baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2558581-A (GB)
Title: Wireless ticketing system for passengers on a transport network
Inventor: ALEXANDER PESCHKOFF
IPC: G07B15/04
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: A system and method for ticketing a user for use of transport, such as travel on rail or metro networks. Mobile communications devices are used to identify their own location, through GPS or station beacons 70; provide a starting location based on the identified location; receive an input of a destination location and transmit a permit request including the start location, destination location, and an identifier for either the mobile device or the user to a monitoring system. The monitoring system receives the permit request from a mobile device and grants the request by storing data representing the start location, the destination location, and the identifier derived from the permit request. The system generates an indicium, preferably a barcode, and transmits it to the mobile device. The indicium can be displayed on the device, acting as a travel permit. The monitoring system is arranged to conduct a review for one or more identifiers in the stored data; generate ticketing information by applying a ticketing algorithm to the stored data; and make a payment request based on the ticketing information. The invention enables the issuing of tickets to users based on multiple journeys taken by the user over a time period.
Patent GB-2550454-A (GB)
Title: Abrasive scrubbing textile band
Inventor: LUIS PONT VIDAL
IPC: A47L13/20
Filed: 2017-02-01
Abstract: A textile sheet comprises strips, threads, braids, yarns or pieces of absorbent material such as synthetic microfiber cloth 7 is attached to an abrasive sheet 6 suitable for scouring or scrubbing, by way of ultrasound or thermal means. The abrasive sheet is attached to a mop handle by way of an intermediate part 8 that may be plastic.
Patent GB-2548462-A (GB)
Title: Image sensor and image capturing apparatus
Inventor: KOICHI FUKUDA
IPC: H04N5/369
Filed: 2017-01-20
Abstract: Evaluation Only. Created with Aspose.Words. Copyright 2003-2010 Aspose Pty Ltd. Application Number: GB1700961.4 Abstract Image sensor with defined relationships between entrance pupil distance, minimum/maximum exit pupil distances, etc An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor (107, Figure 1) including a plurality of pixels (200, Figure 1) arrayed in column and row directions. Each pixel has a plurality of photoelectric conversion (image detector) units (301, 302) for receiving light fluxes that have passed through different partial pupil regions (501, 502) of an imaging optical system (101-105, Figure 1). An entrance pupil distance Zs of the image sensor, a minimum exit pupil distance Lmin of the imaging optical system, and a maximum exit pupil distance Lmax of the imaging optical system satisfy a condition of: 4LminLmax   <Zs<    4LminLmax __________             __________ Lmin +3Lmax           3Lmin +Lmax. Also disclosed are similar image sensing systems wherein entrance pupil distance Zs and a maximum image height R of the image sensor satisfy: 2.33R < Zs < 6.99R; or, maximum image height and entrance pupil distance of the image sensor is such that a deviation amount between the image sensor entrance pupil and an optical system exit pupil with respect to each of the plural photoelectric conversion (sensor) units falls within a predetermined range. The systems may be applied to focus detection. Fig. 6
Patent GB-2547114-A (GB)
Title: Combination wire and plastic strapping device
Inventor: MARK A VAUGHN
IPC: B65B59/00
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: A combination strapping machine comprising: a machine frame with a common track perimeter 18; a plastic tying system 16 having a plastic track 36 and a closing mechanism for applying plastic straps; a wire tying system 14 having a wire track 34 and closing mechanism for applying a wire strap; where the tracks are adjacent and the closing mechanisms are apart. Preferably, tying system comprises bloom plates. Preferably, wire and plastic straps are applied in opposing directions. A combination strapping machine with first and second tying system, where tying systems alternative applying a strap and utilising the common track. Preferably, tying portions are mounted on adjacent portions of the machine on a rear side. Preferably, a control system is configured to alternate tying the baled material with multiple straps of first and second tying medium in a predetermined order.
Patent GB-2551415-A (GB)
Title: Protein biomarker panels for detecting colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma
Inventor: JOHN BLUME
IPC: G06F19/18
Filed: 2017-03-09
Abstract: A method of assessing colorectal health of an individual is disclosed comprising obtaining a circulating blood sample, and detecting protein levels for dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4, DPPIV, ADCP2, CD26), complement component 9 (C9, CO9, ARMD15, C9D) and carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5 (CEACAM5, CEAM5, CD66e, meconium antigen 100). Also disclosed is a method of analyzing a biological sample comprising measuring the protein levels of dipeptidyl peptidase-4, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF, phenylpyruvate tautomerase, glycosylation-inhibiting factor) and pyruvate muscle kinase 2 (PKM, PKM2, OIP3, PK2) in a circulating blood sample to determine a panel score and comparing this score to a reference panel score to determine the colorectal cancer status of the sample. The methods may comprise performing colonoscopy and/or a treatment regime on the individual. Preferably, the biomarker panel used to assess colorectal health further comprises 1-acid glycoprotein 1 (ORM1, A1AG1), serum amyloid A (SAA, SAA1, SAA2), transferrin receptor protein 1 (TFRC), MIF and/or PKM2. The panel may further comprise age and/or gender information for the individual, and the colorectal cancer status may comprise at least one of stage 0 or stage 1 CRC. Methods of the invention may be used to diagnose and/or categorize advanced adenoma.
