baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2543190-A (GB)
Title: Camera control and image streaming
Inventor: LOUIS DIEP
IPC: H04W8/00
Filed: 2015-07-06
Abstract: Camera control and image streaming are described, including at least one camera or an apparatus associated with at least one camera. The camera or apparatus is configured to receive or detect a tag; determine that the tag is associated with the camera, which may be controlled by, managed by, or otherwise associated with the apparatus; determine that the tag is associated with a device or user; and establish a communication with the device or user based on the tag. The communication may include streaming a view through a lens of the camera to the device or user. The tag may allow the device or user to request capturing one or more images or a video using the camera. The tag may automatically trigger capturing of one or more images or a video using the camera.
Patent GB-2548672-A (GB)
Title: Additive manufacturing method
Inventor: KILEY J VERSLUYS
IPC: B33Y10/00
Filed: 2017-01-11
Abstract: A method of making an article by additive manufacturing where material in each layer is fused by scanning and fusing in sections, wherein boundaries between adjacent sections are not aligned with section boundaries of previously fused layers according to criteria specified for the article. This criteria can be article thickness, article geometry, a mechanical property of the article, proximity of sections to a surface of the article, the number of layers between sections or operator identification. The arrangement of sections in different layers can be varied by shifting the sections on a plurality of x-y plane axes, rotating about one or more z axes, varying sections shapes between layers, varying section size between layers and/or randomised section boundaries in each layer. Apparatus to perform this method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2558009-A (GB)
Title: Audio transfer
Inventor: ROBERT DAVID RAND
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2017-01-23
Abstract: An electronic device 200 has a connector 106 for connecting an accessory device 101. The connector may be a USB connector. Two digital data paths 201, 202 connect the applications processor 110 of the device with the connector. The first 201 is a general purpose data path. The second 202 is an audio data path. The audio data path may be integrated into coder/decoder circuitry 213 in the device. The codec may also be connected to an audio transducer 127a, 127b and may send analogue signals to the connector. When the device detects the connection of an accessory, it may detect whether it is an audio accessory and select the first or second path accordingly.
Patent GB-2560907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to temperature control of an in situ fluid monitoring probe
Inventor: JEREMY KNIGHT
IPC: G01K13/02
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: A method of improving temperature control of a portion of an in situ fluid monitoring probe 226 body exposed to a process fluid, comprising the steps of providing a pipesection 212 for transporting liquefied natural gas and having an access port 220 providing access to a throughbore 214 of the pipe section 212, at a predetermined angular offset below horizontal X. Locating a fluid monitoring probe 226 through the access port 220, so that a portion of the probe 226 extends into the pipe section 212. The predetermined angular offset causing vapour in the liquefied natural gas to move to a wall 218 of the pipe section 212 leaving an exposed length of the fluid monitoring probe 226 uninterruptedly covered by an insulating liquid layer. An apparatus suitable for the above method is also provided.
Patent GB-2561375-A (GB)
Title: Pipe Tensioner
Inventor: ANDREW HARROP
IPC: F16L1/235
Filed: 2017-04-12
Abstract: A pipe tensioner 30 for laying or recovering a subsea pipeline comprises opposing continuous tracks 32. Each track has mounted pads 40 for contacting the subsea pipeline. At least one pad is a load pad 42 which comprises one or more load sensors for measuring loading on the load pad during handling of the subsea pipeline. The load pad can measure one or more of axial, normal and side loading. Each load pad can comprise a track support portion (76, fig.3) and a pipeline engaging portion (72, fig.3), with a load sensor located between the two portions, which may also have a clearance between them. The load sensor can be a load cell (80, fig.3), such as a three-axis load cell, and each load pad can have three or four load sensors. The tensioner can further comprise data recorders and/or data transmitters, such as a wireless data transmitter (88, fig.3). A method for monitoring the loading between a subsea pipeline and a tensioner comprises providing at least one pad as a load pad, then measuring the loading on each load pad. This can be done continuously in real time. The tensioner is used in a marine pipelay assembly.
