baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2591278-A (GB)
Title: A monitoring system of a rail vehicle, a method for monitoring and a rail vehicle
Inventor: SÉBASTIEN FLORENCE
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2020-01-24
Abstract: A panoramic imaging system that monitors spatial areas beside a rail vehicle, comprising at least two imaging devices with overlapping fields of view whose images are fused into a panorama which is displayed. The imaging devices may be cameras, eg. CMOS, CCD, wide-angle or fish-eye cameras. Images may be distorted geometrically and may be de-warped or perspective corrected before stitching or merging. Edges of the fields of view may adjoin. Images and panoramas may be filtered to enhance image quality. Image segmentation may be performed to identify objects which may be highlighted. Image features in overlapping regions may be used in image fusion. Fields of view may extend along or against the vehicle’s travel direction. The rail vehicle may be a freight wagon, passenger carriage or locomotive. Optical axes of imaging devices may be at an angle to the vertical. The image detecting devices may be housed within an outer shell or wall of the rail vehicle so that they do not protrude and may cover vehicle entrances or exits, eg. doors. Imaging devices may be external to the rail vehicle and transmit images to the vehicle. Panoramic images may be displayed vertically or horizontally on an ultra-wide display panel.
Patent GB-2579944-A (GB)
Title: A mooring line length adjusting device and method
Inventor: GEIR OLAV HOVDE
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2018-09-12
Abstract: A mooring line length adjusting device (2) and method is disclosed. The device is arranged for connecting lower and upper mooring line section to its respective ends and for adjusting the total length of the mooring line. The upper section of the mooring line comprises a chain segment (8) at its end connected to the device. The device comprises a locking element (10) to lock the chain segment to itself. A connecting structure for a temporary pulling means (12) to pull the device in a direction to transfer tension from the upper mooring line section to the temporary pulling means is a part of the device. The method discloses steps and details how to use the device.
Patent GB-2594715-A (GB)
Title: Portable dispensing and handwashing apparatus
Inventor: Liam Thomas Horner
IPC: A47K5/06
Filed: 2020-05-04
Abstract: A mobile heated fluid dispensing and handwashing apparatus 100 comprising a frame 105 supporting the apparatus and in communication with a wheeled component 110. Provided is a fluid supply 115 a fluid outlet (150, Fig 2), a clean fluid inlet pipe 130, a pump (120, Fig 2), a heating apparatus 140, a basin 160, a dispenser for soap 165 and a waste fluid outlet pipe (175, Fig 2). The apparatus provides a portable handwashing station providing hot water alongside soap. The pump may be a manual pump operated by a foot pedal 121, or be electric and comprise a proximity sensor. The heating apparatus may heat a volume of fluid in a clean fluid tank. The apparatus may further be battery driven or mains powered and the heating apparatus comprising a multi-voltage heater and a thermostat. The heating apparatus may be disengaged by a switch to provide cold water. The apparatus may comprise a waste fluid tank for storing waste fluid, and the fluid supply may comprise a clean fluid tank or a plurality of clean fluid tanks.
Patent GB-2596273-A (GB)
Title: Top connections of subsea risers
Inventor: LUIZ CARLOS DE LEMOS JUNIOR
IPC: E21B19/00
Filed: 2020-05-11
Abstract: A top connection arrangement 22 for a subsea riser comprises a pivot combination disposed between, and fluidly connecting, upper 30 and lower 24 sections of rigid pipe. The pivot combination comprises an upper ball joint 28 about which the upper pipe section is pivotable. A lower joint, fixed to the ball joint in series, being a flexible joint 26 or a tapered stress joint to which the lower pipe section is attached. There may be a sleeve (38, fig. 3) fixed to the ball joint and which surrounds the upper pipe section, permitting limited pivotal movement about the ball joint. The sleeve may seat into a bellmouth (20, fig. 5) at a surface facility, alternatively, the lower joint may be seated in a hang-off formation. A locking mechanism having inwardly moveable dogs (64, fig. 9) may be used to lock the ball joint. A method of connecting a subsea riser to a surface facility is also claimed.
