baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2489935-A (GB)
Title: A vessel with a buoyancy device movable with respect to the vessel's hull
Inventor: KNOX DENNIS ALEXANDER
IPC: B63B1/14
Filed: 2011-04-08
Abstract: A vessel 10 includes a buoyancy device 20 which extends downwardly away from a hull of the vessel and includes a ballast chamber for holding gas and liquid, means for adjusting the ratio of gas and liquid in the chamber, and a connection means 26 connecting the ballast chamber and the hull of the vessel. The connection means are moveable to allow the ballast chamber to be moved relative to the hull of the vessel for adjusting a distance therebetween. A method of operating the vessel is also disclosed. The vessel may be provided with two buoyancy devices, the ballast chambers of which may be moved relative to the hull of the vessel synchronously.
Patent GB-2491419-A (GB)
Title: An e-book reader cradle
Inventor: LUCKNER MICHAEL
IPC: F16M13/02
Filed: 2011-06-27
Abstract: An e-book reader cradle unit comprises adjustable sliding arms with interlocking ridges which slide and lock into position and a flexible spine (fig 4) that fits with one end having a male screw into a treaded hole in a back of the cradle. Another end of the flexible spine may be provided with a universal clamp or a sucker (figs 5 and &). A flexible battery night light fits into the back of the cradle and foam padding provides a snug fit and allows for different sizes of e-book readers. The light is fitted to the back of the cradle by a magnetic attachment and may be removed when not in use.
Patent GB-2493957-A (GB)
Title: Grate assembly for a gasifier with at least two key torque transmitters
Inventor: BAUMANN PAUL SMIT
IPC: C10J3/42
Filed: 2011-08-25
Abstract: A grate assembly 10 for a gasifier for gasifying carbonaceous material producing ash includes an upper rotatable grate component 11 and a lower rotatable support structure 12 fastened to the upper rotatable grate component by a plurality of removable fasteners 15 acting to prevent vertical displacement of the upper rotatable grate component and the lower rotatable support structure. The lower rotatable support structure is configured to be drivingly rotated about a common vertical axis of rotation 21 shared with the upper rotatable grate component. The assembly further includes at least two key torque transmitters 16 spaced angularly relative to the common axis of rotation and engaging the upper rotatable grate component and the lower rotatable support structure to transfer torque from the lower rotatable support structure to the upper rotatable grate component when the lower rotatable support structure is driven.
Patent GB-2480948-A (GB)
Title: Handle for infant carrier
Inventor: TUCKEY PETER R
IPC: A47D13/02
Filed: 2007-07-17
Abstract: A lift handle for a infant seat carrier 20 comprises a lift handle 60 formed with grip openings 65 adjacent a pivot connection 62 of the lift handle such that the grip openings 65 are rotated for access when the lift handle is lowered to a folded position (as shown in figure 21) to enable the seat carrier 20 to be lifted by grasping the two transversely spaced grip openings 65. The handle 60 provides a dual lift function, including the normal lift function associated with the lift handle being raised into the upright operative position (as shown in figure 20). An infant seat carrier and infant seat including said lift handle 60 are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2494474-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle with anchor point apparatus and method
Inventor: CHATWIN ANDREW
IPC: B60N3/10
Filed: 2011-09-12
Abstract: A motor vehicle having a cabin for one or more occupants, the cabin comprising: at least one anchor point for supporting an accessory, the anchor point comprising a receiver 150 (see also figures 5 and 6) for receiving a corresponding adaptor 120 of an accessory 115, the receiver comprising a locking means whereby an adaptor may be releasably locked to the receiver such that when in the coupled condition separation of an adaptor and the receiver is resisted unless an adaptor is first unlocked from the receiver. The locking means may be a cam follower in the form of resiliently sprung pins 124 extending laterally from a shaft 122 of the adaptor, and cam formations (156, figure 2) to the rear of the receiver. The receiver may support such accessories as a cup holder, a mobile telecommunications device cradle, a computer work surface, a light source, a cargo eye, a grab handle, a storage device etc. The receiver may also provide an electrical connection between the accessory and a vehicle power supply. Methods for use of the anchor point, and individual components for use therewith are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2495079-A (GB)
Title: Live migration of applications and file systems in a distributed system
Inventor: MARSDEN LUKE
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2011-09-23
Abstract: When migrating applications from one server to another, a protocol handler pauses incoming requests during the migration. Outstanding requests may be terminated after a timeout period. Alternatively, the paused requests may be released if the outstanding requests have not completed after a timeout period. When replicating a file system, snapshots of a source file system are taken at predetermined points in time. These are replicated to the destination file system. After a period when the file system could not be replicated, the most recent version of the file system is identified. The last common snapshot is also identified. Subsequent snapshots are then replicated from the most recent version to the older version. The most recent version may be identified from the average age of the snapshots and the number of changes in the snapshots. Only the snapshots unique to a particular server may be used to determine the most recent version.