Patent GB-2572313-A (GB)
Title: Lighting device
Inventor: JOHN KEARS
IPC: F21V27/00
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: An emergency lighting device for mounting in detached ceilings includes a first housing 2, an LED lighting means 12 arranged on the first housing 2 and electronic circuitry accommodated in the first housing 2 for operating the lighting means 12. A second housing 3 of the lighting device accommodates an energy storage means (13, Fig. 3) such as a rechargeable battery. The first housing 2 and the second housing 3 are spaced apart. An interconnecting means 4 mechanically connects the first housing 2 and the second housing 3 in an elastic manner and also electrically connects the electronic circuitry and the energy storage means 13. The interconnecting means 4 of the lighting device of a preferred embodiment comprises a cable which is over-moulded to provide compressive strength in an axial direction of the cable.
Patent GB-2545864-A (GB)
Title: Core bit designed to control and reduce the cutting forces acting on a core of rock
Inventor: NUNO DA SILVA
IPC: E21B10/48
Filed: 2014-12-29
Abstract: A method for designing a core bit to control and reduce the cutting forces acting on a core of rock is disclosed. The method includes generating a model of a core bit including a plurality of cutting elements on a plurality of blades. The method may additionally include simulating a coring operation with the model of the core bit. The method may further include calculating at least one force vector generated by at least one of the plurality of cutting elements on the model of the core bit during the coring operation. The method may further include determining at least one force acting on a core in the model of the core bit based on the at least one force vector and generating a design of the core bit based on the at least one force acting on the core.
Patent GB-2547161-A (GB)
Title: Tracers
Inventor: STEPHEN SAYFRITZ
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A method is proposed for inter-well measurement of pH in petroleum reservoirs, as is the use of certain pH-dependent partitioning tracers in such methods. The tracers consist of a substituted phenol of formula (i), wherein each of R1 to R5 is independently selected from H, F, CI, Br, I, CF3 CF2CI, CFCI2, CCI3, OCH3, OC2H5, CHO, CN and NO2 and wherein at least one of R1 to R5 is not H
Patent GB-2552420-A (GB)
Title: A lock for a door of a vehicle
Inventor: ANTHONY POWELL
IPC: E05B79/04
Filed: 2017-06-26
Abstract: A lock for a vehicle door such as passenger door of a van; the lock comprising a barrel 8 and a portion 14 that projects from the vehicle door skin; the lock further comprising a shroud which prevents the lock portion being gripped by tools, e.g pliers. The lock shroud may be a single component or multi-part shroud. Preferably the protective shield comprises a first shroud piece 28 with tapering formation and a second shroud piece 30 with second tapering formation different to the first tapering piece.
Patent GB-2563092-A (GB)
Title: Audio amplifiers
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: H04R3/04
Filed: 2017-07-11
Abstract: An audio drive circuit and method of operating an audio drive circuit includes input signal pre-distortion upstream of an amplifier module to compensate for non-linearities introduced by the amplifier module or circuit components downstream from the amplifier. The audio drive circuit 201 comprises the amplifier module 102 in a forward signal path, a pre-distortion module 202 and an error block 302. The error block receives a first signal SFF derived from the input signal SIN and a second signal SFB indicative of the output signal VOUT, the difference forming a first error signal ε1. The pre-distortion module applies a non-linear distortion function based on at least one distortion setting to the input signal before the amplifier module, and controls the one or more distortion settings based on the first error signal. Processing modules 301, 301a, optionally including a finite or infinite impulse response filter, may apply a linear transfer function to the first and/or second signals prior to determining the error signal, and the linear transfer function may be adaptive based on a second error signal (Fig.4a, ε2). Additionally, the output signal feedback path to the error block may include an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) 206 and a gain element before and/or after the ADC. The distortion module may employ a transfer function based on polynomial functions such as a Volterra kernel. The audio driver may be implemented in an integrated circuit and drive, for example, audio headphones or a haptic transducer.
