baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2577475-A (GB)
Title: Casing for a computing device operable as a barcode scanner
Inventor: TONY RAINBOW
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2018-08-09
Abstract: A casing (2, fig 3a) for a computing device (10, fig 3a) has a flashlight (12, fig 3a) and a camera (14, fig 3a). The casing has at least one window (4a, 4b, fig 3a) and a first reflective optical element 30 which is positionable to intercept light emitted through the at least one window from within the casing and is arranged when so positioned to reflect light 62 emitted through the at least one window outwardly from the casing at an angle which is other than normal to a plane containing the window. A second reflective optical element 40 is positionable to direct light through the window into the casing and is arranged when so positioned to receive light 28 from a direction which is antiparallel to the direction of the light reflected by the first reflective optical element and to reflect the light into the casing in a direction which is substantially antiparallel to the direction of the light emitted through the window. The reflective optical elements may be prisms and the casing may be a barcode scanner integrated with a smartphone.
Patent GB-2567306-A (GB)
Title: Optical imaging and assessment system for tong cassette positioning device
Inventor: Federico AMEZAGA
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 2018-08-16
Abstract: A method and apparatus 200 for optical imaging and assessment of tong cassette positioning devices 220, including identifying a focus area 230 on a tong cassette; optically imaging the focus area with an optical imaging device 210 on a positioning device 220; and analyzing information from the optical imaging device 210 to determine an assessment of the focus area 230 . The imaging device 210 may be a high resolution camera and/or a time of flight camera. Multiple focus areas (fig 3) may be identified and imaged and information on optical markings may be analysed.
Patent GB-2577051-A (GB)
Title: Branch prediction circuitry
Inventor: LUC ORION
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2018-09-11
Abstract: Branch prediction 4 comprising a return address prediction 64 to store at least one predicted return address; and a branch target buffer (BTB) 60. The BTB structure comprises entries each for specifying predicted branch information for a corresponding block of instructions. A prediction is made for whether the given block of instructions includes a return branch instruction for which a predicted target address is to be predicted based on a predicted return address obtained from a return address prediction structure, and for whether the given block of instructions includes at least one other type of branch instruction other than the return branch instruction. For cases where the given block of instructions is predicted to include the at least one other type of branch instruction, also included is a predicted target address of the at least one other type of branch instruction. Within at least a subset of entries of the BTB structure, each entry 80 specifies the predicted branch information with an encoding incapable of simultaneously indicating both: that the corresponding block of instructions includes the return branch instruction; and the predicted target address for the return branch instruction.
Patent GB-2564600-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for unfaulting point clouds
Inventor: GENBAO SHI
IPC: G06T17/10
Filed: 2016-06-07
Abstract: A method includes generating a faulted point cloud representing a faulted geological formation including a first fault block having a first surface, a second fault block having a second surface, and a fault formed therebetween and having a fault surface, generating a first fault trace from an intersection of the first surface and the fault surface and a second fault trace from an intersection of the second surface and the fault surface, generating a first fault polygon using the first and second fault traces, generating a center polyline, generating third and fourth fault traces separated from the first and second fault traces, respectively, generating a second fault polygon using the third and fourth fault traces, expanding a first area including the first and third fault traces, expanding a second area including the second and fourth fault traces, and generating an unfaulted point cloud representing an unfaulted geological formation.
Patent GB-2563793-A (GB)
Title: Photovoltaic system with non-uniformly cooled photovoltaic cells
Inventor: EMANUEL LOERTSCHER
IPC: H02S40/42
Filed: 2017-03-17
Abstract: A photovoltaic system (1) and related system and method for cooling such photovoltaic system (1) are described. The photovoltaic system (1) comprises photovoltaic cells (10), arranged side-by-side to form an array (5) of photovoltaic cells (10). It further involves a cooling device (20), which comprises one or more layers (21-23), wherein the layers (21-23) extend opposite to the array (5) of photovoltaic cells (10) and in thermal communication therewith, for cooling the cells (10), in operation. The one or more layers (21-23) are structured such that a thermal resistance of the photovoltaic system (1) varies across the array (5) of photovoltaic cells (10), so as to remove heat from photovoltaic cells (10) of the array (5) with different heat removal rates, in operation.
