baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2536750-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus to provide redundancy in a process control system
Inventor: WILLIAM BENNETT
IPC: H04L45/24
Filed: 2015-11-13
Abstract: A network may consist of multiple terminals 402,404,406 which may each have two network interface cards (NIC) 302,304 connected to two different networks. A primary network 408 and a secondary network 410. The hosts transmit period network integrity messages (often known as heartbeat or keep-alive messages), possibly on both primary and secondary networks, whose receipt at other hosts indicates good operation of the network. Routing decisions are made accordingly. In the event of a failure 602, integrity messages will not be received within a timeout limit, a fault will be inferred, the network link declared bad and an alarm may be issued. Failover operations will switch traffic from the failed primary network to the secondary network for affected links. If faults are removed, restarting receipt of integrity messages re-establishes the good status of network links. Tables of link statuses may be maintained (see Figs. 7,8).
Patent GB-2544819-A (GB)
Title: Fluid compression apparatus
Inventor: JONATHAN PAUL FENTON
IPC: F04C21/00
Filed: 2015-12-01
Abstract: A fluid compression apparatus 10, such as for an internal combustion engine or a fluid pump, where the apparatus comprises a shaft 18 defining and rotatable about a first rotational axis 30 and further comprises an axle 20 defining a second rotational axis 32 with the shaft extending through the axle. There is also provided a piston member 22 on the shaft, the piston member extending from the axle towards a distal end of the shaft. A rotor 16 is carried on the axle and comprises a compression chamber 34 with an opening, where the piston member extends from the axle across the compression chamber towards the opening. The rotor is rotatable with the shaft around the first rotational axis and the rotor is pivotable about the axle about the second rotational axis. Relative pivoting motion between the rotor and the first piston member as the rotor rotates about the first rotational axis acts to compress fluid within the first compression chamber.
Patent GB-2545931-A (GB)
Title: Defining edges and their weights between nodes in a network
Inventor: DOMINIC FRANCIS MURPHY
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2015-12-31
Abstract: Defining edges and edge weights between nodes in a network to form a graphical database. The similarity of nodes in the network is determined and an edge is defined between nodes that have a similarity measure exceeding a threshold level 805, 806. The determined similarity between the nodes defines the weight of the determined edge 807. The nodes each have an associated attribute set to which a similarity function 804 is applied in a pairwise fashion as a similarity measure between each pair of nodes. Storing similarity of nodes in this manner allows the influence of nodes to be determined and ranked to facilitate decisions such as which nodes should receive patches first or defining attack vectors. The nodes may be network nodes and the similarity may be based on attributes 801, 803 such as their features or capabilities e.g. based on a nodes UPnP XML description. Other embodiments for the nodes are also encompassed such as within citation networks, social networks, identity management and even fraud detection or protein sequence comparisons. The similarity measure may be based on a Jaccard similarity or Tversky matrix. An adjacency matrix may be determined with a threshold to reduce/prune the number of edges.
Patent GB-2548831-A (GB)
Title: Method of detecting use of tuning kit
Inventor: GUSTAVE MUGABO
IPC: G01M15/04
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: A method of detecting unauthorized tuning of an engine system, such as by installing external electronic hardware (power up kits) that modify electrical signals and/or ECU input or output signals. The method comprising; a) providing a model of the engine system, said model proving one or more signals representing engine parameters; and performing a monitoring cycle comprising: b) measuring at least one parameter from an actual sensor or demand signal; c) comparing the values from a) and b) d) indicating unauthorised tuning if the values differ by more than a threshold. The method may also include repeating steps b) and c) at later time points, and for each time point determining a difference between the values, and indicating tampering if the difference between the successive values of the time points increase or decrease by more than set points. The method may also identify and allow for deviations caused by aging or accuracy rather that tampering.
