baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2467071-A (GB)
Title: Azimuthal elemental imaging
Inventor: KIRKWOOD ANDREW D
IPC: G01V5/06
Filed: 2008-11-07
Abstract: Measurements made by a natural gamma ray tool are used to provide an elemental composition of an earth formation, Additional measurements made with a pulsed neutron toot with two or more gamma ray detectors are used to provide a mineralogical and/or elemental image of the formation. This may be used in reservoir navigation and in furthering the widerstanding of the geology of the prospect.
Patent GB-2481232-A (GB)
Title: Cache for a multiprocessor system which can treat a local access operation as a shared access operation
Inventor: PIRY FREDERIC CLAUDE MARIE
IPC: G06F12/0806
Filed: 2010-06-16
Abstract: A data processing system has several processors 300, 320, 340, each with its own cache 310, 330, 350. Accesses by a processor to its cache may be local or shared. The processor contains a flag 307, which causes a local access to be treated as a global access. The operation may be a clean operation, an invalidate operation or a memory barrier operation issued by an operating system. The flag may be set, when a hypervisor moves a virtual machine from one processor to another. Local operations by the hypervisor may be treated as being local when the flag is set. The cache may be a data cache or a translation look aside buffer.
Patent GB-2468434-A (GB)
Title: A plectrum
Inventor: SLINGSBY PAUL
IPC: G10D3/16
Filed: 2008-11-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a plectrum for playing a stringed instrument. The plectrum is adapted to be securable relative to a finger (or thumb) of an instrument player, and it has a string engaging portion and a finger engaging portion. The finger engaging portion (or at least a part of it) has a spiral configuration which can secure the plectrum relative to the finger (or thumb) when the plectrum is positioned with the spiral at least partly wound around an end or portion of the finger (or thumb).
Patent GB-2471225-A (GB)
Title: Solid rubber packer for a rotating control device
Inventor: CHAMBERS JAMES W
IPC: E21B33/03
Filed: 2006-05-05
Abstract: An assembly 105 is provided for sealingly engaging a tubular 120. The assembly comprises a housing 135. A seal member 130 is disposed in the housing. A first chamber 225 is formed between an inner surface 145 of the housing and an outer surface of the seal member. A piston 180 is coupled to the seal member and is moveable relative to the housing. The piston includes a second chamber 170. A substantially constant fluid pressure P2, P1 is supplied to the first and second chambers to force the seal member into sealing engagement with the tubular. The constant fluid pressure supplied to the first and second chambers may be maintained while the volume of the first and second chambers changes.
Patent GB-2472703-A (GB)
Title: Patterned ultrasonic transducers
Inventor: KUSHCULEY LEONID
IPC: A61N7/02
Filed: 2009-03-03
Abstract: There is provided a transducer array for lysing an adipose tissue, the transducer array comprising at least one unitary piece of piezo-electric material having first and second opposing surfaces; and one or more conductive layers on each of said first and second opposing surfaces, wherein at least one of said one or more conductive layers comprises a plurality of electrode elements.
Patent GB-2484320-A (GB)
Title: Martial arts training apparatus
Inventor: VINCE RICHARD
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2010-10-06
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for use in martial arts or fitness training, comprises a strike surface 11 adapted to be kicked or punched by a user during training, and mounting means 12 adapted for removably securing the strike surface 11 to a structural element, such as a door frame. The mounting means 12 are shaped and dimensioned so as to receive the structural element, and comprise at least one inflatable bladder 16 adapted upon inflation to cause the mounting means 12 to grip the structural element. The mounting means 12 may also find use in a wide range of other applications where it is desired removably to secure apparatus to a structural element.