Patent GB-2565348-A (GB)
Title: Slot bundling
Inventor: UMER SALIM
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2017-08-11
Abstract: A method of uplink or downlink transmission between a base station and UE utilising OFDM comprises scheduling transmission of a Transport Block of data in a first mini-slot and scheduling a repeated transmission of the data in a subsequent mini-slot. On the downlink, an indication of the scheduling is transmitted. The mini-slots may start at the same or different times and utilise the same or different frequency resources. The mini-slots may be located in the same or different slots. The indication of scheduling may be transmitted in a DCI message on the PDCCH of a slot or the first mini-slot. If a mini-slot in the bundle is successfully decoded, an ACK signal may be received to stop further scheduled repetitions. A NAK signal may be received only if a mini-slot has not been decoded after receiving the whole mini-slot bundle. By repeating the mini-slot with a single scheduling command, reliability is improved while minimising latency and control overhead. Grant-free uplink transmissions are also possible. Mini-slots which are contiguous or non-contiguous in time and/or frequency may be bundled.
Patent GB-2556653-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a heat exchanger
Inventor: GAVIN CHARLES RICHARDS
IPC: B29C33/44
Filed: 2017-09-11
Abstract: A method of making a heat exchanger is disclosed that includes identifying a space for a heat exchanger fluid flow path. A carbon template (10, 12, 14, 12a, 14a) is formed in the shape of the identified space, with void space in the shape of a heat exchanger fluid guide around the heat exchanger fluid flow path. A ceramic or a ceramic precursor fluid composition is deposited to the template void spaces (12b, 14b), and a solid ceramic is formed from the fluid composition. The template (10) is removed by oxidizing the carbon. Depositing the fluid composition may comprise chemical vapor deposition of a ceramic precursor to form the solid ceramic. The heat exchanger may be a plate fin heat exchanger. The template may include carbon powder and a resinous binder, and forming the template may include moulding or extruding the carbon powder and resinous binder. The carbon template can be removed by pyrolysis techniques in which the carbon is oxidized. The fluid composition may include depositing a liquid composition comprising a carbonaceous material and reacting the carbonaceous material with a molten metal to form the solid ceramic, or depositing a liquid composition comprising a pre-ceramic polymer and pyrolyzing the pre-ceramic polymer to form the solid ceramic, or depositing a liquid sol comprising a ceramic precursor, and subjecting the liquid sol to gelation, drying, and heating to form the solid ceramic.
Patent GB-2566474-A (GB)
Title: Safety garment and its method of use
Inventor: JOANNE MARIA HUGHES
IPC: A62B35/00
Filed: 2017-09-14
Abstract: A garment (100, fig. 3) for use with an electrical appliance (for example a hedge trimmer or circular saw) comprising a flexible support (108, 110, fig. 3) which abuts the torso of the user and a cable guide 154 being provided with an opening (160, fig. 3) capable of receiving the cable and sized to allow free movement of the cable through the opening; and where the cable guide is configured to be released from the garment in the case of the snagging (as shown in figure 11C). In use this prevents the tool from being yanked towards the user and reduces the risk of the cable being cut and electrocuting the user. Preferably the support is in the form of a harness. Preferably the cable guides are formed of a clip ring 158 and Velcro ® / hook and loop fasteners 154 which attach to panels (150, 152, fig. 3) on the harness but can be pulled off when the cable snags and pulls away from the user’s body. Also claimed is a method of using the same.
Patent GB-2570701-A (GB)
Title: A wellbore tool and a tool section interconnection fluid coupling
Inventor: KENNY ARMSTRONG
IPC: F16K15/06
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: A fluid coupling for a wellbore tool section interconnection comprises two coupling members 10,20 to connect and disconnect relative each other as the tool sections are built. Each coupling member 10,20 is biased to a closed position preventing fluid passage. When the tool sections are connected, the couplings open to allow fluid passage through the fluid coupling. The first coupling member 10 comprises a cylindrical housing 110 with a radially inwardly extending valve-seat 118 into which a valve element 120 is movably arranged. A spring member 130 urges the valve element 120 against the valve seat 118 to keep the fluid passage closed. A support portion 123 of the valve element 120 slidingly engages with cylindrical housing 110 to provide stability; the support portion has fluid passage (fig 4c, 123f) in communication with a hollow bore 121 and lateral bore (fig 4c, 121b) to allow fluid to pass. The second coupling member 20 has a valve member 220 movably mounted within a cylindrical housing 210. Long wellbore tools can be manufactured in individual sections and prefilled with pressurised fluid for transport to site. The wellbore tool sections can be made up on site with less need for fluid filling.
