baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2469984-A (GB)
Title: Fire alarm system for a plurality of dwellings
Inventor: FOSTER ANDREW
IPC: G08B17/00
Filed: 2007-03-24
Abstract: A fire alarm system for a plurality of dwellings or flats having a fire alarm panel (1) and a plurality of interfaces whereby each interface is installed in each separate dwelling. Each interface includes a fire alarm silence controller (4) and input (7) and output (8) circuits connected to the controller. The input circuit includes at least one detector (11) and the output circuit includes at least one alarm device (2). The fire alarm silence controller is responsive to the at least one detector such that when the detector in one dwelling is triggered to an alarm state the fire alarm silence controller operates the corresponding alarm device but does not signal an alarm condition to the alarm panel.
Patent GB-2475959-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for setting up a security system
Inventor: ANEESH KUMAR R
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2010-11-30
Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for configuring a security system. The apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of configuration files on a computer readable medium where each configuration file defines an access control system, an integrated security system or a security environment, each configuration file being unique. The configuration files are presented to a user via a configuration graphical user interface provided by a set up program. A configuration processor receives a user selection of a configuration file. The processor automatically configures an access control system or integrated security system in accordance with the selected configuration file. The configuration files may relate to a bank, a hospital or other facility type. Security zones may be configured within a secured area, with zones possibly being within another zone. Access controllers may control access between zones. A building information model (BIM) may be used to depict a secured area protected by the access control system or the integrated security system. The configuration file may be a vertical template that defines processing components and the interaction of those components between the sensor level and the zone access and alarm reporting level.
Patent GB-2478866-A (GB)
Title: Docking station for updating volume setting on a docked electronic device
Inventor: KRUEGER SCOTT
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2008-09-02
Abstract: A dock system comprises a docking station and an electronic device. The docking station has a first interface configured to receive the device and a second interface, possibly wireless, that receives a change in a volume setting for the device 610. The volume setting may be a volume of the device or a volume level to be displayed on the device 630, wherein an audio signal from the device may be modified to correspond to the updated level. A base component of the docking station has circuitry configured to provide to the device a notification to update the volume setting on the device. When the device is coupled with the docking station via the first interface, the docking station receives the change in volume setting via the second interface and provides the update notification to the device 630. The notification may be a signal or message indicative of the change in volume setting.
Patent GB-2492062-A (GB)
Title: Terminal devices controlling carrier selection in a wireless communication system in dependence on physical layer characteristics
Inventor: YOUNG PHILIP
IPC: H04W72/02
Filed: 2011-06-15
Abstract: A mobile communications system comprises an arrangement of at least one base station configured to communicate data to and/or from different types of terminal device via respective ones of a plurality of logically separate carriers of a wireless access interface; a first terminal device operable to camp-on to a first carrier of the plurality of carriers and to subsequently communicate data with the arrangement of at least one base station via the first carrier, and a second terminal device operable to camp-on to a second carrier of the plurality of carriers and to subsequently communicate data with the arrangement of at least one base station via the second carrier, wherein the first and second carriers support compatible synchronisation signalling such that the first and second terminal devices both have the ability to synchronise with the first and second carriers to begin a camp-on procedure, and wherein following synchronisation with one of the first or second carriers to begin a camp-on procedure, the second terminal device is configured to determine whether or not to continue with the camp-on procedure in dependence on an aspect of physical layer signalling associated with a control channel of the carrier with which it has synchronised.
Patent GB-2492064-A (GB)
Title: An electrosurgical instrument
Inventor: ATWELL ANTHONY K
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2011-06-15
Abstract: The instrument 10 comprises an instrument shaft 3 having a longitudinal axis, and an electrode assembly at one end of the shaft. The electrode assembly comprises first 20, second 33 and third electrodes 34 which are electrically insulated one from another. The instrument further comprises first 19 and second connections 15 by which RF energy can be supplied to the instrument. The first electrode 20 is movable longitudinally between an advanced position in which it extends from the instrument shaft and a retracted position. The arrangement is such that when the first electrode 20 is in its advanced position, the first and second connections are in electrical communication with the first 20 and second electrodes 33 allowing electrosurgical cutting. When the first electrode 20 is in its retracted position, the first and second connections are in electrical communication with the second 33 and third electrodes 34 allowing coagulation of tissue. The second and third electrodes may be printed conductive patterns formed on the surface of an insulating annular body 13.
Patent GB-2479328-A (GB)
Title: X-ray imaging apparatus and method of X-ray imaging
Inventor: KAISHA CANON KABUSHIKI
IPC: G21K1/06
Filed: 2010-01-15
Abstract: X-ray imaging apparatus and method of reduced size with which differential phase image or a phase image with consideration of an X-ray absorption effect of an object can be obtained. A displacement of X-rays that have been split by a splitting element and have passed through an object is measured. The displacement can be measured by using a first attenuation element having a transmission amount that continuously changes in accordance with the incident position of X-rays. At this time, an X-ray transmittance of an object that is calculated by using a second attenuation element having a transmissionamount that does not change in accordance with the incident position of X-rays is used.
