baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2508983-A (GB)
Title: Migration of virtual machines with reassignment of hardware memory segments
Inventor: BUENDGEN REINHARD
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2013-11-06
Abstract: A virtual machine (VM) is executed 200 on a source virtual machine monitor (VMM, e.g. hypervisor) 110 within a logical partition. The VM is allocated certain segments of hardware memory 201 assigned to the partition for exclusive data storage. When the VM is to be migrated to a destination VMM 120, the operation of the machine is suspended 202, and information relating to the configuration of the VM, including the allocated memory segments, is sent to the new VMM 203. The memory segments are then reassigned to the logical partition containing the destination VMM 206. The VM is then shut down 205 on the source VMM, with extended configuration information including descriptions of the assigned memory segments used to recreate the VM at the destination VMM, and the operation of the VM is then resumed on the new VMM 207. This allows the transfer of the data created by the virtual machine without requiring duplication of content and/or excessive processing time.
Patent GB-2520760-A (GB)
Title: Quick change picture frame
Inventor: LUFF JOHN KEVIN
IPC: A47G1/06
Filed: 2013-12-01
Abstract: A device for displaying a picture comprises a frame with a substantially planar rear face that surrounds an aperture and a spring clip 3 arranged so to hold a picture to be displayed against the planar rear face of the frame. The spring clip may be adapted 11 so that picture frame may be hung or mounted from a surface or wall. The spring clip may be mounted in a recess within the frame. The frame may be provided with at least two spring clips so as to allow more than one picture to be mounted within the frame at the same time. The or each spring clip may be movable or repositionable, or an additional clip may be provided, so that the frame may be rotated between portrait and landscape formats. In use, the device allows for pictures and other items of art to be rapidly hung for display without the use of a mount or backboard.
Patent GB-2523532-A (GB)
Title: Packaging
Inventor: IBBITSON DAVID
IPC: B65D33/16
Filed: 2013-12-03
Abstract: A label 10 has a hinge portion and an adhesive portion. There may be a pouch 1 with a compartment 2 having an opening 3 selectively covered by a flap 4. The label may attach to the inside of the flap. The label is ideally mounted so that pivoting 180 degrees about the hinge moves it from a position where the adhesive is protected by facing the inside of the flap to a position where the adhesive is exposed so that it can seal against to outer face of the pouch to secure the flap closed over the opening. The label can include a base portion 12 permanently attached to the flap and attached to the adhesive portion by the hinge. This base portion can include a release tape style coating to which the adhesive peelably sticks when in the protected position. A portion 38 of the label may be devoid of glue to allow the user to grasp it. The label could be polymeric or paper. There can be printing on the base layer and/or label. The pouch is ideally a tobacco bag made of a flexible film and its opening can be initially heat sealed and/or zipped closed.
Patent GB-2522025-A (GB)
Title: Thermal Energy Network
Inventor: ZAYNULIN DMITRIY I
IPC: F24D10/00
Filed: 2014-01-09
Abstract: A district thermal energy network 2 interconnects a plurality of thermal loads such as buildings 4a-d having heating H and cooling C systems. The network has an energy unit 6, which may be a geothermal, solar, nuclear, hydro-electric or heat pump unit or a boiler, hot water tank or CHP system. The energy unit is capable of operating as a heat source or a heat sink. The network also has a primary circuit 14 having an upstream flow line 16 and a downstream return line 18 that includes a primary pump 20 to deliver working fluid from the energy unit along the circuit. Each of the thermal loads has a respective user circuit 26 connected to the primary circuit by a respective connection 30a-d. A switchable valve system 132 for each thermal load selectively connects the user circuit to the primary circuit in a selected working fluid direction along the connection so that the primary circuit can selectively function as a heat source or a heat sink for the user circuit. A method of providing thermal energy and alternate district networks are also claimed.
