baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2543098-A (GB)
Title: Multicasting Data in a wireless communications network
Inventor: BELKACEM MOUHOUCHE
IPC: H04W16/28
Filed: 2015-10-09
Abstract: A method of multicasting data in a wireless communications network employing beam-forming techniques, comprises obtaining receiver location data relating to locations of a plurality of receivers within an area covered by a transmitter of the wireless communications network, and generating a set of calculated beams, each of the calculated beams having an initial angle and a corresponding beam width. The method can compute 512 a number of the receivers that would receive data transmitted using each of the calculated beams using the receiver location data and then select 518 one of the calculated beams based on the computed number of receivers. A beam based on the selected calculated beam is formed and used to transmitting data from the transmitter. The method may include obtaining a receiver success value relating to a number of the receivers that may successfully receive the transmitted data, wherein the value is based on a number of Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, signals provided by the receivers in a sub-area. A receivable data transfer rate may correspond to a maximum bit/data transfer rate supported by a receiver at an outer edge of a sub-area, or by a receiver within the sub-area having a weakest signal reception capability.
Patent GB-2543495-A (GB)
Title: Container with frangible weakened portion and manufacture thereof
Inventor: PETER REGINALD CLARKE
IPC: B65D50/00
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A container (2, fig 1) body (4) or closure (6), including a frangible weakened portion 10 formed in a layer 12 of polyethylene terephthlate (PET), the layer forming a wall of the container. The weakened portion includes a groove cut into a surface of the layer. The first portion 24 of the layer surrounding the groove has a crystallinity of 35 to 45%. A second portion 26 of the layer, which is adjacent the first portion on opposite sides of the groove, has a crystallinity of at least 5% less than the crystallinity of the first portion. The layer has a thickness from 200 to 700μm, and the groove has a depth of 200 to 500μm. The groove is formed via laser cutting. The groove may have a maximum width of 300 to 400μm at the top of the groove, and 75 to 150μm at the bottom of the groove. The weakened portion may be of use as a tamper-evident feature.
Patent GB-2531200-A (GB)
Title: Image acquisition device, and imaging device
Inventor: EIJI TODA
IPC: H04N5/353
Filed: 2014-01-22
Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus, 19, that may be used in an image acquisition system, 1, (such as a scanning or light sheet microscope) that scans an object, S, with an illumination light, 3. The imaging apparatus comprises a light receiving section, 19a, (such as a CMOS image sensor array) made up of a plurality of pixel rows (Figure 3, 19d), in which signal readout from the pixel rows is accomplished using a rolling (or continuous) readout method by means of an image control section, 19b, which controls a signal readout period in each of the plurality of pixel rows. The signal readout period is variably adjustable and is set so as to correspond to an exposure region of the light receiving section (Figures 7 and 8, R2), the exposure region including at least one simultaneously exposed pixel row.
Patent GB-2546970-A (GB)
Title: Disinfectant wipes
Inventor: JULIJA SHABANOVA
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: Comprising a flexible sealed container 4 containing a plurality of fabric wipes 6 and a burstable sachet 12. The wipes 6 carrying, through absorption or impregnation, a first reagent in a carrier medium and the sachet 12 containing a second reagent and carrier material miscible with the first reagent; where the two reagents react when mixed to provide a disinfectant composition. The container 4 may have an opening through which the wipes 6 and sachet 12 may pass, the opening being releasably sealed by an adhesive label 8 which may further have a non-adhesive portion. The first and second reagents may form chlorine dioxide when mixed and may comprise an acid as the first reagent and a chlorite as the second reagent. The wipe 6 and/or sachet 12 contents may comprise an indicator to show a colour change on mixing. Included is a method of using such a system comprising breaking the sachet 12 in the sealed container 4 and preferably also including steps of removing the burst sachet 12 from the container after it is opened and/or waiting at least 2 minutes between bursting the sachet 12 and dispensing a wipe 6.
