baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2523353-A (GB)
Title: System for use in a vehicle
Inventor: WELLS ANDY
IPC: G08G1/0962
Filed: 2014-02-21
Abstract: A system 10 for use in a vehicle having a selected vehicle language, the system comprising: image capture means 40 for capturing an image scene external to the vehicle; wherein the image scene includes one or more signs 62 or information indicators, such as road or traffic signs. The signs are in a country language which may be different to the selected vehicle language. A means is therefore provided for translating the text from the country language to the vehicle language, and for communicating the translated text output to the vehicle user, by audio 30 or visual means 26, e.g. a screen. The translation could be carried out by an off-board server 52 or an on-board server 120. The translation could also include deriving a meaning from a symbol (82). A means of determining the geographical location of the vehicle (e.g. GPS) 12 could be use to give an indication of the country language. The system could provide outputs for multiple regions 72,74,76 each region corresponding to a different area of the captured scene, for example when a number of signs are in the same scene. This could be achieved using loudspeakers at different positions in the vehicle. The vehicle driver may be able to select which region should be translated.
Patent GB-2524022-A (GB)
Title: Thermal treatment of food products
Inventor: WALDEN RICHARD GEOFFREY
IPC: A23L3/14
Filed: 2014-03-11
Abstract: The thermal treatment of food products is characterised by sterilising to a required Sterilisation Value and concurrently cooking to a targeted range of Cook Values by steps of heating, cooling and agitation of liquid-based foods or beverages. The foods or beverages are typically low-acid (pH>4.5) and generally transfer heat via conduction. The foods may contain particles, such as vegetable soup, and are packaged in containers. The preferred process for a particular product container combination is determined via the steps of: agitating by essentially horizontal agitation at a rate or rates sufficient to provide homogeneity within individual containers; determining and controlling best case and worst case values of parameters including variability of sterilisation temperature, initial product temperature, fill weight/headspace, product viscosity, liquid/solid ratio, particle size and agitation rate; selecting or determining a degree of cooking for the food or beverage; and selecting the appropriate sterilising temperature.
Patent GB-2516746-A (GB)
Title: Methods of and apparatus for compressing depth data
Inventor: FLORDAL OSKAR
IPC: G06T15/40
Filed: 2014-05-30
Abstract: A tile-based graphics processing system 3 has a write out stage 31 configured to compress depth data by dividing each depth value to be compressed into plural parts, forming plural depth data channels by associating corresponding ones of the plural parts of different depth values with each other and applying a data compression scheme separately to each depth data channel to be compressed in order to produce compressed representations of the depth data channels. The compressed representations of the depth data channels are written to external memory 34. The depth data may be divided into three parts to form three separate depth channels allowing the depth data to be compressed using a frame buffer compression scheme alongside the compression of colour data. The invention allows for efficient compression of the depth data and also enables the re-use of existing hardware that is used to compress colour data.
Patent GB-2516361-A (GB)
Title: Coffin sleeve
Inventor: GREENWOOD JAMIE NOEL
IPC: A61G17/02
Filed: 2014-06-02
Abstract: A coffin comprising a base panel, a lid 2, two side panels 3 and 4 and two ends panels 6 and 7 wherein either the end or side panels are collapsible and wherein the side and end panels are provided with cooperating non hinged male and female connecting brackets 8, 9 and 12. The device may be used as a decorative sleeve to cover a more readily disposable coffin. The side panels 3 and 4 may be attached by hinges and the arrangement may collapse to form a flat pack. The connecting brackets 8, 9 and 12 may be bed connecting brackets which utilise hooks. The lid 2 may be slid into place along grooves in the side panels 3 and 4 and may have a latch to lock it in place. The device is designed to be constructed without tools.
