baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2510769-A (GB)
Title: Processing element management in a streaming data system
Inventor: SANTOSUOSSO JOHN
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2013-01-10
Abstract: Stream applications may inefficiently use the hardware resources that execute the processing elements of the data stream. For example, a compute node may host four processing elements and execute each using a CPU. However, other CPUs on the compute node may sit idle. To take advantage of these available hardware resources, a stream programmer may identify one or more processing elements that may be cloned. The cloned processing elements may be used to generate a different execution path that is parallel to the execution path that includes the original processing elements. Because the cloned processing elements contain the same operators as the original processing elements, the data stream that was previously flowing through only the original processing element may be split and sent through both the original and cloned processing elements. In this manner, the parallel execution path may use underutilized hardware resources to increase the throughput of the data stream.
Patent GB-2529146-A (GB)
Title: Stacking conveyor
Inventor: DOUGLAS PAUL
IPC: B65G41/00
Filed: 2014-07-15
Abstract: A mobile crane 1, with a conveyor 2 and a chassis 5, has at least two sets of tracks 9,10, separated along the longitudinal axis of the mobile crane 1. One of more of the sets of tracks 9,10 may be moveable away from the other along the axis of the mobile crane 1. One or more of the sets of tracks 9,10 may be pivoted outwards from the axis of the mobile crane 1. These features being all aimed at improving the stability of the crane 1 when its conveyor 2, and boom 6, are in a deployed position. Also disclosed is a corresponding method of configuring the mobile crane 1.
Patent GB-2518749-A (GB)
Title: A pleated sealing member
Inventor: ROBINSON GERARD FRANCIS
IPC: A47K3/00
Filed: 2014-08-21
Abstract: A pleated sealing member 10 comprises of a flexible longitudinal strip 11 having an upper boundary 12 and a lower boundary 13, an inner face 14 and an outer face 15. The inner face has an upper region 19 and a lower region 17. The outer face 15 has an upper region 18 and a lower region 16. The strip is longitudinally pleated 73 to accommodate joint expansion between a shower tray or bath ledge and an adjacent wall.
Patent GB-2514952-A (GB)
Title: Kerogen porosity volume and pore size distribution using NMR
Inventor: HURSAN GABOR G
IPC: G01V3/32
Filed: 2013-01-29
Abstract: Method and apparatus for estimating a kerogen (organic) porosity of an earth formation. The method may include using at least one processor to estimate a kerogen porosity using NMR signals indicative to an inorganic porosity and NMR signals indicative of a total porosity for a volume of interest in an earth formation. The apparatus may include an NMR tool configured to acquire NMR signals indicative to an inorganic porosity and NMR signals indicative of a total porosity for a volume of interest in an earth formation.
Patent GB-2530302-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for transporting offshore floating wind turbines
Inventor: HE WEI
IPC: F03D1/00
Filed: 2014-09-18
Abstract: A method of moving a floating wind turbine 2 having a buoyant support structure 6 offshore by floating the wind turbine in the water and supporting it with a multi-hulled vessel 12 during transport. The vessel preferably provides lateral support to the wind turbine, which may be carried in an upright or inclined position. The wind turbine may be supported between two hulls of the vessel, which may be a catamaran, preferably via a support arrangement (22, fig. 2), e.g. a cylindrical holding member which in use encircles a portion of the wind turbine. Moreover, the vessel may be towed by a tugboat 14, and optionally tied to a second, trailing boat 18 for enhanced stability. An apparatus 1 for applying the aforementioned method is also claimed.
Patent GB-2520458-A (GB)
Title: In situ polymerization for completions sealing or repair
Inventor: CHUNG JAEWOONG
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2013-09-19
Abstract: The isolation of selected regions downhole may be achieved using methods that include emplacing a polymerizable material within a wellbore, wherein the polymerizable material contains a polymerizable component and a latent curing agent; initiating polymerization of the polymerizable material; and forming a seal within the wellbore. Permanent or semi-permanent downhole seals may also be prepared using methods that include emplacing a section of pipe having a surrounding membrane into an interval of a wellbore, wherein the surrounding membrane contains a polymerizable material, and deploying the membrane downhole to form a seal.
