baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2568738-A (GB)
Title: An improved interface between an outer end of a wing and a moveable wing tip device
Inventor: BENJAMIN BISHOP
IPC: B64C3/56
Filed: 2017-11-27
Abstract: An aircraft comprises a wing, having a fixed wing 1005 with a wing tip device 1003 moveably mounted at the outer end thereof. The wing tip device 1003 is moveable between: a flight configuration; and a ground configuration. The wing tip device 1003 and the fixed wing 1005 are separated along an oblique primary cut plane (1013, figure 4). The wing tip device 1003 and the fixed wing 1005 meet along an interfacing cut line 1035. The interfacing cut line 1035 comprises a first length 1037 offset from the primary cut plane 1013 in a first direction; a second length 1041 that extends within a plane (P, 5b) containing the axis of rotation 1011, or a plane parallel thereto; and a transition section 1039 over which the interfacing cut line 1035 transitions from the first length to the second length. The second length may extend around the upper surface, around the leading edge and onto the lower surface.
Patent GB-2568740-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead load relief device
Inventor: PER OSEN
IPC: E21B41/08
Filed: 2017-11-27
Abstract: A wellhead load relief device 8 features a receptacle 10 for receiving a well control equipment and an adjustable support mechanism 16 for supporting a well control equipment (6, figure 1) received in the receptacle. The well control equipment can be a BOP, Christmas tree or a subsea tree. In an alternative embodiment the wellhead can be a subsea wellhead. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided a method of moving well control equipment, having the wellhead load relieve device 8, from a first to a second subsea wellhead. This method requires disconnecting the wellhead load relief device from the seabed and disconnecting the well control equipment from the wellhead. Then, the wellhead load relief device with the well control equipment located therein is moved to above the second wellhead, and both are then connected to the second wellhead. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided a method of uninstalling well control equipment by disconnecting the wellhead load relief device from the seabed and disconnecting the well control equipment from the wellhead. Then both the well control equipment and wellhead load relief device are retrieved to the surface.
Patent GB-2555761-A (GB)
Title: Disposable eye patch/shield
Inventor: JEAN-FRANCOIS DURRETTE
IPC: A61F9/04
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A shield for protecting the eye of a patient who is undergoing treatment of a facial area, such as the nose-bridge, forehead, temple, or an area immediately surrounding the eye. The shield has an outer shell of a formed semi-flexible or rigid metal foil that extends all the way to the edge of the shield, including an adhesive area of the shield that holds the shield around the eye of the patient. The foil layer is combined with one or more layers of polyester to avoid reflection of the light energy on the user or one or more layers of foam to provide for heat insulation, adhesion and patient comfort. The shield is formed at the contact portion to fit over the orbital area of the patient's eye.
Patent GB-2573501-A (GB)
Title: Building member
Inventor: HARVEY RICHARD THORP
IPC: E04C2/04
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: The facing building member 30 has a front face 32 and a rear side 34, the rear side being profiled by cutting with a water jet to provide a mechanical key. There may be a plurality of keys provided by a regular pattern of recesses 36, 38 separated by projections 40, 42. The recesses may have a dovetail profile having rounded edges. The facing building member may be a brick slip formed by cutting an original brick into two identical slips. The original building member may be a moulded clay brick. The rear side may be inclined such that the distance between the rear and front faces decreases across the building member. The building member may be a corner member having a side face. The cutting water jet may include garnet solid abrasive. Also claimed is a method of forming a cladding panel comprising forming a plurality of the facing building members, locating them in a required pattern in a mould, and locating a settable material onto the rear of the facing building members to form a panel once set. The settable material may be fibre reinforced ultra high performance concrete.