Patent GB-2551184-A (GB)
Title: A device for perforating panels of material
Inventor: TAKASHI YAMAGUCHI
IPC: B26F1/14
Filed: 2016-06-09
Abstract: An apparatus for perforating a panel of material (17, figure 9) such as for a vehicle interior, has a cutting edge 95 driven through the panel into a moveable impacting surface in use. The panel is held in a plane between the cutting edge 95 and impacting surface and may be adjustably positioned by a pantograph (20, figure 1). Preferably, the impacting surface is the surface of a deformable ball 46 mounted in a housing 48 in the cutting table 58, which rotates due to its frictional connection with the panel as it moves within the plane. The cutting edge 95 may be fixed to a distal end of an inner shaft (84, figure 6), concentrically mounted within an outer shaft (90, figure 6) of a driver assembly (68, figure 6), which rotates as it moves axially through the panel. A suction channel (96, figure 9) may extend from the cutting edge 95 through the concentric shafts (84,90, figure 6) to remove material as it is cut from the panel.
Patent GB-2551804-A (GB)
Title: Diffuser for a centrifugal compressor
Inventor: SUBENUKA SIVAGNANASUNDARAM
IPC: F04D29/44
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A diffuser (39, fig.1), eg for a turbocharger, is formed as the gap between rotationally-symmetric surfaces which face each other. Moving in the radial direction, the axial extent of the gap decreases to a minimum value in a throat portion 44 of the diffuser, and then increases again. The radially outer edge of the portion of the diffuser which is radially inward of the throat 44 is at a radial distance from the axis of not less than 125% of the radius of the compressor wheel; the radially inner edge of the portion of the diffuser which is radially outward of the throat 44 is at a radial distance from the axis of not more than 160% of the radius of the compressor wheel. The throat 44 may have zero or greater radial extent. The inventors have found that a throat at this distance from the rotational axis may lead to higher efficiency at high flow rates, especially for relatively low turbo speeds because the spacing between the compressor wheel and the throat permits diffusion of the gas streams leaving the compressor wheel.
Patent GB-2538009-A (GB)
Title: Multi-modal particle size distribution lost circulation material
Inventor: DON L WHITFILL
IPC: C09K8/516
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: Compositions for lost circulation materials (LCM) and methods for using same in drilling and/or completing wellbores that help solve lost circulation problems in a wide range of fracture sizes, thereby advantageously eliminating the need for a variety of products for lost circulation in a field at any one time. The compositions provide specific LCM components in specific ratios that are analogs to lost circulation fractures and that yield superior performance in preventing or alleviating lost circulation in drilling and cementing boreholes. The compositions have a multi-modal particle size distribution (PSD) which provides a higher concentration of component materials in the same range of two or more fracture widths or median pore size diameters, thus allowing plugging to occur over a wider range than a single mode or narrow PSD.
Patent GB-2542483-A (GB)
Title: Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus
Inventor: NAOTO TOKUMA
IPC: B65H37/04
Filed: 2016-07-27
Abstract: A sheet discharge apparatus (100D fig. 2) includes a sheet stacking portion 137 on which a sheet discharged by a discharging portion 130 is stacked, and a control portion (636 fig. 9) configured to control a moving unit (1372 fig. 6B) such that a height position of an uppermost sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion becomes a first height position. In a case where a sheet detection portion 510c detects that the height position of the uppermost sheet is above a second height position, the control portion (636 fig. 9) sets a sheet discharge speed of the discharging portion 130 to a first sheet discharge speed. In a case where the sheet detection portion 510c detects that the height position of the uppermost sheet becomes lower than the second height position, the control portion (636 fig. 9) controls the sheet discharge speed to be a second sheet discharge speed faster than the first sheet discharge speed. This avoids a sheet being discharged buckling as it contacts the sheet stacking portion and causing a jam.
