baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2553910-A (GB)
Title: Control of an autonomous vehicle
Inventor: TOM MIZUTANI
IPC: B60W50/14
Filed: 2017-08-04
Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a primary vehicle which can be driven in an autonomous mode and is also operable by a driver in a manual mode. The method comprises: determining failure of the driver to accept a request 32 to switch the primary vehicle to the manual mode when the vehicle is in the autonomous mode; determining a primary vehicle driving state 38; acquiring vehicle data from one or more surrounding secondary vehicles 40, 42; determining a contingency action 46 to take with the primary vehicle based on the primary vehicle driving state and the vehicle data from the or each secondary vehicle; and outputting the contingency action 48 to at least one system of the primary vehicle to drive the primary vehicle autonomously in accordance with the determined contingency action. A remote control also drives the primary vehicle autonomously, or may be used to communicate with secondary vehicles that are not close to the primary vehicle. Secondary vehicle data may be obtained through vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
Patent GB-2550816-A (GB)
Title: Mounting for a tidal turbine
Inventor: CLIVE ADSHEAD
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2016-02-12
Abstract: A marine turbine and tower combination in which the turbine is mountable on the tower, The turbine has a co-operating member to interact with the tower to enable the turbine to be mounted on the tower in a pre-determined alignment. In one arrangement, the support tower comprises a substantially horizontal thruster plate mounted on top of the tower. The thruster has a central aperture to receive a downwardly directed stud on the turbine the thruster plate providing lateral support for the turbine. The stud has a vertical reaction interface around a lower part of the stud which is supported vertically by a reaction ring mounted on the tower.
Patent GB-2555314-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing novel crystalline form of metsulfuron-methyl and use thereof
Inventor: JAMES TIMOTHY BRISTOW
IPC: C07D251/16
Filed: 2016-09-07
Abstract: A crystalline form of metsulfuron-methyl and a preparation process and agrochemical formulations thereof are provided. The analyses of the crystalline form through various analytical methods and the use of various solvents towards the crystalline form preparation conditions are also described.
Patent GB-2570456-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle trim panel
Inventor: MICHAL JAN SWINIARSKI
IPC: B60R21/2165
Filed: 2018-01-24
Abstract: A vehicle interior trim panel 101, the panel comprising a tear-open airbag deployment region (103, see fig. 1) formed from a plurality of sections 105a, 105b that cooperate to cover an airbag in an installed configuration, the sections being joined by a tear seam 107, the panel further comprising at least one support feature 113 that extends at least partially across the tear seam, wherein the support feature comprises a thinned portion at, or near to, a centre line of the tear seam. The support feature may project from an airbag facing side of the panel when installed, be integrally formed or project from a base of a channel. The support feature may also be thinned in a direction parallel to the direction in which the tear seam extends and may provide stiffness to the panel in the region of the tear seam.
Patent GB-2575647-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible voting booth
Inventor: GEOFFREY BRIAN THOMPSON
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2018-07-17
Abstract: The collapsible voting booth 10 comprises separable lower and upper frameworks 12, 14, a support surface 16, and a flexible screen 18, the lower framework having two ground engaging elements 20 defining opposing sides 10a, 10b of the booth each element having two legs 22 interengaged at their upper ends by a cross member 24, the upper framework having opposing side support elements 28 engagable with a back element 30, the support surface being releasably interengagable with each cross member, and the flexible screen being releasably engagable with the upper and lower frameworks. The upper and lower frameworks are independently collapsible. Each ground support element may have two spaced apart cross-members for connecting the support surface at different heights to accommodate wheelchair users. The side-support and ground engagement elements may be pivotably attachable to the back element. The legs may be height adjustable. The support surface may be a writing surface. The booth at least partially occludes the writing surface from external view. When collapsed the frameworks may be stored or transported in a tubular tent bag.
