baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2526152-A (GB)
Title: Controlling a server
Inventor: BOCCARDI FEDERICO
IPC: H04L29/00
Filed: 2014-05-16
Abstract: A method 800 for controlling a program that executes within a server, from a mobile device, particularly useful in reducing latency. The steps comprise: capturing information 810 describing a user interaction with a user interface of the mobile device; determining the next user interaction 820 based on the captured information as well as data that describes the user interface, and; triggering an event 830 corresponding to the determined next user interaction. The method of determining, or predicting, the next user interaction may be based on the users previous interactions with the interface. The prediction may occur on the server side or on the mobile application, and the event may be triggered by the server to occur within the mobile device. The user interface may be a graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen smart phone, and the user interaction may be a touch or multi-touch gesture. The prediction may involve determining the trajectory of a gesture, and an intersection with an object on the touchscreen. This invention may be useful in reducing the latency in interactions between a mobile device and cloud based server applications. An associated server and mobile application are also included.
Patent GB-2514303-A (GB)
Title: Accurately extracting information based on orthogonal images
Inventor: MADHANI SUNIL
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: During an information-extraction technique, a user of an electronic device may be instructed by an application executed by the electronic device (such as a software application) to acquire images, with different orientations (which are known to the user), of a target location on a document using an imaging sensor, which is integrated into the electronic device. After the user has taken a first image and before the user takes a second image in a different orientation of the electronic device (and, thus, the imaging sensor), the electronic device captures multiple images of the document. Then, the electronic device stores the images with associated timestamps. Moreover, after the user has taken the second image, the electronic device analyzes one or more of the first image, the second image and at least a subset of the images to extract information proximate to the target location on the document.
Patent GB-2530751-A (GB)
Title: Video data encoding and decoding
Inventor: WAGG DAVID
IPC: H04N19/88
Filed: 2014-09-30
Abstract: Video data encoding of a series of successive source images 0-3, each comprising an array of encoded tiles, each tile being separately encoded as an independently decodable network abstraction layer (NAL) unit NAL0.0-NAL5.3 having associated encoding parameter data. The method comprises identifying a sub-array Tile1-Tile5 of the tiles representing at least a portion of each source image that corresponds to a required display image; allocating each tile of the sub-array to one of a set of one or more so called composite frames, each composite frame comprising a collection of p tiles, where p is an integer greater than one; and modifying the encoding parameter data associated with the tiles allocated to each composite frame such that the encoding parameter data corresponds to the case in which the composite frame is an array 1 tile wide and p tiles high. Metadata associated with each tile in a composite frame may also reflect the position of the tile in the image to be displayed. Associated decoding method and apparatus claims are included.
Patent GB-2530806-A (GB)
Title: Serially bonded magnet assembly method
Inventor: TIGWELL NEIL CHARLES
IPC: H01F41/04
Filed: 2014-10-03
Abstract: A method for assembling a coil assembly, comprising a plurality of annular coils (10), comprises mounting each of the coils (10) in a respective jig (12), selecting one of the coils for alignment, energising the selected coil, and detecting alignment of a magnetic field produced by the selected coil with a nominal magnet axis (A). The selected coil is then moved to a new position by tilting and/or rotating and/or displacing it to improve alignment between the magnetic field produced by the selected coil and the nominal magnet axis. A hardening filler material (24) may be caused or permitted to harden between the selected coil and an adjacent coil to define a separation between the coils. A corresponding apparatus comprises a jig apparatus comprising a plurality of jigs defining a nominal magnet axis (A), actuators to rotate and translate the jigs, sensors for detecting the magnetic field generated by a coil and control means for driving the actuators.
Patent GB-2524611-A (GB)
Title: Atmosphere modifier
Inventor: LAURENCE DANIEL
IPC: F25D23/00
Filed: 2014-03-26
Abstract: A refrigerated environment, an atmosphere refiner and method of prolonging the life of perishable items stored in said environment. The environment, refiner and method all comprise an oxygen removal means. The oxygen removal means comprises a hydrogen fuel cell. The hydrogen fuel cell removes oxygen by combusting the oxygen within the environment producing H2O and electricity to power the fridge. The hydrogen fuel cell can also be a dual fuel cell. The refiner or environment can also be provided with a hydrogen generator. The heat generated by the hydrogen fuel cell can be used to warm the refrigerant. The environment or refiner can be part of a domestic refrigerator, industrial practice, transportation process, storage facility, container, food production, refrigeration unit or medical environment. The environment or refiner can also have an anti-microbial means. Parts of the oxygen removal means can be provided internally or externally (See figures 1 and 2).
