baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2556480-A (GB)
Title: Well system with degradable plug
Inventor: MICHAEL LINLEY FRIPP
IPC: E21B43/14
Filed: 2014-12-31
Abstract: A downhole assembly including a tube (210, fig 2) disposed in a wellbore, and a shroud (204, fig 2) coupled to and disposed around the circumference of the tube to form an annulus between an inner surface of the shroud and an outer surface of the tube. The downhole assembly further includes a flow control device (206, fig 2) and a degradable plug (208, fig 2) disposed in the annulus and positioned to prevent fluid flow between the annulus and the tube. The degradable plug comprises a shell 608 including a channel 612 extending there through, a degradable core 604 disposed within the shell that degrades within the annulus within a predetermined time of first exposure to a particular fluid and a rupture disk 618 that temporarily protects the degradable plug from exposure to the particular fluid. The rupture disk is formed of a material that fractures when exposed to a threshold pressure.
Patent GB-2569357-A (GB)
Title: Central heating radiator
Inventor: STEPHEN ROGER AVERS
IPC: F24D19/06
Filed: 2017-12-15
Abstract: A cabinet comprising a visual display 16 such as a screen or LEDs to simulate a flame or fire effect while the walls of the casing 18 serve as central heating radiators. At least one plenum is defined within the thickness of the walls of the cabinet and supply and return pipes 24, 26 are provided for connecting the plenum to a central heating system for circulation of heated water through the plenum. The visual display may be mounted on or in a door 14, the door having a handle 20 and defining an internal storage space. The cabinet may resemble a solid fuel burning stove.
Patent GB-2557132-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic acoustic model for vehicle
Inventor: PRAMITA MITRA
IPC: G10L15/22
Filed: 2015-08-24
Abstract: A vehicle voice processor includes a processing device and a data storage medium. The processing device is programmed to receive identification information from a wearable device, identify a speaker from the identification information, identify a dialect associated with the speaker from the identification information, select a predetermined acoustic model, and adjust the predetermined acoustic model based at least in part on the dialect identified.
Patent GB-2572649-A (GB)
Title: Improved adhesive roll
Inventor: STEPHEN FRANK MITCHELL
IPC: C09J7/00
Filed: 2018-04-06
Abstract: An adhesive roll (3, Fig. 1) for use in contact cleaning comprises at least one sheet of adhesive material (212, 214, 216, Fig. 2) removably attached to a roll core (210, Fig. 2), wherein the adhesive sheet has a first side having a discontinuous adhesive surface 211 and a second non-adhesive side. Typically, the adhesive surface comprises microspheres 238 with diameters of 20-80 microns, preferably 26 microns. The adhesive sheet may comprise a paper substrate 236 and the non-adhesive side may comprise a release coating 234 in the form of a film formed from polyethylene. An apparatus for contact cleaning comprises the adhesive roll and a contact cleaning roller (2, Fig. 1). The apparatus may be used in the manufacture of electronic components, such as photovoltaics and flat panel displays. The use of the adhesive roll in cleaning a contaminated surface 5 is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2571588-A (GB)
Title: Object classification method and apparatus
Inventor: Robin Boyd
IPC: G06K9/46
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: An object classification system 1 for a vehicle 2 comprises a controller configured to receive data from at least one sensor 13 and process the data to classify one or more objects 4,5 external to the vehicle. The processing of the sensor data is controlled in dependence on a surface roughness coefficient indicative of a roughness of the surface on which the vehicle is travelling. An object classification algorithm may be applied to the sensor data. The object classification algorithm may apply a dynamic classification filter, which may be modified in dependence on the surface roughness coefficient or on the vehicle speed. The controller may either receive or determine the surface roughness coefficient. The sensor data may comprise image data received from an image sensor, and the processing may comprise image processing. The system can be used in vehicles travelling in off-road environments and allows objects and vehicles to be detected more reliably.
Patent GB-2559703-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent article
Inventor: TAKESHI SUZUKI
IPC: A61F13/511
Filed: 2016-10-27
Abstract: In an absorbent article, a top sheet (2) disposed on the skin-facing side of an absorbent includes a laminate of a first sheet (20) and a second sheet (21), the two sheets (20, 21) each have a plurality of convex portions (23) in which the first sheet (20) projects toward the skin side of the wearer, and satisfy all of the following [1]-[4]. [1] The height of a convex portion 23 is 0.5-10 mm. [2] The total number of junctions 22 present in an arbitrary area obtained by arbitrarily selecting an area of a 10-mm long and 15-mm wide plan view rectangular shape from the top sheet (2) is 10-30. [3] The ratio of the total area of the junctions 22 present in the arbitrary area to the total area of the arbitrary area is from 12% to 35%. [4] The shear strength is 21-70 N.