Patent GB-2584564-A (GB)
Title: Processing data
Inventor: MICHAEL JEFFREY EVANS
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2013-05-03
Abstract: At a first network node 106b in a cluster of nodes, a communication session setup request with a subscriber device 102 of a plurality of subscriber devices, which may be a SIP INVITE message, is received 3a, in response to which registration data relating to the subscriber device is retrieved 3b, 3c from a shared registration data store 108. The setup request is routed 3d according to the retrieved registration data. The retrieved registration data relating to the subscriber device was previously stored in the shared registration data store by a second, different network node in the cluster of network nodes during a registration procedure. The data store comprises a clustered registration data store, wherein different portions of the registration data are in the memory of two different given nodes in the cluster of nodes, and wherein the given nodes may be the first and second node. By utilising a shared registration data store, the requirement for a longstanding association between subscriber device and a given network node in the cluster of network nodes is removed, and request messages may be routed to/from subscriber device by any available network node in the cluster.
Patent GB-2586545-A (GB)
Title: Image forming device
Inventor: KOJI NOJIMA
IPC: G03G21/20
Filed: 2019-04-25
Abstract: In the present invention, a printer 1 includes: an image forming part 7 that uses toner S containing wax; a transfer part 12a that transfers an image onto a sheet P; a belt unit 101 and a pressure roller 102 that heat the sheet with a nip part 101b; a duct 52 having an intake port 52a that takes in air from a sheet inlet 400; a filter 51 that is provided to the duct and that recovers dust D; and a fan 61 that is provided to the duct and that takes in air. The printer 1 includes: a temperature detection means 67 for detecting the temperature in the vicinity of the belt unit; and a control circuit A that performs control by which, during image processing, the air flow of the fan becomes weaker if the temperature in the vicinity of the belt unit is high.
Patent GB-2590024-A (GB)
Title: Method and System For Displaying Contents
Inventor: IAN BELL
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2019-04-26
Abstract: A method for displaying contents from advertisement campaigns on displays (2, 3) belonging to an 00H inventory, by an artificial intelligence which is run by an allocation server (4) and which is trained to optimally allocate displays and timing to advertisement campaigns.
Patent GB-2604097-A (GB)
Title: Resource capacity management
Inventor: Lewis Veryard
IPC: H04L67/1012
Filed: 2021-02-10
Abstract: A computer implemented method of allocating a set of communications network resources to resource consumers in a digital communications system, the method comprising: generating a set of multiple allocation schemes each encoding the set of resources such that each resource is associated with a set of resource consumers, wherein each allocation scheme has associated a fitness measure evaluated based on the encoded set of resources and consumers in the scheme; iteratively applying a genetic algorithm to the set of allocation schemes to generate, at each iteration, a new set of allocation schemes as a generation of allocation schemes based on a preceding generation such that each allocation scheme in at least a subset of the allocation schemes in a generation is generated based on selected pairs of allocation schemes in a preceding generation, wherein the pairs of allocation schemes are selected by ranking the allocation schemes in the preceding generation based on the fitness measures, wherein each resource in each allocation scheme has associated an adjustable metric indicative of an age of an association between the resource and resource consumers in the allocation scheme, and the allocation scheme has associated a derived metric calculated based on the adjustable metric for each resource in the allocation scheme, wherein the ranking of the allocation schemes is based on the fitness measures of the allocation schemes weighted by the derived metric for the allocation schemes, and wherein the method further comprises: responsive to a predetermined stopping condition for the iteration, assigning resource consumers to resources in the communications system in accordance with an allocation scheme in a most recent generation determined to satisfy a ranking condition.
