baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2590660-A (GB)
Title: Reactive droop limiter
Inventor: STEPHEN FELIX
IPC: H03L7/18
Filed: 2019-12-23
Abstract: A method of controlling the frequency of a clock signal for a processor comprises receiving from a clock generator, a first processor clock signal of a first frequency for supplying to a processor; receiving an indication of voltage droop in a voltage supplied to the processor; in response to the indication of the voltage droop, removing a proportion of clock pulses from the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal of a lower second frequency; and providing the second processor clock signal to the processor. Removing a proportion of clock pulses may comprise determining that the voltage droop exceeds a predetermined threshold, and in response removing the clock pulses. The method may further comprise adjusting the second clock signal so as to increase the second frequency by decreasing the proportion of clock pulses removed from the clock signal. The step of detecting a voltage droop may comprise using a tap sampled delay line powered by the same power supply to measure a change in a clock edge position of the first clock signal, and a further delay line to produce a signal determining when to sample the first clock signal to determine the edge position.
Patent GB-2592350-A (GB)
Title: System and method for reducing memory requirements for a user interface
Inventor: Nolan Fan
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2020-01-31
Abstract: A computer-implemented method including the steps of generating, by one or more processors, a first matrix of symbols with columns that correspond to reels of cyclical symbols rendered in adjacent sections of a display; rotating by one or more processors each reel by a random amount responsive to receiving a spinning instruction; and configuring a first reel to occupy both a first section of the display associated with the first reel and a second section of the display associated with an adjacent reel so that the adjacent reel will not be rendered when a pattern of symbols of the rendered reels is determined to correspond to a particular pattern. Symbols of the first reel may be stacked such that every two consecutive symbols of the first reel match, then upon receiving a second spinning instruction rotating each rendered reel by a random amount and upon determining a patten of rendered symbols corresponds to a particular pattern, configuring the first reel to occupy a third section of the display associated with a further adjacent reel. The method allows for emphasizing of important symbols/patterns while de-emphasizing less important symbols/patterns.
Patent GB-2583827-A (GB)
Title: Software defined network optimisation
Inventor: ANDREW STARKEY
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2020-02-28
Abstract: A computer implemented method of optimisation of a software defined network (SDN) for a network application, the SDN including a controller for configuring a plurality of network components to deliver a network service for the application, each component having a measurable metric for each of a plurality of characteristics of the component relating to a performance of the component, the method comprising: accessing, for each network component, a measure for each of the metrics to classify the component for a characteristic corresponding to the metric according to a fuzzy logic classification scheme; defining a plurality of configurations of network components suitable for providing the service; selecting a configuration of the network components to provide the service based on an optimisation function such as a simulated annealing algorithm for optimising the network components in terms of classifications of each network component, and deploying the selected configuration. The optimisation can be based on requirements such as contention, availability, downtime and throughput.
Patent GB-2593511-A (GB)
Title: Sensor apparatus
Inventor: DANIEL TOBJÖRK
IPC: G01N35/10
Filed: 2020-03-25
Abstract: Apparatus for determining a presence or (change in) concentration of an analyte in an environment. Two sensors 6,7 respond to the analyte. A valve assembly 8 has a first A and second B configuration. In the first A, the analyte reaches only the first sensor. In the second B, the analyte reaches both sensors. Different flow path configurations (Figs. 3-5) are disclosed. Specifically, the flow from the inlet 5 can be split in two wherein, in one branch, the analyte is filtered out (11) and, in the other, the analyte is not filtered out (10). The second sensor 7 may be flushed to aid desorption of analyte between sampling to counteract drift and increase its accuracy. The continuous measurement from the first sensor 6 may be corrected on the basis of the intermittent, more accurate, results from the second sensor 7 (Fig. 8).