Patent GB-2565681-A (GB)
Title: A multipurpose ball throwing aid
Inventor: Venkata Parthasaradhi Pemmaraju
IPC: A63B65/12
Filed: 2017-01-03
Abstract: The invention to which this application relates is to a multipurpose ball throwing aid. Typically, hand held and used to throw one ball at a time. The invention particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, is of use in conjunction with throwing of an object especially balls to train dogs and to provide practice to players in sports such as cricket, baseball and jai alai. It should however be noted that the invention is not noted to any particular ball or object, as the ball throwing aid can be adapted to different requirements.
Patent GB-2579860-A (GB)
Title: A masonry panel for a building structure
Inventor: MATTHEW FREEMAN
IPC: E04F13/14
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: A masonry panel 1 for a building structure comprises a plurality of elongate members 2 each defining a bed 3 accommodating a single course of masonry slips 4. The slips are retained by legs or flanges that engage in two slots in two sides of the slips. One or more shims 9 fill the gap between rear surfaces of the slips the bed to retain the slips in position relative to the bed. The shims may be tabs or projecting flaps comprising tines having a triangular profile. The elongate members may be fastened together or mounted on a supporting structure 11 in a side-by-side relationship so their beds are parallel. The elongate members may have a cross-sectional profile defining a channel with its legs or flanges projecting inwardly of the bed from the edges of opposing sides of the channel. The legs or flanges on opposing sides of the channel may be of equal or unequal width. One of the elongate members may, in use, form a soffit and have an L-shaped cross-sectional profile with its legs or flanges projecting at right-angles to one another to accommodate and retain slips having L-shaped cross-sectional profiles.
Patent GB-2580130-A (GB)
Title: Overflow condition
Inventor: Alan Graham Alexander
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: Executing arithmetic operations using values represented by digital representations which extend between predefined limit values, comprising: storing a mode indication indicating operation in a first mode or a second mode S610; and storing outputs of the one or more arithmetic operations S620. The indication is checked to determine whether the arithmetic operation is to be executed in the first mode or in the second mode S600. In the first mode, in response to the respective arithmetic operation resulting in a value exceeding a limit value of the digital representation, a result number having the limit value which was executed is stored in the memory S640. In the second mode, in response to the respective arithmetic operation resulting in a value exceeding a limit value of the digital representation, an output code is stored with the memory, the output code indicating a result that cannot be processed as a value S660. The arithmetic operations may use floating point numbers of a format having predefined limit values.
Patent GB-2580636-A (GB)
Title: Horticultural tool telescopic tube structure
Inventor: YAO-CHUNG HUANG
IPC: B25G1/04
Filed: 2019-01-18
Abstract: The present invention provides a telescopic tube structure for a horticultural tool, the tube includes mutually sleeved tubes from the outside in, consisting of an external tube 10, at least one central tube 20, and one inner tube 30. A first end 11 of the external tube and a first end 21 of the at least one central tube are joined to separate tightening devices 40 allowing tightening and positioning of the central tube and the internal tube after telescopic adjustment thereof. The tubes are all correspondingly indented on the periphery to form grooves 13, 23, 33 and at least one rib 14, 24, 34 protrudes from each of the grooves. The tightening devices comprise a fixing mount 41 provided with two through holes 411 and a trigger 42 mounted on a pivot shaft 43 within the holes, the triggers having a pivot head 421 which clasps into corresponding grooves to lock the central and internal tubes into position. The tube structure may be provided with two mutually movable sleeved central tubes. The ribs may be disposed along the lengths of the tubes.
