baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2495076-A (GB)
Title: Removing carbon dioxide from gases
Inventor: WASSELL DAVID FRANCIS
IPC: B01D53/14
Filed: 2011-09-16
Abstract: The invention relates to the separation of gases, and more specifically to a process for the removal of carbon dioxide gas, using carefully selected liquid absorbents. The absorbents are a mixture of an ionic liquid and water in a molar ratio of 10:1 to 1:10, and the ionic liquid has the formula [Cat+][X-], where [Cat+] represent one or more cationic species selected from tetrasubstituted phosphonium cations, tetrasubstituted ammonium cations, trisubstituted sulfonuium cations, guanidinium cations and quinolinium cations, [X-] represents one or more anionic species selected from conjugate bases of acids having a pKa of at least 3.6, with the proviso that [X-] is not formate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, hydroxyacetate, propanoate, pentafluoropropanoate, lactate, butanoate, isobutanoate, pivalate, pyruvate, thiolactate, oxalate, tartrate, maloante, succinate, adipate or benzoate.
Patent GB-2484393-A (GB)
Title: Radiation Analysis
Inventor: ASPINALL MICHAEL
IPC: G01T3/06
Filed: 2011-10-05
Abstract: An apparatus for radiation detection and analysis, comprising a digital pulse discrimination module receiving a pulse output signal from an organic scintillator. A decay rate for each pulse, determined by the pulse peak sample amplitude against a later sample amplitude, is used to discriminate between different types of radiation (such as neutron and gamma). A threshold is predetermined by a plot of a pulse peak sample amplitude against a later sample amplitude for a large number of pulses.
Patent GB-2484013-A (GB)
Title: Non-spill cup with a plurality of sipping apertures
Inventor: SAKULSACHA CHAWARIN
IPC: A47G19/22
Filed: 2011-10-05
Abstract: A drinking container 1 comprises a vessel 10 for containing liquid having a lid 11. The lid has a plurality of apertures 131 from which the liquid is drawable from the vessel and a valve 143 is associated with each aperture. The valves each comprise a resiliently deformable body 142 and each valve is located in a flow path between the vessel and the respective aperture, with a valve seat 140 in communication with each resiliently deformable body. The drinking container may have one or more handles 121, a removable cap or cover 15 and may have areas with a non-slip or textured surface. In use, each valve is operable to pass liquid from the vessel to the aperture in response to suction applied to the aperture such that the user may draw liquid from the vessel at any point around the circumference of the rim thereof. As a result, the drinking vessel is especially suited for use as a training cup for infants or for use by the disabled, elderly or infirm.
Patent GB-2496845-A (GB)
Title: Foetal scalp blood collection apparatus
Inventor: JESSUP MARK
IPC: A61B5/15
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: A blood collecting device 1 for collecting blood from an incised foetal scalp comprises a hollow tube 2 having a first end and a second end. Each end of the tube has means for releasably mounting a blood collector for collecting blood from the incised scalp. For example the tube has a stopper 3, 4 at each end, and a capillary tube blood collector 9, 10 is inserted into a bore 5, 6 in each stopper 3, 4. The device 1 allows multiple blood samples to be taken. After the foetal scalp is cut, the device is inserted into an amnioscope and blood collected in the first capillary tube 9, the amnioscope is withdrawn, the device flipped over, reinserted and a second sample is collected in the second capillary tube 10. The tube 12 may have a hole 17 to keep each end of the tube 12 open to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-2485674-A (GB)
Title: A stroller with a separate handle bar and steering grip
Inventor: RIGG JUSTIN L
IPC: B62B9/20
Filed: 2011-11-18
Abstract: A stroller includes a main frame 12, a seat (14, figure 1), a wheel set (16), a tray 18, and a steer grip 20, said grip being intended to be held by a single hand. The main frame has a handle bar 22. The seat is disposed on the main frame for holding an infant, and the wheel set is attached to the main frame. The tray is disposed on the main frame corresponding to the handle bar. The steer grip projects from a side of the tray and is separate from the handle bar. The steer grip may be located along the centre line L of the tray, and may be angled upwards or downwards with respect to the tray. The steer grip may comprise a connecting portion 24 and a grip portion 26, the two parts being detachably or integrally formed. The grip portion may comprise a plurality of protrusions 28 and be formed from a skid-proof material such as rubber. By providing the steer grip separate to the handle bar more space is freed up on the latter for a person pushing the stroller to hold the handle bar.
