bar having a ribbed periphery 12, the bar having a non-circular cross-sectional shape, the cross-section having a major axis A1 and a minor axis A2, the major axis A1 being larger than the minor axis A2. The cross-sectional shape may be oval. A longitudinal portion 14 of the periphery of the reinforcing bar has may have no ribs 12. There is also provided a method of manufacturing the reinforcing bar.
Patent GB-2519306-A (GB)
Title: Timing, range and location determining method and apparatus
Inventor: NUR KHALID
IPC: G01S5/02
Filed: 2013-10-15
Abstract: An arrangement is provided for estimating the timing of a direct-path signal component in a signal comprising multi-path distortion. The arrangement is particularly suited for the provision of more accurate range and location measurements. The arrangement comprises a wireless communication interface for receiving a signal transmitted from a first device, such as a mobile device. The signal comprises a direct-path component and a plurality of indirect-path components wherein each component comprises a delayed version of the transmitted signal. A data store stores a model of the received signal, and a controller is coupled to the wireless communication interface and to the data store. The controller is configured to truncate the received signal to select a portion, b, of the signal associated with a selected time interval. The controller further obtains a set of functions based on the model of the received signal, wherein each function comprises the model shifted by a different respective delay, and each delay is less than the selected time interval. The controller then fits the portion of the received signal using the set of functions to determine the time of arrival of the direct-path component.
Patent GB-2520723-A (GB)
Title: A screw pile and a method of pile driving a screw pile
Inventor: BURDEN TREVOR C
IPC: E02D7/22
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: A screw pile, comprising a hollow shaft 12, a first end (fig 1, 14) and a ground engaging second end 16, the screw pile arranged to be driven into the ground by rotation of the shaft, the shaft having an internal thread 20 formed along at least a portion of its internal wall. The internal thread may be located close to the ground engaging end 16 and is comprised of a protruding wall perpendicular to the axis of the shaft 24 and extending helically along the interior wall. The height of the protruding wall 24 may decrease towards the leading edge (fig 3, 26). The thread may extend for one or less rotations along the internal wall. The screw pile may also have a secondary internal thread and a number of external helical threads 18. The ground engaging end 16 may be provided with serrations, these could be in the form of blades or teeth.
Patent GB-2524469-A (GB)
Title: A cannabinoid inhaler and composition therefor
Inventor: HEARN ALEX
IPC: A24F42/60
Filed: 2014-02-14
Abstract: A cannabinoid inhaler comprising: a housing 1; a reservoir within the housing containing an inhalable composition 8 comprising a cannabinoid or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or salt thereof, and an alcohol; a composition flow path from the reservoir to a composition outlet at an inhaling end of the housing; and a non-metered breath-operated outlet valve for controlling the flow of inhalable composition through the composition flow path. Preferably the outlet valve comprises a flexible diaphragm 14, a movable valve element 11, 13 biased (by spring 12) into a position to close the composition flow path, where suction by inhaling at the outlet end 7 causes a pressure differential, lifting the valve element and allowing composition flow. An inhalable composition comprising a cannabinoid, alcohol and glycol and/or glycol ether is also provided, characterised in that the ratio by weight of alcohol to glycol or glycol ether is from 6:1 to 1:1, preferably with a propellant.
Patent GB-2526268-A (GB)
Title: Arc discharge assembly of dielectrophoretically aligned conductive particulates
Inventor: STONE RICHARD
IPC: C25D15/00
Filed: 2014-05-15
Abstract: This invention aligns and adheres conductive particulates 4 together to form a composite material. The process uses the combination of dielectrophoresis for alignment, and plasma dissociation followed by recombination for the adhesion. Particulates 4, e.g. carbon nanotubes, are dispersed in a dielectric fluid between two electrodes 1 & 2 which generate a non-uniform electric field. Dielectrophoresis causes the particulates to align and bridge the gap between the electrodes. When an arc breakdown occurs either between the two electrodes or between the particulates acting as extensions of the electrodes, the particulates adhere together to form a composite material, which may grow larger as the process continues. The process may be automated to control the electrode separation, signal power and frequency.