Patent GB-2484598-A (GB)
Title: Drainage catheter with sliding closure member
Inventor: SHAPLAND HOWARD
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 2011-10-20
Abstract: A drainage catheter has an outer tube 2 providing a drainage pathway from an aperture 3 in the distal end 4 of the tube to the proximal end. Within the tube is a closure member which can be actuated from the proximal end to slide from a first position in which the drainage pathway is open to a second position in which it is closed. The closure member may be a plug (25, figure 12) tethered by a filament (26), or it may be a second tube 7 which can be pushed or pulled on a ratchet (18, figure 10) or rotated so that its aperture 8 no longer aligns with that of the outer tube. The catheter may include an instillation passage 10 for delivering medicament to a body cavity such as the bladder. It may also have a Foley balloon 23 and associated inflation passageway 24. The tubes may be shaped to resist unwanted rotation there between (figure 8).
Patent GB-2481950-A (GB)
Title: Surface microstructure measuring method, surface microstructure measurement data analyzing method, and x-ray scattering measuring device
Inventor: OMOTE KAZUHIKO
IPC: G01B15/04
Filed: 2010-04-12
Abstract: Disclosed are a surface microstructure measuring method enabling accurate measurement of the microstructure of a surface and evaluation of the three-dimensional structural features, a surface microstructure measuring program, and an X-ray scattering intensity measuring device. According to the surface microstructure measuring method, X-rays are made to strike the surface of a sample at a very small incident angle, the scattering intensity is measured, a sample model in which one or more layers are formed in the direction perpendicular to the surface and unit structures are arrayed periodically in the layers in the direction parallel to the surface is tentatively made on the basis of the surface microstructure, the scattering intensity of X-rays scattered by the microstructure is calculated in consideration of the effects of the refraction and reflection caused by the layers, the X-ray scattering intensity calculated using the sample model is fitted in the measured scattering intensity, and an optimum value of a parameter specifying the shape of the unit structure is determined according to the result of the fitting. With this, the microstructure can be measured accurately.
Patent GB-2499599-A (GB)
Title: A cable clip
Inventor: COSTIGAN MARK
IPC: F16L3/08
Filed: 2012-02-21
Abstract: A cable clip configured to receive a plurality of cables comprises a plurality of cable receiving openings each adapted to grip a cable located therein. The clip comprises an upper member and a lower member, each member including a part of each said opening. Each part of an opening in one of the members align with a corresponding part of an opening in the other of the members.
Patent GB-2490387-A (GB)
Title: lon mobility spectrometer and method of measuring an ion mobility spectrum
Inventor: PARK MELVIN ANDREW
IPC: G01N27/62
Filed: 2012-03-19
Abstract: The invention relates to the operation of ion mobility spectrometers based on gases pushing ions over an electrical field barrier, preferably in combination with a mass spectrometer. The invention provides ion mobility spectrum acquisition methods which deliver spectra on a linear mobility scale or spectra with much better constancy in resolution. Properties of the gas flow and/or potential barrier are varied in order to acquire the mobility spectrum.
Patent GB-2500439-A (GB)
Title: Body structure and seating arrangement for truck cab
Inventor: YEE JUSTIN
IPC: B60N2/34
Filed: 2012-03-21
Abstract: The invention firstly relates to a body structure 10 for a truck cab, comprising a roof frame structure 12 which delimits the body structure 10 on its upper end and consists of a front cross member element 14 and a rear cross member element 16 connected by side member elements 18, 20. The rear cross member element 16 comprises a portion 26 elevated relative to the other roof member elements 14, 18, 20. The invention secondly relates to a seating arrangement comprising a driver seat (44 see fig 2) and a passenger seat (46 see fig 2) which are moveable to form a bed having a surface for sleeping.
Patent GB-2493583-A (GB)
Title: Self mode locking semiconducting disk laser
Inventor: HAMILTON CRAIG JAMES
IPC: H01S3/081
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: The present invention describes a self mode locking laser and a method for self mode locking a laser 1. The laser comprises a resonator 2 terminated by first 3 and second mirrors 4 and folded by a third mirror. The third mirror 5 comprises a single distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) upon which is mounted a multilayer semiconductor gain medium and which includes at least one quantum well layer and an optical Kerr lensing layer. Self mode locking may be achieved by configuring the laser resonator such that the lensing effect of the Kerr lensing layer acts to reduce an astigmatism deliberately introduced to the cavity mode. The self mode locking of the laser may be further enhanced by selecting the length of the resonator such that a round trip time of a cavity mode is matched with an upper state lifetime of one or more semiconductor carriers located within the gain medium.
