baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2542025-A (GB)
Title: Closure
Inventor: JAMIE SPENCER TINSLEY
IPC: B65D83/08
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: A container comprising an aperture (106, fig. 1a) for dispensing sheet material and a closure 200 for the aperture. The closure comprises a base 202 arranged adjacent the aperture, a lid 204 hingedly connected to the base and configured to move between an open position and a closed position, and a latch for releasably securing the lid in the closed position. The closure further comprises a resilient element 266 located between the base and the lid and arranged to deform and store energy upon movement of the lid into the closed position, and to transfer stored energy to the lid upon the lid being de-latched from the closed position. The resilient element may comprise a first end (266a, fig. 3c) that is coupled to the base and a second free end (266b) distal the first end. In some claims two resilient elements are provided.
Patent GB-2554859-A (GB)
Title: NOx adsorber catalyst
Inventor: Desiree Duran-Martin
IPC: C01F17/235
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst comprising a catalyst composition that comprises a support material, one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, and a NOx storage enhancer selected from the group consisting of scandium, yttrium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, strontium, or metal oxides thereof. The support may be alumina, ceria, a ceria/zirconia mixed or composite oxide, or a magnesia/alumina mixed or composite oxide. The one or more platinum group metals may be palladium, platinum, rhodium, or mixtures thereof. The catalyst composition may be supported on a metal or ceramic substrate that may take the form of a flow-through monolith or a filter monolith. Alternatively the catalyst composition can be extruded to form a flow-through or filter substrate. Further aspects relate to an emission treatment system and a method of treating an exhaust gas using the catalyst composition. Also claimed is use of a NOx storage enhancer to improve low temperature NOx storage capacity, improve the NOx reduction activity and improve the N2 selectivity.
Patent GB-2540697-A (GB)
Title: Components for medical circuits
Inventor: LAITH ADEEB HERMEZ
IPC: B32B27/00
Filed: 2010-12-22
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a medical circuit component comprises the steps of: mixing a foaming agent into a polymeric base material and forming a liquefied mixture; allowing the foaming agent portion to release gas bubbles into the base material portion of the liquefied mixture; and arresting the release of gas bubbles and processing the mixture to form a water-vapor permeable component, wherein the foaming agent and polymeric base material are selected and the mixture is processed to form a water-vapor permeable component comprising a solid polymer and voids distributed throughout the solid polymer, wherein the permeability P of the component in g-mm/m2/day is at least 60 g-mm/m2/day measured according to Procedure A of AST 'I E96 (using the desiccant method at a temperature of 23°C and a relative humidity of 90%) and satisfies the formula: P > expf0.019[1n(14)]2 - 0.71n(M)+6.5), in which Al represents the elastic modulus of the foamed polymer in Iv1Pa and M is between 30 and 1000 MPa.
Patent GB-2559569-A (GB)
Title: Touch sensor
Inventor: Justin Anthony Church
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor comprises sets of X and Y electrodes having a zeroth order branch extending in an x and a different y direction respectively. The zeroth order branches of the X and Y electrodes cross each other at crossing points to form a two-dimensional array of nodes which defines a touch sensitive area. The aspect ratio of the touch sensitive area is equal to or greater than at least one of: 4:3, 3:2, 8:5, 16:9 and 8:3. In a first aspect the area covered by the X electrodes is at least approximately the same as the area covered by the Y electrodes, so that the self-capacitance of the X electrodes and the self-capacitance of the Y electrodes are at least approximately the same. In a second aspect a controller of the touch sensor comprises X and Y sensor inputs operable to maximum X and Y self-capacitances that are at or above the self-capacitances of the respective electrodes. Also disclosed is a computer automated method for designing a pattern of X and Y electrodes having higher order branches extending alongside one another, by varying dimensional parameters affecting the branches, in order to meet a specification.
