baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2589763-A (GB)
Title: Device, system, and program
Inventor: HIROAKI KII
IPC: G01T7/00
Filed: 2018-06-28
Abstract: This device is provided with: a distribution information acquisition unit that, on the basis of an image taken of a plurality of cells being cultured in a predetermined region, acquires distribution information about the distribution of the plurality of cells in the predetermined region; and a determination unit that, on the basis of the distribution information acquired by the distribution information acquisition unit, determines a culture status of the plurality of cells.
Patent GB-2587309-A (GB)
Title: Golf club heads with energy storage characteristics
Inventor: MARTIN R JERTSON
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2015-10-22
Abstract: A golf club head comprises a body with a heel, toe, sole, and strikeface 412. Three tiers of decreasing thickness (T1, T2, T3, fig. 4) extend rearward from the strikeface. A first transition region 416 is provided between the first and second tiers which has a first arcuate surface 420 with a first radius of curvature extending rearward and a second arcuate surface 422 with a second radius of curvature extending forward. These radii of curvature are at least two times the difference between the thickness of the first tier and the second tier. Also provided is a second transition region between the second and third tiers having a third arcuate surface with a third radius of curvature extending rearward and a fourth arcuate surface with a fourth radius of curvature extending forward. These radii of curvature are also at least two times the difference between the second thickness of the second tier and the third thickness of the third tier. This arrangement can disperse stress from the striking of the ball to prevent one large stress riser. The tiers may have a substantially constant thickness or decrease in thickness from the strikeface towards the rear.
Patent GB-2604587-A (GB)
Title: Method of operating a telecommunications network
Inventor: ANDREW CORSTON-PETRIE
IPC: H04L41/147
Filed: 2021-03-01
Abstract: A method 300 of operating a telecommunications network having a plurality of nodes. Historic reconfiguration instructions are stored, together with associated first and second status information from the nodes. The first status information being information received prior to reconfiguring the network according to the associated historic instruction and the second status information being information received after reconfiguring the network. When a new reconfiguration instruction is received 310 a similar historic reconfiguration instruction is identified from the stored instructions, and the first and second status information associated with the identified instruction are compared to determine if the instruction had a detrimental effect the network’s performance. A success confidence metric for the new reconfiguration instruction, representing a probability that the new reconfiguration instruction will not have a detrimental effect on the network’s performance, is calculated 320. The calculated metric is then compared to a threshold 330, and the new reconfiguration instruction is either implemented (if the metric is greater than the threshold) 350, or not (if the metric is less than the threshold) 360. The success confidence metric may take into account the extent of the detrimental effect that the similar historic instruction had.
Patent GB-2594147-A (GB)
Title: Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter with multiple sample capacitors
Inventor: DONELSON A SHANNON
IPC: H03M1/68
Filed: 2021-03-10
Abstract: A SAR ADC includes a plurality of capacitor networks 302, wherein each capacitor network of the plurality of capacitor networks has a sampling capacitor (312A, figure 3) for sampling an analogue input signal ADC-In, and at least one non-sampling capacitor (312B, figure 3). The SAR ADC also includes a DAC comprising a plurality of sub-DACs 310 including at least a first sub-DAC representing most significant bits of an output of the SAR ADC and a second sub-DAC representing bits of the output of the SAR ADC lesser in magnitude significance than those of the first sub-DAC. The output of the first sub-DAC is coupled to the sampling capacitors (312A, figure 3) of the plurality of the capacitor networks and the output of the second sub-DAC is coupled to a respective one of at least one non-sampling capacitor (312B, figure 3) of each of the plurality of capacitor networks.
