baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2580318-A (GB)
Title: Mono material bag with tear-off prevention
Inventor: CARL STONELY
IPC: B65D75/58
Filed: 2018-12-27
Abstract: The application discloses a flexible pouch which comprises a tear stop 11. The tear stop prevents a tear from propagating through the entirety of the pouch such that an opening may be formed to access the contents without the need of ripping the pouch into separated pieces. The pouch comprises front 1 and back panels which are heat sealed along edges 2, 3 forming seams 4, 5. The seams are of constant width along the entirety of the pouch. The tear stop is located in one of the seams. Preferably, the tear stop is a cut or slit comprising straight and curved portions. Ideally, the pouch comprises a notch for initiating the tear. The pouch may also comprise a closure mechanism 8 for sealing the pouch after already being opened. The pouch ideally is made from a polyethylene PE laminate, comprising a first film layer 10, a sealing layer 16 and barrier layer 17 (see figure 5).
Patent GB-2580330-A (GB)
Title: Device to electromagnetically stimulate new organic cell proliferation
Inventor: COLIN HANCOCK
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2018-12-31
Abstract: An apparatus for proliferation of organic tissue by exposure to electromagnetic field has an electrostimulation device 101 containing one or more coils 103 and a unique identifier. A battery powered drive unit 102 supplies signals to the coils for applying a dosage of electromagnetic field to a target tissue region. The coil patch is customised to an individual patient and to an individual body portion and tissue region. The drive signal is individually tailored to the patch for delivering a dosage programme of electromagnetic field. The field strength is no more than 5 mT and the field is driven at a frequency of 5-8 Hz. Preferably, the field is less than 1 mT at 7.0-7.6 Hz and may be applied intermittently for several hours per day. The device may be a dental mouthguard. Also disclosed are: a drive unit able to store a set of signal data; an EM stimulation apparatus having a single port to receive the charging cable and signal cable such that they cannot be connected simultaneously; and methods of designing and manufacturing the stimulation device.
Patent GB-2569727-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods to communicate with persons of interest
Inventor: TODD D MATTINGLY
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2017-10-05
Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to communicate with a person of interest ("PoI") via an autonomous ground vehicle ("AGV") on a product delivery route. In some embodiments, autonomous product delivery systems are provided to enable communications with a PoI, comprises: an AGV on a product delivery route that includes one or more control circuits, one or more sensors in electrical communication with the one or more control circuits and configured to communicate sensor data to the one or more control circuits, and one or more emitters in electrical communication with the one or more control circuits. The control circuit uses sensor data to detect the presence of PoIs when they are positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV on the product delivery route, and in response thereof, cause the emitters to transmit a personalized message to the detected PoIs.
Patent GB-2584314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in relation to personal cleansing compositions
Inventor: JOHN MICHAEL STORY
IPC: C11D1/34
Filed: 2019-05-30
Abstract: A solid cleaning composition comprising at least 12 wt % of non-soap anionic surfactant with a melting point of at least 45 °C. At least 8 wt% of a carrier having a melting point of at least 45 °C. At least 3 wt% of emulsifier, at least 8 wt% of a humectant and at least 8 wt% of water. Wherein the composition is solid through the range of 0-40 °C. The composition preferably contains no soap or starch. The surfactant may comprise a sulphate, sulphonate, amphoacetate, sulphoacetate, sulphosuccinate, phosphate or carboxylate. Preferably an acyl isethionate. The carrier preferably comprising a wax, triglyceride, fatty acid or fatty alcohol, preferably a triglyceride of vegetal origin that has been hydrogenated. The emulsifier may comprise sorbitan fatty acid esters, ethoxylate sorbitan fatty acid ester and glycerol or polyglycerol esters. The humectant may be a humectant polyhydric alcohol or ester. Also included are claims to emulsions for preparing solid cleaning compositions and a method of making a solid cleaning product using such an emulsion. Also included is a method for making personal cleansing bars using re-melting of a larger solid cleansing product.
Patent GB-2572084-A (GB)
Title: Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: A shopping facility personal assistance system comprises a plurality of self-propelled motorized transport units 202 located in a shopping facility space. Each of the motorized transport units is cooperated with an item container 302. Each of the motorized transport units 202 comprises a control circuit communicatively coupled with a user interface configured to present information including product information. A central computer system is configured to wirelessly communicate with the motorized transport units 202 and with user interface units each exclusively associated with a particular user. Each of the user interface units is temporarily associated with a respective one of the plurality of motorized transport units 202 while the respective motorized transport unit 202 is to be used to support the respective user. The central computer controls movement of the motorized transport units 202 through the shopping facility space based on inputs from the respective user interface unit. The item container 302 may be integral or detachably connected to the motorized transport unit 202. The user interface may accept voice inputs. The location of the motorized transport unit may be determined by sensing emitted signals within the shopping facility (beacons).