Patent GB-2603792-A (GB)
Title: Air guide tube connection
Inventor: PETER A EVANS
IPC: F04D29/32
Filed: 2021-02-15
Abstract: A compressor for a gas turbine engine has a plurality of compressor disks, an air tube 103 located between two compressor disks 101, 102 and configured to receive air from a first air bleed, a carrier 104 connected to the two compressor disks and configured to support the air tube, and an air guide 105 configured to separate air from the air tube and air from a second air bleed. The air guide is connected to the compressor by the carrier. The carrier may be supported by cobs 106, 107 of the compressor disks. The air guide may have an axially or radially extending face which makes contact with the carrier. The air tube may have first and second flanges at which it is connected to the carrier and air guide. The compressor may form part of a gas turbine engine and the air bleeds may be supplied to a turbine and/or bearing of the engine.
Patent GB-2591350-A (GB)
Title: Systems, apparatus and methods for collecting and separating floating debris and water from a body of water
Inventor: RUSSELL COVINGTON
IPC: E02B15/10
Filed: 2019-07-31
Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods useful for collecting and separating floating debris and water from a body of water on a vessel, the vessel including at least one inflow regulator (IFR) chamber at least partially separated from a main collection compartment and at least one fluid discharge pump.
Patent GB-2595756-A (GB)
Title: Foamable composition
Inventor: THORSTEN KNAPPE
IPC: A61K8/60
Filed: 2021-03-17
Abstract: A composition comprising (a) at least one disaccharide and (b) at least one amphoteric surfactant, wherein the composition is free from synthetic, film-forming polymers is provided. The at least one disaccharide is preferably saccharose. The composition may further comprise at least one alcohol, preferably selected from the group ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, tert-butanol, and iso-butanol. The composition may further comprise at least one modified and/or unmodified, natural protein hydrolysate. The use of the composition for temporary shaping and/or shape-retention of keratinous fibres, preferably human head hair is provided
Patent GB-2613762-A (GB)
Title: Cell counting method and system
Inventor: BRADLEY JOHN EDWARD TURNER
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: The application relates to illuminating and imaging a biological sample using a brightfield microscope for the purpose of counting biological cells. The method comprises the steps of, positioning a sample to be viewed by way of an objective lens of the microscope on an x-y plane at an x-y position of a plurality of x-y positions, the sample comprising a plurality of biological cells, capturing and storing, one or more focal image stacks, each said focal image stack comprising a plurality of focal images of the sample positioned at the x-y position, each of the focal images in the focal image stack being captured at a different focal position of a plurality of discrete focal positions within a focal range, the focal range being located on a z plane perpendicular to the x-y plane, processing the one or more focal image stacks using a cell localisation neural network, the cell localisation neural network outputting a list of one or more cell locations, each said cell location corresponding to a cell characteristic determined by the cell localisation neural network, determining, using the list of cell locations, one or more cell focal image stacks, each cell focal image stack being obtained from the one or more focal image stacks and processing the one or more cell focal image stacks using an encoder neural network, the encoder neural network outputting a list of cell fingerprints, each said cell fingerprint corresponding to a cell of the plurality of biological cells then determining, using the list of cell locations and the list of cell fingerprints, a number of cells within the sample.
Patent GB-2601875-A (GB)
Title: Reflective QoS for UE to network relay
Inventor: MAHMOUD WATFA
IPC: H04W88/04
Filed: 2021-08-09
Abstract: There is disclosed a method for supporting end-to-end (e2e) Quality of Service (QoS) for uplink (UL) communication between a User Equipment (UE) (e.g. a remote UE) and a network (e.g. 5GC) via a relay node (e.g. a relay UE), the method performed by the relay node. The method comprises: receiving, from the network (e.g. from RAN), a downlink (DL) packet for the UE, wherein the DL packet includes a value of a first indicator (e.g. a QFI) of a QoS flow on a first link (e.g. Uu) between the relay node and the network; and creating or updating a QoS rule (e.g. a derived QoS rule), wherein the QoS rule is derived based on the value of the first indicator, and optionally wherein the created or updated QoS rule corresponds to the UE or to a QoS flow on a second link (e.g. a first PC5 link) with the UE.