Patent GB-2582821-A (GB)
Title: A fixation device
Inventor: ALAN VASEY
IPC: E02D5/80
Filed: 2019-04-05
Abstract: A fixation device 100 comprises an elongate and hollow inner sleeve (102, Fig 2) rotatable about a longitudinal axis 120 and has at least one first cutting element 114 at an open distal end region thereof. A guide body 118 is located on the inner sleeve and has a tapered guide surface which tapers outwardly towards the distal end region. An elongate and hollow outer sleeve 104 is mounted on the inner sleeve and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis and translatable with respect to the inner sleeve. A flareable end formation is located at an open distal end region of the outer sleeve and comprises at least one second cutting element 350. The flareable end formation is configured to flare outwardly towards a deployed position when moved over the tapered guide surface of the guide body. A method of installing such a fixation device in a substrate is also described.
Patent GB-2575347-A (GB)
Title: Value comparison server, value comparison encryption system, and value comparison method
Inventor: HISAYOSHI SATO
IPC: H04L9/00
Filed: 2019-05-15
Abstract: A method and system for comparing the values of numerical data in a dataset. At an encryption terminal a plaintext numerical data value is input, S604. The numerical value is encrypted using an encryption scheme that has an additive homomorphism by using a plurality of secret keys, S602, which include a first secret key s, as well as a set of system parameters, S601. Each iteration of the process produces a value comparison tag corresponding to a piece of the numerical data, S607. The generated value comparison tags are sent to a server to be compared. The server uses the system parameters and the first secret key, s, to calculate a value Z (Fig.9, S708) from two of the value comparison tags. Whether a discrete logarithm can be calculated successfully for Z determines whether the numerical data corresponding to one tag has a value that is greater than, equal to or less than the value of the numerical data corresponding to the other tag (Fig. 9, S709-S711). The invention may be used where data processing or sorting is outsourced to a third party, but data privacy must be maintained, e.g. processing of medical data etc.
Patent GB-2584903-A (GB)
Title: A drinking straw with a plurality of fluid inlets
Inventor: VIKORS JEFIMOVS
IPC: B65D77/28
Filed: 2019-06-21
Abstract: A drinking straw 1 has an elongate body 2 (Figure 1) defining a fluid conduit 3 therethrough and has a first end 4 and a second end 5. The conduit is divided longitudinally by a linear wall 6 into a first portion 7 and a second portion 8. The wall is spaced from the second end such than an internal opening 9 is provided between the first and second portions. The wall may form a baffle inside the conduit. Multiple first fluid inlets 10 into the first portion are dispersed along a side 11 of the body. The body has a fluid outlet 12 from the second portion at the first end. The first fluid inlets may be arranged on a line extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body. The body may have a front side 13 and a rear side 14 on opposite sides of a first plane 15 dissecting the body 2. The first inlets may be uniformly spaced apart from one another. There may be a second fluid inlet 32 at the second end of the body. The straw allows the user to consume multiple layers of a layered drink at the same time.
Patent GB-2578510-A (GB)
Title: Environment map generation and hole filling
Inventor: JONATHAN EISENMANN
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 2019-09-02
Abstract: An unfilled environment map (Fig. 5A-C) (i.e. a 360° panoramic image depicting the spherical environment surrounding 3D objects) is generated (406) based on a 2D background image (402) (e.g. by projecting on to a sphere (404), scaling the sphere image and flipping the scaled sphere image), wherein the map contains a hole area lacking image content. A portion of the unfilled map is projected (408) to an unfilled projection image containing at least a portion of the hole area (e.g. using gnomic projection), and a filled projection image is generated (412) based on the unfilled projection image (e.g. using a hole filling model, e.g. NNs, GANs) the filled projection image containing image content for the hole area. The filled projection image is then projected (back) (414) using an inverse projection to generate image content for the hole in the unfilled environment map, and a filled environment map (fig. 8D) is generated (416) by combining the unfilled map with the generated image content for the hole. North and south poles of the environment map may thus be improved (Fig. 7F). Also claimed is training a hole filling model by generating simulated background images and ground truth images.