Patent GB-2561910-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for measuring add power of a contact lens
Inventor: DAOZHI WANG
IPC: G01M11/02
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: A contact lens has a central region having a first optical power, and an annular region surrounding the central region having a second optical power. In a method of measuring the add power, the wavefront aberration of the contact lens is measured; a polynomial is fitted to the measured wavefront aberration, wherein terms of the polynomial correspond to types of aberration comprising defocus and astigmatism, and to residual aberrations; and the add power is calculated as a defocus corresponding to the residual aberrations. The polynomial may be a weighted sum of orthogonal polynomials, wherein the polynomials may Zernike circle polynomials. The add power may be calculated by discarding the terms of the polynomial corresponding to defocus and astimagtism to leave terms of higher aberration order, in order to calculate the residual aberrations using the modified polynomial. The central region may be a distance-vision region and the annular region may be a near-vision region, or vice versa. Further annular regions may be provided, such that the regions alternate between the first and second optical powers. A method of manufacturing and testing a contact lens with a desired add power is also provided.
Patent GB-2565330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to organic material
Inventor: LISA JANE EDWARDS
IPC: G01J1/42
Filed: 2017-08-10
Abstract: A wearable standalone skin monitor for use with a person or animal which includes a ultraviolet (UV) sensor 34, humidity sensor 35, and skin temperature sensor (48, Fig. 2); indicators 36, 38; one or more switches (41, 43, Fig. 2); an electrical power supply; a programmable logic circuit including a processor and a programmable electronic memory. The circuit is programmed with one or more predetermined values to characterise the type of person or animal which is using the monitor. The electronic memory is programmed with predetermined values and thresholds associated with specific levels of harm for a safe accumulated UV exposure level and optionally heatstroke risk level for the type of person or animal. The circuit is programmed to operate a warning indicator when an accumulated UV, and optionally a measured skin temperature, and/or heat stroke risk level exceeds the predetermined safe values. The monitor may have strap 50 for attaching the monitor to a part of a human or animal body.
Patent GB-2567207-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing systems
Inventor: LARS OSKAR FLORDAL
IPC: G06T1/60
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: A tile-based graphics processing system comprises a graphics processing pipeline (3) comprising a plurality of processing stages, including a rasteriser (23) that rasterises input primitives to generate graphics fragments to be processed, a renderer that processes fragments generated by the rasteriser to generate rendered fragment data, and a tile buffer (30) configured to store data locally to the pipeline. The graphics processing system is operable to cause data for use when performing graphics processing operations for each tile of a set of tiles to be loaded into the tile buffer before graphics processing operations are performed for any of the tiles of the set. Also disclosed is determining whether sufficient space is available in the tile buffer (depth buffer or colour buffer), and allocating such space for use by the pipeline.
Patent GB-2567856-A (GB)
Title: Anti-motion sickness device
Inventor: SPENCER SALTER
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: There is provided a method for improving comfort of an occupant of a vehicle, particularly for relieving motion sickness or carsickness. The method comprises receiving data from sensors S502 measuring the physiological properties of the occupant and data regarding one or more dynamic properties of the vehicle e.g. yaw, pitch, etc. In dependence on the received data, a probability of motion sickness of the vehicle occupant is determined S504 and this probability is compared to a threshold value S506. If the determined probability of motion sickness exceeds the threshold value S508, a vehicle orientation is determined and a datum e.g. artificial horizon, is displayed at a position within the vehicle in dependence on the determined vehicle orientation S510. The horizon may be projected onto the vehicle interior or displayed on a screen. The horizon may be displayed at an angle depending on the roll or pitch of the vehicle. The horizon may not be displayed if the occupant is asleep, and the threshold value may be dependent on the age, gender and motion sickness dose value of the occupant S505.