Patent GB-2560564-A (GB)
Title: Communications Network Node
Inventor: NEIL PARKIN
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: The arrangement is a Wavelength Division Multiplex arrangement wherein the Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) (wavelength) is shared between signalling for OSC and signalling for Quantum Key Distribution. An intermediary communication network node 30a is provided which handles optical signals at, at least, a first wavelength and a second wavelength, signals received over a first wavelength (e.g. data signals) traverse the node via an amplified optical path 36, signals received at the second wavelength traverse the node via either an optical bypass path 255 (i.e. the signal remains in the optical domain and is not converted to an electric signal) or via a non-optical section 42, 44 (i.e. is converted to an electric signal, such as typically for OSC out-of-band/control signalling). The routing 252 via the optical bypass path or the non-optical section is performed according to a timer such that in a first time period the signal is routed over the bypass path and in a second time period the non-optical path is used. The time period may be set according to a mode switch signal for transmission of Quantum Key Distribution. The routing may be performed by switches 252, 254 or via an optical splitter/coupling arrangement (Figures 5b, 5c).
Patent GB-2550274-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced vehicle cleaning
Inventor: SARRA AWAD YAKO
IPC: B60S3/04
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: A cleaning apparatus system (Fig 1, 100) comprising a seat back 155 and bottom 160 with a track 190 and actuator 170 movably connected to an arm 170a with a rotating bar 172 with a computing device having a processor Fig 1, 105) and memory programmed to actuate the actuator 170 to move the arm along the track 190 to push objects off the seat onto the vehicle floor 150. A cleaning apparatus is actuated to move at least one object from a vehicle floor to a container. A vehicle seat is sprayed with a cleaning fluid (fig 7, 195) from a nozzle.
Patent GB-2551024-A (GB)
Title: Tissue bag
Inventor: TONY ATWELL
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 2017-04-25
Abstract: A surgical tissue bag (7) for use in the removal of tissue from a surgical site, which comprises an elongate handle (8) having a proximal portion (15) and a distal portion (14), and a pouch (9) disposed at the end of the handle (8). The pouch (9) comprises a flexible ring (10) and a bag portion (11) depending from the ring (10) and forming an enclosure to contain tissue and other fluid material. The handle (8) includes an offset portion (13) such that the distal portion (14) is offset from the proximal portion (15) by a discrete amount. The proximal portion (13) of the handle (8) may form a longitudinal axis, and the ring (10) may form a plane at an angle to the longitudinal axis. The bag portion (11) may be shaped such that it defines a bag longitudinal axis, the bag longitudinal axis being non-orthogonal to the plane of the ring (10). The tissue bag (7) may include a suction tube which extends into the bag portion (11) to remove fluid material. The tissue bag (7) may be used in combination with an endoscope and a tissue grasper.
Patent GB-2564085-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for digital signal processing of a multichannel radar
Inventor: DAVID ANDREW WHEELER
IPC: G01S13/32
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: A digital processing system 401 for radar comprises an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), wherein the system receives samples from a plurality of channels. The channels are simultaneously sampled at a uniform sampling rate and the system assembles the samples during each sample period and interleaves them onto one or more time division multiplex (TDM) sequences (see figure 2) containing the channel samples and applies the sequences to a digital signal processing chain. The system may operate on samples derived from a radio frequency modulation scheme consisting of a sequence of fast chirp modulated pulses. A pre-scan may be carried out to determine a subset of range Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) bins to store during each cycle, where the subset has an upper limit less than the longest FFT.
Patent GB-2548050-A (GB)
Title: Scanning drive circuit
Inventor: JUNCHENG XIAO
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2014-11-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a scanning drive circuit. The scanning drive circuit comprises a pull-up control module (201), a pull-up module (202), a pull-down module (203), a pull-down maintaining module (204), a download module (205), a bootstrap capacitor (Cb) and a constant-voltage low level source; the constant-voltage low level source includes a first constant-voltage low level source (VSS1) for providing a first low level and a second constant-voltage low level source (VSS2) for providing a second low level; and an absolute value of the first low level is greater than that of the second low level. The reliability of the scanning drive circuit is improved.