Patent GB-2483193-A (GB)
Title: Thin film RF detector coils for MRI
Inventor: SYMS RICHARD R A
IPC: G01R33/28
Filed: 2010-06-11
Abstract: A resonant radiofrequency (RF) detector assembly comprising a substrate, a coil formed on a front surface of the substrate, and two capacitors, each capacitor having a front plate which is formed on the front surface of the substrate and a rear plate formed on a rear surface of the substrate, the two front plates each being electrically connected to a different end of the coil, and the two rear plates being electrically connected to each other.
Patent GB-2488193-A (GB)
Title: Enterprise network with voip honeypot
Inventor: BUFORD JOHN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for a honeypot addressing cyber threats enabled by convergence of data and communication services in an enterprise network 36. Suspicious incoming VoIP calls from the Internet 20 to the enterprise network are intercepted and directed to a VoIP honeypot 40 that acts as a network decoy and responds automatically during call sessions for the suspicious incoming VOIP calls while tracing the suspicious incoming VOIP calls. Suspicious outgoing VoIP calls from the enterprise network to the Internet are also intercepted and directed to the VoIP honeypot. Moreover, an unsolicited VoIP call is redirected to the VoIP honeypot when the unsolicited VoIP call has been received by a user agent in the enterprise network and a human user of the user agent confirms that the unsolicited VoIP call was unsolicited. The enterprise network may also include a non-VoIP 41 and instant message 42 honeypots.
Patent GB-2485717-A (GB)
Title: Tough water-permeable paver
Inventor: HOPPERUS-BUMA PETER BAREND
IPC: E01C5/22
Filed: 2010-09-07
Abstract: A tough water-permeable paver block comprises a mass of adherent coated granules with intervening contiguous channels. A method for making pavers includes selecting a gravel, heating, then evenly coating every granule with a non-rigid thermoplastics material typically at about 75 g/kg gravel, placing the hot material into a form, then cooling, optionally under imposed pressure. In one option the paver is formed from loose granules at its final resting place. The material may be provided as a coated, non-adherent gravel for heating into a coherent mass in situ. Applications include footpaths, roads and drain covers.
Patent GB-2500395-A (GB)
Title: Child-resistant electrical switch guard
Inventor: CUNLIFFE NICOLA LOUISE
IPC: H01H9/28
Filed: 2012-03-19
Abstract: A device for guarding wall mounted electrical switches from inadvertent operation comprises a child-resistant push and twist plastic cap 1 and a threaded base unit 2 which adheres to a wall-mounted electrical fascia by means of a double sided adhesive ring 4. The cap can be a mass-produced child-resistant push and twist mechanism and is secured to an external thread (fig 5, 2a) on the base unit by a twisting action. The cap can have a top unit 1 having internal plastic leafs (fig 9, 1a) and an inner shell (fig 10, 3) having external teeth (fig 10, 3b) and internal threads (fig 10, 3a). The switch guard can be used to prevent accidental operation of switches on a wall mounted socket (fig 3) or switch (fig 4) and can be securely mounted to a fascia 5 using the double-sided adhesive ring 4 without modification to the fascia.
