baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2524436-A (GB)
Title: Image forming device and toner container attachable to and removable from image forming device
Inventor: ARUGA DAISUKE
IPC: G03G21/16
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: In a configuration of a shutter movement mechanism, if the angle of inclination of a long hole with respect to the sliding direction of a shutter is made large, the size of a movement plate for moving the shutter has to be increased. On the other hand, if the angle of inclination of the long hole with respect to the sliding direction of the shutter is made small, the urging force for a user to urge a door toward an image forming device at the time of closing the door becomes large. Thus, this shutter movement mechanism is provided with a rotation mechanism, and the shutter is moved by the rotation of the rotation mechanism.
Patent GB-2541736-A (GB)
Title: Bandwidth management
Inventor: SENTHIL KUMAR MANI
IPC: H04N21/647
Filed: 2015-08-28
Abstract: Method and apparatus of estimating available bandwidth for a media streaming network (such as Voice and Video over IP VVOIP) comprising a transmitting device 10 and a receiving device 20 whereby a media packet stream comprising media data is transmitted over the network 12 to the consumers receiving device 20; Bandwidth estimation comprises transmitting probe packet(s) comprising duplicate data of the media packet stream over the network and determining, during probe transmission, a measure of network bandwidth availability in dependence on one or more metrics associated with receiving the media packet stream at the receiving device. Such metrics may include network delay, packet reception gap, packet loss, network jitter and burst jitter appropriately weighted to provide a bandwidth factor. Employing useful duplicate data (or forward error correction data FEC) instead of junk test data aids the overall efficiency of the estimation process and reduces the effects of packet loss. Based on the measure, transmission may be stopped or if the result is favorable, the bit rate may be increased to enable video streaming. Transmission of the probe packets may be periodic at regular time intervals, the time period increasing when low bandwidth is encountered. A computer implementation of the method is also included. The transmitter may include a quality controller to initialize probe packets, whilst the bandwidth estimator monitors the network bandwidth. The receiver 10 transceiver 21 and bandwidth estimator 25 provide information regarding bandwidth estimation, whilst the jitter buffer 22 orders the received packet media data. Bandwidth estimation using duplicate probe packets may involve a round trip network delay from transmitter to receiver and back.
Patent GB-2540223-A (GB)
Title: A vacuum device
Inventor: SUSAN JOYCE CHAPMAN
IPC: B05C21/00
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: A vacuum device comprising a vacuum connection 2 leading to a vacuum head 1, the vacuum head having a front face providing a suction mouth (Fig. 2, 16), the vacuum head also comprising a flexible outer seal portion (Fig. 2, 66) around the suction mouth , and said outer seal portion extends perimetrically beyond the mouth. The device may also include a guide section 7, 77, which can be folded out and extended from the head, by pivoting on hinges (Fig. 2, 17). The guide section may include a lip 6, 9 providing a guide line for a user to paint an accurate straight line. The vacuum device may be connectable to a vacuum or suction cleaner.
Patent GB-2535068-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for managing remote devices and accessing remote device information
Inventor: THOMAS NEAL BERARDUCCI
IPC: G06F21/44
Filed: 2014-10-27
Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed to manage access to device information. The system may include a plurality of devices configured to provide device information to a device management server. The system may also include a remote server including the device management server. The device management server may be configured to receive the device information, to determine a receiver for the device information based on one or more permission settings for the plurality of devices, to provide the device information to the determined receiver, and to provide a device management interface, the device management interface comprises an interface for modifying the permission settings for one or more particular devices associated with a user account accessing the device management interface.
Patent GB-2534099-A (GB)
Title: Array substrate row drive circuit
Inventor: CHAO DAI
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2014-01-21
Abstract: An array substrate row drive circuit, comprising cascaded array substrate row drive units of multiple levels, wherein the array substrate row drive unit of the nth level is provided with a first input end (21) of a signal of the n-1th level, a second input end (22) of the signal of the n-1th level, an input end (23) of a signal of the n+1th level, a first input end (24) of a clock signal, a first low-level input end (25), a second low-level input end (26), a first output end (27) and a second output end (28). The array substrate row drive unit of the nth level also comprises: a pull-up control unit (42), a pull-up unit (44), a first pull-down maintenance unit (46), a second pull-down maintenance unit (47), and a pull-down unit (48). The array substrate row drive circuit can solve the problems of bad functionality of an array substrate row drive circuit and short operation life of the circuit due to the fact that two low-level signals are introduced, thereby improving the quality of a display picture.
