baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2551489-A (GB)
Title: Product verification system
Inventor: Mark Howard Lynch
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2016-06-15
Abstract: A product verification system is described that comprises a camera 18 operable to capture an image 18a of a first product 12a as the first product 12a is moved past the camera 18, and to subsequently capture an image 18a of a second, immediately subsequent product 12b as the second product 12b is moved past the camera 18, an image comparator 20 operable to compare at least one aspect of the captured image of the first product 12a with an expected image to verify that a characteristic of the first product 12a is correct, wherein the image comparator 20 operates substantially in real-time and the verification operation undertaken in relation to the captured image of the first product 12a is complete before the captured image of the second product 12b is available for verification by the image comparator 20. The product characteristics may include, presence of a barcode, quality of barcode printing, presence of a correct best before date, being of the correct size or shape, the label being correctly orientated, checking cap is correctly fitted and checking liquid level(if present) is correct. In the event of an error being detected the system may sound an alarm.
Patent GB-2541110-A (GB)
Title: Scanner for spatially offset Raman spectroscopy
Inventor: WILLIAM PARKER
IPC: G01N21/65
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for carrying out spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) comprises a light source 14 arranged to form a beam of probe light 22 directed along an optical path to an entry region A on a sample 100, collection optics 18 to receive said probe light from a collection region B on the sample following subsurface scattering of the light within the sample, a Raman scattering spectral analyser 20 to detect Raman spectral features in the collected light, and a rotatable prism 30 arranged such that a spatial offset (22a-22c) between an entry region and the collection region at a sample is dependent upon an angle of rotation of the prism. A method of use is included. The use of a scanning prism enables a more compact spectrometer apparatus.
Patent GB-2561540-A (GB)
Title: Chemical compounds
Inventor: DAVID HARRISON
IPC: C07D333/24
Filed: 2017-03-13
Abstract: Compounds useful as inhibitors of inflammasome activity (I) A compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided, wherein R1 is a 5 or 6 membered alkyl or aryl monocycle, having at least one group substituent comprising a (2-8C) alkyl, or a 9 or 10 membered bicyclic partially unsaturated carbocyclic ring system which may be optionally substituted as herein defined, or a 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 membered tricyclic partially unsaturated carbocyclic ring system as herein defined; R2 is H; R3 is H or alkyl(C1-4)-R7 where R7 is a substituent as herein defined; and R4 is H, alkyl, monocyclic alkyl or monocyclic aryl group. The compounds defined herein inhibit the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasome and may be useful in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inter alia autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Patent GB-2545598-A (GB)
Title: Downhole anchor
Inventor: PHILIP CG EGLETON
IPC: E21B23/04
Filed: 2015-10-14
Abstract: An anchoring apparatus (110) for use in a wellbore, comprises at least one movable wall engaging member (120) for engaging a wall of a wellbore, wherein the at least one movable wall engaging member (120) is movable from a retracted position to an expanded position to engage the wall, and from the expanded position to a retracted position to disengage the wall. Provision of one or more wall engaging members (120) being movable from an expanded position to a retracted position allows the anchoring apparatus to be retrieved from the wellbore, and in particular, from an open hole.
Patent GB-2549441-A (GB)
Title: Cockpit internal anti sabotage system (ciass)
Inventor: AMARDEEP SINGH SARAI
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2015-03-20
Abstract: A cockpit internal anti-sabotage system (CIASS) without compromising the cockpit security and the present anti-hijacking procedure and protocol, wherein a single cockpit crew alone in the cockpit cannot deny bonafide entry of other cockpit crew or cabin crew in an attempt to commit suicide or sabotage the aircraft, the system comprises a manual door lock system and an automated door lock system wherein both the systems comprising a mechanical system or a non- mechanical system or combination of both.
Patent GB-2555227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to open display refrigerators
Inventor: PAUL MCANDREW
IPC: F25D25/02
Filed: 2017-09-26
Abstract: An open display refrigerator comprises a refrigerated storage space 2, with air in the refrigerated storage space being separated from air exterior to the open display refrigerator by an air curtain established by a fan which blows air through an air outlet 4 towards a corresponding air inlet which recovers air from the air curtain for recirculation through an air duct 11 to the air outlet. An air curtain guide 6a guides the flow of air within the air curtain and a diverter 12 is positioned at the air outlet and extends into the air duct. The diverter has a concave air guiding surface 13 which diverts airflow within the air duct prior to it leaving the air outlet such that an interface portion (7, fig 1F) of the air curtain emanating from the air outlet that is furthest away from the interior of the refrigerator is aligned with the air curtain guide. The air curtain guide may be an aerofoil attached to an end of a shelf 3a by brackets. Also claimed is a cooling unit (closed refrigerator / freezer, fig 4) comprising a door (130) with a transparent window (132) and including the diverter.