Patent GB-2561802-A (GB)
Title: Managing network communication protocols
Inventor: JOHN PESTANA
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2016-02-09
Abstract: A computer system for managing network communication protocols comprises computer-executable instructions that configure the computer system to receive a dataset of information for network-based analytic elements. The dataset can comprise information received by a network-based destination of the analytic elements. The analytic elements may have been executed within a network-connected software application. The system can also be configured to identify a pattern within the dataset of information. Based upon the identified pattern, the system can create an analytic element rule that is configured to describe the identified pattern on at least a subset of network-based analytic elements that are executable within the network-connected software application. Additionally, the system can be configured to store, within a digital database, the analytic element rule, wherein the digital database comprises a set of analytic element rules for managing analytic elements within the network-connected software application.
Patent GB-2576914-A (GB)
Title: Antigen-binding molecules comprising unpaired variable domains produced in mammals
Inventor: STEPHEN DOWD
IPC: C07K16/46
Filed: 2018-09-06
Abstract: Antibody comprising two immunoglobulin (Ig) chains, wherein a first Ig chain comprises a variable domain and a constant domain, and a second Ig chain comprises only a constant domain 4, wherein the second Ig chain lacks a variable domain, leaving the variable domain 1 of the first Ig chain (a light chain or heavy chain) unpaired. The antibody may comprise two Ig heavy chains and two Ig light chains, each heavy chain comprising a VH domain and a constant region comprising a CH1 domain 11, and each light chain comprising a CL domain, wherein one or both light chains lack a VL domain, thereby leaving one or both VH domains unpaired. Non-human animals (e.g., mice) engineered to produce antibodies having unpaired VH domains, involving deletion of sequence coding for light chain variable (VL) domains. Use of unpaired VH domains to generate antigen-binding molecules.
Patent GB-2565673-A (GB)
Title: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for emulating network traffic patterns on a virtual machine
Inventor: AVINASH RAMANATH
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2017-03-22
Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for emulating network traffic patterns on a virtual machine are disclosed. In one example, the method includes generating a user specification based on a plurality of network traffic patterns and computer processing usage patterns and receiving, at a virtual machine hosted by a DUT, the user specification containing the plurality of network traffic patterns and computer processing usage patterns. The method further includes generating a plurality of network traffic sequences based on the plurality of network traffic patterns and a plurality of computer processing usage pattern instruction sequences based on the plurality of computer processing usage patterns. The method also includes distributing each of the plurality of network traffic sequences among a plurality of virtual network interface cards (VNICs) and distributing each of the plurality of computer processing usage pattern instruction sequences among a plurality of virtual processing cores in the virtual machine.
Patent GB-2566656-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore isolation system with communication lines
Inventor: DAVID S BISHOP
IPC: E21B43/14
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: In one aspect, an isolation system is disclosed that in one embodiment contains a lower wet connect portion; a central production tubing; an isolation device associated with the central production tubing, and at least one control line, wherein the at least one control line is associated with the lower wet connect portion and is disposed through an inside diameter of the isolation device. In another aspect, a method for isolating a lower completion is disclosed that includes conveying an isolation assembly to the lower completion, the isolation assembly including a lower wet connect portion, at least one control line, a central production tubing, and an isolation device, and routing the at least one control line through an inside diameter of the isolation device. In another aspect, a completion system is disclosed that in one embodiment contains a lower completion system and an isolation system associated with the lower completion system.
Patent GB-2583492-A (GB)
Title: Electrosurgical instrument with non-liquid thermal transfer
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER PAUL HANCOCK
IPC: A61B18/18
Filed: 2019-04-30
Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument comprising: a radiating tip portion 118 connected to a distal end of a microwave conveying flexible coaxial transmission line 140, tip portion 118 comprising: a distal coaxial transmission line 150 at whose distal end is a needle tip 158 to deliver microwaves into tissue; and a heat sink 160 mounted between the flexible coax 140 and tip portion 118. Heatsink 160 is in thermal communication with a proximal end of the distal coax 150 to draw heat from the tip portion 118. The maximum outer diameter of the tip portion 118 is smaller than an outer diameter of the flexible coax 140. Preferably, heatsink 160 is a solid body disposed between an outer conductor 152 of distal coax 150 and an outer conductor 142 of flexible coax 140. The instrument may comprise a thermal transfer element 148 in the form of a sleeve of thermally conductive material mounted around an outer conductor 142 of flexible coax 140 to provide a thermal gradient that draws heat from tip portion 188. A distal portion of thermal transfer element 148 may be in thermal communication with heatsink 160 to draw heat in a proximal direction along the flexible coax 140.
