baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2476872-A (GB)
Title: Reducing the influence of outlier data and boundary conditions on the estimation of coefficients in a velocity function for well data
Inventor: BJERKHOLT BORRE
IPC: G01V1/50
Filed: 2011-01-06
Abstract: A method of creating velocity models for a single well or for a set of wells. The method comprises receiving well data from one or more wells and applying a time-depth relationship to the data to estimate unknown coefficients in a velocity function to fit the data. Outlier data and/or boundary conditions are identified, and the influence of these on the estimation of the unknown coefficients is reduced. This may be done for the outlier data by weighting each data point to decrease the influence of those far from the velocity function. The influence of top and bottom horizons of geological layers (i.e. boundary conditions) may be reduced by applying data driven techniques that estimate the velocity function in a way that reduces dependence on the boundary conditions. The velocity function may comprise an interval velocity function, and the coefficient estimation for the function may be achieved by a minimum depth method or a minimum velocity method.
Patent GB-2477039-A (GB)
Title: Toner compositions
Inventor: MATTISON DENNIS A JR
IPC: G03G9/087
Filed: 2011-01-19
Abstract: A toner comprising toner particles of at least one amorphous resin in combination with at least one crystalline resin; and a surface additive package comprising:• Polydimethylsiloxane surface treated silica (1.15-1.4 wt%);• Silazane surface treated silica (0.75-0.95% );• Silazane surface treated sot-gel silica (0.45-1.5%);• Titania, surface treated with decylsilane, decyltrimethoxysilane or butyltrimethoxysilane 0.2-1.0%);• A metal oxide comprising cerium oxide, tin oxide or combinations thereof (0.2- 0.35%);• Zinc stearate (0.15-0.25%); and• Polymethyl methacrylate (0.4-0.6%) The percentage values being by weight of the toner particles The amorphous resin may have the formula: Where m may be from 5 to 1000, The crystalline resin may be of formula: The toner may further comprise one of a number of waxes
Patent GB-2477437-A (GB)
Title: Vessel for contagious fish disease control
Inventor: VASSBOTTEN ALEX
IPC: A22B3/08
Filed: 2009-08-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel for handling of contagious or dead fish comprising: a hull with a generally closed deck (5), and an inlet (15) for receiving the fish externally to a fish grinder (11) arranged for grinding the fish through the grinder (11) and arranged for delivering ground fish mass to a closed, internal grinder tank (8) in the vessel, the grinder tank (8) arranged for receiving ensiling liquid from a chemical dosing plant (12) to the ground fish mass. In the vessel according to the in vention the dosing plant (12) may be arranged for dosing ensiling liquid into the ground mass proportional to the amount of fish supplied to the grinder tank (8).
Patent GB-2482930-A (GB)
Title: Multi-game online gaming apparatus
Inventor: CECHMANEK DAVID
IPC: A63F13/35
Filed: 2011-03-25
Abstract: A multi-game online gaming apparatus is disclosed. It has a main control unit 1 connected online to the Internet and/or a server 3 of a central gaming system, at least one touch screen 5, at least one currency accepting mechanism and controls. The main control unit 1 is provided with ports to be connected to independent optional control units 16, 17, 18 with applicable games and/or software of the betting and gaming systems, while the number of independent optional control units 16, 17, 18 corresponds to the number of operators involved in the lottery and gaming industry and/or the plurality of different types or kinds of games and gambling games and gaming systems to be displayed and run of the gaming apparatus. At least one of the games provided by the apparatus may be a lottery or a fixed odds game. Multiple touch screens 5, 6, 7 may be provided and may interface with rails (23, Fig 1a) which provide network and power connections for the touch screens. The apparatus can be configured to be to be installed and run on table, counter or bar tops.
Patent GB-2489527-A (GB)
Title: A voice verification system which uses a voice verification phrase with verification words distributed throughout the phrase
Inventor: THOMAS TREVOR
IPC: G10L17/24
Filed: 2011-04-01
Abstract: A voice verification module 308, for example for an interactive voice response (IVR) system, is disclosed. The voice verification module 308 is configured to select from a store 310 of verification words one or more verification words responsive to a request for a verification phrase and form a verification phrase including said one or more verification words distributed throughout said verification phrase, in an unpredictable fashion. The invention aims to avoid the possibility of a fraudulent user using a recorded voice in order to verify them to the IVR system.
