baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2539027-A (GB)
Title: Video compression with increased fidelity near horizon
Inventor: PAUL GOSLING
IPC: H04N19/17
Filed: 2015-06-04
Abstract: A device and method for compressing image data where image data is received comprising one or more images recorded by a camera. Attitude data is received indicating the attitude of the imaging devices when each of the images was recorded. In each of these images, a region of interest is defined, the region of interest (ROI) having a boundary which is based on the attitude data for the respective image and defines a section of the image within the ROI and a section of the image outside the ROI. Each of the images is compressed, wherein the compression ratio applied to the section of the image outside the ROI is higher than that applied to the section of the image within the. Preferably the area within the area of interest remains uncompressed. Preferably the ROI is defined by transforming the boundary of the region of interest defined in a reference coordinate system into the boundary of the ROI within the respected image based on the received attitude data. The invention is intended for use on ships, where the ROI is the horizon and is likely to move around the screen as the vessel pitches and rolls on the sea.
Patent GB-2541637-A (GB)
Title: Skin Cream
Inventor: NEENA NAYAK
IPC: A61Q19/00
Filed: 2015-06-12
Abstract: A range of skin creams, wherein each skin cream in the range has a different viscosity due to different percentage water content, and wherein the creams are arranged to be effective for support of the skin's natural barrier function, in different clinical skin types.
Patent GB-2530382-A (GB)
Title: Electrically controlled locking arrangement
Inventor: MAPLE ALAN JAMES
IPC: E05C3/14
Filed: 2015-07-15
Abstract: A locking arrangement, for a lock of a cargo vehicle, comprises a rotatable hook bolt 12 mounted within a housing, projecting from the housing engaging catch 14. A manual handle (16, fig.1) and an electrical deadlock 23 which can engage detent 28 in the bolt 12 or other component to prevent rotation of the bolt via handle from the locked position to the unlocked position. Preferably the deadlock is rotatable and may be driven by a solenoid or a motor such as an rc servo motor and may include a cam driving a push rod to rotate the deadlock. Electrical mirco switches may be used to monitor the position of the deadbolt to control power to the driving motor. A wireless receiver may responsive to remote keyfob may be used to control the deadlock. A GPS tracking unit may be included responsive to control the lock based on geographical positional data.
Patent GB-2530651-A (GB)
Title: A drive system
Inventor: AUSTIN IAN
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2015-08-19
Abstract: A downhole tractor includes a control means that displaces at least three expanding drive bows 71, 72. The drive bows 71, 72 expand with respect to a tractor housing in order to engage a well bore or liner. Once engaged the drive bows 71, 72 enable the tractor to contact the well bore or liner and move with respect thereto. The tractor may be hydraulically operated.
Patent GB-2541892-A (GB)
Title: Helmet for communications
Inventor: MOHAMMED-ASIF AKHMAD
IPC: H04R1/00
Filed: 2015-09-01
Abstract: A helmet for communications (100) comprises a shell (10), a chin strap (12) for securing around the users lower jaw (16) and a transducer unit - a bone conduction audio unit (14) - for transmitting vibrations through the users mandible area (16). The transducer unit may generate sound waves in the human hearing range and allow voice messages to be transmitted to the wearer through their lower jaw. The helmet may also comprise a communication module (6), operably connected to the transducer, which has an antenna (62), a receiver (64) and a signal processor (66) and is adapted to receive or generate an electrical signal for conversion into an audio signal. The communication module (6) may communicate wirelessly with the users radio (200). The transducer unit (14) may be housed in the chin guard and have a contact member (5) which contacts the chin of the user. The helmet may also have auditory canal isolation devices (ACID) (30) and a microphone (40) on the outside of the helmet for picking up ambient sound. The helmet may also have an array of haptic transducers for producing signals with frequencies below the human hearing range.