Patent GB-2525212-A (GB)
Title: Gaming apparatus and method
Inventor: MUZAFFAR SAJ
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2014-04-15
Abstract: A base station of microprocessor-controlled gaming apparatus comprises a TV 1 having a display, means for generating audio signals and an audio transducer 3 arranged to generate high frequency sounds corresponding to the audio signals, the audio signals encoding potential game play (eg the correct answer to a puzzle or question displayed on the TV). The players each have a mobile processing device 7, 8 such as a conventional smartphone provided with a microphone 5, 6 and a display and use these to answer the displayed question or puzzle. The audio signals are preferably above the range of normal human hearing, eg 18 kHz, but detectable by the microphones. The detected audio signals are decoded by the smartphones to generate the correct answer which is then stored but withheld from the players until after a delay or after at least one player has submitted an answer. A conventional quiz or puzzle game can be implemented in this manner on a smartphone app.
Patent GB-2510993-A (GB)
Title: A computing system including a first and second housing and polar magnets
Inventor: DELPIER MICHAEL
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2012-02-27
Abstract: A first housing with a polar magnet on a first side. The first housing can include an opening on the first side. A second housing can include a sliding latch, An opposite polar magnet attached to the sliding latch. The polar magnet attracts the opposite polar magnet on the sliding latch to move the sliding latch to a latched position.
Patent GB-2520430-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable bed
Inventor: ROBERTSON DALE
IPC: A61G7/005
Filed: 2014-11-07
Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustable bed with selective rocking motion. The bed comprises a plurality of body support sections mounted on or in relation to a moveable cradle 25. The body support sections include at least an adjustable back section 12 and a fixed middle section 14 adjacent to the back section, and optionally an adjustable upper leg section 16 adjacent to the middle section and an adjustable lower leg/foot section 18 pivotally connected with respect to the upper leg section. The body support sections are mounted with respect to the cradle to allow angular adjustment of their relative positions to alter the configuration of the bed. The cradle is movably mounted on or in relation to an intermediate support carriage 24 for fore and aft rocking movement with respect thereto. The intermediate support carriage is movably mounted on or in relation to a fixed base 22 for translational movement with respect thereto in response to angular adjustment of the back section and/or rocking movement of the cradle.
Patent GB-2519040-A (GB)
Title: Wrap assembly
Inventor: LANG ANDREW
IPC: B65D63/14
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: There is provided a wrap assembly, comprising at least a strap including an extensible portion, and a bobbin, wherein the strap includes at least a first hole and a second hole, and the bobbin comprises at least a base flange, a top flange, and a shank, wherein the base flange is connected to the top flange by the shank, wherein the base flange is broader than the first hole, and the top flange is broader than the second hole, and wherein in use the bobbin is insertable through the first hole so as to secure the bobbin to the strap, and the bobbin is further insertable through the second hole so as to secure the strap into a loop shape.
Patent GB-2520650-A (GB)
Title: Clock recovery for optical transmission systems
Inventor: FLUDGER CHRIS
IPC: H04L7/033
Filed: 2009-07-23
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of initially acquiring tap weights for an FIR filter used to correct distortion in an optical communications receiver. The receiver acquires and stores a series of samples 160 of a received signal. A blind optimisation algorithm 162 is then applied to the series of samples to obtain an estimate of tap weights for a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter of the receiver configured to equalise a received optical signal. A further embodiment, a method optimising tap weights in a FIR filter to reduce distortion in an optical receiver comprises: monitoring the tap weight centre of the filter; calculating an offset of tap weight centre from the central tap position of the FIR filter, and using the offset to define a sampling clock phase of an ADC, the output of which is passed to the FIR filter.
Patent GB-2526920-A (GB)
Title: Debris collecting device
Inventor: COOK GORDON
IPC: E01H1/12
Filed: 2015-04-16
Abstract: The collector 2, primarily for removing animal waste, features a retainer 16, actuator 8 and a frame 12 with a paddle 4 for scooping excrement into a container 20 that may be held by the retaining part. The container may be a selectively connectable bag that is held open when connected to the device by the periphery of its opening 14 or handles 24. The paddle may be mounted on a member 6 that may be pivotally connected to the frame. The paddle and member may have two spaced pivoting connections 10, such that they are pivotally movable with respect to the container. The paddle may be urged to an open position by a spring 22, and can be moved to a collecting position against this bias, wherein the paddle blade is then partially positioned in the container opening. Also claimed are a method of manufacture and use.