Patent GB-2492539-A (GB)
Title: Camera mounting plate
Inventor: LENIHAN DANIEL JAMES
IPC: F16M11/04
Filed: 2011-06-30
Abstract: A mounting plate, for a camera, comprises a planar base section having two elongate grooved dovetail guides which allow slidable engagement of the plate with a seat on a clamp or device such as a tripod. The planar base has a female threaded hole in which a screw or bolt is engaged. The bolt has further engagement means formed as a rotatable loop which may be attached to a carabina on a camera strap or folded down into a recess in the base of the mounting plate. The bolt passes through the plate a sufficient distance to engage with a female thread in, for example, a camera.
Patent GB-2497311-A (GB)
Title: Wrist mounted computer that performs an operation on a supplied physical variable
Inventor: KALLIO JANNE
IPC: B63C11/26
Filed: 2011-12-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a portable computing device with a microprocessor, hardware that provides a physical variable, a memory unit carrying software that reads the physical variable and performs a mathematical operation using the physical variable. The device also has an interface that allows the user to define the mathematical operation in the memory unit. the device is wrist mounted and may be not have a display and has wireless means to transmit the result to a portable host device. The interface may also allow data transfers to update the software and import mathematical operations. Also disclosed is firmware for use in a wrist mounted computer, a computer program product and a web service.
Patent GB-2501056-A (GB)
Title: Filling a cavity with a liquid
Inventor: TRUMP MARTIN
IPC: B65B3/04
Filed: 2012-02-06
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for filling at least one liquid into at least one cavity. The method comprises filling a predetermined filling volume of the at least one liquid into the at least one cavity and determining if the liquid in the at least one cavity reaches a first liquid level in the at least one cavity. Filling the predetermined filling volume of the at least one liquid and then determining if the first level has not been reached, is repeated until enough volume of the at least one liquid has been added to the cavity or if the first level has been reached. The predetermined filling volume is equal to or smaller than a buffer volume above the first liquid level in the at least one cavity.
Patent GB-2489586-A (GB)
Title: Determining percentages by weight in a filter material
Inventor: DER DIERK SCHRA
IPC: A24C5/34
Filed: 2012-03-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for determining percentages by weight of substances such as triacetin in a cigarette filter material in the form of a filter rod, which is based in particular on celluÂ­lose acetate. The device comprises at least two measurement devices, a microwave measurement device and a high-frequency (HF) measureÂ­ment device, a conveyor deÂ­vice for the filter material and an evaluation device. In the method, the filter material is conveyed through the measurement devices, wherein at least three measurement variables that are inÂ­fluenced by the quantities and the relative permittivities of the substances of the filter material contained in the mixture, are measured at at least one microwave frequency (f1),preferably between 1GHz and 30 GHz, and at at least one high-frequency (f2), preferably between 100KHz and 300MHz, wherein percentages by weight of the substances of the filter material are determined from the measured results.
Patent GB-2489115-A (GB)
Title: Portable code-reading device for the visually-impaired with control of data
Inventor: ROBINSON DUNCAN
IPC: G06K7/14
Filed: 2011-12-13
Abstract: A portable code reading device is configured for reading an optically readable code on an object 74. The device is also configured for interrogating a database to retrieve data associated with a code read by the optical code reader 76. The device is further configured for communicating the retrieved data to a user, in a format suitable for a visually impaired person or person with reduced reading ability 80. The user is able to specify a sequence of data communication and/or navigate between data elements of the data set. The optically-readable 20 code may take the form of a plurality of code markers printed on the surface of a product 10 and arranged at a plurality of pre-defined positions 24.