Patent GB-2573575-A (GB)
Title: A temperature controller
Inventor: Phil Crompton
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 2018-05-11
Abstract: A controller 5 for a temperature-controlled apparatus includes a control switch 21, such as a triac, and an overheat switch 26, such as a contactor or relay, for connection in series with a power supply 6 and a heating element 14. The controller has a microcontroller 18 connected to the control switch to toggle the control switch between conducting and non-­conducting states. The microcontroller is configured to implement a watchdog function 32, which is configured to detect an error state in the microcontroller. The watchdog is configured to control a watchdog output 34 of the microcontroller. The watchdog output is connected to the overheat switch to toggle the overheat switch into a non-conducting state upon detection by the watchdog of the error state in the microcontroller. An extension module for a controller for a temperature-controlled apparatus is also provided to enable operation with a three-phase power supply.
Patent GB-2567983-A (GB)
Title: Microwave instrument
Inventor: GARY BEALE
IPC: A61B18/18
Filed: 2017-08-25
Abstract: A microwave system comprises a microwave generator and a microwave cable apparatus comprising a coaxial cable having a diagonally-angled end surface, wherein the microwave generator is configured to provide microwave energy to the cable apparatus at a frequency that provides directional radiation of microwave energy having a desired directionality from the diagonally-angled end surface.
Patent GB-2567602-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for adjusting the clearance between a rotor and a concentric stator of an aircraft turbine engine
Inventor: BAPTISTE MARIE AUBIN PIERRE JOUY
IPC: F01D11/24
Filed: 2017-08-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the clearance between a rotor (1) and a stator (2) surrounding same, which is carried out by modifying the delivery flow carried in a rotor recess (9) in order to provide a bleed flow that prevents the gases from the flow section (3) from penetrating into the recess. A valve (22) can partially close the delivery circuit, thus reducing the cooling of the rotor structure (10) and allowing the expansion thereof and the reduction of the clearance with the stator (2), for certain operating speeds including cruise operating speeds. In addition, the delivery air is heated more at a lower flow rate, especially if it is made to follow a bypass (24) provided with meanders (26) in the hottest portions (17) of the circuit.
Patent GB-2582152-A (GB)
Title: Improved net for meat product
Inventor: STUART BAIRD REVILL
IPC: D04B21/12
Filed: 2019-03-12
Abstract: Shrinkable food packaging comprises a food encapsulating structure formed from a knitted thread which shrinks on contact with moisture such that a compressive force is imparted onto the encapsulated food. The structure may be a tubular net 10 for encapsulating a meat product, the net comprising spaced apart warp 11 and spaced apart weft threads connected to each other. Only the weft threads may shrink on contact with water or alternatively only the warp threads may shrink on contact with moisture. Both the warp and weft threads may shrink on contact with moisture. The thread may be cellulosic, viscose, nylon, polyester or polynosic fibre. The weft threads may comprise spaced apart pairings of first, elastic threads 12 and second, shrinkable threads 13, the threads unconnected, such that before wetting the net is stretchable and upon wetting the shrinkable wefts shrink. The first and second weft threads may be knitted to warp threads. The first weft threads may be bare rubber or have rubber core covered by helically wound yarn. The second shrinkable weft may be a bare yarn. The warp threads may comprise yarn that shrinks on contact with moisture.
Patent GB-2584898-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor devices
Inventor: JAN JONGMAN
IPC: H01L51/05
Filed: 2019-06-20
Abstract: A device, comprising: a stack of layers defining at least: a first conductor pattern (e.g. source-drain pattern) 4a,4b at a first level of the stack; a semiconductor channel layer 8; a capacitively coupled conductor of a second conductor pattern 16a,16b (i.e. a gate pattern) at a second level of the stack; at least a first insulator pattern 10,12 (e.g. an interface dielectric layer 10 and/or gate dielectric layer 12) over which said first conductor pattern 4a,4b or said second conductor pattern 16a,16b is formed; and at least a second insulator pattern 14 (e.g. continuous interlayer dielectric), wherein the second insulator pattern 14 defines a window which in turn defines a semiconductor channel region above the semiconductor channel 8, where the first insulator pattern is disposed within the window in the second insulator pattern 14. The second insulator pattern 14 may partially overlap the first insulator pattern 12,14. Also disclosed is a method of forming the device.