Patent GB-2593415-A (GB)
Title: High angle conveyor with self-adjusting inflection zone assembly
Inventor: ANDREW WILSON
IPC: B65G39/14
Filed: 2019-09-05
Abstract: A high angle conveyor comprising first 22 and second 18 conveyor belts, a first idler roller 50A coupled to a first pivot frame 208, a second idler roller 50B coupled to a second pivot frame 216, the first and second idler rollers engage the first and second belts, the first and second belts define an inflection zone P between the rollers 50A/B, where the pivot frames of the rollers are pivotable from an initial to an expanded position in response to a lump of material (30, fig. 5B) exceeding the capacity of the conveyor. There may be first 304a and second 304b spring assemblies coupled to the first 208 and second 216 pivot frames that bias the pivot frames toward the initial position, the springs 330 may compress or stretch as the pivot frames pivot toward the expanded position, the springs may include a shock absorber. There may be a third roller with an identical spring assembly that biases the second conveyor 18 toward the first 22. The distance between the pivot frames may increase during expansion. A high angle conveyor where at least one of the frames is pivotable to an expanded position is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2586862-A (GB)
Title: LED precursor incorporating strain relaxing structure
Inventor: ANDREA PINOS
IPC: H01L33/20
Filed: 2019-09-06
Abstract: An LED precursor 1 comprises a first semiconducting layer and a monolithic LED structure provided on a growth surface of the first semiconducting layer. The first semiconducting layer comprises Group III-nitrides. The first semiconducting layer includes a mesa structure extending from a major surface of the first semiconducting layer to define a growth surface including a bulk semiconductor surface and a mesa surface. The first semiconducting layer comprises a first semiconducting sublayer 21 comprising a Group III nitride having a first in-plane lattice constant, and a strain-relaxed sublayer 22. The strain relaxed sublayer comprises a Group III-nitride provided across the first semiconducting sublayer, wherein the strain relaxed sublayer provides the mesa surface of the mesa structure, such that the mesa surface has a second in-plane lattice constant which is larger than the first in-plane lattice constant. The monolithic LED structure is provided on the growth surface of the first semiconducting layer such that the monolithic LED structure covers the mesa surface and the bulk semiconducting surface, wherein the monolithic LED structure comprises a plurality of Group III-nitride layers. The monolithic LED structure has a first monolithic LED structure portion provided over the mesa surface, and a second monolithic LED structure portion encircling the first monolithic LED structure portion and having an inclined sidewall surface relative to the mesa surface.
Patent GB-2591222-A (GB)
Title: Sound reproduction
Inventor: PHILIP NELSON
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2019-11-19
Abstract: A signal processor for a sound reproduction system which is arranged to perform processing of a sound recording so as to provide input signals for an array of distributed loudspeakers, such that the sound field generated by the loudspeakers results in cross-talk cancellation in respect of multiple listener positions at substantially all frequencies reproduced by the loudspeakers, and wherein the sound field so generated is an approximation of a sound field produced by an Optimal Source Distribution, OSD. Preferably the signal processor comprises a least square errors solution. The solution may be configured to minimise a sum of squared errors between the desired sound field and the sound field which is produced. The solution may also comprise use of a QR factorisation or Lagrange multipliers. Preferably the processing by the signal processor comprises a minimum norm solution. Preferably the number of loudspeakers required are minimised.
Patent GB-2577460-A (GB)
Title: Visual effect device
Inventor: MARK JAMES TURNER
IPC: A63J25/00
Filed: 2018-06-04
Abstract: A visual effect device for producing the effect of falling snow/ash, the device including a holder containing a sublimable solid for heating, a powered heater for controllably heating the sublimable solid to a particular temperature and a connector for supplying power to the heater. The sublimable solid may be metaldehyde or hexamethylenetetramine. Also disclosed is a method for generating the visual effect.
Patent GB-2601285-A (GB)
Title: DC-modulating modular electrical converter system and corresponding method for operation
Inventor: ZHONGXI LI
IPC: H02P27/06
Filed: 2020-08-05
Abstract: An electric converter system 200 comprises at least one front-end circuit arrangement 500 and one back-end circuit arrangement 300. The front-end comprises at least one DC/AC inverter having a plurality of power switches and AC terminals 210 to connect to a load 211. The back-end comprises a plurality of modules M(1-N) having at least one storage element and at least two switches. The switches are arranged such that the modules can be connected in series or parallel with respect to each other, or bypassed. The energy storage modules may comprise a combination of batteries and capacitors. The modules may have different nominal voltages. The arrangement may be used to generate single- and multi-phase AC output with current or voltage control and may have applications in variable speed drives, grid-connected battery chargers, photovoltaic systems, or grid storage.
