baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2518891-A (GB)
Title: Rotary mill
Inventor: RIDLEY DUNCAN ANDREW
IPC: A61B17/17
Filed: 2013-10-07
Abstract: A rotary mill 8 comprising a body portion having a milling surface for milling a first bone and a guide portion 6 having a guide body. A guide peg 24 extends from the guide body and is received in a central bore of the body portion. The guide body 22 has a projection 7 which is adapted to hold a second bone away from the rotary mill during the milling operation. The femur 13 can be milled without damage to the tibia 11. The mill is particularly useful in total or partial knee replacement surgery.
Patent GB-2520048-A (GB)
Title: Speech processing system
Inventor: STYLIANOU IOANNIS
IPC: G10L21/0208
Filed: 2013-11-07
Abstract: A speech enhancement system adapts its output to the changing noise environment by continually updating (eg. frame by one second frame) a control parameter of a spectral shaping filter S21 (eg. formant shape or spectral tilt) and/or a dynamic range compressor S23 (eg. gain) SSDRC according to the measured signal to noise ratio. The spectral shaping filter may be adaptive or fixed (fig. 4) and the DRC may be dynamic or static (fig. 5).
Patent GB-2507685-A (GB)
Title: Drilling dynamics data visualization in real time
Inventor: MACPHERSON JOHN D
IPC: E21B44/00
Filed: 2012-08-29
Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying three-dimensional motion of a drill string in a borehole penetrating the earth to a user in real time. The apparatus includes: an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration in at least three directions; a strain sensor configured to measure strain or a bending moment at the drill string in two directions; a magnetometer and configured to measure an earths magnetic field to determine rotational velocity of the drill string; a processor disposed at a surface of the earth and configured to receive the measurements from the accelerometer, the strain sensor, and the magnetometer and to process these measurements to estimate the three-dimensional motion of the drill string; a display configured to display the motion of the drill string to the user; and a highspeed telemetry system configured to transmit measurements from the accelerometer, the strain sensor, and the magnetometer to the processor in real time.
Patent GB-2523368-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method of providing an apparatus for capturing images
Inventor: JUHOLA MIKKO
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2014-02-24
Abstract: An apparatus and associated method of providing an image sensor with improved image quality, the apparatus comprising: an image sensor 31; and an infra-red filter 11; wherein the IR filter is positioned in close proximity to the image sensor 31 to minimise the distance between a first image 23 and an unwanted second image 25 which is caused by reflection from the IR filter. By reducing the distance between the image sensor and the IR filter, the distance between the first and second images is reduced. The second image may overlap with the first image thereby reducing its visibility and improving the quality of the image.
Patent GB-2513450-A (GB)
Title: System and process for mixing concrete having desired strength characteristics
Inventor: PHARE ROBERT W
IPC: C04B40/00
Filed: 2014-02-24
Abstract: A process and method for preparing concrete to meet or exceed a given compressive strength which comprises mixing a batch of concrete characterised by an initial water-to-cement ratio, periodically measuring the amount of water added to the batch, transmitting the measurement to a processor, calculating a revised water-to-cement ratio for the batch with the aid of the processor, and prior to pouring the concrete comparing the revised water-to-cement ratio to the desired water-to-cement ratio associated with the given compressive strength according to a database of concrete family characteristics maintained on a computer. Also disclosed is a system for mixing a concrete batch to have a given compressive strength.
Patent GB-2511936-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for measuring water properties in electromagnetic marine surveys
Inventor: BJORNEMO ERIK
IPC: G01V3/17
Filed: 2014-03-06
Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring water properties during a marine survey are disclosed. Electromagnetic-field (EM-field) receivers 146 located along streamers 109 are towed by a survey vessel 102. The receivers on the streamer measure surrounding EM fields, horizontal conductivity profiles of a body of water located above a subterranean formation are measured by sensors 152, 154, 156. By inputting a substantially continuous, conductivity profile of the body of water along with EM-field data into an EM inversion process, estimates of the subterranean formation properties, such as resistivities, can be generated with a higher degree of confidence than estimates of properties based on a speculated or sparse conductivities of the body of water. Examples of water properties that can be measured are conductivity, temperature, pressure, salinity, sound speed and depth.