Patent GB-2554568-A (GB)
Title: MMC downhole tool region comprising an allotropic material
Inventor: Venkkateesh Parthasarathi Padmarekha
IPC: E21B10/62
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: The disclosure provides rotary drill bits with bit head regions or other downhole tools with regions in which an allotropic material in a precursor region has been transformed from a first allotrope to a second allotrope in response to a trigger. The disclosure further provides methods of forming such downhole tools and methods of triggering an allotropic phase transformation during their use.
Patent GB-2558362-A (GB)
Title: Handheld extraction cleaner
Inventor: COLIN BLOEMENDAAL
IPC: A47L11/40
Filed: 2017-10-23
Abstract: A handheld extraction cleaner comprises a unitary body 12 provided with a carry handle 14, a working air path through the body having a dirty air inlet (16, fig 4) and a clean air outlet, a suction source in fluid communication with the dirty air inlet; a recovery tank (20, fig 5) carried by the body, a modular fluid supply assembly including a supply tank 26 and a fluid distributor 30 integrated with the supply tank 26 and a flow control valve at least partially controlling the delivery of fluid to the fluid distributor 30 and configured to open upon seating the modular fluid supply assembly on the body wherein the modular fluid supply assembly is removable from the body as a single module, such that the fluid distributor 30 is removed simultaneously with the supply tank 26. The cleaner can be used to clean windows. Also disclosed is a cleaner that is characterised by the position of the supply tank being provided in front of the suction motor, relative to the forward end of the body and a recovery tank carried below the carry handle and below the supply tank and the suction motor.
Patent GB-2560065-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for data offloading in a hetnet
Inventor: ANIL PAWAR
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2017-11-21
Abstract: Systems and methods for offloading data of a subscriber, in a heterogeneous network (HETNET), from a first radio access technology (RAT) type to a second RAT type. An access request is received by an access point (AP) gateway 142 from an access point 120 based on a connection request 202 received from a user equipment 110. An authentication request 208 is transmitted from an authentication server (AAA) to the user equipment for authenticating the subscriber, and based on a positive authentication updates are made at a home subscriber server (HSS) 148. An access point name (APN) and packet gateway identifier are received by the AAA from the HSS and the AAA alters the APN to form a modified APN based on the positive authentication of the subscriber. The connection request is transmitted to the packet gateway for authorizing the subscriber for offloading, the APN name and the packet gateway identifier are updated at the HSS and the data of the subscriber is offloaded from the first RAT type to the second RAT type, wherein the data is identified based on the subscriber profile. This seeks to provide a seamless offload of data between RAT types in a HETNET.
Patent GB-2562328-A (GB)
Title: Integrated haptic system
Inventor: HARSHA RAO
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2017-12-07
Abstract: An integrated haptic system 112A including a digital signal processor 202 and an amplifier 206 communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor 105 and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator 107 communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier. The integrated system may include a memory 204 from which the digital signal processor may retrieve a haptic playback waveform; and process said waveform to produce the haptic playback signal. The haptic playback signal may be such that it renders haptic feedback for at least one of mechanical button replacement and capacitive sensor feedback.
Patent GB-2558083-A (GB)
Title: Wireless charging device and method thereof
Inventor: MATTHEW KWOK LEUNG CHOW
IPC: H02J50/50
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: A wireless charging device 10 and a method of charging one or more electronic devices 100. The charging device 10 includes a battery assembly 20 comprising a receiving unit 30 electrically coupled with the transmitting unit 40. A first set of charging coils 32 within the receiving unit 30 may wirelessly receive, via electromagnetic induction, electrical energy from a second set of charging coils 52 within an external power source 50. A third set of charging coils 42 within the transmitting unit wirelessly transmit, via electromagnetic induction, the electrical energy received by the receiving unit to one or more portable electronic devices 100 positioned within a transmission distance from the transmitting unit 40. A fourth set of charging coils within the one or more portable electronic devices 100 receive the electrical energy from the transmitting unit 40 charging the batteries of the electronic devices 100. The charging device 10 may be in the form of a purse, wallet or clutch.