Patent GB-2536348-A (GB)
Title: Code analysis for providing data privacy in ETL systems
Inventor: MARTIN OBERHOFER
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a method to provide data privacy in information integration systems. The method is performed during compilation of an information integration job, that receives information regarding a data flow structure of the job to be executed, said data flow structure having a source system, target entities, and an operator for modifying output data provided by the source system. The method then determines data exit points at which output data are provided to the target entities and determines the non-trusted target entities. The method determines, for each non-trusted target entity, if a data field included in the output data provided to the non-trusted target entity is classified as sensitive information, and, if so, modifies the information integration job by including a masking operator directly before a data exit point associated with the non-trusted target entity in order to mask said sensitive information.
Patent GB-2550590-A (GB)
Title: Data bus and method
Inventor: DONALD FORBES
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2016-05-23
Abstract: A data bus 10 is provided for communicating data between a plurality of devices 90 that are mutually coupled via the data bus. The devices each include a digital logic arrangement 50 for interfacing to the data bus. The data bus is operable to employ a plurality of phase lines φ1, φ2, 44, 46 for signalling data communication via the data bus, wherein a first phase line φ1, 44 is employed for acknowledging receipt of data at a receiving device 90, and at least a second phase line φ2, 46 is employed for signalling other information than acknowledging receipt of the data at the receiving device 90. The data bus may further include at least one data line D, 20 and one or more clock lines CLK, 40, relative to which the phase lines are asynchronous. In operation the first phase line φ1, 44 may be triggered prior to the second phase line φ2, 46. The data lines and the clock lines can be level-triggered and the phase lines edge-triggered.
Patent GB-2551121-A (GB)
Title: In situ detection of pathogens
Inventor: KERRY O'DONNELLY WEAVER
IPC: C12Q1/24
Filed: 2016-06-02
Abstract: Detection of plant pathogen spores such as Phytophthora by use of a chemoattractant (such as amino acids, alcohols, and divalent metals such as calcium) which directs the spores (5) towards a detector (7) that signals the presence of the spores. The detector may comprise a filter (6) and growth medium (8) which changes colour in response to a change in pH when the pathogen is detected. The spores can be directed to the detector via hollow tube (1), which may be lined with a layer of chemoattractant (2). The growth medium may additionally comprise antifungals and antibiotics, and the signal may be audible and/or visible, or may be transmitted to a remote location by drone or satellite. The chemoattractant may be absorbed onto a nylon, polyamide, or nitrocellulose film/membrane, and some may leach out into the soil or water. There may be additional chemoattractant in the growth medium. Equivalent processes of detection are also claimed.
Patent GB-2535401-A (GB)
Title: Wrapping material for smoking articles with directionally dependent diffusion capacity
Inventor: BERNHARD PAMMER
IPC: A24D1/02
Filed: 2014-10-29
Abstract: A wrapping material for a smoking article is shown, said material having a sheet-like form that is made to extend further in two mutually orthogonal spatial directions X and Y than in a spatial direction Z orthogonal to the spatial directions X and Y. At least in a partial region, the wrapping material has a first diffusion capacity D1 and a second diffusion capacity D2 for a diffusion of CO2 in the +Z direction and -Z direction, respectively, through the wrapping material, wherein one or both of the following relationships (i) and (ii) applies or apply for the first and second diffusion capacities D1 and D2 respectively averaged from 10 values: (i) |DA1 - D2| ≥ 0.03 cm/s at a significance level of 99% (ii)
Patent GB-2540478-A (GB)
Title: Sheer force negating plaster
Inventor: Leonard Vincent Waters
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A plaster may be adhered to the interior of an item of footwear or hosiery, such as a shoe or sock. The plaster may comprise a spacer material layer 2 and a pliable layer 6 which may be coated with and adhesive 7 to allow it to be attached to a shoe. The layers may be laminated together using a heat sealing process and may surround an inner compartment containing gel type lubricant 4 sandwiched between plastic panels 3 and 5. The device may be shaped and sized to allow it to be selectively located in footwear or may be used in clothing such as gloves to prevent blistering.
Patent GB-2553753-A (GB)
Title: Clamp arrangement
Inventor: ANDREW ALEXANDER WHITELAW
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a clamp arrangement 40, and associated method, for retaining an attachment on a conduit, such as restricting movement of buoyancy on a drilling riser 20. The clamp arrangement has first and second clamp members 10, 30, first clamp member being bondable to the surface of the conduit. The clamp members may have complimentary mating interlock features 35 to restrict relative axial movement of the respective clamp members. The clamping method includes bonding the first clamp member to the conduit, mating a second clamp member having a coupled retainer around the first clamp member; and securing the second clamp member and the coupled retainer around the first clamp member.