Patent GB-2501283-A (GB)
Title: Microbiological safety cabinet with an external air regulator
Inventor: POPPLE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B08B15/02
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: A microbiological safety cabinet comprising a housing 10 with: a lower chamber 11 providing a working space 12 with an access aperture 14 and work surface 16; an upper chamber 13 comprising an air grille 26 on its exterior front panel; and a duct 24 appended to the upper chamber for connection to an exhaust system; the upper chamber comprising: a damper 21 defining upper and lower sub-chambers 23, 22 respectively; a double filter 17 disposed in said lower sub-chamber; a second filter 19 disposed in said upper sub-chamber; a fan 20 disposed between the double filter and the damper; and an opening located in said upper sub-chamber between the damper and the second filter; wherein the fan is arranged to draw air from the working space through said double filter and in through said access aperture, a remote fan of the exhaust system being operative to draw air through the second filter and the upper sub-chamber opening, characterised in that the upper sub-chamber opening comprises an airflow regulator 25 there across.
Patent GB-2491710-A (GB)
Title: A wellbore seal having piezoresistive material
Inventor: BAHR JEFFREY L
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2012-06-07
Abstract: An apparatus 300 for forming a seal in a wellbore comprises at least one expandable sealing element 303 and at least one sensor 302 where about 0.1% by weight of the sensor comprises a piezoresistive composition. Also claimed is an apparatus for forming a seal in a wellbore which comprises a conduit having disposed circumferentially along the outside thereof one or more sensors 302 and one or more sealing elements 303 together with a means for electrical communication 306, 307 between the one or more sensors 302 and a user.
Patent GB-2502816-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for slaughtering fish
Inventor: MCKIMM ROBIN
IPC: A22B3/06
Filed: 2012-06-08
Abstract: A method of slaughtering fish comprising the steps of providing an elongate passage 10 through which fish can be passed, and generating a linear electric field along at least a first region of said passage, thereby inducing electro-anaesthesia or stunning of fish passing through said first region of the passage, and applying a further electric field in a subsequent region of the passage, downstream of said first region, to kill the fish such that the fish exit a downstream end of said passage in a dead state. The electric field is produced by pairs of longitudinally spaced electrodes 12, 14 and a DC supply. The apparatus may take the form of an elongate coiled pipeline and may be provided in a land based (fig 3) or floating sea based (fig 4) form.
Patent GB-2503033-A (GB)
Title: Shoe with detachable upper
Inventor: WINKLER CATHERINE
IPC: A43B3/24
Filed: 2012-06-15
Abstract: A shoe 10 comprises a midsole 12, an outsole 14 and an insole 16. An upper 18 is attached to a plurality of fasteners 20 which are adapted to slide along a first and second internal track (38, 40, figure 3) extending through the midsole 12. A releasable locking means releasably locks the fasteners 20 in selectable positions along each track. Opening means (42, 44, figure 3) allows for the inserting and removing of fasteners 20 from each track.
Patent GB-2494980-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine assembly with vibration isolation mount and method for producing the same
Inventor: HINDLE TIMOTHY
IPC: B64D27/16
Filed: 2012-09-18
Abstract: A gas turbine engine (GTE) assembly 40 includes a strut-based vibration isolation mount 44 which comprises at least one three parameter axial strut 46-51 having a first end attached to the gas turbine engine 42 and having a second, opposing end configured to be attached to an airframe (26, fig 1). The or each three parameter axial strut is tuned to minimise the transmission of vibrations from the gas turbine engine to the airframe during operation of the gas turbine engine. Also provided is a method for producing a GTE assembly having a number of three parameter axial struts that are tuned to have stiffness and damping profiles that vary in multiple degrees of freedom.
Patent GB-2491533-A (GB)
Title: Dual drilling activity drilling ship
Inventor: HUMPHREYS GAVIN
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 2011-03-28
Abstract: A single drilling ship may be equipped with two drilling centers, each capable of running risers. Each drilling center has a set of tubulars stored for use in association with that drilling center, those tubulars including risers. However, the risers for one drilling center are of a smaller diameter than the risers for the other drilling center. In the event that a main drilling center drilled well fails, a relief well can then be drilled from the same ship using a secondary drilling center.
Patent GB-2496261-A (GB)
Title: Management of data movement in a thin provisioned storage system
Inventor: ROY SUBHOJIT
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2012-10-12
Abstract: A computational device, operating as part of a thin provisioned storage system, receives a request 606 to copy data from a logical block of a source logical unit to a logical block of a target logical unit. The computational device generates metadata 608 that stores a correspondence between the source block and the target block, while avoiding allocating any physical storage space for the target block in the target logical unit. This means that the move takes place without physical transfer of the data between storage units, saving time and processing resources. If the target block is read, the correspondence will mean that the source block will be accessed 612. The system may provide an API to remap physical storage to the target logical block, swap assigned physical storage, or otherwise exploit mappings between virtual and physical blocks. If one of the units is to be reconfigured as a fully provisioned unit, the data can then be physically copied 610.