Patent GB-2535409-A (GB)
Title: Flame detection system and method
Inventor: MICHAEL NEWTON
IPC: G08B17/12
Filed: 2014-12-12
Abstract: A hazard detection system measures a color and intensity of a portion of an image of a scene. The image is obtained using a known gain and/or exposure such that the image substantially lacks any saturation. A black body brightness temperature and the corresponding block body intensity are determined based on the measured color. A hazard condition, such the presence of a flame, can be detected using a comparison of the measured intensity and the computed intensity. The gain and/or exposure can be selected such that only the pixels of intensity greater than a certain threshold generally saturate in the captured image. Hazard conditions, such as smoke, can be detected using images in which selective saturation is permitted.
Patent GB-2542663-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for combining optical radiation
Inventor: IAIN BOTHEROYD
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 2016-07-18
Abstract: An apparatus for combining optical radiation, suitable for use with high power fibre lasers, includes a bundle 1002 of input optical fibres 1001 formed of glass, a taper 2, and an output optical fibre 3 which is fused to the taper. It also has at least one cladding mode stripper 16 to strip out higher order modes that would otherwise degrade a polymer coating on at least one of the input optical fibres and the output optical fibre. The taper may comprise a waveguide having a glass outer cladding. A glass capillary 41 may be fused to at least the outer bundle of input optical fibres and the cladding mode stripper may be provided by the capillary. The capillary may have at least one angled end for reflecting higher order modes that may propagate along the capillary away from the glass capillary and may also have a wall which has variations in its thickness. A method of combining optical radiation by forming such an apparatus is also claimed.
Patent GB-2544195-A (GB)
Title: A platform
Inventor: DARREN MICHAEL PRIOR
IPC: E03D11/14
Filed: 2016-11-04
Abstract: The platform 109 comprises a planar base member for engaging a ground surface 102, a top member 111 for attachment to a toilet bowl 104, and a support member 115-118 extending between the base member and the top member, the support member being configured to support the top member at a distance from the base member. Preferably, the top member is configured to be attached to the bottom surface of the toilet bowl. Preferably the support member may be adapted to facilitate adjustment of the distance between the base member and the top member. Additionally, there may be a motor apparatus (637, figure 8) operable to adjust the configuration of said support members. Also disclosed is a kit of parts for assembling the toilet platform as well as a toilet comprising the platform.
Patent GB-2545809-A (GB)
Title: Mobile bagging station
Inventor: YURGIS MAURO BACALLAO
IPC: B65B67/04
Filed: 2016-12-15
Abstract: A mobile bagging station 10 for packing groceries comprises a sloped table 104 on a base 102 and at least one bagging fixture 108. Items of shopping placed on the table roll or slide down the slope of the table for insertion into at least one bag 12 positioned at the bagging fixture. The bagging station may be moved as required as can be placed for example close to the exit of a supermarket or store. The mobile bagging station may have a set of retractable wheels [132, Figures 4 and 6]. The table may be square or rectangular and may comprise two or four sloped sides which may for example reach an apex at the centre of the table in a tent-like configuration. Dividers 114 may separate the different sloped sections. Also described is a mobile bagging station comprising a table on a base, the table having four sloped sides each extending from a highest region of the table to a lowest region of the table which may include at least one bagging fixture.
Patent GB-2550640-A (GB)
Title: A steering wheel assembly
Inventor: Jasper Dekker
IPC: B62D1/04
Filed: 2016-05-25
Abstract: A motor vehicle steering wheel assembly 10 comprises a steer-by-wire steering wheel 20, which may have a hub or may be hubless, having a central axis about which it rotates to control the direction of travel of a motor vehicle. A support 30 arm has first and second ends, with the steering wheel coupled to first end 30a to permit rotation of the steering wheel about its central axis, and second end 30b slidably coupled to a track (60, Figure 4) forming part of an interior trim portion 40, with the track allowing steering wheel 20 to move relative to trim portion 30 from a first deployed position in which a first occupant of the vehicle steers the steering wheel to a position away from the first deployed position, which may be a second deployed position for use by a second driver or may be a storage position; ideally wheel 20 moves inwardly to a storage position (42, Figure 2a) formed by a recess on trim portion 30. The wheel is caused to move automatically using an actuator.
Patent GB-2558586-A (GB)
Title: Resource block waveform transmission structures for uplink communications
Inventor: GUANG LIU
IPC: H04L5/00
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing waveform transmission structures for uplink data transmission of a radio burst between a UE and a base station in a telecommunications network. The radio burst includes a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols, each OFDM symbol covers an available frequency bandwidth comprising a plurality of contiguous resource blocks, RBs, spanning the available frequency bandwidth. A plurality of modulated symbols are divided into multiple groups 145a-l. Each group of modulated symbols is assigned to a different OFDM symbol 112a-n of the radio burst. For each group, the subcarriers associated with the modulated symbols are mapped to multiple RBs 114 where at least one of the RBs is non-contiguous with at least one other RB of the multiple RBs.