Patent GB-2552816-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for controlling vehicle manoeuvres
Inventor: NASEEM AKHTAR
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2016-08-11
Abstract: A system and method is provided for storing environment data during driving of a vehicle 100 and searching the stored data for a suitable location 62 for performing an autonomous manoeuvre, for example passing another vehicle 102 or performing an about turn, after a user has inputted a request for such a manoeuvre. The system also provides at least semi-autonomous driving of vehicle 100 to location 62. Typically, the space required to perform the manoeuvre may be calculated, which may depend on the type of other vehicle 102 to be passed. The environment data may be detected using radar, lasers, ultrasonic sensors or a structured light camera or a monocular camera with structure from motion and may be stored as a point cloud, and may be continuously recorded or only recorded on user request, on narrow routes and/or where map data are not available.
Patent GB-2543614-A (GB)
Title: Composite material, components comprising same and method of using same
Inventor: MOHAMMAD NAJAFI SANI
IPC: F16J15/02
Filed: 2016-08-17
Abstract: A composite material comprises 50 to 95 mass % grains of primary material selected from the group consisting of talc, mica, graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, and 0.01 to 40 mass % fibres having a length of 0.05 to 20 mm, and a ratio of length todiameter of at least 5. The grains of the primary material have a mean size of 3 to 150 microns. Preferably the composite comprises 0.01 to 40 mass % grains of secondary material selected from ceramic material, cubic boron nitride (cBN) or diamond. The fibres may comprise carbon, metal or ceramic material, and may be continuous fibres, single fibres, tangled fibres, chopped fibres or multi-fibres. Preferably the composite material comprises an inorganic binder. The composite material may be used as a component for an ultra-high pressure press, such as a gasket 10, containment vessel, electrically conducting heater element, an electrical insulation component or a reaction component.
Patent GB-2556038-A (GB)
Title: Separator apparatus and method
Inventor: RICHARD HENRY COULTON
IPC: B03B5/62
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: A separator for sand and organic matter comprising a first compartment 11 for receiving and separating a mixture of sand, organic matter and liquid, inlets 29 in a bottom region of the compartment for introducing liquid and an upwards liquid flow in the compartment, means 47 for removing organic matter from the top of the mixture in the compartment, an outlet 51 in an upper region of the compartment and an outlet (9, fig. 1) in the lower region. The compartment may be within a tank (3, fig. 1) comprising the first and a second compartment 13 from which the mixture is fed into the first compartment. There may be a mixer 27 in the second compartment. The means for removing the organic matter from the first compartment may comprise a paddle 47 mounted for movement across the upper region. The separator may include a pump for recycling liquid recovered from the separator through the liquid inlets in the bottom region of the first compartment. Also claimed is a method of separating sand from organic matter by generating an upward flow of liquid to create a fluidised bed of sand in the above separator.
Patent GB-2573483-A (GB)
Title: Ion Mobility Filter
Inventor: JON PEARSON
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: An ion mobility filter 20, preferably a field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) filter, is disclosed, said filter comprising: a first ion channel 34a for filtering ions from a target chemical in a gas sample, the first channel defined by a gap between a first pair of electrodes 30a & 32a; and a second ion channel 34b defined by a gap between a second pair of electrodes 30b & 32b; wherein the width d1 of the gap forming the first ion channel is greater than the width d2 of the second ion channel. The ion mobility filter may have additional ion channels, e.g. 34c, forming an array thereof, each channel defined by a gap between a respective pair of electrodes and wherein each channel has a different width to neighbouring ion channels. By having channels with different gap widths, it is possible to increase the selectivity of the ion mobility filter.
Patent GB-2567246-A (GB)
Title: A gas detection system and method
Inventor: ETTIENNE COX
IPC: G01N21/61
Filed: 2017-10-09
Abstract: A system 10 for detecting a predetermined gas in an observed scene 14, for example a gas leak in equipment, includes an infrared camera arrangement 12; a strobing illuminator device 22 having a strobing frequency matched to a frame rate of the camera 12; and a processing arrangement 24. The processing arrangement 24 stores a prior frame obtained via the infrared camera arrangement 12, compares a current frame with the stored prior frame and generates an output signal in response to the comparison. The output signal is displayed on a display device 26 to facilitate detection of the predetermined gas. The images may be compared by subtracting one frame from the other. There may be a visible light camera arrangement 28 as well as the IR arrangement 12, both of which may be video cameras. The frame rate and the strobe rate match and may be between 15Hz and 60Hz.
