baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2514949-A (GB)
Title: Coated airbag and airbag module comprising the coated airbag
Inventor: HURST MICHAEL D
IPC: B60R21/235
Filed: 2013-02-27
Abstract: An airbag comprises a textile substrate and a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the textile substrate. The coating comprises a polyurethane polymer and a phosphorous compound and a phosphorous compound. The phosphorous compound can be selected from the group consisting of esters of phosphoric acid, esters of phosphonic acid, esters of phosphinic acid, and mixtures thereof. The phosphorus compound is represented by a formula. An airbag module comprises the above described airbag, a gas generator, and a cover at least partially enclosing the airbag and gas generator. A method of producing an airbag is described.
Patent GB-2530284-A (GB)
Title: High voltage semiconductor devices
Inventor: LOPHITIS NEOPHYTOS
IPC: H01L29/66
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: We disclose a wide band-gap power transistor including a semiconductor substrate (110); a semiconductor drift region (130) of a second conductivity type disposed on the semiconductor substrate (110); a body region (140) of a first conductivity type, opposite the second conductivity type, located within the semiconductor drift region (130); In one embodiment a source region (150) of the second conductivity type is located within the body region (140) and a gate (180) placed above the source region (150), the gate to control charge in a channel region between the semiconductor drift region and the source region and to thereby control flow of charge within the semiconductor drift region. In other embodiments a Schottky metal contact could be formed on the drift region. The body region (140) includes a lateral extension (145) of the first conductivity type extending laterally into the drift region, the lateral extension being spaced from the surface (160) of the transistor. The device may be a vertical MOSFET or a insulated gate bipolar transistor IGBT, and could be used in high voltage applications.
Patent GB-2527379-A (GB)
Title: Cast Ground Surface Access Items
Inventor: NEILSON PAUL DRUMMOND
IPC: E02D29/14
Filed: 2014-10-31
Abstract: A cast ground surface access item 11 includes an identification surface 16 defining an identification area 22. The identification area includes a plurality of formations 24 which form a message 28 or can be subjected to a secondary process to form a plurality of messages. The identification area maybe formed of a separate element 88 and inserted. The identification area or the insertion elements or formations thereof maybe formed of a non metallic substance such as resin, plastics or other compound.
Patent GB-2519259-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for reducing the flushing time of a cache
Inventor: MOSES JAIDEEP
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2013-06-27
Abstract: A processor is described having cache circuitry and logic circuitry. The logic circuitry is to manage the entry and removal of cache lines from the cache circuitry. The logic circuitry includes storage circuitry and control circuitry. The storage circuitry is to store information identifying a set of cache lines within the cache that are in a modified state. The control circuitry is coupled to the storage circuitry to receive the information from the storage circuitry, responsive to a signal to flush the cache, and determine addresses of the cache therefrom so that the set of cache lines are read from the cache so as to avoid reading cache lines from the cache that are in an invalid or a clean state.
Patent GB-2527636-A (GB)
Title: An open refrigerated display case and a flow stabilising device
Inventor: WIRTH NICHOLAS JOHN PETER
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 2015-03-19
Abstract: An open refrigerated display case comprises a refrigerated display area having one or more shelves, an air outlet 20 and an air inlet 18 opening into the display area and spaced from one another. A duct fluidically couples the inlet to the outlet and directs air flow out of the outlet across the display area and toward the inlet to form an air curtain across the display area. Each of the one or more shelves are provided with a flow stabilising device 128 comprising a cellular structure which extends transversely across the display area and perpendicular to the direction of the air curtain. The cellular structure forms a matrix of stabilising channels to receive the air curtain and stabilise the air flow within the air curtain. The cellular structure may be a honeycomb structure pivotably connected to a shelf and may be integrally formed in the shelf. The channels may have a uniform cross section along their length.
Patent GB-2540925-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with symbol replacement
Inventor: TERENCE IGESUND
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: A gaming machine may determine that a trigger event for a bonus game occurred during a base outcome event of a base game, wherein the base game and the bonus game are both reel-based games being executed on behalf of a client machine. In response, the gaming machine awards the use of two or more replaceable symbols 702, 704, 706 for the bonus game. Until all of the replaceable symbols have been used, the gaming machine repeatedly carries out iterations of bonus game operations including: determining a symbol set for display on a plurality of reels, where the symbol set includes non-replaceable symbols and zero or more replaceable symbols, and where each displayed replaceable symbol is successively replaced in the display by either a new non-replaceable symbol or a new replaceable symbol until no displayed replaceable symbols remain on the plurality of reels. In an alternative embodiment, the bonus game is conducted over two or more bonus game spins, with the replaceable symbols in each symbol set of the bonus game being replaced with either non-replaceable symbols or replaceable symbols as in the first described game. For both alternatives, payouts may be determined based on the bonus game.