Patent GB-2547986-A (GB)
Title: Altitude intergrated navigation with DSRC network
Inventor: OLIVER LEI
IPC: G08G1/0968
Filed: 2017-01-11
Abstract: A vehicle navigation system incorporating altitude data from a Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) network. The system comprises a short range transceiver arranged to receive and transmit messages, a processor arranged to send information relating to plural navigation routes to a DSRC system, send messages to a roadside system and receive altitude data associated with the navigation routes from the roadside system. The system includes a display to present the plural routes with associated altitude data to a user for selection, fig3. The system may have a constant or dynamic interaction with the roadside system to show the real-time altitude of the vehicle. The navigation system may include a GPS system to provide the initial routes which are incorporated with the altitude data 2.
Patent GB-2563235-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for droplet deposition
Inventor: Nicholas Marc Jackson
IPC: B41J2/14
Filed: 2017-06-06
Abstract: A method for depositing droplets using a droplet deposition head with chambers 10(a) 10(g) separated by finger type piezoelectric elements 18. The method comprises assigning chambers in the array as either firing chambers 10(b), 10(d) or non-firing chambers 10(a), 10(c), 10(e) so as to produce bands firing chambers separated by bands non-firing chambers. Actuating the walls the chambers such that for each non-firing chamber either one or both walls are stationary or both walls move with the same sense and for each firing chamber the walls move with opposing senses. The actuations of the walls of said firing chambers in the actuating step are such that, if only one of the two walls of each firing chamber were actuated in such manner, no droplets would be ejected from that firing chamber. A droplet deposition apparatus, a droplet deposition head and a computer program product are also provided.
Patent GB-2554492-A (GB)
Title: Statistics operations on two dimensional image processor
Inventor: Daniel Frederic Finchelstein
IPC: G11C19/00
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: A method is described that includes loading an array of content into a two-dimensional shift register (306, Fig. 3). The two-dimensional shift register is coupled to an execution lane array (305, Fig. 6). The method includes repeatedly performing a first sequence that includes: shifting with the shift register first content residing along a particular row or column (1202, Fig. 12a) into another parallel row or column (1200, Fig 12a) where second content resides and performing mathematical operations with a particular corresponding row or column of the execution lane array on the first and second content. The method also includes iteratively performing a second sequence (Fig. 12e) that includes: shifting with the shift register content from a set of first locations along a resultant row or column that is parallel with the rows or columns of the first sequence into a corresponding set of second locations along the resultant row or column. The resultant row or column has values determined at least in part from the mathematical operations of the first sequence. The second sequence further includes performing mathematical operations on items of content from the set of first locations and respective items of content from the set of second locations with the execution lane array. The content may comprise image data or statistical data such as histogram bin values (Fig. 14).
Patent GB-2553226-A (GB)
Title: Remotely-powered casing-based intelligent completion assembly
Inventor: MATTHEW SCOGIN
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A downhole control method for use in a wellbore that includes deploying a stand-alone power source and a stand-alone hydraulic reservoir downhole; powering a downhole controller using the stand-alone power source; measuring a downhole fluid parameter; and actuating an inflow control device, using the stand-alone hydraulic reservoir and the downhole controller, based on the measured downhole fluid parameter. In one aspect, the stand-alone power source is selected from the group consisting of a battery and a downhole power generator. In another aspect, the stand-alone hydraulic reservoir, the downhole controller, the stand-alone power source, and the inflow control device comprise a remotely-powered, open-hole completion system.
Patent GB-2567223-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for improving connectivity for items of user equipment in a wireless network
Inventor: PAUL NICHOLAS SENIOR
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: A combined access and backhaul unit 10 comprises first 12 and second 14 antenna systems which provide respective first and second sectors of a telecommunications network. The unit further comprises a third antenna system 16, which communicates with a base station to provide a first backhaul link to the network, and a fourth antenna system which provides a second backhaul link via a mesh network. It may function as a routing node, hence providing backhaul connectivity to other devices in the mesh network, or function only as a leaf node, this depending on the available capacity. It may perform traffic type analysis to route packets according to their level of importance, and may divide a stream of backhaul traffic over multiple routes. Multiple units may form a cluster, hence enabling them to share a MAC layer and employ coordinated multipoint techniques. The mesh backhaul may use mm wave or microwave signals, whilst the two network sectors provide 5G (New Radio) coverage. The units may be shaped to sit on a windowsill, with the first sector directed to serve user equipment inside the building, and the second sector directed outside.