Patent GB-2501255-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft cockpit display having interleaved, separately-driven pixel areas
Inventor: BUSHELL MARK ANTHONY
IPC: G09G3/34
Filed: 2012-04-16
Abstract: An aircraft cockpit display 22 comprises a display panel 24 having a row and column pixel matrix, a backlight 40, a first video channel 42 having a row driver 52 and a column driver 50 for driving a first portion of the pixels (e.g. pixels 25, Figures 4A-E, comprising multi colour RGB sub pixels) and a second video channel 44 having a row driver 72 and a column driver 70 for driving a second portion of the pixels. The first and second portions of the pixels are interleaved (alternating) and the first and second video channels are independent. Thus, back-up display redundancy is provided in the event of failure causing loss of a display component, particularly when using a single, widescreen aviation display for all flight information. A manual, automatic or display-integrated switch may be used to change between video channels, e.g. in the event of a fault. Channels may also have independent power sources. Deselected channel row and column drivers may be set to a tri-stated condition.
Patent GB-2503204-A (GB)
Title: Downhole control device
Inventor: SOUTHGATE ANTHONY
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2012-05-03
Abstract: A downhole control device 10 configured to activate downhole equipment requiring control signals comprises a housing 25 adapted to protect electronic components; a transducer 130 configured to measure one or more of pressure and temperature and an accelerometer. Control circuitry is in communication with the transducer and the accelerometer and configured to control the operation of a downhole tool depending on data from one or more of said transducer and said accelerometer. The transducer, accelerometer and at least part of the control circuitry are mounted on a chassis; and wherein the chassis is removably inserted within the housing. The control circuit may be used to trigger a detonator. Also disclosed is a downhole battery module and a downhole control device comprising a sub-module releasably connected to a housing.
Patent GB-2508574-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for guiding ions entrained within a gas
Inventor: RAPTAKIS EMMANUEL
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2012-06-24
Abstract: A guide apparatus for generating a flow of ions comprises an ion source 61 for providing ions within a gas at a source pressure. A vacuum chamber 63 is controllable to achieve a second pressure therein and comprises a gas inlet 62 having a first cross sectional area (a) arranged for jetting said gas containing entrained ions into the vacuum chamber along a predetermined jetting axis. A gas duct 67 comprising a duct bore having a second cross sectional area (A) is positioned coaxially with the jetting axis, in register with the gas inlet opening. The second pressure is controlled so as to form a supersonic free jet in the duct with a jet pressure ratio restrained to a value which does not exceed the cubed ratio (A/a)3 of the second and first cross sectional areas. As a result, the expansion of the free jet is restrained so as to form a subsonic laminar flow 71 within the gas duct for guiding entrained ions.
Patent GB-2503704-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive communication anonymization
Inventor: HAM FRANK VAN
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2012-07-05
Abstract: This invention relates to a method., system and computer program product for communication in a communication system wherein a sender replaces one or more communication party identifiers in control data for a communication with one or more anonymized identifiers before transmitting the control data for a communication to the recipient or recipients of the communication, said method comprising: a recipient searching 402 a local lookup table by anonymized identifier for corresponding non-anonymized identifiers for a party to the communication; replacing 406 an anonymized identifier with the corresponding communication party identifier if identified; and presenting 408 the recipient with the non-anonymized identifiers. The anonymized identifiers may be hashed identifiers. The identifiers may be email addresses, telephone numbers, caller ID, names etc and the arrangement can be used in email systems, Simple Messaging Systems, Instant Messaging systems, voice message systems or telephony. In one embodiment one of the recipients is able to look-up locally the received anonymized identifiers in a received communication and convert any of those anonymized, hashed, identifiers it has stored locally back to the non-anonymized, original, identifiers. In one embodiment the communication system is email and the control data and identifiers correspond to those in the from, to, CC and BC fields.
Patent GB-2493628-A (GB)
Title: Marine geophysical streamer having digital sensor employing quantized feedback loop
Inventor: TENGHAMN STIG RUNE LENNART
IPC: G01V1/16
Filed: 2012-08-09
Abstract: A geophysical survey system includes one or more streamers having multiple spaced apart sensor units. At least one sensor unit includes at least one digital sensor employing a quantized feedback loop to produce a digital output signal. A data recording system collects and stores data from the sensor units. A sensing element of the digital sensor may attempt to move or deform in response to an input stimulus (e.g. pressure, acceleration or some other form of geophysical energy signal). When the sensing element receives an input stimulus it moves or deforms, but the quantized feedback loop includes a mechanism for applying a restoring force for counteracting this motion. This causes the sensing element to oscillate about its null position. The output of the quantized feedback loop is converted into a digital measurement by e.g. counting the number of output pulses in a given period. The sensing element may include, for example, a flexible or movable MEMS element having electrodes for electrostatic sensing and control. This sensor design requires no separate analog-to-digital conversion step.
