baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2582740-A (GB)
Title: Neck pillow
Inventor: CEDRIC HENRI NICOLAS BLANC
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A neck pillow 700 with a central neck rest region 702, first and second arm regions 704, 706 defining a neck cavity 712, and a carrying handle 400 having a grasping member 402 and a mount 404. The mount affixes the grasping member to the concave rear outer surface 708 of the central neck rest such that a grasping aperture 406 is formed between the rear outer surface of the neck rest and the front surface 4030 of the grasping member. When a force is applied to the central region 4026 of the grasping member in the direction of the central neck rest region, the first and second arm regions are urged towards each other so that the pillow conforms to the user’s neck. The neck rest region, grasping member and mount may each be made of materials with different physical properties (e.g. rigidity, elastic modulus, durometer).
Patent GB-2569060-A (GB)
Title: Workload optimized data deduplication using ghost fingerprints
Inventor: NIKOLAS IOANNOU
IPC: G06F16/215
Filed: 2017-07-21
Abstract: A controller of a data storage system generates fingerprints of data blocks written to the data storage system. The controller maintains, in a data structure, respective state information for each of a plurality of data blocks. The state information for each data block can be independently set to indicate any of a plurality of states, including at least one deduplication state and at least one non-deduplication state. At allocation of a data block, the controller initializes the state information for the data block to a non-deduplication state and, thereafter, in response to detection of a write of duplicate of the data block to the data storage system, transitions the state information for the data block to a deduplication state. The controller selectively performs data deduplication for data blocks written to the data storage system based on the state information in the data structure and by reference to the fingerprints.
Patent GB-2572272-A (GB)
Title: A method of producing a two-dimensional material
Inventor: SIMON CHARLES STEWART THOMAS
IPC: C23C16/26
Filed: 2016-06-15
Abstract: Method of manufacturing a graphene hetero-structure, comprising; i) providing a substrate having nucleation sites within a close coupled reaction chamber; ii) introducing a gas phase precursor into the chamber; iii) heating the substrate to a temperature that is within a decomposition range of the precursor; iv) providing a separation between the substrate surface upon which a two-dimensional crystalline material is formed and the point at which the precursor enters the chamber that is sufficiently small, and a thermal gradient between the substrate surface and the point at which the precursor enters the chamber that is sufficiently steep, that the fraction of precursor that reacts in the gas phase within the chamber is low enough to allow the formation of the two-dimensional crystalline material, and wherein the distance between the surface of the substrate upon which the two-dimensional crystalline material is produced and the point at which precursor enters the chamber is less than 100mm, wherein the two-dimensional crystalline material is graphene and the precursor is a source of carbon, and, v) introducing a second precursor under a second set of reactor conditions to form the second layer on the substrate, wherein the graphene is formed and the second layer deposited thereon, or vice versa.
Patent GB-2586082-A (GB)
Title: Avionics unit
Inventor: Hugo Oliveira
IPC: B64D45/00
Filed: 2019-08-02
Abstract: An avionics unit 102 has a communications interface 106A interfacing with one or more avionics units 104, transmitting a signal to the other units. The signal has a first state, indicating a fault condition if the first state persists for a predetermined time. When the first state has a duration less than the predetermined time a processor modulates an output at the interface to provide a modulated signal indicating a characteristic of a present state of the avionics unit with respect to the fault condition, the modulated signal including the first state and a different second state. Preferably, after continuously receiving a signal having the first state for the predetermined time, a further avionics unit sends a signal to a health monitoring system to record data. The characteristic may be a measure of a separation between the present state of the avionics unit and the fault condition, the measure indicating the time until a fault condition is expected to occur. The avionics unit may be a back-up brake control unit, and receive signals from a number of brake pedal position sensors.
Patent GB-2586249-A (GB)
Title: Polymer recycling
Inventor: MARTIN ATKINS
IPC: C08J11/18
Filed: 2019-08-13
Abstract: A method for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to produce bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET) comprises the steps of (a) depolymerising PET in the presence of ethylene glycol and a catalyst system in a series of at least three depolymerisation reactors 10 to form a depolymerised mixture comprising BHET; (b) crystallising a precipitate comprising BHET from the depolymerised mixture; (c) dissolving the precipitate in methanol to form a solution comprising BHET; (d) removing impurities from the solution to form a purified solution comprising BHET; and (e) crystallising a purified product comprising BHET from the purified solution. Suitable apparatus for such a method is shown in figure 3, and the use of urea in a catalyst system therefor, are also provided.