Patent GB-2539222-A (GB)
Title: Humidifier flow determination
Inventor: PHILLIP WILLIAM DIXON
IPC: A61M16/16
Filed: 2015-06-09
Abstract: A method of monitoring fluid flow in a humidification apparatus 10 for supplying humidified gas to a patient, and an associated humidification apparatus, includes measuring the temperature of humidified gas at a first and second location 22, 24 between a humidification chamber 12 and a patient interface 14 of the apparatus and comparing the relative temperatures measured at the first and second locations so as to determine whether there is insufficient fluid flow through a fluid conduit 16 of the apparatus which extends between the humidification chamber and the patient interface. In use, humidified gas flows from the chamber and to the patient interface for inhalation by the patient. The second location is downstream of the first location in a direction of flow to the patient interface along the fluid conduit and the conduit is supplied with a heat source 21 which supplies heat to the gas flowing through the fluid conduit. Insufficient flow may be determined, for example, when there is no or a negative temperature gradient between the two readings. In one embodiment the humidification apparatus has an additional heat source 19 associated with the humidification chamber.
Patent GB-2539223-A (GB)
Title: Percussion instrument
Inventor: HOWARD BRAGEN
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 2015-06-09
Abstract: The drum 1 comprises a chamber comprising a housing, one surface of which is a percussion surface 2, and a snare 5 comprising a strand, the strand being compressed such that it bows towards the percussion surface. The drum may have a plurality of strands, each being parallel and metal, with their apexes contacting the percussion surface. The drum may have a slotted snare bracket and a wing nut or screw 17, 18 for adjusting the snare. The snare may be mounted on angled blocks 11, 13. The percussion surface may be attached to the housing by screws. The drum may be connectable to an amplifier, microphone or transducer. Also claimed is an amplified instrument system comprising the drum and an amplifier. Also claimed is a stage, comprising a percussion surface floor, a snare comprising a strand, the strand being compressed such that it bows towards the stage. Also claimed is a method of constructing the drum.
Patent GB-2539488-A (GB)
Title: Encoder, decoder and method employing palette utilization and compression
Inventor: OSSI KALEVO
IPC: H04N19/90
Filed: 2015-06-18
Abstract: Encoding input data to generate corresponding encoded data wherein a palette indicated and/or included in the encoded data is used to define the symbols used in the encoded data to represent input data. Mutually different palettes are determined 202 and used for encoding mutually different parts of the input data 204. The encoded data includes information associating the different palettes with their respective input data parts 206. Preferably, the input data is image or video data, though other types of data are disclosed. Preferably, a rate distortion equation is used to determine whether a given palette is suitable to encode a given part of the input data. The different palettes may be determined depending on the input data content, data block sizes, statistical functions of the data blocks or a category or type of input data such as video, audio, measurement or genomic. In embodiments, the palette selection is combined with palette compression in which a multi channel palette may be compressed in an interleaved or planar format and may use entropy or delta coding. Compression may also involve re-indexing each channel of the palette and encoding availability data indicating which combinations of channel indices are present in the palette.
Patent GB-2540989-A (GB)
Title: Server initiated remote device registration
Inventor: PAK YONGBEOM
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2015-08-03
Abstract: A machine implemented method of Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LWM2M) server initiated registration of a remote device with a second LWM2M server 76 when the remote device is provisioned or pre-provisioned for registration with a first LWM2M server 74. The method comprising: receiving a bootstrap message 86 at the first server from a bootstrap server 72, the bootstrap message comprising at least the location of the second server; sending, from the first server, the bootstrap message 84 to the remote device 70; and the remote device registering with the second server 88. The remote device may de-register 86 from the first server prior to registering with the second server. The remote device may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The method allows a remote device to be re-registered with a new server even when the bootstrap server is unable to connect 80 to the remote device.
Patent GB-2532884-A (GB)
Title: Encapsulated explosives for drilling wellbores
Inventor: KAZI RASHID
IPC: F42D1/10
Filed: 2013-08-27
Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling operations may use encapsulated explosives to complement the performance of downhole cutting tools. An exemplary method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a downhole cutting tool; circulating a drilling fluid in the wellbore, wherein the drilling fluid comprises a base fluid and an encapsulated explosive having an average diameter of about 10 nm to about 20 microns; triggering detonation of the encapsulated explosive; and detonating the encapsulated explosive proximal to a portion of the subterranean formation adjacent the downhole cutting tool.
Patent GB-2535861-A (GB)
Title: Data lookup and operator for excluding unwanted speech search results
Inventor: WENDY J HOLMES
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2016-01-20
Abstract: Phonetic search comprises a request interface configured to receive 904 one or more search terms for phonetic search on a database containing phonetically-searchable content, a database operator module to format a database query based on the search terms, and a phonetic analysis module configured to exclude phonetically-confusable terms associated with the search terms by either modifying 920 the database query prior to the query being sent 924 to the database or modifying the original search results received from the database. The phonetic analysis module preferably identifies results to be removed from the original search results by comparing phonetic distances.