Patent GB-2595351-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for determining the temperature distribution in a liquid storage vessel
Inventor: ROBIN SIMMONS
IPC: F24H1/18
Filed: 2021-03-29
Abstract: A liquid storage vessel (2, Fig.1), such as a hot water cylinder, comprises means (3, Fig. 1) for heating liquid in the storage vessel and apparatus 4-6 for determining the temperature distribution in the liquid. The apparatus includes temperature sensing means (41-43, Fig. 2) which provide temperature readings at a plurality of predetermined vertically spaced locations, a display 6, and a controller 5 for sending data based on the temperature readings to the display at 13. The temperature readings may be allocated to one of a series of temperature bands at 11. The display (6, Fig.4) may indicate the temperature readings using colour values at 12 and/or numeric values. The colour values may be coloured bars (16, Fig.4) arranged in a bargraph. The temperature sensing means may include a plurality of discrete temperature sensor elements (41, Fig.2), which may be digital temperature sensors, connected together via a cable (42, Fig.2) and housed within a sensor sleeve (43, Fig.2). The sensor sleeve may be inserted through a hot water draw-off point (18, Fig.5) at the top of the storage vessel. A microgeneration installation may incorporate an electrical power generator, such as a photovoltaic solar panel 1, and the liquid storage vessel.
Patent GB-2591943-A (GB)
Title: Multilateral multistage system and method
Inventor: BRIAN WILLIAMS CHO
IPC: E21B43/26
Filed: 2019-11-06
Abstract: Provided herein is an intervention tool and a method for fracturing multiple lateral wellbores in a well system. The intervention tool, in one aspect, includes a radial outer housing, the radial outer housing forming an interior bore configured to flow fluid, and an expansion member coupled proximate an outer surface of the radial outer housing. The intervention tool according to this aspect further includes a sliding sleeve positioned along an interior surface of the radial outer housing and engageable with the expansion member, the sleeve including a collection of slots or catches configured to move the expansion member between a radially retracted position when the sliding sleeve is in a first linear position and a radially expanded position when the sliding sleeve is in a second linear position.
Patent GB-2608386-A (GB)
Title: Transformation of data in a ray tracing system
Inventor: ROSTAM KING
IPC: G06T15/06
Filed: 2021-06-29
Abstract: A ray tracing system and method for processing data are provided. A forward transformation indication is received defining a transformation from a first space to a second space. A transformation is performed on input data from the second space to the first space to determine transformed data by performing a reverse translation operation on the input data, wherein the reverse translation operation is the reverse of a translation defined by the forward transformation indication and performing an inverse linear mapping operation on the result of the reverse translation operation, wherein the inverse linear mapping operation is the inverse of a linear mapping defined by the forward transformation indication. The transformed data is processed in the ray tracing system.
Patent GB-2594873-A (GB)
Title: Biometric processes, apparatus and machine-readable mediums
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G06K9/62
Filed: 2020-03-19
Abstract: A biometric processor comprises : one or more inputs configured to receive first ear biometric data acquired in respect of a first ear of a user and second ear biometric data acquire d in respect of a second ear of the user; a processing module configured to perform a biometric algorithm on the first ear biometric data and the second ear biometric data, based on a comparison of the first ear biometric data to a first stored ear biometric template for an authorised user and a comparison of the second ear biometric data to a second stored ear biometric template for the authorised user, to obtain respective first and second biometric scores; a fusion module configured to apply first and second weights to the respective first and second biometric scores to obtain first and second weighted biometric scores, and to combine at least the first and second weighted biometric scores to generate an overall biometric score, wherein the first and second weights are different to each other; and wherein a biometric result is based on the overall biometric score.
Patent GB-2597840-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchange module for an energy storage module, and a production method for such a heat exchange module
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER VOLKMER
IPC: H01M10/6568
Filed: 2021-07-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchange module 1 for an energy storage module, having a module housing 3 for heat-transferring contact with an energy storage Module, at least one operating medium channel 7 for an operating fluid for heat transport; and at least one fluid connection 5 for at least one external line for the operating fluid of the operating medium channel. The heat exchange module is characterized in particular in that there is formed by the at least one operating medium channel at least one receiving opening with a predetermined cross section in a channelward extension of the operating medium channel, in which a plug 8 with a shape filling the predetermined cross section of the receiving opening is received such that the receiving opening is bonded thereto in a fluid-tight manner.
Patent GB-2596962-A (GB)
Title: Image signal representing a scene
Inventor: Batholomeus Wilhelmus Damianus Van Geest
IPC: H04N13/243
Filed: 2020-02-14
Abstract: Generating an image signal comprises a receiver (401) receiving source images representing a scene. A combined image generator (403) generates combined images from the source images. Each combined image is derived from only parts of at least two images of the source images. An evaluator (405) determines prediction quality measures for elements of the source images where the prediction quality measure for an element of a first source image is indicative of a difference between pixel values in the first source image and predicted pixel values for pixels in the element. The predicted pixel values are pixel values resulting from prediction of pixels from the combined images. A determiner (407) determines segments of the source images comprising elements for which the prediction quality measure is indicative of a difference above a threshold. An image signal generator (409) generates an image signal comprising image data representing the combined images and the segments of the source images.