Patent GB-2525584-A (GB)
Title: Drinks receptacle
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A47G19/23
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: A drinks receptacle 10 comprises first and second chambers 12, 14 with a mounting means 16 for coaxially interconnecting the first and second chambers 12, 14. Opening arrangements 18, 20 are provided at opposite ends of the receptacle so that a person can selectively drink from either chamber 12, 14. The mounting means 16 may comprise a connecting member 34 which is attached the each of the first and second chambers 12, 14 by screw threads 30, 32. A cover 22 may be provided to selectively cover the opening arrangements 18, 20. The receptacle 10 can stand upright either way up, and without either of the first or second chambers 12, 14, and also without the mounting means 16.
Patent GB-2509273-A (GB)
Title: Organic semiconductor formulation
Inventor: CULL TOBY
IPC: H01L51/00
Filed: 2012-07-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a formulation comprising p-type and n-type organic semiconductors (OSC) and one or more organic solvents, its use for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially for bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, to a process for preparing an OE device, especially a BHJ OPV device, using the formulation, and an OE device, especially a BHJ OPV device, prepared using such a process or formulation.
Patent GB-2517829-A (GB)
Title: CT imaging methods and systems
Inventor: SHEN LE
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: Computerised tomography (CT) scanning an object 40 with a dual-energy CT system to obtain a first complete set of projection data in a first scan mode and a second incomplete set of projection data in a second scan mode; extracting prior structure information indicating edge intensity of the object from an image reconstructed from the first set of data; and reconstructing a second attenuation coefficient image of the object from the incomplete projection data using the prior structure information as a constraint. Preferably the first and second scan modes are low and high energy scans respectively, and the dual-energy CT scanner has multiple rows of low energy detectors 20, behind which are fewer high energy detectors 30. Preferably, edge extraction, for example using a Laplace operator, Candy operator, discrete gradient transform or adaptive thresholding, is performed on the first attenuation coefficient image to obtain the prior structure information. A broader independent claim is included for CT imaging comprising extracting prior structure information indicating edge intensity of an object from a first image of the internal structure of the object, CT scanning the object to obtain projection data, from which an image is reconstructed using the extracted prior structure information as a constraint.
Patent GB-2527804-A (GB)
Title: Droplet deposition apparatus
Inventor: HUBBARD SIMON JAMES
IPC: B41J2/14
Filed: 2014-07-02
Abstract: A droplet deposition apparatus includes an array of chambers (14, Fig.13) extending in an array direction (100, Fig.8), which is perpendicular to an ejection direction (101, Fig.8); and a common inlet manifold 18, which supplies fluid to the array of chambers; the inlet manifold is elongate in the array direction and extends the length of the array of chambers. The apparatus also includes a flow restrictor passage 28, which extends the length of the array of chambers in the array direction. The flow restrictor passage connects the inlet manifold to the array of chambers so that during use fluid can flow along the length of the common inlet manifold, through the flow restrictor passage, then through said array of fluid chambers, and then into and along the length of a common outlet manifold 19. Taking cross-section perpendicular to the array direction, the flow restrictor and the manifold to which it is connected, are shaped such that the flow restrictor appears as a narrow, elongate passage linking the manifold to the chambers. The flow restrictor passage presents sufficient impedance to fluid flow such that, in use, fluid is directed perpendicular to the array direction for all of the chambers in the array.
