baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2537566-A (GB)
Title: Computer-based media content classification and discovery system and related methods
Inventor: COLIN LAIRD HIGBIE
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2015-02-09
Abstract: A computer-based media content classification and discovery system includes a computerized database storing content representative identifiers corresponding to content items. Each of the content representative identifiers is keyed to a plurality of author-based, content-centered criteria elements, which are identified by an author of the each of the content items. A plurality of user computer devices is in communication with the computerized database. At least one input selection field is displayed on a GUI of the user computer devices. The input selection field has a plurality of selectable fields which matches at least one of the plurality of author-based, content-centered criteria elements. A result of the filtered selectable fields is displayed on the GUI, The result has a portion of the plurality of content items keyed to the plurality of author-based, content-centered criteria elements.
Patent GB-2556898-A (GB)
Title: Dispense tip and dispenser apparatus
Inventor: EDWARD ROSS SHENTON
IPC: B65D47/20
Filed: 2016-11-23
Abstract: There is disclosed a retractable or self-closing dispense tip, particularly suited for dispensing viscous liquid. A retractable dispense tip is disclosed which comprises a hollow tube configured to collapse inwards under a resilient bias to close the tube. Also disclosed is a self-closing dispense tip comprising a hollow tube, wherein an end region of the tube is configured to close the tube under a resilient bias, the end region being responsive to positive pressure internal to said hollow tube to open the tube against the resilient bias. Other proposals comprise a mesh for controllably dispensing a viscous liquid, wherein the mesh is configured to inhibit the passage through the mesh of a viscous liquid incident on the mesh under ambient pressure, and to permit the passage of the liquid through the mesh responsive to a positive pressure on the liquid. Also disclosed are dispenser apparatuses comprising such dispensing tips and a dispensing pump arrangement. The tip may be formed from silicone material and the viscous material a lubricant.
Patent GB-2559152-A (GB)
Title: Actuator
Inventor: IAN BROOKS
IPC: F16K11/07
Filed: 2017-01-27
Abstract: An actuator 10 for a hydraulic spool valve is provided. The actuator 10 includes: a housing 18, 20, 22; a circular piezo electric disc 24 having a first side 46 and a second side 47 and defining an outer rim (40 in Figure 5); an elastomeric seal 26 which includes first and second arms 50, 52 and connection region 54. The outer rim 40 of the piezo electric disc 24 is received in the housing 18, 20, 22. The first arm 50 of elastomeric seal 26 engages the first side 46 proximate the outer rim 40 to seal the first side 46 to the housing 18, 20, 22; and the second arm 52 of the elastomeric seal 26 engages the second side 47 proximate the outer rim 40 to seal the second side 47 to the housing 18,20,22. A output element 62 is attached to the second side 47 and in turn moves a spool element 82 of a hydraulic spool valve when the piezo electric disc 24 is energised.
Patent GB-2542745-A (GB)
Title: Packing case of liquid crystal panel
Inventor: ZHILIN ZHAO
IPC: B65D85/48
Filed: 2014-09-04
Abstract: A packing case of a liquid crystal panel, comprising a case body (1); at least two neighboring side walls (1a, 1b) of the case body (1) are provided with a plurality of grooves (10), elastic cushioning accessories (20) and hard accessories (30) thereon; the elastic cushioning accessories (20) are assembled in the grooves (10); first ends (20a) of the elastic cushioning accessories (20) are closely adhered to a liquid crystal panel (2), and gaps (40) exist between second ends (20b) and the inner walls of the grooves (10); and the hard accessories (30) are assembled in the grooves (10) at the positions of the gaps (40), and press the elastic cushioning accessories (20), such that the elastic cushioning accessories (20) closely fit with the liquid crystal panel (2) without a gap. The packing case of the liquid crystal panel can avoid a secondary impact generated by the displacement of a packed object in transportation process, and reduce the damage of an impact force on a packed piece.