Patent GB-2594574-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid Excitation Field Modulated Motor and Design Method of Multi-Working Harmonics Thereof
Inventor: WENXIANG ZHAO
IPC: H02K21/04
Filed: 2020-04-28
Abstract: A hybrid excitation field modulated motor and a design method of multi-working harmonics. The motor includes a stator 1 and an external sleeved rotor 2, wherein the stator includes a stator core, armature windings 3, field windings 4, and permanent magnets 5. The stator core is designed to have open slots; one set of windings are distributed in the open slots of the stator core, and each are wound around one stator tooth 6 in a concentrated manner, and each of stator teeth is provided with a recess on an outer surface. The other set of windings are placed in the recesses of the stator teeth, each of the stator teeth is split into two modulation teeth 7 by the recess, each of the modulation teeth has one permanent magnet placed thereon. The other set of windings are wound in a concentrated manner around two adjacent modulation teeth that are split from different stator teeth. A magnetisation direction of the permanent magnets is consistent with or opposite to a direction of a magnetic field formed by the field winding on the tooth. A permanent magnet magnetic flux and a field winding magnetic flux are connected in parallel in magnetic paths and are independent of each other.
Patent GB-2591397-A (GB)
Title: Manually actuated enteral feeding pump
Inventor: DONALD MCMICHAEL
IPC: A61M5/145
Filed: 2019-08-19
Abstract: Delivery pumps for providing a bolus or blenderized diet to enterally fed mammals are provided. A delivery pump according to the present disclosure is manually operated, and does not require mechanically powered operation. A delivery pump according to the present disclosure also has a size sufficient to contain an entire bolus or blenderized diet feeding, and is shaped to allow filling of the reservoir with a bolus or blenderized diet by a user. The present disclosure also includes a method of providing a bolus or blenderized diet to a mammal.
Patent GB-2607581-A (GB)
Title: Touch free actuator
Inventor: SIMON BRYANT
IPC: G01S17/04
Filed: 2021-06-02
Abstract: An actuator using at least one light projector 14 and at least one time-of-flight (TOF) sensor 12. Each light projector 14 projects light onto a surface S, e.g. an icon-style image. The light 24 from each projector 14 approximately overlaps with the detection area 22 of the respective TOF sensor 12. In use, an object may be placed in a detection zone 22. A controller receives a signal from each TOF sensor 12 and provides an actuation signal to a device, according to which detection zone 22 sees the object. In this way, that mode of the device is actuated which corresponds to the detection zone 22 in which an object was detected. The device may be a water dispenser and projected icons 24 may represent hot and cold water; if an object is detected in the corresponding detection zone 22, hot or cold water is dispensed respectively.
Patent GB-2594385-A (GB)
Title: Trailer characteristic estimation with vehicle sensors
Inventor: BHAVANA CHAKRABORTY
IPC: G01B11/02
Filed: 2020-02-13
Abstract: A system and method for estimating characteristics of a trailer. The system includes a trailer a vehicle with a sensor, a camera, and an electronic controller configured to receive first data from at least one of the sensor and the camera at a first location relative to the trailer, determine a second location relative to the trailer for the vehicle, the second location being a different location than the first location, generate a signal to move the vehicle from the first location to the second location, receive second data from at least one of the sensor and the camera at the second location, determine a characteristic of the trailer based upon the first data and the second data, and determine a movement behavior of the trailer based upon the characteristic before the vehicle couples to the trailer.
Patent GB-2593111-A (GB)
Title: Measurement and control of microbial contamination
Inventor: JAMES FAJT
IPC: E21B43/25
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: Samples of aqueous fluid are collected from surface production or post-production equipment receiving fluid from a wellbore producing oil or natural gas. A microbial parameter of the aqueous fluid is measured to determine microbial level in that equipment. An appropriate antimicrobial treatment is determined based on the measured microbial parameter and then applied to the aqueous fluid at the production or post-production equipment. This may comprise use of ultra violet radiation, ultra-filtration, thermal treatment, ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation or chemical treatment agents such as glutaraldehyde, THPS, quaternary ammonium salts, DBNPA, bronopol, methyl isothiocyanate, TTPC, ADBAC, DDAC, sodium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, ozone, bromous acid, and perchloric acid. The invention can inhibit microbes and biofilms which can cause deterioration of equipment, loss of efficiency in equipment, promotion and acceleration of corrosion on metal surfaces, or increased down time.