Patent GB-2528697-A (GB)
Title: Generating a database structure from a scanned drawing
Inventor: HORNER SAMUEL STEPHEN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-07-29
Abstract: A method of generating a database structure from a scanned drawing of a desired database structure, the method comprises the steps of: processing the scanned drawing to identify features of the desired database structure; and implementing the identified features to generate the desired database structure. The drawing is typically hand-drawn. The square shapes represent entities in an Entity-Relationship model and the line(s) represents a relationship in an Entity-Relationship model. Each of the tables has a Primary Key, shown by a key symbol following the text representing the column. Further TABLE C has one and TABLE B has three Foreign Keys, shown by a shaded key symbol following the text representing the column.
Patent GB-2514060-A (GB)
Title: A method, device and system to prioritize encapsulating packets in a plurality of logical network connections
Inventor: CHAN ALEX WING HONG
IPC: H04L47/43
Filed: 2012-10-25
Abstract: Methods, network devices, and systems which transmit and receive packets with priority by receiving a packet via one of the plurality of network interfaces; determining a global sequence number and a priority level of the packet; storing the packet; encapsulating the packet in encapsulating packets; transmitting the encapsulating packets via a plurality of logical network connections to the second network device according to the global sequence number and the priority level; receiving the encapsulating packets; decapsulating the packet from the encapsulating packets; and transmitting the packet to the intended receiver according to the global sequence number and the priority level.
Patent GB-2532732-A (GB)
Title: Integrating a communication bridge into a data procesing system
Inventor: RENE TRUMPP
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 2014-11-25
Abstract: A further communication bridge 14 is integrated into a running data processing system 210, which comprises a communication client 10 running a first operating system 16 having no own communication stack and at least a first communication bridge 12 running a second operating system 18 having an own communication stack 20. The first communication bridge 12 acts as a master communication bridge 26 and the further communication bridge 14 runs a third operating system 19 having an own communication stack 22. The further communication bridge 14 announces itself as a slave communication bridge 28 to the master communication bridge 26 at an announcement time and the master communication bridge 26 executes a quiesce process on a network adapter 68 and on an API 62 of the communication client 10 when there are no data packets in a queue with a sending time earlier than the announcement time. The master communication bridge 26 extracts the state of its communication stack 20, sends it to the further communication bridge 14 and resumes the network adapter 68 and the API 62.
Patent GB-2527387-A (GB)
Title: Bearing steel composition
Inventor: SHERIF MOHAMED
IPC: F16C33/62
Filed: 2015-01-21
Abstract: A steel which comprises (by weight): 1.2-1.7 % carbon, 3.5-6 % chromium, 4.0-7.0 % molybdenum, 1.0-4.0 % vanadium, 0-1.0 % manganese, 0-0.6 % silicon, 0-0.003 % yttrium, 0-0.25 % nickel, 0 to 0.3 % copper, 0-0.1 % niobium, 0-0.1 % tantalum, 0-0.5 % cobalt, 0-0.5 % tungsten, 0-0.05 % aluminium, up to 200 ppm nitrogen, up to 50 ppm calcium, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel is ingot cast and optionally vacuum arc remelted and/or vacuum induction melted. It is then heated to a temperature in the range 900-1150 0C where it is optionally hot worked, and slow cooled to room temperature over at least 2 hours (and preferably over 24 hours) to form divorced pearlite in the steel. The steel is then formed into a bearing component and hardened by heating to a temperature in the range 1050-1200 0C, quenching to a temperature less than 100 0C and then tempering to give a matrix comprising martensite, optionally with retained austenite, together with carbides and optionally nitrides and/or carbonitrides.