Patent GB-2584733-A (GB)
Title: Secure ultra wide band ranging
Inventor: JAROSLAW NIEWCZAS
IPC: H04L25/02
Filed: 2019-07-29
Abstract: A method for use in a wireless communication system, which in the embodiments is an ultra-wide band (UWB) system. A receiver receives data comprising a plurality of channel distorted synchronisation codes and a plurality of channel distorted cipher codes. A receiver cipher sequence is generated at the receiver, the receiver cipher sequence comprising a plurality of receiver cipher codes. The received data is analysed to identify correlations between the plurality of channel distorted cipher codes and the plurality of receiver cipher codes and the identified correlations are accumulated as accumulator data 501. One or more peaks in the accumulator data are identified and a first accumulator peak 540 that meets one or more criteria (e.g. 510, 520, 530) is identified and used to identify the first path of a data packet from a transmitter. Aspects of a receiver and transmitter corresponding to the method are also presented.
Patent GB-2581007-A (GB)
Title: Fixture for machining parts and method of using same
Inventor: GARY DOBBINS
IPC: B23Q3/06
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A machining fixture 10 is configured to secure a blank part (60, Figure 2) having inner 63 and outer 61 circumferential surfaces, a first axial face 62 opposing a second axial face 64, and at least two threaded blank part openings 65 extending inwardly from the second axial face and toward the first axial face. The fixture 10 includes an annular body sized to be disposable upon a pallet 55 of a machine table. The body has an upper surface 20 including a substantially flat annular surface section 21, an opposing lower surface 27 and at least two through-holes 42 extending between the upper and lower surfaces. At least two fasteners 70 are disposed at least partially within a separate one of the at least two through-holes such that the two fasteners project upwardly from the upper surface, and the at least two fasteners 70 are configured to threadedly engage a separate one of the at least two blank part openings 65 to removably clamp the second face 64 against the body flat surface section 21. The blank part may be an annular ring-shaped part such as a ring seal or bearing.
Patent GB-2580230-A (GB)
Title: Control of a seating arrangement
Inventor: NIGEL ANTHONY ROSE
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2017-12-18
Abstract: A method of controlling a deployable calf rest 27 of a rear vehicle seat 18, comprising receiving a signal indicative of a state of a front seat 82 component positioned ahead of the rear seat, and controlling movement of the calf rest in dependence on the signal, comprising adjusting calf rest extension to move a calf rest cushion towards or away from a rear seat cushion. When the calf rest is in a stowed configuration, the calf rest moves from the rear seat cushion towards a floor, calf rest pivots to an intermediate position, calf rest extends further away from the rear seat cushion and pivots to a deployed position (figure 14). When the calf rest is in a deployed position, the calf rest retracts towards the rear seat cushion, pivots to a generally vertical orientation below the rear seat and retracts further towards the rear seat cushion to reach a stowed configuration (figure 15).
Patent GB-2583246-A (GB)
Title: A method for unbiased estimation of individual metal thickness of a plurality of casing strings
Inventor: AHMED ELSAYED FOUDA
IPC: G01N27/90
Filed: 2019-02-18
Abstract: A method for estimating metal thickness on a plurality of casing strings in a cased hole may comprise obtaining a multi-channel induction measurement using a casing inspection tool, constructing a forward numerical model of the multi-channel induction measurement, using the forward numerical model in an initial guess estimation algorithm to estimate a first set of metal thicknesses of the plurality of casing strings, wherein the initial guess estimation algorithm places bounds on the metal thicknesses, using the forward numerical model in an inversion scheme to estimate a final set of metal thicknesses, wherein the first set of metal thicknesses are one or more initial guesses for the inversion scheme and the inversion scheme places no bounds on the metal thicknesses. A system may comprise an electromagnetic logging tool and a conveyance. The EM logging tool may further comprise a transmitter and a receiver.
