baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2558562-A (GB)
Title: Aftertreatment temperature control apparatus and method
Inventor: JONATHON HARTLAND
IPC: F02M26/08
Filed: 2017-01-05
Abstract: A compressor 10 supplies compressed air to the exhaust conduit 3 of an engine, eg a diesel engine, to control the operating temperature of an SCR device 26. The compressor 10 may be that of a turbocharger 9 or may be an electric compressor used in combination with a turbocharger. The compressed air may be supplied via an injection line 33 connected to a low-pressure EGR line 28. A high pressure EGR line 18 may also be provided. A valve 36, controlled by control unit 37, may be provided in the injection line 33 or at its inlet 34 or its outlet 35. The control unit 37 may cause compressed air to be supplied to the exhaust conduit 3 during regeneration of the DPF by closing the LP-EGR valve 32 and opening the injection line valve 36. The exhaust aftertreatment system 23 may also include a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) 24 or a lean NOx trap (LNT), and a particulate filter 25, eg DPF, or a selective catalytic reduction filter (SCRF). Heat exchangers 6, 31 may be provided downstream of the compressor 10 and in the LP-EGR line 28, respectively.
Patent GB-2560325-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector
Inventor: DANIEL DIMITROV
IPC: H01R24/58
Filed: 2017-03-07
Abstract: An electrical connector comprising first and second terminals. The first terminal has three fixation members 30a-30d, two of which are longitudinally offset from each other, with one fixation member being on a different side of the terminal to another. The second terminal has two recesses 18a-18d which are longitudinally offset and are arranged to receive fixation members, inhibiting relative movement between the terminals in two degrees of motion, which may be increased to four or six degrees. Some of the fixation members may: be biased, preferably being hook-shaped, with a base and an anchor section; or, comprise a recess, which is preferably V-shaped. The first terminal may have a housing with a front opening and three resilient electrical contacts, arranged similarly to the fixation members. The housing may have four sidewalls, with the electrical contacts on two opposite internal surfaces and the fixation members on the remaining internal surfaces. The recesses of the second terminal may be V-shaped and arranged on opposite sides. There may be three of these recesses. The second terminal may have a flat first section of tapered shape 16, 17 and a wire connection section. A vehicle comprising the connector is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2549390-A (GB)
Title: A system for tracking physical objects
Inventor: Nicholaus Adam Jones
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: A method of predicting a location of a physical object comprises using a mobile device to scan identifiers 2212, 2214, 2216, 2218 of different physical objects A-D, for example disposed in a retail facility 2200. The mobile device 200 transmits the identifiers to a distributed computing system 240. The distributed computing system may query a database to determine the locations of the physical objects associated with the identifiers. In response to not being able to retrieve a location of a physical object, the distributed computing system determines a projected path of the mobile device based on known locations of the plurality of physical objects. The system predicts the location of the physical object for which the location was unknown based on the projected path. The system may verify the location is where the physical object is supposed to be and may issue an alert storing the determined location/determining a new location to move the physical object.
Patent GB-2552073-A (GB)
Title: Insect trap
Inventor: HEATHER FERGUSON
IPC: A01M1/22
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: An electrocution-type insect trap for non-destructive capture of mosquitoes, in which an electric field for mosquito electrocution is optimisable through the provision of a variable voltage power supply. The insect trap can be portable and can be battery-powered, to enable use in remote locations. The variable voltage power supply can be arranged to controllably multiple an input DC voltage to an output DC voltage that is supplied to an electrocution grid. The electrocution grid may surround all or part of a cavity for receiving a lure (e.g. a living subject) to attract mosquitoes. The electrocution grid may comprise a plurality of parallel spaced-apart conductive elements that are electrically connected to the variable voltage power supply so that the output DC voltage creates an electric field between adjacent conductive elements.