Patent GB-2560040-A (GB)
Title: OFDM signal presence detection
Inventor: FILIPE CARVALHO
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2017-02-28
Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of an OFDM signal in a received input signal, the method comprising: calculating, for each block of a plurality of blocks of samples of the received input signal, an auto-correlation value at each of a plurality of lags-of-interest; determining, for each of the plurality of lags-of-interest, a rate of growth value across a group of two or more blocks of data samples based on the auto-correlation values; normalising the determined rate of growth values using a normalisation factor to generate normalised rate of growth values; and determining whether an OFDM signal is present in the received input signal based on the normalised rate of growth values.
Patent GB-2546018-A (GB)
Title: Flow determination
Inventor: PETER EASEY
IPC: G01M3/00
Filed: 2016-03-11
Abstract: An apparatus for making a flow determination with respect to a flow through a fluid conduit 4, the apparatus comprising a first temperature sensor 10 arranged to be mounted on the outer surface of the fluid conduit and arranged to measure a first temperature being the temperature of the outer surface and a second temperature sensor 11 arranged to be positioned spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and to measure the ambient temperature outside of the fluid conduit. A processor (figure 4, 21) has inputs for the first and second temperature signals and an output for the flow determination and is arranged to make the flow determination based on the rate of change of the first temperature with time. The apparatus may also include a third temperature sensor 20.
Patent GB-2546218-A (GB)
Title: Roller cone resistivity sensor
Inventor: RICHARD THOMAS HAY
IPC: E21B10/08
Filed: 2014-12-31
Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a drilling system includes a roller cone drill bit having a roller cone and at least one antenna loop disposed in the roller cone for detecting magnetic or electromagnetic waves indicative of a target, a resistivity, or a boundary of the subterranean formation, man-made structure, or object. The drilling system may utilize the antenna loop to determine resistivity measurements of a subterranean formation through which the drill bit is being drilled. The location of the antenna in the roller cone may enable increased look-ahead and look-around measurements. In addition, the location of the antenna in the roller cone may facilitate anisotropic resistivity measurements to aid in steering the drill string into a desired portion of the subterranean formation.
Patent GB-2550064-A (GB)
Title: NOx Adsorber catalyst
Inventor: ANDREW PAUL ARMITAGE
IPC: B01J23/63
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst for treating emissions from a lean burn engine is disclosed. The catalyst comprising a first layer comprising a composition comprising: an alumina or mixed oxide comprising alumina support material; a mixture or alloy of platinum and palladium disposed on the support material; a ceria NOx storage material that also comprises a neodymium containing component. The neodymium containing component may comprise 0.5-18 mol% neodymium. The NOx storage material may further comprise barium, and the first layer may be substantially free of rhodium. The catalyst may be supported on a substrate such as a metal or ceramic, flow-through or filter monolith. Alternatively the catalyst composition may be extruded to form a flow-through or filter monolith. The application also relates to a NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a method of making the composition, an emission treatment system and a method of treating an exhaust gas. Further aspects relate to a method of making a neodymium containing material using spray-drying, and use of a neodymium containing material to improve the low temperature NOx storage capacity, sulfur tolerance and decrease the NOx storage capacity at a first temperature of a NOx adsorber material.
Patent GB-2549627-A (GB)
Title: Continuous flow, size-based separation of entities down to the nanometer scale using nanopillar arrays
Inventor: YANN ANDRE ASTIER
IPC: G01N15/02
Filed: 2015-11-23
Abstract: A technique relates sorting entities. The entities are introduced into a nanopillar array. The entities include a first population and a second population, and the nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to have a gap separating one from another. The nanopillars are ordered to have an array angle relative to a fluid flow direction. The entities aresorted through the nanopillar array by transporting the first population of the entities less than a predetermined size in a first direction and by transporting the second population of the entities at least the predetermined size in a second direction different from the first direction. The nanopillar array is configured to employ the gap with a gap size less than 300 nanometers in order to sort the entities having a sub-100 nanometer size.