Patent GB-2561040-A (GB)
Title: Electrokinesis
Inventor: NICHOLAS DYLAN SIMMONDS
IPC: B64G1/40
Filed: 2017-10-30
Abstract: A gravito-diamagnetically levitating mechanism has gravito-electric frame-dragging propulsion and navigation system comprises a facing-array of three toroidal stadiums of quantum-entangled, transition metal, having outer edges with three insulating glass junctions in sequence with metal steps. Each end is capped, the whole encompassed in a translucent bulging-lentoid exterior (Figure 1.6). The caps which abut the exterior shell have piezoelectric film and junctions which feed capacitors forming the end of a cylinder which houses, in turn, radio receiver and circuitry, a linear light emitting laser diode, a quarter wave plate retarder and a diffraction object having concentric circles of shade and transparency. Six cylinders input the three stadiums and one or more may be active.
Patent GB-2558777-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle collision avoidance
Inventor: OSWALDO PEREZ BARRERA
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2017-11-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a process comprising receiving image data of a target vehicle, associating at least two geometric shapes with the image data, monitoring the shapes for a condition indicative of the target vehicle moving to avoid a roadway obstacle, and in response to determining the condition, providing a steering instruction to avoid the obstacle. The geometric shapes may include a first shape associated with an upper rear portion of the target vehicle and a second shape associated with a lower rear portion of the target vehicle. These shapes may be rectangles. At least a portion of the geometric shapes may be mapped to a peripheral outline of a rear view of the target vehicle. The determination may be the lateral displacement of the geometric shapes. The process may include using the image data to determine that an indicator signal has not been actuated and only swerving to avoid if this there is no indicator signal. The process may also use GPS to determine whether a portion of the roadway is straight or curved. Also disclosed are corresponding claims for computers with executable programs.
Patent GB-2560420-A (GB)
Title: Palm unit for artificial hand
Inventor: JOSEPHUS MARTINUS MARIA POIRTERS
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A palm unit for an artificial hand, comprising a palm unit body, a motor and a hydraulic pump assembly driven by the motor, both held by the palm unit body. The palm unit body forms a sealed enclosure for all hydraulic parts, including the hydraulic circuit and pumps, and the palm unit body is formed in a single piece, preferably by 3D printing. The hydraulic pump assembly is arranged to switch from a low-pressure configuration to a high-pressure configuration automatically during a closing grip pattern when the pressure in the system increases beyond a threshold value. The palm unit body may have channels for hydraulic actuators for individual digits of the hand.
Patent GB-2556820-A (GB)
Title: Combined mold core for supercharged multichannel pipe divergent mold
Inventor: YUN WANG
IPC: B21C25/02
Filed: 2015-10-10
Abstract: A combined mold core for a supercharged multichannel pipe divergent mold, which relates to the field of micro-bore-size multichannel pipe preparation. The combined mold core comprises a mold core (1), a lower mold (3), and a lower mold supporting plate (6). A lower mold through hole (4) is formed n the center of the lower mold (3). The outer contour of the lower mold supporting plate (6) is same as the shape and the size of the lower mold through hole (4), and the thickness of the lower mold supporting plate (6) is smaller than that of the lower mold (3), and the lower mold supporting plate (6) is located inside the lower mold through hole (4). Multiple upper mold core needles (2) are mounted at the bottom of the mold core (1), and multiple lower mold core needles (5) matching the upper mold core needles (2) are mounted on the top of the lower mold supporting plate (6). Two transverse sliding grooves (10) are symmetrically formed in the inner wall of the lower mold (3). Springs (8) and boss sliding blocks (7) connected to the springs (8) are transversely fixed in the sliding grooves (10). Each boss sliding block (7) comprises a boss (701) and a base (702). Supporting grooves (11) matching the front ends of the bosses (701) are formed in the lower supporting plate (6). The lower supporting plate (6) is supported inside the lower mold through hole (4) by means of the bosses (701). The front ends of the bosses (701) shrink into the sliding grooves (10) and can be fixed in the sliding grooves (10). The extrusion force in extrusion molding is improved The mold filling efficiency and the mold filling capability during extrusion forming are improved, thereby improving the forming quality of a product.
