baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2533553-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method and apparatus
Inventor: SHARWIN WINESH RAGHOEBARDAYAL
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 2014-12-15
Abstract: A method of generating an image for display by a display device comprises deriving an expected depth of field for an image for display by the display device, with respect to point of focus in the image, in response to lighting conditions of the environment represented by the image; such that a greater expected depth of field is associated with an image representing an environment having lighting conditions with a greater apparent brightness. The image for display by the display device is then generated by applying a blurring function to simulate the expected depth of field of the image, wherein the blurring function applies blurring as a function of apparent spatial depth within the image; the blurring function being such that the degree of blurring applied to a depth region which is closer, in an apparent depth direction, to the point of focus is lower than the degree of blurring applied to a depth region which is further, in an apparent depth direction, from the point of focus, and the variation of the blurring function with respect to depth separation from the point of focus depends upon the expected depth of field. In a second disclosed invention the display device is a head mounted display and the expected depth of field is derived by detecting the pupil diameter of one or both eyes of the wearer of the head mounted display and the blurring function is applied as a function of apparent spatial depth within the image.
Patent GB-2524364-A (GB)
Title: Digital cymbal displacement control device for electronic cymbal
Inventor: WEI GWO-HSIUNG
IPC: G10D13/065
Filed: 2014-12-30
Abstract: A digital cymbal displacement control device for an electronic hi-hat is provided. A digital cymbal displacement detection unit is configured to be directly mounted on the tube above the stand of an electronic hi-hat. The digital cymbal displacement control device 300 includes at least one displacement detection unit 360a, 360b, 360c and a plurality of sliding elastic elements 390a, 390b, 390c that slide along a contact surface of the at least one displacement detection unit. Variation in an electrical parameter of each of the at least one displacement detection unit is utilized to determine the displacement of an electronic cymbal set of the electronic hi-hat. The device also comprises a base unit 310 having a base, sliding neck and plurality of sliding guide posts. Each guide post can engage with a corresponding sliding elastic element to prevent them from spinning axially around the shaft of a cymbal stand. An elastic element 330 such as a spring and a sliding seat 320 each encircles the sliding neck. The displacement control device may also comprise a rubber anti-vibration element 350 disposed at an end of the device opposite the base unit.
Patent GB-2519252-A (GB)
Title: Damper
Inventor: NAKASONE HISASHI
IPC: F16F1/12
Filed: 2013-04-25
Abstract: A damper, mounted in a mounting hole, for dampening when in direct contact with a member to be dampened, wherein a case member (50) has a body (52), a flange formed at one end of the body (52), and a bottom (64) formed at the other end of the body (52). A pin member (20) has a head (22), that protrudes from an opening (56) of the flange and is capable of directly contacting the member to be dampened, and a shaft (24) that is connected to the head (22) and on which a stopper (28) is formed on the other end. The bottom (64) has a retaining hole, into which the tip of the shaft (24) is inserted, for stopping the stopper (28). The body (52) has locking claws (60) capable of deflecting radially inward, formed to project radially outward on the side face, for sandwiching the rim of the mounting hole against the flange (54).
Patent GB-2525061-A (GB)
Title: Level conversion circuit and method
Inventor: CHEN ANDY WANGKUN
IPC: H03K19/0185
Filed: 2015-01-22
Abstract: The disclosed level conversion circuit has input circuitry 70, which may be an inverter, and which, in response to a transition of the input signal 72 between the higher and lower input levels, outputs a rising transition of a temporary output signal on the output line 74, towards the higher level of the input signal. Output control circuitry 80 detects the rising transition of the temporary output signal and pulls the output signal to the higher level of the output signal. This arrangement allows for fast level conversion without a DC leakage path as pull up transistor 78 of the input inverter is non-conductive. An isolating transistor 90 is present in an embodiment for cutting off the supply to the input inverter 70 once it has switched the output signal 74 to the level of the input voltage domain, so that it does not compete with the output control circuitry 80 which is pulling the output signal 74 to level of the output voltage domain. The circuit finds application in memory devices.