Patent GB-2485775-A (GB)
Title: Method of diagnosing a fault in a selective catalytic reduction system
Inventor: VERNASSA ROBERTO
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2010-11-23
Abstract: A method for diagnosing a fault in a selective catalytic reduction system 4 connected to a diesel engine 1, where the SCR system has an electric driven transportation device 100 for providing a mass flow of a Diesel Exhaust Fluid into the SCR system; the method comprising applying an electric signal to the transportation device for establishing the mass flow, monitoring a parameter value of the electric signal, monitoring the mass flow provided into the SCR system caused by the transportation device when it is driven with said signal and determining the difference between the corresponding parameter value and a corresponding parameter value stored in a data map, where the map containing values of the parameter and correlating them with the mass flow achieved by the transportation device when it is driven with the signal having such a parameter value; a fault being diagnosed if the difference exceeds a threshold.
Patent GB-2482039-A (GB)
Title: A laminate electronic device
Inventor: STONE KATE JESSIE
IPC: B42D3/12
Filed: 2011-01-28
Abstract: A device, which may be a printed article, a book, a game or a greeting card; comprising a laminate of at least two layers 31,35, wherein a plurality of components 5,6,7,8 are provided between the two layers 31,35, one of the layers 31 supporting a conductive track 10 connecting the plurality of components 5,6,7,8 together. Also disclosed is a method of forming said device. The device preferably comprises sheets of card (paperboard), and the conductive tracks 11 are preferably formed of conductive ink. The device is also preferably provided with a series of cavities 41,42,43. The device is also preferably formed by folding a single sheet, the folded portions of the sheet forming the laminate. Further, the device may comprise two or more intermediate layers 32,33,34, wherein an area of a first intermediate layer lies in a first plane and a portion of the second layer passes from above or in the first plane to the area corresponding to the first intermediate layer underneath the first plane.
Patent GB-2488564-A (GB)
Title: Periodic table wall display
Inventor: DENHOLM ISABELLA
IPC: G09B23/24
Filed: 2011-03-01
Abstract: An educational element sample display unit, including a periodic table of the elements in the form of a wall poster 2 supports a set of samples 3 of those elements on it. This display format allows students to view samples clearly in a periodic table arrangement and also to inspect the samples closely. The display is enhanced by a) attaching the samples to the poster using a magnetic attachment means 6, b) by providing some samples in enclosures 4 (for safety), and others free-standing (for being handled directly), c) by substituting the samples of the more hazardous elements with non-elemental samples (compounds, minerals or alloys) representing those omitted elements, and/or d) by providing photographic images of the elements behind releasably supported samples so that when removed by a student, the photographic image is visible for the student to learn more about the element.
Patent GB-2478658-A (GB)
Title: Piconet maintenance and monitoring by a master device which assesses signal strength between itself and a slave device at a plurality of orientations
Inventor: ELSOM-COOK MARK
IPC: G01S3/20
Filed: 2009-04-22
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for forming a network of items which can be organized into groups such as a piconet. Piconets are used to form adhoc networks and there is currently no example of a master device maintaining and monitoring a portable piconet. The invention is a wireless short range radio-frequency master device wherein the master device is configured to assess the strength of the radio signal between itself and a slave device at a plurality of orientations, thereby enabling a determination of the relative position of the slave devices with respect to the master device based on the relative signal strengths at different orientations.
Patent GB-2479671-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle crash barrier beam
Inventor: RIDDELL MARK
IPC: E01F15/08
Filed: 2007-11-21
Abstract: The crash barrier beam, primarily for use as a temporary barrier, comprises a base for contacting the road, an upwardly tapering impact wall 18 that defines first and second ends and a top section. At least one of the first and second ends comprises formations 32 for engagement with corresponding formations on an end of an adjacent beam in order to interlock the beams together, the angle of the formations substantially corresponding to the angle at which the impact wall extends from the base. The formations preferably comprise J-shaped connectors facing in opposite directions so that they can interlock. Further connectors 34 may be provided extending from the base. The connectors are preferably connected to jointing assemblies 20f which may include a central plate that may have portions cut out to facilitate energy absorption. A locking unit may be slidably mounted in the top section to secure beams together.