Patent GB-2546976-A (GB)
Title: Propeller blades having icephobic coating
Inventor: PAUL NICHOLAS METHVEN
IPC: B64D15/00
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: A propeller blade 18 comprising a radially inner region 32 located between a blade root 28 and a portion along the blade length, a radially outer region 36 located between the portion and a blade tip 30, and a coating 40 at least along a leading edge 38 of the blade and radially inner and outer regions. The coating includes an icephobic material 48, wherein a first substrate portion 42 defines a first colour within the radially inner region and a second substrate portion 44 defines a second color 164 within the radially outer region. Optional substrate 46 may define a third colour 168. The coating may be transparent or semi-transparent and/or define a contrasting fourth colour. Wear or damage 166 of anti-icing coat 48 can reveal a substrate colour and/or a visual gradient of the colours indicating the wear level or extent. The coating cohesive coefficient may vary radially and increase with radius from the blade root. The radially outer region may be located where rotational forces are sufficient to remove ice from an uncoated blade. Alternatively, substrates 42, 44, 46 may be distinguished by electrical conduction, isolation, capacitance, magnetic strength, texture, etc.
Patent GB-2532155-A (GB)
Title: Loss compensation for distributed sensing in downhole environments
Inventor: PAUL F WYSOCKI
IPC: G01K11/32
Filed: 2014-07-23
Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a parameter includes: an optical fiber sensor including at least one optical fiber configured to be disposed in a downhole location and including at least one sensing location configured to generate measurement signals; at least one light source configured to transmit a measurement signal having a wavelength to interrogate a sensing location and cause the sensing location to return a reflected measurement signal indicative of a measured parameter, and configured to transmit a reference signal and cause a reflected reference signal to be returned from a location associated with the sensing location, the reflected reference signal having a known relationship to hydrogen concentration; and a processor configured to receive the reflected measurement signal and the reflected reference signal, estimate the hydrogen concentration based on the reflected reference signal, and calibrate the first reflected signal based on the estimated hydrogen concentration.
Patent GB-2547035-A (GB)
Title: Gear assembly
Inventor: DOMINIC TIMOTHY EVANS
IPC: F16H55/18
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A gear assembly 100 comprising first and second gears configured to mesh with each other, the first gear 110 comprising inner 111a and outer 111b ring elements and a resilient ring element 111c disposed between and coupled to the inner and outer ring elements. The outer ring element comprising first gear teeth 112 which mesh with second gear teeth 122 of the second gear 120. The first and second gears each comprise a positioning ring 113, 123 axially spaced apart from the first and second gear teeth and are configured to engage each other and limit the position of the first and second gear teeth relative to each other. The first positioning ring may be connected to, or integral with, the first gear outer ring element and may comprise a resilient outer layer (113 fig. 1a). The outer diameter of the positioning ring may be less than an outside diameter of the first gear teeth and greater than a root diameter of the 1st gear teeth. The gear assembly may act to reduce or inhibit any backlash between the 1st and 2nd gears.
Patent GB-2547037-A (GB)
Title: Protective suit
Inventor: Raymond George Crosby
IPC: A62B17/04
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: A protective suit has a hood shroud to accommodate a wearer's head, the shroud comprising an opening to receive a portion of a facemask worn by the user, the opening defined by a mouth and the mouth comprising an expansible resilient ring l, to allow expansion of the opening and to allow engagement of the shroud hood against the facemask. Surrounding the mouth, the hood shroud comprises an external protective barrier material 4 and an internal resilient material 3. The internal material may be extensible and the external protective barrier material may be substantially inextensible this allows movement of the inner resilient material relative to the outer protective barrier material 4. The protective barrier material may extend around the o-ring in order to protect it against degradation.
Patent GB-2535071-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for cutting and/or crimping wrapping material
Inventor: ALAN JAMES READ
IPC: B65B61/04
Filed: 2014-11-05
Abstract: A cutting, or crimping, apparatus having first and second opposed jaw members which are mounted on a frame and are movable relative to each other from a first axial position to a second axial position along an axis so as to respectively cut, or crimp, wrapping material extending between adjacent articles wherein at least one of the jaw members is rotatably mounted to the frame such that it is rotatable from a first rotational position to a second rotational position, in the first rotational position the jaw members are movable relative to each other along a first said axis and in the second rotational position the jaw members are movable relative to each other along a second said axis that is inclined relative to the first axis.