Patent GB-2573585-A (GB)
Title: A fuel boost pump assembly for an aircraft
Inventor: ANKITA DESHPANDE
IPC: F23K5/14
Filed: 2018-07-26
Abstract: A fuel boost pump assembly 100 (200, 300) for an aircraft, comprising a first inlet 101 (201, 301) receiving a first pressurised fuel flow, a pump 110 (210, 310) for transferring fuel between a second inlet 102 (202,302) and assembly outlet 103 (203, 303), a hydraulic motor (120, 220, 320) fluidly connected between the first inlet and the assembly outlet. The hydraulic motor is mechanically coupled to and adapted to drive the pump, e.g. via a shaft 130 (230, 330). The hydraulic motor converts the hydraulic energy of the first pressurised fuel flow into driving energy of the pump. The pump generates a second pressurised fuel flow between the second inlet and the assembly outlet. The pump may comprise an impeller 111 (211, 311). The hydraulic motor may comprise a Francis turbine 122, a Tesla turbine (222, figure 4), or gear motor (322, figure 6).
Patent GB-2576183-A (GB)
Title: A vacuum cleaner
Inventor: EMILIE LEGEAT
IPC: B04C5/185
Filed: 2018-08-08
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing 118, a motor-fan assembly 300 mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an air flow between an air inlet 112 and an air outlet 114 and a spiral dirt separator 200 mounted between the air inlet 112 and the motor-fan assembly 300. In the main arrangement the vacuum cleaner can include a dirt collector 130 mountable on the housing and comprising a plurality of dirt compartments 316-322 arranged to each receive dirt from a different part of the spiral dirt separator. In other arrangements the vacuum cleaner can include a battery (702, fig 7) mounted to the housing and connected to the motor-fan assembly 300 or a handle (104, fig 1) mounted on the housing or a plurality of spiral dirt separators 200 mounted between the air inlet 112 or a brushless motor-fan assembly 300 or the motor-fan assembly can be arranged with the motor rotation axis and the spiral dirt separator axis substantially parallel. The spiral dirt separator 200 includes a spiral guide member and the vacuum cleaner is preferably a handheld vacuum cleaner.
Patent GB-2568362-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for displaying an operational area
Inventor: IAN GEOFFREY JAMES
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2018-09-10
Abstract: An operational area is displayed to an operative of a host platform, such as a pilot in an aircraft. The operational area is defined within an external real-world environment relative to said host platform. A viewing device, such as a helmet mounted display is configured to provide a three-dimensional view of said external real-world environment, and has a screen, and a processor comprising an input for receiving real-time first data representative of a specified target and its location within the external real-world environment and configured to receive or obtain second data representative of at least one characteristic of the target. The processor also uses the data to calculate a geometric volume representative of a region of influence of the target relative to the real-world external environment and/or said host platform, generate three-dimensional image data representative of said geometric volume, and display a three dimensional model on the screen. The three-dimensional model is projected or blended into the view of the external real-world environment at the relative location therein of the target.
Patent GB-2577116-A (GB)
Title: Brassiere
Inventor: LUCY HORSELL
IPC: A41C3/02
Filed: 2018-09-14
Abstract: A brassiere 1 (e.g. a sports bra) comprising: left and right bust sections 10, 20, each comprising a top section 12, 22 and a bottom section 14, 24; a central rear member 70 having a top end 72 and a bottom end 74 configured to be adjustable in length to vary a distance between the first end and the second end; left and right shoulder straps 40, 50 connecting the top section of each of the left and right bust sections to the first end of the rear member; a chest band 60 connecting the bottom section of each of the left and right bust sections to the bottom end of the rear member; and first and second adjustment mechanisms for adjusting a length of the chest band, wherein the first and second adjustment mechanisms are located either side of the rear member. Also disclosed is a kit comprising a brassiere and a plurality of cup inserts 18, 28. The adjustability of the bra makes it perfectly suited to adolescents doing sport whose breasts may still be growing and who may need to accommodate asymmetry in the breasts.