Patent GB-2496655-A (GB)
Title: Envelope for mailing and displaying a display sheet
Inventor: MARREN JAMES ROBERT STEPHEN
IPC: A47G1/14
Filed: 2011-11-18
Abstract: There is provided an envelope for mailing and displaying a display sheet. The envelope comprises a back panel 10, a front panel 12 adjoining the back panel, and an overlap panel 14 adjoining the front panel. The overlap panel is for fixing to the back panel to close the envelope when the panels are folded over one another. The front and back panels are provided with a border, and the envelope is openable out to unfold the front and back panels so that the border forms a picture frame border 22 around the periphery of the combined first and second panels. The display sheet can be held for display within the picture frame border. The envelope may also include two side panels 17 adjoining the front panel 12 for temporarily securing the back panel 10 by a n adhesive for mailing. The two side panels 17 may each have a tab portion 18 for assisting the release of the side panels 17 from the back panel 10 upon opening the envelope.
Patent GB-2496660-A (GB)
Title: Processing received audio signals with a beamformer and an echo canceller
Inventor: SORENSEN KARSTEN VANDBORG
IPC: H04R1/40
Filed: 2011-11-18
Abstract: The processing method comprises receiving audio signals at a plurality of microphones of the device, processing at least one of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones to generate a first characteristic, a beamformer appliesg beamformer coefficients to the received audio signals, thereby generating a beamformer output, processing the beamformer output to generate a second characteristic, applying echo cancelling means to the beamformer output, thereby suppressing an echo resulting from audio signals output from the audio output means from the beamformer output. An operating parameter of the echo cancelling means is determined using a relationship between the first and second characteristics.
Patent GB-2497937-A (GB)
Title: Re-use of idle symbols in a half duplex system to establish an additional communication channel
Inventor: BEALE MARTIN WARWICK
IPC: H04L5/02
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: A telecommunications system arranged to communicate using a radio frame structure comprising radio subframes comprising a plurality of symbols. At least one symbol in each radio subframe is used to support a physical shared channel and at least one symbol in each radio subframe is used to support a physical control channel associated with the physical shared channel. A symbol at the end of each radio subframe is used to support the physical shared channel for communication links between a base station and a terminal device operating in a full-duplex mode, but the corresponding symbol is used to support a separate physical channel, for example an additional device-to-device (D2D, M2M, MTC) low-rate channel, for communication links operating in a half-duplex mode. Thus, transmission resources that would normally be idle in a half-duplex system as compared to a full-duplex system can in effect be re-used for another channel.
Patent GB-2504056-A (GB)
Title: Energy saving device with intelligent power control
Inventor: MCNEILL-MCCALLUM DUNCAN
IPC: H02J9/00
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: A power control device 5 in the form of an electrical extension strip or wall socket comprises a mains power inlet 10, a plurality of outlets 15a-15h, a processor 20, memory 25 and communications system 30. Outlets 15a-15h are divided into operational groups of peripheral sockets 15a-15f, master socket 15g and persistent socket 15h, where peripheral sockets 15a-15f are the first to be powered down following a period of inactivity. Power to an appliance attached to the master socket 15g, such as a computer, is controlled so as to place the appliance in standby mode following a further period of inactivity. A push button or software agent running on an attached appliance can be used to manually trigger a power saving state via the communications system 30. The communication system 30 may also be used to transmit operational and/or power usage data stored on memory 25 to a network or internet cloud or can allow remote access to the power control device 5.
Patent GB-2492489-A (GB)
Title: Nonlinear optical surface sensing with a single thermo-electric detector
Inventor: HUNT JEFFREY H
IPC: G01J5/12
Filed: 2012-07-02
Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for nonlinear optical surface sensing with a single thermo-electric detector. In particular, the system includes at least two signal sources 205, 215 that are co-aligned to propagate photons 209, 219 to the same location on a surface 225. At least one focusing element 242 focuses a sequence of photons 235 that is reflected from the location on the surface and at least one frequency selective electromagnetic detector 160 detects the sequence of photons. When the frequency selective electromagnetic detector senses a photon, it emits an electrical pulse 255, 256, 257 having a voltage proportional to the energy level of the photon. A processor 260 processes the electrical pulses, and de-multiplexes the sequence of emitted electrical pulses based on the electrical pulse voltage of the electrical pulses. The frequency selective detector may include a nanowire array having Bismuth Tellurium thermoelectric junction thermocouples.
Patent GB-2506099-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulically damped hinge
Inventor: CHOW CHUNG
IPC: E05F3/20
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: The hinge comprises a housing 1 pivotally connected to a fixture by a coupling which includes a linkage 4. A shuttle 7 is located in a bore 27 in the housing and has an internal cavity filled with hydraulic fluid. A non-moveable baffle 13 divides the cavity into first and second chambers 16, 17. Fluid passes in one direction between the first and second chambers through a one way valve 21. A return passageway 15 provides for a restricted flow of fluid between the second and first chambers during movement of the hinge from an open to closed position. The hinge may incorporate a stop arrangement to hold it open at a predetermined position. The return passageway may comprise a plurality of channels in the housing communicating between the first and second chamber. The hinge may also include a closing mechanism and alignment means.