Patent GB-2537674-A (GB)
Title: Lightweight Internal Cobustion Engine With A Ferrous Reinforced Cylinder Block
Inventor: LORENZO MAGRO
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: An internal combustion engine (110, Fig. 3) comprising a cylinder block (120, Fig. 3) made of a first material having a plurality of cylinders (125, Fig. 4) and an insert 500 made of a second material having a greater stiffness and a lower thermal coefficient of expansion than the first material and casted in place into the cylinder block (120), wherein the insert 500 comprises for each cylinder (125) a bolted anchor 502 having a first threaded hole 503 suitable to be engaged by an head screw (131, Fig. 4) for fixing a cylinder head (130, Fig. 4) to the cylinder block (120), and a second threaded hole (504, Fig. 4) to be engaged by a cap screw (601, Fig. 4) for fixing a main bearing cap (600, Fig. 4) to the cylinder block (120), and a lubrication gallery (510, Fig. 4) connected to a plurality of the anchors 502. The arrangement is intended to allow for a lightweight engine block that is capable of withstanding relatively higher stresses for supporting relatively high power to weight ratios due to the reinforcing insert.
Patent GB-2527932-A (GB)
Title: Heat-dissipating stepped slider for a heat-assisted magnetic recording head
Inventor: MIYAMOTO HARUKAZU
IPC: G11B5/31
Filed: 2015-06-15
Abstract: A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head slider assembly includes a head slider 502, magnetic recording head and a laser module. The slider has a lower surface 502a on which the laser is mounted and an upper surface 508a which may consist of a higher thermal conductivity material, such as silicon or aluminium nitride, to act as a heat sink. The laser 504 may be mounted on a sub-mount 506 which may be partially surrounded by the heat sink. There may be a gap between the laser assembly and the heat sink or the gap may be filled with solder or solder paste. The lower surface 502a of the slider may be produced by etching the upper surface 508a. The head slider assembly may be incorporated into a head gimbal assembly itself part of a hard disk drive (HDD) comprising a magnetic recording disk and voice coil motor.
Patent GB-2524451-A (GB)
Title: Caramel, confection comprising the caramel and method of making the confection
Inventor: RODRIGUES TIAGO
IPC: A23G3/54
Filed: 2014-01-08
Abstract: A caramel is provided comprising a solid plant fat and an amount of water less than 10 wt%. The caramel exhibits a chewy texture when consumed but is yet depositable. The caramel is thus advantageously used in a confection. In addition to the caramel, the confection may comprise a crisp component. Methods of making the confection are also provided.
Patent GB-2528192-A (GB)
Title: Downhole flow measurements with optical distributed vibration/Acoustic sensing systems
Inventor: FRIPP MICHAEL
IPC: G01H9/00
Filed: 2014-05-05
Abstract: A method of verifying a substance interface location during a cementing operation can include optically measuring vibrations caused by substances flowing across structures distributed along a wellbore, the vibrations being caused at each structure, and the vibrations changing at each structure as the interface displaces across the structure. A method of determining a property of at least one substance flowed in a wellbore can include optically measuring vibrations caused by the substance flowing across structures distributed along a wellbore, the vibrations being caused at each structure, and the structures having different shapes, thereby causing the vibrations at the structures to be different from each other when the substance flows across the differently shaped structures.
Patent GB-2527695-A (GB)
Title: Three-way omni-directional LED lamp driver circuit
Inventor: CHEN TIMOTHY
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2014-04-18
Abstract: An LED driver circuit has a rectifier circuit including a first input terminal coupled to a first AC voltage line and a second input terminal coupled to a second AC voltage line. The rectifier circuit is configured to convert a first AC voltage on the first AC voltage line and a second AC voltage on the second AC voltage line to a DC voltage. The driver circuit has a switching circuit coupled to the first AC voltage line and to the second AC voltage line and configured to generate a reference AC voltage based on the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage. The driver circuit has a power management circuit configured to provide a current or power to an LED lamp based on the generated AC reference voltage. The driver circuit has a power supply circuit configured to provide a constant current or power to the power management circuit.
