baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2547754-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic reference motion vector coding mode
Inventor: YAOWU XU
IPC: H04N19/52
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: Encoding or decoding a frame in a video stream in which a list of candidate motion vectors is created 602 using reference block in at least one frame of the video stream. The motion vectors are sorted using a distance 604 between reference blocks providing the motion vectors and a current block, and the frequency of use 606 of the motion vectors. The list is used to assign the motion vectors to different inter-prediction modes based on the ranking. One of the modes is selected 608 to encode 610 or decode the current block. The popularity value used in determining the order of the motion vectors may be based on a number of pixels using the motion vector in the reference blocks. The reference blocks may include blocks adjacent to the current block, a collocated block in a previous frame and blocks adjacent to the collocated block.
Patent GB-2550482-A (GB)
Title: Sports apparel
Inventor: ANTHONY ERONGHOT-OTENG
IPC: G09F21/02
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: A sports garment having means to attach a personalized panel 18 to the garment, whereby the panel is removable to be replaced by a different panel; preferably the garment includes a pocket 15 in which the panel can be located; wherein the pocket has a front formed integrally to the garment so as to be flush thereto, where indicia (e.g. a name or number) on the panel are visible therethrough. Preferably the front of the pocket is made of fine mesh. Further preferably the pocket has a back wall including fastening means 17 and one side of the panel has complementary fastening means 20 to attach the panel to the back surface of the pocket. Also claimed is a garment having a removable panel 10 on which indicia can be carried, the panel sitting flush with the surface of the garment in use, preferably attached to the garment using a zip arrangement 9 (figure 3).
Patent GB-2552060-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle exhaust system
Inventor: Dean Petley
IPC: F01N13/18
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system (14, Fig. 1) comprising an exhaust system component 18 and a pipe 20 together defining a channel for exhaust gases flowing through the vehicle exhaust system which further comprises a resiliently-biased sealing means 36 having a first sealing surface 44 and a second sealing surface 46; the exhaust system component 18 is physically separated from the pipe 20 by a gap, the sealing means 36 being positioned within said gap such that the first sealing surface 44 is in contact with the exhaust system component 18 and the second sealing surface 46 is in contact with the pipe 20, the sealing means 36 and pipe 20 being arranged with axial overlap, the sealing means 36 being positioned radially inwards of an extension portion of the pipe 20 .
Patent GB-2563903-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for use with vehicles having an autonomous driving mode
Inventor: Rebecca Gemma Matthias
IPC: B60W50/14
Filed: 2017-06-29
Abstract: A method 900 for use in a vehicle comprising an autonomous or driverless driving system for driving the vehicle in an autonomous mode of operation, wherein the vehicle is manually operable by a driver in a manual mode. The method comprises outputting an indication or notification (Fig.5, 510), to the driver of the vehicle, that the vehicle is to transition or switch from the autonomous mode to the manual mode. One or more actions to be performed by the driver of the vehicle after the transition from the autonomous mode to the manual mode are determined 950 and an indication 960 is output, to the driver of the vehicle, of the one or more actions whilst the vehicle is operating in the autonomous mode. A location at which the transition of modes will occur 940 may also be indicated. The vehicle may have different driving interfaces for the manual mode and the autonomous mode.
Patent GB-2553423-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for suspending loads from a bail of an elevator of a drilling rig, and corresponding drilling rig assembly
Inventor: JAN NOORD
IPC: E21B19/02
Filed: 2017-07-28
Abstract: A bail clamp device comprising upper clamp 36, lower clamp 38 and connection plate 40. The clamp device clamps to drilling rig bails 8 to hang additional devices from the derrick. Upper bail clamp 36 is attached to the connection plate via an elongate slot (fig 3, 48) which allows longitudinal translation of the plate 40 down relative to the upper bail clamp 36 and the bail 8. Lower bail clamp 38 moves with the plate 40. Warning indicators 44, 42 are revealed to identify safe and unsafe conditions such as overloading. The connection plate 40 can be triangular with the load hung from an opening 52 which tends to exert a force F1 rotating about the lower bail clamp via force F3 which tends to increase friction against the bail 8.