Patent GB-2482420-A (GB)
Title: High field NMR apparatus
Inventor: STROBEL MARCO
IPC: F25B9/14
Filed: 2011-07-29
Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) apparatus comprises a superconducting main field magnet coil system (14) which generates a magnetic field of at least 3T, and a gradient coil system (15) which generates a gradient strength of at least 10mTm-1, with a slew rate of at least 100 Tm-ls-1, wherein the main field magnet coil system (14) is arranged in a cryostat (12) with liquid helium and a refrigerator (16) in the form of a pulse tube cooler or a Gifford-McMahon cooler, and wherein an evaporation line (17a, 27a, 37a) is provided for helium that might evaporate from the cryostat, which is characterized in that, in all states of operation of the NMR apparatus without gradient switching, the refrigerator provides a cooling capacity at least 0.3W above the overall power loss of the cryostat, the evaporation line terminates in a buffer container (19, 29, 39, 39') disposed outside of the cryostat for collecting the evaporating helium, and a return line (17b, 27b, 37b) is provided for returning the evaporated helium that has been collected in the buffer container into the cryostat. This arrangement saves evaporated helium.
Patent GB-2493986-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for communication
Inventor: HAKOLA SAMI-JUKKA
IPC: H04W16/14
Filed: 2011-08-26
Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of communication are provided, involving controlling the communication of a transceiver on shared data channels using a data channel slot comprising a sensing period and a data period and controlling a transceiver to communicate on common and dedicated control channels on a shared spectrum using control channel slots. Each control channel slot comprises a downlink part and an uplink part. The uplink part occurs at the same time as the sensing period of a data channel slot. The invention aims to overcome the problems that LTE and LTE-A systems have when they use Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands. LTE and LTE-A systems require continuous and synchronous resource allocation for control channels both in the downlink and the uplink directions.
Patent GB-2480959-A (GB)
Title: System for reducing noise in a catv home amplifier upstream path and a method thereof
Inventor: ZILBERBERG DAVID
IPC: H04N7/10
Filed: 2010-04-06
Abstract: A system for control of noise in a cable TV upstream path of a bi-directional cable TV home amplifier system that is positioned in the premises of the end user includes a noise control circuit and a coupler element that couples between the noise control circuit and the cable TV upstream path. The system further includes an amplifier part that is disposed on the upstream path. The noise control circuit connects or disconnects the cable TV upstream path depending on the level of signal passing through the cable TV upstream path. Namely, when the level of a signal that passes through the upstream path is lower than a predefined signal threshold, the noise control circuit disconnects the upstream path, and when the level of the signal is greater than a predefined signal threshold, the noise control circuit connects the upstream path.
Patent GB-2494903-A (GB)
Title: Distributed processing for tile-based graphics rendering
Inventor: ELLIS SEAN TRISTRAM
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2011-09-22
Abstract: In a tile-based graphics processing system having plural rendering processors (12,13,14,15, figure 1) a set of tiles (or blocks) 31 to be processed to generate an output frame 30 for display is distributed between the different rendering processors, each of which uses a predefined, processor-specific tile traversal path (eg 32, 33, 34, 35) to determine the order of tile/block processing. Each rendering processor starts by processing a tile initially allocated to the processor and, at least for the initial tiles along the path, proceeds to process spatially adjacent tiles in the output frame. Each rendering processor processes subsequent tiles on the basis of its relevant predefined path unless the next tile in the path is found to have already been processed (or is already being processed) by another rendering processor. If this occurs, the next tile to be processed by a given rendering processor is the next unprocessed tile along the relevant tile traversal path for the given processor. The method and system described are of particular use in graphics processing by may also find application to process other data arranged in an array format, such as for video data processing and 2d image composition.