Patent GB-2523051-A (GB)
Title: Ratcheting anti-rotation lock for threaded connectors
Inventor: LOFTIN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16L25/06
Filed: 2013-11-27
Abstract: A pipe connection includes a pin having external threads and a box having internal threads. A circumferentially extending row of pin teeth are located on an exterior portion of the pin. A slot extends through a side wall of the box. A key is carried in the slot, the key having a row of key teeth that mate with the box teeth. The key is mounted to the box such that a movable portion of the key is radially movable relative to the box between radially outward and radially inward positions. The key is biased toward the inward position, so that the key teeth ratchet on the pin teeth during make-up of pin and the box. The teeth have a saw-tooth configuration to resist unscrewing rotation of pin and the box. The key may be an integral part of the side wall of the box or a separate component.
Patent GB-2523511-A (GB)
Title: Computer apparatus for use by senior citizens
Inventor: AUCHINLECK GEOF
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2013-12-24
Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing a tablet computer and for simplifying operation of the computer by senior citizens is described. The enclosure receives and supports a conventional tablet computer but purposefully occludes or blocks access to selected user-activated controls on the tablet such as the on-off switch, and control zone regions of the touch screen regions of the display. The enclosure is supported in a stand and includes speakers to amplify sound played through the tablet, and rechargeable batteries.
Patent GB-2529313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to road guarding lamps
Inventor: LUNDY DAVID JONATHAN
IPC: F21L4/04
Filed: 2015-07-30
Abstract: A method of warning of a road hazard comprises providing a lamp 1 in a closed configuration, reconfiguring the lamp 1 from the closed configuration to an open configuration wherein in the open configuration the lamp 1 is arranged for deployment on a road cone 30 and standing on level ground, and sitting the lamp 1 on a road cone 30 or standing the lamp 1 on the ground. A road guarding lamp 1 is moveable between a closed configuration for storage and at least one open configuration for use.
Patent GB-2525132-A (GB)
Title: Wettability altering gellable treatment fluids
Inventor: GAMAGE PUBUDU H
IPC: C09K8/88
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: Gellable treatment fluids containing an acrylamide copolymer and a suitable surfactant can be used in various subterranean operations where it is necessary for the treatment fluid to remain in a gelled state for extended periods of time at high formation temperatures. The surfactants are chosen to increase the relative permeability of the hydrocarbons in the subterranean formation by wettability alteration.
Patent GB-2532387-A (GB)
Title: Information processing system, relay device, information processing device, program, and information processing method
Inventor: SHINJI MASUDA
IPC: H04W8/00
Filed: 2014-07-30
Abstract: A relay device (100) is provided with a first communication unit and a second communication unit. The first communication unit repeatedly tries communication with portable communication terminals (30) located within the communication zone of the relay device (100), and receives, from each of the portable communication terminals (30) with which the communication has been established, terminal identification information relating to the portable communication terminal (30). Every time the first communication unit tries the communication, the second communication unit transmits mobile object identification information together with the terminal identification information received by the first communication unit, as in-zone information, to an information processing device (200). The information processing device (200) is provided with an in-zone information storage unit and an updating unit. The in-zone information storage unit stores the in-zone information received from the second communication unit of the relay device (100). Every time new in-zone information is received from the second communication unit, the updating unit updates the terminal identification information stored by the in-zone information storage unit.
Patent GB-2534793-A (GB)
Title: Controlling wellbore operations
Inventor: JASON D DYKSTRA
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2013-12-06
Abstract: Techniques for controlling a bottom hole assembly (BHA) to follow a planned wellbore path include determining sensor measurements from the BHA; determining a model of BHA dynamics based on the sensor measurements from the BHA; determining a weighting factor that corresponds to a drilling objective; determining an objective function comprising the drilling objective, weighted by the weighting factor, and one or more constraints; determining a control input to the BHA that satisfies the objective function and the one or more constraints; and applying the control input to the BHA.