Patent GB-2569175-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft with active support
Inventor: FRANCESCO GAMBIOLI
IPC: B64D47/00
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: An aircraft has a structure at least part of which is capable of generating aerodynamic lift, for example a wing 2. A body having a mass, for example a fuel tank, engine, landing gear, wing tip device or payload, 11 is movably mounted to a portion of the structure by an active support 20. The active support includes an actuator 21 to move the body relative to the portion of the structure, and a controller 22 for controlling movement of the actuator in response to a dynamic input. The active support provides a range of movement for the body in at least one degree of freedom. The actuator moves the body across the entire range of movement in that one degree of freedom in a time period of less than 3 seconds. The actuator moves the body sufficiently rapidly to generate an inertial force that is equal to or greater than any aerodynamic force generated by the body during that movement of the body. The active support may be used to reduce loads on the aircraft structure.
Patent GB-2569825-A (GB)
Title: Fishing keepnet attachment
Inventor: MICHAEL ROBINSON
IPC: F16B2/06
Filed: 2018-01-02
Abstract: A keepnet fitting 301 is provided for removably and moveably attaching a keepnet to a piece of angler's equipment, the keepnet fitting 301 comprising a top clasp a, a bottom clasp c, a resilient means d (e.g. spring 510) and a tightening device b for pulling the top clasp a and bottom clasp c together against the resilient means d, wherein the top clasp a and bottom clasp c cooperate to clamp a rigid portion of a keepnet between the top and bottom clasps when pulled together by the tightening device b (figure 4), the top clasp a comprises a body part 501, a top lip 502 extending from the body part 501, such that part of the top lip 502 engages a surface of the rigid portion distal from the body part 501 when the rigid portion is between the top and bottom clasps, and the bottom clasp c comprises a bottom lip 512, such that the bottom lip engages an underside of the rigid portion when the top clasp and bottom clasp are pulled together by the tightening device.
Patent GB-2571308-A (GB)
Title: Security of contactless cards
Inventor: JASON MEERS
IPC: G06K19/073
Filed: 2018-02-23
Abstract: A contactless card 50 having a memory for storing card data and a contactless interface for supplying the card data from the memory to a remote reader. The card is provided with a user operable switch 52, 54 having two modes of operation. In the first mode, supply of the card data through the contactless interface is disabled. In the second mode, supply of the card data through the contactless interface is enabled. The card defaults to the first mode and is placed in the second mode by user actuation of the switch. Following placement in the second mode, the card returns to the first mode after expiry of a predetermined period. The return to the first mode after supplying card data may be immediate. The card may be driven by power harvested from an electromagnetic field used to interrogate the device. The card data may comprise an instruction to raise a value limit on a financial transaction. The contactless card may be a payment card or an access management card, e.g. a hotel room key, an identity card or a access card for e.g. public transport or bicycle rental.
Patent GB-2571733-A (GB)
Title: Object identification in data relating to signals that are not human perceptible
Inventor: AMIT KUMAR MISHRA
IPC: G01S13/86
Filed: 2018-03-06
Abstract: Systems and methods for object identification are disclosed. Primary data is received 102 which is generated by a primary sensor that receives signals that are human perceptible (e.g. light) and records a scene. Secondary data generated by a secondary sensor that simultaneously records the same scene is also received 104. The secondary sensor receives signals that are not human perceptible (e.g. radar). The primary data is processed 108 to identify object signatures relating to objects present in the scene (e.g. animal 404). The processed primary data is used to train 114 a secondary data-based object identification model configured to identify, in the secondary data, object signatures relating to objects present in the scene. A method includes using the secondary data-based object identification model to process the secondary data to identify object signatures relating to objects present in the scene. In one embodiment, the method also includes augmenting (138) the processed primary data with the processed secondary data. The methods could be applied to a head-up display (402) for driver assistance systems in a vehicle (400).