Patent GB-2565136-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of fresh produce material
Inventor: SCOTT PHILLIPS
IPC: A23N12/02
Filed: 2017-08-04
Abstract: Cut plant material (not shown) is treated with a fog comprising sanitising water droplets released from one or more apertures (not shown), with the smallest distance between the aperture(s) and the plant material being less than 3mm. Preferably the water droplets impinge on the plant material at a velocity of at least 5m/s. The plant material may be supported on a porous surface such as a conveyor, with the droplets impinging on the underside of the plant material via apertures (not shown) provided beneath the conveyor. The sanitised water may have a charge of 1 to 1.5V and/or a chlorine content of 30-100ppm. Preferably the plant material is supported on upper 24 and lower 26 conveyors with one or more fog chambers 18 disposed beneath each conveyor, the conveyors being staggered and travelling in opposing directions such that plant material has a first side sanitised when on the upper conveyor 24, and rotates 180 degrees whilst falling from the upper to the lower conveyor so presenting a second side for sanitising when on the lower conveyor 26. The fog may be provided via a venturi system 20. The plant material may be herbs, baby leaves, spinach or salad leaves.
Patent GB-2553431-A (GB)
Title: Oxidation catalyst for a diesel engine exhaust
Inventor: MARK ROBERT FEAVIOUR
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: An oxidation catalyst and method for treating diesel engine exhaust gas comprising (a) catalytic region of catalytic material comprising (i) iron or iron oxide and (ii) a platinum group metal chosen from platinum, palladium or a mixture thereof and (b) a refractory oxide support substrate onto which each of the catalytic materials are supported. The support can be a mixed or composite oxide comprising alumina and can be a particulate. Preferably the iron has a mean particle size equal to or greater than 10 nm and is present in an amount of 0.1 to 15% by weight of the catalytic region. The catalytic region can further comprise a hydrocarbon adsorbent material e.g. a zeolite. Preferably the catalytic region can comprise up to three regions, zones or layers or a mixture thereof. A region, layer or zone may have PNA activity and preferably comprise a noble metal molecular sieve, may have LNT activity and preferably comprise a nitrogen oxides storage material or may have DOC activity and preferably comprise platinum, manganese and a support material. The substrate can be a flow-through or filtering monolith. Also described are an exhaust system and a vehicle which incorporate the oxidation catalyst.
Patent GB-2554241-A (GB)
Title: An antenna device for a bin lifting apparatus
Inventor: GERALD DORRINGTON
IPC: B65F3/04
Filed: 2016-02-19
Abstract: An antenna device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 800) is provided that is mountable on a bin lifting apparatus (12) of a refuse collecting vehicle. The device has a metal body (102, 302, 402) which fits onto a tine (24) of a comb of the bin lifting apparatus (12), with a pair of metal spaced-apart major parallel sidewalls (106) extending along a length of the base (104, 704, 804) and forming two sides and a height of the body (102, 302, 402) with a protected enclosure (108) formed within the body (102, 302, 402). The body (102, 302, 402) has two ends (103, 112) at least one of which is not enclosed by an end wall (110, 408, 608) so as to form at least one open end (112, 304, 506, 610, 706, 806), and an antenna (128, 202, 306, 406, 502, 616, 710, 810) provided in the protected enclosure (108) in a position that is substantially offset relative to the two ends so as to be closer to an open end of the body than to a centre point between the two ends. The configuration of the antenna device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 800) allows it to detect transponders on bins that may not be aligned with a mid-point of the device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 800).
Patent GB-2570135-A (GB)
Title: Shade structure with related combination figures
Inventor: Ju-hai chen
IPC: E06B9/262
Filed: 2018-01-12
Abstract: The structure comprises a shading member 1, a first figure face 2, a second figure face 3, a plurality of successive figure faces 4 and a plurality of connecting units 5. The shading member comprises a first, second and a plurality of sections which are folded to overlap mutually so as to fold the shading member. The first figure, second figure and successive figures are mounted on the first, second and successive sections respectively. The connecting units are arranged at junctions between the sections with each connecting unit including a first connector 51 and a second connector 52. The first connector of one connecting unit is connected with the second connector of another connecting unit such that the connecting units are connected mutually to overlap and fold the shading member so as to change the relative position between the first, second and successive sections of the shading member in order to change the relative position between the first, second and successive figure faces.