Patent GB-2549050-A (GB)
Title: An assembly for storing bicycles
Inventor: CRAIG OLIVER HYDE
IPC: B62H3/12
Filed: 2016-01-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for storing bicycles in an upright orientation and suitably with both wheels of the bicycles off the ground. In addition, the present invention is adapted to suspend the bicycles from their front wheel by engaging the front tyre of the bicycles, and without needing to engage the rim of the front wheel, or the frame of the bicycle. Moreover, the assembly is adapted to allow the bicycles located in the upright orientation to be moved while on the assembly from side-to-side to allow bicycles storage to be clustered together and a bicycle to be retrieve from storage to be spaced further apart from adjacent bicycles.
Patent GB-2566713-A (GB)
Title: Spectrometry system
Inventor: MAX ALLSWORTH
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2017-09-22
Abstract: A spectrometry system, preferably a field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS), is provided comprising: an ionizer 210 for generating ions within a gas sample; an excitation source 240 for generating an excitation signal to modulate the ion mobility associated with ions from a target chemical within the gas sample; and an ion filter 220 for separating the ions having modulated ion mobility from the gas sample. The excitation source may emit an excitation signal at a predetermined frequency so as to provide a desired excitation of a rotation and/or vibration state of the ions of the target chemical, and may be an acoustic energy source, an optical light source, e.g. LEDs, lasers, or a source of electronic excitation. The spectrometry system may also be provided with lock-in amplifier 260 configured to receive an output from the ion detector 230 and extract an output signal at the predetermined frequency.
Patent GB-2556440-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for determining a path of a moving device
Inventor: CONG REN
IPC: G01S19/39
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: A system(100) and method(300,400,500) for determining a path of a moving vehicle. The system(100) performs the method to obtain location points relating to a moving device(302); determine at least one average velocity of the moving device between two location points(304,406); remove at least one interfering location point from the location points based on the at least one average velocity(412); determine the remainders of the plurality of location points as a set of effective location points based on the at least one average velocity(306,414); determine a path of the moving device based on the set of effective location points(308); and store data for the path of the moving device in the one or more storage media.
Patent GB-2562813-A (GB)
Title: Methods, computer programs, computing devices and controllers
Inventor: IAIN MATTHEW RUSSELL
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2017-10-16
Abstract: Computing device 100 comprises a camera 120 and a display 140. The camera provides image data representing a scene comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone). The computing device receives identification data wirelessly 130 from the UAV, associates it with the image and displays them both on the display at the same time. This may provide photographic evidence that the UAV was at a location at a particular time or allow identification of an attribute of the UAV. Based on the identification data, the computing device may determine whether the UAV is authorized to be in a restricted flight zone. In response it may prevent or allow the UAV to enter, remain in or leave the zone; notify an entity associated (or not) with the UAV; or take control of the UAV. The identification data may be a registration, equipment, contact or WLAN identifier (e.g. BSSID) and may be broadcast by the UAV or transmitted from it to its operators control device. The computing device may be a mobile device or another UAV.
Patent GB-2554272-A (GB)
Title: Estimating deformation of a completion string caused by an eccentric tool coupled thereto
Inventor: YUAN ZHANG
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2015-06-05
Abstract: A method for estimating the deformation or deformed shape of a portion of a completion string disposed in a portion of a wellbore lined with one or more casings and having one or more tools coupled thereto according to one of: (A) the tools include one or more concentric tools and one or more eccentric tools and the portion of the wellbore is not deviated; (B) the tools include two or more eccentric tools and the portion of the wellbore is not deviated; or (C) the tools include (1) one or more concentric tools, (2) one or more eccentric tools, or both (1) and (2) and the portion of the wellbore is deviated may involve calculating shapes for the completion string where at least one of the tools engages a casing; calculating a deformation energy of the shapes; and selecting a minimal energy shape from the shapes.
Patent GB-2569941-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the manufacture of three-dimensional objects
Inventor: FREDERIK TJELLESEN
IPC: B33Y40/00
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: An agitator 110 for powder within a powder flow path of a 3D manufacturing apparatus rotates around an axis B within the flow path and comprises a projection 122 extending outwardly from the axis which contacts the powder and imparts net zero axial directional force during rotation about the axis to maintain the powder in a free-flowing state. The surface area of the projection encountered by the powder may be less than 50%, 75% or 85% of an area swept out by the projections from an exterior edge of the projection to the axis of rotation. The projection may extend perpendicular to the axis. The projection may comprise a cavity 132 which maybe at least 50%, preferably at least 90% the area covered by the projection. The projection may extend the length of the agitator (fig. 11). There may be a plurality of projections which are spaced apart or which may have cavities between them.Also claimed is a stirrer (fig. 2) which rotates within a powder bank, comprising base plate (422, fig. 2) and strut (424, fig. 2) extending from the plate and forming an obtuse angle facing the direction of rotation.