Patent GB-2579141-A (GB)
Title: Two compartment bottle
Inventor: EDWARD JAMES KENNETH SWEET
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2019-11-14
Abstract: A bottle 10 suitable for the storage of two or more liquids comprising an outer container 12, at least one inner container (14, figure 3) and a lid 20 having a lower surface wherein the lid forms a closable outlet (30, 50, figure 2) for each container. The lid comprises connectors (generally denoted as 72, 76, figure 2) that are not concentrically aligned for the attachment of the containers which are also preferably not concentrically aligned. Thus, the outer container encircles the inner container(s). Preferably, the inner and/or outer containers may be thermally insulated. Ideally, the connectors intersect. Preferably, each outlet is protected with a closing device such as a rotatable cap 32, push-pull cap or closable straw 31. Preferably, the lid comprises a circular horizontal plate 46. Ideally, the lid also comprises air holes 44 for equalising the pressure within the containers. There is also a claim for a lid that is suitable for use with a bottle of the previous claims.
Patent GB-2593425-A (GB)
Title: Turbine house
Inventor: STUART FRANK MURPHY
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2019-11-18
Abstract: A turbine house 100 for a tidal energy system comprises a number of turbine assemblies each with a generator and at least one turbine. The turbine assemblies 100a-d are arranged in the turbine house so they can be removed together as a single unit. Optionally each turbine assembly comprises a module stacked vertically above other modules and the stack of modules is lifted out for maintenance, e.g. on a carrier assembly 200, the lift may use hydraulic rams and releasable locks with sealing elements using mechanical engagement. The turbines can have vertical or horizontal axes with closely-coupled or integrated generators. One embodiment has multiple sets, or arrays, of turbine assembly modules and an underwater turbine 121 which can also generate electricity with reverse flows from the landward opening 125 to the seaward opening 123; 114a and 120a are a seaward inlet and outlet and can be selectively closed by sluice gates; also provided are multiple dams and basins (figs.1, 2). A stated benefit is ease of maintenance. The invention applies to dams (11, 12, 13; figs.1,2), and tidal sea current power systems.
Patent GB-2589131-A (GB)
Title: Circuit board with self-destruction mechanism
Inventor: MARIAN CALIN NEMES
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2019-11-22
Abstract: A printed circuit board with self-destruction mechanism, the PCB comprising one or more integrated circuits and a self-destruct block implemented in the PCB layout. The self-destruct block may comprise an array of trace fuses. The trace fuses may be placed below a chip (e.g. an application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC) that requires data protection. The chip package and silicon die would be irreversibly damaged by a trace fuse vaporisation. A control block triggers the destruction of the self-destruct block when a trigger signal is received. A power block supplies power to the self-destruct block by means of a main power supply line. The self-destruct block is placed under the one or more integrated circuits. A sequenced detonation of trace fuses is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2590363-A (GB)
Title: Internally profiled tubes
Inventor: DOMINIQUE FLAHAUT
IPC: C10G9/20
Filed: 2019-12-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to internally profiled tubes or pipes made of steel. The tubes have fins formed on the inner wall of the tubes, and the fins extend continuously in a helical direction over at least a portion of the axial length of the tube, the fin having a varying helical pitch. The tubes are used in the petrochemical industry to crack oil, gas and shale feedstocks into simple hydrocarbons such as ethylene and similar products.
Patent GB-2597561-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring railway nodes
Inventor: HO WING CHAN
IPC: B61L29/30
Filed: 2021-02-16
Abstract: A system comprises a video camera 10 arranged to monitor a railway node 20 (i.e. a stop, crossing or junction) and a video analytics module 30. The module receives a video stream 32 from the video camera, analyses it 34 to generate an alert signal 36 upon determining that it meets an alert condition for a predefined scenario at the railway node, and sends the alert signal to a railway control centre, a public address system or an on-board train management system. The scenario may be a road vehicle inside or approaching a junction, a pedestrian inside a junction, crossing, or dangerous area of a station (Fig.8), a pedestrian exhibiting dangerous behaviour or in distress, or an overcrowded station. The video analytics module may include a classifier to identify an object of interest, a tracker to track its location and movement and a trip wire detector to generate the alert signal if it passes a mapped safety boundary.
Patent GB-2604871-A (GB)
Title: Safety signs
Inventor: MICHAEL MILBURN
IPC: G09F17/00
Filed: 2021-03-15
Abstract: A magnetic safety sign 10 comprises a piece of flexible material 12 having a top edge 16 and a bottom edge 20. Magnets 32, 34 are located near the top and bottom edges of the piece of material for removably secure the sign to a metallic surface. The fabric is shaped, e.g. by means of a sewn fold or dart 14, 16, such that at least a part of the fabric protrudes from the metallic surface to which the sign is attached. The sign further comprises at least one reflective element 26 arranged to protrude from the surface of the sign. The reflective elements may be formed by looped pieces of reflective material attached to the material of the sign. The sign may carry a warning and be attached to a roadside barrier.