Patent GB-2566815-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle systems and methods to support the distribution of products
Inventor: THOMAS L HARPER
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-02-01
Abstract: Some embodiments provide vehicle systems comprising: a housing; a wheel system comprising at least one axle extending between at least two wheels positioned on opposite sides of the housing and supporting the housing; a mobile product distribution system comprising: a product movement system maintained within the housing; and multiple bay doors formed in the housing and with which inbound vehicles and outbound vehicles align while products are distributed from each of the inbound vehicles to at least one of the outbound vehicles; wherein the product movement system extends between the multiple bay doors and is configured transport the products from each of the inbound vehicles, through the housing and to at least one of the outbound vehicles.
Patent GB-2585620-A (GB)
Title: Closure
Inventor: JOHN HEIN
IPC: B65D83/08
Filed: 2018-09-03
Abstract: A closure 102 for a container 104 having a dispensing opening 106. The closure comprises: a base (108, figure 2) mountable on the container and connected by hinges 128 to a lid 110; a latching mechanism 112; a resilient element and an abutment formation (114 and 116, figure 3). On closing the lid, the resilient element deforms against the abutment formation and stores energy, which is transferred to the lid when it is de-latched from the closed position. The closure further comprises an aperture (118, figure 3) extending through the lid and/or base of the closure. When the lid is closed, the resilient element, which may be a tongue, is deformed and occupies aperture. There may be an annulus 142 around the opening, which may have a protrusion (344, figure 7) extending around it, and an end of the tongue 314 may be attached to the protrusion. There may be guide projections 134 and two integrally formed hinges, with the tongue in between. A container comprising the closure is also claimed.
Patent GB-2564027-A (GB)
Title: Non-aqueous liquid anti-shrinkage cement additives
Inventor: SAMUEL J LEWIS
IPC: C09K8/467
Filed: 2016-05-19
Abstract: [0044] The present disclosure relates to a method of cementing comprising: providing a cement composition comprising: water, a cement, and a non-aqueous liquid anti-shrinkage cement additive comprising calcined magnesium oxide and a non-aqueous liquid; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Non-aqueous liquid anti-shrinkage cement additives, cement compositions, and systems are also provided.
Patent GB-2565243-A (GB)
Title: Artificial neuron apparatus
Inventor: EVANGELOS STAVROS ELEFTHERIOU
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2017-02-24
Abstract: Artificial neuron apparatus includes a resistive memory cell connected in an input circuit having a neuron input, for receiving neuron input signals, and a current source for supplying a read current to the cell. The input circuit is selectively configurable in response to a set of control signals, defining alternating read and write phases of operation, to apply the read current to the cell during the read phase and to apply a programming current to the cell, for programming cell resistance, on receipt of a neuron input signal during the write phase. The cell resistance is progressively changed from a first state to a second state in response to successive neuron input signals. The apparatus further includes an output circuit comprising a neuron output and a digital latch which is connected to the input circuit for receiving a measurement signal dependent on cell resistance.
Patent GB-2570392-A (GB)
Title: Organic light emitting diode display
Inventor: WOO-RAM YOUN
IPC: H01L51/52
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode display. The organic light emitting diode display comprises: a substrate including a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel comprising a display area EA and a non-display area NEA surrounding the display area, the display area comprising a first display area EA1 at a centre region of the display area and a second display area EA2 surrounding the first display area; a first electrode 111 formed in the display area; an organic light emitting layer 113 formed on the first electrode and extending to the non-display area; a third, semi-reflective electrode 200 formed on a portion of the organic light emitting layer in the first display area; and a second electrode 115 formed on the third electrode and the organic light emitting layer, wherein the first and third electrodes are able to achieve a micro cavity effect.