baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2551728-A (GB)
Title: Method for configurating a machine for production of a thread
Inventor: STEPHEN YEOMAN
IPC: G05B19/18
Filed: 2016-06-28
Abstract: A machine 201 for production of a thread, having a pitch 227 on a workpiece 310 comprises a tool 220 having a thread 223 centered on a first axis 250 and having one or more thread-producing peaks 225 for producing the thread having a pitch 227 and a tool holder 210 for the tool. A method for configuring the machine comprises determining a first distance 441 in a first direction 260 parallel to the first axis from a reference position 412 of the tool holder to a first thread-producing peak 226 on the tool when held in the tool holder and setting a first configuration 401 of the machine wherein the reference position of the tool holder has a displacement 440 parallel to the first axis from a reference position 411 of a workpiece 310 depending only upon: the determined first distance 441, a translation 443 parallel to the first axis (to account for an angular offset 340 between the first thread-producing peak and a desired thread start position 311 on the workpiece) and an integer multiple 444 of the pitch. The tool may be a tap or die and the method is especially suited to the production or tapping of threaded bores in vehicle engine blocks or cylinder heads such as those used for spark plugs or glow plugs.
Patent GB-2552968-A (GB)
Title: A board game apparatus
Inventor: ERIC AMPAW
IPC: A63F3/04
Filed: 2016-08-16
Abstract: A board game apparatus comprises a board, one or more playing pieces, and one or more dice. The board has a plurality of cells extending between a starting cell and an ending cell, the plurality of cells being sequentially numbered to define a continuous path along the cells from the starting cell to the ending cell, such that each cell bears a unique number. The cells comprise active cells each bearing a mathematical operator in addition to their number, and motive cells without any mathematical operator in addition to their number. The continuous path along the cells may be a spiral that inwardly spirals to the centre of the board.
Patent GB-2544601-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for determining the electromagnetic resonances of a system
Inventor: WOLFGANG WERNER LANGBEIN
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 2016-09-21
Abstract: A method of obtaining resonance information characteristic of an optical system including at least one dispersive material having a dispersion value is disclosed. The method determines the resonant information of a system and outputs this information via an output module when a threshold range is reached on comparison of sensing optical parameters with at least one sensed optical parameter. The resonance information is determined by sensing and storing an optical parameter of the system so as to determine a provisional resonant state. A spectral representation is provided based on the provisional resonant states. A matrix of a perturbation is provided that includes the dispersion value based upon the spectral representation and the provisional resonant states and/or the sensed optical parameter. A linearization method is used to solve a matrix eigenvalue problem based on the matrix elements and the resonance information of the system is generated.
Patent GB-2551595-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for painting skirting
Inventor: MARK KIRKPATRICK
IPC: B05C21/00
Filed: 2016-11-21
Abstract: A method of coating a length of skirting 10 in a coating chamber 41. The coating chamber is configured to allow the skirting or elongate object 10 to be fed therethrough and includes means for coating the object, for example with paint, as it passes through the coating chamber. The method includes: in a first pass through the coating chamber, protecting two adjacent faces of the object using a guard 50, and exposing the other two faces such that only the exposed faces are coated; and in a second pass through the coating chamber, exposing at least one of said at least one face, and protecting each other face such that only said at least one exposed face is coated in the chamber. The guard may have an L-shaped profile.
Patent GB-2557237-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for money item processing
Inventor: SHANE ANTHONY TIMMONS
IPC: G07G1/12
Filed: 2016-12-01
Abstract: A method comprises performing optical character recognition on a region 1200 of a display screen 301 to determine at least one displayed character, identifying from the at least one displayed character a monetary value 503 to be dispensed, such as change, and causing at least one money item to be dispensed corresponding to the identified monetary value. Also disclosed is a method comprising determining a monetary value of a received money item using a money item denominating apparatus and causing at least one simulated user input indicative of the determined monetary value to be provided to an interactive user interface on a display screen. Also disclosed is a method comprising performing optical character recognition on a region of a display screen to determine at least one displayed character, identifying from the at least one displayed character a monetary value to be received, determining a monetary value of a received money item using a money item denominating apparatus, comparing the two monetary values, and restricting acceptance of further money items if the value of received items is greater than the value to be received. The methods may be used without modifying existing point of sale terminal hardware and software.
Patent GB-2557587-A (GB)
Title: Microstructures and a method for forming the same
Inventor: Richard Traynor
IPC: B32B15/20
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: Method comprising, i) providing a master 10 having a pattern of conductive material 12 embedded in a non-conductive substrate 14 to provide a surface 22 having conductive and non-conductive portions. ii) Applying a surface treatment to alter the adhesion properties of at least one of the conducting or non-conducting portions. iii) Forming a microstructure by deposition or plating of a functionalising material on to the surface. iv) Separating the microstructure from the master A first layer of conductive material may be deposited/plated before surface treatment. A second layer of material may be applied after surface treatment and first and second layers then removed prior to microstructure formation. Surface treatment may involve passivating the surface using an oxidising agent or using a solution to reduce surface energy. A stencil may be applied to the master prior to microstructure formation. The functionalising material may be one of a large number of metals including copper and zinc or may be from known UV curable magneto, ferro or electrically conductive polymers. Also included are claims to formation of the master, and the microstructure product of the method.