Patent GB-2573711-A (GB)
Title: Approach to bottom dielectric isolation for vertical transport fin field effect transistors
Inventor: SANJAY MEHTA
IPC: H01L21/28
Filed: 2018-02-17
Abstract: A vertical transport fin field effect transistor (VT FinFET), including one or more vertical fins on a surface of a substrate, an L-shaped or U-shaped spacer trough on the substrate adjacent to at least one of the one or more vertical fins, and a gate dielectric layer on the sidewalls of the at least one of the one or more vertical fins and the L-shaped or U-shaped spacer trough.
Patent GB-2586967-A (GB)
Title: Recyclable valve assembly
Inventor: PAUL CALCOTT
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2019-09-02
Abstract: The keg valve 101 has a housing 104 which on its lower end is able to screw onto a keg neck. Inside the housing is an elongate fluid regulation assembly 201 and a pressure regulation assembly 202. The fluid regulation assembly 201 defines a channel for liquids passing through the valve. The pressure regulation assembly 202 has a valve seal 207 and a spring 206. On its upper end, the spring holds the valve seal in place. In use, the lower end of the spring 206 directly contacts the neck of a keg to which the valve 101 is attached. The valve 101 can be disassembled for recycling.
Patent GB-2578219-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for reductant delivery in aftertreatment systems for internal combustion engines
Inventor: SNEHAL SHIVAJI YESUMALI
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2019-09-16
Abstract: A dosing lance assembly 200 for an engine exhaust aftertreatment component, such as a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device, includes a housing and a delivery conduit 226. The housing includes a pipe 220, a plate 210 having a first channel 214, and an endcap 222 having a second channel 229. The pipe and delivery conduit each have a first end 230 coupled to the plate and a second end 232 coupled to the endcap, such that reductant can flow through the delivery conduit from the first channel to the second channel. When the housing is at an ambient temperature a length of the delivery conduit is greater than a first distance between a location at which the first end of the pipe is coupled to the plate and a location at which the second end of the pipe is coupled to the endcap. The delivery conduit may include a single bend, multiple bends or a single helix.
Patent GB-2576123-A (GB)
Title: Plant cultivator with light
Inventor: Michael montagano
IPC: A01G9/24
Filed: 2018-11-26
Abstract: A mini-greenhouse (plant cultivator) comprising a dome 104 and a light module 108 installed on an exterior of the dome 104 for projecting a light beam onto crops. The dome 104 comprises one or more openings 106 positioned to match the locations of corresponding lights 110 of the light module 108. The light module is configured to dissipate the heat generated by the lights 110 away from the dome 104. The base portion of the light (126, fig 3a) which includes the necessary circuitry can be contained within the light module 108. The light beam projected into the dome 104 can be either reflected by a protruding reflector (122, fig 3a) that penetrates the dome 104 or a flat reflector (134, fig 3b) that projects the light through the opening 106. The light module 108 can include vents (164, fig 9a) and/or fans (184, fig 10a) for dissipating the heat into the atmosphere. The light module 108 can comprise a heat insulating layer (148, fig 5b). The lights 110 can have customizable light spectra. The mini-greenhouse can have a control unit (107, fig 9a) and a sensor that monitors conditions (e.g., temperature). The mini-greenhouse can come as a kit.
Patent GB-2589327-A (GB)
Title: Differential phase contrast microscope
Inventor: ALLISTER PATTISON
IPC: G02B21/14
Filed: 2019-11-26
Abstract: A microscope with an illumination source 60 and an imaging optical system 30 has an infinity-corrected microscope objective 7’ and a tube lens 10. At least one lens 13 images a back focal plane (BFP) of the microscope objective to a conjugate back focal plane BFP’ outside of the microscope objective. An aperture stop 71 is located at the BFP’ and intersects the optical path. The object plane 56 is located between the objective and the illumination source and the illumination source illuminates the object from any one of a plurality of locations that are angularly displaced about an axis that is perpendicular to the object plane. The microscope objective and the tube lens may image the object to an intermediate image plane (IIP) and the at least one lens may be an optical relay to project an image of the object from the IIP to the imaging device and to image the BFP of the objective to the BFP’. The optical relay may have spaced apart first and second relay lenses, the first lens imaging the BFP of the objective to the conjugate BFP’, the conjugate BFP’ being located between the relay lenses.