Patent GB-2519044-A (GB)
Title: Bioethanol from grass
Inventor: BRYANT DAVID
IPC: C12P13/04
Filed: 2013-08-09
Abstract: Biofuel production processes include pressing grass to obtain grass juice; separating liquid from the grass juice; pasteurising the liquid; acidifying and incubating the liquid; and fermenting the liquid in order to produce biofuel including bioethanol.
Patent GB-2539230-A (GB)
Title: A glove
Inventor: SALLIE MITCHELL FLOYED
IPC: A41D19/00
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: A glove 1 has an outer surface 2, the outer surface 2 having a palm side 3 and a back side 4. The palm side 3 has a palm surface region 5, finger surface regions 6, and a thumb surface region 7. A layer of either hook or loop fastening material 8, 9, which may be in the shape of a heart, is secured to the palm surface region 5 by stitching 10. The glove 1 has a wrist portion 11 which comprises an elasticated draw string 12 or strap, which is used to tighten the glove around the wrist of the wearer.
Patent GB-2537190-A (GB)
Title: Interference reporting
Inventor: HIMKE VAN DER VELDE
IPC: H04W24/10
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: A method of operating a mobile device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising measuring interference at the mobile device, determining whether to report the measured interference to the network, and, if it is determine to report the measured interference to the network, transmitting an interference measurement report to the network including an indication of the time interference was measured. Also described is a method of operating a network node in a wireless communication network. The invention detects hidden nodes and aims to overcome the problem of hidden nodes in a LAA (license assisted access) system where LBT (listen-before- talk) is implemented.
Patent GB-2541252-A (GB)
Title: Temperature sensing with feedback digital-analog converter (DAC) of delta-sigma modulator
Inventor: Ramin Zanbaghi
IPC: G01K7/01
Filed: 2015-09-16
Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed where a delta-sigma modulator may be used to generate temperature information within an integrated circuit. The delta-sigma modulator may include a loop filter 304, a quantizer 306, and a feedback digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 302 coupled to a summation element 310. Temperature sensing elements may be incorporated into the feedback DAC of the delta-sigma modulator. Temperature information is then processed in the loop filter of the delta-sigma modulator and output in an average voltage value of a digital signal output from the delta-sigma modulator. The temperature sensing element may comprise first and second proportional to absolute temperature PTAT sources and a bipolar junction transistor BJT.
Patent GB-2528199-A (GB)
Title: Microwave connector with filtering properties
Inventor: ABRAHAM DAVID W
IPC: H01R43/00
Filed: 2014-01-21
Abstract: A microwave connector for efficient thermalization and filtering of microwave lines at millikelvin temperatures is provided. The microwave connector includes an outer conductor, an inner conductor disposed within the outer conductor and dielectric materials interposed between the outer conductor and the inner conductor, the dielectric materials including a non-dissipative dielectric material and a dissipative dielectric material.
Patent GB-2543315-A (GB)
Title: Floor tool for a vacuum cleaner
Inventor: JAMES ROBERT CARSWELL
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2015-10-14
Abstract: A cleaner head comprises a brushbar 26 housing a turbine assembly (5, fig 2), the turbine assembly (5, fig 2), being driven by a fluid drawn through the brushbar 26. The turbine assembly (5, fig 2), includes an impeller 32 and a turbine inlet 31 through which the fluid drawn through the brushbar 26is drawn into the turbine assembly (5, fig 2), and a mesh 36 covering the turbine inlet 31. The mesh 36 is preferably angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the brushbar 26 so that the upstream edge of the mesh 36 is positioned lower than the downstream edge of the mesh 36. The turbine assembly (5, fig 2), preferably includes a transmission (34, fig 8) positioned upstream of the turbine inlet 31 such that fluid drawn through the brushbar flows over the transmission (34, fig 8) prior to being drawn through the turbine inlet 31.
Patent GB-2535570-A (GB)
Title: Wall element for rolling container, rolling container provided therewith and method therefor
Inventor: ALWIN NIELS JASPER KOOPSEN
IPC: B62B3/18
Filed: 2015-10-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall element for a rolling container 2, and a method for transporting and/or storing goods with such a rolling container. The wall element according to the invention comprises: a wall frame; -a wall section 20 arranged fixedly in or on the wall frame; at least one wall part 38, 40, pivotable relative to the fixed wall section; and -a coupling (fig 5, 58) arranged substantially in the plane of the wall element and configured to couple the pivotable wall part to the wall frame (96), wherein the coupling is provided with a movable coupling (84) part which is arranged in the wall part and which in the closed state of the wall part engages in a recess (94) in the wall frame.