Patent GB-2519908-A (GB)
Title: Infinitely-variable transmission for a vehicle
Inventor: WINTER PHILIP DUNCAN
IPC: F16H37/08
Filed: 2013-08-09
Abstract: An infinitely-variable transmission system is disclosed. The system comprises an input shaft(10) andan output shaft (14). Thetransmission is operative to transmit rotational drive between the input shaft (10) and the output shaft(14).The transmission includesa variator (20) that can transmit drive at a continuously variable ratio between a minimumvariator ratio and a maximum variator ratio.The transmission can operate a low-speed regime and in a high-speed regime. The transmission is operative in the low-speed regime, at a neutral low regime variator ratio, the transmission is in geared neutral, in which, the output of the transmission is stationary irrespective of the speed of the input of the transmission and at a maximum low regime variator ratio, the output of the transmission is driven from the input of the transmission at a maximum low-regime transmission ratio, In the high- speed regime, at a minimum high regime variator ratio, the output of the transmission is driven from the input of the transmission at a minimum high-regime ratio and at a maximum high regime variator ratio, the output of the transmission is driven from the input of the transmission at a maximum high-regime transmission ratio.
Patent GB-2537822-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display device and a method of driving thereof
Inventor: EDWARD DAVID HEYWOOD-LONSDALE
IPC: H04N13/04
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: Mapping image pixel data to drive a display panel by producing an on-axis luminance pattern which is dependent on image pixels and an off-axis luminance pattern which is wholly or substantially independent of the image pixels and wherein the display produces, using pre-selected drive signals, different on-axis luminance values for each group of pixels and, for each group of pixels, the off-axis luminance values are the same or similar. The display does not have multiple pixel configurations that give the desired on-axis luminance and give different off-axis luminances to one another. Adjacent pixels may be mapped to produce average on-axis luminance / brightness values. Compressed or modified image pixel data may be mapped. This produces a display in private mode; if a public mode is desired, a second mapping of image pixel data may be performed instead of the first mapping. The second mapping may produce on-axis and off-axis luminance patterns that are dependent on the image pixel data. The display may have a lower operating voltage / lower power consumption and may be switchable between a public display mode and a privacy display mode.
Patent GB-2528787-A (GB)
Title: A condensate disposal system for disposing of condensate from a condensing fuel burning appliance, a condensing fuel burning appliance having a condensate
Inventor: THOMASON JOHN
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 2015-07-09
Abstract: The condensate disposal system is for disposing of condensate from a fuel burning appliance such as a condensing boiler 2. The system comprises a condensate pipe 16,28,30,32,36 connectable between a condensate outlet 20 of the appliance and a disposal point 21 such as a waste pipe 34 or condensate spray nozzle. The system also includes a controller 39 and a neutraliser 22, preferably containing calcium/magnesium carbonate, that reduces the acidity of the condensate to a level safe for disposal. The controller assesses the efficacy of the neutraliser and inhibits operation of the appliance if the efficacy falls below a first predetermined level. Ideally the efficacy is assessed as falling below the first predetermined level when by a pH sensor 44 detects a rise in acidity of the condensate downstream of the neutraliser and/or a neutralising medium level sensor 46 senses that a quantity of neutralising medium falls below a given value. Stopping of the appliance is preferably by use of an electronic interlock relay that is opened by the controller to cut power to the appliance. The system may be gravity fed (figure 2) or include a condensate pump 26.
Patent GB-2544255-A (GB)
Title: Hardware for mounting to a frame having an undercut channel
Inventor: NIGEL RIDGWAY
IPC: E05C9/00
Filed: 2015-07-21
Abstract: Hardware, such as multipoint locking hardware 10, for mounting to an undercut groove, for example in a door or window; the mounting channel, e.g. Eurogroove, includes inward projecting ledges 38, 40 offset from the open end of the channel to provide a recess on which a faceplate of the hardware locates. Rotatably mounted to the face plate is a twist lock mechanism 52, which in a first rotary orientation passes between the ledges and in a second rotary orientation locates and locks beneath the ledges. Preferably twist-lock 52 includes a shaft and locking cam 57, the cam having an elongate profile with two diametrically opposed curved/bevelled surfaces 62, 64 to allow rotation in the groove and two diametrically opposed corner profiles preventing over-rotation in the groove. Rotational locking cam may include protruding ridges 66-72 to bite into the channel walls.