Patent GB-2600521-A (GB)
Title: Configuring communicating weight sensor units with portable wireless devices
Inventor: DEAN CHARLES HENRY
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2021-08-24
Abstract: A weight sensor unit 122a (in figures 2 and 3) comprises a weight sensor 304 for measuring the amount of stock in a bin (124 in figure 2). A multimode component 314, 316, 308 is configured for sensing or transmitting data, wherein the multimode component which monitors the status of the bin operates in one of at least a first state and a second state, whereby power consumption by the multimode component is lower in the second state than in the first state. It includes means to communicate wirelessly or otherwise with a stock control computer via a gateway. A processor 302 is coupled to the weight sensor 304, multimode component weight sensor unit, transceiver 310 and it is powered by a battery 318. The weight sensor unit 122a further includes a transceiver 310 to wirelessly interact with a portable wireless device. In response to a portable wireless device (201 in figure 2) being tapped on or placed in proximity to the transceiver, a wireless signal is received from the portable wireless device to change the state of the multimode component from one of the first state and the second state to the other state. A portable wireless device specifically configured to interact with the sensor unit and multimode component is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2611537-A (GB)
Title: Input system
Inventor: MAHARAJA SANKARALINGAM
IPC: G06F3/046
Filed: 2021-10-06
Abstract: An input system 10, suitable for controlling a vehicle function, comprising a controller 12 coupled to a display 14 and an input device 18. The input device 18, which selects a control element 14-1,…,14-10 displayed on the display 14 by the controller 12, comprises a base portion 22; a selection portion 26; and a position sensor 30. The selection portion 26 has magnets (28, Fig. 3) that are movable relative to corresponding magnets 24 disposed in the base portion 22, and the position sensor 30 senses the position of the selection portion 26 relative to the base portion 22. The base-portion magnets 24 generate a magnetic field that provides an attractive force on the selection-portion magnets (28, Fig. 3), the attractive force having local maxima at positions uniquely assigned to the control elements 14-1,…,14-10 displayed on the display 14, and the controller 12 identifies the control element 14-1,…,14-10 selected when the selection portion 26 is positioned in one of these unique positions.
Patent GB-2611782-A (GB)
Title: Voltage measurement connector
Inventor: ROBERT TRIGG
IPC: H01R4/02
Filed: 2021-10-14
Abstract: A voltage measurement connector 100 for a battery module of an electric vehicle comprises a conductive sheet shaped to provide: a flat central panel 102 with a pair of guide edges 104a, 104b and a clip end 106 between the pair of guide edges; a resilient clip portion 112 to fit over an end of a connection tab (200, figure 2) of a busbar of the battery module; and a pair of guide tabs 110a, 110b, located on the guide edges, to guide the voltage measurement connector into resilient gripping engagement with the connection tab via the resilient clip portion. There may also be a lip 122 on the clip portion to aid installation. After sliding on to the connector tab, the connector may be laser welded in place. Several such connectors may be attached to a harness to measure cells within a battery module. The connector may be formed by bending a metal sheet into shape.
Patent GB-2615524-A (GB)
Title: Electrolyte, niobium battery including the electrolyte, and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: ADAM VURGAROPULOS
IPC: H01M10/0569
Filed: 2022-02-04
Abstract: A secondary battery comprises a positive electrode; a negative electrode comprising a niobium metal oxide; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte comprising a solvent composition comprising a dinitrile solvent and at least one of a mononitrile solvent, a carbonate solvent, an ester solvent, or an ether solvent, wherein the dinitrile is contained in an amount of at least 0.1 weight percent, based on a total weight of the solvent composition, and a lithium salt. The electrolyte mitigates gas generation from reaction between the electrolyte and the niobium metal oxide in the negative electrode, improving safety of the battery. The dinitrile may comprise glutaronitrile, adiponitrile, pimelonitrile, suberonitrile, azelanitrile, sebaconitrile or a combination thereof, most preferably adiponitrile. A method of manufacturing the battery is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2617555-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method, apparatus, computer program and computer-readable data carrier
Inventor: Kamal Nasrollahi
IPC: G06T3/40
Filed: 2022-04-07
Abstract: An image processing method comprising: acquiring a first image; generating a residual image from the first image using a symmetrical neural network for joint learning of low-light enhancement and super-resolution, and generating a reconstructed image based on the first and residual images, wherein the network comprises symmetrical encoding and decoding stages each comprising a plurality of vision transformer (ViT) blocks. The reconstructed image may be generated by element-wise addition of the first and residual images. The encoder stage may reduce the spatial resolution of the image whilst increasing the number of feature channels at each level, whilst the decoder stage may increase the spatial resolution of the image whilst decreasing the number of feature channels at every level. The network may have a u-shaped architecture and may comprise skip connections that concatenate the output of the feature map of an encoder, with the feature map of the decoder of the previous respective level. The ViT blocks may utilise a cross-shaped window (CSWin) multi-headed self-attention mechanism.