Patent GB-2582712-A (GB)
Title: Single crystal composite synthetic diamond material
Inventor: ANDREW MARK EDMONDS
IPC: C30B31/20
Filed: 2020-03-30
Abstract: A diamond composite body comprising first and second single crystal diamond layers. The first layer has a negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy, NV-, concentration of at least 0.3 ppm and a uniform strain as defined by having, over an area of at least 1 × 1 mm, at least 90% of points display a modulus of strain-induced shift of NV resonance of less than 200 kHz, where each point in the area is a resolved region of 50 µm2. The second layer has an NV- concentration less than or equal to 10 times lower than that of the first layer. The first layer may be a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) or high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) synthetic diamond. Also disclosed is a method of forming the diamond composite body comprising providing a first single crystal diamond body having a uniform strain as defined for the first layer, above. The first diamond body is treated to form NV- centres in a concentration of at least 0.3 ppm. Using a CVD process, a second single crystal diamond body is grown on the first, the second body having an NV- concentration less than or equal to 10 times lower than that of the first body.
Patent GB-2588984-A (GB)
Title: Methods and allocators for allocating portions of a storage unit using virtual partitioning
Inventor: IAN KING
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2020-05-12
Abstract: Allocating one or more portions of a storage unit to a plurality of tasks for storing at least two types of data. This includes receiving a request for one or more portions of the storage unit to store a particular type of data of the at least two types of data for a task of the plurality of tasks 302; associating the request with one of a plurality of virtual partitionings of the storage unit based on one or more characteristics of the request, each virtual partitioning allotting none, one, or more than one portion of the storage unit to each of the at least two types of data 304; and allocating the requested one or more portions of the storage unit to the task from the none, one, or more than one portion of the storage unit allotted to the particular type of data in the virtual partitioning associated with the request 306.
Patent GB-2602954-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft flight control
Inventor: JASON HILL
IPC: B64D47/00
Filed: 2020-08-21
Abstract: A pilot input arrangement for a light aircraft is integrated into an armrest 5230’ for a pilot’s seat 5042’ so that it can be reached by fingers of a pilot resting their forearm on the armrest. The input arrangement includes a numerical keypad 5246’ and a rotating selector 5244’ for inputting data, and a function selector to switch between at least two input function that each enable the input arrangement to receive a different type of input selected from the following categories: a pressure setting for an altimeter, a transponder code , a frequency for radio or navigation equipment, a course or heading for an autopilot; an interfacing arrangement communicates the inputs to corresponding systems. Preferably, there may also be a joystick input for user input, and a display showing input received on the keypad. The keypad, rotating selector and function selector may all be within 12-20cm from one another, and the area of the input arrangement may be less than 200-600cm2.
Patent GB-2598780-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for performing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Inventor: PATRICK LANCUBA
IPC: G01N21/71
Filed: 2020-09-14
Abstract: A method for compositional analysis (LIBS) includes providing a sample 102 having a surface, moving an ablation point 112 to a plurality of positions on the surface along a fractal path (Figure 7), pulsing an energy source (laser) 106 to provide an electromagnetic energy beam 108 to ablate material at the ablation point, collecting an emission spectrum 114 in response to creating a plasma by pulsing the energy source, and analysing the emission spectrum (spectrometer 118) to determine a composition at the surface. A controller 120 moves the ablation point in the fractal pattern, either by translating the sample (translation stage 104) or using mirrors to move the beam. A collection lens 116 is used. The fractal pattern of the ablation path reduces effect of material transport and reduces artefacts in compositional images.
