baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2479790-A (GB)
Title: Identifying an electrical appliance from an aggregate power series
Inventor: HAMOUZ MIROSLAV
IPC: G01R19/25
Filed: 2010-04-23
Abstract: The operation of a power consuming appliance is identified from an aggregate power series by: monitoring an aggregate power series representing several devices using a sensor 102; filtering 106 the aggregate power data to separate a fast component from a slow component; measuring an average power of the fast component; determining periods during which the measured average power is greater than a threshold using a burst detector 110; and comparing 112 the determined periods with a model defining operational characteristics of a power consuming device to identify the appliance. The fast component is determined as fast with reference to the sample rate of the power series, which may be a low sample rate e.g. 1 Hz. The power consumed by the device may be calculated from the determined periods, or a fault in the appliance may be detected by comparing the measured average power and/or determined periods with a known operation of the appliance to determine differences.
Patent GB-2483094-A (GB)
Title: Taxi location and availability reporting system
Inventor: SIVAVAKEESAR SIVAPATHALINGHAM
IPC: G08G1/123
Filed: 2010-08-26
Abstract: An owner or driver of a public transport vehicle, such as taxi or cab, employs wireless transmitting device 100 to advertise the availability of their taxicab for hire on a centralised server 222, whereby current geographic location information and an availability status is transmitted wirelessly to server 22 upon a click of a button/key (170, figure 1). A context-capturing/reporting client within the wireless transmitting device 100 is physically and logically associated with a given vehicle being used to provide one mode of public transport facility where the said context-capturing client device captures and report context information. The invention allows any prospective commuter who is in search of a taxi to easily find a taxi in a particular location by interrogating the server 222 (and an associated repository 260) using a mobile handset 204 running client software 206. The wireless transmitting device 100 may also report speed/velocity information in addition to exact geographic location data, e.g. GPS data, to the traffic database 292.
Patent GB-2473719-A (GB)
Title: A structural component for the rear frame structure of a motor vehicle
Inventor: MILDNER UDO
IPC: B60G7/00
Filed: 2010-09-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a structural component 1 for a rear frame structure of a motor vehicle with a mounting zone suitably designed for the mounting of a rear axle, more preferably of the twist-beam axle type. The structural component 1 comprises: a first support zone 12 suitably designed for supporting a suspension spring 41 of the rear axle 25; a second support zone 18 suitably designed for supporting a shock absorber 36 of the rear axle 25; and at least one fastening zone 2, 3 suitably designed for fastening the structural component 1 to the rear frame structure. In addition, it extends to an assembly consisting of a rear axle with structural components fastened thereto, a rear frame structure of a motor vehicle with such structural components, and a motor vehicle equipped accordingly.
Patent GB-2484681-A (GB)
Title: A vibration damper for an auxillary machine and battery of a vehicle and method of reducing vibration
Inventor: HAWKINGS JAMES
IPC: B60K1/04
Filed: 2010-10-19
Abstract: In a vehicle an auxiliary machine 13 such as an air compressor is physically associated with the vehicle battery 12. The battery 12 provides for substantial additional mass which resists transmission of noise and vibration from the small machine 13 to the vehicle structure 11. The small machine 13 may itself form part of a battery clamp arrangement 17. A vibration damper comprises a tray 15 which provides a mount for the auxiliary machine 13 and battery 12, and a resilient mount 14 disposed between the tray and the vehicle structure 11. The vibration damping arrangement may also include resilient snubbers 16.
Patent GB-2485977-A (GB)
Title: Audio playback system
Inventor: FLOYD GEOFF
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2010-11-26
Abstract: An audio playback system comprises an input buffer 20, a loop control unit 22, a sample rate converter 24, a DAC 26 and a clock generating component 28. The input buffer is arranged to store digital audio data received over a packet network. The loop control unit is arranged to monitor the level of the input buffer and to generate a local clock signal accordingly. The sample rate converter is arranged to receive digital audio data from the input buffer, to receive the local clock signal from the loop control unit and to adjust the sample rate of the digital audio data. The DAC is arranged to receive digital audio data from the sample rate converter and to output analogue audio. The clock generating component is arranged to generate a destination clock signal and to provide the destination clock signal to the sample rate converter.