Patent GB-2503920-A (GB)
Title: Using a tag to identify the application context for a program object
Inventor: WEBSTER MATTHEW ALEXANDER
IPC: G06F9/54
Filed: 2012-07-12
Abstract: An application server identifies a software object to be executed and an application context which enables a service. An entry point of the object is identified and a tag identifying the context is associated with the entry point. The object is executed using the entry point and the tag. The tag may be passed directly to the object via a memory reference. Alternatively, the tag may be placed in a file referenced by the object. The object may be application software. The application context may identify objects, which provide a service. The objects may execute in a cloud computing environment.
Patent GB-2505643-A (GB)
Title: Scalable video coding (SVC) using selection of base layer (BL) elementary prediction units (PUs)
Inventor: LEANNEC FABRICE LE
IPC: H04N19/105
Filed: 2012-08-30
Abstract: A method of determining prediction information, e.g. in HEVC scalable video coding (SVC), encoding a video data enhancement layer (EL) from a corresponding lower spatial resolution base layer (BL) image - the enhancement layer composed of processing blocks; the base layer composed of elementary prediction units (PUs, or coding units (CUs); Figure 14) each having associated base layer prediction information (e.g. reference image indices, motion vectors (MVs), temporal residue data, etc) is disclosed. Where a region of the base layer, spatially corresponding to the processing unit, is wholly located within one elementary prediction unit, the enhancement prediction information is derived from base layer prediction information of the elementary prediction unit. Otherwise, where plural elementary prediction units are at least partially located in a base layer region spatially corresponding to the processing block, enhancement prediction information is derived from base layer prediction information of one of the elementary prediction units, selected according to a predetermined criterion based on the relative location one or more of the plural elementary prediction units with respect to other elementary prediction units and/or base layer prediction information of the elementary prediction units. Alternatively, selection is based on providing best diversity among motion information values.
Patent GB-2499480-A (GB)
Title: Method for preserving alum adjuvants and alum-adjuvanted vaccines
Inventor: DREW JEFFREY
IPC: A61K9/08
Filed: 2011-03-31
Abstract: A method for preserving an aluminium-salt adjuvant during freezing or drying comprising freezing or drying an aqueous suspension or solution comprising: (a) an aluminium salt adjuvant; (b) a compound of formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof or a compound of formula (II) or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof; and (c) optionally, one or more sugars.
Patent GB-2507571-A (GB)
Title: A polycrystalline superhard body with polycrystalline diamond (PCD)
Inventor: CAN NEDRET
IPC: C22C26/00
Filed: 2012-11-05
Abstract: A polycrystalline super hard construction 20 comprising a body of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material and a plurality of interstitial regions between inter-bonded diamond grains forming the polycrystalline diamond material. The construction 20 may be a cutter insert for a drill bit. The body of PCD material 22, which may be super hard material with a working surface positioned along an outside portion of the body. The substrate 30 may be formed of a hard material such as a cemented tungsten carbide with an interface between the substrate and the body 24.. A first region of the working surface (figure 3a, 34) is substantially free of a solvent/catalysing material; and -a second region remote from the working surface (figure 3a, 34) includes solvent catalysing material in a plurality of the interstitial regions. The first region extends to a depth of at least about 400 microns from the working surface into the body of polycrystalline diamond material.
Patent GB-2509094-A (GB)
Title: A Case for a personal device with detachable and rotatable attachment
Inventor: LEVY DANIEL ISRAEL
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2012-12-20
Abstract: A rotating & locking case 2 which incorporates a non-removable rotating gear 3. Various attachments (e.g. clip 4) can he fitted for different functions and locked into place by slide lock 5. The case supports a personal device and allows rotation from its connected adaptor. Angular rotation may be restricted by angular locking clip 6. The Case can be adapted for various uses at many positions while holding the case and device securely.
Patent GB-2501581-A (GB)
Title: Pick tool with wear marker
Inventor: LACHMANN FRANK FRIEDRICH
IPC: E21C35/18
Filed: 2013-02-11
Abstract: A pick tool 100 for pavement degradation or mining, comprising an insert 200 and a holder 300, the insert comprising a super-hard strike tip 210 joined to a proximate end of an insertion shaft 220. The insertion shaft is secured by an interference fit within a bore 330 provided in the holder, the insertion shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal end of the insertion shaft positioned at an insertion depth within the bore. A wear limit marker 350 is provided on an external surface of the holder and positioned to correspond to an axial distance along the insertion shaft from the distal end, the distance being at least 20 per cent and at most 35 per cent of the insertion depth.