Patent GB-2563491-A (GB)
Title: Load handling apparatus
Inventor: MARK ANTHONY JACKSON
IPC: B62B5/06
Filed: 2018-04-23
Abstract: A load handling apparatus 10 comprises a conveying arrangement 12 and a manipulation arrangement 14 for manipulating the conveying arrangement. The conveying arrangement has a first securing formation (28, see fig. 2). The manipulation arrangement comprises a handle portion 34 and a lifting means 36, the lifting means having a second securing formation (46, see fig. 3) co-operable with the first securing formation to secure the manipulation arrangement to the conveying arrangement. The handle portion is be pivoted relative to the conveying arrangement to cause the second securing formation to move upwardly, thereby lifting the first securing formation. The manipulation arrangement may include a rotatable drive roller 40 to allow the conveying arrangement to be moved along a support surface. The drive roller is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the drive roller, the manipulation arrangement comprises an axle coaxial with the axis to rotatable attach the drive roller to the handle portion. The load handling apparatus may include guide rollers (48, see fig. 2) for moving across a rail 16.
Patent GB-2573162-A (GB)
Title: Spray suppression device
Inventor: ANDREW EGBY
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: A water channelling device 250, suitable for use with a rain flap 150, has a water collector which collects water output from rain flap 150 and channels the collected water to a periphery of the water channelling device 250, preferably to an outlet directing water away from a tyre and preventing water being repulverised by a pursuing tyre. Device 250 may comprise an air vent 214 proximal the outlet. A spray suppressor 400 may also be provided, which includes water suppressors 410 which comprise an elongate portion (412, Figure 4A) coupled to a curved portion (414, Figure 4B) so that flowing air is directed from the elongate portion to create an air vortex near the curved portion.
Patent GB-2565390-A (GB)
Title: Dirt separator for a vacuum cleaner
Inventor: Charles Howard Percy-Raine
IPC: B04C5/185
Filed: 2018-04-30
Abstract: A dirt separator (10, fig 3) for a vacuum cleaner, the dirt separator comprises a chamber (36, fig 3) having an inlet (21, fig 3) through which dirt-laden fluid enters the chamber (36, fig 3) and an outlet (38, fig 3) through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber (36, fig 3) and a disc 40 located at the outlet (38, fig 3), the disc 40 being arranged to rotate about a rotational axis (48, fig 3) and comprising holes 47 through which the cleansed fluid passes, wherein the disc 40 comprises a first region in which a first array of said holes 47 is provided, and a second region, radially outward of the first region, in which a second array of said holes 47 is provided and each hole 47 of the second array has a larger cross-sectional area than each hole 47 of the first array.
Patent GB-2575119-A (GB)
Title: Methods and devices for performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering
Inventor: GUILLAUME LAROCHE
IPC: H04N19/86
Filed: 2018-06-29
Abstract: Disclosed are methods for improving the coding efficiency of images subjected to the SAO filtering. A method of performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering on an image comprises: obtaining an edge offset to perform a SAO filtering; applying an edge offset classification to at least one pixel of the image using a predetermined sign method for determining an index of the edge offset; wherein the predetermined sign method is signaled in the bitstream. Correspondingly, there is provided a method of providing an edge offset to perform sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering on an image, the method comprising: computing an edge offset to perform the SAO filtering; selecting a sign method among a plurality of possible sign methods for determining an index of the edge offset; and signaling the selected sign method in the bitstream thereby allowing the edge offset classification to be performed according to the selected sign method. The method is particularly applicable to Video Versatile Coding (VVC) where a modified sign function is used for SAO filtering. Claims to signaling a sign of an edge offset and predicting an edge offset are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2575451-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum pump with through channel and vacuum chamber
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER MARK BAILEY
IPC: H01L21/67
Filed: 2018-07-09
Abstract: A vacuum pump 10, a vacuum pumping arrangement and a vacuum chamber are disclosed. The vacuum pump comprises a rotor; a stator; a gas inlet, a gas exhaust and a conduit defining an axial passage 30 extending through the pump from an opening in a base of the pump 11 to an opening axially beyond the pump inlet. The rotor and the stator extend around the conduit 32. A valve plate 12 is configured to obscure the inlet by a controllable amount and to thereby control an inlet conductance of the pump; the plate having a hole in a central portion through which the channel 30 extends. The pump facilitates uniform gas flow around a substrate mount 24, with power cables and other connectors to the holder 24 directed through the pump’s hollow centre 30. A vacuum arrangement with conductance controls on the exhaust is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2575869-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit processor
Inventor: SAIM AHMED
IPC: G06F11/07
Filed: 2018-07-27
Abstract: An integrated circuit processer includes a processor core and volatile data storage having memory addresses that are accessed by the processor core during normal operation. The processer reacts to a hardware or software error event by performing a system reset in which the memory addresses are cleared. The processer further includes error registers which, on occurrence of an error event, store an error flag indicative of the type of fault, and locations of memory addresses being accessed by the core at the time of the error event, the stored data being retrievable from the error registers after the system reset. The error registers may also store values of variables being accessed by the core at the time of the error. The processor may be used in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), as is used in aircraft engine electronic controllers (EEC).