Patent GB-2554257-A (GB)
Title: Subsea horizontal connection arrangement
Inventor: Steinar Lindemann Hestetun
IPC: F16L23/04
Filed: 2016-04-28
Abstract: A horizontal connection arrangement for subsea connection of a first hub (2) arranged on a first subsea module to a second hub (5) arranged on a second subsea module. The first hub is fixed to a first holding unit (21) and the second hub is fixed to a second holding unit (31). A sliding unit (22) is slidably mounted to the first holding unit so as to be horizontally moveable in relation to the first holding unit (21). A connector (40) for connecting and securing the first hub to the second hub is mounted to the sliding unit and horizontally moveable together with the sliding unit between a retracted position, in which an outer end (9) of the first hub projects beyond a front side (45) of the connector, and an advanced position, in which the outer end (9) of the first hub is received inside the connector.
Patent GB-2568956-A (GB)
Title: A platform
Inventor: STEPHEN BRIGHT
IPC: E06C1/39
Filed: 2017-12-04
Abstract: A platform 10 comprises two or more ladders 20, 30, of the type having stiles 25, 26 and rungs 40, the ladders releasably attachable together in a side-by-side arrangement such that the rungs of each ladder are in the same plane. At least two of the rungs on each ladderare hollow, through which hollow rungs a first elongate member 50 is arranged to pass through co-axially positioned hollow rungs of each ladder. The first elongate member comprises a widened portion at one end thereof, and a releasable locking member 60 at the other end thereof, to releasably clamp the ladders together. Preferably, a stabilizing member 70 is arranged between two adjacent ladders. The stabilizing member may also include a bracket 130 for attaching a stiffening member 140. At least one deck plate 110 may be arranged on one of the ladders.
Patent GB-2573261-A (GB)
Title: Sleep activity detection method and apparatus
Inventor: ALESSANDRO RODOLFO GUAZZI
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2018-02-26
Abstract: Detecting sleep activity comprising receiving 20 one or more input signals which may include signals from physiological and environmental sensors. These signals are normalised 22 and then segmented 26. A circadian rhythm value is calculated 24 from a circadian rhythm model, and a sleep-wake pressure value is calculated 24 from a sleep-wake pressure model. A sleep probability value is calculated 36 as a function of a least one characteristic of the segmented normalised signals (e.g. mean and standard deviation values for each segment), and the circadian rhythm and sleep-wake pressure values. An output signal indicating that the input signals comprise a sleep episode if the sleep probability value is above a predefined threshold 38. The signals may be normalised by subtracting the baseline and dividing by a maximum of a period of the signals. The signals may be segmented using the Bayesian online changepoint detection.
Patent GB-2562870-A (GB)
Title: NOx adsorber catalyst
Inventor: GUY RICHARD CHANDLER
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2018-03-28
Abstract: A lean NOx trap catalyst for diesel engine comprising (i) a first layer consisting essentially of a mixture or alloy of rhodium and platinum, a cerium-containing support material and an inorganic oxide, (ii) a second layer underneath the first one and (iii) a substrate. The weight ratio of rhodium to platinum may range from 1:10 to 10:1 and is preferably about 1:1 and the total loading of Pt and Rh may range from 17.7 to 1766 g/m3. The cerium-containing support material may be selected from ceria, a ceria-zirconia mixed oxide and an alumina-ceria-zirconia mixed oxide and is preferably cerium oxide. The inorganic oxide may be alumina, ceria, magnesia, silica, titania, zirconia, niobia, tantalum oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide and mixed oxides or composite oxides thereof, preferably alumina. The first layer is preferably free of palladium, alkali and alkaline earth metals and rare earth metals other than cerium. Additional layers may be present and any of the layers may form a flow-through or filter substrate. A method of treating exhaust gas from a lean burn diesel internal combustion engine is also claimed.
Patent GB-2558127-A (GB)
Title: Utilities supply apparatus
Inventor: Harrison Leaf
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 2016-11-07
Abstract: A utility supply apparatus (1) for controlling supply of a utility to multiple consumer supply lines or loads, a head unit (3) communicable with a control centre (50) via a communications network (40), and capable of sending and receiving customer credit data and commands to or from one or more hubs or peripheral devices, a hub unit (2) comprising a data processor (24), memory (20) and a switch assembly (29); arranged to selectively control provision of a utility service for each of a plurality of customer supply lines, wherein the memory arranged to store data including but not limited to a value of remaining credit for each customer, which is calculated by the processor comprising customer credit data received from the head unit, and comprising use of an input indicative of customer utility usage; the processor arranged to determine when the remaining credit meets disconnect criteria stored in the memory, and if met, to operate the switch assembly to stop supply of utility to the or each customer for whom said criteria is met.