Patent GB-2528045-A (GB)
Title: Thermal treatment of food products
Inventor: WALDEN RICHARD GEOFFREY
IPC: A23L3/14
Filed: 2014-07-06
Abstract: A thermal treatment process for the in-container sterilisation of liquid-based foods and beverages (including those containing particles) wherein sufficient agitation in a heating phase results in sterilization values (F0s) with a ratio of maximum F0 to minimum F0 in the range of 1.0 to 2.0. The foods and beverages may have viscosities that, in the absence of agitation, would result in heating largely by conduction. These foods may be soups, sauces, ready meals, baby foods, milk or protein based beverages, desserts and pet foods. Preferably the agitation is horizontal reciprocal agitation. A method to establish appropriate sterilization values (F0s) is also disclosed. Heating data is established for a test container equipped with a plurality of thermocouples located in predetermined positions. The test container is filled with the food product of interest. The F0 values are determined in different parts of the test container. Thus the ratio between the values of the maximum and minimum F0 within the container for the given food or beverage can be calculated.
Patent GB-2524865-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus & process
Inventor: GRAY JULIAN STUART
IPC: B01J32/00
Filed: 2015-01-29
Abstract: A reactor tube comprises a plurality of catalyst carriers 1 which comprise: an annular container, said container having a perforated inner wall (3 figure 5) defining a tube, a perforated outer wall (4 figure 5), a top surface 6 closing the annular container and a bottom surface closing the annular container; a surface for closing the bottom of said tube formed by the inner wall of the annular container; a skirt 14 extending upwardly from the perforated outer wall of the annular container from a position at or near the bottom surface of said container to a position below the location of a seal; a seal located at or near the top surface and extending from the container by a distance which extends beyond an outer surface of the skirt; characterised in that the carrier additionally includes a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature in two or more catalyst carriers. A process for use of the reactor tube is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2535458-A (GB)
Title: A heat shield and a heat shield assembly
Inventor: TERENCE GRAHAM
IPC: F16L59/02
Filed: 2015-02-13
Abstract: A heat shield 10 comprises a metal sheet 12 comprising an array of dimples 16 or pimples 18 or both and a layer of ceramic material 14. The array is preferably regular and may be rectangular or hexagonal. Each dimple or pimple preferably has a depth of up to 1 mm. The metal sheet may comprise steel, aluminium, titanium, copper, bronze or nickel chrome alloys and the ceramic material may comprise titania, zirconia or alumina. The heat shield may be shaped to fit onto or around a component that is preferably a car manifold, catalytic converter or silencer. Also disclosed is a method of making the heat shield of the invention comprising the steps of pressing dimples or pimples or both into a metal sheet and applying a ceramic material by thermal spraying. A bond coat 24 may be applied to the metal sheet and the ceramic layer sprayed onto the bond coat.
Patent GB-2536494-A (GB)
Title: Armour panels
Inventor: ANDREW WHITNEY
IPC: F41H5/04
Filed: 2015-03-20
Abstract: Composite armour comprises at least two panels. Each panel independently comprises a disruptor particle layer embedded within an adhesive or hydrogel and a backing layer. The panels are separated by a gap. The gap may be an air gap. The armour may also include a ceramic tile layer.
Patent GB-2537916-A (GB)
Title: Power supply clamp
Inventor: ABDELLAH BAKHALI
IPC: H02H9/04
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A power supply clamp provides a switchable low impedance path between power rails VDD, VSS of an electronic circuit to provide protection against damage due to electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. The power supply clamp comprises a switching component 10 to provide a connection path between the power rails VDD, VSS; a first detector (e.g. a human body model (HBM) detector) 170; a second detector (e.g. a charged device model (CDM) detector) 210; and a series of successive intermediate amplification stages 190, 200 between the first detector and the switching component. The first detector detects an ESD event having a first characteristic time period and generates a detector output signal in response to the detection. The intermediate amplification stages between provide a control signal path for a control signal 20 to control switching of the switching component in response to the detector output signal. The second detector detects an ESD event having a second characteristic time period that is shorter than the first characteristic time period. The second detector is provided at a node in the control signal path, subsequent to the first detector (e.g. at a second, or subsequent, one of the series of intermediate amplification stage), so that a detection by the second detector causes the control signal to control switching of the switching component.
Patent GB-2522393-A (GB)
Title: Control systems for valve actuators, valve actuators and related methods
Inventor: DOLENTI WILLIAM T
IPC: F16K31/00
Filed: 2012-11-19
Abstract: Valve actuators include a control system and at least one human-machine interface device. Human-machine interface devices include at least one wireless input device operable by a user and at least one sensor configured to sense a force applied to the at least one wireless input device by the user. Valve systems may include such valve actuators. Methods of operating a control system of a valve actuator include sensing a force applied to at least one wireless input device and wirelessly transmitting an electronic signal in response to the applied force.
Patent GB-2539681-A (GB)
Title: Stress and temperature compensated hall sensor, and method
Inventor: SAMUEL HUBER
IPC: G01R33/07
Filed: 2015-06-23
Abstract: An integrated semiconductor device 100 for measuring a magnetic field includes a Hall sensor 11, a temperature sensor 21 and a stress sensor 31. The outputs of the stress and temperature sensors are used in solving a set of two simultaneous n-th order polynomial equations in two variables (Δσiso, ΔT), and for calculating a stress and temperature compensated Hall value using a predefined formula which can be expressed as another n-th order polynomial in the two parameters (Δσiso, ΔT). The temperature sensor 21 is a lateral isotropic sensor formed as a resistor bridge having a first stress sensitivity (SS1) and a first temperature sensitivity (TS1). The stress sensor 31 is formed as a second lateral isotropic sensor with a resistor bridge having a second stress sensitivity (SS2) and a second temperature sensitivity (TS2). The temperature sensor therefore need not be stress insensitive and vice versa. Amplifier 13, digitizer 14 and a calculation means 15 are also provided, along with a memory 16 for parameters needed in solving the polynomial equations.
Patent GB-2530164-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for electrocoagulation
Inventor: JOSLIN CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: C02F1/48
Filed: 2015-08-05
Abstract: A method and apparatus for coagulating suspended particles in a flowing fluid is described that uses a device 110 which presents a surface of a dielectric material having negative charge affinity, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), to a flowing fluid (such as water) that results in charge being created at a boundary layer of the dielectric where it contacts the fluid. The charge is created by virtue of the triboelectric effect. The device is provided in pipework 104, wherein the pipework has first and second electrical connections to ground 133, 126 at a first and second location respectively. The dielectric material in contact with the fluid flowing through the device is located between the first location and the second location. The dielectric material with negative charge affinity causes a resulting charge to be impressed on suspended particles in the fluid. At least one control impedance, such as a variable resistor 128, is used to control the impressed current in the fluid, wherein the charge of the suspended particles is neutralised at the second electrical connection causing coagulation of the particles as suspended insoluble particles.
Patent GB-2531400-A (GB)
Title: A screen system for a desk
Inventor: PHILLIPS ROGER
IPC: E04B2/74
Filed: 2015-08-06
Abstract: A screen system for a desk comprises a partition having at least one support member 2 and a plurality of spaced parallel rails 3 supported by the support member(s) and a partition member 4 supportable by the rails. There may be two vertical support members with a plurality of spaced horizontal rails extending between them. The partition member may be slid across the one or more rails on which it is supported. There may be riders 5 to allow for free movement along the length of the rails. The riders may be rollers which may be configured such that the partition member is held captive on one or more rails by the rollers. There may be multiple partition members creating a modular system that can be adapted to a users requirements.
Patent GB-2534447-A (GB)
Title: Bridging based upon media access control address
Inventor: JIANXIANG CHEN
IPC: H04L12/947
Filed: 2015-09-25
Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate packet bridging based upon a host device address. An access point may identify a source or destination address associated with a received packet, wherein the address identifies an associated host device. When the destination address of a downstream data packet matches an address associated with the access point, the access point may route the packet to a destination within a local area network (LAN). When the source address of an upstream data packet identifies a host device for which communications are to be bridged, the access point may bridge the data packet to a wide area network (WAN). An access point may identify a multicast or broadcast downstream data packet and the access point may flood the packet to both a route and a bridge routine. The bridging determination may be made by a dual-layer WAN or LAN interface.
Patent GB-2544745-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft fuel system
Inventor: Michael Poad
IPC: B64D37/24
Filed: 2015-11-24
Abstract: An aircraft fuel system comprising: a fuel tank; an outlet (50, fig 7) in the fuel tank for feeding liquid fuel out of the fuel tank; and an expandable gas-container in the fuel tank. The gas-container encloses a mass of gas which is sealed within the gas-container; the gas-container is exposed to ambient pressure and the weight of the head of fuel above the gas-container. A drop in ambient pressure and the weight of fuel during flight of the aircraft causes the gas-container to expand. The expansion of the gas-container causes it to displace the liquid fuel towards the outlet. The mass of gas is a fixed mass of gas - thus the amount of gas in the gas-container does not change as the gas-container expands and its pressure decreases in inverse proportion to the change of volume. The gas-container may comprise a sealed-bladder 60 and may further be filled with a gas containing substantially no oxygen. Alternatively, the gas-container may comprise a flexible diaphragm (10, fig 1) disposed at least partially between a pair of stringers (3, 4, fig 1) in the fuel tank.
Patent GB-2529784-A (GB)
Title: System and method of analysing financial records
Inventor: OAKLEY WADE DILLON
IPC: G06Q40/02
Filed: 2014-06-20
Abstract: A method of analysing financial records including receiving, at a server, one or more financial records for a time period, the one or more financial records including one or more transactions, and each transaction including a narrative. The method further includes determining, at the server, one or more known components within the narrative, generating, at the server, a condensed narrative by removing each known component from the narrative, a remainder being the condensed narrative, generating, at the server, a report including the condensed narrative; and providing the report to a user on a data interface.
Patent GB-2537480-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for intercepting water in a cavity wall
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JOHN RIGGS
IPC: E04B1/64
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: A first method involves installing a barrier in a cavity wall, the barrier 10 comprising an interception surface 50 and slidingly inserting the barrier into the cavity wall. A cutting tool (35, Figure 7) is introduced into the cavity wall and cutting a slot in a wall surface and inserting an insertion portion 52 of the barrier into the slot. Also claimed is an elongate flexible barrier comprising first and second barrier portions and having two configurations: flattened and extended/deployed. The barrier portions are connected by an elastomeric joint. Also claimed is a method of installing a barrier including the step of rolling the barrier into a storage configuration to form a coil and a releasable restraint which allows the barrier to move the barrier from an installation configuration to a deployed configuration. Also claimed is a method including a barrier with a water resistant composition. Also claimed is a method including a barrier with drains located along the length of the barrier.
Patent GB-2542220-A (GB)
Title: Packet sharing data transmission system and relay to lower latency
Inventor: DANIEL J WISEHART
IPC: H04L47/56
Filed: 2014-09-12
Abstract: A system is provided for combining and transmitting data fragments for multiple customer ports sent over a first packet-switched computer network to a trunk network and redistributed over a second packet-switched computer network, each customer port having a preselected bandwidth designation. The system provides a First- In First-Out (FIFO) register to capture incoming data bits from each customer port in parallel and speeds equal to or greater than 1 Gbps, providing selectors connected to the FIFO outputs. Each selector is capable of mapping individual incoming data bits from different customer ports and combining them into the same trunk fragments. Each filled trunk frame is transmitted across the trunk network having a transmission rate that is less than the sum of all customer port incoming bandwidths but equal to the sum of the trunk bandwidth allocation for all customer ports.
Patent GB-2549701-A (GB)
Title: Capsule for producing a beverage
Inventor: NICOS RAFTIS
IPC: B65D85/816
Filed: 2016-04-19
Abstract: A capsule 100 for producing a beverage such as coffee comprising: a first end 101 for allowing a liquid to enter the capsule, a second end 102 distant from the first end, a cavity 103 for accommodating beverage base material, the cavity 103 being located between the first end 101 and the second end 102 and a flow director 170 located within the capsule 100 proximate the first end and extending toward the second end, wherein the flow director 170 is arranged to direct the flow of at least some of a liquid entering the capsule 100 through the first end to at least one exit location 182 where the liquid is allowed to exit the flow director into the cavity 103 the exit location 182 being spaced from the first end 101 toward the second end 102; and wherein the flow director 170 and the capsule 100 are arranged to allow the pressure of the liquid in the cavity 103 to be lower than the pressure of the liquid upstream of the first end 101 of the capsule 100. The flow director may be integrally formed to the capsule body, in which embodiment a cap (630, Fig. 24) may be configured to seal to the second end.
Patent GB-2551404-A (GB)
Title: Rail fastening device
Inventor: Stephen David Engert
IPC: E01B9/66
Filed: 2016-07-22
Abstract: A rail fastening device comprises a clip 10 having a base 11 and a nose 12 for engaging a rail flange (F fig 5). The base comprises circular aperture 14 in which a circular cam 13 is rotatably mounted, the cam has an eccentric aperture 24 for receiving a ground anchor (25 fig 5), the eccentric aperture is radially offset from the rotational centre of the cam defining a cam lobe 15. The cam is seated within the circular aperture such that rotation of the cam causes the cam to move axially of the circular aperture. The cam may be seated in the circular aperture in such a way that the cam cooperates with the circular aperture to cause the cam to move axially of the circular aperture as the cam is rotated. The degree of rotation of the cam may be constrained to 180 degrees or less. A rail fastening device is also disclosed in which the degree of rotation of the cam relative to the base is constrained.
Patent GB-2553289-A (GB)
Title: Alarm system detector
Inventor: MICHAEL OCONNELL
IPC: G08B29/00
Filed: 2016-08-24
Abstract: A detector 2 for an alarm system comprises a sensor module 4, a control module 6 and an output module 8. The sensor module 4 can be a motion detector or intrusion sensor or a glass-break detector and outputs a signal to the control module 6 indicative of a sensor state. The control module 8 communicates with the sensor module 4 and output module 8 via first and second electrical connections 10 and 12 respectively. The control module 6 can have a processor used to process signals from the sensor module 4 and output signals to the output module 8. Depending on the signals received from the control module 6 the output module 8 will control an electrical impedance across two contacts 14a and 14b with respect to specific values. The specific impedance values correspond to different sensor states. The impedance of the contacts 14a and 14b are monitored by a control panel to identify such conditions as an alarm state, a fault state, a tamper state, a masked state and a normal or healthy operating state. The output module 8 can be a digital potentiometer.
Patent GB-2554371-A (GB)
Title: Well apparatus and associated methods
Inventor: IAIN LEES
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A method of sealing in a borehole 12, such as plugging a well 10 for abandonment, the method comprising; applying a swellable in particulate form to the bore, the swellable comprising a polymer, the particulate swellable is positioned in place within the bore at a desired location, swelling the swellable so as to form a seal 14 at the desired location. The swellable may be injected, have a carrier fluid, form part of a cementing operation, be pumped, have an activation fluid and may be used as an alternative to water production control in pay zones where only a portion of the zone is producing water. Also claimed are: a seal formed by this method, an apparatus and a swellable suitable for this method, a method for determining a characteristic or application of the swellable and a container for the swellable.
Patent GB-2557897-A (GB)
Title: When you go to the supermarket or local retailer you pay in cash as a result you have change left over, this change can sometimes you may lose it, by a mobile
Inventor: MUHAMMAD ANSARI MUHAMMAD ANSARI
IPC: G06Q30/04
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: An online payment system may be integrated with a means to accept and record payments via cash. The retailer deposits any change into the buyers electronic account and does not give change to the buyer in the form of cash. This obviates the need for the buyer to carry loose change with them. The system may be integrated with mobile phone platforms.