Patent GB-2472948-A (GB)
Title: Flexible knife resistant composite
Inventor: WANG YUNZHANG
IPC: A41D31/00
Filed: 2009-02-03
Abstract: A flexible knife resistant composite incorporating a stack of at least five knife resistant textile layers, where each knife resistant textile layer comprises monoaxially drawn tape elements. The tape elements contain a base layer strain oriented olefin polymer with at least one covering layer of a heat fusible olefin polymer on the base layer and the covering layer is characterized by a softening temperature below that of the base layer. The tape elements within each layer are consolidated to one another by the covering layer and the tape elements of one layer are not consolidated to the tape elements of the adjacent layers.
Patent GB-2478629-A (GB)
Title: Simulation of Atmospheric Scattering
Inventor: HOULTON DAVID
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 2011-02-28
Abstract: A method and system may include a hardware texture unit having logic to receive parameters of a view ray for a pixel of a graphical scene, and determine an illumination of the view ray. It may find application in simulation of atmospheric scattering in real-time 3D computer graphics applications such as games or flight simulators. A view ray can be treated as a world-space vector extending from the viewer's eye position to a frame buffer pixel of a graphical scene. To determine the proportion of the ray that is illuminated by each light source the ray is transformed into light's view space using a transformation matrix. The view ray may then be sampled at a plurality of sample positions along its length within a light frustum while accumulating illumination values for each sample point where it is visible to the light. The illumination values are obtained by comparing the sample locations to a shadow texture which are then summed to produce an overall illumination value for the ray. The illumination, which could indicate an in-scatter illumination percentage for the view ray, may be passed to a software module such as a pixel shader for rendering of the pixel.
Patent GB-2479461-A (GB)
Title: Bounding of displaced parametric surfaces
Inventor: MUNKBERT JACOB
IPC: G06T15/08
Filed: 2011-04-07
Abstract: Bounding of displaced parametric surfaces is a common use for tessellation in interactive and real-time rendering. An efficient normal bounding technique may be used, together with min-max mipmap hierarchies and orientated bounding boxes. The bounding technique can be used for different types of culling, ray tracing and to sort higher order primitives in tiling architecture. Bi-cubic Bezier patches may be used as primitives and known algorithms may be used for translating Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces to such patches.
Patent GB-2476776-A (GB)
Title: Handheld vacuum cleaner
Inventor: GROFF TIMOTHY
IPC: A47L5/24
Filed: 2009-10-21
Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner including an inlet, an outlet, and a dust cup having an aperture. The dust cup is in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet and is configured to retain debris collected by the handheld vacuum cleaner. A fan is configured to draw air through the inlet and the dust cup and to discharge air through the outlet. A door is adjacent to the dust cup and includes the inlet. The door is movable between an open position to allow a user to empty the debris collected within the dust cup through the aperture of the dust cup and a closed position to inhibit debris from being emptied through the aperture of the dust cup and to allow debris to be collected through the inlet and through the aperture of the dust cup. A biasing member configured to bias the door toward the open position.
Patent GB-2491356-A (GB)
Title: A self-extinguishing smoking article
Inventor: BRADY JOHN
IPC: A24D1/00
Filed: 2011-05-31
Abstract: A smoking article 1 comprises a tobacco rod 3 with at least two tobacco portions 4, 5 and a wrapper 6 surrounding the tobacco portions, with the portions being spaced from each other to form a cavity 7 therebetween. The wrapper 6 is formed with a reduced propensity to burning in a region of the cavity 7. This region forms a burn suppressant zone operable to extinguish the smoking article, with the region also being provided with at least one line of weakness 10, 11. The burn suppressant zone in the wrapper 6 may be provided by treatment with material to reduce its propensity for burning and/or providing the wrapper with a section having lower ait permeability compared to the remainder of the wrapper. The smoking article preferably includes an outer tobacco portion 4, an inner tobacco portion 5 and a filter 2, with the line(s) of weakness 10, 11 enabling removal of a burnt end of the outer tobacco portion. The remaining wrapper 6 which originally surrounded the cavity 7 may be used to protect the tobacco in the inner portion 5 for later use (figure 3).