Patent GB-2490838-A (GB)
Title: Intuitive, contextual information search and presentation systems and methods
Inventor: ARREDONDO PABLO D
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2011-02-02
Abstract: Tags representing characteristic terms in a set of matter-specific local documents (100), such as an accumulating litigation or medical record, are identified and used to evaluate the relevance to a user of each of a set of global, generally accessible documents (200). User-entered keywords and other parameters may also be incorporated into the search strategy to increase the relevance of returned documents.
Patent GB-2496241-A (GB)
Title: Multiple image high dynamic range (HDR) imaging from a single sensor array
Inventor: KWAN DEREK
IPC: G06T5/50
Filed: 2012-09-05
Abstract: A single array 202 of image sensors 204 is used in a single camera system 201 to simultaneously obtain a plurality of different images of a scene, each image having a different level. An array 206 of first and second matrices of light-admitting elements 208, 210 (e.g. a colour filter array or, alternatively, individual pixel shutters) are disposed in front of corresponding first and second matrices of light-sensitive image sensors / pixel sensors which are arrayed in a single focal plane. The image sensors have equal spectral response characteristics. Light 205 from the scene is directed, via lens 203, upon the matrices of light-admitting elements 206, each of which transmits colour image information to its corresponding image/pixel sensor. Through the use of either different transparency colour filters, or pixel shutters with different exposure times/periods, sensors corresponding to a first matrix of light-admitting elements are subject to a different level of exposure to those sensors corresponding to a second matrix of light-admitting elements. Accordingly, two images of the scene with a different dynamic range are acquired. The two images may be processed and combined to form a single high dynamic range (HDR) image. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code thereon to implement the above method is also disclosed. The method may also be adapted to enable the capture of a third image which is used in the combination to produce the increased dynamic range image. Furthermore, the filters used in the filter array 206 may be of different levels of transparency to achieve the different exposure levels at the sensors.
Patent GB-2504560-A (GB)
Title: A case for a portable electronic device comprising a light diffuser and wherein an image contained in the case is illuminated by a light source
Inventor: ELLIS-BROWN JAMES
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2012-09-12
Abstract: A case 10 for a portable electronic device (especially for an iPhone (RTM) 100 and the like) comprises a shell 12, a diffuser 40 mounted within the shell 12, and an optional transparent insert (150) with custom graphics located between a front side 14 of the shell and the diffuser 40. The custom graphics contained in the case may be illuminated by means of a light source (e.g. camera flash) external to the case. Aspects of the invention include the diffuser 40 comprising a Perspex panel having an etched portion 44 from which light escapes. The diffuser 40 may be slid between a position in which a flash 102 of the device is unobstructed, for normal photographic use, and a position in which light 200 from the flash 102 is received on a first surface 41 of the diffuser 40, whereby it is re-directed internally before being emitted from the etched portion 44 on the opposite, second surface 43 to provide even and bright illumination of that second surface. Alternative aspects of the invention include the light source incorporated into the case 10, (rather than using the camera flash) where micro LEDs are disposed below the diffuser and powered by a power source integrated in to the case.
Patent GB-2495815-A (GB)
Title: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation system comprising a solid state laser
Inventor: HAASE ANDREAS
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2012-10-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a mass spectrometer comprising a laser system for mass-spectrometric analyses with ionization of analyte molecules in a sample by matrix-assisted laser desorption; the spectrometer comprises a pulsed UV solid state laser system with a minimum energy consumption, produces a spatially distributed spot pattern with peaks of uniform energy density on the sample, increasing thereby the degree of ionization for analyte ions as compared to conventional spot patterns; the spot pattern with peaks of uniform energy density can be produced by means of homogeneous illumination of a pattern generator for example a lens array. According to the invention, the homogeneous illumination can be generated by a low-cost beam-shaping element 2, which does not act on the UV beam but on the original infrared beam, in conjunction with changes to the beam cross-section and beam profile brought about by the nonlinear conversion crystals 4,5; this beam shaping not only produces a beam profile which illuminates the pattern generator 8 homogeneously with low losses, but at the same time increases the efficiency of the frequency multiplication and the lifetime of the conversion crystals 4,5 so that significant cost savings are achieved because less laser energy is required and the lifetime is increased.
Patent GB-2496477-A (GB)
Title: Optimising free cooling of data centres through weather-based intelligent control
Inventor: LEHMAN BRET
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 2012-10-04
Abstract: Predictive weather information 202 for the data center's location is received 208, wherein the predictive weather information includes information describing expected future weather conditions at the data center's location. A predetermined target inlet air flow temperature 204 for computing components in the data center is received 210. Excursion information 212 is received describing acceptable temporary operating conditions during which the predetermined target inlet air flow temperature for computing components in the data center is higher than the sustainable inlet air flow temperature for computing components in the data center. A free air cooling schedule 214 is determined in dependence upon the predictive weather information and the excursion information, the free air cooling schedule specifying periods of time during which cooling for computing components in the data centre is provided with free air.