Patent GB-2534206-A (GB)
Title: Rubber chipping roof insulation
Inventor: BERTIE WESLEY DONOVAN
IPC: E04D7/00
Filed: 2015-01-18
Abstract: Rubber crumb or chipping is given a flame resistant, solar reflective coating. The rubber crumb or chipping is then applied to a flat roof or an inverted roof system as insulation. The rubber crumb or chipping is fixed using adhesive to a waterproof membrane or applied as a finishing layer to an inverted roof system.
Patent GB-2519695-A (GB)
Title: System and method for using personal electronic device to wirelessly link remote diagnostic site to a home appliance for troubleshooting
Inventor: SIGAL JACOB R
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 2013-07-26
Abstract: A system and method for remotely diagnosing malfunctioning appliances using a short range wireless link between a user's smartphone and a malfunctioning appliance, and an additional wireless link (e.g., cellular, WiFi, ZigBee, Near Field Communication) between the smartphone and a remote service management system. A program downloaded by the user from a manufacturer's website onto the user's smartphone enables a service technician at the remotely connected service management system to take control of the appliance, using the downloaded application on the smartphone, and to perform required diagnostics, firmware updates, etc., to diagnose the cause of an error code generated by the appliance or a malfunction affecting the appliance. Optionally, the service technician may involve the user in performing additional inspections of the malfunctioning appliance and/or engaging various controls of the malfunctioning appliance to assist with the diagnostics and troubleshooting the technician is performing.
Patent GB-2536199-A (GB)
Title: Memory management
Inventor: MATTHEW EVANS
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 2015-03-02
Abstract: A host data processing system provides a virtual operating environment for guest data processing systems. A transaction is initiated 300 for translation of a guest system memory address to a host system physical address in response to a transaction request from a device overseen by a guest system for access to system memory. Identification information is stored relating to each transaction including at least data identifying the requesting device. For a stalled transaction 380 that incurs an error condition which is potentially resolvable 390 by the requesting guest system: (i) identification information relating to that transaction is stored, including at least data identifying the device which requested the transaction; (ii) information is provided to the guest system indicative of the translation error condition; and (iii) continued handling of the stalled transaction is deferred until a subsequent command is received from that guest system relating to the stalled transaction. Initiation of a closure process relating to a guest system is detected and, in response to initiation of the closure process, cancellation of any currently stalled transactions for devices overseen by that guest system is initiated for which a command has not yet been received from that guest system.
Patent GB-2538547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to zip fasteners
Inventor: JULIAN KELLY
IPC: A44B19/26
Filed: 2015-05-21
Abstract: A zip arrangement comprising a zip slider, the slider having a bridge 1; a zip puller 10, the puller having a main body with a first side and an opposing second side, a first end and opposing second free end; and a puller loop 13 joined to or formed integrally with the puller, wherein the slider bridge and puller loop are interlinked to connect the slider and the puller together; wherein when the main body of the puller defines a first plane which passes through the main body between the first side and the second side; and wherein when the main body of the puller hangs freely from the puller loop under the influence of gravity, a first portion of the puller loop is substantially in the same plane as the puller body, a second portion of the puller loop is orientated substantially in at least a second plane rotated relative to the first plane about a first axis which lies substantially in the first plane and is parallel with the length of the main body of the puller from the first end to the second end. The puller loop may be folded or twisted, and may be a continuous loop or ring. At least two points of the puller loop may be twisted, in opposing directions.
Patent GB-2523286-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for multimedia broadcast multicast service coverage boost
Inventor: KORUS MICHAEL F
IPC: H04W72/00
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: A method of assigning Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (E-MBMS) bearers in a Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area in a 3GPP compliant wireless communication system is provided. An infrastructure device is operably coupled to a radio access network comprising one or more MBSFN areas, wherein each MBSFN area supports a plurality of E-MBMS bearers for transporting media streams to user equipments (UE). The infrastructure device receives, from a UE, an identifier of a preferred MBSFN area and a request for a boost to the quality of the transmissions. The infrastructure device assigns first and second E-MBMS bearers in an MBSFN area to support a call to the UE, the first and second E-MBMS bearers providing the same information to the UE in their media content streams. The UE may employ application layer time-diversity reception of the media content.
Patent GB-2541244-A (GB)
Title: Rodent barrier material
Inventor: MARK SLATTER
IPC: E04B1/72
Filed: 2015-08-14
Abstract: A barrier material suitable for use against rodents comprises stainless steel mesh 2 sandwiched in between two pieces of flexible rubber 1, 3. The three sheets or layers can be bonded together to form a single flexible sheet. The material may be adhered to moving mechanisms and objects such as door and lifts without impeding their functionality. The material may be waterproof and rot-proof, and may be suitable for use in wet environments such as sewers.