Patent GB-2602163-A (GB)
Title: System for determining body measurements from images
Inventor: ANDREW B JONES
IPC: G06T7/62
Filed: 2020-12-21
Abstract: A method of determining a body measurement of a subject based on images of the subject is disclosed. A set of images of the subject are received, each image depicting the subject in a respective body pose. For each of a plurality of images of the image set, the method identifies for a given part of the subject body an image measurement of the given body part based on the image, the image measurement defining a two-dimensional extent of the body part derived from the image. The image measurements determined for the plurality of images are then input to a prediction model configured to generate a predicted body measurement of the given body part based on the image measurements. For each image two-dimensional structure information relating to the body may be derived and used to determine the measurement using the structure information. The structure information may comprise one or both of a skeleton model, the skeleton model preferably comprising one or more skeleton points and/or one or more line segments connecting skeleton points, optionally as vertices and edges of a skeleton graph and a segmentation model, identifying a plurality of segments of the image corresponding to respective body parts of the subject wherein the segmentation model preferably comprises a mesh defining contours of respective segments. One or more corrections to the two-dimensional structure information may be applied in dependence on characteristics of a camera system used to obtain the image: wherein the image measurement is determined using the corrected structure information.
Patent GB-2587765-A (GB)
Title: Auto tuner for cloud micro services embeddings
Inventor: SRINIVASAN PARTHASARATHY
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2019-10-03
Abstract: A method and system of optimizing parameters of a microservice-based application is provided. A microservice infrastructure of the microservice-based application is determined. One or more optimization objectives related to the microservice-based application are determined. Different combinations of timeout and retry values are tested for each microservice. A reward value is calculated for each of the different combinations of timeout and retry values. The microservice infrastructure is set to a combination of timeout and retry values having a highest reward value for the one or more optimization objectives.
Patent GB-2605122-A (GB)
Title: Face mask
Inventor: DAVID REARDON
IPC: A62B23/00
Filed: 2021-02-12
Abstract: A face mask 100 comprising a compliant base part 101 formed from a single piece having a profiled contact surface for abutment against a face of a wearer and a removable filter housing 102 shaped to interface with an exterior surface of the base part, the removeable filter housing comprising a washable filter element 103, and at least one fitting for securing the face mask to the face of the wearer. The modular construction allows various sizes of base part to be used with a single sized filter housing. The base part may have an inner surface profile defined by an arc of a circle.
Patent GB-2605144-A (GB)
Title: Deuterated compounds
Inventor: Peter Rands
IPC: C07D209/16
Filed: 2021-03-22
Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is –R4, -OH, -OR4, -O(CO)R4, monohydrogen phosphate, -F, -Cl, -Br or –I; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 is C(xH)3; R3 is C(xH)3 or H; R4 C1-C4alkyl; and each xH and yH is protium or deuterium, wherein a ratio of deuterium:protium in a C(xH)3 moiety in the compound is greater than that found naturally in hydrogen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in therapy. The preferred salts are fumarates. In another aspect, a per se compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is not N,N-di(trideuteromethyl)tryptamine. The compounds of formula (I) comprise a greater proportion of deuterium to protium than naturally found in hydrogen; and compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising these compounds and optionally analogous compounds of formula (I), which are not deuterium-enriched. These compounds and compositions are of use in therapy, in particular in the treatment of psychiatric or neurological disorders. Varying the amounts of the different compounds within the compositions of the invention allows tailoring of the compositions’ therapeutic effects. A particularly efficient synthetic method which enables compounds of formula (I) and related compounds of formula (I’) as defined herein is also provided.
Patent GB-2606511-A (GB)
Title: Continuous production of pocketed springs
Inventor: DAVID CLARE
IPC: B68G9/00
Filed: 2021-03-26
Abstract: An apparatus 200 for welding together webs with first 202 and second 210 weld tools. The first weld tool 202 is rotatable about an axis X of rotation and has a cylindrical surface with a welding contact portion 204. The welding contact portion extends at least partly circumferentially around the cylindrical surface and at least partly axially along the cylindrical surface. The apparatus defined a web path where webs 140 that are to be welded together pass, and the rotational axis of thee first weld tool may be traverse with respect to the direction of the web path. The rotational axis of the first weld too may make an angle of less than 90 degrees with the direction of the web path. The apparatus may be used for the continuous production of strings of pocketed springs.