Patent GB-2534994-A (GB)
Title: Floor tiles
Inventor: PETER DENNESS
IPC: H02G3/38
Filed: 2015-12-16
Abstract: The tile comprises electrical power cabling 14, at least one of data and telephony cabling provided with connectors 18, 20 for connection to connectors of adjacent tiles, and an electric heater 30 arranged to supply heat to the upper major surface 32 of the tile. The heater may be between the upper surface and an insulator. A floor box 76 connectable to the cabling and comprising a wireless communications module may be received in an aperture 36 in the tile. The connectors may be integral and disposed on two edges. The tile may have a core body 60 with channels, within which are the respective cablings. Also claimed is an installation comprising a plurality of the tiles. Also claimed is a method of manufacturing a floor tile with a core body and a skin. Also claimed is a floor box comprising a wireless communications module.
Patent GB-2529981-A (GB)
Title: System and method for generating a rhythmic accompaniment for a musical performance
Inventor: BUSKIES CHRISTOPH
IPC: G10H1/42
Filed: 2014-06-17
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance.
Patent GB-2535635-A (GB)
Title: An access port for a casing of a gas turbine engine and a plug for plugging the access port
Inventor: DAVID COLES
IPC: F16B39/24
Filed: 2016-01-21
Abstract: An access port 4 for a casing 2 of a gas turbine engine and a threaded plug 10 for plugging the access port 4 each comprise first and second baulking formations 20a, 20b which are configured to engage with one another. The first and second baulking formations 20a, 20b are spaced from one another by a unique angular separation B which allows only the correct plug 10 to be inserted into the correct access port 4.
Patent GB-2535962-A (GB)
Title: Backlight source drive circuit, liquid crystal display device, and drive method
Inventor: XIANG YANG
IPC: G09G3/34
Filed: 2014-01-22
Abstract: A backlight source drive circuit (100), a liquid crystal display device, and a drive method. The backlight source drive circuit (100) comprises an error amplification unit (10) and a drive control unit (20). The error amplification unit (10) is configured to receive a feedback voltage from a backlight source (200) and is used for comparing the feedback voltage with a reference voltage, adjusting the amplification coefficient and the amplification speed for amplifying the comparison result according to the comparison result, and outputting the amplification result as a control signal. The drive control unit (20) is configured to receive the control signal from the error amplification unit (10) and is used for outputting a pulse width modulating dimming signal with a corresponding duty factor according to the control signal, so as to modulate a voltage signal that is output by a power supply (300) to the backlight source (200). The backlight source drive circuit (100) can be used for driving backlight sources (200) of various display apparatuses, can automatically adjust the response speed in different load modes, and has a higher response speed than the prior art, so that the animation display capability of the display apparatuses can be improved indirectly.
Patent GB-2552156-A (GB)
Title: Kitchen appliance Lid
Inventor: JAMES SEALY
IPC: A47J43/07
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: An overpressure emission valve (202, fig 4) for a container 108 of a kitchen appliance 100 for processing food, the valve comprising a plug 105 for blocking an aperture in the container, wherein the plug is biased towards the aperture by a biasing force such that an over-pressure within the container of greater than 5000N/m2 results in the plug moving from a first position to a second position to dissipate the over-pressure, and the biasing force returning the plug to the first position blocking the aperture. The biasing force can be in the form of a gravity or resilient element, where the resilient element is a helical spring (204, fig 5), leaf spring or a pneumatic piston. The force may be set to 500N/m2, 280N/m2 or 50N/m2. The valve can be situated within a lid 104 that is frictionally fitted to the container, where the valve is connected to the lid by a hinged 106 pivotable arm 107. The plug and container are constructed to attenuate sound of 79dB(A) or less. The kitchen appliance may have a motor 102 driven rotary tool 103 for processing food, and comprise of presence sensors in communication with a PCB to apply time control wait time constraints based on sensor feedback, and may also comprise a set of weighing scales.