Patent GB-2537777-A (GB)
Title: Using metal nanoparticles to control the colour, lustre and iridenscence of cosmetics
Inventor: ROBERT DAVIDSON BINNS
IPC: B82Y5/00
Filed: 2016-07-20
Abstract: The invention provides a cream comprising non-spherical nanoparticles, a method of manufacture of a cream with changeable visual properties (e.g. colour, lustre, and/or iridescence); and a method of controlling the visual appearance of a cream by exposing the cream to an electric field. The non-spherical nanoparticles may be nano-rods, and the method of altering the visual appearance of the cream comprises the steps of embedding nanoparticles in a cream, forming a film of the cream having a first visual appearance, and exposing the film to an electric field to rotate the nanoparticles and transform the cream from a first visual appearance to a second altered visual appearance. The application of the electric field cause the rotation of the nanoparticle such that they become substantially aligned relative to one another. The invention relates to the field of cosmetic creams.
Patent GB-2553336-A (GB)
Title: Wetsuit
Inventor: DEAN JACKSON
IPC: B63C11/04
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: A wetsuit 10 comprises a sleeve 3, 4 formed from at least a first and second materials and an upper arm portion 102 and a forearm portion 104, wherein the first material 106 defines a boundary that is arranged to extend from the forearm portion, around a bicep region 110 in the upper arm portion and back to the forearm portion, and the second material 108 is arranged to be positioned within the boundary in the bicep region 110 and forearm portion, and wherein the first material has an elastic modulus which is greater than that of the second material.
Patent GB-2554938-A (GB)
Title: A quantum optical system
Inventor: ANTHONY JOHN BENNETT
IPC: G06N99/00
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: An optical system comprising a charged quantum dot having, a charged carrier, first and second ground state levels and a plurality of excited state levels, the first and second ground state energy levels having different spin states such that the charged carrier cannot transfer between the first and second ground state energy levels without changing its spin state, the system also comprising a controller adapted to control a first radiating beam with energy not more than 100 micro-eV from a first transition within said quantum dot from a first ground state level to a selected excited state level from the plurality of excited state levels, the system being adapted to enhance the decay rate of a second transition within said quantum dot from the selected excited state level to a second ground state level, but not a first transition, such that a photon is produced due to scattering of a photon from the first radiating beam, wherein the controller is adapted to irradiate the quantum dot with the first radiating beam for a time longer than the radiative lifetime of the selected excited state to produce just one photon, and wherein the first radiating beam comprises at least one pulse.
Patent GB-2557692-A (GB)
Title: Circuit breaker with reduced number of components
Inventor: Hari Prasad Konka
IPC: H01H73/50
Filed: 2017-02-02
Abstract: A circuit breaker having a reduced number of components comprises a fixed contact 100 and a moving contact 200 moved between open and closed states by a breaker mechanism 300, which comprises an actuation element 10 to manually switch the circuit breaker between the open and the closed state. The breaker mechanism further comprises a plurality of elements 3,4,7 coupled to each other to provide a compliant structure that is deformed in dependence on the movement of the actuation element and causes a movement of the moving contact. The compliant structure may be configured so that at least one of its elements is deformed when subjected to mechanical stress to actuate the circuit breaker. The elements may be connected using flexure hinges (6, figure 5), flexible joints (12, figure 6), revolute joints (5, figure 5), and/or fixed joints (6, figure 13). The use of a compliant structure allows a circuit breaker to be constructed using a reduced number of components, particularly with reference to the kinematic chain that transfers forces between the operating handle and the moving contact.