Patent GB-2484817-A (GB)
Title: System For Supplemental Tensioning For Enhanced Platform Design and related Methods
Inventor: PALLINI JOE
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 2011-10-19
Abstract: Riser management systems (30), apparatus, and methods to maintain a selected range of tension on a plurality of risers (21) extending between subsea well equipment (23) and a floating vessel (25), are provided. A riser management system (30) can include a mono-buoyancy can platform (31) operably coupled to a plurality of risers (21) extending between subsea well equipment (23) and a moored floating vessel (25), and a plurality of tensioner units (51) each connected to a top portion of a separate one of the risers (21) to provide tension to each of the risers (21). The mono-buoyancy can platform (31) can provide tension to each of the risers (21) sufficient to compensate for a relative vertical offset between the risers (21) and the vessel (25) due to vessel movement, which generally affects each of the risers (21) equally, within tolerances, while the tensioner units (51) can simultaneously provide tension to compensate for one or more additional factors, such as lateral movement etc, which can affect each riser (21) differently.
Patent GB-2486078-A (GB)
Title: Patternable low-k dielectric interconnect structure with a graded cap layer and method of fabrication
Inventor: LIN QINGHUANG
IPC: H01L21/312
Filed: 2010-08-23
Abstract: An interconnect structure is provided that includes at least one patterned and cured low-k material (18', 22') located on a surface of a patterned graded cap layer (14). The at least one cured and patterned low-k material and the patterned graded cap layer each have conductively filled regions (26) embedded therein. The patterned and cured low-k material is a cured product of a functionalized polymer, copolymer, or a blend including at -least two of any combination of polymers and/or copolymers having one or more acid-sensitive imageable groups, and the graded cap layer includes a lower region that functions as a barrier region and an upper region that has antireflective properties of a permanent antireflective coating.
Patent GB-2499415-A (GB)
Title: Backup and restore method using virtual disk on an onsite or offsite storage appliance
Inventor: PONSFORD SIMON
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2012-02-15
Abstract: An onsite appliance (20) is used to backup data for a client server (10). An offsite copy of the data on the appliance (30) is stored offsite at a site remote from a client. Repeated incremental copies of the data are stored on the onsite appliance and copied to offsite appliance. Only data different that has changed from the last incremental copy are stored. Virtual discs are created at the onsite (22, Fig 2) and offsite (32, Fig 3) appliance using the copy and updated by the incremental copies. On demand, the virtual discs maybe booted as a virtual server and the data made available to the users (5). Copy files may be further copied to a second offsite server.
Patent GB-2500711-A (GB)
Title: Structure of changeable shape
Inventor: BEGLAN PHILIP MICHAEL PETER
IPC: A63H3/00
Filed: 2012-03-30
Abstract: A structure comprises an elongate, resiliently deformable cable 24b,24d,43-44 a body section 49 comprising a cable-receiving aperture, said aperture being dimensioned so as to retain a length of said cable within it in use while permitting relative movement of said cable relative to the aperture in a direction along the length of the cable upon application of a set manipulating force, and retaining means (63, figure 8b) for retaining the cable at a set position relative to the body section absent application of said force. The cable at least partially defines the shape of the structure, and said shape may be changed by application of said manipulating force thus causing relative movement between the cable and the body section in a direction along the length of the cable. Such structures may be of application in many different fields, for example, stop motion animation, toys, puppets, sculptures, prosthetic equipment, robots or dolls.
Patent GB-2501707-A (GB)
Title: Helmet cover for helmet with pivoting visor
Inventor: MATTINSON BEVERLEY IAN
IPC: A42B3/00
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: A helmet cover 40 for a helmet 10 fitted with a visor 20 which is pivotable between raised and lowered positions comprises a flexible fabric cap configured to be a snug fit over at least a front part of the helmet 10; front attachment means 42, 43 for attaching along an upper edge margin of the visor and rear attachment means (44, fig 1) for securing the cover 40 to the helmet 10, so that when the cover is fitted it overlies and bridges the junction between the helmet 10 and its visor 20. Elastic tape 47 is preferably included at each side between the front attachment means 42, 43 and the rear attachment means (44); the attachment means is preferably hook and loop fastener and the cover 40 may be flame retardant.