Patent GB-2542430-A (GB)
Title: Server-implemented method and system for operating a collaborative publishing platform
Inventor: KASSER HAIDER
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2015-09-21
Abstract: A collaborative publishing platform 10 which allows registered users to uploaded user-generated content 12 in a collaborative fashion to preferably create short stories, novellas and/or novels. The platform 10 streamlines the editing and review processes. and provides for a process which enhances the collaborative creation process. A system for implementing such a collaborative publishing platform 10 and an electronic media 20 produced using the system are also provided.
Patent GB-2526757-A (GB)
Title: Method for controlling a three-phase alternating-current machine
Inventor: ANTALOAE CIPRIAN
IPC: H02P23/00
Filed: 2014-03-19
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a three-phase alternating-current machine, in particular for an electrically driven vehicle or a vehicle roller test stand. Optimal use of the alternating-current machine can be achieved if a group of several different control strategies is provided, preferably stored in the motor controller, at least one operating parameter of the alternating-current machine and/or of the electric vehicle and/or external specifications, preferably regarding power and/or duration and/or range, are detected, a control strategy is selected from the group of control strategies in dependence on at least one detected operating parameter of the alternating-current machine and/or of the electric vehicle and/or external specifications, and the alternating-current machine is operated on the basis of said selected control strategy.
Patent GB-2545898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in drug delivery
Inventor: KEITH FOSTER
IPC: C12N15/11
Filed: 2015-12-21
Abstract: A drug carrying cell penetrating molecule (DCCPM) comprising: a biologically active compound (BAC), and a cell penetrating agent (CPA), which BAC and CPA are linked directly or via a bi-functional linker (BFL), and wherein the CPA is a stabilized peptide (CPP). The peptide may be stabilized by i) stapling two amino acids to form Stapled CPP's (StaP's) or ii) stitching three or more amino acids to form stitched CPP's (StiP's). These stabilized CPP's are conjugated to a drug or Biologically Active Compound (BAC) so that the BAC can be carried though a cell membrane by the CPP. The preferred BAC is an electrically low charge carrying oligonucleotide such as a phosphorodiamate morpholino-oligonucleotide (PMO). The use of a DCCPM in a treatment of a disease requiring alteration of an endogenous or exogenous gene, a method of improving the bioavailability of a drug or BAC, a method of introducing a drug or BAC to a site which is refractory to the drug or BAC in its native state is claimed.
Patent GB-2548800-A (GB)
Title: An Adjustable Load-Bearing Bracket Arrangement
Inventor: Paul Ruding
IPC: F16B5/02
Filed: 2016-03-21
Abstract: The arrangement comprises a bracket 1 and a clamping plate 2. The bracket comprises a planar support plate 4 defining an elongate slot 6 with two opposed longitudinal edges that each define a series of teeth 7 that project outwards from the plane of the support plate, the clamping plate comprises two series of apertures 10 in which at least a portion of the teeth are respectively received such that, in use, the clamping plate lies adjacent an opposing planar surface of the support plate, the clamping plate also defines a hole 9 whereby in use a fastener is located through the elongate slot and the hole to fasten the bracket to a support structure at a chosen position relative thereto dependant on the apertures chosen to receive the teeth of the clamping plate.
Patent GB-2539796-A (GB)
Title: Non-intrusive position detector for valve actuator
Inventor: GRAHAM M TAITT
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 2015-01-20
Abstract: A non-intrusive position detector is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a valve (30) having a main body (32) and an actuator (38) to control flow through the valve. The actuator can be disposed within an actuator housing (44) coupled to the main body. The system also includes a position detector (50) including a camera (56) mounted inside a detector housing (52). The detector housing can be installed over an aperture (46) in the actuator housing such that the actuator within the actuator housing is in view of the camera through the aperture. A processor (92) can be used to determine the position of the actuator from image data collected by the camera. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2553351-A (GB)
Title: Salient object detection
Inventor: Jukka Saarinen
IPC: G06T19/20
Filed: 2016-09-05
Abstract: A method and apparatus configured to identify a plurality of objects 2.1 in a captured video and/or audio scene, process the scene by removing an object 2.2 from the scene; measuring the effect of removing said object using received data 2.3; reintroducing said object into the scene 2.5; and repeating the said steps for one or more other objects in the scene in turn 2.6. The saliency level is then determined for each object based on the measured effect 2.8. The effect may be measured by the interactions of the remaining objects and the received data may be from sensors of an external observer, possibly using a VR headset.
