baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2486845-A (GB)
Title: Household cooking appliance with light to illuminate different rack levels
Inventor: BARTOCETTI PIETRO
IPC: F21S8/00
Filed: 2009-07-15
Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance (1, figure 1) such as an oven, includes a muffle (3, figure 1) forming a cooking compartment (2, figure 1) with supports 4a on side walls 3L of the muffle to receive a number of cooking elements such as shelves, thereby dividing the compartment into two or more rack levels. A light 10 associated with at least one side wall extends vertically to illuminate multiple rack levels. The muffle is contained within a cabinet 5 that includes a protrusion 6 positioned at each light 10 to allow a thermally insulating material 7 to be placed between the light and the cabinet. The light may include a translucent/transparent cover 11, a lamp holder 12 with reflecting material and knurls 15 to diffuse light, and a gasket (18, figure 3) to hermitically seal the lamp holder. The cover may include teeth (16, figure 3) that snap fit to slots (17, figure 3) of the holder.
Patent GB-2501477-A (GB)
Title: Mattress cover
Inventor: BAKER RICHARD
IPC: A47C27/00
Filed: 2012-04-23
Abstract: A mattress cover comprises first 8 and second 20 fabric layers with an intermediate layer 26 interposed there between, the first layer extending over the top, sides, ends 12 and at least a portion of the lower side 16 of the mattress, the second layer underlying at least a portion of the part of the first layer adjacent to the top of the mattress. Either or both of the first and second fabric layers may be an impermeable Polyurethane-coated fabric, and the intermediate layer may be foam, and may be impermeable. The mattress cover may have a releasable closure, preferably in the lower side and may provide a space to accommodate an intermediate 128 item such as a pillow. The mattress cover may be provided as part of an assembly comprising a cover and a mattress, which is preferably dynamic.
Patent GB-2494010-A (GB)
Title: Detecting LED short-circuits in LCD backlights
Inventor: KIM JUNGJAE
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2012-04-25
Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel illuminated by a backlight unit BLU, the backlight unit comprising a plurality of LED strings RS1 to RSm. Each of the LED strings is connected to a DC power source 120 which supplies voltage Vout to the LED strings. The lowest cathode (i.e. at positions Dn) of each LED string is connected to a transistor (e.g. T1,Tm) collector electrode. Transistor emitter electrodes are connected to monitor resistors (e.g. R1,Rm), whilst base electrodes are connected to first pins (e.g. Ch1, Chm) of an LED driver unit 130. The LED driver unit is controlled by controller 135 and has second pins (e.g. Cm1,Cmm) connected between the transistor emitter electrodes and the monitor resistors. Accordingly, each LED string is connected to the LED driver unit by only two connections. The LED driver unit 130 comprises driving signal outputs OP1, OPm for supplying driving signals to each LED string. It also comprises LED short-sensing portions OPP1, OPPm for detecting short-circuits in LED components by comparing the transistor base electrode voltage with a reference voltage ref. Alternatively, a short may be determined by comparing the difference between a first sensing voltage (at Ch1) with a corresponding sensing voltage for the neighbouring LED string (at Chm). If a short is detected, the LED driver may disable either a particular LED string/channel or alternatively all LED strings may be turned off, e.g. by disabling the LED driver and the DC power source. The arrangement provides LED short-circuit detection with reduced manufacturing costs since only two LED driver connections are required per LED string. It also provides for LED backlight protection in the event of LED short-circuit defects, by switching off the affected LED string or the whole backlight unit, thus protecting remaining LEDs from overcurrent damage.