Patent GB-2607087-A (GB)
Title: Digital assistant human-machine interaction device
Inventor: Saptak Sanyal
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2021-05-28
Abstract: A digital assistant device 10 comprises: input means 12, 14 configured to acquire information from a plurality of users in a predetermined area around the digital assistant device and to output signals indicative of the acquired information, processing means 16 configured to receive the signals output by the input means and to generate individual user output information for several or each of the users, and output means 18 configured to output the generated output information uniquely assigned to a particular user in a user-characteristic way. The processing means may also be configured to determine the positions of a number of users relative to the digital assistant device from the signals output by the input means. The digital assistant device may include a display configured to output information uniquely assigned to a particular user in a user assigned display portion. The digital assistant device may be configured as an in-car digital assistant device.
Patent GB-2611016-A (GB)
Title: Inlet valve assembly
Inventor: MARTIN DUDLEY
IPC: E03D1/32
Filed: 2021-07-22
Abstract: The invention relates to an inlet valve assembly (101 fig 1), (201 fig 12) for a toilet cistern. The assembly includes a valve (102 fig 1), (202 fig 12) and an inlet pipe (103 fig 1), (203 fig 12) having an outlet (130 fig 1), (230 fig 12) fluidly connected to the valve (102 fig 1), (202 fig 12) an inlet (131 fig 1), for fluid connection with a source of water, a deformable tube 104, sealingly connecting the inlet (131 fig 1), to the outlet (130 fig 1), (230 fig 12) and an adjustment mechanism 105, (205 fig 13) for adjusting the length of the inlet pipe (103 fig 1), (203 fig 12). The adjustment mechanism 105, (205 fig 13) is configured to adjust the height of the valve (102 fig 1), (202 fig 12) and the deformable tube 104, is configured to extend or retract in response to the adjustment. Later embodiments relate to an inlet pipe for use with said valve assembly and a method of adjusting the height of the said inlet valve.
Patent GB-2596952-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing solid biomass fuel
Inventor: HONG MEI BAI
IPC: C10L5/44
Filed: 2019-08-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a solid biomass fuel from agricultural waste such as grass (e.g. a plant from the genus Pennisetum, e.g. Pennisetum sinese Roxb), rice husk, yam, straw, corn cob or any combination thereof, as well as a solid biomass fuel produced by said process. Additionally, the present invention relates to a combustion process comprising combusting said solid biomass fuel so as to produce energy, and a pre-treatment process for pre-treating one or more sources of biomass for use in the production of a solid biomass fuel. The pre-treatment process comprises (i) providing one or more sources of biomass with an average particle size (D50) of 30,000 to 60,000 µm and a moisture content of less that 50% by weight, (ii) pulverising the biomass to provide a powder of average particle diameter (D50) 1000 to 20,000 µm, (iii) compressing the pulverised biomass powder so as to provide a powder with a moisture content less than 30% by weight, and (iv) drying.
Patent GB-2603631-A (GB)
Title: A hookah device
Inventor: IMAD LAHOUD
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2021-12-15
Abstract: A hookah device comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices 201 each comprising: an elongate housing; an air inlet port; a mist ports; liquid and sonication chambers with a capillary element extending between; and an ultrasonic transducer. The device further comprises a hookah attachment arrangement having a hookah outlet port providing a fluid flow path from the mist outlet ports and out of the hookah device so that the mist generated flows out of the hookah device to the hookah. The device further comprises: a plurality of H-bridge circuits each connected to and configured to drive a respective ultrasonic transducer; a plurality of microchips each connected to a respective H-bridge circuit and having an oscillator for generating a main clock signal, a first phase clock signal and second phase clock signal, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generator subsystem comprising a delay locked loop, a first phase output signal terminal, a second phase output signal terminal, a feedback input terminal, and a plurality of ADC input terminals; a digital processor subsystem configured to communicate a driver control signal to the PWM signal generator system; and a digital to analogue converter (DAC) subsystem.
