baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2530002-A (GB)
Title: Data cache management system and method
Inventor: MOORHEAD PAUL
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2014-06-30
Abstract: A method of managing a data cache memory, the cache memory 14 comprising a plurality of locations for storing blocks of data 18, comprises: inserting a tracer block 30 into a data storage location in the cache memory; monitoring the movement and/or location of the tracer block through the cache memory in response to adding a data block to a location or changing the location of a data block in the cache memory during use; and assessing a characteristic of the cache memory based on the movement and/or location of the tracer block. The trajectory of a tracer or marker block may thus be associated with a characteristic such as an indication of a relative utility level associated with a data block at a location in the cache, and/or an indication of the relative size of the cache. An aspect of the tracer blocks activity may include the frequency with which it is hit in the cache. A fixed number of tracer blocks may be inserted upon initialisation of the cache, and may be reinserted when evicted or displaced from the cache.
Patent GB-2528949-A (GB)
Title: Providing dynamic latency in an integration flow
Inventor: ROSS MARTIN ANDREW
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A workload manager component manages an integration flow connecting multiple integration nodes and including at least one repeat node. The repeat node may repeat by sending a message, a variation of a message, or an element of a message to multiple paths or to a single path multiple times; registering a repeat node for monitoring with the workload manager component; collecting data relating to the effect on performance by the integration flow including the monitored repeat node; determining required latencies or variations of latencies between firing of repeats of the repeat node based on the collected data; instructing the latencies or variations of latencies between firing of the repeats of the repeat node to influence dynamically a flow of elements through the repeat node. Priority may be used to weight latency, and its affect on applications assessed, by collecting data from systems resources, applications or resources in the integration flow and service level agreement components for a service orientated architecture using an enterprise service bus.
Patent GB-2532183-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for controlling a solenoid actuator
Inventor: DIRK ETZLER
IPC: H03K17/64
Filed: 2014-09-18
Abstract: A circuit assembly, or a method of driving a solenoid actuator, comprises: means of connecting a voltage signal 20 to an actuator to provide different current levels during different operational phases 13, 14; means of changing between phases of closed-loop current controlled operation, at different current levels 13, 14, by decreasing the current by applying a negative voltage supply signal to the actuator for a given time period 16 and where the time period 16 is controlled to accurately and efficiently move between the required different operational current levels IHOLD0, IHOLD1. A smallest time increment level may be established and used in the adjustment to the time period 16 for which the negative voltage signal is applied. The deviation level associated with a sensed current undershoot or overshoot condition may be used to proportionally increase or decrease the said negative voltage signal time period 16. The closed-loop current control phases may comprise pulse-width modulation (PWM). The control circuit may involve a simple look-up table and digital ASIC technology. The circuit assembly and method may be used for an injection valve or an intake valve or the like.
Patent GB-2530313-A (GB)
Title: Spring lock implantable vascular device
Inventor: DELA CHRISTIAN
IPC: A61F2/01
Filed: 2014-09-19
Abstract: An implantable medical device 10 (e.g. a vascular filter, occlude or vena cava filter) comprises a hub 12, a plurality of legs 16 and, optionally, a circumferential array of support elements 24; the legs having a first end coupled to the hub and extending distally and radially outward of the hub toward a second distal end 20, creating a generally conical form to at least a portion of the device. Each leg has an anchoring element 22 in the form of a loop of resilient material (for example formed from a turn 32 of the wire forming the leg) at its distal end. This curves across the leg and a piercing element (34, Fig 2), formed at the extremity of the loop extends generally radially outward of the device. In use the loop provides a vessel abutment surface (36, Fig 2) for limiting the penetration distance (D1, Fig 2) of the piercing member into a vessel wall. Each anchoring element may be resiliently compressible and/or able to be straightened during deployment or removal of the filter assembly.
Patent GB-2532722-A (GB)
Title: Base and body assembly
Inventor: HENRY THORNTON GAZE
IPC: F16M13/00
Filed: 2014-11-21
Abstract: A base and body assembly comprises a base member 3, a body member (2, fig 1) and a locking member/pin 13. The base member 3 and/or the body member (2) have connecting sections defining a locking bore 11 and receiving sections for receiving the connecting sections. When the connecting sections are received by the receiving sections, the locking pins 13 are movable along the locking bores 11 to an attachment position. The base 3 and/or body member (2) have a first engagement surface 23 and the locking pins 13 are arranged such that when the locking pins 13 are received within the locking bores 11 and travels along the locking bore 11 towards the attachment position, the first engagement surfaces 23 engage the locking pins 13 such that the locking pins 13 are moved in a first direction inclined relative to an axial direction. A biasing member (41) urges the locking pins 13 in a second direction against the base member 3 and/or body member (2). Reference is also made to a method of assembling a base and body assembly.