Patent GB-2592501-A (GB)
Title: Method for the manufacture of a spatially varying dielectric material, articles made by the method, and uses thereof
Inventor: Trevor Polidore
IPC: H01Q9/00
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A stereolithography method of manufacture of a polymer structure having a spatially gradient dielectric constant, including: providing a volume of a liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating a portion of the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a layer of the polymer structure; contacting the layer with the liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a second layer on the first layer; and repeating the contacting and irradiating to form the polymer structure, wherein the polymer structure comprises a plurality of unit cells wherein each unit cell is integrally connected with an adjacent unit cell, each unit cell is defined by a plurality of trusses formed by the irradiation, wherein the trusses are integrally connected with each other at their respective ends, and the trusses of each unit cell are dimensioned to provide the spatially gradient dielectric constant.
Patent GB-2592314-A (GB)
Title: Modified methods and system of transmitting and receiving transmission control protocol segments over internet protocol packets
Inventor: PATRICK HO WAI SUNG
IPC: H04L45/74
Filed: 2019-10-01
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods which increase the throughput of a TCP-based communication between a first network node and a second network node. First, the first network node sent a first plurality of TCP segments to the second network node. Second, when the second network node receives a second plurality of TCP segments, which is all or part of the first plurality of the TCP segments, the second network node responds by sending one or more TCP acknowledgements to the first network node with the last sequence number of a last segment among all TCP segment within the second plurality of TCP segments. The present disclosure are able to increase the throughput of a TCP connection while decreasing its reliability.
Patent GB-2606204-A (GB)
Title: Component for use in an energy storage device or an energy conversion device and method for the manufacture thereof
Inventor: ROBERT NOBLE
IPC: H01M10/0562
Filed: 2021-04-29
Abstract: A component for use in an energy storage device or an energy conversion device has a first part including particles of a ceramic material; and a second part at least partially embedded in the first part and provided by a sheet having a plurality of through-thickness apertures. The component may be an electrode for a solid-state battery. The ceramic material may be an active electrode material. The first part may also include an ionically conductive constituent distributed between particles of the electrode material. The second part may be a sheet of electrically conductive material, for example including a metal or metal alloy. The apertures may be arranged in a grid and the second part may be provided by a woven mesh. A method of making the component may include depositing a slurry formed from combining particles of ceramic material with a liquid phase onto the sheet. After deposition the ceramic particles may be wetted with a solvent to partially solubilise them and then sintered by applying pressure and heat at a temperature of no more than 200 °C above the boiling point of the solvent to evaporate the solvent and densify the ceramic material.
Patent GB-2606358-A (GB)
Title: Engine brake device for an engine of a vehicle
Inventor: ADAM MILLER
IPC: F01L13/06
Filed: 2021-05-04
Abstract: An engine brake device 10 for an engine of a vehicle, comprising at least one firing rocker arm 12 pivotably arranged on a rocker shaft 16, the firing rocker arm 12 being actuatable by a firing cam, at least one brake rocker arm 14 pivotably arranged on the rocker shaft 16 besides the firing rocker arm 12, the brake rocker arm 16 being actuatable by a brake cam, at least one actuator rocker arm 20 pivotably arranged on the rocker shaft 16, wherein, by actuating the actuator rocker arm 20, at least one exhaust valve 22 is actuatable by the actuator rocker arm 20, and wherein the engine brake device 10 comprises at least one first piston 24 and at least one second piston 26 movably arranged on the actuator rocker arm 20, first and second pistons 24, 26 being respectively movable between extended positions in which the actuator rocker arm is actuatable by respective firing rocker arm 12 and brake rocker arm 14, and retracted positions in which the actuator rocker arm is not actuatable by respective firing rocker arm 12 and brake rocker arm 14.
Patent GB-2594217-A (GB)
Title: Detecting inappropriate activity in the presence of unauthenticated API requests using artificial intelligence
Inventor: XUEJIE YU
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2019-12-16
Abstract: Unauthenticated client access to an application (e.g., a SaaS -based web application) that employs unauthenticated API endpoints is monitored and protected by an access control system and method that leverages a neural network. The neural network is trained to recognize user behaviors that should be deemed to be "inappropriate" according to a policy. Using the neural network, the system provides effective discrimination with respect to unauthenticated user behavior, and it enables access controls to be more effectively enforced with respect to users that are not using the application according to an enterprise security policy. By training the neural network to recognize pattern(s) behind regular user behavior, the approach enables robust access control with respect to users that are unauthenticated. More generally, the approach facilitates access control based in whole or in part on API interactions with an application where the identity of the individuals making that access are unknown or necessarily ascertainable.