Patent GB-2590357-A (GB)
Title: Access control system and method
Inventor: MARK HOGGATT
IPC: G07C9/27
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A method for implementing access control using a mobile device configured to generate access requests comprises receiving an access request from the mobile device. The access request comprises an identifier indicative of an access point to be accessed. At least one parameter associated with the mobile device and/or the access point is determined and an authenticity level is assigned to the access request based on the access point to be accessed and the parameter. The access request may include location data of the mobile device, which may be a smartphone. The location of the mobile device may be compared to the location of the access point and the authenticity may be assigned based upon the comparison, such as determining the distance between the mobile device and access point and assigning an authenticity level based one or more threshold distances. The parameter can also be assigned based upon a historical measure of previous access requests generated by the mobile device or access points which the mobile device has previously requested access to, including step data between successive access requests. A mobile device implementing the method may be used in an access control system.
Patent GB-2595481-A (GB)
Title: An ion shutter, a method of controlling ion shutter, and detection methods and apparatus
Inventor: PAUL ARNOLD
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2020-05-27
Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer wherein a sample of gaseous fluid is drawn into a reaction region 102 of the ion mobility spectrometer via entrance 108. A first pulse is provided to a pulsed ionisation source 104 to ionise the sample of gaseous fluid generating first sample ions. After a first gate delay an ion shutter 105 is triggered to permit a portion of the first sample ions to leave the reaction region 102. A second pulse is then provided  to further ionise the sample of gaseous fluid, thereby obtaining second sample 105 ions. After a second gate delay the ion shutter is triggered to permit a portion of the second sample ions to leave the reaction region 102, wherein the second gate delay is different from the first gate delay.
Patent GB-2587065-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for displaying information
Inventor: ROBERT HARDY
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2017-02-16
Abstract: The present invention provides a display method for use in a vehicle comprising: obtaining 600 images of a region external to the vehicle via at least one camera, storing 608 at least a portion of the obtained images, generating 614 a composite image from a current image and a previously stored image by matching 612 portions of the stored image and the current image and displaying 616 at least part of the composite image; wherein the composite image comprises a first region generated from the current image and a second region generated from the stored image, the second region not being visible within the current image and wherein storing a first captured image frame, determining a degree of overlap between the first captured image frame and a second captured image frame and for the second captured image storing a non-overlapping portion of the second image frame. The composite image may comprise at least part of the underneath of the vehicle and may be displayed overlaying on part of a vehicle e.g. the bonnet as though the part of the vehicle were partly transparent or it may be translucent. The composite image may include a graphical representation of part of the vehicle e.g. wheels, engine, suspension.
Patent GB-2596794-A (GB)
Title: User interface
Inventor: Oliver Treadway
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: A method of generating a user interface includes obtaining input data indicative of respective positions of a plurality of elements within an input plane and generating a model of a surface of a three-dimensional structure. The surface has circular symmetry and includes two curved polar caps and a curved equatorial belt, wherein a curvature of each of the polar caps is greater than a curvature of the equatorial belt. The method includes mapping the elements to respective positions on the model and determining a position and orientation of a virtual camera, wherein the determined position of the virtual camera is exterior to the model. The method includes determining a field of view of the virtual camera containing a concave interior portion of the model and rendering a projection of the model corresponding to the determined field of view and comprising elements mapped to positions on the concave interior portion.
Patent GB-2596605-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for collision mitigation
Inventor: RENAUD DIFRANCESCO
IPC: G01S17/93
Filed: 2020-07-03
Abstract: The method comprises by a control circuitry of a vehicle in combination with one or more sensors of the vehicle, that a vulnerable subject (S2) is travelling on a path which intersects with a path on which the vehicle is travelling, determining, by the control circuitry, that a collision between the vehicle and the vulnerable subject is likely (S3), predicting, by the control circuitry, a force of the collision (S4), selecting, by the control circuitry in accordance with the predicted force of the collision, one of a plurality of models (S5) each defining an operation of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle is unable to avoid the collision, wherein the selected model is selected on the basis that the control circuitry determines it to result in a least amount of injury for the vulnerable subject from among the plurality of models, and controlling, by the control circuitry, one or more functions of the vehicle in accordance with the selected model (S6). Safety systems can include external airbags which can be inflated to mitigate pedestrian or cyclist injury, steering and brake control.
Patent GB-2583329-A (GB)
Title: Dielectric resonator antenna having first and second dielectric portions
Inventor: Kristi Pance
IPC: H01Q21/06
Filed: 2019-01-15
Abstract: A dielectric structure of an electromagnetic device includes: a first dielectric portion, FDP, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a three-dimensional, 3D, shape having a direction of protuberance from the proximal end to the distal end oriented parallel with a z-axis of an orthogonal x, y, z coordinate system; and a second dielectric portion, SDP, having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the SDP being disposed proximate the distal end of the FDP, the FDP and the SDP having a dielectric material other than air; wherein the SDP has a 3D shape having a first x-y plane cross-section area proximate the proximal end of the SDP, and a second x-y plane crosssection area between the proximal end and the distal end of the SDP, the second x-y plane cross section area being greater than the first x-y plane cross-section area.