Patent GB-2608456-A (GB)
Title: Protective apparel
Inventor: BEN GRIFFITHS
IPC: D02G3/16
Filed: 2021-07-02
Abstract: A gauntlet or protective glove comprising a fabric having a first layer 12 comprising a yarn which is configured to provide mechanical protection (for example against abrasion, cuts, puncture or tearing); and a second layer 14 comprising an electrically insulating material configured to provide a wearer with protection against electric shock, wherein the gauntlet or protective glove is arranged such that the first layer is outermost when worn. Preferably a third layer 26 separates the insulating layer from the wearer; the third layer may be fireproof. Also claimed is a fabric formed of said layers, where the first layer comprises a yarn formed of an aramid filament and a mineral filament core. Also claimed is a yarn for use in such an application comprising a basalt filament core and an aramid filament wrapped around said core (figure 3). Preferably the aramid is wrapped around the core in an S or Z configuration. The glove might be worn by a worker in power utilities or the production or servicing of electric vehicles.
Patent GB-2595085-A (GB)
Title: Lighting systems including lens modules for selectable light distribution
Inventor: Raghuram L V Petluri
IPC: F21V13/00
Filed: 2016-03-02
Abstract: A lighting system 100 comprising a lighting module including first and second semiconductor light-emitting devices 128, 130, a first lens module including a first diverging lens 120 extending between first light input and output surfaces, the first light input surface including a first central cavity shaped as a portion of a spheroid, the first light output surface including a first raised region shaped as a sliced torus having a second central cavity, a second lens module including a second diverging lens extending between second light input and output surfaces, the second light input surface including a third central cavity shaped as a portion of a spheroid, the second light output surface including a second raised region shaped as a sliced torus having a fourth central cavity, a third lens module including a third diverging lens having a third light output surface spaced from a third light input surface, the third light input surface including a first lens screen having lenticular or microprismatic features, the first and second lens modules being aligned between the third lens module and the lighting module, with first lens axis being aligned with the first light emitting device’s axis and with the second lens axis being aligned with the second light emitting device’s axis.
Patent GB-2595835-A (GB)
Title: Move data and set storage key based on key function control
Inventor: TIMOTHY SLEGEL
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2020-02-14
Abstract: A single architected instruction to perform multiple functions is executed. The executing includes performing a first function of the multiple functions and a second function of the multiple functions. The first function includes moving a block of data from one location to another location, and the second function includes setting one portion of a storage key using one selected key and another portion of the storage key using another selected key. The storage key is associated with the block of data and controls access to the block of data. The first function and the second function are performed as part of the single architected instruction.
Patent GB-2610846-A (GB)
Title: Baler
Inventor: THOMAS PETRUS LAMBERTUS VAN DOORMAAL
IPC: A01F15/07
Filed: 2021-09-17
Abstract: A baler is configured to form a round bale B through a baling process that includes a bale-forming phase, a binding phase in which the bale is bound with a binding material F, and a cutting phase in which the binding material is cut. The baler includes a binding mechanism comprising a supply device (28, figure 3) for a supply of binding material and a feed mechanism 42 including a pull-off device 44 that draws binding material from the supply device and feeds it to a bale chamber. The pull-off device is configured to feed the binding material at a first feed speed S1 during the binding phase and at a second feed speed S2 during the cutting phase, where S2 is greater than S1. The supply device may include a pre-stretcher device 38 that stretches the binding material before it reaches the feed mechanism. The binding material may be a stretch film binding material.