Patent GB-2567316-A (GB)
Title: Motor
Inventor: Petr Chmelicek
IPC: H02K21/14
Filed: 2018-09-26
Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor assembly comprises a circular array of circumferentially magnetised magnets 50 placed in circumferential gaps between magnetic pole pieces 30; circular arrays of magnets 40 providing flux in an axial direction placed in an axial gap between magnetic end plates 60 and magnetic pole pieces 30 at each end of the rotor; and a flux barrier having high reluctance to reduce flux leakage into a shaft 10. Magnetic end-plates 60 connect the shaft to the rest of the rotor components. The flux barrier can comprise: a gap between the pole pieces and the shaft or a solid non-magnetic material such as hub (fig 8,20) or a portion of the shaft (fig 9a) of non-magnetic material. Magnets and pole pieces can be constrained by axially protruded lips 61 on the end plates, by axial clips or bands, (fig 10, 90); by fastening bolts 70; by slots (fig 13 65,66) in the end-plates; or by a retention sleeve (fig 15b, 92). Pole-pieces 30 can comprise ferromagnetic laminated sheets; solid material having axial channels; or bonded magnetic particles and have slits (fig 22, 35) in the pole face. Magnets can be segmented with insulation between to reduce eddy currents; bonded in resin; and shaped to aid mechanical constraint.
Patent GB-2568800-A (GB)
Title: Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same
Inventor: HYUN-MIN PARK
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: A backlight unit 200 includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) packages (220) on a top surface of a circuit board 210, an encapsulation member (230) located on the circuit board and covering the plurality of LED packages, and an integrated pattern sheet on the encapsulation member. The integrated pattern sheet includes a base layer, a plurality of reflective patterns (292) at a bottom surface of the base layer and respectively corresponding to the plurality of LED packages, and a plurality of diffusion patterns (293) at a top surface of the base layer, wherein the reflective patterns are configured with a relational expression of c+(t2-t1)*tan[(sin-1(1/n)]‹ d <1.8p, where c, t1 and p are a width, a height and a pitch of the LED package, respectively, t2 and n are a height and a refractive index of the encapsulation member, respectively, and d is a width of each reflective pattern. By redirecting light from the LEDs from directly upwards to sideways the invention can avoid mura or hot-spots – see Figure 4.
Patent GB-2566650-A (GB)
Title: Golf club heads with optimized characteristics and related methods
Inventor: RYAN M STOKKE
IPC: A63B53/08
Filed: 2017-07-20
Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics including optimizing the head center of gravity height and depth in relation to the head volume and mass, are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
Patent GB-2581511-A (GB)
Title: Card and envelope assembly, method of manufacturing a card and envelope assembly, and apparatus for manufacturing a card and envelope assembly
Inventor: RICHARD BACON
IPC: B65D27/00
Filed: 2019-02-21
Abstract: An assembly comprising a greeting card 10, an envelope 12 and at least one adhesive element 14 between a surface of the card and the envelope, forming a releasable adhesive bond between the card and the envelope. The assembly providing a plastic-free way of retaining an envelope with a card whilst on display in a shop. The adhesive element may be applied to the exterior surfaces of the envelope and card, such as the corners (figure 1) or adjacent to an edge and between the corners (figure 4), and may be hot-melt, peelable and removable, such that no residue is left on the card and envelope. Also disclosed is a method for manufacture of the assembly, and an apparatus for manufacturing such an assembly comprising a feeder mechanism (16, figure 6) and an adhesive application unit with an adhesive dispenser.
Patent GB-2581992-A (GB)
Title: Circuit breaker
Inventor: RONALDUS HENDRIKUS MARIA NIEHOFF
IPC: H02H9/04
Filed: 2019-03-06
Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid circuit breaker for interrupting a current in an electrical circuit line, the hybrid circuit breaker comprising an input terminal 2 for connection to a power line and an output terminal 3 for connection to a DC system, a first solid state switching device 6 connected to the input terminal, a mechanical isolator relay 8 arranged in series with the first solid state switching device and connected to the output terminal a crowbar circuit 9, 10 electrically connected between the output terminal and ground M and a controller 7 for controlling the first solid state switching device, the mechanical isolator relay and the crowbar circuit. The crowbar circuit may comprise a second solid state switch and a resistor. The solid state switching devices may comprise a semiconductor like a FET, MOSFET or IGBT. The mechanical isolator may be a double-pole isolator relay.