Patent GB-2506951-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing system
Inventor: BURNS PAUL
IPC: A61J7/00
Filed: 2012-10-05
Abstract: A tray closure assembly (1) having an interconnected array (3) of compartments (4), a closure (20) in the form of a flexible sheet for the compartments being arranged so that the closure and the compartments form a series of sealed containers, and optionally so that each sealed container is frangible from the interconnected array so that a sealed container may be removed from the array, an openable flap (50) for overlying the closure, the flap being attached to the tray by attachment to the closure. The sealing closure offers two functions, one to form the seals for the compartments and secondly to hold a protective flap to the tray.
Patent GB-2500823-A (GB)
Title: Method, system and computer program for comparing images
Inventor: KING RUSSELL
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2013-03-28
Abstract: A method of comparing two images (100, 200) such as facial images. The method comprises assessing an image quality of each of a plurality of sections of a first image (100), so as to assign an image quality to each of the plurality of sections of the first image. For at least one section (510) of the first image (100) that is determined to have an image quality different (e.g higher) from the image quality of the others sections, an image processing process is performed. The image processing process comprises: configuring a matching algorithm for that section of the first image in dependence on the assigned image quality of the section; and using the configured matching algorithm to compare the section of the first image with a corresponding section of the second of the two images (200) to generate an output. Independent claims are also provided for: 1) a method of verifying a user wherein if a match is found the second image is stored as a validated image; 2) a method of verifying whether a user has been previously authenticated, wherein differences are detected between two recently-acquired images, and if the differences are large enough the user is considered to be live.
Patent GB-2501631-A (GB)
Title: Optimization of sample cleanup during formation testing
Inventor: STIBBE HOLGER
IPC: E21B49/10
Filed: 2012-01-27
Abstract: Disclosed is a formation testing tool for extracting formation fluid from an earth formation penetrated by a borehole having a drilling fluid. The tool includes: a sample flow element configured to extract formation fluid from the formation in a sample zone; a sample zone seal forming a perimeter defining the sample zone; a contamination removal flow element configured to extract formation fluid contaminated with the drilling fluid from a contamination removal zone in the formation; a contamination removal zone seal forming a perimeter defining the contamination removal zone, which surrounds and excludes the sample zone; and a controller configured to control a sample flow rate in the sample flow element and a contamination removal flow rate in the contamination flow removal element in order to decrease an amount of time required to acquire a sample of the formation fluid having an acceptable amount of contamination.
Patent GB-2517212-A (GB)
Title: A Computer Generated Emulation of a subject
Inventor: KOLLURU BALAKRISHNA VENKATA JAGANNADHA
IPC: G10L21/06
Filed: 2013-08-16
Abstract: A system for emulating a subject in the form of a computer generated talking head to allow a user to interact therewith. The system comprises a processor 3, user interface (GUI) and a personality storage section 7 containing information created by or about the subject, preferably from social media websites, emails. The GUI displays 19 a talking head which comprises the subjects face and appears to output speech from the mouth of the face. The GUI includes a receiver for receiving a query 15 from the user and the talking head is configured to respond to the query. A dialogue section 4 of the processor generate a response to the query inputted by the user, the response is created from the information contained in the personality storage section. The response is converted 5 into a sequence of acoustic units and a statistical model is used to determine probability distributions which correlate an acoustic unit to an image vector and speech vector. The output 17 comprises a synchronized sequence of speech and image vectors which appears to make the GUI head talk. Preferably a set of rules are applied to the dialogue section. Expressions 6 may also be included into the response outputted. Alternatively the output may be in the form of text and the response being derived from converting the query into a word vector, as shown in fig.5b.
Patent GB-2519311-A (GB)
Title: A device capable of projecting an image frame
Inventor: PORTH MATTHEW CHARLES
IPC: H04N9/31
Filed: 2013-10-16
Abstract: A device capable of projecting an image frame(such as a camera, mobile telephone or a projector) comprises a graphics processing unit arranged to process image frames to be projected wherein the frame rate at which image frames are processed is greater than the frame rate at which image frames are provided from an image source. The frame rate increase may be an integer multiple greater than the rate at which images are received from the source. The device may include sensors to compensate/correct for motion/displacement of the projector during projection of image frames. Notably, a perspective distortion may be applied to image frames to correct for keystone distortion. Brightness adjustment may also be applied to at least a portion of the projected image frames, dependent upon the perspective distortion performed. The perspective distortion may be performed under user-control via a graphics user interface (GUI) presented upon a device display screen. The images may also be displayed upon the display screen. A corresponding method of processing image frames to projected is also described. The increase in frame rate for the processing of image frames allows for other processing (i.e. correction/compensation) to be performed within each frame period.