Patent GB-2543335-A (GB)
Title: Side Wall Track
Inventor: ROGER PHILLIPS
IPC: A47B96/20
Filed: 2015-10-15
Abstract: A side wall track suitable for use in a storage unit comprising a main body 1 defining an opening and an end cap 2 made of a different material to the main body 1 and arranged to close an opening in the main body 1. The body 1 and cap 2 may form a rectangle and engage using cantilevered snap joints with a bead. The end cap 2 may be formed of a co extrusion of harder and softer plastics wherein the softer plastic forms a gasket. Also disclosed is a clip for engaging a retention member 12 extending from the body 1 which engages a groove. The clip may be V shaped, wrap around the retention member and have ribs. Also disclosed are a range of inserts 17 whose profiles match the main body 1 and can be used to support feet or shelves using threaded fasteners 21.
Patent GB-2545661-A (GB)
Title: A method for analysing media content
Inventor: Francesco Cricri
IPC: G06N3/02
Filed: 2015-12-21
Abstract: The invention is directed towards computer vision and machine learning applied to the analysis of media content. A method claim applies to operating a computer graphic system, the method comprising: inputting a media content object (MCO) into a feature extractor comprising semantic abstraction levels; extracting feature maps from said MCO on each of the semantic layers; selecting at least a portion of the MCO to be analysed; determining, based on the analysis of the feature maps from the portion of the MCO and the analysis of a previous state of a recognition unit, one or more feature maps selected from the feature maps of the semantic layers (i.e. focusing attention on a certain maps); determining a weight for each feature map; repeating the determining steps N times, each time processing, based on the analysis, each feature map by applying the corresponding weight; inputting said processed feature maps to the recognition unit; and analysing a number of said processed feature maps until a prediction about the portion of the MCO is output. The feature extractor could be a convolutional neural network.
Patent GB-2548547-A (GB)
Title: Time locked box
Inventor: ADAM KELLY
IPC: E05B43/00
Filed: 2016-02-22
Abstract: A time-locked container 20 comprising a storage compartment 22 and a lid 21, attachable to the storage compartment, and a lock 23 and a timer which when activated the lock cannot be unlocked until the timer reaches a predetermined time interval and adjustment of the time interval is physically prevented when the lid is locked to the storage compartment. The lock mechanism and the timer may be located within the lid and may have means for adjusting a time delay until release, or a release date, which are accessible only when the box is in an unlocked state. The box may further include a display for showing information relating to an unlock date. There may be an internal battery pack and the lock may be driven by an electric motor. The box may typically be a money box. There may be an software application, for example on a mobile phone or other mobile device which can alert the user when the timer has expired.
Patent GB-2532910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in water storage devices and apparatuses therefor
Inventor: BJORN WOOD
IPC: E03B3/03
Filed: 2012-09-07
Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus mountable to a side of a water management device, i.e. a water butt 200 having an interior volume 220 for storing liquid. The apparatus comprises a container 204, 208 suitable for holding one or more plants, disposed on a side of the water butt; and a duct (110 figure 1) coupled between the interior volume of the water butt and the container. The duct allows passage of liquid from the interior volume to the container. The apparatus further comprises an auxiliary reservoir 210, 212, 214, 216 mounted to a side of the water butt. A later embodiment relates to an apparatus mounted to a water management device for storing liquid, a container suitable for holding liquid and a duct coupled to the container to allow water to flow from the container, and a metering device in the duct for restricting passage of liquid from the water butt to the container.
Patent GB-2550428-A (GB)
Title: Pipe repair composition and method
Inventor: THOMAS JAMES MCGRATH
IPC: F16L55/165
Filed: 2016-05-20
Abstract: A method of repairing a pipe 101 involves covering a damaged section of pipe 103 with a binder material 110 and a conductive/dissipative material 120, such as copper. The conductive/dissipative material 120 can be arranged in contact with the binder material 110 and functions to reduce static electrical charge build-up across the binder material 110, compared to the static charge build-up that may otherwise occur in a comparable section of binder material 110 not having the conductive/dissipative material 120. The method may reduce the risk of a spark produced by a static electrical discharge across the binder material causing a flammable liquid within the pipe to ignite. The binder material 110 can cover a cylindrical section of pipe 101.The conductive/dissipative material can be in particle form, or can be formed from elongate elements, such as a tubular mesh.