Patent GB-2542274-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle unlocking systems and methods
Inventor: HARPREETSINGH BANVAIT
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: A method of detecting a vehicle access device within a predetermined distance of a vehicle; determining a geographic location of the vehicle; detecting a time of day; determining previous door unlocking behavior associated with the vehicle access device and selecting, using one or more processors, a vehicle access point to unlock based on the geographic location, time of day, which may be a day of the week, and previous unlocking behavior. The access point may be one or more of a door, trunk, tailgate, sliding door, hatch, hood and gas cap. The method may also include determining from which direction the vehicle access device is approaching when selecting a vehicle access point. The apparatus involved may be comprise of a vehicle access device, which may be one of a key fob, smartphone, portable computing device, tablet computer and smart watch, 106, a vehicle lock manager 104, GPS module (210, Fig 2), date/time module (208, Fig 2), user intent module (216, Fig 2), and lock activation module (212, Fig 2). The method also may involve a vehicle 102 comprising of a plurality of doors having associated door locks and a vehicle lock manager 104.
Patent GB-2544179-A (GB)
Title: Multi-stage linear solution for implicit reservoir simulation
Inventor: QINGHUA WANG
IPC: G06F17/16
Filed: 2014-06-19
Abstract: In some embodiments, a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to generate a first matrix, based on equations that model a reservoir, that includes mass conservation and volume balance information for grid blocks in the reservoir; to generate a second matrix, based on the first matrix, that includes saturation information and pressure information of each grid block; to remove the saturation information from the second matrix to generate a third matrix that includes only pressure information; to solve the third matrix to generate a first pressure solution; to solve the second matrix based on the first pressure solution to generate a first saturation solution and a second pressure solution; and to use the first saturation solution and the second pressure solution to generate a solution of the first matrix. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2548437-A (GB)
Title: Hair dye with cationic polymer
Inventor: Sylvia Kerl
IPC: A61Q5/12
Filed: 2016-10-11
Abstract: A cosmetic agent for color modification of keratinic fibres comprising a cosmetically acceptable carrier; at least one compound selected form oxidation dye precursors, direct dyes and mixtures thereof; and a quaternized copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. Preferably, the copolymer is quaternized with diethyl sulfate, known as polyquaternium-11. The composition may also comprise an alcohol having 8-20 carbon atoms, preferably 2-octyldodecanol and/or cetearyl alcohol. The composition may also comprise partial esters and/or polyol partial esters, e.g. glycerol monostearate. Also disclosed is a packaging unit comprising, produced separately from one another, at least one container containing said cosmetic agent, and at least one container containing an oxidising agent preparation, which in a cosmetically acceptable carrier contains at least one oxidising agent and at least one acid. Further disclosed is a method for dyeing keratinic fibres comprising the steps of mixing said cosmetic agent and said oxidising agent preparation, applying the mixture to the keratinic fibres and leaving for 1-60 minutes then rinsing the fibres with water and/or a cleaning composition. The claimed invention leads to improved conditioning, in particular to an increased volume of the keratinic fibres, preferably human hair, with a simultaneously minimised color shift.
Patent GB-2555586-A (GB)
Title: Performance profiling
Inventor: YOONG-CHERT FOO
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2016-10-31
Abstract: A graphics pipeline 116 executes a number of rendering tasks in order to render a scene. A flag associated with one of the tasks is passed down the pipeline to each pipeline stage 202 as that stage executes the task. A counter 118 is incremented when an event occurs while executing the task associated with the flag. After the scene is rendered, the counter may be read 120 to determine the number of occurrences of the event associated with the task. The task may be a call to draw an object or a portion of the scene. The graphics pipeline may be tile based. Other counters may be used to count other events associated with the task at different pipeline stages. The event could be one of a clock cycle, a generation or culling of a primitive, the generation or processing of a vertex, the invocation of a shader, the depth testing of a pixel, the decoding of an instruction or a texture request.