Patent GB-2596466-A (GB)
Title: Subsea installations comprising corrosion-resistant flowlines
Inventor: LIAM THOMAS BRADWELL MACINTYRE
IPC: F16L1/26
Filed: 2019-04-09
Abstract: A subsea flowline comprising a rigid pipeline 14, a flexible subsea tie-in conduit 30, and a coupling 38 including a pivoting anchorage suitable for connecting an abandonment and recovery wire 34. The pipeline includes a corrosion resistant liner and the tie-in conduit can be made of composite pipe that is corrosion resistant. The pivoting anchorage may be a yoke including a pair of arms 58 connected to a yoke bridle 54 and pivoting at an axis 50. The coupling may be integral with an end fitting of the tie-in conduit. Also disclosed is a method of laying pipe that the connector may be used for. The method comprises launching a pipeline and subsea tie-in conduit from a single vessel.
Patent GB-2596687-A (GB)
Title: Self-calibrated method of determining borehole fluid acoustic properties
Inventor: WEI HAN
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2020-03-10
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining an acoustic parameter of a downhole fluid using an acoustic assembly. Methods include transmitting a plurality of pulses; measuring values for at least one wave property measured for reflections of the plurality of pulses received at at least one acoustic receiver, including: a first value for a first reflection traveling a first known distance from a first acoustically reflective surface having a first known acoustic impedance, a second value for a second reflection traveling a second known distance substantially the same as the first known distance from a second acoustically reflective surface having a second known acoustic impedance, and a third value for a third reflection traveling a third known distance from a third acoustically reflective surface having a third known acoustic impedance substantially the same as the second acoustic impedance; and estimating the acoustic parameter using the values.
Patent GB-2611762-A (GB)
Title: System and method for generating a model representing a mould for use in moulding
Inventor: ADAM LOFTS
IPC: G06F30/20
Filed: 2021-10-12
Abstract: A method for generating computer-aided design model of a mould for use in moulding a part represented by an input CAD model wherein a mesh is generated over the external surfaces of the input model, the mesh is analysed to generate visibility data of each point on the mesh and for each group of three orthogonal axis, the visibility data is used to identify and select a set of directions such that every point in the mesh is visible from the set of directions in combination. For each direction candidate pieces are identified that cover the visible regions of the mesh from that direction and a combination of the candidate pieces which together cover the whole mesh are selected. The combination of candidate pieces are divided about parting lines into a set of shells such that an output CAD model is generated to include model parts, each of which corresponds to a respective one of the set of shells and has a surface which conforms to the shape of the respective shell. Holes or hollows may be detected in the mesh after generation.
Patent GB-2603277-A (GB)
Title: Engine braking method and control system varying engine braking power within cylinder-number braking mode
Inventor: RAJESH NARAYANAN NAIR
IPC: F02D23/00
Filed: 2021-12-02
Abstract: Braking an engine 20 by operating an engine in a cylinder-number braking mode where exhaust valves 56 for at least some combustion cylinders 34 in the engine are operated in an engine braking timing pattern; determining a control term indicative of at least one of an intake air pressure or a change to an intake air pressure that varies a braking power of the engine; varying a position of an exhaust-impinged surface 60 in an exhaust turbine 50 for the engine based on the determined control term; varying a speed of an intake air compressor 52 for the engine driven by the exhaust turbine, based on the commanded varying of a position of the exhaust-impinged surface; and adjusting the braking power of the engine, within the cylinder-number braking mode, based on a change to intake air pressure in the engine occurring in response to the varied speed of the intake air compressor. Preferably determining the control term includes determining a desired intake manifold pressure (IMAP) and determining a control term includes determining the control term using a map associated with the requested cylinder-number braking mode.