Patent GB-2516763-A (GB)
Title: A guiding medium
Inventor: JESSUP MICHAEL STEPHEN
IPC: H01P3/00
Filed: 2014-07-02
Abstract: A guiding medium 100 for guiding radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic surface waves, comprising: a first surface (e.g. of a dielectric layer 101), the first surface having an electrical impedance suitable for the propagation of RF electromagnetic surface waves; and a protection layer 106 positioned on or adjacent the first surface. The protective layer allows the surface wave to continue along the guiding medium, even when an object is placed over the guiding medium. The protective layer may have a low relative dielectric constant (as close to one as possible, and preferably less than two). The protective layer may be a solid, but may be formed from a structure which includes air gaps, such as honeycomb. The guiding medium may have a conductive layer 102. Embodiments of the invention include a guiding medium comprising a first surface (as above) and: a power supply layer, the power supply layer positioned on or adjacent surface of said impedance layer opposing the first surface; a conductive layer, positioned on or adjacent a surface of said impedance layer opposing said first surface, and one or more conductive portions positioned adjacent the edge of said impedance layer and extending beyond the edge of the impedance layer.
Patent GB-2531040-A (GB)
Title: Electric drive and charger system for a grid enabled vehicle
Inventor: IAIN URQUHART
IPC: H02K3/28
Filed: 2014-10-08
Abstract: An on-board electrical system 20 for a grid-enabled vehicle that integrates vehicle traction and charging includes: a bidirectional DC power source (e.g. battery) 22; a first bidirectional converter 24; a second bidirectional converter 26; an electric machine (e.g. motor) 28 having first and second stator field windings 36, 38 that are electromagnetically coupled; and an electric grid input port 30. The system 20 can run in a drive mode or a charging mode. In drive mode, the first and second bidirectional converters 24, 26 respectively supply power from the DC source 22 to the first and second field windings 36, 38 in synchrony. In charging mode, the first bidirectional converter 24 supplies power from the grid to the first field winding 36, and the second field winding 38 is energised by the first field winding 36 to supply energy from the grid to the DC source 22. The stator comprises a plurality of pole segments, each pole segment including a first pole tooth and a second pole tooth, wherein at least some of the pole segments carry a respective winding arrangement. The winding arrangement includes a first field winding portion carried about the first pole tooth and a second field winding carried about the second pole tooth.
Patent GB-2523865-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for sending and receiving information data
Inventor: CHAU KIT WAI
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: A method and system for choosing at least one network interface among a plurality of network interfaces to send and receive information data by determining performance data for a plurality of network interface groups. A network interface group comprises one or more network interfaces of a network device. Performance data of a network interface group is determined by sending testing data through at least one network interface comprised in the network interface group. Performance data may be based on a report received from a test server to which the testing data was sent. Performance data is determined according to one or more performance metrics such as a CPU usage metric, a memory usage metric, a response time metric, a packet delay metric, a packet latency metric, a bandwidth metric, a throughput metric, packet loss, packet drop, a power consumption metric, or a signal to noise ratio (SNR) metric. When performance data is determined according to more than one performance metric, weights are assigned to the more than one performance metrics. A network interface group with best performance, according to the performance data, is selected. Information data is sent and received through one or more network interfaces comprised in the network interface group selected.
Patent GB-2535682-A (GB)
Title: A Tripod for supporting a video camera
Inventor: JOLYON FRANCIS TORBITT
IPC: G03B17/56
Filed: 2014-10-21
Abstract: Tripod 1 for supporting a video camera has head element 4, support legs 2, where each leg 2 is attached at one end to head element 4, and illumination means / lighting device 6 for illuminating a space beneath head element 4. Lighting means 6 may illuminate ground engaging part of legs 2. Head 4 may have bowl clamp 9, for positioning a video camera, where the bowl clamp 9 adjustment element 10 may contain illumination device 6, possibly on a portion extending beneath head element 4. Illumination means 6 may: be adjustable; be a light emitting diode / LED; emit red light; have light colour selection means; have light beam configuration selection means; have message communication means; be housed in the body of head element 4 or in a leg 2.
Patent GB-2516396-A (GB)
Title: Electronic Pedigree Generation
Inventor: DOGARU VICTOR
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2013-04-12
Abstract: A pedigree data processing system receives a first item from an upstream partner and generates a receive native event for the first item. The mechanism receives pedigree data for the first item from the upstream partner, generates at least one synthetic event based on the pedigree data and stores the receive native event and the at least one synthetic event in a pedigree data repository. The pedigree data processing system determines whether to send electronic pedigree information for the first item to downstream partners using push data exchange or pull data exchange. The pedigree data processing system generates an electronic pedigree for the first item using pull data exchange based on the receive native event and the at least one synthetic event and provides the electronic pedigree to a first downstream partner pedigree system.