Patent GB-2572314-A (GB)
Title: Gutter and roof cleaning apparatus
Inventor: BRUCE BARRONS
IPC: B08B5/02
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: The application discloses a system for cleaning the roof of a building remotely from ground level, preferably using a telescopic lance with a fluid pipe carrying compressed air and/or water to an outlet at a gutter, downpipe or roof surface. Claim 1 relates to a downpipe cleaning device having a tubular nozzle 502 with a central fluid channel extending along a main axis surrounded by sidewalls, the nozzle having a first end, for attaching to a fluid supply, and a second end, the body having a plurality of outlets 508 in the sidewall to direct fluid radially outwards. Also claimed is a gutter cleaning device having a first fluid outlet, a camera, and a second outlet directed at the camera, a gutter cleaning device having first and second portions with an angled fluid outlet attached to and rotatable about the second portion, having an actuator for rotating the first portion relative to the second portion, and a roof surface cleaning device having a scrapping edge for removing debris and a fluid outlet.
Patent GB-2562370-A (GB)
Title: Rota, magetizing method, electric motor, and scroll compressor
Inventor: KOJI YABE
IPC: H02K15/03
Filed: 2016-01-27
Abstract: A rotor (20) comprises a rotor iron core (21) that has magnet insertion holes (23), and permanent magnets (30) that are positioned in the magnet insertion holes (23). The rotor iron core (21) has slits (25) on the outer side, in a radial direction of the rotor iron core (21), of the magnet insertion holes (23). The permanent magnets (30) are magnetized by positioning the rotor (20) so as to face teeth (12) around which a winding (8) is wound, causing the rotor (20) to rotate in a first rotational direction from a rotational position, said rotational position being a position in which the centers of the magnet insertion holes (23) in a circumferential direction of the rotor iron core (21) face middle sections between both ends of the winding (8) in the circumferential direction, sending a current through the winding (8), causing the rotor (20) to rotate in a second rotational direction, said second rotational direction being the opposite direction from the rotational position as the first rotational direction, and sending a current through the winding (8).
Patent GB-2561106-A (GB)
Title: Real-time true resistivity estimation for logging-while-drilling tools
Inventor: SHENG FANG
IPC: G01V3/38
Filed: 2016-10-28
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for evaluation of an earth formation intersected by a borehole using a logging tool. Methods include making EM measurements on a single logging run while drilling using an EM tool on a tool string in a substantially horizontally aligned section of the borehole at a plurality of borehole depths; estimating, at each of the plurality of borehole depths, a true resistivity of a volume of interest of the formation in which the tool sits in substantially real time while on the single logging run while drilling.
Patent GB-2577265-A (GB)
Title: Electrical back box
Inventor: SHAUN KEMPSON
IPC: H02G3/14
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: A replacement lug 1 for an electrical back box comprises an aligning member 3, a fastener receiving protrusion 5 and an attachment protrusion 7. The aligning member has an outer face 9 configured to locate the replacement lug against a side wall of the electrical back box. The fastener receiving protrusion is located towards one end of the aligning member and has a first threaded hole 17 to engage with a 3.5 mm diameter screw. The attachment protrusion is located towards a second end of the aligning member and has a one or more further holes 19, 21 through which the replacement lug can be attached to the electrical back box. The aligning member may taper along its length and the further holes may be round or elongate. The lug may be used to repair a broken back box without removing it.
Patent GB-2579785-A (GB)
Title: Photovoltaic device
Inventor: MARK EDWARD BRENCHLEY
IPC: H01L31/055
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: A photovoltaic device, comprising: a photovoltaic cell 102; and a wavelength converter 106 on a light incident side of the photovoltaic cell, the wavelength converter comprising aggregates of nanoparticles that absorb light at a first wavelength and re-emit the light at a second, longer wavelength. The nanoparticles can comprise perovskite or ZnCuInS/ZnS core/shell quantum dots. The nanoparticles are embedded in a polymethyl methacrylate PMMA polymer matrix. The invention also extends to a photovoltaic module comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic cells; and a transparent cover 104 to protect the photovoltaic cells from environmental degradation, wherein the transparent cover is coated on an inner surface with wavelength converting nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are formed by spin-coating.