Patent GB-2515526-A (GB)
Title: Speech Recognition
Inventor: LESSO JOHN PAUL
IPC: H03M3/04
Filed: 2013-06-26
Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter for speech signals is operable in a low-power input monitoring mode to save standby power and is then put into a high-resolution mode when input signals are detected so that speech recognition may be performed by a succeeding DSP (figure 9). The signal detector 252 selects the high-resolution mode by enabling the feedback DAC 274 and loop filter 276, and by selecting the filter output Sfilt instead of the signal input Sin. The quantiser 278, which may comprise a voltage-controlled oscillator feeding a counter (300,302, figure 11), may also be placed in a high-resolution mode (figures 13 and 14). To further reduce power consumption the DSP is enabled only when input signals are detected, with full speech recognition operation of the DSP being enabled only when a trigger phase has been detected (figure 4).
Patent GB-2516683-A (GB)
Title: Modulation of switching signals in power converters
Inventor: HART SIMON DAVID
IPC: H02P29/00
Filed: 2013-07-30
Abstract: There is provided a method and control system for controlling a switching device in a power converter according to a modulation scheme. The switching device couples a direct current (DC) source to provide an alternating current (AC) output at a particular switching frequency. The method comprises the step of, in each switching period, switching the switching device between active configurations providing a finite voltage at the output and inactive configurations providing a zero voltage at the output. The ratio between the total period of time in which the switching device is in an active configuration and the total period of time in which the switching device is in an inactive configuration is the same for each switching period and is determined according to the desired voltage at the AC output. However, in each switching period, there are at least two time periods in which the switching device is in an inactive configuration, and the ratio between those at least two time periods is changed in dependence on temperature associated with the switching device.
Patent GB-2509351-A (GB)
Title: Air-fuel ratio control system
Inventor: FUJITA SHINJI
IPC: F02D41/14
Filed: 2013-09-24
Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system is provided that enables a prompt restoration ofair-fuel ratio control to a normal state after an injection of secondary air upstream of a catalyst, the cut of fuel injection, or deceleration leaning, and enables keeping emission performance high. At a stage at which the injection of secondary air is started or at a stage at which fuel cut control or deceleration leaning is performed, sliding mode control in a main body 100 of an air-fuel ratio controller is interrupted. Immediately after the injection of secondary air is finished or immediately after the fuel cut control or the deceleration leaning is finished, the air-fuel ratio control is made to shift to rich spike control in an open loop, and after the real air-fuel ratio (SVO2) transfers to the rich side, the sliding mode control in the main body 100 of the air-fuel ratio controller is resumed.
Patent GB-2503837-A (GB)
Title: Alarmed intruder barrier
Inventor: VILLIERS MARIUS DE WET DE
IPC: E06B9/01
Filed: 2011-11-30
Abstract: An intruder barrier fixed to a frame (2) for a window opening (1) is provided that comprises multiple generally parallel transparent slats (3) acting as burglar bars with at least some, and preferably all, of the transparent slats having associated therewith a conductive path (6) extending at least from a first end region (4) of a slat to a second end region (5) thereof. The conductive path (6) is capable of conducting electricity or electromagnetic radiation along the length o the slat and is associated with an output to an alarm system (21) that may be configured to trigger an alarm when the conductive characteristic of a slat is terminated by virtue of the slat being at least partially severed, broken, or removed from its operative position.
Patent GB-2519379-A (GB)
Title: Noise reduction in multi-microphone systems
Inventor: NIEMISTO RIITTA ELINA
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2013-10-21
Abstract: In a multi-microphone (MMic) arrangement (eg. in a mobile phone 10, fig. 2), a noise-suppressed audio signal is determined from either the signal from the two microphones nearest a desired audio source or the signal from all three microphones. Aspects of the invention include speech enhancement from front (101) and rear (103) near mics and a far mic (105) by employing beamforming on main-beam and anti-beam signals generated via various Finite Impulse Response filters (207, fig. 3) linked to audio interference canceller (AIC) modules. Signals containing no speech components or significant noise may be indicated, allowing the normalised signal selections to be compared.