Patent GB-2560432-A (GB)
Title: Securing assembly
Inventor: THOMAS EDWARD FRANCIS FISHER
IPC: E04B9/04
Filed: 2018-01-23
Abstract: A securing assembly 10 for suspending an article, such has an insulation panel. The securing assembly includes an insertion arrangement 14, for inserting into the insulation panel, and an attaching arrangement 12 for attaching the insertion arrangement to a connector 104. Each of the attaching and insertion arrangement includes a through hole 46, 48, preferably in use being co-axial. A suspending member may be inserted through the through bore holes through the securing assembly. Also claimed are an insertion arrangement with a joining formation for joining with the attaching arrangement. Also claimed is an attaching arrangement with a joining formation for joining the attaching arrangement with an insertion arrangement. Also claimed is a method of using the securing assembly.
Patent GB-2570920-A (GB)
Title: Communication device and method
Inventor: CYRIL LEWIS
IPC: H04N21/85
Filed: 2018-02-09
Abstract: A communication device 1 comprising a display screen sends image data of a picture selected by a user to a receiving device 27; in response to inputs from a user the device repeatedly sends display control data to the receiving device which specifies how the image data should be displayed. A communication device comprising a display screen receives image data and repeatedly receives display control date specifying how to display the image. A communication device may both send and receive image data and display control data. A server receives image data and repeatedly receives display control data from a sending device and then sends this information to a receiving device. The control data may: control the rendering system of the receiving device; specify a degree of translation of the image relative to a frame in which it is to be displayed; a display parameter such as visibility, blur, or pixellation. The device may display the selected photo in a monitoring frame 15 in accordance with the display control data. The communication device may allow the appearance of the image on a receiving device to change dynamically without the need to send image data repeatedly.
Patent GB-2561312-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic model of the blood brain barrier
Inventor: JORDAN S KERNS
IPC: C12N5/0797
Filed: 2016-10-19
Abstract: The invention relates to culturing brain endothelial cells, and optionally astrocytes and neurons in a fluidic device under conditions whereby the cells mimic the structure and function of the blood brain barrier. Culture of such cells in a microfluidic device, whether alone or in combination with other cells, drives maturation and/or differentiation further than existing systems.
Patent GB-2565875-A (GB)
Title: Systems and apparatus for distribution of batch and continuous process control data to remote devices
Inventor: Mark John Nixon
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2018-06-01
Abstract: A method of providing batch process data from a process control system of a process plant to a remote computing device includes: requesting a list of batch data to provide to the remote computing device, presenting a selection interface 710 to select batch data to be provided, and receiving, via the selection interface, a selection of a batch executive to provide the batch data 712. The method also includes receiving, via the selection interface, one or more filter criteria, applying the filter criteria to data available from the batch executive, and transmitting the set of data associated with the list of batch data to be provided to the mobile device 714. Further aspects comprise: displaying the selection interface on a GUI, and using a mobile telephone data or the internet as the transmission means.
Patent GB-2575288-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for encapsulating images or sequences of images with proprietary information in a file
Inventor: Frédéric Maze
IPC: H04N21/854
Filed: 2018-07-04
Abstract: Encapsulating entities in a file, wherein for at least one entity: a grouping data structure associated with at least one of the entities is generated, the data structure indicating that the at least one of the entities belong to a same group; and the grouping data structure and the entities are encapsulated in a file. The grouping data structure is a proprietary grouping data structure comprising an universally unique identifier (UUID or globally unique identifier GUID) identifying the type of the proprietary grouping. The proprietary or custom grouping data structure is preferably a ‘uuid’ box according to HEIF or ISO BMFF (base media file format) standards. Alternatively, the grouping data structure may be a full box according to HEIF or BMFF, with a particular grouping type parameter indicating that the box represents a proprietary grouping. A proprietary device may parse the file by reading the UUID 501,502 and, if it is a recognised proprietary grouping, the grouping data structure can be handled according to the manufacturers specification 504. A second invention related to the generation of a derived track as a list of transformation operators and the inclusion of a data structure listing the transformation operators is also included.
Patent GB-2569232-A (GB)
Title: Electronic luminary with mist flame effect
Inventor: FREDERIC BOUCHER
IPC: F21S10/04
Filed: 2018-10-30
Abstract: A candle body 102 defines an interior region and an exterior region. A liquid-retaining portion or first chamber 114 retains a liquid. A mist generator (126, Fig. 4B) transforms the liquid into a mist. The first chamber 114 receives the mist to form mist-infused fluid. A fan 118 applies pressure to fluid in a second chamber 116. A first fluid-transferring portion 108 receives the mist-infused fluid from the first chamber 114 and emits the mist-infused fluid into the exterior region via an outlet, and changes the velocity of the mist-infused fluid. A second fluid-transferring portion 110 receives fluid from the second chamber 116 and emits this fluid into the exterior region via an outlet. A light source 112 emits light to illuminate the mist-infused fluid via a false wick 106. Signals from a liquid sensor 124 are passed to a processor 120 to control the mist generator 126.