Patent GB-2499563-A (GB)
Title: Kayak trolley
Inventor: JONES DAVID JOHN
IPC: B62B1/12
Filed: 2011-07-12
Abstract: A self assembly or fixed fully adjustable trolley which is a completely adaptable transom frame with individual through axle-legs configuration that gives added ground clearance for towing at least a kayak which can be completely dismantled or collapsed inwardly or outwardly for storage or inverted to be used as at least a back rest with rod-holder or outrigger and/or paddle facility's incorporated into the Prowler unit, whereby the quick release pneumatic wheels can be adapted for personal or other floatation aids. The trolley may comprise a horizontal element (figure 1) to which can be attached two leg axles (figure 2) which have a plurality of holes (5) so that they can be secured in a variety of positions when passed through holes (2) in the horizontal element. Quick release wheels are attached to the lower ends of the legs, said wheels possibly being turned inwards (figure 14) or removed for storage. The trolley is secured to the bottom of kayak when it is being transported (figure 17), and may be inverted and attached to the upper side so as to act as a backrest (figure 19) when the kayak is in use.
Patent GB-2494624-A (GB)
Title: Inter person access tickets are user profiles detailing access rights to stored media
Inventor: ADLINGTON JOHN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2011-09-05
Abstract: Inter Person Access Tickets (IPATs) are a method and system enabling individuals to manage, grant authority and specify terms and conditions for other individual(s) and/or system(s) to access their electronically stored Information, data, applications and programs. Operating on a stand-alone basis or incorporated into other systems, the IPAT method and system enables individuals to mandate which, when and how other individuals and systems can access their information, data, applications or programs. The system used to generate the IPAT can be the system where the IPAT is submitted by the recipient [individual or system] to access the specified information, data, applications or programs. However when the method / system is incorporated into networked or federated systems, which share knowledge about the generations and use of IPATs, an IPAT can be generated within one system and used in another to access to the information, data, applications or programs.
Patent GB-2481338-A (GB)
Title: Sealing plate for use with rail clip anchoring device
Inventor: COX STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: E01B9/30
Filed: 2007-07-04
Abstract: A sealing plate (2), for use with a rail clip anchoring device having a head and a stem which extends from the head into a concrete sleeper when the anchoring device is in use, wherein the plate is adapted for extending over the underside of the head when the stem of the device is being set in a concrete sleeper, thereby to prevent ingress of concrete into the head of the device, and for being retained on the surface of the sleeper thereafter, and a face (20) of the plate which is to be exposed on the surface of the sleeper does not receive part of a rail clip when the clip is installed. The plate (2), of rectangular form, is located in the surface of the sleeper when it is set such that the face (20) is flush with the top sleeper face. Rebates in the opposite plate face aid concrete retention. Cut-outs (24) accept legs of the anchoring device and a beveled surface (22a) mates with a rear shoulder of the anchoring device.
Patent GB-2483188-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device time tracking system and method
Inventor: PEKERMAN LUDMILA
IPC: H04W4/24
Filed: 2010-04-21
Abstract: A system and method are provided for automated recording of time entries by a mobile device of interactions between a professional and other parties occurring on that device on behalf of a client of the professional. The invention provides for the automatic retrieval of file information from a first server based on identifying information associated with an interaction, and the recording of the file number, as selected from candidates presented to the professional, along with the duration of the interaction, a description of the interaction and identifiers for the professional and the other party in a time entry that may then be buffered on the first server prior to transmission to a billing server. The invention provides for fully encrypting all sensitive information stored on the first server, which may thereby be operated by a third party and shared with other professionals.