Patent GB-2527721-A (GB)
Title: Subsea remotely operated chain tensioning and slacking system
Inventor: HOVDE GEIR OLAV
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2014-04-29
Abstract: A mooring line tension adjusting system comprises a connecting device, connecting and locking two adjacent chain sections of a mooring line, and an operating device, moving one of the chain sections inside the connecting device to change the tension of the mooring line. The system has the inventive feature that the operating device is remotely attachable to the connecting device before a tensioning operation and detachable from the connecting device after the tensioning operation. The invention discloses also a method how to use the tensioning system.
Patent GB-2537704-A (GB)
Title: Composition
Inventor: JOHN SOMERVILLE ARMSTRONG
IPC: C11D7/26
Filed: 2015-11-03
Abstract: An aqueous glass and dish washing composition for removing stains, in particular lipstick residues, comprises sodium bicarbonate in the range 1 to 5% (w/w); a first alkoxylated alcohol in the range 1 to 20% (w/w); and a second alkoxylated alcohol in the range 1 to 20% (w/w) or isopropyl alcohol in the range 1 to 10% (w/w). The alkoxylated alcohol may contain EO-PO copolymer units.
Patent GB-2544785-A (GB)
Title: A sleeve for a bridge mandrel, and a bridge mandrel and sleeve assembly
Inventor: NIGEL HEDGES
IPC: B41N7/06
Filed: 2015-11-26
Abstract: A tubular interchangeable sleeve 2 for applying a printing or coating liquid to a substrate material or offset roller comprises a multi-layer construction consisting of a first outer layer 8 of a dimensionally stable substantially fluid-impregnable solid material, such as aluminium or steel, around the exterior surface of which is affixed a print or coating liquid receiving plate or layer. The sleeve further comprises one or more interior layers 30, 32, 34 of relatively less dimensionally stable, compressible disposed inwardly of the interior surface of the first layer which, under air pressure, can be compressed so as to enlarge the inner dimensions of the sleeve so that it can be slid over a suitable bridge mandrel (50, Fig.2). The sleeve further comprises at least one end ring 4 of a dimensionally stable substantially fluid-impregnable solid material. The end ring comprises first and second body portions 12, 22, wherein when one of said body portions 12 is received within a rebate 14 provided in a radial end surface of the first outer layer. The end ring body portion 12 overlies one or more of the radial end surfaces of interior layers so as to prevent fluid ingress into that or those layers.
Patent GB-2545736-A (GB)
Title: Storage frame and method of use thereof
Inventor: JOHN WANKOWSKI
IPC: B66C1/16
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: A lifting assembly suitable for lifting concrete mattresses comprises a loader frame 10 comprising side beams 11, 12 connected by a plurality of cross-beams 14 extending perpendicularly between the side beams 11, 12, a plurality of pad-eyes 16 connected to the side beams 11, 12. The assembly further comprises a spreader frame 60 including an outer frame of beams 61, each beam 61 being secured to the end region of adjacent beams 61, connecting means such as webbing strops or slings 100 linking the spreader frame 60 with the loader frame 10, and a linkage element enabling the lifting assembly to be connected to a lifting means such as a crane. In order to a release the connecting means 100, enabling the spreader frame 60 and the loader frame 10 to be decoupled, a release mechanism (67 fig. 7) is mounted to the spreader frame 60. The cross beams 14 may be different widths or heights enabling weight reduction of the loader frame 10 with the outermost beams 14 preferably being of the smallest width or height. The spreader beam 60 may include bracing beams 63.
