baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2499052-A (GB)
Title: Calculating a power value in a vehicular application
Inventor: JOSHI BIJAL
IPC: G06F7/552
Filed: 2012-02-28
Abstract: A signal representing a numerical value from a vehicular application (206) is received by a calculation module (202) over an interface (221). A power value is calculated using a predetermined base using at least some multiplication and shifting operations. The calculating module will also access a look-up table (224) stored in a memory (222). The calculated power value is returned to the vehicular application. At the vehicular application, the calculated power value is utilized in a calculation and a result of the calculation is obtained. A parameter of the vehicular application according is altered to the result. The vehicle application may be a noise removal, echo cancellation or display application. The base may be selected from 2, e or 10. The calculation may obtain a value for 2x.y where x and y are integers. The value 2x may be calculated using a shifting operation with 20.y using the look up table.
Patent GB-2500382-A (GB)
Title: Estimation of communication channel characteristics based upon multiple channel state information (CSI) reference signals
Inventor: KOIVISTO TOMMI TAPANI
IPC: H04B7/06
Filed: 2012-03-19
Abstract: Examples are described relating to methods, apparatus and. computer programs for configuring a user equipment in a cellular wireless network. Certain exemplary methods involve receiving (440), at the user equipment (430), control information regarding one or more of a plurality of channel-state information (CSI) reference signals. The plurality of CSI reference signals are receivable by the user equipment (430) from one or more of a plurality of antenna ports that form part of the cellular wireless network, the plurality of CSI reference signals being associated with corresponding antenna ports. The control information is for use in configuration of the user equipment (430) and is received over a radio communications downlink from a node (410) in the cellular wireless network. If estimation of one or more radio communication channels at the user equipment (430) is configured (450) based on the received control information, improvements in demodulation and CSI feedback are achieved.
Patent GB-2487873-A (GB)
Title: Optical measurement apparatus and method therefor
Inventor: HOLLEY RICHARD
IPC: A61B3/10
Filed: 2007-07-30
Abstract: An optical measurement apparatus comprises an optical system having a source arranged to generate and direct a beam of electromagnetic radiation 500 to a location to be measured. The apparatus also comprises a feedback arrangement 602, 604 arranged to receive a reflected beam 508 from the location to be measured and to provide feedback information in response to receipt of the reflected beam 508. The feedback information is indicative of degree of alignment of the location to be measured with the optical system. The optical system may be arranged to direct at least part of the reflected beam back to the eye, the redirected beam constituting the feedback information.
Patent GB-2488712-A (GB)
Title: Wireless physiological sensor patches and systems
Inventor: MAGAR SURENDAR
IPC: G16H40/67
Filed: 2008-08-21
Abstract: A patch 102 for measuring a physiological state comprises a battery 209 and an antenna 212, each of which is coupled to an integrated circuit comprising a sensor interface 204 (for receiving signals from body sensors 202), a processor 208, memory storage 214, radio 210 and power management circuits for coordinating power dissipation on the chip. The patch is designed such that the volume of the patch is less than 30 cmÂ³, and that the patch can transmit the gathered data from the sensors over a wireless connection and continue to monitor the sensors for at least two days without requiring replacement or recharging of the battery. This allows for low cost design and low power dissipation for maximum effectiveness of the sensor system. The sensors may measure a number of physiological parameters, and the patch may be purposed to act as a cardiac, neurological, endocrinological, or fitness/wellness patch. A method for unsupervised placement of a physiological patch using visual markers and placement verification is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2503014-A (GB)
Title: Fire Prevention in Storage Silos
Inventor: MATCHETT LUKE
IPC: A62C3/04
Filed: 2012-06-14
Abstract: Apparatus and method for preventing and extinguishing fires in storage silos containing flammable materials, especially biomass. A liquid carbon dioxide storage vessel 10 has a liquid outlet 11 supplying at least two flow paths 30, 40. At least one of the flow paths 30 supplies gaseous carbon dioxide to a storage silo for controlling smouldering fires, and the at least one other flow path 40 supplies carbon dioxide vapour and carbon dioxide snow to the storage silo for fire extinguishing. The liquid carbon dioxide vessel may be arranged to supply gaseous and liquid carbon dioxide to more than one storage silo.
Patent GB-2489367-A (GB)
Title: Multifunctional coordinate measurement machines
Inventor: ATWELL PAUL C
IPC: G01B5/012
Filed: 2011-01-14
Abstract: A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) includes a manually positionable arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the arm portion including connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal, a measurement device attached to a first end of the AACMM, and an electronic circuit which receives the position signals from the transducers and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device. Implementing the portable AACMM includes identifying a source device from which data is received by determining a transmission path through which the data is transmitted, the source device removably attached to the first end of the AACMM, determining a data type of the data based upon identification of the source device, performing an action on the data responsive to the data type, and outputting results of performing the action to a destination device.