Patent GB-2555019-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods to manage wellbore fluid properties
Inventor: Kevin Gregory Kleinguetl
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to execute corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment to a wellbore fluid based on performing an artificial intelligence technique and/or a closed form 5 solution with respect to one or more fluid properties. Apparatus and methods can be implemented to integrate pilot testing and operational testing to operatively dose a fluid at a drilling site. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2570283-A (GB)
Title: Lens support
Inventor: ANDREW SUBRATIE
IPC: G02B7/02
Filed: 2017-11-23
Abstract: A lens support 25 for a camera, includes a bridge housing 28, a platform element such as support bushing 32, a clamp 36 for clamping the platform element and a clamp screw 50 which has a threaded portion 52 and a radially thickened portion (51, figure 5). The clamp screw extends through the bridge housing perpendicular to the axis of a camera's support rods when the lens support is attached. The clamp includes a threaded bore (74, figure 5) which engages with the clamp screw such that movement of the clamp screw in a first axis applies force to the one side of the clamp in the first axis. The clamp has a component 54 which faces the radially thickened portion of the clamp screw such that movement of the clamp screw in a first axis applies force to the other side of the clamp in the second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis, changing the clamping force the clamp applies to the platform element. The support can be used for film or video cameras to help support the free end of the lens (see figure 1).
Patent GB-2567503-A (GB)
Title: Analysing speech signals
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G10L25/93
Filed: 2017-11-28
Abstract: First and second components representing respective acoustic classes of speech are extracted 72 from a voice audio signal 70 and compared 78 to models 76 of the classes of speech of an enrolled user, and information is obtained about at a channel and/or noise affecting the audio signal. The components may be analysed by comparing magnitudes at frequencies in a spectrum of the audio with the model spectrum. A speaker may be identified 74 provisionally to select the model to use, followed by a compensation 134 for the channel and/or noise, and the compensated audio is used to make a final decision on the speaker’s identity 124. If noise exceeds a threshold in part of a frequency spectrum, that part may be ignored. The acoustic classes of speech may comprise voiced and unvoiced speech, different phoneme classes, or fricatives and sibilants. In another aspect, it is determined whether a channel has a characteristic of a loudspeaker indicating a spoofing replay attack. A loudspeaker characteristic may include a low or high frequency roll-off indicated by the channel decreasing at a constant rate below or above a cut-off frequency, or determining that the channel has a ripple in a pass-band.
Patent GB-2561419-A (GB)
Title: Steel profile and method of processing steel
Inventor: Mauro Focchi
IPC: B21B45/08
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: The spacing s1, s2 between a de-scaling water jet nozzle 400 and a surface S1 S2 of a semi-finished steel product P1 is maintained by sensing the position of the surface (or opposed surfaces), determining a cross-sectional dimension and moving the nozzle accordingly. A pair of nozzles 400A 400B corresponding to opposed surfaces may be moved towards or away from each other. The product may be carried on horizontal rollers and guided by vertical rollers. Third nozzles 400C may adjust towards or away from the horizontal rollers to provide a spacing s3 to a third surface S3. The first and third nozzles may be coupled, and the second and fourth nozzles coupled to define respective parallel but not coplanar planes. The speed of a nozzles feeding pump may be controlled according to the cross-sectional dimension. The descaling may be used on a first semi-finished product heated in air to 1150 degrees C then divided into semi-finished products for further heating and descaling. A steel product has a surface quality index of at least 6, and when semi-finished a mass of 300-19000 kg , a cross sectional area of 80-3000 cm2, scale on at most 1% its surface, part of the scale is 10 cm2 at most and part of the scale has a thickness of 0.5mm at most.
Patent GB-2569340-A (GB)
Title: System installed on an aircraft
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER WOOD
IPC: G11C13/04
Filed: 2017-12-14
Abstract: A system installed on an aircraft comprising a memory storing static information at least one optical fibre grating 302; and an interrogator 308 which includes a light source 314 to transmit interrogation light to memory, a receiver 316 to receive return light from the memory, and an analyser 318 configured to analyse return light reading the stored static information. The memory and (or) the interrogator may form a part of a replaceable unit, removable through breakage of optical connections between memory and system, and which may comprise sensors (502 fig 5). The replaceable unit may include an actuator, avionics computer or remote data concentrator. The optical fibre may include Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBG) arranged in an optical fibre grating chain, each fibre grating storing static information in binary format (figure 1). In another embodiment the system comprises first and second memories each holding different static information and which are interrogated simultaneously by a single light source, receiver and analyser (figure 7) to provide first and second static information, and based on wavelength characteristics of the first and second light emanating from the first and second memories. More than one systems may also be installed on an aircraft.