Patent GB-2542693-A (GB)
Title: Suspension system for absorbing a shock load and stroller therewith
Inventor: Anthony v ruggiero
IPC: B62B9/18
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: A suspension system for the leg of a stroller includes a main pivot housing 42, at least one swing arm housing 44, a linkage assembly 46, and a resilient component 48. The main pivot housing is disposed on a lower end of a leg of a stroller (14, figure 1). An accommodating space 421 is formed inside the main pivot housing, and the swing arm housing is pivoted to a side of the main pivot housing. A wheel (24) of the stroller is pivoted to the swing arm housing. The linkage assembly is movably disposed in the accommodating space, and has first and third ends 4610, 4620 connected to the main pivot housing and swing arm housing by means of slidable and pivoting connections. The resilient component is disposed between and a second end 4612 of the linkage assembly and a bracket (32) of the stroller. The swing arm housing can be forced to drive the linkage assembly to pivot relative to the main pivot housing for compressing the resilient component, so as to absorb a shock load.
Patent GB-2553818-A (GB)
Title: A throttle valve assesmbly
Inventor: GERALD BARR
IPC: F16K1/22
Filed: 2016-09-15
Abstract: A throttle valve assembly 20, eg for an engine, has a throttle valve 30 mounted within a quadrilateral shaped air flow passage of a throttle body 21 to vary the flow of air therethrough. The throttle valve 30 comprises first and second throttle plates 31, 32 that interact with one another so as to be configurable in a V-shape forming a converging/ diverging flow path to restrict air flow, and in flat aligned configuration which is minimally intrusive so as to produce substantially no restriction to air flow. The angle between the plates 31, 32 may vary between 180 and 125 degrees. The first throttle plate 31 may be positioned upstream from the second throttle plate 32 and may be rotated by one end by an actuator 40, eg an linear electromagnetic actuator or an rotary electric actuator, while the second plate 32 is rotated by sliding or pivotal (fig.4a) interaction with the rear face 31r of the first plate 31, the second plate engaging the upper wall 22 of the air flow passage pivotally or slidingly (fig.4a), respectively.
Patent GB-2545313-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, method, system and computer program for amplifying an audio signal
Inventor: GRAHAM SLEE
IPC: H04R3/08
Filed: 2015-03-23
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, method, system and computer program for amplifying an audio signal derived from an audio signal pickup device, the pickup device having a pickup frequency response profile. The apparatus comprises: an amplifier having a maximum open loop frequency response profile in a first frequency range comprising at least mid-range audible frequencies, the amplifier being configured to apply, in at least the first frequency range, a frequency response profile to the audio signal; wherein the frequency response profile applied to the audio signal is configured such that: it equalises the pickup frequency response profile over the first frequency range, and a difference between a maximum amount of gain able to be applied by the amplifier and an amount of gain applied to the audio signal by the amplifier is substantially constant throughout the first frequency range.
Patent GB-2557946-A (GB)
Title: Rotary engine
Inventor: MANOUSOS PATTAKOS
IPC: F04C18/22
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: A rotary positive displacement machine and method of design, where the machine has a pair of relatively rotatable bodies 1,2 which have cooperating surfaces which define working chambers 7, and when during the rotation of the bodies the volume of the working chambers varies; with a groove on one body and a smooth working surface on the other, with a seal 5 mounted in the groove 3, and abutting, for at least part of a cycle, onto the smooth working surface, the smooth working surface comprising a pair of flat surfaces 4a & 4b which extend radially and a curved surface 4c which extends both radially and axially between the two flat surfaces. The curved surface may have a double curvature and may be 3D. The seal may be formed in a single piece, or two seal pieces may be used to form the seal for a single working chamber. The machine may be rotatably fixed to a frame, and rotate about fixed axes. The first body may be stationary and the second body rotate on an eccentric shaft mounted to the first body. Gear wheels may be used to synchronize the rotation of the two body parts.