Patent GB-2497677-A (GB)
Title: Method,system and user interface for creating and displaying of presentions
Inventor: TAYLOR ROBERT
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2011-06-14
Abstract: A method and system for creating at least one presentation, comprising: at least one computer: at least one application operable on the at least one computer, the at least one application configured for: receiving a plurality of assets; and allowing at least one user to define the at least one presentation over the time that the at least one presentation is to be displayed, using at least two assets to be simultaneously presented for at least one selected point in time.
Patent GB-2495683-A (GB)
Title: Control of mites
Inventor: MCHARDY NICHOLAS
IPC: A01N35/06
Filed: 2011-09-09
Abstract: A method for controlling Varroa mites parasiting honeybees comprises administering to the honeybees a non-toxic miticidally effective amount of buparvaquone. The method may comprise feeding buparvaquone in a sugar solution to the bees.
Patent GB-2501597-A (GB)
Title: Evacuation chair
Inventor: MORRISH GERALD DAVID
IPC: A61G5/06
Filed: 2011-07-29
Abstract: An evacuation chair 100 is disclosed for evacuating a person down stairs and along level ground. The evacuation chair has a frame and at least one front wheel 134 and at least two rear wheels 140, 142 attached and rotatable with respect to the frame to allow the chair to be wheeled along level ground. The evacuation chair also has two rail assemblies 150, 152 attached to the frame, each rail assembly extending rearwardly and upwardly and being provided for guiding the movement of the evacuation chair on stairs, the rail assemblies being deployed as the chair is moved between a folded and an unfolded configuration. There is also provided a region of clear space extending between the rails from the rearward ends thereof to at least halfway towards the forward ends thereof to accommodate movement of the legs of the operator of the chair.
Patent GB-2497698-A (GB)
Title: Performing a multiply-multiply-accumulate instruction
Inventor: SPRANGLE ERIC S
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2011-09-24
Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having multiple execution units, at least one of which includes a circuit having a multiply-accumulate (MAC) unit including multiple multipliers and adders, and to execute a user-level multiply-multiply-accumulate instruction to populate a destination storage with a plurality of elements each corresponding to an absolute value for a pixel of a pixel block. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Patent GB-2515726-A (GB)
Title: Lime composition
Inventor: CURSHAM HENRY CHARLES
IPC: C04B28/12
Filed: 2013-05-02
Abstract: A lime mixture which cures in air comprising quicklimeA number of lime mixtures and compositions and products formed from them are described. The compositions are air lime mixtures that include quicklime (CaO) and/or quick lime partial hydrate, and a second lime product such as lime hydrate (Ca(OH)2. A method of forming such lime mixtures and compositions by adding water to a quicklime partial hydrate or a mixture of quicklime and/or quick lime partial hydrate, and a second lime product such as lime hydrate are defined. These lime compositions can achieve a physical set typically within five hours. The compositions can be used in construction applications.
Patent GB-2501026-A (GB)
Title: Detecting knives/sharp pointed objects in tomographic X-ray images
Inventor: MORTON EDWARD JAMES
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2010-05-26
Abstract: An X-ray scanning system with a non-rotating X-ray scanner generates scanning data defining a tomographic X-ray image of an object. A processor analyzes the scanning data to extract parameters which can be mapped against a database to determine if the object comprises a sharp or pointed object, e.g. a knife. The parameters include a predefined length to width aspect ratio (because blades are typically longer in one dimension compared to another), or a predefined repeating structure (such as areas of high density and low density which might indicate the case/blade/air gaps of a folded knife). Also disclosed are methods of detecting narcotics, firearms, nuclear materials, tobacco, currency and liquids, and systems for sorting scanned items into categories (e.g. threat, or clear).
Patent GB-2513440-A (GB)
Title: Combustion engine
Inventor: PALMER DEREK REGINALD
IPC: F02C3/30
Filed: 2014-02-07
Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a compressor module 10, a combustion module P, and an expansion module 40. The compression module has a rotatory screw compressor 15 operative to receive and compress a mixture of air and fuel. The combustion module P is disposed to receive a compressed mixture of air and fuel from the compressor module and that has means 60 for igniting the mixture received from the compressor. The expansion module includes a rotatory screw expander 45 that is disposed to receive combustion gasses from the combustion module to extract work there from. The engine further includes a steam-raising module P operative to introduce water into the stream of combustion gasses prior to its being received by the expansion module. A multipurpose chamber P may provide the combustion module and the steam raising module, alternatively the combustion module (20, figure 1) and steam raising module (30) may be distinct.