Patent GB-2559613-A (GB)
Title: Door closers
Inventor: ADAM PAUL DANIELS
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 2017-02-13
Abstract: A door closer comprising a frame mounting plate 11, adjuster plate 12, actuator assembly 30 with operating rod (32) coupled to the adjuster plate via a link 20, the actuator assembly is mountable within the hinge side edge of a door. In a first aspect the link extends from the adjuster plate along a first axis and the frame mounting plate includes slots elongated orthogonally to the first axis. There may be two links and two operating rods, the links may pivotally couple to protruding pins 21 and there may be a screw 13 for adjusting the separation distance between frame mounting plate and adjuster plate, plates 11, 12 can be secured together by threaded fasteners 14. Preferably the fasteners 14, screw 13, pins 21 pass through the slots which provided clearance allowing vertical adjustment. The door leaf mounting plate 24 may include lateral extending slots around the link rod 20. Also claimed is a door closer wherein the link is less than 40mm in length.
Patent GB-2560371-A (GB)
Title: Ribbed thermal expansion pipe joint
Inventor: DARREN VIRGIL WEBB
IPC: F16L51/02
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: A pipe joint 1 has an inlet 20 and an outlet 22, and comprises an elongate sleeve 2 and a mating portion 5. The elongate sleeve 2 has a flexible portion 3, such as flexible ribs, for accommodating expansion and/or contraction between the inlet 20 and outlet 22, and an axially adjacent rigid portion 4 providing one of the inlet 20 or outlet 22. The collinear mating portion 5 provides the other of the inlet 20 or outlet 22, and has means 6, such as a radially outward shoulder, for attaching to the flexible portion 3 of the sleeve 2 via methods such as electrofusion welding, solvent welding or butt welding. The expansion/contraction can be along an axis extending from the inlet 20 to the outlet 22, and the axis of the sleeve 2 and the mating portion 5 can be substantially parallel. The shoulder 6 can be located at an intermediate axial position on the mating portion 5 such that the mating portion 5 extends partially into the sleeve 2 when the mating portion 5 is attached to the sleeve. The other end of the mating portion 5 can therefore define the inlet 20 or outlet 22.
Patent GB-2550028-A (GB)
Title: Air inlet duct for an aircraft turbine engine
Inventor: Romeo Brogna
IPC: F02C7/057
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: An air inlet duct (18, figure 1), in particular for an aircraft turbine engine comprising a gas generator, extends axially between the air inlet (10, figure 1) and the gas generator and has a first axial wall part 18A and a second wall part 18D which is angularly offset with respect to the first part 18A. The second wall part 18D of the duct 18 is capable of causing, in a shedding region, shedding of the boundary layer formed by an air flow along the wall of the duct. A device for controlling said shedding of the boundary layer comprises an air-blowing pipe 22,24 which opens via at least one air-injection opening which is directly upstream of the shedding region. The blowing pipe 22,24 is connected to an air intake positioned upstream of said air-injection opening or in the shedding region. An air compressor 26 is provided between the air intake and the air-injection opening.
Patent GB-2547130-A (GB)
Title: Organic light-emitting diode packaging structure and display apparatus
Inventor: Wei Shi Beina Yu
IPC: H01L51/52
Filed: 2014-09-23
Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode packaging structure and display apparatus. The organic light-emitting diode packaging structure comprises an organic light-emitting diode substrate (22), the surface of which is provided with an organic light-emitting diode device (21); and a packaging substrate (23), the surface of which is provided with an active metal film layer (25). The edge of the organic light-emitting diode substrate (22) and the edge of the packaging substrate (23) are mutually bonded and fixed so as to form a sealed cavity, and the organic light-emitting diode device (21) and the active metal film layer (25) are positioned in the sealed cavity. The active metal film layer (25) absorbs residual oxygen in the sealed cavity or oxygen which permeates into the sealed cavity from outside, thus prolonging the service life of the organic light-emitting diode.