Patent GB-2584670-A (GB)
Title: Drilling rig
Inventor: BRENDAN LARKIN
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 2019-06-10
Abstract: A portable drilling rig 100 comprises a plurality of components mounted on a platform CWP wherein some of the components are moveable between first and second positions depending on the mode of operation of the rig. Also disclosed is a drilling rig having a platform mounted on a plurality of legs, wherein in an operational configuration the platform is spaced from the base at a first distance and in a second transportable configuration the platform is closer to the base. Also disclosed is a tube handling apparatus having a first jaw member, a second jaw member and a torque member arranged to supply different values of torque depending on the type of tubes being connected. Also disclosed is a racking system comprising a plurality of non-vertical racking bins and a tube retrieval device arranged to place tubes in the bins and retrieve them therefrom.
Patent GB-2584868-A (GB)
Title: Cookware insert
Inventor: IAN WILKINSON
IPC: C09K19/38
Filed: 2019-06-18
Abstract: A cookware insert 100 for insertion into a cookware item 200 comprises a monolithic body 101 formed from a liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) or liquid-crystal polymer composite. The body comprises a base 110 and a sidewall 120. The base defines a cooking surface 112 and the sidewall extends from the base to fully enclose the cooking surface. The sidewall may define a rim 122 that defines a channel 124. The insert may comprise a groove 150 that is defined by the sidewall and extends from the base to the rim. Also disclosed is a cookware kit comprising the cookware insert and a cookware item, such as a pot or pan. The cookware item comprises a bottom 210 that defines a cooking surface 212 and a border 220 that extends from the bottom to fully enclose the cooking surface. The border and bottom define a cooking recess 230 and the insert is insertable into the cooking recess. The cookware item may comprise a lip 222 that extends from the border and the channel of the insert may receive the lip. The kit may comprise a plurality of the disclosed inserts, wherein each insert comprises a visual identifier, such as a unique colour.
Patent GB-2588946-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing crystalline material from different materials
Inventor: MICHAEL EDWARD RENDALL
IPC: H01M4/04
Filed: 2019-11-15
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a crystalline layer comprising lithium, at least one transition metal and at least one counter-ion, the method comprising generating a plasma using a remote plasma generator, plasma sputtering material from a first target 304 comprising lithium onto a surface of a substrate 328 by generating a first plume of particles from the first target, and plasma sputtering material from a second target 303 comprising at least one transition metal onto the surface by generating a second plume of particles from the second target, wherein he first target is positioned to be non-parallel with the second target, and the first and second plumes converge at a region proximate the surface. The substrate preferably comprises elongate sheet material mounted in a roll-to-roll arrangement. The method may be used to manufacture an electronic component such as a battery. The counter-ion is preferably oxygen and the transition metal is preferably cobalt, with the crystalline layer being LiCoO2 (lithium cobalt oxide). The targets may be provided in pairs 302, each pair comprising a lithium target and cobalt target.
Patent GB-2589636-A (GB)
Title: Identity-based public-key generation protocol
Inventor: Bassem Ammar
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2019-12-06
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating an identity-based cryptographic key, performed by first party 103a having personal identifier IDA, comprises: obtaining a set of private key shares D1A, D2A and a set of corresponding public key shares, each private key share being generated based on the identifier, and at least one of the set being generated by a respective key-generating party (e.g. mining node) 501; generating an identity-based private key based on each of the private key shares; generating a partial identity-based public key (XA, YA) based on each of the corresponding public key shares; transmitting the partial identity-based public key to at least one key-generating party 501 for generating the identity-based public key PKA; and/or generating the identity-based public key, which comprises the identifier and the partial identity-based public key. In another method, a private key share, generated based on a personal identifier and having a corresponding public key share, is transmitted from a key-generating party to a first party. A partial identity-based public key is generated based on the public key share, and an identity-based public key is generated based thereon and on the identifier. A blockchain transaction with an output comprising the identity-based public key is generated.