Patent GB-2521684-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for transition encoding in video coding and decoding
Inventor: GISQUET CHRISTOPHE
IPC: H04N19/186
Filed: 2014-02-28
Abstract: Level values or indexes / indices used for encoding a coding unit of an image according to a palette mode (HEVC) are encoded based on the use of patterns (see fig. 15) to predict the level value in order to avoid their transmission. Transmission is avoided when the value may be predicted based on the neighbourhood of the pixel to encode. This neighbourhood is matched against stored patterns so as to predict the level value due to the repetitive occurrence of these patterns. A pattern table is saved in addition to the palette table. This pattern table is constructed symmetrically by the encoder and the decoder and allows to retrieve some predicted level values and to avoid their transmission. The stored patterns may be updated with a current index / level, e.g. after the index does not correspond to a stored pattern a number of times. Effective encoding of screen content, i.e. non-natural scenes, is provided by the methods disclosed.
Patent GB-2523804-A (GB)
Title: Transactional memory support
Inventor: HORSNELL MATTHEW JAMES
IPC: G06F9/52
Filed: 2014-03-06
Abstract: A multiprocessor (e.g. an asymmetric multiprocessor) system 2 includes at least one processing core supporting transactional memory, e.g. cores 4, 6, via controllers 14, 16 and may also include one or more processor cores 8 which do not support transactional memory via hardware. The controllers respond to receipt of a request for exclusive access to a lock address by determining whether or not their associated processing element is currently executing a memory transaction guarded by a lock value stored at that lock address and if their processing element is executing such a transaction, then delaying releasing the lock address for exclusive access until a predetermined condition is met. If the processing element is not executing such a guarded memory transaction, then the lock address may be unconditionally released for exclusive access. The predetermined condition may be that a threshold delay has been exceeded since the request was received and/or that the request has previously been received and refused a threshold number of times. The request may arise through execution of a transaction start instruction which serves to read a lock address from an architectural register 76 storing the lock address should the processor executing that transaction start instruction not already be executing a pending memory transaction. If the processor is already executing a memory transaction, then the transaction start instruction need not access the lock value stored at the lock address held within the lock address register 76 as it may be assumed that the lock value has already been checked.
Patent GB-2509459-A (GB)
Title: Technology alternative to money for enabling equitable trade
Inventor: HAY MARTIN ALEXANDER
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2012-10-17
Abstract: Technology, alternative to money, for enabling equitable trade between users. The technology embodies chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created as vectors through chiralkine contracts made by a recorder that maintains an open register and a trading pair of two users.
Patent GB-2509863-A (GB)
Title: Nail clipper
Inventor: WATKINS ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A45D29/02
Filed: 2012-10-23
Abstract: A nail clipper (10) includes two arms (11, 12) connected together and having a respective jaw (14, 15) spaced from the connection (13). Each jaw (14, 15) defines a cutting edge (16) which co-operates with the cutting edge (16) of the other jaw (14, 15). The cutting edge (16) of one jaw (14, 15) is disposed further from the connection (13) than the cutting edge (16) of the other jaw (14, 15) such that on moving the arms (11, 12) closer together the jaws (14, 15) slide past one another and the cutting edges (16) perform a shearing action.
Patent GB-2516166-A (GB)
Title: Self-levelling mounting apparatus and a method for mounting an article
Inventor: WOODS JAMES
IPC: A47G1/16
Filed: 2014-05-28
Abstract: A self-leveling device for mounting an article such as a picture comprises an anchoring section 22, a support plate 24 and a bearing assembly 20. The article is provided with a locating seat 26 within which the bearing assembly is received in use such that the locating seat may rotate so that the article hangs level.
Patent GB-2513782-A (GB)
Title: Data centre
Inventor: ROGERS PAUL
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2010-04-15
Abstract: A data centre and method of cooling racks of items of electronic equipment in a data centre building are disclosed; the racks 143 are accommodated in a plurality of rack storage areas in a data centre building comprising a plurality of cold aisles 144 interleaved between a multiplicity of hot aisles 145, the hot and cold aisles each being positioned between two adjacent rack storage areas; the racks of items of electronic equipment are cooled by operating one or more controllable air circulation devices, comprising one or more fans, upstream of the racks to transport air, comprising ambient air from outside the building and optionally recirculated air, to the cold aisles and thus to the racks, via a humidity based cooling unit, the air being transported above the floor via at least one access corridor 123; the access corridor and the cold aisles provide access to the plurality of rack storage areas; the air is removed from the racks and at least partially exhausted from the building. The pressure in the cold isles may be controlled to facilitate cooling.