Patent GB-2532955-A (GB)
Title: A nematicidal composition and the use thereof
Inventor: JAMES TIMOTHY BRISTOW
IPC: A01P5/00
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: The present invention relates to a nematicidal composition for controlling nematodes in plants, the composition comprising thiodicarb. Also claimed is a method of controlling nematodes by applying thiodicarb to the locus of a plant, and the use of thiodicarb in controlling nematodes and improving the growth of plants and/or plant parts. Preferably the nematode is one of Pratylenchus zeae, Meloidogyne javanica, Pratylenchus brachyurus, Meloidogyne exigua, Meloidogyne incognita, Heterodera glycines or Rotylenchulus reniformis and the plants are selected from sugarcane, soybean, coffee, cotton and corn.
Patent GB-2535436-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses
Inventor: John Robert Gibson
IPC: B29D11/00
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a contact lens mould half for use in manufacturing a contact lens comprises an injection moulding unit including first and second plates (110 fig 4, 210 fig 7) each carrying tool halves (120 fig 4, 220 fig 7). The plates reciprocate between an open, spaced apart configuration, and a closed configuration in which they hold complementary tool halves in contact with one another to define an injection moulding cavity. A gripper plate 400 is arranged to move between a receive position to remove the contact lens mould halves from the plates using mould-removing elements 470 when the plates are in an open configuration; and a deliver position. A linear motor 520 is arranged to propel the gripper plate. Preferably, the mould removing elements include a vacuum inlet configured to apply a vacuum to the formed contact lens mould half and remove it from a tool half. A take-off robot including a pick head having vacuum inlets may be arranged to receive mould halves from the gripper plate when in the deliver position and to transfer them to a transporter.
Patent GB-2534849-A (GB)
Title: Client-driven push of resources by a server device
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/6377
Filed: 2015-01-28
Abstract: A method of transmitting data between a server and a client, comprises, at the server: receiving, from the client, a HTTP request to obtain first data 554, the HTTP request including first data identifying information identifying the first data on the server and includes one or more optional header fields identifying second data, the second data being a resource(s) related to the first data 555; retrieving and sending the first data to the client 561; and using the optional header field(s): determining second data identifying information identifying the second data on the server, using only the optional header field and possibly the first data identifying information 555; and sending a push promise message 557 to announce the push of the second data to the client and/or pushing 559 the second data to the client. The first and second data identifying information may comprise first and second uniform resource identifiers, URIs, respectively. The first and second data may be media segments or media content subparts in a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, DASH, Media Presentation Description, MPD, manifest. The optional header field may specify one or more filtering parameters used by the server to filter a set of data related to a main resource to identify a list of second data to push to the client.
Patent GB-2523261-A (GB)
Title: Device for environment sensing having improved dynamic response adaptation
Inventor: KARL MATTHIAS
IPC: G01S15/87
Filed: 2015-02-17
Abstract: This is a device that uses acoustic measuring signals as an environment sensor. It uses transducers 2 such as ultrasonic transducers to emit acoustic signals. The voltage to the transducers is increased using transformer 5. The signals that are received are then sent to an evaluation unit 6 via the transformer 5. The device uses decay signals to evaluate the level of degradation of safety equipment. Transformer 5 can provide signals at a first voltage level over a first time range and a second voltage level over a second time range. This allows any generic system to be analysed with respect to its decay behavior using the least possible amount of hardware. There may also be an adder that that supplies an output signal of the receiving path C1, R1, R2, 4 to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit may also be a constituent part of the device 1, and there may also be a transmission amplifier 3.
Patent GB-2525079-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle operator monitoring and operations adjustments
Inventor: TSENG FLING
IPC: B60W40/08
Filed: 2015-02-26
Abstract: Vehicle control system and method, performs automated / autonomous operation(s) (e.g. vehicle speed, deceleration rate, acceleration rate, following distance, turning rate) not requiring driver / occupant input, stores data pertaining to baseline driver / occupant state (e.g. driver biometrics / physiology, heart rate, respiration, pupil size or dilation, body temperature, facial expression, skin colour or pigmentation, state of consciousness) and collects data pertaining to current driver state / instant occupant condition, compares baseline data to current data, and modifies a parameter governing the autonomous action. Baseline occupant state data may be adjusted / updated depending on current occupant state. Baseline and instant driver data may be taken for a second occupant, and used to adapt automated vehicle operation. Driver intervention may be detected and used to adjust both driverless vehicle operation and baseline occupant data. Also included is a system for performing autonomous vehicle action, detecting driver intervention, and modifying a parameter governing the automated action.