Patent GB-2578489-A (GB)
Title: Drone-based cleaning method and system
Inventor: YANG LI
IPC: B64D47/00
Filed: 2018-12-28
Abstract: A drone-based cleaning method and system, wherein the method includes flying a UAV or drone with a cleaning device mounted to it’s undercarriage to a designated position of an object to be cleaned when the drone receives a cleaning instruction. The drone then determines a cleaning area corresponding to the designated position on the outer surface of the object to be cleaned, obtains environmental information of the cleaning area and controls the cleaning device to transition from below the drone to a position parallel to the object to be cleaned according to the environmental information, and controlling the cleaning device to clean the cleaning area. The drone may comprise a water supply pipe, a detergent supply pipe, a camera, and a means of performing dust analysis. The camera may be used to determine the environmental information, which may then be used to determine a cleaning strategy.
Patent GB-2573375-A (GB)
Title: System and method for performing local-area contrast enhancement of digital images
Inventor: PIOTR KUCHNIO
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2019-02-19
Abstract: An Image processing system enhances the contrast of digital images using a local-area contrast enhancement of the digital images. For each digital Image, a contrast factor is computed 320 which is a measure of how well exposed the digital image is based on a normalized intensity value for each of the Image pixels. A gain value for each of the image pixels is determined 330 and scaled by the contrast factor. A surround image based on a filtered version of the digital image is formed 340 and used in conjunction with the scaled gain values to perform opponent contrast filtering 350 to the digital image to produce an output image 360. The surround image may be produced by applying a Gaussian filter to the digital image. The gain values of the pixels may be calculated by applying a sigmoid function to a normalized intensity value of the image pixels to create a gain map. The gain map may be filtered using an edge preserving blur filter.
Patent GB-2582558-A (GB)
Title: A hair styling appliance
Inventor: Rory William Beaumont
IPC: A45D20/10
Filed: 2019-03-22
Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus comprises two arms 12, 14 pivotably coupled together at one end and arranged to receive hair within a cavity 44 which is formed between the arms when they are in the closed position. A plenum chamber 40, 42 is provided in at least one arm and has an air inlet (36, 38, fig. 12a) for receiving airflow from a fan unit (30, fig. 12a) and an air outlet 46, 48 for emitting airflow towards hair within the cavity 44. The air outlet extends along the inner wall of at least one of the first arm and the second arm, preferably in the form of a slot, and is adapted to direct airflow towards a lower edge of the arms. The outlet may be arranged at an angle of 30° to 60° from a plane of the inner wall. Both arms of the hair styling device may have a plenum, and the outlets may be symmetrically or asymmetrically positioned.
Patent GB-2570597-A (GB)
Title: Lossless microwave switch based on tunable filters for quantum information processing
Inventor: BALEEGH ABDO
IPC: H03H7/46
Filed: 2017-08-01
Abstract: A technique relates to a lossless microwave switch discussed herein. Multiple ports are included in the lossless microwave switch. Tunable filters are included in the lossless microwave switch. Each of the ports is operatively coupled a corresponding one of the tunable filters.
Patent GB-2577955-A (GB)
Title: Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer program, and storage medium
Inventor: TAKESHI KOGURE
IPC: G06F21/64
Filed: 2019-07-03
Abstract: An information processing apparatus (e.g., an image forming apparatus) comprises: calculation means configured to calculate digest information about a file to be loaded for execution of an extended application out of a plurality of files archived in a package file; comparison means configured to compare digest information about a file calculated by the calculation means with expected digest information about the file stored beforehand in storage means; and notification means configured to notify a user based on a result of the comparison made by the comparison means, wherein the calculation means is configured to not calculate digest information about a file other than the file to be loaded out of the plurality of files archived in the package file. The information processing apparatus performs alteration detection processing for each file to be accessed to detect an alteration in an extended application and performs alteration detection processing depending on a type of access to an extended application package.