Patent GB-2524136-A (GB)
Title: Process
Inventor: HOLDSWORTH DUNCAN DAVID
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 2015-01-05
Abstract: A process for carrying out a chemical reaction comprises supplying gaseous reactants to a first reaction zone 102 comprising a first catalyst of a first catalyst particle equivalent diameter; operating said first reaction zone such that when the reactants are contacted with the first catalyst a portion of the reactants are converted to the desired product; removing an intermediate stream 103 comprising the unreacted reactants and the desired product and passing the stream to a second reaction zone 104 comprising a tubular reactor said wherein said tubes comprise a plurality of catalyst carriers containing a catalyst having a second catalyst particle equivalent diameter which is smaller than the first catalyst particle equivalent diameter of the first catalyst; operating said second reaction zone such that when the unreacted reactants in the stream from the first reaction zone are contacted with the second catalyst, at least some of the unreacted reactants are converted to the desired product; and recovering a product stream 105. The apparatus for carrying out the process is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2536062-A (GB)
Title: System, device and method of 3D printing
Inventor: NEIL JONATHAN BROWN
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2015-03-06
Abstract: A method of three dimensional printing a virtual environment which comprises the steps of a) obtaining a plurality of complementary images of the environment from respective different viewpoints, s10: b) calculating a 3D surface geometry of at least some of the environment depicted in the plurality of complementary images, s20: c) modifying a property of the 3D surface geometry to form a 3D model, s30: d) outputting the 3D model to a 3D printer, s40. The method may further involve obtaining the position and direction of view of the virtual cameras used to capture the respective images and using depth and/or silhouette information to calculate the surface geometry from the obtained images. The surface geometry of the 3D model may be modified to make it suitable for 3D printing. This could involve generating supplementary geometry (i.e. support structures) to support disconnected components of the 3D model or thickening parts of the 3D model that are not thick enough to support themselves when printed. The method may be used to generate a real object of, for example, a virtual character created in a virtual world.
Patent GB-2520473-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for reducing personal identification number (pin) fraud in point of sale transactions
Inventor: FASOLI JONATHAN DAVID
IPC: G07F7/10
Filed: 2012-09-07
Abstract: A method for personal identification number (PIN) fraud prevention, comprising: receiving, a request for a card-based financial transaction; prompting a customer for a PIN; receiving, from a scroll wheel corresponding to a plurality of digits, a first digit of the PIN, wherein the customer selects the first digit of the PIN by touching a touch sensitive region associated with the scroll wheel; receiving from the scroll wheel, a second digit of the PIN, wherein the customer selects the second digit of the PIN by touching the touch sensitive region, wherein the second digit is different than the first digit, and wherein touching the touch sensitive region to select the first digit and the second digit prevents fraud based on tracking PIN entry; and completing the card-based financial transaction.
Patent GB-2537899-A (GB)
Title: Control of digits for artificial hand
Inventor: JOSEPHUS MARTINUS MARIA POIRTERS
IPC: B25J15/08
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A digit mechanism for an artificial hand comprises: a lower digit 44 rotatably coupled to a palm unit 12; an upper digit 48 rotatably coupled to the lower digit 44; each having a rotation mechanism 50, 52; and a force balancing mechanism 60 for mechanically adjusting the magnitude of the moment applied to whichever digit is experiencing lower resistance to movement, in accordance with the magnitude(s) of outside forces resisting rotation of the upper digit 48 and/or the lower digit 44. The digit rotation mechanisms are arranged to be mechanically actuated by a force applied from a single actuator at the palm unit 12. The force balancing mechanism may include a clutch in the form of a band brake. The actuators are hydraulic with a low pressure and high pressure configuration. A method of controlling a digit is also provided.
Patent GB-2527911-A (GB)
Title: Compressing diaphragm pump with multiple effects
Inventor: CAI YING LIN
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 2015-05-01
Abstract: A compressing diaphragm pump including a motor, a pump head body 60, a roundel mount 50 situated on the pump head body and eccentric roundels 52 having a top face with a fastening bore, a diaphragm membrane 70 fixed to the eccentric roundels through the operating holes, and pumping pistons 80, wherein the roundel mount is situated on a wobble plate resulting in sequential movement of the eccentric roundels causing sequential, reciprocating movement of piston acting zones, the diaphragm membrane further includes annular downwardly-projecting positioning protrusions 76 arranged to be inserted into a respective annular positioning groove in a top surface of the eccentric roundels 55, and a section of the top face of each eccentric roundel is inclined relative to horizontal to form a sloped top ring, the pump head body includes first curved vibration-reducing positioning structures 65 at each operating hole on the upper side of the pump head body, the diaphragm membrane includes second curved positioning structures 77 at a respective position on the diaphragm membrane, the first positioning structure mates with the corresponding second positioning structure