Patent GB-2610890-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device and display method
Inventor: SHAOPENG PENG
IPC: H10K59/65
Filed: 2022-04-12
Abstract: A display area of the display screen includes a first area 11 corresponding to image collection areas of an underlying camera and a second area 12 not overlapping with the first area. The display screen includes a sharing pixel 22 arranged in the first area and a shared pixel 24 arranged in the second area, the sharing pixel including at least three sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel of the at least three sub-pixels of the sharing pixel 22 and each pixel of the shared pixel 24 is commonly controlled based on a first control signal of a pixel driving sub-circuit 23 and individually controlled based on a second control signal. The pixel driving sub circuit is arranged in the second area so that the view of the camera is not obscured by the pixel driver subcircuit.
Patent GB-2610320-A (GB)
Title: Machine-to-machine transactions using distributed ledgers in process control systems
Inventor: Lloyd Kenneth Tugbo
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2020-01-10
Abstract: A method for interacting with a smart contract in a process control system. Event data is obtained from an event occurring in a process plant having field devices. A smart contract is deployed to an address on a distributed ledger. A computing device generates a transaction including the event data and transmits the transaction to the smart contract stored on the distributed ledger. The smart contract may be used to provide a token value from a first process plant to a second process plant after a product is transferred from the second to the first. The smart contract may be used to obtain information about a device failure in the process plant and share the device information with a device supplier in response to a request. The smart contract may be used to write a parameter to a safety instrumented system device in response to an authorized request.
Patent GB-2608560-A (GB)
Title: Solar battery module installation structure and dwelling
Inventor: MITSURO FUJIIE
IPC: H02S20/30
Filed: 2021-04-02
Abstract: This invention provides a solar battery module installation structure and a dwelling that can reduce manufacturing costs compared to the prior art and have excellent workability.　This invention is configured such that: a support member has a rail section that extends substantially in a vertical direction and is longer than a length of the solar battery module; the solar battery module has a solar battery panel and a frame member; the solar battery panel has a body panel, a terminal box provided on a back surface of the body panel, and a wiring part extending from the terminal box; the frame member has a holding recessed part and a mounting section; the holding recessed part clamps a portion of the body panel and contacts a light receiving surface and the back surface of the body panel; the mounting section is provided on the back surface side of the body panel and attached to the rail section of the support member; the mounting section has a through passage that passes through from inside to outside with respect to the terminal box when the light receiving surface is viewed from the front; and the wiring part passes through the through passage.
Patent GB-2615624-A (GB)
Title: A glazing assembly
Inventor: JONATHAN LLEWELLYN
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 2022-11-25
Abstract: A glazing assembly comprises a frame having a body portion 1’ for receiving and supporting at least one glazing panel. The body comprises separate first and second components 10’a, 10b, the first on the exterior of a building and the second on the interior. The two components are connected together with a spacer component 40’ to form the body portion. The spacer comprises a material, such as glass reinforced polyamide (GRP), having a lower thermal conductivity than the first and/or second components, and acts as a thermal break. The first component may include a stem 12’ collinear with the spacer. The spacer may be secured to the first and second components by crimping, and may have an external silicone layer. The body portion may include a steel core surrounded by a sheath 42’ formed from a lead alloy. A barrier portion engaging the body portion may overlie at least part of a glazing panel and retaining members may retain the glazing panels in the assembly.