Patent GB-2580465-A (GB)
Title: A fan assembly
Inventor: CHARLES EDWARD POUGET
IPC: F04D29/54
Filed: 2019-09-12
Abstract: A fan assembly (1000, figure 3) comprises an air flow generator and a nozzle (1200, figure 1) to emit the air flow from the fan assembly. The nozzle comprises a nozzle body (1203, figure 3) and steerable air outlets 1210 with openings 1213 of outlet sections of an outlet body 1214 that are each arranged to emit the air flow, wherein the steerable air outlets are rotatable within the openings. Each outlet body may be arranged to substantially occlude the corresponding opening. The steerable air outlets may be arranged to independently rotate relative to the nozzle body. Preferably each outlet body has an at least partially circular cross-section, cylindrical in shape. A control circuit (1137, figure 6) is preferably arranged to control the steerable air outlets, which may control steering motors (1218, figure 14) that may be used to rotate the outlet bodies. An orientation detection system (1220, figure 14) may detect the orientation of the outlet body relative to the nozzle body and / or which of the two portions of a vectoring range the outlet body is currently in. photo-interrupter devices may be used in the orientation detection system. A nozzle for a fan assembly is also claimed.
Patent GB-2584181-A (GB)
Title: Information processing system
Inventor: Yuuji Nakayama
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2020-02-25
Abstract: An information processing system 1 includes a plurality of information processing platforms 2-1, 2-2…2-8, each attached to a bus 3 with at least one connector, the bus configured to relay communication between the plurality of information processing platforms. Each platform includes a storage unit configured to store connection information, such as a communication target registration table, which represents whether each of the other information processing platforms is a communication target of the corresponding information processing platform. The table may indicate that certain platforms 2-2 are not targets, reducing traffic in a multicast or broadcast operation. A master platform may have multiple connections to the bus, and the platforms may be segmented to form virtual LANs.
Patent GB-2594041-A (GB)
Title: Footwear hanger
Inventor: PETER RICKETT
IPC: A47G25/00
Filed: 2020-03-12
Abstract: A footwear hanger 300 for a pair of items of footwear comprising first 310A, 310B and second 320 footwear holders for holding a pair of items of footwear in respective first and second orientations. The holder 310 grips a portion of an item of footwear to hold the item in the first orientation, wherein the first orientation is different to the second orientation. The distance between the holders may be adjustable to a plurality of predefined distances and may be releasably attached to and spaced apart along a central spine 330 of the hanger. The first holder may comprise a clip with spaced apart fingers 310A, 310B to grip the heel of the item of footwear, and the second footwear holder may be a resilient support arm inserted into an item of footwear. The hanger may further comprise a suspension portion 340 with a hook or a loop, and a label portion 350 displaying a label formed integrally with the first holder. The first and second footwear holders may be modular. A footwear hanger comprising a gripper and a support arm is also present. The gripper may comprise a clip to hold footwear at a different orientation to the support arm.
Patent GB-2593546-A (GB)
Title: Book and Toy Combination
Inventor: Stephen Rosebrough
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 2020-03-30
Abstract: A book comprises a first outer cover 14 having a substantially planar body defining a first aperture extending therethrough; a second outer cover 18 having a substantially planar body defining a second aperture extending therethrough; and at least one inner element 22 located between the first and second outer covers, the or each inner element having a substantially planar body defining an inner element aperture extending therethrough; wherein at least a portion of the first and second apertures and the or each inner element aperture are aligned with one another to define a receiving aperture 30 extending through the book. An item, such as a soft toy 50, may be releasably engaged with the receiving aperture 30. The limbs 52 of the soft toy may extend through the receiving aperture 30 to form a closed loop around a portion of the book.
Patent GB-2594065-A (GB)
Title: In-situ steam generated oxynitride
Inventor: SOTIRIOS ATHANASIOU
IPC: H01L21/318
Filed: 2020-04-14
Abstract: A method of forming an oxide layer, such as a SiON oxynitride, in an in-situ steam generation (ISSG) process comprises: providing a silicon substrate 10 in a rapid thermal process (RTP) chamber 4, injecting a gas mixture 18 into the chamber, and heating a surface 20 of the silicon substrate to a reaction temperature so that the gas mixture reacts close to the surface to form steam, thereby oxidising the silicon substrate. The gas mixture comprises hydrogen (H2), oxygen (O2) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The flow rate of nitrous oxide may decrease, and the flow rate of oxygen may increase, while the surface of the substrate is at the reaction temperature. The flow rate of hydrogen and the total flow rate of the gas mixture may be kept constant. The process can produce gate oxide layers without requiring post oxide annealing or decoupled plasma nitridation. A semiconductor structure (Figure 2) comprising the substrate and the oxide layer is also provided, in which the oxide layer may be a gate oxide layer of a gate structure.