Patent GB-2546785-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool
Inventor: WILHELMUS HUBERTUS PAULUS MARIA HEIJNEN
IPC: G01F1/74
Filed: 2016-01-29
Abstract: A down hole tool 20 (fig 1) adapted to operate in a well bore 2 (fig 1), comprising a housing 28 having a front side fluid inlet 38, an internal side 32 (fig 3) surrounding an inner channel portion 34 and a fluid outlet 42 in connection with the inner channel, so that well bore fluid 16, 17, 18 can flow through the inner channel portion of the down-hole tool, as well as an internal multi-phase sensor device 50 for detection of fluid phases of the well bore fluid. The tool may operate in open hole and horizontal portions of the wellbore. The sensor may comprise one or more of a sound wave generator or an ultrasound sensor, which may be radially distributed. The tool may further comprise an inline static mixer 48 (fig 11), electromagnetic communication transceiver, a gamma ray sensor 58 (fig 11) or a resistive/capacity sensor 56 (fig 11). The tool may also comprise a fluid flow blocker or a sample logging device 70 (fig 11). The tool may further comprise a pressure 52 (fig 11), temperature 54 (fig 11) or velocity sensor. The tool may also be autonomous.
Patent GB-2537464-A (GB)
Title: Fiber optic vibration monitoring
Inventor: Daniel Boyd Cooper
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2014-08-15
Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring vibration of a downhole component includes an optical fiber sensor including at least one optical fiber operably connected to an interrogation unit. The at least one optical fiber has a resonant segment that is fixedly attached to the component via attachment points on the component, the resonant segment between the attachment points being separate from the component and having a resonant frequency based at least on the length of the resonant segment.
Patent GB-2547705-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic brake wear sensors
Inventor: JOHN WILKES
IPC: F16D66/02
Filed: 2016-02-29
Abstract: An ultrasonic brake wear detector 10 to detect wear, erosion or damage on a brake disc stack. The wear detector comprises a housing 12, an ultrasonic transducer 28 for detecting and emitting ultrasound and an elongated member with two ends, one end engages the housing, and the other engages the brake disk stack. There is a cavity 14 (recess, void, opening) between the housing and the elongated member which is filled with a fluid which may be hydraulic brake fluid. The elongated member may comprise a piston and piston head.
Patent GB-2548393-A (GB)
Title: Turbine
Inventor: JAMES ALEXANDER MCEWEN
IPC: F02B37/18
Filed: 2016-03-17
Abstract: A turbine comprising a wastegate valve, for selectively opening and closing a wastegate passage. The valve member 21 is mounted to an actuation member 22, which passes through a bush 31 received by an actuator conduit 32 of the turbine housing. A sealing arrangement comprising a sleeve 36 is arranged to substantially prevent gas leakage through the actuator conduit to atmosphere. A surface at a first end 361 of the sleeve is sealed against a surface of a flange 34 mounted to the actuation member. A surface at a second end 362 of the sleeve is sealed against a surface of the bush. One of the surface of the first end of the sleeve and the surface of the flange is curved, and one of the surface of the second end of the sleeve and the surface of the bush is curved. The curved surfaces allow sealing contact to be maintained during axial misalignment of the actuation member.
Patent GB-2538848-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric materials
Inventor: GEOFF SMALL
IPC: C08L71/10
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: A PEEK polymeric material having a repeat unit of formula: wherein the PEEK polymeric material has a melt viscosity of at least 0.50 kNsm2. Also disclosed is use of the PEEK polymeric material in an assembly or apparatus, such as liquid natural gas (LNG). Further disclosed is an assembly or apparatus wherein the PEEK polymeric material is manufactured by aromatic nucleophilic substitution, involving reacting a nucleophile with a 4,4-difluorobenzophenone monomer with a purity of at least 99.7%.
Patent GB-2537748-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method for filling containers with fluids
Inventor: JOSHUA J MALONE
IPC: B65B51/04
Filed: 2015-03-10
Abstract: Multiple tubes 16 are each connected to an individual container 18 at one end and a shared manifold 12 at the other to allow fluid communication between the two. The containers are each detachably connected by an elastic clamp 20 designed to seal the container upon the container being pulled off the tube. Ideally the containers are balloons whose necks surround the tubes ends, the clamps are elastic bands and the fluid is water. The manifold has an inlet A spaced away from the tubes which is preferably smaller than the region B to which tubes connect. The manifolds inlet could be internally threaded and connected to a water tap 32, possibly on the end of a hose 14. The containers could include volumetric graduations. The tubes could be flexible with some longer than others to assist spacing of the balloons during filling. Shaking or jerking the housing from which the balloons are freely suspended may be enough to detach them once they reach a threshold weight.