Patent GB-2599623-A (GB)
Title: Elastomer-mounted split ring
Inventor: RALF KUHN
IPC: F16K31/44
Filed: 2020-08-12
Abstract: A split ring assembly 10 for adjusting the throughput of a fluid of a hydraulic valve 1 is provided. The split ring assembly 10 comprises an elastomeric element 16 that is adapted to mount a split ring 12 around a hydraulic ram 5. The elastomeric element 16 is arranged around the outward circumference of the split ring 12; and the throughput of the fluid is adjustable depending on the degree to which the throughput of hydraulic fluid is limited by the split ring 12. A hydraulic valve 1 including such a split ring assembly 10 is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2598099-A (GB)
Title: Filter for gas turbine intake
Inventor: GIANLUCA DE ARCANGELIS
IPC: B01D46/52
Filed: 2020-08-12
Abstract: A v-panel inlet filter system comprising filter 1 and support structure (2, fig. 5). The v-type filter comprises a closed (12, fig. 5) and open (11, fig. 5) end opposed to each other. A first 14 and second (15, fig. 5) face, positioned opposite to each other, extend between the two ends. The faces are closer at the closed end than at the open end providing a v-shape. The filter comprises connection plates 1823 and 1821 extending between the faces and able to connect to the support frame (2, fig. 5) via connection members 21 that extend through the open end. Flange 17 at the open end and end panel 16 at the closed end act to hold the filter together. The faces may have filter material (141, 151, fig. 5) associated with them which may be pleat packs. The filter system may comprise side panels 181 that are in contact with the first and second face and extend from the open end, tapering, to the closed end. These panels may comprise two portions, one closer to the open end and one closer to the closed end and these portions may be joined by connection plate 4.
Patent GB-2585162-A (GB)
Title: A hydroponic crop growing system
Inventor: ROLAND EDWARD SILVERWOOD HOLT
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 2020-09-16
Abstract: A hydroponic crop growing system 1, using nutrient film technology, comprises a suspension assembly 8; a relatively rigid gutter 7 suspended by the suspension assembly; a relatively flexible gully (21, figure 3) supported by the gutter and extending in a length direction of the gutter; multiple inlets 26 at which a nutrient solution is introduced into the gully at first positions along the gutter; multiple drains 27 where nutrient is drained from the gully at second positions along the gutter, with a plurality of runs (29, figure 6) along the gutter defined between adjacent first and second positions, wherein the gradient of each run is between 1.27 and 1.35 percent, with the gutter comprising at least four runs, providing the gutter with a W-shape when viewed in side elevation. This system is particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for growing tomatoes in glass houses. Also disclosed is a method of growing tomatoes in the system as claimed and tomatoes grown by the system as claimed.
Patent GB-2586562-A (GB)
Title: A lithium-ion battery and preparation methods thereof
Inventor: AIZHONG ZHOU
IPC: H01M10/0567
Filed: 2020-12-09
Abstract: A lithium ion battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes an active material which is an MOF/SnS2 decorated Mxene composite material, wherein MOF is a metal carbon framework, and Mxene is a material with a two-dimensional layered structure such as a metal carbide or nitride. The MOF/SnS2 decorated Mxene are combined to form a double-carbon framework material, with the structure between the MOF and the Mxene being shell-layered, so that a more stable lithium ion de-intercalation carrier is formed. The MOF is used as a shell frame to provide a lithium ion transmission channel and provide a skeleton supporting effect, the tin disulfide is prevented from volume collapse and pulverization in the charging and discharging process, the layered structure has better stability, tin disulfide loading is facilitated, the Li+ de-intercalation is increased, and the specific capacity of tin disulfide can be greatly improved. The electrolyte comprises an electrolyte solution with additives, the additives being at least one of 12-crown-4, 15-crown-5, 18-crown-6, dibenzo-18-crown-6 and diazo-18-crown-6. A process for forming the battery is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2595336-A (GB)
Title: System and method for increased signal-to-noise ratio in multi spin-echo pulse imaging
Inventor: CHARLES H CUNNINGHAM
IPC: G01R33/561
Filed: 2021-03-04
Abstract: A method of spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at multiple slices simultaneously comprises: generating a multiband pulse sequence comprising a multiband excitation pulse and at least one multiband refocusing pulse, wherein the pulse pair simultaneously excites and refocuses the multiple bands. The phases of the bands excited by the multiband excitation pulse and refocused by the multiband refocusing pulse are set according to a single row of an orthogonal encoding matrix. A plurality of pulse pairs may be generated using multiple rows of the matrix. The signal data may be multiplied by the inverse of the matrix to separate the multiple bands and reconstruct the images. The method is applicable in low field MRI. Also disclosed is a method of generating multiband pulse pairs by computing a modulation function for a row of an orthogonal encoding matrix, generating a modulated filter, and creating excitation and refocusing pulses using the modulator filter.