Patent GB-2585114-A (GB)
Title: System for determining a risk of an accident on a driving route
Inventor: RENE ALEXANDER KÖRNER
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2020-01-30
Abstract: A system for determining a risk of an accident on a driving route (FS) comprises a memory device for storing route risk parameters of the driving route (FS) and a computer device for determining a respective risk factor for each of the route risk parameters (11). The respective risk factor indicates a measure of a risk of an accident on a respective route section (A1, A2, A3, …, An) of the driving route (FS). The computer device is designed to determine a total risk index of the driving route (FS) depending on the respective risk factor of the respective at least one route risk parameter, wherein the total risk index indicates a measure of a risk of an accident on the driving route (FS).
Patent GB-2592432-A (GB)
Title: Reader for analysing fluorescent markers
Inventor: JOHN POLDEN
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2020-02-28
Abstract: A substrate 110 (e.g. a lateral flow device for an immunoassay) contains a test region. The test region is optically excited, e.g. by blue LEDs 120. The resulting fluorescence is imaged by sensor 130, e.g. CMOS. The intensity variation of the excitation light across the test region is small, i.e. below 15%. The obtained image is modified (e.g. normalised) based on calibration data (e.g. an image), representing variations in the intensity of the excitation radiation across the substrate 110. This modification may be dividing the obtained image pixel-by-pixel by a calibration image, thus normalising pixel values to account for spatial intensity variations (cf. shade correction). The modified image is used to obtain a value indicative of fluorescent emission. The calibration data may be derived from measurement of a calibration substrate which has a uniform fluorescence. May be used to analyse fingerprints.
Patent GB-2587836-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for planning and updating a vehicle's trajectory
Inventor: OLIVIA LEITERMANN
IPC: B60W60/00
Filed: 2020-05-04
Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle comprising the steps of: receiving sensor data representing objects in an environment of the vehicle; determining that the vehicle is blocked by one of the objects; determining probable locations for objects based on the sensor data and a timestamp of the sensor data; generating one or more operational commands for the vehicle while the vehicle is blocked, based on the probable locations of objects; and executing the one or more operational commands, comprising manoeuvring the vehicle along a path that is unblocked by the object. Also provided is a computer-readable storage medium, and a vehicle.
Patent GB-2597108-A (GB)
Title: Extended reality emulation of a real-life sporting event
Inventor: JACK TIPTON
IPC: A63F13/25
Filed: 2020-07-16
Abstract: There is provided a method for generating an extended reality, XR, emulation based on a real-life sporting event that has taken place in a real-life sporting environment, the method comprising: retrieving (S1) first sporting event XR data corresponding to a real - life motion of a first object in the real-life sporting environment, wherein the first sporting event XR data comprises volumetric data; displaying (S2) an XR representation of the first object to a user based on the first sporting event XR data; and facilitating (S3) interaction by the user with the representation of the first object. The volumetric data may include trajectory and/or rotation data and the emulation may include motion of a second object which may be a person. The emulation may be of a cricket ball being bowled by a bowler.
Patent GB-2586388-A (GB)
Title: Integrated bearing section and method
Inventor: GUNTHER HH VON GYNZ-REKOWSKI
IPC: F16C19/18
Filed: 2019-03-25
Abstract: An integrated bearing section includes a mandrel partially disposed within a housing. The bearing section includes spherical members disposed between the mandrel's outer surface and the housing's inner surface. A radial bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves and engaging a flat profile opposing surface. The grooves may be in the mandrel's outer surface, an outer surface of a mandrel sleeve, the housing's inner surface, or an outer radial bearing's inner surface. The flat profile opposing surface may be on an outer radial bearing's inner surface, the housing's inner surface, the mandrel's outer surface, or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface. A thrust bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves in two opposing surfaces, such as the mandrel's outer surface or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface, and the housing's inner surface or an outer thrust bearing's inner surface.