Patent GB-2535712-A (GB)
Title: Method and system of monitoring appliance usage
Inventor: ROGER WARWICK BROWN
IPC: G06Q50/06
Filed: 2015-02-24
Abstract: A method of monitoring appliance usage within a building comprises monitoring two or more utilities 54,56, such as water, electricity or gas, and measuring one or more characteristics, such as voltage, power etc., relating to each of the utilities to provide a representative output signal. Changes in the state of each of the output signals are monitored at predefined time intervals. Data from the output signals from each utility are combined to identify one or more patterns of appliance usage. By measuring utilities at the point of entry into a building, complex patterns of utility usage can be used to extract information on what appliances are present within a building and the activities of persons within the building, without a large number of sensors.
Patent GB-2536252-A (GB)
Title: Improved vacuum coater
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOHN COPELAND
IPC: C23C14/56
Filed: 2015-03-10
Abstract: A vacuum coater for coating a web 2 with a metal and/or a metal oxide comprises a vacuum deposition region with a deposition source 14 and a drum 3, the web extending, when the coater is in use, about at least part of the circumference of the drum whilst metal or metal oxide is deposited onto the webs surface. The coater further comprises an oxygen injector 5 located within the vacuum deposition region and positioned in close proximity to the webs entrance to the vacuum deposition region, whereby the web is exposed to oxygen prior to and/or during deposition to provide a metal oxide layer between the web surface and a remaining depth of deposited metal. The oxygen injector 5 is preferably positioned at a tangent to the drum 3, most preferably at a tangent to the lowest point of the drum. A shutter 15 may be provided between the oxygen injector 5 and the deposition source 14. The oxygen injector may comprise a plurality of outlet pipes (6, fig 1) distributed across the entire width of the web 2, or may comprise a slit (9, fig 2) extending across at least a portion of the width of the web 2. A method of operating the coater is also described and claimed.
Patent GB-2538108-A (GB)
Title: Foot exercising device and self-balancing powered unicycle device incorporating the same
Inventor: TIMUR ARTEMEV
IPC: B62M6/40
Filed: 2015-05-08
Abstract: A foot exercising device is disclosed. The foot exercising device comprises: a support, a foot platform 165 supported intermediate the ends thereof on the support and adapted for movement relative to the support in two opposing directions; and foot platform movement resisting means which provides a resistive force against movement of the foot platform in at least one of the two opposing directions. Also disclosed is a powered unicycle device, which comprises a single wheel 120, balance control system which maintains fore-aft balance of the device, and a foot exercising device as disclosed, in some embodiments as a foot support.
Patent GB-2524444-A (GB)
Title: Micro-evolution of microbes
Inventor: ALSTYNE DAVID CHRISTIAN DANIEL VAN
IPC: C12N15/01
Filed: 2013-12-30
Abstract: An enclosed bioremediation system utilizing resistant micro-evolved microbes for treatment of wastewater and recovery of chemicals and metals and which also results in biomass and biochemical production and carbon capture.
Patent GB-2540798-A (GB)
Title: Method of recaiming and utilizing water and carbon dioxide from the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine to achieve a near zero greenhouse gas
Inventor: ALLAN JOHN BROWN
IPC: C10L1/00
Filed: 2015-07-28
Abstract: A method of producing a carbon-based fuel from combustion exhaust gas and feeding it back to the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle (e.g. ships, trains, trucks), but especially for marine diesel engines. The primary object of this invention is to reclaim potable/demineralised water and relatively pure carbon dioxide from the gas stream of an internal combustion engine and use them as feed-stock for a low temperature carbon-to-fuel reactor/ bio-reactor, prior to passing the fuel produced by the reactor back to the combustion chamber. The combustion process can also be enhanced by utilising some of the water reclaimed from the exhaust to feed a fuel emulsification device before passing the emulsified fuel to the combustion chamber. The potable/demineralised water produced can also be used to supply the vehicle's drinking water and to cool the exhaust stream by water injection. Downstream of the SOx scrubber and the selective catalytic reduction unit (SCR), the exhaust gas stream consists largely of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapour. By passing the exhaust gas stream through a CO2 absorber, the exhaust stream can be separated into a CO2 rich stream and a clean nitrogen/water-vapour rich stream. The CO2 can then be passed to an amine regenerator for processing into usable CO2 and from there to on-board storage tanks. The nitrogen/water vapour stream is then passed through an exhaust gas cooling by water-injection device to cool the exhaust stream to a temperature that is low enough to pass through a condensing membrane that separates the water from the nitrogen. The nitrogen can then be vented to atmosphere. The CO2 and some of the reclaimed water are then used as feed-stocks for a known CO2-to-fuel reactor/ bio-reactor. The fuel produced by the reactor is then passed either directly or indirectly to the combustion chamber. Downstream of the CO2-to-fuel reactor/ bio-reactor. the exhaust consists largely of oxygen, some of which can be passed back to the combustion process under controlled conditions. Some of the reclaimed water in the reservoir can be used in a water/fuel emulsification process before being passed to the combustion chamber as emulsified fuel. The exhaust from this system consists of nitrogen. oxygen and water vapour, which are not greenhouse gases.