Patent GB-2496276-A (GB)
Title: Guided munition with processing electronics located behind the warhead
Inventor: GAME GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: F41G7/22
Filed: 2012-10-22
Abstract: A guided munition 10 includes a warhead 20 within the nose section 60 and processing electronics 30 arranged behind the warhead 20. A plurality of sensors 50 are arranged within the nose section 60 for sensing a target. The sensors 50 are remote from but in communication with the processing electronics 30 and may communicate with the electronics by waveguides 40 such as optical fibres, or by wireless communication. Locating the electronics behind the warhead allows the warhead to be placed further forward in the missile, which is particularly useful in armour penetrating applications. The sensors are still located in the front of the missile and may be located around the warhead so that the field of view is not obscured.
Patent GB-2509692-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for detection of chromatic aberration
Inventor: MCKINNELL JONATHAN
IPC: G06T5/40
Filed: 2012-11-05
Abstract: Method and apparatus for analysing an image to determine the presence of chromatic aberration comprising: applying an edge mask to the image to produce a colour edge image; producing a histogram of the hues in the colour edge image and a histogram of the hues in the original image; determining a mean ratio of the two histograms in a range of hues; and asserting the presence of chromatic aberration if the mean ratio is above a threshold. The mean ratio may be found by determining a ratio at each hue in the range and then calculating the mean of these ratios. The range of hues may comprise pink hues. Edge detection may be carried out by applying a Sobel filter to the luminance component of a YUV image. The centre of the image may be masked, or a pixels contribution to the histograms may be weighted based on its distance from the centre, to improve the detection of transverse chromatic aberration.
Patent GB-2515017-A (GB)
Title: Process gas abatement
Inventor: SEELEY ANDREW JAMES
IPC: F23G7/06
Filed: 2013-06-10
Abstract: A process gas abatement apparatus and method are disclosed. The process gas abatement apparatus comprises a burner having a combustion chamber operable to receive an effluent gas stream from a manufacturing process tool to be treated within the combustion chamber at a sub-atmospheric pressure. The combustion chamber is operable to receive a fuel, oxidant and diluents. The fuel, oxidant and diluent are used to control combustion within the combustion chamber to treat the effluent gas stream to produce a treated exhaust stream. The diluent is condensable in the treated exhaust stream so that it changes state. By providing a diluent in the form of an inert condensable the volume gain within the combustion chamber is reduced and a lower volume of gas need be brought up to atmospheric pressure by a discharge pump.
Patent GB-2506718-A (GB)
Title: Multilayered polycrystalline diamond structure
Inventor: CAN NEDRET
IPC: B01J3/00
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond structure 20 (PCD) comprises a first region and a second region 26 adjacent the first region, the second region being bonded to the first region by intergrowth of diamond grains. The first region comprises a plurality of alternating strata or layers 21/22, at least one of the layers in the first region having a thickness in the range of 5 - 300 microns. The PCD structure has a diamond content of at most 95 vol% of the PCD material, a binder content of at least 5 vol%, which may contain a catalyst; and one or more of the layers in the first region and/or the second region comprise diamond grains having a mean diamond grain contiguity of greater than 60 percent and a standard deviation of less than 2.2 percent. There is also disclosed a method of making such a polycrystalline diamond structure. The second region may also comprise a plurality of layers. The different layers may have a monomodal or a multimodal grain size distribution with grain sizes between 0.1 and 50 microns. A surface layer may be substantially free of catalyst; and one set of the alternating layers may be in a state of residual compressive stress and the other may be in a state of residual tensile stress.