Patent GB-2552523-A (GB)
Title: Condensing boiler
Inventor: BRENDAN KEMP
IPC: F28D9/00
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: A heat exchanger 160 includes at least one cassette 162a, 163a, 164a (162b, 163b, 164b, fig 4) comprising of first 181 and second 182 sheets. The first sheet has corrugations along a length (longest dimension) and extend across a width (shortest dimension) of the sheet. The second sheet is attached to the first and forms a number of hexagonal flow passages 193 between the sheets. The cassette and hence sheets are curved across its width. The second sheet may have corrugations. The corrugations may comprise of a first flat portion 183, corrugated pattern 185, 186, 187 and a second flat portion 184 thereby defining a trapezium shape. The heat exchanger is used in a cylindrical condensing boiler (100, fig 2) with the shape of the cassette(s) conforming to the shape of the boiler, which prevents limescale and debris build-up in the passages. The width of the cassette(s) may be approximately half the circumference of the cylindrical boiler. Three cassettes may be used with each cassette stacked whereby adjacent cassettes are in opposite fluid flow communication with each other via fluid connectors (165, 166, fig 4). A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger is also claimed.
Patent GB-2552838-A (GB)
Title: Non-Anchor carrier utilisation
Inventor: OLIVIER MARCO
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: User equipment, capable of transmitting a random access request on a set of carriers comprising an anchor carrier and non-anchor carriers, selects a carrier for transmission of a random access request based on probability values associated with the carriers. The UE may first determine its enhanced coverage level, and the probability values may be received from the eNB base station. The purpose is to allow load balancing over carriers capable of random access, and is particularly directed for use with narrow band internet of things NB-IoT devices. In alternative embodiments the UE selects a carrier according to parts of a UE identifier, selects a carrier which has previously been configured for paging monitoring, selects a carrier configured by RRC dedicated signalling, or selects according to the type of report being sent. Also disclosed are methods sending paging messages to devices which are capable of receiving the messages on a set of carriers comprising an anchor carrier.
Patent GB-2546412-A (GB)
Title: A device for three-dimensional foot motion control and plantar pressure redistribution
Inventor: Keh Tao Liu
IPC: A61F5/14
Filed: 2017-01-02
Abstract: A device for foot motion control and plantar pressure redistribution comprises an arch supporting main body 10 which supports the medial longitudinal arch (110, fig. 1), the transverse arch (120, fig. 1) and the lateral longitudinal arch (130, fig. 1) of the foot. The arch supporting main body comprises a rear end 10b having at least one side which extends towards the calcaneus, or heel, of the foot. A hind foot motion adjustment portion 20 modifies heel strike angles. The hind foot motion adjustment portion 20 may extend from either side of the arch portion, and may be hook-shaped. The device may have two hind foot motion adjustment portions (200, 201, fig. 6), one extending from either side of the rear end of the arch portion 10. The arch portion may have rigid reinforcement portions disposed therein, extending towards the lateral arch, the medial arch or the front end.
Patent GB-2545110-A (GB)
Title: Composition including a curable resin and organophilically-modified clay for subterranean oil well applications
Inventor: HERRON J KENNEDY
IPC: C09K8/48
Filed: 2014-09-25
Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions including a curable resin and organophilically-modified clay for subterranean oil well applications and methods of using the same. Various embodiments provide a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing in a subterranean formation a curable composition that includes at least one of a curable organic resin and a thermosetting polymer. The curable composition also includes an organophilically-modified clay.