Patent GB-2610851-A (GB)
Title: Aerosol control
Inventor: DARREN SLOOF
IPC: G08B21/12
Filed: 2021-09-17
Abstract: An air quality monitoring system 200 comprising: a plurality of particulate matter, PM, sensors 208, positioned at a corresponding plurality of positions in a monitoring area 202; and an air quality processing device 216 coupled to each of the PM sensors via a communications network 218, the air quality processing device configured to: receive a particulate level signal from at least two of the plurality of PM sensors; and determine particulate matter flow between the at least two PM sensors based on the corresponding particulate level signals. An air filtering device may be coupled to the PM sensors having an adjustable fan speed in response to measured particulate levels. The system may be used in enclosed indoor environments.
Patent GB-2614032-A (GB)
Title: Observation device
Inventor: ALIAKSANDR ALSHEUSKI
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 2021-10-08
Abstract: An observation device, which for example can be comprised in a scope or sighting device, which has first and second imaging modules (e.g. cameras, imagers, or the like) that obtain images of substantially the same scene or within overlapping fields of view but in different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. infrared, thermal, visible, etc.) in a self-contained device or a modular device (where the modules are attached in use). The observation device generates a composite image in which a portion of an image obtained by one imaging module (i.e. in one region of the electromagnetic spectrum) is superimposed on another image (of substantially the same scene or within an overlapping field of view) obtained by the other imaging module (i.e. in a different region of the electromagnetic spectrum). The portion of the image which is superimposed on the other image occupies only a portion (i.e. not the whole, and preferably much less than 50%) of the composite image.
Patent GB-2607420-A (GB)
Title: Image processing apparatus and method for controlling the same
Inventor: Yuta Kawamura
IPC: G06V10/82
Filed: 2022-03-30
Abstract: A method of detecting an object of interest in an image, comprising: detecting a plurality of types of objects (subjects) in the image S404, (201, Fig.2B); receiving an indication of an object of interest (priority subject) from a user S407, (205, Fig.2B; Fig.3); and where there is a plurality of object types detected, determining a single object of interest based on the received priority subject type and the detected subjects S408, S409, (206, Fig.2B). A library (dictionary) of learned neural network weightings for each detectable object (204, Fig.2B) may be used during object detection. An object detection reliability score may be calculated and used in determining a single object of interest (S603, Fig.6). Each subject type may be given a priority for detection and determining an object of interest may be based upon the allocated priority, and where there are two objects of same priority the object with the highest normalised reliability score is selected as the object of interest (S603, S604, Fig.6). When an arbitrary region of the input image is specified, all the models in the library of learned neural network weightings may be applied to the area.
Patent GB-2607695-A (GB)
Title: Telescope bi-spectral catadioptrique
Inventor: ARNAUD DAVENEL
IPC: G02B23/02
Filed: 2022-04-11
Abstract: The invention provides a telescope 2 comprising a convex mirror 7, a concave mirror 6 perforated at its centre by an aperture, a separator lens 9, and two electromagnetic (EM) radiation sensors 12,13. The concave and convex mirrors are configured to reflect first and second EM radiation bands, and the separator lens is configured to separate the two bands 15,17 towards two optical routes 4,5 by reflecting the first band 15 and by transmitting the second band 17. The two EM radiation sensors are placed on either side of the separator lens and receive one or other of the EM bands. The arrangement of mirrors 6,7 is an inverted Cassegrain arrangement. The telescope could include two further sets of lenses 10,11 for focusing radiation onto the sensors, as well as a main lens 8. The separator lens could be manufactured from a material, or be covered with a multi-layer dielectric, which achieves the said separation of bands. The bands could be visible light or some subsection of the infrared to provide multi-spectral imaging.
Patent GB-2609298-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: JOSHUA HUGH MOFFAT
IPC: A62B18/10
Filed: 2022-06-15
Abstract: A face mask unidirectional valve assembly 100 comprises a valve seat member 104 providing a continuous valve seat surface 156 surrounding a non-circular, preferably square, valve orifice 116, and a plurality of cross-members 162 each extending partially across the valve orifice to meet at an intersection. A flexible, cantilevered valve flap 106 is mounted at a proximal fixed end region 108 to the valve seat member to engage the valve seat when closed to prevent air flow through the assembly. A valve cover member 102 is attached to the valve seat member and defines plural side-ports 178,180,182 communicating with the valve orifice when at least a free end region 110 of the valve flap is in an open position with respect to the valve seat to allow air flow through the assembly. The cross members 162 are arranged in a Y-shape configuration with two legs extending from the respective distal corners of the orifice and the third leg extending longitudinally relative to the flap axis. The intersection may be non-coaxial with the orifice to provide relatively larger ports 116 adjacent the side ports of the cover. Minimises flow obstruction and maximises flap support.