Patent GB-2492635-A (GB)
Title: Devices for emanating liquids
Inventor: KOONTZ RICHARD
IPC: A01M1/20
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: A refill for a liquid emanating device comprising a housing 2, at least one liquid reservoir 3, a wick 14 provided only on the outer surface of the housing and at least one aperture 5, 6 in the housing having at least one valve 7, 8 defining a liquid pathway to the exterior of the refill, wherein the valve is configured to be automatically resealable when not being held open. There may be two valves, one a downstream valve and one an upstream valve. The upstream valve may provided as an open annular ring valve (10, Fig. 8) suspended by a flexible annular skirt (9, Fig. 10). The downstream valve may be in the form of a rubberised slit valve (11, Fig. 10). The downstream slit valve provides a fluid tight closure to prevent the liquid in the reservoir escaping. The downstream valve and the upstream valve may be formed as a one piece component. The refill may further comprise at least one capillary tube 12 or an extraction limb which houses at least one capillary tube. The tube or limb is insertable into an aperture of the housing so one end extends towards a base of the liquid reservoir and the other end terminates at or adjacent to the wick on the outer surface of the housing. An air pump (16, Fig. 3) may be used as an aid to the extraction of liquid from the reservoir.
Patent GB-2501556-A (GB)
Title: Encoding / Decoding Video Data Using Selected Frequency Separation Transform in HEVC
Inventor: GAMEI JAMES ALEXANDER
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2012-06-29
Abstract: 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 video data is coded (and subsequently decoded) by predicting luminance and/or chrominance samples of an image from other samples from the same image according to a prediction mode associated with the sample to be predicted. The prediction mode is selected for each of a plurality of blocks of samples from a set of two or more candidate prediction modes. Differences between the samples and the respective predicted samples are detected and a frequency-separation transform (e.g. DCT, Karhunen-Loeve) is selected from two or more candidate frequency separation transforms according to the prediction mode associated with a current block of samples using a mapping between transform and prediction mode. The mapping is different, with respect to chrominance and luminance samples, for at least the 4:4:4: format. The detected differences are encoded by frequency-separating the differences using the selected frequency-separation transform. Also disclosed is encoding 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 video data in which coefficients derived from frequency-separated differences for blocks of samples are encoded in an order defined by a scan pattern selected according to a prediction mode-scan pattern map (fig. 38). The map is different for chroma and luma samples at least for the 4:4:4 format.
Patent GB-2503674-A (GB)
Title: Step bolt nut and step bolt assembly
Inventor: GIT DORIN
IPC: A62B35/00
Filed: 2012-07-03
Abstract: A step bolt nut and step bolt assembly are disclosed. The step bolt nut comprises a threaded portion 14a and a sleeve portion 14b; preferably the sleeve portion is unthreaded. It is suitable for use with a step bolt, the step bolt having a threaded portion 12 and an unthreaded support portion 10. The step bolt nut is screwed to the end of the step bolt, such that the threaded section 14a of the step bolt nut engages with a threaded portion 12 of the step bolt. The sleeve portion 14b of the step bolt nut extends over the unthreaded support section 10 of the bolt. This moves the point at which a bending moment is applied to a location along the support portion 10 and away from the threaded part 12 of the step bolt. Preferably, the step bolt assembly comprises a second nut 16 which mounts over the threaded section 12 of the bolt.
Patent GB-2489187-A (GB)
Title: Compositions,methods and related uses for cleaving modified DNA
Inventor: ZHU ZHENYU
IPC: C12N9/22
Filed: 2011-01-20
Abstract: Compositions, methods and a kit are described relating to a novel family of enzymes which preferentially bind to a hydroxymethylated cytosine or a glucosylated hydroxymethylated cytosine and cleave double- stranded DNA at a defined distance 3' of the recognition site to produce a cleavage fragment with a 1-3 base overhang.
Patent GB-2490082-A (GB)
Title: Improved heat storage system
Inventor: HOWES JONATHAN SEBASTIAN
IPC: F01K3/12
Filed: 2011-02-24
Abstract: Apparatus (1) for storing energy, comprising: a high pressure storage vessel (10) for receiving high pressure gas, the high pressure storage vessel (10) comprising high pressure heat storage means comprising a first chamber housing a first gas-permeable heat storage structure (14); and a low pressure storage vessel (11,12) for receiving low pressure gas, the low pressure storage vessel (11,12) comprising low pressure heat storage means comprising a second chamber housing a second gas-permeable heat storage structure (16,18); wherein the first heat storage structure (14) has a mean surface area per unit volume which is higher than a mean surface area per unit volume of the second heat storage structure (16,18).