Patent GB-2578622-A (GB)
Title: Vaginal speculum
Inventor: GREGORY JOHN HERRING
IPC: A61B1/32
Filed: 2018-11-01
Abstract: A vaginal speculum comprising a pair of pivotally connected components A, B each of which comprises a handle 11, 13 and a beak element 12, 14. The presented surface of each of the beak elements 12, 14 is formed with a plurality of indents 30 for the retention of water or a lubricant. The indents may be generally elliptical with atraumatic radiused margins. The beak elements may have a contoured profile.
Patent GB-2571435-A (GB)
Title: Integrated composite hybrid shock tower
Inventor: YANG CAO
IPC: B62D25/08
Filed: 2019-01-08
Abstract: A single-piece shock tower assembly 18, comprising a polymer-composite body 24, and a reinforcement member or wheel cover 26, overmoulded into the body 24. The body 24 is either a metal or a continuous fibre reinforced polymer composite material; and the reinforcement member may be a continuous fibre reinforced polymer composite, or a metal plate/bracket for mounting the body 24 to a fixed vehicle structure (20, Fig. 1A). The invention also includes a method of forming such a shock tower assembly 18, comprising: creating at least one reinforcement member from continuous fibere reinforced thermoplastic; surrounding a portion of the reinforcement member with a polymer composite material to form a shock tower body 24; and integrally moulding the reinforcement member with the shock tower body 24.
Patent GB-2580427-A (GB)
Title: Device
Inventor: SCOTT LLOYD
IPC: A01K95/02
Filed: 2019-01-11
Abstract: A fishing weight release device suitable for use with a paternoster rig having a hookline 18. Wherein the fishing weight release device comprises a holding means 1,2,3 and a sleeve 12,13. The weight holding means comprises a first and second arm 1,2 relatively movable between a first position where the arms 1,2 cooperate to hold weight W (figure 6a) and a second position where the arms 1,2 cannot hold the weight W (figure 6b). The first and second arms 1,2 are biased towards the first position. The sleeve 12,13 is arranged to be movable along the first and second arms between a first position (figure 6a) where the arms 1,2 are in the first closed position, and a second sleeve position (figure 6b) where the sleeve holds the arms 1,2 in the second open position. Wherein the sleeve is configured to move from the first position to the second position in response to the force of a fish being hooked on the hookline 18. A fishing weight holding device is also claimed (figure 7) wherein a sleeve is arranged to prevent the force of a hooked fish from moving the first and second arms from the holding position to the release position.