Patent GB-2598111-A (GB)
Title: Digital signatures
Inventor: Michaella Pettit
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2020-08-18
Abstract: A digital signature is shared amongst participants sharing a private key by a signing party obtaining a message (eg. part of a blockchain transaction) and hashing a first external data item (via eg. a random salt) in order to generate a first ephemeral private key share (eg. a Joint Verifiable Sectret Share JVSS) from the hashed item. An ephemeral public key is generated from this private key, and a digital signature share generated from the original message, the shares of the private key, and the ephemeral public key. This signature share is then made available for generating a signature when a threshold of available signature shares is reached.
Patent GB-2590118-A (GB)
Title: Steering mechanism and wheelchair including the same
Inventor: JUNJI TAKADO
IPC: A61G5/10
Filed: 2020-09-15
Abstract: The steering mechanism is for a wheelchair having a frame 2, front fork 51 turnable relative to the frame 2 and rotatably holding a steering wheel. The steering mechanism 8 has a column shaft 50 extending from a rear portion of the front fork 51 and turnably supported by the frame 2, a rocking bar 81a rockably attached to the frame 2 moved by a rider, and a link mechanism 82 joining and allowing the rocking bar 81a to turn the shaft 50. The link mechanism may have a damper 82c to transmit and absorb forces. A base 80 may be fixed to the frame 2 and pivotably hold the rocking bar 81a. The rocking bar 81a connections to the link mechanism 82 and the base 80 may be displaced. Also disclosed is a steering mechanism for a wheelchair as above but including the column shaft, with the steering mechanism including the base.
Patent GB-2587512-A (GB)
Title: Coordination of cache memory operations
Inventor: BURKHARD STEINMACHER-BUROW
IPC: G06F12/084
Filed: 2019-03-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coordinating an execution of an instruction sequence by a processor device of a coherent shared memory system. An instruction is executed and causes the processor device to fill a copy of a memory line to a processor cache memory. The memory line is flagged by the processor device upon detection of first flag information which indicates that propagation of memory coherence across the shared memory system in respect of the memory line is unconfirmed. The memory line is unflagged by the processor device upon detection of second flag information which indicates that the propagation of memory coherence in respect of the memory line is confirmed. Upon execution of a memory barrier instruction, a completion of execution of the memory barrier instruction is prevented while the memory line is flagged.
Patent GB-2590784-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of data record management
Inventor: DANIEL GREWAL
IPC: G06F16/33
Filed: 2020-10-30
Abstract: A method of generating prediction (probability) values for identifying non-meaningful or redundant content in unstructured natural language data records (unstructured dataset, e.g. employee performance reviews records). The method includes: based on the unstructured dataset generating a structured dataset that contains frequency values of terms (e.g. terms relating to performance) found in the unstructured dataset, normalising the frequency values based on an inverse proportionality of the values, determining redundancy prediction values and displaying that part of the unstructured dataset that has redundancy prediction (probability) greater than a threshold. The structured dataset may be based on a bag-of-words model that uses n-grams having two or more terms. Redundancy prediction may include determining a cosine similarity between records in the unstructured dataset. Normalising the relative frequency may include generating a Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TFIDF) matrix based on the structured dataset. The method may be used to identify redundant, non-meaningful, or superfluous content in the unstructured dataset, e.g. that a manager may have copied and pasted text across two or more performance review goals for a given employee.
Patent GB-2601758-A (GB)
Title: A method of reducing acrylamide in coffee extract and a soluble coffee product
Inventor: IAN BROWN
IPC: A23F5/18
Filed: 2020-12-08
Abstract: A method of reducing acrylamide in coffee extracts comprising contacting an acrylamide-containing aqueous coffee extract with spent coffee grounds (SCG) at 70-120ºC for at least 30 minutes to form an acrylamide-depleted coffee extract. Preferably, the extract is contacted with SCG for 2-10 hours at 100-120ºC in a continuous process. Preferably, the acrylamide-containing coffee extract comprises from 1-55wt% soluble coffee solids and the SCG forms a bed that is held in a sealed pressure chamber. The acrylamide-depleted coffee extract may comprise less than 400ppb acrylamide. Preferably, the method includes earlier and later steps to produce a soluble coffee product. The earlier steps may be i) providing SCG and roasted and ground coffee beans and ii) performing an aqueous extraction of the roasted and ground coffee beans at 175-220ºC, preferably 175-205ºC to obtain an acrylamide-containing aqueous coffee extract. A later step may be spray-drying the acrylamide-depleted coffee extract to provide a soluble coffee product.