Patent GB-2542091-A (GB)
Title: Variable power transmission device
Inventor: SEUNGJOO HAN
IPC: F16H57/028
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable power transmission device which comprises either: a power generator, a front driver module and a rear driver module; a power generator and one from among a front driver module and a rear driver module; or a power generator. The variable power transmission device transmits power to a driving body and an object that receive the power by producing a rotating force and increasing the rotating force by accelerating rotation, the rotating force being produced from a combination of: an inductive magnetic field which is produced in the front driver module by receiving the power of the driving body, which applies the power, or the power of the driving body, which receives the power; a rotating magnetic field produced by the front driver module and the power generator; a rotating magnetic field produced by the power generator; a rotating magnetic field produced by the power generator and the rear driver module; and an inductive magnetic field produced in the rear driver module by the power generator. The variable power transmission device has a simple structure, reduced driving loss and driving noise, and excellent durability, needs no additional driving costs, and can reduce emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide by increasing the transmission efficiency with low energy consumption.
Patent GB-2546911-A (GB)
Title: Pivot block
Inventor: STYLIANOS PELEKANOS
IPC: E05D15/26
Filed: 2015-09-22
Abstract: A pivot block including a first part for holding a bolt of an associated folding panel, and a second part that is able to be fixed to a track so as to position the first part and the bolt at a location whereby the folding panel is able to pivot about pivot bolt, wherein the first part is moveable relative to the second part lengthwise of the track, for adjustment of the position of the pivot bolt.
Patent GB-2561606-A (GB)
Title: Downhole Valve Assembly
Inventor: MATTHEW DAVID KNIGHT
IPC: E21B47/092
Filed: 2017-04-21
Abstract: A downhole valve assembly comprises a sleeve 20 concentric with a housing 10 and movable relative to a flow path 15 through the housing to control flow of fluid through the flow path. A sensor assembly provides indicates the relative positions of the sleeve and housing, and comprises first and second sensors on e.g. the housing which detect markers on e.g. the sleeve. The sensor outputs are produced by processing (e.g. combining, integrating, summing, subtracting or otherwise processing) the signal components of each of the first and second sensors to correct for misalignment of the sleeve with the housing. The sensor output provides position information for more than one plane, and the output signal therefore allows for correction of errors in the position information arising from misalignment of the sleeve with the housing. A method of determining the state of a downhole valve and an embodiment using inductive proximity sensors are also claimed.
Patent GB-2564415-A (GB)
Title: Positioning a set of vehicles
Inventor: JOHN PATERSON BOOKLESS
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: A system and method of positioning a set of (optionally autonomous) vehicles 102 with respect to an object 104 and a set of targets 106 comprises generating an isovist using data obtained from at least one sensor 108 (possibly radar) associated with the object 108 and using it to compute an estimated position of each target with respect to the object. A plurality of positions for each vehicle are each given a value based upon on the estimated positions of the targets within a predetermined proximity to the position. The vehicles 102 are positioned based upon the values assigned to the plurality of possible positions. Positions outside the view of the sensor (such as blind spots, or the outer edge of the field of view) may be presumed to contain targets 106, or a fixed proportion of the number of assumed targets. The regions of approach of the targets 106 may be computed, and combined with the starting position of the vehicles 102. The vehicles 102 may further be positioned such that they intercept the largest possible number of targets 106. The object 104 may be a vessel to be protected by escort vehicles 102, and the targets 106 may be hostile vehicles aiming to attack the object.
Patent GB-2555293-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle wheel alignment device
Inventor: JUAN CARLOS SANTISTEBAN
IPC: G01B5/255
Filed: 2016-04-27
Abstract: A wheel alignment apparatus for measuring the toe angle of a wheel of a vehicle including an adjustable housing, a scale slider including one or more measurement scales, and a centering marker, and a toe positioning pin projecting from an end of the adjustable housing, the toe positioning pin configured to be rigidly connected to the adjustable housing during operation of the wheel alignment apparatus, wherein the scale slider is adjustable to a plurality of positions within the housing.