Patent GB-2490187-A (GB)
Title: Gemstone positioning and analysis system
Inventor: WAGNER RANDALL
IPC: G01N21/87
Filed: 2011-12-08
Abstract: A gemstone positioning and analysis system 10 is disclosed for measuring various characteristics of a gemstone 46. The system can include a narrow band spectrophotometer, which allows the authenticity of the gemstone along with other characteristics to be determined, and a wide band spectrophotometer or camera, that records images of the gemstone for analysis of colour or clarity. A clear mounting plate 32 is also included that has a series of markings to facilitate centring the gemstone within an analysis chamber. An alignment device 40 is included that has at least one linear pusher 42 and is adapted to automatically centre the gemstone at the centremost point of the clear mounting plate. The clear mounting plate may be located between upper and lower reflective hemispherical portions 26 and 30 and during the analysis the gemstone may be illuminated from multiple angles by a movable light source.
Patent GB-2497567-A (GB)
Title: Disposable toilet seat cover with shield
Inventor: CHIEN LI-CHEN
IPC: A47K13/14
Filed: 2011-12-15
Abstract: A disposable sanitary toilet bowl cover 20, the cover comprises a shield 21 in which the shield defines a concave shape with respect to the convex front edge of a toilet bowl seat 11. The cover has a rear portion with two adhesive tapes 22 which are capable of repeatedly adhering to the toilet bowl seat. The cover comprises a top layer 201 and a lower waterproof layer 202. The top layer may be a breathable absorbent layer such as formed from pure wood pulp. The lower waterproof layer may be formed from materials such as PVC or polyethylene. The toilet seat cover prevents a users clothing or skin from contacting the toilet bowl.
Patent GB-2500185-A (GB)
Title: A Downhole Back Off Sub
Inventor: HANTON JOHN
IPC: E21B17/06
Filed: 2012-03-12
Abstract: A downhole back off sub10 comprises a housing 2 couplable with a drive shaft 3, the housing 2 comprising a pair of housing parts 21, 22 rotatable relative to each other about a common rotation axis 23 and engaged together via a kinematic pair, which may be provided by cooperating threads 24 arranged to translate the relative rotation of the housing parts 21, 22 into longitudinal displacement. A transmission mechanism 5, which may be provided by a harmonic drive 51, isarranged to selectively transmit the rotation of the drive shaft 3 to at least one of the pair of the housing parts 21, 22 to induce the relative rotation and the resulting relative longitudinal of the housing parts 21, 22. Rapid reconnection/disconnection can be achieved by interrupting the transmission mechanism 7 and locking one housing part directly to the drive shaft 3.
Patent GB-2487680-A (GB)
Title: Roadway power generator
Inventor: TURNER JOHN HENRY
IPC: F03G7/08
Filed: 2012-03-21
Abstract: An apparatus for generating power from road vehicles includes a sealed housing 07 which mounts shafts 11, 12 in bearings 10. Endless chain or belt loops 13 are driven around sprockets or pulleys 29 supported on the shafts 11, 12 by one direction clutch bearings 09. An array of active elements 14 are pressed by vehicle wheels and transmit force to cause displacement of the chains or belts 13 and drive a generator 06. A gearbox 28 may be used to drive a generator with a non parallel axis. Plural chain or belt loops 13 are mounted to the shafts 11 & 12 at a suitable spacing in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle travel direction 04. The active elements 14 are biased to return to their non-activated position after activation.