Patent GB-2495408-A (GB)
Title: Passive bistatic radar
Inventor: GOODSON ANTHONY P
IPC: G01S13/933
Filed: 2012-10-15
Abstract: A system onboard a vehicle 118 senses and avoids objects 110 (other vehicles) using bistatic radar. At least one transmitter 106 and its location are selected from a database of transmitters based on the location of the vehicle 118. At least one total signal, comprising a direct signal 112 of at least one broadcast signal from the at least one transmitter, and a reflection signal 116 comprising a reflection of the broadcast signal 114 reflected off the object 110, is received at the vehicle 118. A location of the object 110 is estimated based on the at least one total signal, the at least one transmitter 106 location, and the vehicle 118 location. Multiple receiver antennas (aerials) may be used to suppress the direct signal on the basis of the phase shift (phase difference) of the signals at each antenna (fig. 3). A two-stage process may use broadcast FM signals to determine an approximate position, followed by GPS signals for a more accurate position (fig. 4).
Patent GB-2492698-A (GB)
Title: An efficient homomorphic encryption scheme for bilinear forms
Inventor: GENTRY CRAIG B
IPC: G06F17/14
Filed: 2011-03-29
Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine for performing operations including: receiving information B to be encrypted as a ciphertext C in accordance with an encryption scheme having an encrypt function; and encrypting B in accordance with the encrypt function to obtain C, the scheme utilizes a public key A, where B, C, and A are matrices, the encrypt function receives as inputs A and B and outputs C as C â ¼ AS + pX + B(mod q), S is a random matrix, X is an error matrix, p is in integer, q is an odd prime number. In other exemplary embodiments, the encryption scheme includes a decrypt function that receives as inputs at least one private key T (a matrix) and C and outputs B as B = T-1 Â· (TCTt mod q) . (Î¤')-1 mod p.
Patent GB-2508388-A (GB)
Title: Tape servo pattern
Inventor: CHERUBINI GIOVANNI
IPC: G11B5/584
Filed: 2012-11-30
Abstract: A tape storage medium comprises a servo band SB along a longitudinal extension x of the tape TP for determining positional information. The servo band comprises a first servo subband SB1 and a second servo subband SB2. The first servo subband comprises a set of servo frames FR, wherein each servo frame FR of the set comprises a first burst A comprising servo stripes SP1 inclined at a first angle Î±, followed by a second burst B comprising servo stripes SP2 inclined at a second angle Î² which is different to the first angle. The second servo sub band contains a set of servo tracks ST1-6 arranged next to each other and extending along the tape, wherein each servo track of the set contains a servo pattern of magnetic transitions representing a waveform, where the waveforms of adjacent servo tracks are orthogonal to each other. The servo tracks may have three frequencies f1-f3 that are different from each other.
Patent GB-2495423-A (GB)
Title: Image pickup apparatus with partial mirror
Inventor: TAY HIOK NAM
IPC: G02B7/28
Filed: 2010-05-27
Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for use with automatic focus control comprising a focus lens 104 and first and second pixel arrays 2808, 108, one for image capture, the other generating a signal used to control the positioning of the focus lens. A partial mirror (or beam splitter) 2850 splits incoming light into two light beam, one directed to the first array and the other to the second.
Patent GB-2510887-A (GB)
Title: Markup language parser
Inventor: GAMAL ALI AHMED EL
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2013-02-18
Abstract: A parser for parsing a plurality of data elements arranged in a structured tree within a document, such as an extended mark-up language document, wherein said elements are arranged with a root element at a root level branching to remaining elements at lower levels within branches of the structured tree, said parser comprising: an interface for receiving an external request to provide a next sibling element or a next child element in the structured tree, returning a provided requested element, and repeating the receiving of external requests for the elements until there are no more requests or no more next elements; a next sibling method for providing a next sibling clement by fetching the next and subsequent elements in the document until the next element is a next clement at a specified sibling level in the structured tree and returning the next sibling clement; and a next child method for providing the next child clement by fetching and returning the next element if the next element is a child element or else providing a null result.
Patent GB-2497895-A (GB)
Title: Filter having drain valve with mechanical lock
Inventor: SCHWEITZER STEPHEN
IPC: B01D29/92
Filed: 2011-09-12
Abstract: A filter with a drain valve is provided. The drain valve mounts within an opening of a housing of the filter. The drain valve has a knob mounted to a valve member thereof. At least one locking structure is disposed between the knob and the valve member to mechanically lock the knob to the valve member. Such a configuration reduces the likelihood that the knob will become inadvertently dislodged during operation.