Patent GB-2564459-A (GB)
Title: Use of cannabininoids in the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder
Inventor: BENJAMIN WHALLEY
IPC: A61P25/28
Filed: 2017-07-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of one or a combination of the phytocannabinoids cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for use in the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder. In particular the neurodegenerative disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The phytocannabinoids may be used in combination with medication used or tested in the treatment of ALS, such as riluzole, edaravone, olexisome, talampanel or ceftriaxone. Preferably THC is used with olexisome. In one embodiment the phytocannabinoid is present as an extract of the cannabis plan, such as a botanical drug substance (BDS). The phytocannabinoid may be present as a highly purified, isolated or synthetic cannabinoid.
Patent GB-2567021-A (GB)
Title: Gradual reset of filter coefficients in an adaptive noise cancellation system
Inventor: SANG-IK CHO
IPC: G10K11/178
Filed: 2017-11-21
Abstract: An active noise cancellation (ANC) circuit that, responsive to detecting a condition that triggers a reset of the adaptive filter, resets the coefficients in a plurality of steps. The condition that triggers the reset may be one or more of wind noise; scratching on a device housing; tonal ambient sound; divergence of the coefficients; and an excessive increase in the coefficients. The increment the coefficients may be accomplished by using a weighted moving average of the coefficients; an additive average of the coefficients; or a configurable smoothing factor set by a type of the condition that triggers the reset. The plurality of steps occur over a configurable duration of time and the final values of the coefficients may be a pre-determined. The adaptive filter may comprise: a feedback filter that applies the response of the adaptive filter to an error microphone signal; an adaptive secondary path estimate filter which models an electro-acoustic path of the source audio signal to minimise the error between an error microphone and the secondary path estimate; or a feed-forward filter having a response that is shaped in conformity with an error microphone and a reference microphone signal.
Patent GB-2563310-A (GB)
Title: Satellite or interface unit for centralised or remote heating
Inventor: MARCO CALEFFI
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 2018-03-07
Abstract: A heating satellite or interface unit for monitoring the water temperature in a buildings hot water system, the unit being connected to a water heating system, such as a boiler, and having a first 4 and second 5 delivery conduit for supplying water to a central heating system 2 and a domestic hot water system such as taps 3 respectively. Return conduits 6, 7 feature adjustment valves 9, 25 to control the circulation of water through the pipes returning water to the heating system, whilst the secondary conduit also features a flow meter 22 that measures the rate of fluid flow returning from the domestic hot water system. Temperature sensors 13, 21 are used to detect the temperature of the water as it flows to the central heating or domestic hot water systems whilst sensor 27 measures the temperature of the returning water. Control unit 30 is connected to the valves, sensors and the flow meter and is configured to adjust the temperature of the circulating water in response to the requirements of the domestic hot water or central heating systems.
Patent GB-2559290-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for dual automobile electric charger
Inventor: EDWARD MORGAN
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2016-10-05
Abstract: A multi-port charging unit is capable of charging at least two electric vehicles (EVs) utilizing a power supply configured to provide charging power to one EV. The multi-port charging unit includes a power cable configured to couple to a first EV. The multi-port charging unit also includes a power cable configured to couple to a first electric vehicle (EV) also includes an expansion port configured to couple via a removable conductor to a second EV. The multi-port charging unit also includes a switch configured to selectively couple a power source to the power cable and the expansion port. The multi-port charging unit further includes a processor configured to operate the switch to repeatedly alternate providing a charging power to the first EV and to the second EV.
Patent GB-2572673-A (GB)
Title: Seatbelt assembly
Inventor: DANIEL VINCENT VEGA
IPC: B60R22/18
Filed: 2019-02-05
Abstract: A seatbelt restraint system includes a first member 32 including a first hole 34, a second member 38 including a second hole 40 and slidably coupled to the first member between a retracted position (figure 7) in which the first and second holes are aligned and an extended position in which the first and second holes are spaced from each other, a buckle housing 42 fixed to the second member, and a tongue 44 including a third hole 46 and insertable into the buckle housing to an inserted position in which the second and third holes are aligned. After the tongue is inserted into the buckle both may move against the biasing action of a spring 80 so as to cause the first, second and third holes to align so that a latch 94 may engage all three holes. When the buckle is to be disengaged button 84 may be pressed so as to disengage the latch and thus allow the spring to bias the second member and buckle housing to the extended, and thus more accessible, position.