Patent GB-2502295-A (GB)
Title: Coloured layered object manufacturing, (LOM), system
Inventor: TRAVERS JAMES
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 2012-05-22
Abstract: Provided is a Layered Object Manufacturing, LOM, system configured to assemble a plurality of individual layers to form a coloured three-dimensional (3D) object, the system comprising a printer configured to colour print at least a portion of a first surface of each of a plurality of media layers, and a collator configured to assemble the plurality of the individual media layers to form the 3D object. Also provided is a colour 3D object media layer printing module for providing a print through region in a 3D object media layer. Also provided is a 3D object gamut mapping method, and ink for use in a Layer Object Manufacturing (LOM) system including the printing module.
Patent GB-2493243-A (GB)
Title: Determining hot data in a storage system using counting bloom filters
Inventor: HU XIAO-YU
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2012-06-11
Abstract: Determining a characteristic of a data entity based on a frequency of access to said data entity in a storage system using a counting bloom filter (CBF') comprising a set (S') of counters (C1); and a data structure having a set of elements each corresponding to a counter. To avoid counter overflow the counting bloom filter is operated for an interval in time wherein the set of counters are reset at the start of the interval. Each time said data entity is accessed during the interval a value of at least one counter (C1) to which said data entity is mapped in the counting bloom filter is increased. At the end of the interval the values of the elements in the data structure are updated based on the current value of that element and the value of the counter to which it is assigned. The interval in time may be a predefined number of accesses. A plurality of counting bloom filters can be used. The method may produce a heat map which is used for selectively populating a cache with â  hotâ   data or controlling data placement of â  hotâ   data in fastest storage tier of a tiered storage system.
Patent GB-2504101-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for stimulating a well with downhole electrical tooling and protection sleeve
Inventor: HEAD PHILIP
IPC: E21B23/03
Filed: 2012-07-17
Abstract: An apparatus and method for stimulating a well, comprising production tubing (20, figure 1B) in the well, the tubing having a side pocket 29, a first wet connector 30 located in the side pocket. There is an insulated electrical conductor connecting the first connector to surface equipment (4, figure 1A) via a wellhead (3, figure 1A). There is an electrically powered tool, which may be an electric submersible pump (ESP), which has a second wet connector which is arranged to engage the first connector after the tool is lowered down the tubing. A protection sleeve (50, figure 2A) is deployed down the tubing where it is sealingly engaged to cover the side pocket to prevent damage to components therein during treatment or stimulation of the well, for example using acid. The protection sleeve may have a recovery profile (55, figure 2B) and resilient fingers (57, figure 2B).
Patent GB-2492710-A (GB)
Title: Card metaphor for computing device has different display modes for card groups
Inventor: SHIPLACOFF DANIEL MARC GATAN
IPC: G06F3/0483
Filed: 2012-10-24
Abstract: A card metaphor is established, in which each activity can be represented within an area of the screen referred to as a card. In a first display mode display screen displays a user interface for single activity of the computing device and in a second display mode, the mode being responsive to a card having focus being a member of a card group 301C (shown), the display screen displaying the representation of the card group comprising the card 301Câ   having focus. Responsive to a user input indicating a mode switch, the display screen switches from one of the display modes to another, and responsive to a user input indicating a switch to another card, the display screen repositions the cards and changes focus to another card.
Patent GB-2507317-A (GB)
Title: A mounting system for a hook which locks it in place when on a wall
Inventor: TELLING PETER
IPC: A47F5/08
Filed: 2012-10-26
Abstract: A system comprising a mounting board 300 and a mountable component wherein the mountable component comprises a cylindrical spigot and a key extending from the spigot and the mounting board has a cavity 310 to receive the mountable component where the cavity 310 has a cylindrical hole 312 to receive the spigot, a first keyway 316 to allow the key to pass fully through the mounting board and a second keyway configured 314 to receive the key such that when the system is mounted to a surface or wall the mountable component is secured in the mounting board 300 by the surface. The spigot may protrude from a cylindrical base which has its own counterbore 320 and provides an interference fit. The length of the spigot may be greater than the cavity 310 so that the key can protrude beyond it. The second keyway 314 may be arranged to prevent rotation of the spigot and the component may be a hook.