Patent GB-2594245-A (GB)
Title: Actuator assembly
Inventor: DAVID OOI
IPC: G02B27/64
Filed: 2020-04-16
Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator assembly 23 includes a first part 24 mechanically coupled to a second part 25 by a bearing arrangement 26. A drive arrangement 11, 20 includes four lengths of shape memory alloy wire 141, 142, 143, 144 connected between the first part 24 and the second part 25. The drive arrangement 11, 20 and bearing arrangement 26 are configured such that the first part 24 is movable towards or away from the second part 25 along a primary axis z and is also tiltable relative to the second part 25 about first and second  axes x, x’; y, y’, which are not parallel, and which are perpendicular to the primary axis z. The axial movement may be generated in response to rotational movement, by ramps (1101, figure 13).
Patent GB-2580850-A (GB)
Title: System for modular building tolerance control
Inventor: HUGH BOWERMAN
IPC: E04B1/38
Filed: 2020-05-15
Abstract: A first system comprises forming a first layer of building modules 10. Each building module includes a male connector 24. A connector plate engages the male connectors on adjacent panels, the connector plate 60 including apertures 66 for receiving respective male connectors. Corrective forces are applied by a number of connector plates forming the first building layer which causes deformation of the modules to meet pre-defined spatial tolerances as to apply a correction initial errors to function as datum connection points. Also claimed is a connection system for vertically connecting multiple modules. A first layer includes a first module with a male connector element which is received in corresponding female connector element in a second module on a second layer, the connector elements are configured to guide the upper module as it is lowered onto a lower module
Patent GB-2595261-A (GB)
Title: Enzyme-catalytic method for the direct stereoselective synthesis of gamma-(acetyloxy) carboxylic acids
Inventor: JAAN PARVE
IPC: C12P41/00
Filed: 2020-05-19
Abstract: An enzyme-catalysed method for the stereoselective synthesis of gamma-(acyloxy)carboxylic acids by enzymatically acylating a racemic gamma-hydroxycarboxylic acid salt, wherein the gamma-hydroxycarboxylic acid salt is obtained by hydrolysis of a gamma-lactone is provided. The gamma-lactone may be gamma-valerolactone (GVL), gamma-caprolactone (gamma-hexalactone), gamma-heptalactone, gamma-octalactone, gamma-nonalactone, and Grieco’s bicyclolactone. The enzyme-catalyst is preferably Candida Antarctica lipase B immobilised on a polymer carrier (Novozym® 435). The racemic gamma-lactone may be hydrolysed with sodium hydroxide in ethanol. The acylating reagent may be vinyl propionate or vinyl acetate. The biocatalytic acylation reaction may be performed in acetonitrile, chloroform or ethyl acetate. After the bio-catalysed reaction is complete acidification of the reaction provides the enantiomerically enriched acylated gamma(acyloxy)carboxylic acid and the unreacted enantiomer of the gamma-hydroxycarboxylic acid salt undergoes a re-lactonisation to provide an enantiomerically enriched gamma-lactone.
Patent GB-2582103-A (GB)
Title: Absorber and absorbent article
Inventor: Ryota Kuramae
IPC: B01J20/28
Filed: 2017-12-29
Abstract: This absorber (1) includes: an absorbent sheet (2) which has a substrate layer (20) and an absorber layer (21) that includes absorbent polymers (P1) fixed to one surface of the substrate layer (20); and an entangled fiber layer (3). The absorbent polymers (P1) of the absorber layer (21) are adjacent to the entangled fiber layer (3). The absorbent polymers (P1) of the absorber layer (21) are preferably fixed to the one surface of the substrate layer (20) by a hot melt adhesive. The absorber (1) having such a configuration is thin and has excellent absorption performance and shape stability.