Patent GB-2558577-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft high current switch module
Inventor: David Killin Roberts
IPC: H02J4/00
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: A switch module 10 includes a first single-throw switch 12 having a first input terminal 20 switchable to a common terminal 26. A second single-throw switch 12 has a second input terminal 20 switchable to the common terminal 26. A first control is coupled to the first single-throw switch and a second control is coupled to the second single-throw switch. The first and second controls are configured to independently control, respectively, the first and second single-throw switches. The module may be used in an electrical system on an aircraft. The module may also include a third single throw switch. Each of the switches may be a single pole single throw (SPST) switch, or a multi pole single throw (MPST) switch. The switches may be bidirectional solid state switches.
Patent GB-2546188-A (GB)
Title: Contour tuning circuit
Inventor: DAVID STEVEN RIPLEY
IPC: H04B1/401
Filed: 2016-08-25
Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate tuning an impedance presented to a common port of a multi-throw switch. The impedance can be tuned based on an impedance associated with a throw of the multi-throw switch that is activated. This can, for example, provide impedance matching for a duplexer port coupled to a throw of the multi-throw switch that is activated. According to embodiments of this disclosure, a shunt inductor in parallel with a tunable capacitance circuit can tune the impedance presented to the common port of the multi-throw switch. The shunt inductor and the tunable capacitance circuit can be coupled to a node in a signal path between an antenna switch and an antenna port in some embodiments.
Patent GB-2546193-A (GB)
Title: Mapping an enhanced physical downlink control channel
Inventor: XIAOGANG CHEN
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2011-12-20
Abstract: LTE (long term evolution) air interface frames include a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) for signalling. The next generation system LTE-A (LTE advanced) requires more signalling and more flexibility, hence the ePDCCH (extended/enhanced PDCCH) which will be mapped to the frame regions typically used for the PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel). The signalling for one UE (user equipment) can comprise one or more CCEs (control channel element). The invention proposes mapping the ePDCCH to either contiguous PRBs (physical resource blocks) 402/404 for frequency selectivity for static UEs or distributed PRBs for frequency diversity for mobile UEs 406/408. The invention proposes that the ePDCCH be mapped to distributed REs (resource elements) within a PRB with no adjacent REs assigned to a REG (RE group) [See Fig. 5].
Patent GB-2551251-A (GB)
Title: Cooling methods for electrically operated diaphragm pumps
Inventor: Joshua D West
IPC: F04B53/08
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: A diaphragm pump 10 comprising (i) a motor 20 driving an armature 30 in reciprocating linear motion, the armature carrying a diaphragm 42 positioned in a pumping chamber 46, the diaphragm pumping fluid into and out of the pumping chamber as it flexes back and forth, (ii) a compartment on the side of the diaphragm 42 opposite 41 to the one facing the pumping chamber, having an intake valve 84 and an exhaust valve 86 through which ambient air 90 is drawn into and expelled from the compartment respectively as the diaphragm flexes, for cooling purposes. The exhaust air 92 may be directed over fins disposed on the motor housing to cool it by convection. Multiple intake and exhaust valves may be arranged in the cooling air compartment. The pump is preferably a double diaphragm pump with two diaphragms coupled one on each end of the armature and operating inversely in their respective pumping chambers, the aforementioned cooling system being duplicated. According to a second aspect, the pump has a manifold (60, fig. 4) in direct contact with the motor housing and the fluid pumped into and out of the pumping chamber(s) passes through the manifold to cool the motor.
Patent GB-2552417-A (GB)
Title: Portable field maitenance tool configured for multiple process control communication protocols
Inventor: ROGER BENSON
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2017-06-23
Abstract: A portable field maintenance tool 1300 has a power supply 1304 and communication terminals 1331, 1332 and 1333. The mobile tool 1300 connects to a field device 1455 using the terminals which allow a composite signal to be sent to the field device, the composite signal configured to supply power and communicate with a field device 1455. The portable tool 1300 can send composite signals to field devices in one or more different communication protocols. A first protocol can use amplitude modulation (AM) and a second protocol can use frequency modulation (FM). The handheld tool 1300 can use different communication protocols (FIELDBUS or HART) depending on which terminals are used to connect to the field device. The hand-held tool has a housing which can have more than one power supply.