Patent GB-2557095-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent RCD system
Inventor: Jesse Alan Hardt
IPC: E21B44/00
Filed: 2016-08-22
Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of sensors into a programmable logic controller, the plurality of sensors provided on at least one component of a rotating control device assembly of a drilling system, providing measurement data from the plurality of signals using the programmable logic controller, and processing the measurement data using a modeling software to determine at least one condition of the rotating control device assembly.
Patent GB-2572983-A (GB)
Title: Prefabricated utility station
Inventor: ROBERT JAMES FREEMAN
IPC: E04H1/00
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: The station 10 has an outer U-shaped casing 12 having two side walls 14, 16 and a back wall 18, an inner U-shaped wall 20 being located within the outer casing and joined at a front edge, preferably by front panels 50, 52, to each side wall, the station including a utility unit 46, such as a water heater, distribution board etc., attached to a rear side of the inner wall located between the inner wall and outer casing, the unit having a conduit 48 extending from the unit to the outer casing. The station may include a plurality of brackets 30 for supporting a worktop (36, Fig. 2), and facilitate lifting by a trolley during installation. The inner wall may comprise an integral cupboard section 28 within which the utility unit is mounted. There may additional cupboard units (40 Fig. 2) for additional utility units. Utility unit(s) may be accessible via a door in each cupboard unit. Also claimed is a lifting trolley and a method of installation.
Patent GB-2574275-A (GB)
Title: Game of Chance
Inventor: SORIN GABRIEL CHIRIAC
IPC: A63F1/04
Filed: 2018-06-03
Abstract: A game of chance which involves the use of: a bowl (A); a roulette (F); a set of cards (D); and/or, a game board (B). The bowl comprises: a window (p); a housing (d) with compartments (e), inside which mechanisms (h) raise or lower rods (f) with rolls (o); a mixer (b), on an axle (c); and, balls (a) carrying symbols (s). The roulette is on an acel (t) with sectors (n) which carry symbols (s) and receive a ball (m). The set of cards also carry symbols (s). The game board has sectors (k,j). An ultra-violet light lamp may be included, as symbols (s) would preferably be marked with ink which becomes visible under ultraviolet light. The bowl, roulette and cards can each produce a game result randomly by either using any combination of two or all three of them together.
Patent GB-2565987-A (GB)
Title: Wireless ad-hoc network flooding mechanism to intelligently locate required responders
Inventor: Mateusz Gazdziak
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: A process for locating required responders in a wireless ad-hoc network of mobile computing devices (MCDs) starts with wirelessly receiving, at a second MCD directly from a first MCD, a message indicating a requested type of responder needed and a location at which the responder is needed. The second MCD then compares the requested type of responder needed to a locally stored type of responder associated with a current user. If a match is found, the second MCD alerts the current user provides a response mechanism. The second MCD then makes a forwarding determination of whether or not the message should be forwarded directly to one or more other mobile computing devices. The second MCD one of further directly wirelessly transmits and refrains from further transmitting the message to the one or more other mobile computing devices as a function of the forwarding determination.
Patent GB-2567100-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods to improve distributed acoustic sensing properties of optical fibers
Inventor: MIKKO JAASKELAINEN
IPC: G01N29/24
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems, methods to improve DAS properties of optical fibers, and optical fibers having improved DAS properties. In one embodiment, the system includes an optoelectronic device operable to generate optical pulses. The system also includes an optical fiber having a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is formed from a material having a Rayleigh back-scattering coefficient, and is operable to transmit optical pulses from the first end towards the second end and to reflect a first portion of the optical pulses towards the first end. The system further includes perturbations that are selectively imprinted on the optical fiber, where the perturbations are compatible with a range of wavelengths and are operable to reflect a second portion of the optical pulses towards the first end of the optical fiber if a wavelength of the optical pulses is within said range.