Patent GB-2569479-A (GB)
Title: Sensor-enabled gate valve
Inventor: LEO W FLEURY
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 2013-01-30
Abstract: A gate valve (2000, fig 18) comprising a body (110), a stem (2810), a sensing bore 2230 defined in the stem, and a top cover 2110 which defines an adapter bore 1940 (fig 20) in fluid communication with the sensing bore of the stem. Also claimed is a method of sensing an aspect of a water control system. The method comprises gaining access to the water control system through a sensing bore defined in a stem of a gate valve, at least temporarily removing water for testing from the sensing bore and sensing an aspect of the removed water. Preferably, the valve further comprises a bushing 1910 defining at least one radial bore 1925, 1927 and a bushing annulus 1930. Preferably, the stem defines a shaft annulus 1920 (fig 19) such that the sensing bore, shaft annulus, radial bore, bushing annulus and the adapter bore define a flow path.
Patent GB-2584397-A (GB)
Title: Visual authentication input
Inventor: STEVE WATTS
IPC: G06F21/36
Filed: 2019-05-03
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of authentication of a user by means of visual inputs. An authentication device to which the user wishes to authenticate themselves comprises a display and a camera. An array of symbols is presented at the display which comprises at least part of the user's authentication passcode. The device's camera uses eye tracking software to track movements of the user's eye(s) in order to determine which portion of the display the user is looking at. The user inputs the relevant symbol for their passcode by holding their gaze at a portion of the display which shows that symbol. A processor cross references the portion of the display against which the user's gaze is held with the symbol located in that part of the display. The processor then determines whether the symbol matches the user's stored passcode.
Patent GB-2585934-A (GB)
Title: A walking aid device
Inventor: TAMARA STELLA MOREEN HERRING RENNIE
IPC: F16B47/00
Filed: 2019-07-25
Abstract: A walking aid device 99 comprising a body 1, defining a first end 61 and a second end 63, the first end arranged for receipt of a walking stick and the second end arranged with a surface contact 3 for contacting ground. Twisting or rotating the body creates a vacuum between the surface contact and the ground, holding the walking aid upright and in place. The aid may further comprise a suction cup, which may have a hole 4 for equalising inside and outside pressure; it may also comprise a plug to close the hole. The portion of the aid for receiving a walking stick may be tapered.
Patent GB-2588156-A (GB)
Title: Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance
Inventor: STEFAN KOCH
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2019-10-10
Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance comprises a rotatable agitator assembly 42, a main body (12, fig 1) defining an agitator chamber 40 within which is supported the agitator assembly, the agitator chamber includes a suction opening (28, fig 3) through which a portion of the agitator assembly projects to engage a surface to be cleaned and an outlet 54 through which, in use, energised dirt particles leave the agitator chamber to enter a rear section 22 of the main body as the agitator assembly sweeps them rearwardly from the surface, wherein the rear section comprises a plurality of deflection panels (50, fig 4b) defining a dust channel 52 extending between the outlet of the agitator chamber and an exhaust outlet 32 of the cleaner head through which the energised dirt particles are drawn from the dust channel and wherein the plurality of deflection panels comprise respective concave surfaces 74, 80, 86 configured to deflect the energised dirt particles from the outlet of the agitator chamber towards the exhaust outlet through a series of sequential collisions.
Patent GB-2583157-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive skin patch and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: MIN YOUNG BANG
IPC: A61N2/06
Filed: 2019-10-31
Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive skin patch 100 and a method for manufacturing the same. The patch comprises a body containing one or more magnets 10, which may be made from neodymium, ferrite or alnico, and have an aluminium oxide layer formed on their surface. These magnets may also be cylindrical or conical. The body layer 20 is connected to an adhesive layer 30, which is in turned connected to an adhesive pad 40 configured to have one surface adhered to the patch body and the other surface facing a direction opposite to the surface and adhered to the skin. The adhesive layer includes a silicone-based resin, a curing agent and a thermoplastic resin, and the thermoplastic resin includes one or more selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, an ethylene acrylate copolymer and thermoplastic urethane.