Patent GB-2564872-A (GB)
Title: Measurement of instantaneous current
Inventor: RAYMOND JOHN PETO
IPC: G01R19/12
Filed: 2017-07-25
Abstract: A circuit for measuring instantaneous current comprises a threshold detector for sensing an output value of a switching waveform, a slope/rate detector for measuring the rate of change of voltage (dV/dt) to detect edges of the switching waveform and an integrator to provide the mark to space ratio of a maximum/minimum voltage of the waveform. The instantaneous current can then be derived from the rate of change of voltage at the point of commutation. The circuit may be part of an electric motor. A sensor may detect motor speed or drive current. The circuit may be used to reduce torque ripple. A control means determines whether speed is less than or greater than a threshold and varies a drive signal according to a phase relationship in dependence on the speed of the motor when the speed is less that the threshold. If the speed is greater than a second threshold, the control means applies a feed-forward input drive signal.
Patent GB-2554801-A (GB)
Title: An assembly for the controlled release of a compression load and a prop comprising the assembly
Inventor: MARK TAYLOR
IPC: E04G25/06
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: An assembly 1 for the controlled release of a compression load, comprising: first and second support members 2, 3, which are arranged to be movable relative to one another along a first axis (Axis 1, Fig 2); a pair of intervening wedges 4, 8, which are arranged to be movable relative to one another exclusively along a second axis (Axis 2, Fig 3) for effecting movement of the first and second support members towards one another along the first axis; and a movement mechanism 5, which is arranged to control movement of the wedges, wherein through bores provided in the first and second support members are in axial alignment with one another, the through bores each forming part of a through hole (7, Fig 3) in the assembly 1, the axis of the through hole comprising the first axis (Axis 1, Fig 2), and the movement mechanism 5is located entirely outside the through hole.
Patent GB-2556163-A (GB)
Title: System and method for charging a battery pack
Inventor: GUOXING LI
IPC: H02J7/04
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: A battery pack 204 receiving charging current from a charger 202 via a power line 230 comprises a battery management unit 216 coupled to a plurality of battery cells 241,242, the management unit acquiring data associated with the battery pack, and a transmitting unit 220 coupled to the battery management unit for transmitting said data to the charger via the power line. The charger comprises a receiving unit 221 coupled to the power line for detecting a variation pattern in the charging current and retrieving data embodied in the variation pattern transmitted from the battery pack. A charger controller 208 is coupled to the receiving unit and controls the charger based on the data. The transmitting unit may comprise a switch 224 coupled to the power line, the switch being controlled by a control signal 228 from a signal generator 218 to vary the charging current amplitude for transmitting the data to the charger via the power line. The invention reduces unwanted power losses in the battery pack by eliminating the conventional use of a separate semiconductor charging switch in the battery pack (112, figure 1).
Patent GB-2567001-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: YUHUA CHEN
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A base station 5, which is configured to receive uplink communication both on a first carrier and a supplementary carrier, transmits cell selection information to a user equipment (UE) 3. The UE then determines whether the cell is an appropriate candidate for cell selection/reselection based on its measurements of the first carrier, the received cell selection information, and whether it is capable of using the supplementary carrier. The cell selection information comprises two components: the first for use by a UE which is not capable of using the supplementary carrier, and the second for use by a UE which is. The second cell selection information may be an offset for application to a cell selection parameter, and this offset may be cell or frequency specific. The first carrier may be associated with a 5G (New Radio) access technology whilst the supplementary carrier operates on 4G (LTE). The use of an LTE supplementary carrier assists with the uplink/downlink coverage asymmetry expected in 5G systems. In a second embodiment, apparatus of a radio access network transmits measurement configuration to a UE.