Patent GB-2520953-A (GB)
Title: Methods of distributing media and corresponding clients and servers for the same
Inventor: MASON JAMES PETER
IPC: G06F21/10
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: A method of distributing an original media file by downloading at a client a corrupted media file. The media is corrupted by omitting some data from the original media file, storing the corrupted media file and the data left out separately. The excluded data may be selected to maximise corruption. The method then involves after entering into a financial transaction connecting to a server and receiving the omitted data which is used to recreate the original media file. The recreated media file may be the subject of DRM. Instead of corrupting the original media file a dummy media file may be used for download or the media may be downloaded in a different format with different aspect ratio or sound quality. The object is to entice the illegal downloader to purchase a legitimate copy of the media by leveraging the time take to acquire a illegal copy. Promotional material may be inserted into the original media before download.
Patent GB-2507692-A (GB)
Title: A media lift device
Inventor: RICHTSMEIER DEAN J
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 2011-09-21
Abstract: A scanner having at least one media lift device is disclosed. The scanner has a transparent scanning platen with a flat top surface. The media left device is bonded to the flat top surface. The media lift device forms a raised area on the top of the flat surface and wets the transparent scanning platen.
Patent GB-2517240-A (GB)
Title: Road sign
Inventor: HIGGINS GARY
IPC: G09F9/00
Filed: 2014-04-25
Abstract: The road sign system 10 comprises: a sensor assembly 12 and a signal assembly 14. The sensor assembly is operable to measure an environmental property. The signal assembly comprises a display device 20 configured to display a determined output based on the measured environmental property. The signal assembly may include a proximity detector operable to detect the presence of, for example a vehicle 18, person or horse. There may be two sensors the results of which are compared and potential error is determined if a difference between the results is above a threshold value. There may be a hydrostatic sensor, ultrasonic sensors and sensors to determine the height of water or presence of ice. The system may use near field communication or a cellular connection to nearby devices.
Patent GB-2511011-A (GB)
Title: Aerosol pharmaceutical composition of protease inhibitors and production thereof
Inventor: ZHIRNOV OLEG PETROVICH
IPC: A61K9/12
Filed: 2012-11-01
Abstract: The invention relates to medicine and describes a medicinal composition of water-soluble protein or polypeptide compounds from the group of proteolytic enzyme inhibitors for the creation of an aerosol with the aid of a water-insoluble, ozone-saving propellant in aerosol devices provided with a metering valve. The claimed aerosol composition can be used for treating diseases that are accompanied by a proteolytic imbalance, such as respiratory infections, including influenza, viral or bacterial keratoconjunctivitis, herpetic damage to the mucous membranes and skin, chronic obstructive bronchopneumonia, asthma, etc.
Patent GB-2527324-A (GB)
Title: Segmented electromagnetic sensor
Inventor: HUNT ANDREW
IPC: G01N9/00
Filed: 2014-06-18
Abstract: An electromagnetic sensing device for measuring properties of a material flowing in a pipe / conduit wherein the sensing device is formed from a number of segments mounted around or within the pipe / conduit where each segment contains a sensing element. Each of the segments are in the form of a frame that may be physically separated from each other allowing the segments to be assembled in any combination whilst ensuring that the relevant sensor element is placed at the relevant part of the circumference of the pipe; and allow the sensing device to be mounted in a wider variety of positions. When fixed together in operation the segments cover substantially the entire circumference of the pipe or conduit over the length necessary for the performance of the measurement, and provides tomographic images of the material flowing in a pipe/conduit. The sensing element may be any type of electromagnetic sensor, and may be a sensor that is mounted, printed or etched onto a flexible membrane 40. The surface of the segment touching the pipe may be lined with a flexible material or shaped to divert water away from the measuring zone.