Patent GB-2550388-A (GB)
Title: Controlling movement of window glass
Inventor: Benjamin Searle
IPC: E05F15/695
Filed: 2016-05-18
Abstract: Vehicle window control comprising a controller (102), which may include electronic processor and memory, configured to switch to a second mode of operation from a first mode upon receiving a first input signal from a first switch 212A. In the first mode the controller outputs a signal to drive movement of a first window upon receiving a second input signal from a second switch 212B and in the second mode outputs signals to drive movement of both the first window and at least a second window; thus in the second mode the controller may drive multiple windows, e.g. all windows, from a single switch. Preferably a third switch for rear passenger windows is included and in the second mode operation of the third switch is disabled. The controller may reset to the first mode upon a door-open signal or after a predetermined time (which may be adjusted), alternatively it may return back to the first mode after a further press of the first switch. The second switch may be a 5-position rocker with proportional and automatic full opening/closing.
Patent GB-2554444-A (GB)
Title: A device for sampling gastro-intestinal material
Inventor: SAMUEL REES
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 2016-09-28
Abstract: A device 2 for sampling gastro-intestinal material comprising a capsule body 4 with a dissolvable element 10 which dissolves in a predetermined region of the gastro-intestinal tract to actuate a suction mechanism to draw sample material through input valve 6. The device may be swallowed orally. The suction mechanism may comprise a biasing member such as spring 12 which is released when element 10 is dissolved, expanding sample chamber 14 to generate a partial vacuum and establish a pressure gradient. There may be channels and indents to prevent blockage of the inlet. The valve 6 may close in the absence of a pressure gradient. A sealing material such as an enteric coating may seal the actuator opening 26 until the capsule has reached the predetermined region of the intestinal tract. The device may be coated with a muco-adhesive to adhere the device to a lining of an intestinal wall in the correct orientation for material to be drawn in through the inlet.
Patent GB-2557218-A (GB)
Title: Distributed audio capture and mixing
Inventor: ANTTI JOHANNES ERONEN
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: Controlling a position/orientation of an audio source 101, 103, 105 within an audio scene, based on a received current physical position/orientation of the audio source relative to a capture device 207 (said capture device comprising a microphone array), a received earlier physical position/orientation of the audio source relative to the capture device 101, 103, 105 and a received control parameter. The controllable position 501, 503, 505 of the audio source is between the current and earlier position/orientations. Preferably the capture device comprises a camera. The main embodiment of the invention involves the panning of individual audio tracks so as to better match a viewed audio scene, e.g. If a guitar is on the left of a stage and a piano is on the right, the respective audio tracks of each instrument would be suitably panned so as to match their positions. However, in some situations the panning of audio tracks to match the perceived positions of the audio sources would result in a sub-optimal mix, while an optimal mix would result in confusion to a listener due to the audio sources not matching the viewed image i.e. having spatial congruence.
Patent GB-2545610-A (GB)
Title: Smart subsea pipeline
Inventor: Todd J Green
IPC: F16L53/37
Filed: 2014-11-25
Abstract: Pipeline segments can contain cables, such as communication cables (e.g., fiber optic cables) within insulation material surrounding the pipeline segments. Cables can be embedded within the insulation material, run through conduits embedded within the insulation material, placed in channels formed in the insulation material, or otherwise. Channels containing one or more cables can be filled with supplemental insulation material, thus securing the cables within the channels. Pipelines created as disclosed herein can enable data transfer between distant points without the need to lay fiber optic cable in addition to the pipeline. Further, fiber optic cable embedded thusly can be used to sense conditions in the pipeline, such as leaks, seismic activity, strain, and temperature information.
Patent GB-2551878-A (GB)
Title: Method of improving visual recognition of an item and item display system
Inventor: Timothy Steiner
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2017-04-25
Abstract: A method of improving visual recognition of an item amongst a plurality of items displayed by an electronic device having a display. A scaling factor is determined based on the dimensions of a number of the plurality of items and the dimensions of a number of a plurality of images. Each of these images corresponds to a single item of the number of the plurality of items. The scaling factor is then applied to an image of the item and the image is then displayed on the display of the device. The invention serves to reduce the likelihood of a shopper accidentally ordering the incorrect size of an item as all items will be represented by an image which approximates the items size relative to the other items around it and/or a virtual shelf.
Patent GB-2552411-A (GB)
Title: A dressing
Inventor: STEPHANIE MONTY
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 2017-06-07
Abstract: A surgical or medical dressing 100 for application to the human body for concealing a structure (in particular, a stoma) on the said body, and a method of manufacturing thereof, comprises the provision of a patch 110 (e.g. a single silicone piece) having a concealing feature which interacts with the structure such that it is concealed when the patch is placed on the body. In a first embodiment the feature is an indentation 116 for receiving the structure and in a second embodiment the structure is a 3D formation (415, Fig 4) provided on a region of the patch which faces away from the body when in use (414 Fig 4). The dressing may further include vents (217, Fig 2) to allow gases to be vented from the indentation, an adhesive which adheres the patch to the body in use and an anti-bacterial component (318, Fig 3).