Patent GB-2533825-A (GB)
Title: Easy-assembly jump rope handle structure
Inventor: TONY HSU
IPC: A63B5/20
Filed: 2015-03-26
Abstract: A jump rope handle structure includes a handle 12, a cap body 14 and a ball body 16. The handheld handle is a tubular body. One end of the handle is formed with an opening. The end of the handle with the opening has a first connection section 24 and defines a first internal space 26 in communication with the opening. One end of the cap body 44 defines a second internal space in communication with two openings of the cap body. The other end of the cap body is formed with a second connection section 46 for connecting with the first connection section. The second space and the first space are correspondingly arranged to form a receiving space 18. The ball body is swingably disposed in the receiving space. The ball body has a perforation 621 for receiving and fixedly connecting with a rope 17.
Patent GB-2525355-A (GB)
Title: Force control robot and method for controlling same
Inventor: SONEHARA MITSUHARU
IPC: B25J13/08
Filed: 2014-02-20
Abstract: According to the present invention, an end effector (18) has a pair of processing tools (18A, 18B). The processing tools (18A, 18B) are configured so as to be capable of rotating about a tool rotation axis (21) and separated by a distance L along one direction orthogonal to the tool rotation axis (21). The processing tools (18A, 18B) are subjected to position control, to force control in the aforementioned one direction and the processing direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the tool rotation axis (21), and to torque control about the tool rotation axis (21).
Patent GB-2542794-A (GB)
Title: A Method for producing a fertilisation product
Inventor: STEVEN SUGGITT
IPC: C05F17/00
Filed: 2015-09-29
Abstract: A method of treating a digestate material, comprising the steps of obtaining an anaerobically produced digestate, exerting pressure on the digestate to remove water from the digestate to form a low-water digestate 15, and including the further step of filtering the low-water digestate filtered through a filtration means 20. In one embodiment the filtering step 20 takes places through two successive filtration means, the second filtration means having a finer mesh size than the first filtration. There is preferably a pasteurisation step 10 prior to the formulation of the low-water digestate and a later deodorisation step 25. Preferably digestate is produced from a raw material comprising rye, sugar beet or maize. The final product may be used as a fertilisation product in horticultural use.
Patent GB-2538364-A (GB)
Title: Container bottom heater
Inventor: RANDY JOHN LAMIE
IPC: B29C65/48
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: A bottom heater 10 for use in assembling a container bottom 304 and a sleeve 302 includes a body having a peripheral wall 14 and a heated air passage 38 terminating in an outlet 18 in the peripheral wall. A shape of at least a portion of the peripheral wall defining the outlet is such that heated air exiting the outlet is fluidly attached to an adjacent portion of the peripheral wall after exit because of the Coanda effect. The container forming machine comprises a mandrel 204 forming a surface 216 for supporting at least a portion of the sleeve and terminating in a first end 218 for supporting at least a portion of the container bottom relative to the sleeve. The bottom heater is movable relative to the mandrel to position the outlet relative to the sleeve and the container bottom. The mandrel can include a vacuum conduit 220 for maintaining the cup bottom in position on the mandrel.
Patent GB-2538851-A (GB)
Title: Flow line assembly connector
Inventor: DAVID ERNEST MCKAY
IPC: F16L55/10
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: A flow line connector assembly 1 has first 10 and second 20 parts respectively comprising a plug 11, and a socket 21 configured to receive the plug; a restraining device to resist disconnection of the first and second parts when the plug is received in the socket; and flow tubes 15/25, wherein each of the plug and the socket has a respective flow tube and the flow tubes are adapted to interconnect to form a conduit for fluid to flow between the first and second parts when the plug is received in the socket. The flow tubes may be latched together using a latching device 30 and one of the flow tubes may have a closure device 13/23 configured to activate during disconnection. The restraining device may comprise a pair of dogs mounted on the inner surface or a pair of lever arms 51.
Patent GB-2549759-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with symbol restriction
Inventor: TERRENCE IGESUND
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2016-04-28
Abstract: A gaming machine determines that a trigger event for a bonus game occurred during a base outcome event of a base game, wherein the base game and the bonus game are both reel-based games being executed on behalf of a client machine. In response, the gaming machine awards a number of reel spins in the bonus game. In the bonus game, a symbol counter is initialised and iterations of bonus game operations are performed until all the spins have been used. The operations include selecting a first symbol set, which excludes a predetermined symbol, for display on the reels, or selecting a second symbol set, which includes a number of predetermined symbols 902,904 equivalent to the symbol counter, and incrementing the symbol counter. A representation of the selected symbols is transmitted to a client machine and displayed. The predetermined symbol may be a wild symbol 902,904 and payouts may be determined based on bonus game outcomes.