Patent GB-2605374-A (GB)
Title: A Hyperbaric Chamber
Inventor: ADRIAN M DUBOIS
IPC: A61G10/02
Filed: 2021-03-29
Abstract: Hyperbaric chamber 1 comprising first 2 and second 4 rigid frame members which are connected to a base 6 to support a layer of gas impervious material to form a gas tight enclosure 8. The enclosure has a closable valve and a gas tight closable access hatch 10 which when closed hermetically seals the enclosure. The chamber may have a spacer connector 24 which connects the first and second frame members. The spacer may be adjustable in length. The frame members may be outside the enclosure. The base may be gas impermeable and have the gas impervious material connected thereto. The enclosure may have a filtering system and/or a pressurising means like a pump. The chamber may have a pressure sensor. The sensor may send an alert signal to an alarm when a predefined pressure is reached. The chamber may be portable and/or collapsible.
Patent GB-2598658-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Navigator
Inventor: DAVID CHAVEZ
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 2021-06-29
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and system that interact with a self-servicesystem on behalf of a customer and without requiring a presence of the customer during the interactions. An illustrative method includes receiving one or more inputs from a customer, where the one or more inputs define a desired action to take on behalf of the customer with the self-service system in the absence of the customer’s presence. Contact information is used to automatically establish a communication session with the self-service system. When a prompt is received from the self-service system the desired action in response to the prompt is performed on behalf of the customer and in the absence of the customer’s presence. Further, a second prompt can be received from the self-service system which determines that input is required from the customer and access to the communication session is provided to the customer. The self-service system may be an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system operated using DTMF or voice input, or it may consist of text based messaging with a chatbot. Methods of training an AI component to update interaction models are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2603019-A (GB)
Title: Multi-motion appliance
Inventor: WALTER BERNARDI
IPC: B25F3/00
Filed: 2021-07-02
Abstract: Disclosed are power tools, such as motorised cleaning tools 100, comprising a pin 132 which causes oscillating or reciprocating motion of an accessory. In one embodiment, the power tool comprises two shafts with corresponding gears 124, and a rotating member 134 driven by one of the shafts. A yoke is driven by the other shaft and moves the pin. An oscillating link is moved by the pin to cause oscillatory motion of the accessory. The oscillating link may have a slot to receive the pin, and the pin may have a corresponding portion that extends beyond a surface of the oscillating link to cause reciprocating motion. In an alternative embodiment, the power tool comprises a rotating member which can be attached to a rotating accessory and an oscillating member 160 which can be attached to an oscillating accessory. The pin outputs reciprocating motion to a reciprocating accessory. A motor drives the rotating member, the oscillating member, and the pin such that the rotating, oscillating and reciprocating motions are output simultaneously by the power tool.
Patent GB-2609676-A (GB)
Title: A method and a system for detecting free space region in surroundings of autonomous objects
Inventor: Srividhya Kannan
IPC: G06T7/70
Filed: 2021-10-12
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting a free space region in surroundings of autonomous objects 101. The method is performed by a detection system 106 and comprises receiving real-time image 112 and real-time point cloud data 103 of scene ahead of the autonomous object 101. The scene comprises at least one of, one or more obstacles and free space region. Further, the method comprises determining variance for each pixel of the real-time image 112, based on information in the plurality of pixels. Furthermore, the method comprises mapping the real-time image 112 with the real-time point cloud data 103. Thereafter, the method comprises providing the real-time mapped image (404, fig 5 not shown) and the variance (402), to a neural network (501). The neural network determines the free space region in the surroundings of the autonomous object 101.