Patent GB-2599541-A (GB)
Title: Method and compositions for modifying an additively manufactured metal or metal-alloy object
Inventor: MATTHEW J NOBLE
IPC: B33Y40/20
Filed: 2020-06-18
Abstract: Methods using formulations for processing a manufactured metal or metal-alloy object, in particular a metal or metal-alloy object manufactured by an additive manufacturing process, are disclosed. Methods, systems and equipment for using the formulations to remove excess materials from the surface, remove support materials, and/or modify the surface of a metal or metal-alloy manufactured object are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2601669-A (GB)
Title: Collision surface for improved ionisation
Inventor: Tamás Karancsi
IPC: H01J49/24
Filed: 2016-03-07
Abstract: A mass or ion mobility spectrometer comprises a first housing 214 which may comprise a bore (271, fig 7B). Analyte (e.g. aerosol, smoke or vapour from rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry REIMS) may be received at a first end of the bore and conveyed to the second end of the bore to a collision assembly (215, figure 7A) for ionisation. The collision assembly may be removably mounted to the first housing using a holder (229, fig 10). A first isolation valve (e.g. ball valve 216) may be configured to open when a capillary or sample tube (206, fig 7A) is inserted through the bore. This may allow the capillary or sample tube to be removed from the first housing without breaking vacuum. The first housing may be insertable within or connectable to a REIMS source housing 219, such that the first housing is rotatable to move a second isolation valve 220 of the REIMS source housing between open and closed positions.
Patent GB-2616613-A (GB)
Title: Obtaining fibrous material comprising cellulosic fibres
Inventor: PAUL STEPHEN PRICE
IPC: D21C5/00
Filed: 2022-03-14
Abstract: A method of extracting fibrous material comprising cellulosic fibres from green waste material 13, the method comprising: a first stage comprising macerating green waste material 13 under conditions of continuous mixing in an aqueous environment to at least partially break down the green waste material into cellulosic fibres, lignin, hemicellulose, pectin and chlorophyll; a second stage comprising separating the macerated green waste 13 into liquid and solid components, the solid component comprising fibrous material comprising cellulosic fibres, and optionally hemicellulose and lignin; a third stage comprising diluting and washing the solid component from the second stage, thereby further separating non-fibrous components from the fibrous material comprising cellulosic fibres; and a fourth stage comprising obtaining fibrous material comprising cellulosic fibres, from the third stage. A seventh stage may comprise refining the fibrous material from the fourth stage, optionally by high shear homogenisation and cavitation techniques. The fibrous material may be treated to separate cellulosic fibres from lignin. The first or third stage may comprise enzymatic treatment to liberate the cellulosic fibres, lignin, hemicellulose, pectin, chlorophyll.
Patent GB-2617066-A (GB)
Title: Toilet reservoir filling funnel
Inventor: KEVIN JOHN KIRK
IPC: B67C11/00
Filed: 2022-03-25
Abstract: A toilet reservoir filling funnel (100) configured to securely fit to a toilet reservoir filling aperture (4 figure 1) for a toilet reservoir (3 figure 1) of a camping toilet (2 figure 1). The toilet reservoir filling funnel (100) comprises a funnel head (106) having an inlet rim(112) defining a fill inlet (102); a spout (108) extending from the funnel head (106), the spout (108) having an outlet rim (114) defining a fill outlet (104) smaller than the fill inlet; wherein the spout (108) has a shape configured to support the toilet reservoir filling funnel (100) in an upright orientation when the spout (108) is fitted to the toilet reservoir filling aperture (4 figure 1). The funnel head (106) is upright and the spout (108) extends laterally relative to the funnel head (106); and wherein the funnel head (106) and the spout (108) are integrally-moulded.
Patent GB-2617371-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for characterization of breast tissue using multiparametric MRI
Inventor: AMY HEAVNER HERLIHY
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2022-04-06
Abstract: A method and apparatus for analysing MRI data of breast tissue is described. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a plurality of quantitative MRI scan images of at least part of the breast area using different MR pulse sequences and for each MRI scan image determining a plurality of MRI metrics from the acquired quantitative MRI scans. The determined metrics are then used to generate a plurality of MRI metric maps from which at least one of: a breast composite map and a heterogeneity map are calculated to show tissue characteristics of fat and non-fat tissue in the MRI image. Breast tissue heterogeneity characteristics are determined from at least one of the breast composite map and the heterogeneity map and clusters of data from at least one of the breast composite map, breast heterogeneity map and the breast tissue heterogeneity characteristics are identified. The MRI images may be non-contrast images.