Patent GB-2541173-A (GB)
Title: Propulsor
Inventor: ANDREW M ROLT
IPC: F02K3/04
Filed: 2015-07-29
Abstract: An aeronautical or marine propulsor 10 has a gas turbine core engine, a reduction gearbox 16 driven by the core engine and one or more propulsive fans or propellers 12 coaxial with the core engine and driven by the gearbox 16, the one or more fans or propellers 12 being axially located between the gearbox 16 and the core engine. The gearbox 16 may be a star typre gearbox with a sun gear driving star gears, which in turn drive an annulus gear for driving the one or more fans or propellers 12. Alternatively gearbox 16 may be an epicyclic gearbox. Gearbox 16 may be double-helical. The gearbox 16 and fans 12 may be located forward of the core engine. A tube member 19 may extend through a central bore in the one or more fans or propellers 12 and connect the gearbox 16 to the casing of the core engine in order for react torque from the gearbox 16 to the casing. The gearbox 16 may be driven by a drive shaft 17 extending through tube 19. Tube 19 may support one or more bearings 20, 21 for the fans 12. An oil scavenge pump 22 may be located adjacent to the gearbox 16. The propulsor may be an aeronautical turbofan engine or a marine propulsor with an azimuthing propeller.
Patent GB-2527986-A (GB)
Title: A film drive assembly for a packaging machine
Inventor: TAYLOR ALFRED ALEXANDER
IPC: B65B51/30
Filed: 2014-09-25
Abstract: A film drive assembly including a belt 20 supported by rollers 21-23, one of which is driven; and two sealing jaws 47 simultaneously rotating in opposite directions about parallel axes 32 perpendicular to the belt direction. The outer surface of the sealing jaws are slower than the belt when they are brought together to seal. The sealing jaws may be moved by servo motors and reverse in direction at the time of sealing.
Patent GB-2543778-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for processing images of objects
Inventor: JAMES IMBER
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 2015-10-27
Abstract: An image processing system and method for determining an intrinsic colour component of one or more objects present in a sequence of frames, for use in rendering the object(s), in which at least some of the frames of the sequence are to be used as lighting keyframes. A lighting estimate for a lighting keyframe A of the sequence of frames is obtained and an initial lighting estimate for a lighting keyframe B of the sequence of frames is determined then a refined lighting estimate for the lighting keyframe B is determined based on: (i) the initial lighting estimate for the lighting keyframe B, and (ii) the lighting estimate for the lighting keyframe A, possibly as a weighted sum of the two estimates. This refined lighting estimate for the lighting keyframe B is then used to separate image values representing the object(s) in the lighting keyframe B into an intrinsic colour component and a shading component, for use in rendering the object(s).
Patent GB-2534639-A (GB)
Title: Suction control apparatus for use in laparoscopy
Inventor: JOHN P BENNETT
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: A suction control apparatus 101 for controlling suction flow rate during laparoscopic Surgery is disclosed. It comprises a suction flow path (102, Figure 1) between an inlet (103, Figure 1) and an outlet (104, Figure 1). The inlet (103) is connectable to a suction collection system (105, Figure 1) comprising at least one fluid collection canister (106, Figure 1), and the outlet (104) is connectable to a suction-generating vacuum source (107, Figure 1). The vacuum source generates a vacuum pressure level that produces a suction flow rate within the suction flow path (102). The suction control apparatus 101 comprises a vacuum pressure level regulator 201 operable to regulate the vacuum pressure level within the suction flow path 102 to a pre-set, non-­adjustable maximum level or limit. The suction control apparatus 101 further comprises a user-adjustable suction flow rate controller 202 operable to control the suction flow rate in the suction flow path 102. The apparatus may further comprise an over-ride valve 203, a suction flow rate indicator 204 and a vacuum pressure level gauge 205.