Patent GB-2551824-A (GB)
Title: High frequency high power converter system
Inventor: CHAO JI
IPC: H02M7/523
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A high frequency high power converter system 4 comprises: a plurality of resonant tank circuits arranged in parallel, a plurality of transformers 16, each transformer having a single primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, and a vacuum electronic device, particularly a magnetron 1. The output of each resonant tank circuit is applied to a respective different transformer and the outputs of the transformers drive the vacuum electronic device. The magnetron may have a continuous wave output. A plurality of inverter circuits 15 may be provided, where a different inverter may be connected to the input of each of the resonant tank circuits. A utility interface power converter 3 may be provided having an input for receiving primary power and an output for applying power to the plurality of resonant circuits via a common dc link.
Patent GB-2552670-A (GB)
Title: Hinged rainwater guttering system
Inventor: JONATHAN CHERRY
IPC: E04D13/076
Filed: 2016-08-02
Abstract: A bracket for rainwater guttering has a hinge at the lower front extremity enabling the guttering to rotate away from the building to empty the contents of the guttering. The bracket may have a sprung clip to retain the guttering in the upright position.
Patent GB-2543899-A (GB)
Title: Elevator paddle design to optimize sample bypass collection
Inventor: BROUGHTON C BOYDELL
IPC: A01F12/46
Filed: 2016-08-30
Abstract: A grain elevator system for transporting grain 407, wherein the grain elevator system includes a grain elevator 402a, b, a grain elevator paddle 404a, and a grain elevator paddle divider 420; the paddle base comprises a paddle base transporter and connector, in which the connector is configured to engage with a drive connector of the grain elevator drive via a fastener; the paddle divider is configured to define a first and second paddle base side wherein the second side corresponds with a side of the grain elevator that has an opening to a sampling receptacle 403. Further aspects of the invention disclose a paddle base that may have a plurality of angled inserts which rest upon the paddle base and comprise of a sloped downward angle from a paddle first base side to a paddle second base side or from a first insert side to a second insert side. The sampling receptacle may comprise of a sensor 408, which may preferably be moisture sensor, an infrared sensor or a camera.
Patent GB-2553359-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for reducing soiling on a vehicle
Inventor: Lara Schembri Puglisevich
IPC: B62D35/02
Filed: 2016-09-05
Abstract: A spoiler 4 comprises a channel 6 to direct airflow 8 from the top of a vehicle 2 to underneath the spoiler. Embodiments of the present invention provide a vehicle comprising a spoiler and a method for reducing soiling on the rear of the vehicle. The directed airflow forms a vortex 12 which rotates down a rear surface 14 of the vehicle, then upwards towards the spoiler. The rotation of the vortex may further reduce soiling of the rear of the vehicle from spray particulates in the wake of the vehicle. The channel may comprise sharp edges at its exit to aid creation of the vortex. A second spoiler may be positioned on an underside 34 of the vehicle to further suppress production of spray from the vehicle (see fig.4).
Patent GB-2546631-A (GB)
Title: Via etch method for back contact multijunction solar cells
Inventor: EWELINA LUCOW
IPC: H01L31/18
Filed: 2017-01-19
Abstract: A multijunction solar cells manufactured using epitaxial growth, comprising a heteroepitaxial layer 1504, substrate 1505 and including a through wafer via 1510 connecting front surface contacts 1501 with solder pads, wherein the front surface of the solar cell includes an antireflection coating (ARC) 1503, a transmissive adhesive 1507 and a cover glass 1508. A passivation layer 1513 may be included between a back surface of the substrate and the solder pads. The passivation may also be included in the via and may be the same material as the antireflection coating. The via may be filled with a metal plug 1517. The substrate may be thinned using wet etching, grinding or lift off. The via formation may comprise a wet etch process that removes semiconductor materials non-selectively without major differences in etch rates between heteroepitaxial III-V semiconductor layers providing smooth via side surfaces.