Patent GB-2549955-A (GB)
Title: Membrane plate structure for generating sound waves
Inventor: DOMENICO FOGLIA
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2016-05-03
Abstract: The plate structure comprises a vibrating element, voice coil 105, for generating sound waves and a membrane plate which is coupleable to the vibrating element. The membrane plate has a different width with respect to its length, wherein the width is shorter than the length. The diaphragm plate comprises at least one layer 107 made of uni-directional carbon fibres, wherein the fibres are oriented along the width of the diaphragm plate. The diaphragm plate may comprise a sandwich structure comprising upper and lower diaphragm plates made of uni-directional carbon fibres and a core layer (103, fig 4). The uni-directional carbon fibres may be supplied as carbon-reinforced-plastic tape.
Patent GB-2534806-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for financial asset analysis
Inventor: LAWRENCE KENDRICK WAKEMAN
IPC: G06Q40/06
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing financial assets under a plurality of economic scenarios. In general, the systems and methods can include an asset scenario analysis module for calculating performance metrics of a plurality of financial assets under each of the scenarios and storing the asset performance metrics in a database. Using the asset performance metrics, a portfolio scenario analysis module can calculate performance metrics under each of the scenarios for one or more investment portfolios that each includes a unique subset of the assets. The performance metrics of the one or more portfolios can be displayed on an interactive user interface, thereby allowing the user to dynamically compare the impact of changing the subset of assets that comprise the portfolios under each of the scenarios.
Patent GB-2545062-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic coupling for downhole applications
Inventor: Mukul M Agnihotri
IPC: H02K49/10
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: A magnetic coupling (400) of a downhole tool that includes a first annular array of magnets (422) sections, a second annular array of magnetic sections (450) coupled to the first annular array by a magnetic field that transfers rotational shaft motion. The magnets of the second array may be electromagnets or permanent magnets including Samariam Cobalt (SmCo) magnets. A barrier is disposed between the first second annular arrays (230), the barrier including an erosion-resistant layer which may comprise titanium. A method of bootstrapping a magnetic coupling of a downhole tool is also disclosed. The method includes supplying electrical current from a battery to an electromagnetic coil in the magnetic coupling, transferring rotational motion from the magnetic coupling to an alternating current (AC) source and supplying electrical current from the AC source to the electromagnetic coil.
Patent GB-2558198-A (GB)
Title: Gas fire apparatus
Inventor: CRAIG INNES
IPC: F24C3/12
Filed: 2016-11-11
Abstract: A gas fire 10 comprises a burner assembly 12. The burner assembly 12 comprises a combustion bed 14, and a gas flow control valve 16 which controls the flow of gas to a combustion space 18 above the bed 14. An inlet pipe 22 conveys gas from a gas supply to the valve 16 and a feed pipe (20, Fig. 3B) conveys gas from the valve 16 to the combustion space 18. An actuator 26 includes a handle 28 which is manually engaged by a user to move the actuator 26 and the assembly 12 between a plurality of control conditions. The handle 28 may be located below the level of the bed 14 and may slide horizontally towards and way from the bed 14. An actuator guide arrangement (36, Fig. 6) may provide tactile feedback to the user when the position of the actuator 26 corresponds to one of the control conditions. The control conditions may include off, minimum gas flow, maximum gas flow, and ignition conditions. A method of heating a room using a gas fire is also claimed.
Patent GB-2542515-A (GB)
Title: Systems, methods, and kits for cleansing an ocular region
Inventor: TROY SMITH
IPC: B65B9/10
Filed: 2015-05-08
Abstract: Systems, methods, and kits useful for cleansing the eyelids and maintaining eyelid hygiene are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for treating or cleansing an ocular region is disclosed. The system consists essentially of: (A) a tubular applicator, wherein the applicator comprises: (i) a first chamber and a second chamber; and (ii) a sealable element situated between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein at least the second chamber is substantially pre-filled with an ocular composition, and (B) a dispenser, wherein the dispenser is bonded to an external surface of a first end of the applicator.
Patent GB-2548207-A (GB)
Title: A teaching and assessment system and method
Inventor: SARAH MINTEY
IPC: G09B7/08
Filed: 2017-01-18
Abstract: A method for producing a scored assessment of a student, the method including the steps of retrieving a test comprising a plurality of questions from a storage device 2; communicating one or more questions of the test to the student via an audio and/or visual communication means; based on answers to the questions received form the student, calculating an attainment score and displaying the score to the student. An apparatus for producing a score and a computer program are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2546660-A (GB)
Title: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies
Inventor: John J Cocker III
IPC: E21B23/02
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: Rotating wellhead hanger assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, a wellhead hanger assembly includes a casing hanger (22, 50, 140) and a casing hanger running tool (70, 142) coupled to the casing hanger. An exterior surface of the casing hanger includes a recess (62, 156) and the casing hanger running tool includes a dog (104, 176, 196) that extends inward from the casing hanger running tool into the recess of the exterior surface of the casing hanger. Engagement of the dog with the recess of the casing hanger facilitates synchronous rotation of the casing hanger and its running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.