Patent GB-2582583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in beverages
Inventor: EMMA ROBINSON
IPC: A23L2/08
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: A reduced calorie fruit or vegetable composition comprises a juice extracted from a first fruit or vegetable and water collected from the concentration of a second fruit or vegetable juice, wherein the water is present at a concentration of less than 60% by weight. The first and second fruits or vegetable may either be the same or different. A beverage comprising the reduced calorie fruit or vegetable composition is also disclosed. The beverage may be a smoothie. A method of preparing a reduced calorie fruit or vegetable composition is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2573643-A (GB)
Title: Composite ion conducting membrane tubing and method of making
Inventor: BAMDAD BAHAR
IPC: B01D61/36
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: An ion conducting tube 10 comprises a composite ion conducting sheet 40 comprising a permeable support material and an ion conducting polymer coupled to the support material, wherein an outer layer of the sheet is attached to an inner layer of the sheet to form an overlap area 24. The ion conducting tube may be longitudinally wrapped with the overlap area extending longitudinally along the length of the tube or may be spirally wrapped (figure 2). The support material is preferably expanded polytetrafluorethylene. A process for making the ion conducting tube comprises wrapping the composite ion conducting sheet around a mandrel (54, figure 4) and bonding the sheet together. A further disclosed method for making an ion conducting tube comprises wrapping a permeable support material around a mandrel, coating the wrapped mandrel with an ion conducting polymer and bonding overlap areas. The ion conducting tube may be used in apparatus for drying or humidifying gases for electrochemical, medical, analytical and oil and gas applications. The ion conducting tube may also be used in pervaporation modules.
Patent GB-2579139-A (GB)
Title: Machine-learning techniques for monotonic neural networks
Inventor: MATTHEW TURNER
IPC: G06Q40/02
Filed: 2019-10-23
Abstract: A method of training a neural network (NN) having nodes connected via layers that computes a risk indicator (credit score and adverse action code) from predictor values (e.g. age, gender, income, consumer records etc) associated with a risk assessment query for a target entity (consumer). The method assesses training vectors having input predictor vectors with training predictor variables and training outputs and performs iterative adjustment of parameters to minimise a loss function subject to a path constraint which requires a monotonic relationship between the predictor variables and the training outputs so that a modified loss function in an iteration is smaller than the value of the function in another iteration. The path constraint may be approximated by introducing in the modified loss function a hyperparameter (Lagrangian multiplier) approximating thus the monotonicity constraint. In this way the constrained optimization problem can be converted to an unconstrained problem. This may reduce computational complexity in calculations to generate credit scores involving financial records of millions of consumers. The computed credit score determines the risk of a consumer accessing a financial service via a user interface (interactive computing environment e.g. web or mobile application) offering the service.
Patent GB-2591218-A (GB)
Title: Garment
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN STONEHOUSE
IPC: A41D13/05
Filed: 2019-11-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a garment 10 for providing comfort when cycling. The garment 10 comprises a main body 11, a removable pad 17 and a pouch 16 configured to receive the removable pad 17, and the pouch is movable between a deployed and a stored position. This may be achieved by having a first end 161 of the pouch 16 attached to the front portion 13 of the main body 11, a second end 162 of the pouch 16 is attached to the rear portion 12 of the main body 11, and a middle portion 163 of the pouch 16 extending between the first and second ends so the pouch 16 is suspended between the front and rear portions 13, 12 of the main body 11, such that the pouch 16 is pivotable towards a side of the main body 11. The pouch 16 being pivotable towards a side of the main body 11 of the garment 10 enables the pouch 16 to be moved away from the contact area between a wearer of the garment 10 and a saddle of a bicycle when the removable pad 17 is not required. This has the advantage of reducing the risk of friction between the wearer and the garment 10. Also claimed is a lower body garment comprising a permanent pad 15 and a pouch 16 for a removable pad 17 for selective quantities of padding.