Patent GB-2574819-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for converting motion
Inventor: DAVID MARTYN
IPC: F16H21/10
Filed: 2018-06-18
Abstract: The assembly comprises: a first member 4; a second member 6 pivotally connected at a first position 12 on the second member to a first position on the first member; a third member 8 pivotally connected at a first position 14 on the third member to a second position on the first member; and a fourth member 10 pivotally connected at a first position 16 on the fourth member to a second position on the second member and pivotally connected at a second position on the fourth member to a second position on the third member; the first position of each respective member being spaced apart from the respective second position. The distance between the first position 12 on the second member and the second position 16 on the second member is a distance X and the distance between the first position 16 on the fourth member and the second position 18 on the fourth member is a distance Y. The distance X being equal to the distance Y.
Patent GB-2568987-A (GB)
Title: Targeted protein degradation
Inventor: LEWIS LEE BRAYSHAW
IPC: C07K14/705
Filed: 2018-07-02
Abstract: A method for regulating the level of a protein comprises tagging it with a ubiquitin targeting protein which comprises a minimal degron (degradation tag) structural motif hairpin structure (see Table 1 at page 12). In particular, the polypeptide sequence comprises a chimera of a chimeric antigen receptor fused to a degron such as SEQ ID No:6-14 (page 44) derived from Ikaros 3, CK1 alpha, ZFP9 or GSTP1. Such fusion proteins may be encoded by a polynucleotide in an expression vector, expressed in a cell and formulated for use in gene therapy or used to produce an immunomodulatory cell such as a T-cell.
Patent GB-2577262-A (GB)
Title: Method of cooling battery cells
Inventor: SUNOJ CHERIAN GEORGE
IPC: H01M50/569
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: A method of cooling an array of battery cells (7, figures 5 and 7) within a chamber in a housing (3a 3b, figures 2 and 3). The battery cells are electrically connected via a busbar (10, figure 7) having at least one terminal tab 60, 61 for connection to an electrical terminal in the housing. Coolant is supplied through an opening 70, 71 in the housing into the chamber. The coolant flow impinges upon part of the terminal tab and as a result at least a part of the coolant flow is diverted from its inlet flow path. The inlet flow may be diverted towards a distal lower corner (62, figure 7) furthest from the opening. A body portion of the tab may be at an angle between 60 and 85 degrees with respect to a coolant flow axis. The tab may be angled towards the lower corner, furthest from the opening. The battery may comprise a cell tray (4, figures 2-5) for supporting the battery cells. Openings (35-40, figure 4) in the cell tray may allow coolant to pass from one side of the cell tray to the other.
Patent GB-2579050-A (GB)
Title: Control methods and systems
Inventor: Philip David Abdy Collins
IPC: B41J3/407
Filed: 2018-11-16
Abstract: A method and a system for controlling an arrangement of at least two nozzles that moves relative to a shape is disclosed; each nozzle traces a respective path on the shape, and each nozzle is configured to jet drops at actual jetting locations along the respective path of said nozzle. The method and system comprises identifying a maximum error distance in dot position and providing a sequence of actuation events from a control signal to be more frequent than would be needed for an arrangement printing on a flat surface to produce the required dot resolution. It is then possible to select which of the individual nozzles are to jet for a given actuation event from the sequence so that the actual jetting locations deviate from the target jetting locations by no more than a defined maximum error distance.