Patent GB-2545488-A (GB)
Title: Parallel use of soft starters
Inventor: GARY STEPHENS
IPC: H05B41/14
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: A system for controlling an AC motor 450 comprises two or more motor controllers 410, 420. Each motor controller is located on the electrical connection path 441, 442, 443 between the electric power supply 430 and the AC motor and is operable to regulate current of each phase passing through it. Each motor controller is connected in parallel, relative to the other motor controllers, to the electrical connection path. At least one processor 415, 425 controls the motor controllers to repeatedly change which of the motor controllers current passes through, such that at any given time current of each phase only passes through one of the motor controllers. The controllers may comprise two SCRs (silicon controlled rectifiers) per phase 411a, 411b etc., connected in antiparallel for use as a motor soft starter. A bypass relay 411c etc., may also be provided. The processor may control the motor controllers in such a way that the thermal limit of each motor controllers is not exceeded, and the thermal load on each motor controller is shared.
Patent GB-2547451-A (GB)
Title: Device identification
Inventor: ADRIAN MAXWELL SMITH
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2016-02-18
Abstract: An apparatus and method to enable a first device 1 to identify a second device 2 comprising communication over separate first and second interfaces 20/30. A controller 10 receives a first identifier from the second device 2 via the first interface 20 and determines whether it has a predetermined value. A second identifier is then received from the second device 2 via the second interface 30 and the second device 2 is identified by the controller 10. The first and second interfaces 20/30 may use wired or wireless communication protocols. An authentication code may be sent from the first device 1 to the second device 2 via the second interface 30 and returned by the second device 2 to the first device 1 via the first interface 20. The controller 10 may control functionality of the second device 2 by sending data over the second interface 30 to it. The second identifier may be obtained from a broadcast or beacon signal that is issued repetitively by the second device 2.
Patent GB-2551570-A (GB)
Title: Transportation device
Inventor: TIMUR ARTEMEV
IPC: B62K11/00
Filed: 2016-06-23
Abstract: A self-balancing transportation device having an adjustable track. The device includes a first ground contacting member 100 and a second ground contacting member 101 adapted to contact a ground surface at a respective contact position. A distance between the contact positions X1 is adjustable so as to adjust a track of the transportation device. The adjustment may be achieved by altering an inclination on the wheels 100, 101 of the device. The adjustment may be made in dependence on the speed of travel of the device.
Patent GB-2556018-A (GB)
Title: An antenna for a communications system
Inventor: JOHN DAVID PORTER
IPC: H01Q19/08
Filed: 2016-07-01
Abstract: A beam deflector assembly for an antenna having at least two deflectors 150 and 150' arranged in front of the antenna such that the antenna beam passes through the deflectors in turn to deflect and shape a beam transmitted and/or received at the antenna. At least one of the deflectors may be a prism. To reduce mismatch reflection at the surface of the prism corrugated formations may be used. The deflectors may be made of a plastic polymer such as acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA). The beam deflectors may be located in housing 106, which may have an L-shaped body portion 120 with arm 122 and free end 124 that includes a hole 126. The end of the body portion also includes projection or hook 130. Such deflector assemblies may be clipped on a radome in front of a plurality of antennas, such as horn antennas, forming a node. The node may be used in a communications system.
Patent GB-2542672-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle with hyperlapse video and social networking
Inventor: ARUN DUTTA
IPC: H04N5/262
Filed: 2016-07-22
Abstract: A vehicle is described that includes a video camera (50) configured to record video, a processor (3) configured to process the recorded video from the video camera into hyperlapse video, and an input/output device to link the hyperlapse video with a social network (61) associated with at least one of a driver of the vehicle and the vehicle. The processor may be configured to receive video data from the video camera and to create the hyperlapse video by reconstructing a video stream from the video data, planning a smooth path through the video stream, and rendering the video data along the smooth path into the hyperlapse video that has a faster speed and less jitter than the video stream. The hyperlapse video may be a non-native, sped-up video of the recorded video from the video camera. The link to a social network allows the video to be shared on social media.
Patent GB-2547292-A (GB)
Title: Improved method, apparatus and system for estimating the mass of a stockpile
Inventor: FREDERICK STUBBINS
IPC: G06T7/62
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: A method of estimating the mass or weight of material in a stockpile by obtaining a surface profile of the stockpile and defining a plurality of layers L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 in the stockpile, wherein each layer extends parallel to the surface profile 6, then estimating the volume of each layer. Density characteristics of the material are obtained and the density of each layer is estimated according to the density characteristics. The mass of the stockpile is calculated using the estimated density and estimated volume of each layer. Preferably each layer has a boundary which is equidistant from the surface profile. The vertical gradient of density change of a layer may be linear or non-linear. Obtaining density characteristics may comprise retrieving a sample from the stockpile, or retrieving a sample from each load of material delivered to the stockpile and measuring the density of each sample, which may involve using a compaction test.