Patent GB-2563828-A (GB)
Title: Absorption of electromagnetic energy
Inventor: YURI ABRAMOV
IPC: H02S40/20
Filed: 2017-06-21
Abstract: A device for absorption or detection of electromagnetic (EM) radiation 43, 45; the device comprising an EM detector and a plurality of waveguides 42 (i.e. optical fibres); wherein each waveguide has an elongated shape at least 10 cm in length; the waveguide comprising: a transparent shell, cladding side surfaces of the waveguide and at least one end, faced to the EM detector; wherein EM radiation is delivered to the EM detector by the waveguides. The EM detector may be a solar thermal collector or a photovoltaic cell. The waveguides may have concave dishes 42.2 centred on the end of the waveguide to parallelise the EM radiation. Multiple waveguides may be used to supply two separate detectors (see Figure 9) with both ends of the waveguides having concave dishes. The device may be included in a solar sail to direct EM radiation towards the solar sail to provide thrust. An analogous device is also claimed which uses an acoustic detector and acoustic waveguides to deliver acoustic waves to the detector.
Patent GB-2565411-A (GB)
Title: Improved hardware security module management
Inventor: JOSHUA DANIEL
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2018-06-08
Abstract: A method of a secure computing component, or hardware security module (HSM) 202 to provide access to a cryptographic key, where the key is associated with the secure component by a digitally signed record in a blockchain 208. The method starts by receiving a request 302 from another secure computing component, or receiving HSM 203 to associate the key with it. This request is sent by a key requester 206, and the HSM transfers it 304 to the owning HSM 202. The owning HSM then verifies that the requester is entitled to the key 306, and in response generates a new record for storage in the blockchain 312 that records transferring ownership of the key to the receiving HSM 308. The owning HSM then securely transfers the key to the receiving HSM 314, which can then provide access to the key to the key requester 318, 320. Entitlement of the requester can be based on verifying identification information, or whether or not the requester has enough bitcoin.
Patent GB-2565420-A (GB)
Title: Interactive sessions
Inventor: TIMOTHY WINTHROP KINGSBURY
IPC: H04M3/493
Filed: 2018-06-15
Abstract: An information handling device receives an indication 301 to begin a first interactive session associated with a first context. During that session, an indication is received 302 to begin another interactive session associated with another context, and an output function associated with the latter session is performed 304 without ending the first session. The interactive sessions and indications may be verbal, and processed using speech recognition and language processing. Speech analysis may be used to determine the context of the session, and whether that context is associated with either interactive session, or whether the context is new and hence not associated with either interactive session. One embodiment is a digital assistant which detects a context switch within a multi-turn conversation and, in response, initiates another conversation, or other interactive function, in the different context. This embodiment provides a multi-threaded interactive session where multiple interactive sessions are provided simultaneously.
Patent GB-2579645-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing an aerodynamic structure
Inventor: DAVID BRAKES
IPC: B64C3/26
Filed: 2018-12-10
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an aerodynamic structure such as a wing tip, a wing, or a rudder. The method comprises the following steps; providing an upper cover 12 comprising a plurality of lugs 16, providing a lower cover 14 comprising a plurality of lugs 38, measuring the distance L between the lugs of the upper and lower cover, selecting, from the plurality of different sized links, a link suitably sized to correspond to the measured distance between the lugs, connecting the selected link to the lugs; and repeating those steps such that each lug on the upper cover is joined to a corresponding lug on the lower cover. Also provided is a wing tip and aircraft having the wing tip manufactured using the method. Connection of the link to the lug may comprise passing a bolt (104, figure 6) through a corresponding aperture provide on the link and the lug.
Patent GB-2572845-A (GB)
Title: Quadrupole devices
Inventor: MARTIN RAYMOND GREEN
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: A quadrupole device is operated by applying a main RF or AC drive voltage to the device and simultaneously applying three or more auxiliary RF or AC drive voltages to the device. The three or more auxiliary drive voltages correspond to two or more pairs of X-band or Y-band auxiliary drive voltages for two or more different X-band or Y-band stability conditions respectively. For example, four auxiliary drive voltages may be applied comprising two pairs of auxiliary drive voltages, where each pair comprises an X-band or Y-band pair of auxiliary drive voltages. Alternatively, two different X-band or Y-band conditions may be produced using only three auxiliary drive voltages, e.g. where one of the frequencies of the first pair is the same as one of the frequencies of the second pair. The invention may provide an increased resolution without increasing the maximum amplitude of excitation waveform that is applied to the quadrupole device.