Patent GB-2581331-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for vehicle protection
Inventor: TARIK SAFIR
IPC: B60R25/32
Filed: 2019-02-05
Abstract: A method 500 for protection of a vehicle (100), the method comprising: receiving 502 information from a sensor; comparing 504 the information with known signatures indicative of a likely attack; determining 506 whether a known signature indicative of a likely attack is present; and if a known signature indicative of a likely attack is present, placing 508 at least one system of the vehicle into a heightened state of alert. Placing at least one vehicle system into a heightened state of alert may comprise: activating at least one further sensor; sending a notification to a remote location; and/or performing steps to further secure the vehicle. The method may further comprise countering an attack on the vehicle or repelling an intruder, for example with strobe lighting or a loud warning, respectively. Machine learning may be used to learn signatures indicative of: a likely attack, attack or intruder. If the vehicle is autonomous or semi-autonomous, it may drive away to escape from the environment if a likely attack is detected.
Patent GB-2567987-A (GB)
Title: Remote transmitter apparatus and method
Inventor: KEVIN TALBOT
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2017-08-24
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a remote transmitter unit for controlling access to a vehicle. The remote transmitter unit has a transmitter for transmitting a wireless signal to the vehicle and movement sensing means for sensing movement of the remote transmitter unit. At least one processor is provided for receiving a signal (SXYZ) from the movement sensing means. A memory is connected to the at least one processor. In dependence on the signal (SXYZ) received from the movement sensing means, the at least one processor is configured to determine that the remote transmitter unit has been dropped and to generate a drop notification signal (SD). The present disclosure also relates to a method of monitoring a remote transmitter unit; and to the combination of a vehicle and a remote transmitter unit.
Patent GB-2574555-A (GB)
Title: Adaptable processing components
Inventor: SIDDHARTH AJEET PATWARDHAN
IPC: G06F40/20
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: In configuring a processing system with an application made up of machine learning components, where the application has been trained on a set of training data, the application is executed on the processing system using another set of training data. Outputs of the application produced from the other set of training data identified that concur with ground truth data are identified. The components are adapted to produce outputs of the application that concur with the ground truth data using the identified outputs of the application.
Patent GB-2577189-A (GB)
Title: Angular response compensation for DAS VSP
Inventor: XIANG WU
IPC: G01V1/52
Filed: 2017-06-28
Abstract: A system for processing DAS VSP surveys is provided. The system includes a DAS data collection system coupled to at least one optical fiber at least partially positioned within a wellbore and configured to either activate or passively listen to a seismic source of energy for one or more times. The system further includes an information processing system connected to the DAS data collection system. A seismic dataset is received from the DAS data collection system recorded in a spatiotemporal domain. The seismic dataset is converted into intercept-time ray-parameter domain dataset. Local apparent slope is determined for each seismic signal in the received seismic dataset. Amplitude correction is performed for the received seismic signals by using the slowness profile and the determined local apparent slope in the intercept-time ray-parameter domain dataset. The corrected intercept-time ray- parameter domain dataset is converted back into the spatiotemporal domain.
Patent GB-2590894-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for attaching a trampoline mat to a trampoline frame
Inventor: DAVID WOODMAN
IPC: F16B2/20
Filed: 2019-11-18
Abstract: A method for attaching a trampoline jumping mat 2 to a trampoline frame 3 using a clip 1 comprising an aperture 5 and a hook 4. The method also uses an elastic connector 6 comprising a first portion 8 and a second portion 9, the first portion comprising a loop. The method comprises the steps of: (a) passing part of the elastic connector through the clip aperture; (b) attaching the clip to the frame using the hook; (c) passing the first portion of the elastic connector around both the hook and the frame; (d) passing the second portion of the elastic connector through the loop of the first portion of the connector; and (e) connecting the second portion of the elastic connector to the trampoline jumping mat. A clip for attaching a trampoline jumping mat to a trampoline frame is also described, the clip comprising a hook for attaching the clip to the trampoline frame, an aperture through which an elastic connector may be passed, and a fastener 7 to which the elastic connector and/or a second elastic connector may be fastened. The clip fastener may be a protrusion. The clip hook may comprise a groove (11, Fig. 1).