Patent GB-2554641-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: CHRISTIAN BAUMGARTNER
IPC: G06T7/73
Filed: 2016-09-29
Abstract: Receiving image data of a 3-dimensional object; allocating a confidence level to at least a portion of an image frame of the image data using a machine-learning algorithm, the confidence level indicating a likelihood of that image frame having a specified element imaged on a specified plane through the 3 dimensional object. In this way, particular elements when imaged in a desired way can be identified from image data of the 3-dimensional object. Preferably the image data originates from medical ultrasound scans (e.g. of a foetus, an organ or an implant) and standard scan planes are identified for diagnosis. Preferably changes in the confidence level and required movements to increase the confidence level (bringing the scan frame closer to the target plane) are indicated to the scanning operator. The machine learning algorithm may be a convolutional neural network and may generate a feature map and a saliency map when the confidence level exceed a threshold. The images may be generated from a 3-dimensional image data set. Second independent method and apparatus claims are for indicating to an operator a confidence level that an image frame of a 3D object has a specified element or structure in a specified plane or cross-section.
Patent GB-2542727-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning apparatus
Inventor: KOJI AZUMA
IPC: F24F11/02
Filed: 2015-07-13
Abstract: In this air conditioning apparatus, at least a single-circuit heat medium conveyor, a heat medium flow rate adjuster, and a heat medium flow rate control device are provided as a heat medium system capable of adjusting the flow rate of a heat medium supplied to a heat source device-side heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and the heat medium. The air conditioning apparatus switches each of a plurality of usage-side heat exchangers to cooling operation or heating operation in accordance with a control command, to perform simultaneous cooling and heating operations. The air conditioning apparatus is configured such that: in the heat source device-side heat exchanger, the refrigerant flows in accordance with the ratio of the total heating capacity to the total cooling capacity of the plurality of usage-side heat exchangers; and the heat medium flow rate control device uses the temperature of the heat medium flowing into the heat source device-side heat exchanger and the temperature of the heat medium flowing out from the heat source device-side heat exchanger, to control the flow rate of the heat medium supplied to the heat source device-side heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2560569-A (GB)
Title: Synchronisation in a communications network
Inventor: Hamid Gharib
IPC: H04J13/16
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: A spread spectrum system is used for transmitting data to and from devices operable as sensors and actuators in a distributed system. Each device is allocated a respective spread spectrum code, or combination of such codes in a branched network, for decoding and decoding the data 52, 58 and has a corresponding encoder/decoder in a central control system operating the same spread spectrum codes, the encoded data relating to the individual devices all being aggregated over a shared channel. To reduce the decoding overhead, the coding and encoding processes are synchronised using a pulse train of a clock drum transmitted by a broadcasting antenna 400 and the devices and control centre receive, decode and operate according to time based on the pulse train. An offset may be calculated 83 to allow for distance from the transmitter, based on received power 81, GPS, or other data.
Patent GB-2560585-A (GB)
Title: Data processing apparatus and methods
Inventor: JULIAN RANGER
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2017-03-17
Abstract: A system comprises a data store, a data processing machine, and a data recipient, connectable through a communication network. The data processing machine sends instructions to the data store based on predefined rules. The data store then sends information to the data recipient and to the data processing machine, meaning data is only provided to the data recipient when predefined conditions are met. Also disclosed is a method comprising forming a connection between the data store, the data processing machine, and the data recipient, the data store passing a subset of its information to the recipient upon instruction from the processing machine. Also disclosed is a system having a processor and a data store, wherein the processor categorises information according to its content, the data store comprising a data surface having a description of the information contained in the stored files. Also disclosed is a method of storing information comprising categorising the information and assigning it one or more identifier codes, placing it in a directory, and creating a log entry. Also disclosed is a method of retrieving the information by receiving a request based on a list of available information, fulfilling the request, and creating a log entry.
Patent GB-2550298-A (GB)
Title: Mems transducer package
Inventor: TSJERK HANS HOEKSTRA
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2015-12-04
Abstract: A MEMS transducer package (1) is provide having a semiconductor die portion (3) with a thickness bounded by a first surface (9) and an opposite second surface (11). The package further has a transducer element (13) incorporated in the second surface (11) and a die back volume (7) that extends through the thickness of the semiconductor die portion (3) between the first surface (9) and the transducer element (13). The package is completed by a cap portion (23) that abuts the semiconductor die portion (3) at the first surface (9).