Patent GB-2502486-A (GB)
Title: A luminaire comprising an LED tube lamp and socket
Inventor: CAI XIANG FA
IPC: F21V14/02
Filed: 2012-02-21
Abstract: A luminaire comprises a socket (3) and an LED tube lamp (1) received therein. The LED tube lamp (1) is rotatable in the socket (3) between a first angular position in which the tube lamp illuminates in a first direction, and a second angular position in which the tube lamp illuminates in a second direction. A luminaire may have two LED tube lamps (1) received therein, wherein the two LED tube lamps (1) are located adjacent to one another and on opposing sides of the luminaire, and wherein the tube lamps (1) are rotatable between a first configuration in which the tube lamps illuminate in the same direction, and a rotated configuration in which the LED tube lamps are rotated in opposing directions from the first configuration thereby increasing the area illuminated.
Patent GB-2517534-A (GB)
Title: A rotatable sliding window
Inventor: CHEN JEE MENG
IPC: E06B3/50
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: A pivotal and sliding window having a top and bottom rail guide supports 13, 15 attached to a panel 14 via hinge pins (16, 18, fig.1); the guide supports 13, 15, mounted for sliding within tracks, guides or rails 22 in the frame. At least one of the support guides is movable axially, e.g. upward, along the hinge pin relative to the sash panel to allow the sash panel to pivot about the hinge pin. The sash panel and opposing supports may have complementary convex and concave engaging surfaces 27, 29, to retain the panel parallel to the tracks of the frame. The axially displaceable support 13 may be spring biased into engagement with the panel. A lifting mechanism may vertically displace the rotatable panel 14 to disengage the surfaces 27, 29 connecting the sash panel and bottom rail guide support 15 and allow the rotatable panel 14 to rotate.
Patent GB-2525223-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing systems
Inventor: HARRIS PETER
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2014-04-16
Abstract: Multi-pass graphics processing system and method comprising: generating an array of graphics data in a first rendering pass 28; in the first rendering pass 28, determining, and generating information 31 indicative of, one or more regions 30 of the array that have a characteristic such as 3D models or geometric primitive shapes; using the information 31 to control reading of the array during a subsequent rendering pass 29. Information 31 may comprise bounding boxes, lists or bitmaps. Regions 30 may be areas that will be in shadow in the final image. Portions 30 of the array may not be read. A fixed pixel value may be stored and applied to pixel locations within regions 30. Portions 30 of the array lacking the attribute may not be generated. Regions 30 may be identified where data positions have the same pixel values. Identification of regions 30 may be used to control creation of the array in the first pass 28. The graphics processing pipeline may include polygon vertex shading 10 and texture mapping or shadow mapping to colour picture fragments 13.
Patent GB-2527117-A (GB)
Title: Printed circuit board
Inventor: CARR PETER BRUCE
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: A substantially rigid printed circuit board 100 is provided that includes a body divided into first 110 and second 115 body portions by an internal slot 120 in the body. The second body portion is connected to the first body portion by a hinged portion 130 comprising at least one arm or tongue 125. The at least one arm is twisted about an axis such that the second body portion is angled with respect to the first body portion at a non-zero angle. At least one conductive track 145 is provided on a first surface of the body 105 so as to electrically connect the first body portion to the second body portion. A visual alarm device including a printed circuit board as described herein mounting a light emitting diode (LED) is also provided.
Patent GB-2515404-A (GB)
Title: Clipboard
Inventor: ALLEN PAULA
IPC: B42F9/00
Filed: 2014-06-24
Abstract: A clipboard includes to a lifter device 1 configured to engage with the clip 70 of a clipboard and aid a user in lifting the clip. The lifter device 1 comprises an arm member 2 having a first end (4, Fig.1) and a second end (6, Fig.1). The first end (4, Fig.1) includes a hook portion 10 for engagement with a clip 70 of a clipboard. An actuation member 8 is configured to receive the second end (6, Fig.1) of the arm member 2. The actuation member 8 being separable from and engagable with the arm member 2; wherein, in use, when the actuation member 8 is engaged with said second end (6, Fig.1), a part of the actuation member 8 is arranged to apply a force to the arm member 2 so as to pivot the arm member 2 about a point (18, Fig.1) between said first and second ends (4, 6, Fig.1).