Patent GB-2566775-A (GB)
Title: In situ monitoring of system health in a closed water system
Inventor: STEPHEN MUNN
IPC: G01N33/18
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: A sensor has inlet 1001 for receiving system water and outlet 1002 for returning it to the system. Between these, sensing chamber 1003 has water flow path 1006 of at least 1 cm2 area, and measurement surfaces 1004 and 1005 formed of different metals (e.g. iron, copper, aluminium), each having exposed surface area of at least 5 cm2. Current measuring device 1008 connected between the two surfaces measures the current flowing between them as a function of time. In an aspect, current flowing between two measurement surfaces of different metals exposed in the flow path of a closed water system is used to measure effectiveness of an inhibitor used to passivate exposed metal surfaces. In an aspect, time-varying current flowing between two measurement surfaces of different metals exposed in the flow path of a closed water system is integrated, and a thickness of metals corroded in the system is derived.
Patent GB-2572588-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for remotely inhibiting bacteria growth in a water supply
Inventor: MARTYN SAVAGE
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 2018-04-04
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for monitoring the temperature of water in a building’s hot water supply 100 to prevent the growth of bacteria such as Legionella. The apparatus comprises a flow means 30, such as a motorised valve or a faucet to prevent or allow the flow of hot water through the system to a drain 108, and a temperature sensor 40 that measures the temperature of water flowing through said drain. A controller 50 is connected to both the flow means and the temperature sensor and is arranged to control the flow means based on the temperature read by the sensor. The apparatus may include a memory, or a means for transmitting the measured temperature to a remote location by way of a wireless transmitter device. The apparatus might comprise a sampling conduit 20 having an inlet 22 connected to the hot water system and an outlet 24 connected directly to the drain. The entire apparatus may be mountable to an existing tap 102 of a hot water system with the temperature sensor being connected to the stem of the tap. The controller may also be configured to open the valve in response to a pasteurisation cycle being performed.
Patent GB-2565197-A (GB)
Title: Pocketed spring unit and method of manufacture
Inventor: SIMON PAUL SPINKS
IPC: A47C27/06
Filed: 2018-05-30
Abstract: A resilient unit comprises resilient elements, such as coil springs, inside pockets 120 which are arranged in an array. At least some of the pocketed resilient elements are secured to at least one common cover sheet S of elastic material. The pocketed elements may be joined to the sheet S by welds W or adhesive at one or both of an upper and lower side of the resilient unit, or to one or more folds in the material of the pockets 120. The resilient units may have one or gussets or hinges defined between them to which the one or more cover sheet S is joined. A method of manufacturing the resilient unit and an upholstered article which includes the resilient unit are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2562643-A (GB)
Title: Scroll compressor
Inventor: KOHEI TATSUWAKI
IPC: F04C18/02
Filed: 2016-02-10
Abstract: This scroll compressor is provided with an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll. A compression chamber is formed by a combination of a fixed scroll spiral of the fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll spiral of the orbiting scroll. A sub-discharge port of the fixed scroll allows one of a first compression chamber defined by an inward facing surface of the fixed scroll spiral and an outward facing surface of the orbiting scroll spiral, and a second compression chamber defined by an outward facing surface of the fixed scroll spiral and an inward facing surface of the orbiting scroll spiral, to communicate with a discharge side, the first and second compression chambers being within the compression chamber. An opening portion of the sub-discharge port on the compression chamber side thereof includes a pair of side portions which extend in the circumferential direction of the spiral shape and are formed from involute curves, and a pair of connecting portions which extend in the radial direction of the spiral shape and connect the pair of side portions. Said opening portion is formed in such a way that the length, in the circumferential direction of the spiral shape, of the pair of side portions is longer than the length, in the radial direction of the spiral shape, of the pair of connecting portions, and is formed so as not to allow the first compression chamber and the second compression chamber to communicate with one another at any phase during one complete rotation of the orbiting scroll.
Patent GB-2563535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to video multiviewer systems
Inventor: RICHARD TREVOR LAWRENCE
IPC: H04N21/2381
Filed: 2017-01-26
Abstract: A video multiviewer system is provided for use in the simultaneous viewing, at a viewing location, of video streams from multiple video sources, and comprises video prescaler means for deriving from each of multiple video input streams a respective set of one or more scaled video streams, the or at least some of the scaled video streams being of a different scale from that of the video input stream, the system further comprising a video stream combiner programmed or arranged to combine selected scaled video streams to enable the selected scaled video streams to be displayed at the viewing location, wherein the combiner and prescaler means are programmed or arranged to be linked together, in use, by means of a packet switched network via which said selected scaled video streams are relayed to the video stream combiner. In a corresponding method of simultaneously presenting, at a viewing location, video streams from multiple sources, a respective set of one or more scaled video streams is generated from each of a number of input video streams and is fed to a packet switched network from which selected members of the sets of scaled streams are received and combined into a combined video stream for display on a displaying device.