Patent GB-2599322-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic performance-class adjustment for storage drives
Inventor: LOKESH MOHAN GUPTA
IPC: G06F12/00
Filed: 2020-06-11
Abstract: A method for dynamically altering the performance class of multiple storage drives is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method monitors, within a storage environment, characteristics (e.g., age, wear, etc.) of multiple storage drives. Each storage drive has a performance class associated therewith. Based on the characteristics, the method periodically modifies the performance class of the storage drives. The method then reorganizes the storage drives within various storage groups (e.g., RAID arrays, storage tiers, workloads, etc.) based on their performance class. For example, the method may place, as much as possible, storage drives of the same performance class within the same storage groups. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2603302-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for customising the fit of a face mask
Inventor: KASRA ZARISFI
IPC: G01B5/207
Filed: 2022-01-31
Abstract: A method of forming a belt for a face mask comprises using a measuring means 13 to trace the contours 15 of the face 14 of a user, using the data collected by the measuring means to create a cut line on a loop of material, then cutting along the cut line in order to form the belt 5 (Figure 6). The belt is then attached to a face mask body 1 (Figure 7) in order to form a seal around it. The measuring means may be an electronic measuring tool. Software and data collected by the measuring means may be used to create a 3D model of the face, which may then be converted to a 2D open curve and projected onto a surface to produce the cut line. Also disclosed is an apparatus for producing a customised face mask comprising a plurality of sliding elongate bars arranged in a closed loop, and an associated method to trace the contours of the face of a user.
Patent GB-2600657-A (GB)
Title: Methods for the non-toxic treatment for opioid drug withdrawal combining noribogaine and cannabinoids
Inventor: Philip Sigel
IPC: A61P25/30
Filed: 2020-07-13
Abstract: The present invention is directed to the treatment of chemical substance abuse and withdrawal symptoms, especially withdrawal symptoms associated with opioids, utilizing a combination of an effective amount of a cannabinoid, in particular, cannabidiol (CBD) and/or A9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in combination with low dosage noribogaine or a derivative salt, solvate or ansolvate thereof to treat withdrawal symptoms, both acute and longer term. It has unexpectedly been discovered that the cannabinoids as described herein work in conjunction with noribogaine to synergistically ameliorate and/or attenuate chemical substance abuse, especially including opioid withdrawal symptoms, both acute and longer term symptoms, such that low dose noribogaine (often in daily dosages of 30 milligrams or less) may be favorably co-administered to a patient suffering from withdrawal symptoms, substantially shortening the QT interval of the patient and providing for a particularly safe and effective method to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms.
Patent GB-2603679-A (GB)
Title: System and methods for imaging and ablating a sample
Inventor: ALEXANDER MAKAROV
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2020-11-10
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for imaging and ablating a sample. An imaging/ablating device (110) includes an optical assembly (112), a sample stage (114), and a receiver (116). The optical assembly (112) is disposed in an inverted position below the sample stage (114) and the receiver (116) is positioned above the sample stage (112). The optical assembly enables imaging of a sample disposed on the sample stage (114). The optical assembly (112) also enables ablation of a region of interest within the sample. The laser light propagated from the optical assembly during ablation propagates substantially in the same direction as the direction of travel of the ablation plume (20) toward the receiver (116).
Patent GB-2604760-A (GB)
Title: Active agent-containing articles that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties
Inventor: FRANK WILLIAM DENOME
IPC: D04H3/007
Filed: 2018-01-24
Abstract: Active agent-containing articles are disclosed comprising one or more fibrous elements where at least one of the fibrous elements comprises one or more filament-forming materials. The articles are characterised by having an edge seal that has an edge seal breadth of from 0.5mm to 4mm and where the articles have an edge seal strength of from 0.04 N/cm to 1.6 N/cm. The articles exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties such as article flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability.