baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2591541-A (GB)
Title: Cementing tool, liner installation work string, and liner installation method
Inventor: EDWARD SHANNON ROYER
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2020-09-16
Abstract: Cementing system 102 has three configurations (or operating modes), with the first position allowing bottom-up circulation of cement, the second position routing cement into the annulus 124 in a top-down manner, and the third position restoring flow through the bottom of the cementing tool 102 and toward the liner hanger setting tool 108 to set the liner hanger 110. The tool includes a series of shifting sleeve(s), ball/plug seats, and ports that facilitate shifting the cementing tool selectively between enabling flow through a central flowbore 118 of the cementing tool and enabling flow into an annulus surrounding the cementing tool . The disclosed cementing tool 102 may be particularly useful when cementing and setting a liner 112 in a wellbore 106 passing through formations 120 that have or are expected to have a low pore pressure.
Patent GB-2601106-A (GB)
Title: High density plasma source
Inventor: DAVID MICHAEL THWAITES
IPC: H01J37/32
Filed: 2020-09-24
Abstract: A gas plasma source 3 for attachment to and use with a vacuum chamber 1 of a plasma processing apparatus comprises a radio frequency antenna 11 placed external to the vacuum chamber, a RF transparent (e.g. dielectric) window construct 12 attached to the vacuum chamber in proximity to the antenna, and one or more magnets (6, 13) for guiding and extending the plasma across a region 22 where plasma processing is required. The RF transparent window construct includes means to control and limit the extent of coating or deposition of stray material on the window, e.g. by ensuring any coating formed is electrically discontinuous and isolated other than in a form that replicates and is aligned to the antenna shape and size. The means may be a shielding strip or mask 24 placed proximate to the window. Alternatively, separate RF transparent window sections separated by electrically isolating elements may be provided. The invention may eliminate coating induced loss of plasma source efficiency without need to reduce or eliminate the coating itself.
Patent GB-2600678-A (GB)
Title: A water heater
Inventor: KEITH HART
IPC: G05D7/00
Filed: 2020-10-07
Abstract: An electric water heater has a hot water outlet (44, figure 4), cold water inlet (46,48, figure 4) and valve assembly 58 to control water flow from the inlet to other components of the heater. The assembly comprises an inlet chamber 62, outlet chamber 66, pilot chamber 64 and diaphragm 72. A bleed inlet 68 permits water flow between the inlet and pilot chambers. A pilot inlet 70 is opened/closed by a blocking member 77. When the pilot inlet is unobstructed, water flows from the pilot chamber to outlet chamber, creating a pressure differential that urges the diaphragm from a closed position to an open position, permitting water flow from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber. When the pilot inlet is impeded water pressure in the pilot chamber equalises with that in the inlet chamber and the diaphragm returns to the closed position, ideally biased by a spring 81. The pilot chamber comprises a main portion 65a that houses the diaphragm and a secondary portion 65b spaced from the main portion that ideally includes the pilot inlet. A heater having a blocking device with first and second members magnetically coupled to one another is also claimed.
Patent GB-2602135-A (GB)
Title: Inhibition of protein agglomeration
Inventor: NIALL JOSEPH ENGLISH
IPC: F28F19/00
Filed: 2020-12-18
Abstract: A method of inhibiting protein agglomeration in a protein-containing liquid comprising: providing an industrial processing plant 10 with liquid processing systems (22, 24, 26) including a microwave resonance cavity 14 connected by conduits; transporting the liquid into the microwave cavity; exposing it to a microwave field to reduce the protein agglomeration; transporting the liquid to another processing system; and performing a further processing step within one hour after microwave exposure. Preferably the microwave field has an average field strength of at least 0.4 kV/m and a frequency between 0.5 and 5 GHz. Preferably, the liquid is exposed for over one minute, during which the field is provided as a pulsed or continuous field. A pulsed field may have a duty cycle ratio of on time to off time of from 1:500 to 1:1 and an on time between 0.1 and 10 microseconds and an off time between 10 and 50 microseconds. The method may comprise thermostatically controlling the liquid to prevent it being heated above a predetermined temperature. Preferably, the liquid is milk or a milk derivative. The assembly is also claimed.
Patent GB-2602277-A (GB)
Title: A method for reducing buffeting of a window by a window device as well as a corresponding window device
Inventor: ANDREW W HILL
IPC: E05F15/71
Filed: 2020-12-22
Abstract: A method for reducing buffeting of a window 14 of a motor vehicle 10 by a window device 12 of the motor vehicle, wherein a pressure inside the vehicle and/or outside 20 the vehicle is detected by a pressure detection device 16 of the window device and, depending on the detected pressure, a pressure relief device 18 of the window device is actuated to lower the pressure inside the vehicle. Also claimed is a window device for reducing buffeting of a window of a motor vehicle. The pressure relief device may be a door that is opened to relieve the cabin pressure, the window itself or another window of the vehicle. The pressure detection device may comprise a flexible diaphragm, a single pressure sensor or a plurality of electronic pressure sensors 22 arranged around the vehicle. The pressure may be determined by an electronic computing device 24 which may comprise a mathematical model 26 that determines pressure using characterising parameter inputs 28 such as vehicle speed, open position of all windows and/or location of vehicle occupants. The electronic computing device may comprise a machine learning algorithm 30.
Patent GB-2589999-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus For Cooling Liquid Stored Therein
Inventor: MANEESH AGNIHOTRI
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 2019-02-26
Abstract: An apparatus for cooling liquid stored therein is described. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a first cylinder configured for storing a gas under pressure, a second cylinder defining at least one axial tubular space therein. The second cylinder stores the liquid to be cooled and the liquid storage compartment is separated from the axial tubular space. Further the second cylinder is covered with a lid that defines an opening for dispensing liquid. The interface between the second cylinder and the lid also includes a control valve for releasing the gas into the atmosphere. In operation, provisions are made in the first cylinder by way of an actuator and perforations for releasing the gas into the axial tubular space. The first cylinder and the second cylinder are detachably assembled prior to cooling. Various other embodiments and advantages are disclosed herein.
Patent GB-2594566-A (GB)
Title: Automated storage systems, and devices
Inventor: MATTHEW ROBERT WHELAN
IPC: B65G47/90
Filed: 2021-03-03
Abstract: A load handling device is provided for lifting and moving storage containers (10) stacked in a grid framework (14) structure comprising: a first set of parallel rails or tracks (22b) and a second set of parallel rails or tracks (22a) extending substantially perpendicularly to the first set of rails or tracks (22b) in a substantially horizontal plane to form a grid pattern comprising a plurality of grid spaces, wherein the grid is supported by a set of uprights (16) to form a plurality of vertical storage locations beneath the grid for containers (10) to be stacked between and be guided by the uprights in a vertical direction through the plurality of grid spaces, the load handling device comprising: a body mounted on a first set of wheels (116) being arranged to engage with the first set of parallel tracks (22b) and a second set of wheels (118) being arranged to engage with the second set of parallel tracks (22a), wherein the first and second sets of wheels (116, 118) comprise wheels having spokes, the spokes connecting the rim to the hub, and wherein the wheel is at least partially resiliently deformable, wherein the wheel rim and wheel hub are made from a rigid material relative to the spoke material, and wherein the wheel comprises two or more layers, a first-type layer layered with at least one second-type layer having curved spokes.
Patent GB-2605650-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic field detector
Inventor: FRASER BURTON
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 2021-04-09
Abstract: An electromagnetic field detector for a wireless telecommunications network includes: a transmission medium 121; an optical receiver 127; a first optical transmitter 123 to transmit a probe signal to excite electrons in the transmission medium; a second optical transmitter 125 to transmit a coupling signal to excite electrons of the transmission medium to induce an Electromagnetic Induced Transparency (EIT) effect such that an incident electromagnetic field causes a change in the probe signal. The detector operating method comprises: transmitting the probe and coupling signals within a plurality of interaction regions of the transmission medium, each region switching between first and second conditions. In the first condition, the probe and coupling signals are transmitted. In the second condition, an effect of the coupling signal on the electrons of the transmission medium persists, and an intensity of the coupling signal is such that: Ωc2 < Γ1 Γ2 in which Ωc is a Rabi frequency of the coupling signal, Γ1 is the transition rate out of a first excited state of the transmission medium, and Γ2 is the transition rate out of a predetermined excited state of the transmission medium.
Patent GB-2606411-A (GB)
Title: Immunogen selection and immunogenic compositions
Inventor: Karim Beguir
IPC: G16B40/30
Filed: 2021-05-07
Abstract: A method of selecting immunogens for inclusion in an immunogenic composition (vaccine) by identifying at least one variant of a reference (wild-type) immunogen. A language model is used to evaluate data from a plurality of variants and data representing the reference immunogen. A characteristic vector derived from an output feature map of a hidden layer of the language model is extracted. Dimension reduction is performed on each vector to generate a plurality of points, each point associated with a different variant. Clusters of variants are identified and a middle point for each cluster is calculated. A distance score for each variant is generated, derived from that variants vector and the middle point of at least one cluster of variants. A variant based on the distance score is identified and at least one immunogen is selected from at least one variant for inclusion in the vaccine. The variant can be identified using a pareto front. A further aspect is a method of making the vaccine composition using the above method. A further aspect is a vaccine created using the above method. The immunogen can be the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. The immunogen can comprise SEQ ID Nos 1 to 10.
Patent GB-2593099-A (GB)
Title: Optical assembly with variable pixelated transmission
Inventor: BAHMAN TAHERI
IPC: G02F1/137
Filed: 2019-11-07
Abstract: Disclosed is an optical assembly having a first variable transmission layer comprising a first electro-optically active material between a first pair of substrates, a second variable transmission layer comprising a second electro-optically active material between a second pair of substrates, and an electronically switchable birefringent layer, that is capable of altering the phase of incident light, situated between the first and second variable transmission layers. The layers are arranged such that light passing through the optical assembly can be altered based on the voltage applied to each layer. The light transmission levels can be altered between maximally transmissive, minimally transmissive, and semi-transparent levels between the maximally and minimally transmissive levels.
Patent GB-2607323-A (GB)
Title: Cavity tray system
Inventor: DANIEL DUNCAN KACPRZYCKI
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 2021-06-02
Abstract: A cavity tray system for a cavity wall, the cavity wall including an inner wall 102 and an outer wall 104 spaced apart by a distance, the system comprising a first tray including a first flange 14 for fitting upright to the inner wall of the cavity wall, and a first sloped member 16 extending from the first flange, and a second tray including a second flange 24 for fitting in the outer wall of the cavity wall at a lower position than the first tray, and a second sloped member 26 extending from the second flange for positioning under the first sloped member; in which, in a direction away from the second flange, the length of the second sloped member is greater than the length of the second flange, during use, the first and second trays being provided in an overlapping arrangement in which the first sloped member overlaps the second sloped member by at least about 5cm up to about 50cm, or any extent of intermediate overlap between 5cm and 50cm, in a direction towards the second flange for accommodating cavity width variation in the cavity wall. End stops may be included which may be adjustable and corner trays may be included.
Patent GB-2595167-A (GB)
Title: Secure, multi-level access to obfuscated data for analytics
Inventor: MARTIN SCHMATZ
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2020-02-11
Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for providing obfuscated data to users, first, a user request to access data is received; then, an authorization level associated with the request received is identified. Next, obfuscated data is accessed in a protected enclave, which data corresponds to the request received. The data accessed has been obfuscated with an obfuscation algorithm that yields a level of obfuscation compatible with the authorization level identified. Finally, the obfuscated data accessed is provided to the user, from the protected enclave. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2595194-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding video data with sub-pixel motion vector refinement
Inventor: GUILLAUME LAROCHE
IPC: H04N19/523
Filed: 2017-07-04
Abstract: A method and device for encoding or decoding video data. A motion vector to be refined is determined (613, 623, fig 6), refined (614, 624, fig 6) and encoded using inter prediction using the refined motion vector wherein a quantisation is further used for encoding. A plurality of patterns for refining the motion vector are capable of being used and the plurality of patterns includes a horizontal pattern (1101, 1105) and a vertical pattern 1102 which are based on the first pixel position indicated by the determined motion vector. When using the horizontal pattern to refine the determined motion vector, a plurality of horizontal sub-pixel positions to the right and left of the first pixel position are evaluated (i.e. are candidates of a horizontal position of the refined motion vector); and when using the vertical pattern to refine the determined motion vector, a plurality of vertical sub-pixel positions above and below the first pixel position are evaluated (i.e. are candidates of a vertical position of the refined motion vector). The resolution of the refined motion vector may be 1/16 sub-pixel resolution. This application is generally for a decoder side motion vector derivation mode referred as frame-rate up conversion (FRUC) mode.
Patent GB-2596251-A (GB)
Title: Estimation of fluid saturation of a formation from integration of multiple well logs
Inventor: CHANG-YU HOU
IPC: E21B47/04
Filed: 2020-03-10
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided characterizing a formation traversed by a wellbore, wherein the formation includes at least a flushed zone and an uninvaded zone, which involve obtaining well log data based on plurality of different well log measurements of the formation at multiple depths in the wellbore. The well log data is used to a computational model that solves for a set of petrophysical parameters that characterize a portion of the formation corresponding to the multiple depths in the wellbore, wherein the set of petrophysical parameters include a cementation exponent, a saturation exponent, and a flushed zone water resistivity. The solved-for set of petrophysical parameters can be used to detemine a value of water saturation of the uninvaded zone for the portion of the formation corresponding to the multiple depths in the wellbore.
Patent GB-2606602-A (GB)
Title: A building
Inventor: MATTHEW DAVID FITZGERALD
IPC: E04B1/343
Filed: 2021-11-24
Abstract: A modular building comprising a base frame (3) and a carcass (4) mounted on and secured to the base frame (3) with the base frame (3) forming an integral part of the building (1) with the carcass (4). The carcass (4) comprises a floor (6), a roof (8) and side and end walls (12, 14) extending between the floor (6) and the roof (8). The base frame (3) comprises side members (35) joined by end members (37) and main cross-members (39) extending parallel to the end members (37) between the side members (35). Bores (49) extending through the cross-members (39) define at the respective opposite ends thereof sockets (46) which form receiving ports (47) for slideably engaging spigots (54) of carrier arms (45). Receiving openings (51) in the side members (35) accommodate the spigots (54) into the bores (49) of the main cross-members (39). Eye-brackets (58) at the proximal ends of the carrier arms (45) are provided for engaging connecting straps (67) from a lifting frame (60) for hoisting the building (1) by the base frame (3).
Patent GB-2597432-A (GB)
Title: Multi-agent, multi-objective wellbore gas-lift optimization
Inventor: Srinath Madasu
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2019-07-02
Abstract: A system and method for controlling a gas supply to provide gas lift for wellbore(s) using Bayesian optimization. A computing device controls a gas supply to inject gas into wellbore(s). The computing device receives first reservoir data associated with a first subterranean reservoir and simulates production using the first reservoir data, using a model for the first subterranean reservoir. The production simulation provides first production data. The computing device receives second reservoir data associated with a subterranean reservoir and simulates production using the second reservoir data, using a model for the second subterranean reservoir. The production simulation provides second production data. A Bayesian optimization of an objective function of the first and second production data subject to any gas injection constraints can be performed to produce gas-lift parameters. The gas-lift parameters can be applied to the gas supply to control injection of gas into the wellbore(s).
Patent GB-2610459-A (GB)
Title: Audio processing method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
Inventor: Junning Han
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2022-04-11
Abstract: An audio processing method comprises obtaining first audio data of a target speaker acquired on an audio acquisition device with a microphone array on the target speaker, and second audio data acquired by an electronic device of an environment where the target speaker is located, obtaining a position of the target speaker relative to the electronic device (eg. via an image), and combining the first audio data with the second audio data according to the position so that the voice of the target speaker aligns with the spatial location. The audio data may be received from the target speaker via a wireless transmission channel.
Patent GB-2618388-A (GB)
Title: Extending supervision using machine learning
Inventor: Lickkong Tam
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 2022-05-19
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate labelled training data. In at least one embodiment, labelled training images are generated from medical images 102, 104, 106 annotated 108, 110, 112 with natural language text using a neural network trained to apply said labels.
Patent GB-2620450-A (GB)
Title: Seal arrangement
Inventor: MARTIN MORRISSEY
IPC: F16J15/34
Filed: 2022-07-08
Abstract: A seal arrangement for sealing between a rotating component and a housing is provided. The rotatable component is configured to rotate at a variable angular speed about a rotational axis X. The seal arrangement comprises: a first seal assembly 500 comprising: a first retainer 510; a first seal face 520 disposed within the first retainer 510, the first retainer 510 being configured to provide a rotary driving force to the first seal face 520 to thereby rotationally drive the first seal face 520; and a first cushioning member 530 disposed between the first seal face 520 and the first retainer 510. The first cushioning member 530 is configured to dampen the rotary driving force provided by the first retainer 510 to the first seal face 520. A second seal assembly (600, Figure 6) is configured to be disposed on the housing and has a second retainer 610; a second seal face 620 disposed within the second retainer 610. The first seal face 520 is disposed in contact with the second seal face 620 to thereby seal against egress of fluid between the first seal face 520 and the second seal face 620.
Patent GB-2610790-A (GB)
Title: Rich descriptor framework to text generation using graphs and structural neural encoders
Inventor: LINGFEI WU
IPC: G06N5/00
Filed: 2021-06-22
Abstract: Technology for using a bi-directed graph convolution neural network ("BGCNN") to convert Resource Description Framework (RDF) data into natural language text. Some embodiments perform RDF-to-Text generation by learning graph-augmented structural neural encoders, consisting of: (a) bi-directed graph-based meta-paths encoder; (b) bi-directed graph convolution networks encoder; and (c) separated attention mechanism for combining encoders and decoder to translate RDF triplets to natural language description.
Patent GB-2615436-A (GB)
Title: Vessel for breast milk collection, preservation, transportation, and delivery
Inventor: ELIZABETH J MYERS
IPC: B65D77/04
Filed: 2019-11-14
Abstract: A method of connecting containers, comprising coupling a first coupler 23 of a connector to an outer container coupler. The first coupler 23 of the connector is discontinuous 30 with a second coupler 25 of the connector such that the outer container coupler cannot transition from engagement with the first coupler 23 to engagement with the second coupler 25 without first disengaging from the first coupler 23. Coupling a third coupler 29 of the connector to an inner container coupler, wherein the third coupler 29 is different than the first and second couplers. The third coupler 29 is radially inward of the first 23 and second 25 couplers. The method further comprises disengaging the third coupler 29 of the connector from the inner container coupler; and coupling the inner container coupler to a cap to cover the inner container.
Patent GB-2614851-A (GB)
Title: Memory-mapped neural network accelerator for deployable inference systems
Inventor: Filipp Akopyan
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2021-07-27
Abstract: A neural network processor system is provided comprising at least one neural network processing core, an activation memory, an instruction memory, and at least one control register, the neural network processing core adapted to implement neural network computation, control and communication primitives. A memory map is included which comprises regions corresponding to each of the activation memory, instruction memory, and at least one control register. Additionally, an interface operatively connected to the neural network processor system is included, with the interface being adapted to communicate with a host and to expose the memory map.