Patent GB-2577879-A (GB)
Title: Content playback system
Inventor: JOE LITTLEJOHN
IPC: G10L15/22
Filed: 2018-10-08
Abstract: Several content playback devices 102, each configured to detect a voice command, form a system 100. The system stores 108 an account conversation state, associated by an account shared between the devices, and a device conversation state, which is associated with a particular one of the devices. When a voice command is received by the particular device, that device is controlled depending on the voice command and both the account and device conversation states. The device conversation state may indicate whether a command is awaited, and may be updated using the received command. The account conversation state may be stored separately from all playback devices, and the playback devices may be controlled using a controller separate from all of the devices (e.g. in the cloud). The device conversation state may include information about content previously played, or playlists previously determined, which may be used to generate or adapt a playlist.
Patent GB-2577347-A (GB)
Title: Switch with pyrotechnic actuator
Inventor: ROGER BURKETT
IPC: H01H39/00
Filed: 2018-11-20
Abstract: A switch 100 for opening a current conduction path is provided. The switch 100 comprises an ignition chamber 104 and a pyrotechnic actuator 102 arranged to release gas into the ignition chamber 104 upon ignition. The switch 100 comprises first and second conductors 106, 108 each comprising connection contacts 106a, 108a. In a first position, a third, moveable, conductor 110 of the switch 100 is arranged between, and in electrical and physical contact with, the first and second conductors 106, 108 to define a current conduction path. In a second position, the third conductor 110 is arranged to be electrically and physically separate from the first and second conductors 106, 108. The third conductor 110 is moveable in a direction from the first position towards the second position in response to actuation by the pyrotechnic actuator 102. The switch 100 comprises at least one breakable [optionally shearable] retaining member 112 arranged to retain the third conductor 110 in the first position until actuation of the pyrotechnic actuator 102. A vehicle comprising the switch, and a method of operating the switch, are also provided.
Patent GB-2581167-A (GB)
Title: Video processing apparatus
Inventor: PAETUR MORTENSEN
IPC: G06T13/40
Filed: 2019-02-06
Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining and processing a video recording or sequence of images of a human subject 12 to determine measurements of that subject comprises obtaining a recording of the subject, manually providing a measurement of the body of the person, using that measurement to scale a point cloud representing the subject which is obtained from the video recording, through identification of the subject and key parts (for example the head, torso, and/or limbs) of the body of the subject and placing markers on those body parts, to measure body parts of the subject. These measurements may be used in the fitting of clothes to that subject. The method may comprise identifying one or more front, back, and/or side view of the subject using the width of the subject in the image as a guide. The method may also comprise placing markers on the boundaries and/or extremities of the identified body parts, which may be identified by referring to a set of identification rules. The method may be implemented using an application (“app”) installed on a device with a camera 22 such as a smartphone 20.
Patent GB-2582023-A (GB)
Title: Method of signalling in a video codec
Inventor: SAVERIO GIOVANNI BLASI
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: Intra encoding or decoding of a block of video data where an advantage test S106 is used to determine whether most probable mode coding is likely to be beneficial. Based on the result of the test the encoding or decoding either uses a most probable mode list of different intra prediction modes S110, or otherwise encodes/decodes the intra prediction without generating a most probable mode (MPM) list. An initial flag S102 may indicate whether or not the current intra mode is directional, with the mode being directly coded if not S104, and the advantage test and MPM process being done only in the directional case S106. In embodiments the advantage test involves checking whether any intra directional modes can be extracted from neighbouring blocks; if they cannot then most probable mode encoding is deemed unnecessary. When a most probable mode list is used, indexes in the bitstream may indicate whether or not the chosen mode is on the MPM list S112 and, if so, which mode on the list should be used S114. When the most probable list is not generated, the mode index may be directly encoded into the bitstream S108.
Patent GB-2570430-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic drive system for construction machine
Inventor: AKIHIRO KONDO
IPC: F15B11/02
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a construction machine is provided with: a variable capacity-type pump that supplies a working fluid to a turning motor via a turning control valve; a pair of supply/discharge lines connecting the turning motor and the turning control valve; a pair of make-up lines that have a check valve provided thereto and that connect the pair of supply/discharge lines and a tank; a turning operation device that comprises an operation lever and that outputs an operation signal corresponding to the incline angle of the operation lever; a flow rate adjustment device that adjusts the tilt angle of the pump; and a control device for controlling the flow rate adjustment device such that the tilt angle of the pump becomes larger as the operation signal output from the turning operation device becomes larger. The control device controls the flow rate adjustment device such that the discharge flow rate of the pump changes along a first specified line when turning and accelerating and when turning at a constant speed and the pump discharge flow rate of the pump changes along a second specified line having a smaller inclination than the first specified line when turning and decelerating.