Patent GB-2495221-A (GB)
Title: Multiple channel detection for time of flight mass spectrometry
Inventor: HOYES JOHN BRIAN
IPC: H01J49/02
Filed: 2012-09-28
Abstract: An ion detector for a TOF mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a single microchannel plate 1 arranged to receive ions 2 and output electrons 3. In one embodiment, the electrons 3 are directed onto an array of silicon photodiodes 4 which detect the electrons directly. Alternatively, the electrons 3 are converted to photons by a scintillator (9, Figure 7), said photons then being detected by the array of photodiodes 4. The output from each photodiode 4 is connected via a separate discriminator to a separate time to digital converter (TDC) in an array of such devices provided on an ASIC 5.
Patent GB-2492702-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for resource capacity evaluation in a system of virtual containers
Inventor: BENEDETTI FABIO
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2010-11-12
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for evaluating potential resource capacity in a system with elasticity and competition between a plurality of containers. A dynamic potential capacity is determined for at least one container in a plurality of containers competing for a total capacity of a larger container. A current utilization by each of the plurality of competing containers is obtained, and an equilibrium capacity is determined for each competing container. The equilibrium capacity indicates a capacity that the corresponding container is entitled to. The dynamic potential capacity is determined based on the total capacity, a comparison of one or more of the current utilizations to one or more of the corresponding equilibrium capacities and a relative resource weight of each of the plurality of competing containers. The dynamic potential capacity is optionally recalculated when the set of plurality of containers is changed or after the assignment of each work element.
Patent GB-2508023-A (GB)
Title: Aerofoil with leading edge cavity for blowing air
Inventor: LEEUW JON OTEGUI VAN
IPC: B64C11/18
Filed: 2012-11-14
Abstract: An aerofoil 1.1 incorporates a duct 1.2 for supplying air to a cavity 1.6 via a tube 1.3 extending along the leading edge of the aerofoil. The cavity is revealed by a closeable door 1.4. At the leading edge of the aerofoil air is diverted by the cavity door such that an air flow exits the tube via the cavity and is pushed over the upper surface of the aerofoil. This results in a high lift being generated totally independently of the aerofoil's velocity. A movable control surface 1.5 is located at the trailing edge and is able to control the lift generated by the blown air. The same principle can be applied to hydrofoils in which an incompressible fluid (most preferably water) is blown through a tube from a machine to a cavity situated at the leading edge of the hydrofoil. This results in a high lift being generated totally independently of the hydrofoil's velocity.
Patent GB-2499703-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for analyzing abbreviations in a document
Inventor: O'SULLIVAN THOMAS
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2013-01-04
Abstract: Analyzing a document including text, comprising obtaining the text from the document to provide obtained text 400, generating a plurality of indices representative of the obtained text 402 that includes an abbreviation (acronym), which may include a document-level index and a paragraph level index, and generating a user interface including at least a portion of the obtained text based on the plurality of indices 404. Also involves monitoring the document for a change in the text 406 and if it has changed updating the plurality of indices to reflect the change to provide updated indices in response to detecting a change in the text 410, and generating an updated user interface based on the updated indices without user intervention 412. The method may include normalized word and character indexes and a non-normalized word and character indexes.
Patent GB-2500502-A (GB)
Title: Non-ionic alkali polymer solutions for enhanced oil recovery in a subterranean formation
Inventor: DWARAKANATH VARADARAJAN
IPC: C09K8/58
Filed: 2011-09-13
Abstract: A method for enhancing oil recovery is disclosed. The method includes providing a subsurface reservoir containing hydrocarbons therewithin and a wellbore in fluid communication with the subsurface reservoir. A solution for injection into the reservoir is formed by mixing a composition with at least one non-ionic chemical, at least one polymer, and at least one alkali. The non-ionic chemical can be alcohol alkoxylates such as alkylaryl alkoxy alcohols or alkyl alkoxy alcohols. The solution is solution is clear and aqueous stable when mixed. The solution is injected through the wellbore into the subsurface reservoir.
Patent GB-2516021-A (GB)
Title: Method, device, and computer program for pre-encoding and post-decoding high bit-depth content in video encoder and decoder
Inventor: FRANCOIS EDOUARD
IPC: H04N19/88
Filed: 2013-07-05
Abstract: Pre-encoding a picture 501 by splitting each sample or pixel value into at least two sub-samples of a fixed bit-depth and storing the sub-samples 601, 602 in a format that identifies them as two image components. The method is useful for encoding a high bit-depth monochrome image using known coding architectures such as HEVC. Preferably the first sub-sample is a set of most significant bits and the second sub-sample is a set of least significant bits. In one embodiment the sub-sample are stored as different colour components of a single image and encoded 507 using an HEVC colour profile such as 4:4:4 or 4:2:2. Two sub-samples may be stored as two or three different colour components. Alternatively the sub-samples may be stored as different frames or images, each to be encoded separately. A corresponding post-decoding routine is also claimed, in which decoded subsamples are combined to reconstruct a high bit-depth image.
Patent GB-2505763-A (GB)
Title: Warning device when an object approaches the vehicle and a door is about to be opened, having inside and outside proximity sensors
Inventor: KRISHNAMURTHY ARUN
IPC: B60Q1/52
Filed: 2013-07-12
Abstract: A warning device for a vehicle 12, the warning device comprising at least one first proximity sensor 16, preferably mounted on a vehicle mirror, for capturing at least one object 20, such as a bicycle or pedestrian, moving towards the vehicle 12; at least one second proximity 30 sensor, preferably mounted near a door handle, for detecting a passengers hand approaching an inner door handle 28 of a side door 14, 34 of the vehicle 12; and at least one warning element 32, preferably a haptic device to vibrate the door handle, for outputting at least one warning signal to the passenger of the vehicle 12 if an object 20 moving towards the vehicle 12 is captured by the first proximity sensor 16 and the passengers hand approaching the inner door handle 28 is detected by the second proximity sensor 30.
Patent GB-2516633-A (GB)
Title: An antibody, a biomonitoring kit and method
Inventor: BALL RAYMOND LATHAN
IPC: G01N33/535
Filed: 2013-07-26
Abstract: An antibody for use in a biomonitoring test using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a kit for carrying out the test and a method of carrying out the test. More particularly the antibody is a primary antibody which is labelled with an enzyme and is used to determine a person's exposure to one of: benzene; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; isocyanates; ethylene oxide; or propylene oxide.
Patent GB-2509663-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of adrenal insufficiency
Inventor: HUATAN HIEP
IPC: A61K9/50
Filed: 2012-11-19
Abstract: The disclosure relates to the treatment of adrenal insufficiency with particular but not limiting application to paediatric treatment regimens, the treatment of the elderly and non-human animals.
Patent GB-2512514-A (GB)
Title: User interface displaying filtered information
Inventor: MILLER MARK ANTHONY
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-10-22
Abstract: A trigger event is set, based on information in an information flow. One or more actions are set to occur in response to occurrence of the trigger event. The information flow is received. The set one or more actions are performed upon occurrence of the trigger event, and a user interface is displayed based on the information flow. The actions include, but are not limited to, filtering display of information from the information flow in response to occurrence of the trigger event.
Patent GB-2527503-A (GB)
Title: Generating a sequence of stereoscopic images for a head-mounted display
Inventor: HENSON MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: H04N13/04
Filed: 2014-06-17
Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) for displaying a sequence of stereoscopic images of a virtual environment, comprising: a linear motion sensor to detect HMD position; an angular motion sensor to detect HMD orientation; a texture buffer that stores left and right eye image textures showing pre-rendered versions of possible scenes in the virtual world; a renderer to render left and right images by mapping the left and right textures to respective spheres or polyhedrons, wherein the direction of the render viewpoints is determined by the orientation of the HMD; wherein the images are rendered at a higher rate than the textures are refreshed in the buffer. Textures may be equirectangular or icosahedral projections and may be spatially or temporally compressed. Scenes may depict progression along a path in the virtual environment corresponding to a path in a real environment (eg. route of a passenger on a theme park amusement ride or rollercoaster). HMD location and orientation may be predicted using a Kalman filter with a dynamic model. Texture buffer may be updated at 60 Hertz. Images may be rendered at 600 Hz and output to stereoscopic display without writing to a frame buffer.
Patent GB-2527779-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow device with flow control and method for making the same
Inventor: SONES COLLIN LAWRENCE
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2014-07-01
Abstract: A method of making a fluid flow device comprises providing a porous substrate 2 impregnated with a light-sensitive substance in a first state wherein the substrate has a fluid flow channel 5 with a defined depth and the substance is changeable between the first state and a second state with one of states being solid, exposing a surface-area of the substrate within the channel to a beam of light to deliver energy to change the substance to the second state such that a partial barrier 9, 10, 11, 12 to fluid flow along the channel is created, and developing the substrate in solvent to leave the substance which is in the solid state and remove the substance which is in the other state. The amount of energy delivered by the beam is regulated such that the depth of penetration and thus the degree of curing of the substance and thickness of the barrier is controlled. The substance may be a photopolymer which is treated by a UV laser. The substrate may be formed of paper or nitrocellulose. The method can be used to create barriers of various shapes and sizes, and channel walls.
Patent GB-2527146-A (GB)
Title: An independent smart headset with a host separable via magnet attraction
Inventor: CHEN GE
IPC: H04R5/033
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: This application relates to a smart headset which integrates headphones 8-12 and a host device 1-7. The host device has most of the features of a smartphone, including 3G or 4G communication means, wi-fi and an LED screen 3. The headphones include left and right earshells 11, 12, a microphone 13 and a touchpad 8 for controlling the headset. The host is provided with two magnetic contacts (C, D) which mate with magnetic contacts (A, B) on an earshell, so that the host can be coupled to the earshell, or detached from the earshell. The host and headset are electrically interfaced through metal wafers (e, f, g, h) on the back of the host which mate with metal contacts (a, b, c, d,) on the earshell to which the host can be connected. However audio signals from the host to the headset are transmitted using the personal area network protocol Bluetooth (RTM). The smart headset allows music to be downloaded using the 3G or 4G communications means. The headset may also be used for online messaging and social media communications using appropriate apps.
Patent GB-2530062-A (GB)
Title: A machine-insertable beverage capsule and associated methods and systems
Inventor: OLIVER GLEN
IPC: B65D85/804
Filed: 2014-09-11
Abstract: A machine-insertable beverage capsule (1) is provided comprising a cupshaped body (2) and a lid (3). The cup-shaped body comprises a side wall (4), a base (5) at an inlet end of the cup-shaped body and a flange (6) at an outlet end of the cup-shaped body and has the lid sealed to the outlet end of the cupshaped body. The capsule contains one or more extractable beverage ingredients and is suitable for insertion into a beverage preparation machine which is of the type having an enclosing member (10) and a perforation element (13) intended in use to pierce the base of the capsule. At least a portion of the base intended to be pierced in use is formed of a polymer and the base comprises a plurality of laser-formed features (60) to promote piercing, in use, of the base by the perforation element. The laserformed features comprise one or more features selected from the group of: through apertures (61); and/or blind apertures (62). An associated system and methods are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2531601-A (GB)
Title: Assembling pipe-in-pipe systems and pipeline bundles
Inventor: IAN ROSS
IPC: F16L11/20
Filed: 2014-10-24
Abstract: A pipeline assembly such as a pipe-in-pipe system or a pipeline bundle comprising a plurality of elongate elements comprises an outer pipe string 56, an inner section 22 arranged for telescopic insertion into the outer pipe string 56 and at least one spacer 10 mounted on and surrounding the inner section 22 to lie between the inner section 22 and the outer pipe string 56. The spacer 10 comprises contact points for contacting the outer pipe string 56, each contact point being defined by a respective bearing 42 such as a ball supported for rotation by the spacer 10. The bearings 42 are angularly spaced around the spacer 10. Each bearing 42 is adapted to minimise friction on movement relative to the outer pipe string 56 in at least two directions: both longitudinally, as during insertion of the inner section 22 into the outer pipe string 56; and circumferentially, as during twisting of the inner section 22 relative to the outer pipe string 56. The spacer can comprise opposed segments with each segment supporting at least two of the bearings 42. The spacer can be integral with the inner section 22 or frictionally engaged.