Patent GB-2494013-A (GB)
Title: Directing different images from a single source to different regions of a display to create a single composite image
Inventor: DAVIDSON NIALL THOMAS
IPC: G02B30/26
Filed: 2012-05-28
Abstract: Generating a plurality of images on single display 118 and directing 110,114 each image onto a different area of viewing surface 102 to create the illusion of a single image, wherein the different areas do not overlap and occupy the same area. Images may be adapted for display and directed so that they are received perpendicular to the plane of the receiving area. The viewing area may be divided into contiguous regions and full resolution images displayed in each segment at a fast enough frame rate to create a single composite image. The image source may generate a 2D image, but an autostereoscopic 3D image may be seen by the viewer. A plurality of optical lenses 104,106 may be used as an optical reducer and focusing means for the system. A movable parabolic MEMs mirror array 110,114 may be used to direct the images to different parts of the viewing surface. A bigger TV screen size is achieved by increasing the frame rate beyond that perceivable by the human eye and using an array of row and column mirrors to direct different images to each matrix segment creating the illusion of a large high-resolution composite image.
Patent GB-2505408-A (GB)
Title: Video Encoding and Decoding with Chrominance Sub-sampling
Inventor: MRAK MARTA
IPC: H04N19/176
Filed: 2012-08-24
Abstract: A method of video encoding utilising a transform operation on separate luminance and chrominance transform blocks. Luminance and chrominance information relating to a common image region is received, the chrominance information being horizontally sub-sampled with respect to the luminance information (such as in the 4:2:2 sub-sampling format.) Square luminance transform blocks are formed by quad-tree splitting of the received luminance information and square chrominance transform blocks are formed by binary splitting and quad-tree splitting of the received chrominance information. Entropy encoding is then performed on each luminance and chrominance transform block, optionally preceded by transform and/or quantisation. The luminance and chrominance information may optionally represent residual luminance and chrominance after deduction of a prediction for the common image region or part of the common image region. The binary splitting of the chrominance information may be conducted in a root block preceding the quadtree splitting. Also disclosed in an equivalent method of video decoding.
Patent GB-2505726-A (GB)
Title: Dividing Enhancement Layer Processing Block Upon Overlap with Spatially Corresponding Region of Base Layer
Inventor: LEANNEC FABRICE LE
IPC: H04N19/30
Filed: 2012-09-28
Abstract: Prediction information for encoding / decoding at least part of an image of an enhancement layer of video data is determined, the video data including the enhancement layer and a base layer, the enhancement layer consisting of processing blocks of size 2Nx2N and the base layer consisting of elementary prediction units (EPUs). For a processing block of the enhancement layer to be encoded, it is determined whether the base layer region spatially corresponding to the processing block is fully located within one base layer EPU. If so, prediction information is derived for that processing block from the base layer prediction information of the said one EPU. If not, and the base layer region spatially corresponding to the processing block overlaps, at least partially, multiple EPUs, the processing block is divided into sub-processing blocks. Each sub-processing block is of size NxN such that the base layer region spatially corresponding to each sub-processing block is fully located within one base layer EPU. Prediction information for each sub-processing block is derived from the base layer prediction information of the spatially corresponding EPU. Such an advance may be applicable to scalable video coding (SVC) according to the HEVC standard.
Patent GB-2493858-A (GB)
Title: Field assembled optical connector with pivotal boot cover
Inventor: CHOI AN JOON
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2011-10-28
Abstract: A field assembled optical connector has a plug 1000 with an open-topped boot 130, a boot cover 2000 pivotally coupled to the plug 1000 to open and close the boot to fix, in use, an optical cable 2000 to the boot, and a screw cap 400 screw-coupled to the boot and boot cover to fix the cable when inserted into the boot and cover. A protection cap 900 is coupled to a tip end of the optical connection member to protect the ferrule. An annular boss 150 is formed at one side of a lower circumference of an outer peripheral surface of a housing coupling part 110. An annular separation preventing step 160 for preventing separation of the housing is formed at one side of the annular boss. An extension 420 is formed on a front side thereof to push the housing forward so that an annular ring portion of the housing passes by the annular boss of the housing coupling part to be coupled between the separation preventing step and the annular boss when coupled to the plug.