Patent GB-2575604-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic flow valve for borehole use
Inventor: Steven R Merrill
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 2018-04-11
Abstract: A valve for a plug passage features opposed perforated magnetic discs that repel each other to stay apart allowing flow through the openings of the spaced discs. When a predetermined flow rate is exceeded, the magnetic repelling force is overcome and one disc moves toward the other to shut off flow as contact between the discs closed the openings between them. One way is to offset the openings and guide the moving disc axially while rotationally locking the moving disc. Another way is to spirally guide the moving disc so that openings initially aligned rotate out of alignment. One or more edge slots can be provided in each disc to sweep out debris that can settle between the discs that would otherwise impede the moving disc from contacting the stationary disc for passage closure.
Patent GB-2588774-A (GB)
Title: Augmented reality headset for medical imaging
Inventor: CEDRIC SPAAS
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2019-11-05
Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) system 100 for medical use comprising an AR headset 2 and a processor 12. The AR headset comprises a camera 6a, 6b, a near eye display 4a, 4b and a distance sensor 10a,10b. The processor provides the image obtained by the camera as an overlay on the display, using the distance sensor and the position of the wearer’s eyes to adjust the image for the mismatch between the position of the camera and the point of view of the wearer. The processor may generate a 3D model of the target based on the light collected by the camera and establish a fixed reference point about which the relative arrangements of target, headset and wearer’s eyes can be determined. The headset may comprise a light source 8, that may be an infra-red source, providing light to be incident on the target and detected by the camera.
Patent GB-2582686-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus
Inventor: GEORGIOS GERARDOS
IPC: G01N35/10
Filed: 2019-11-11
Abstract: A biochemical assay apparatus comprising an enclosure, a movable platform in the enclosure, a linear actuator motor, and a sample processing device mounted on the platform. The processing device comprises a manifold; a compartmentalised housing mounted on the manifold for receiving a sample in an elongate fluid compartment, wherein the housing has a valve compartment, a rack and an air chamber sealed by a plunger; a rack of elongate vessels mounted in the rack at an elevated, non-deployed position, each vessel sealed by a fluid plunger, wherein the rack is movable from the elevated position to a non-elevated position to cause the vessels to fluidly connect to the manifold; an antibody array mounted beneath a floor of the manifold such that the manifold can fluidly couple each vessel to the array; and an array valve. In an initial position the linear actuator is substantially coaxial with the elongate air chamber whereby on actuation the actuator depresses the air plunger to cause air from the chamber to enter the fluid compartment and flush the sample into a first fluid chamber of a first elongate vessel of the rack for dilution; in a next position the actuator depresses the fluid plunger to cause the diluted sample to enter the array; in a second position the actuator depresses the fluid plunger of a second elongate vessel to cause a wash solution to enter the array and in a third position the actuator depresses the fluid plunger of the third elongate vessel to cause a label reagent to enter the array.