Patent GB-2561642-A (GB)
Title: Cream-type hair coloring agent III
Inventor: Juergen Schoepgens
IPC: A61Q5/10
Filed: 2017-11-30
Abstract: An agent for oxidative hair dyeing, comprising: 70-86 wt.% water; at least one oxidation dye precursor; at least one alkalizing agent; 0.01-0.3 wt.% of at least one crosslinked copolymer of acrylic acid and non-ethoxylated esters of acrylic acid with linear C10-C30 monoalcohols as monomers; 1-6 wt.% of at least one linear saturated 1-alkanol with a hydroxy group and from 8-22 carbon atoms; 1-6 wt.% of at least one anionic surfactant; 0.5-0.3 wt.% of at least one nonionic surfactant; and 0.1-2 wt.% of at least one polymer selected from cationic and zwitterionic polymers, wherein no oxidants are included. Preferably the at least one crosslinked copolymer is selected from copolymers having the acrylates C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer designation. A kit of parts comprising at least one container comprising an agent for oxidative hair dyeing as defined herein and at least one container comprising an oxidant preparation which comprises 40-98 wt.% water and 0.5-23 wt.% hydrogen peroxide and having a pH of 2.0-6.5 at 20°C. A method for oxidative hair dyeing comprising mixing the agent for oxidative hair dyeing defined herein with the oxidant preparation defined herein, applying the mixture thus obtained onto hair and leaving said mixture from 1-60 minutes and rinsing the hair.
Patent GB-2556824-A (GB)
Title: Camera calibration using synthetic images
Inventor: DAVID GOSSOW
IPC: G06T15/06
Filed: 2016-09-21
Abstract: A camera (105, 610, 611, 612, 613) is to capture an actual image (500) of a target pattern (120, 625). A calibration device (125, 630) is to render pixels (205) in a synthetic image (300, 505) of the target pattern by tracing rays (230, 235) from the pixels to corresponding points on the target pattern based on model parameters for a camera. The calibration device is to also modify the model parameters to minimize a measure of distance between intensities of the pixels in the synthetic image and intensities of pixels in the actual image.
Patent GB-2559694-A (GB)
Title: Multi-position mechanical spear for multiple tension cuts while removing cuttings
Inventor: STEPHEN L CROW
IPC: E21B31/20
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A spear S and tubular cutter C combination, featuring a mandrel 32 rotatably mounted in an outer assembly 36 and supporting a tubular cutter C with the mandrel having a flow passage therethrough that remains open for fluid flow as said mandrel rotates said tubular cutter. A mechanically operated anchor 66, is provided, mounted to the outer assembly and configured to allow the outer assembly to enter the tubular for multiple deployments and releases of the anchor with respect to the tubular in a single trip so that the cutter can cut the tubular with a tensile force on the tubular. Where the anchor is selectively locked for running into the tubular and released with selective tandem rotation of the mandrel and at least a portion of the outer assembly and subsequently selectively set against the tubular with a pickup force on the mandrel. In alternative embodiments there is provided a debris retention device or an annular seal 48.
Patent GB-2574662-A (GB)
Title: Ionic Liquid Preparation
Inventor: PETER NOCKEMANN
IPC: C22B59/00
Filed: 2018-06-15
Abstract: Preparation of cationic species [Cat+] for an ionic liquid, comprising conversion of primary amine (1) into tertiary amine cationic species [Cat+] by incorporation of 3 EDG-L2 groups through loss of leaving group LG from compounds (2): wherein the process is conducted in a sealed reactor at 100°C or more; L1 is a linking group selected from C1-10­ alkanediyl, C­2-10 alkenediyl, C­­1-10 dialkanylether and C1-10­ dialkanylketone groups; L2 is selected from C1-2­ alkanediyl, C­2 alkenediyl, C­­1-2 dialkanylether and C1-2 dialkanylketone groups; EDG is an electron donating group; Z+ represents imidazolium or a group defined in the claims. Preferably the EDG group is an amide. Preparation of an ionic liquid having the formula [Cat+][X-] comprises preparing said cationic species [Cat+] and where LG- is not the same as X-, carrying out an ion exchange between [LG-] and [X-] to form the ionic liquid. A method for extracting a rare earth metal from a mixture of rare earth metals (e.g. dysprosium and neodymium; europium and lanthanum; terbium and cerium) comprises contacting an acidic solution of the rare earth metals with the ionic liquid to selectively extract the metal. The ionic liquid [MAIL+][NTf2-] is exemplified, wherein [MAIL+] is formed by reacting 1-(3-aminopropyl)-imidazole with N,N-diisobutyl-2-chloroacetamide.