Patent GB-2568616-A (GB)
Title: Surgical robotic devices and systems for use in performing minimally invasive and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgical actions
Inventor: CHUNG KWONG YEUNG
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2016-11-01
Abstract: Surgical devices (100, 200), systems, and methods are disclosed. The system may include an end-effector assembly (140, 240). The end-effector assembly (140, 240) may comprise an instrument assembly and a wrist assembly. ( instrument assembly may comprise an instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) for performing a surgical action. The instrument assembly may further comprise an instrument driven portion (142a, 242a, 144a, 244a) configurable to be driven in such a way as to move the instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) relative to a first axis (A). The instrument assembly may further comprise an instrument insulative portion (142b, 242b, 144b, 244b) providable between the instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) and the instrument driven portion (142a, 242a, 144a, 244a). The instrument insulative portion (142b, 242b, 144b, 244b) may be configurable to electrically isolate the instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) from at least the instrument driven portion (142a, 242a, 144a, 244a) when the instrument insulative portion (142b, 242b, 144b, 244b) is provided between the instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) and the instrument driven portion (142a, 242a, 144a, 244a). The wrist assembly may include a wrist driven portion (146a, 246a) configurable to be driven in such a way as to move the instrument (142, 242, 144, 244) relative to a second axis (B).
Patent GB-2582909-A (GB)
Title: Tyre pressure monitoring system
Inventor: GARY BROADFIELD
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 2019-04-02
Abstract: A tyre pressure sensor 104a-f includes a receiver to receive from a user module 108 (e.g. portable pressure reader/ interrogator) data indicating the user module is proximal to the sensor, and a transmitter to transmit to an apparatus (e.g. the user module) data indicating the user module has been near the sensor. This may use wireless near field communication (NFC). The sensor may also receive a tyre pressure request, store data indicating that the request was received in a pressure check register and transmit a confirmation of tyre pressure check to the apparatus. The transmission may be triggered by a motion sensor determining the wheel is rotating. The sensor may be used in a method for determining if a vehicle walk around check or pressure check has been carried out by the user by determining whether the user has been proximate to and/or has taken a pressure reading at each of multiple tire checkpoint inspection locations. If the walk around is determined to have not been done, the vehicle may be immobilised. Also claimed is a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and a vehicle including the sensors and user module.
Patent GB-2586141-A (GB)
Title: Storage apparatus and associated methods
Inventor: JOSHUA NICHOLAS GEORGE REID
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2019-08-06
Abstract: A storage locker 50 for a changing area comprising a storage cavity accessible via at least two doors 52a, 52b, and a locking system for one or both of the doors that prevents opening of both doors simultaneously. The doors may be on opposite sides of the cabinet, directly facing each other, or the doors may be at right angles to each other. There may be a changing facility having an array of the disclosed lockers wherein the locker contents are accessible from inside and outside a changing area. Each door may have its own locking system and the locking system may be used to ensure that a user cannot look through the locker to view into a changing area. The locker may be for a sports storage facility or for storage of a wheelchair (40, figure 1), for example in a swimming pool changing cubicle, and may have indicators to display the lock status of the doors. A method is also disclosed for preventing opening of two doors of a double-door locker at the same time whilst accessing a storage cavity.
Patent GB-2593144-A (GB)
Title: Healtchcare ecosystem
Inventor: Arsalan Karim
IPC: G16H20/10
Filed: 2020-01-30
Abstract: System 2700 comprising a server 2754 arranged to receive information from a user device 2752 of a user 2750 and to use the received information to process a request for a product to be made available to the user; two or more apparatuses in communication with the server; and the server arranged to determine at least one of the apparatuses to make the product available to the user, and to provide an indication of the selection to the user. The server may determine the at least one apparatus based on location information, which may comprise location information of the user or of the apparatuses. The server may select at least one of the apparatuses based on information of an ability of the user to travel. The apparatuses may comprise a drone 2756 to deliver the product, a machine 2758 such as a vending machine to dispense the product, or a robot 2760 to provide the product. The system may comprise a payment system, which may utilise a proprietary currency. The system is suitable for use in a healthcare ecosystem, for example with pharmaceutical products.
Patent GB-2597635-A (GB)
Title: Combinations
Inventor: ANTHONY COATES
IPC: A61P31/14
Filed: 2020-03-23
Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of (i) chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, (ii) azithromycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and (iii) at least one compound selected from lopinavir, ritonavir, oseltamivir, azidothymidine (AZT, zidovudine), favipiravir, or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, where the combination is for use in treating an infection caused by SARS-CoV2, particularly where the infection is COVID-19.