Patent GB-2591280-A (GB)
Title: Filter
Inventor: ANDREW COX
IPC: C02F103/42
Filed: 2020-01-24
Abstract: A water filter comprising a housing 102 having a water inlet 106 and an outlet 108, the housing defining a filtration chamber 104 therein, the filtration chamber having filter media therein comprising a plurality of at least partially porous filtration beads 114. The beads may be porous through the entire bead and may be substantially spherical. The beads may have a dry average material density of 0.1-1.2 kg/litre and may have a diameter of 10-30mm. The beads may be ceramic and may also be hydrophilic. The filter media may comprise primary filter media and the filter chamber comprises a plurality of secondary filter media which are different to the primary filter media. A filtration system comprising the filter and a pump for pumping water into the inlet is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2597053-A (GB)
Title: Interlocking low friction non-axle rotational joint for precision installations including folding guitars
Inventor: KENNETH ROBERT HATTERSLEY
IPC: G10D3/095
Filed: 2020-06-24
Abstract: An adjustable hinge joint with clamping arrangement, such as for a folding guitar or other stringed instrument. Fine adjustment of the angle between the joint faces is provided, preferably using adjustable set screws (26, 28, figures 21-28) protruding from one of the joint faces. The hinge joint can be clamped using a tensioning force mechanism 9, 18 and tie-bar 10 or tie-plate which between them provide at least three contact points on the guitar sections. A string keeper 4 is permanently attached to the guitar and holds the strings in place when the guitar is folded using a bar (19, figure 17) across the joint. When the guitar is unfolded the string keeper can be rotated to the rear of the guitar and covers the clamping arrangement to prevent unintentional folding (figure 17). The hinge joint is formed using C-shaped part-rings (12, 15, figure 5) joining three body parts (11,13,14, figure 5). The hinge joint could also be used for doors or folding shelves or platforms.
Patent GB-2602482-A (GB)
Title: Radiotherapy apparatus with optimised detector
Inventor: DAVID ROBERTS
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2020-12-31
Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus with a multi-leaf collimator (MLC, 200, figure 2) has a radiation beam detection device 300 comprising a first detector 310 (preferably a two-dimensional array) to detect a position of a phantom, and at least one second detector 321,323,325,330 to detect a position of each leaf 202,204 of the MLC. The first detector may be of a higher resolution than the second detector. The first detector may image a projection of the phantom when the phantom is near the isocentre of the beam. A controller 140 may determine the position of the central axis of the beam and of each leaf of the MLC with respect to the apparatus. The second detector(s) may be a one-dimensional array of sensors 370, each aligned with a respective MLC leaf; it may comprise orthogonal detectors to detect the profile of the beam in two dimensions. The detection device may measure a dose of radiation delivered to a patient.
Patent GB-2590330-A (GB)
Title: Calibrating time-lapse seismic images for production operations
Inventor: CHAO GAO
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2019-05-28
Abstract: A system and method can be used for to calibrating time-lapse seismic volumes by cross-migration rescaling and reorientation for use in determining optimal wellbore placement or production in a subsurface environment. Certain aspects include methods for cross-migration of data sets processed using different migration techniques. Pre-processing of the data sets, optimization of rescaling and reorientation, and identification of adjustment parameters associated with minimum global error can be used to achieve a time-dependent formation data set that addresses error in all input data sets.
Patent GB-2606366-A (GB)
Title: Self-activated speech enhancement
Inventor: AHIKAM LAVI
IPC: G10L25/78
Filed: 2021-05-05
Abstract: A noise reduction module for emphasising speech content in an audio stream (eg. a conference call using Voice over Internet Protocol coded frames) determines whether the two-channel audio stream is either monophonic (ie. the two channels are identical) or not monophonic, and outputs a decision to bypass noise reduction if it isn’t. The system may start the stream in bypassed mode and then apply noise reduction when speech is detected (via eg. Voice Activity Detection).
Patent GB-2592326-A (GB)
Title: A treadmill exercise apparatus
Inventor: FREDERICK MURRAY
IPC: A63B22/02
Filed: 2018-12-07
Abstract: An exercise apparatus 10 includes a treadmill mounted on a frame with a rotating conveyor 22 providing a moving surface for a person to exercise thereon. There are also at least three static foot support portions 26, 28, 30 connected to said frame allowing the person to stand on the apparatus and not on the moving surface; the first and second foot portions 26 and 28 being located on a side of the moving surface with respect to the direction of travel, and the third being located in front or behind the conveyor. The third foot support portion 30 is at a height higher than the adjacent portions of the moving surface. The foot portions may be used to perform leg exercises wherein one foot is static on a foot portion and the other foot engages the moving belt. The first and second portions may allow “scooter”-type leg movements in the sagittal plane, while the third portion may allow leg movements in the frontal plane.