Patent GB-2548948-A (GB)
Title: Navigation application programming interface to accommodate multiple waypoint routing
Inventor: BENJAMIN GREENWOOD
IPC: G06F9/54
Filed: 2016-12-14
Abstract: A navigation application programming interface (API) 130 to embed navigation or map services in software applications includes: first navigator instructions 350 specifying parameters to control the implementation of a navigation service by the software application and comprising a waypoint function 510 to set a plurality of waypoints for a navigation route; second navigator service instructions 370 specifying parameters to control interaction with a navigation engine by a navigation data provider via the API; the API receiving routes segments in multi waypoint routes determined from the plurality of waypoints. The navigation service provides navigation information to users of the applications e.g. from remote providers. Navigator instructions 350 can be implemented as singleton in an Android RTM operating platform. Visual output of navigation can be displayed via fragment instructions 320 placed in an activity also implemented as a view. Event listeners 520 update navigation information based on positioning systems on the user device.
Patent GB-2565337-A (GB)
Title: Energy storage
Inventor: ALEXANDER JOHN TOPPING
IPC: H01G4/38
Filed: 2017-08-10
Abstract: An energy storage device (e.g. a capacitor) comprising a substrate 112 having a two-dimensional array of peaks 114 and troughs 116 forming a three-dimensional structure; each trough 116 having a first 118a and a second 118b face; the first 118a and/or second 118b face of the troughs 116 having a conductor 120 thereon; and the troughs 116 containing a material for storing electrical potential energy 199, e.g. a dielectric material. Also disclosed is a method of conditioning a substrate comprising: providing the above substrate structure, supplying an AC voltage to the conductor 120 on the first 118a or second 118b face of the trough 116; and creating a gap 192 between the conductor 120 on the first 118a and second face 118b.
Patent GB-2554207-A (GB)
Title: Panel
Inventor: YARON GOLDSMITH
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to panels, panel systems and panel sealing elements, and may be useful for panels used in building. The invention may be particularly useful for panels used on existing walls to provide a desired structural appearance or effect. According to an aspect, the present invention provides a panel for providing a selected structural appearance, the panel comprising a support layer formed from a rigid material, an outer layer comprising elements which provide the selected structural appearance, the outer layer formed from a material different from the support layer material, and a mid-layer between the support layer and the outer layer, wherein the mid-layer allows for different thermal expansion and contraction rates of the support layer material and the outer layer material.
Patent GB-2553247-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for protecting the privacy of viewers of commercial television
Inventor: ALISTAIR BRUCE KELMAN
IPC: H04N21/83
Filed: 2017-10-21
Abstract: A digital device (e.g. mobile telephone, tablet, etc, 40) for viewing free-to-air videos with targeted advertising has means to receive and store targeted adverts, a display screen 41, and firewall 70. Behind the firewall, there is a first sealed data storage section 42 storing personal attributes of a viewer, such as a child, supplied (e.g. via an encrypted token 32) from a trusted third party 10; a second, unsealed data storage section 44 to which the personal attributes may be copied, the second section having an indicator flag 48 which is set when the data in the second section has been modified by the viewer; and a third data storage section 46 in which data of a users choice (personal preferences) can be stored by the viewer. Adverts from advertisers (50, Figure 3) targeted on the data in the second and third sections are sent to the device 40, headers in the adverts are checked against the first section and rejected if unsuitable for the viewer. Unrejected adverts are shown on the display screen, the advertiser is informed, but the identity of the viewer is not disclosed. A Bayesian network may establish likelihood of a correct target.
Patent GB-2568479-A (GB)
Title: A sporting apparatus
Inventor: JOSEPH AUNG
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: A sporting apparatus has a planar target, an electronics module to register impacts on the target, and an attachment mechanism 2 to attach the target to a support. The support may be portable and may have a vertical face with a wedge shaped body. The apparatus may include a clip or hook. The electronics module may be in a housing 10 at a top edge of a planar target surface 9 supported by a planar opposing body 19 and an intermediate electronic membrane 40 may be behind the target surface 9. The support may be incorporated in the apparatus. The support may contain a ballast section to removable receive ballast for transport. The support may be securable to the ground. The support may have a curved base to allow movement that absorbs impacts. The target surface may be a flexible sheet that can be removed from the target. The attachment mechanism may be magnetic.
Patent GB-2570124-A (GB)
Title: A method of making graphene structures and devices
Inventor: SIMON THOMAS
IPC: C30B29/02
Filed: 2018-01-11
Abstract: A method for the production of a graphene layer structure having from 1 to 100 graphene layers, comprising; i) providing a substrate (which may comprise sapphire or silicon carbide) having a thermal resistance equal to or greater than that of sapphire, on a heated susceptor in a reaction chamber, the chamber having a plurality of cooled inlets arranged so that, in use, the inlets are distributed across the substrate and have a constant separation from the substrate, ii) supplying a flow comprising a precursor compound through the inlets and into the reaction chamber to thereby decompose the precursor compound and form graphene on the substrate, wherein the inlets are cooled to less than 100°C, preferably 50 to 60°C; iii) heating the susceptor to a temperature of at least 50°C in excess of a decomposition temperature of the precursor and iv) using a laser to selectively ablate graphene from the substrate, wherein the laser has a wavelength in excess of 600nm and a power of less than 50 Watts. Preferably the method is for the production of a Hall sensor. The method may also be for the production of a filter and comprise the step of ablating a plurality of pores across the surface of the graphene.
Patent GB-2557109-A (GB)
Title: Compliant heating system comprising a metallic expansion joint
Inventor: ALEXANDER THOMAS FRECHETTE
IPC: F28F9/02
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A compliant heating system includes a dynamic component including a heat exchanger; a pressure vessel shell encompassing at least a portion of the dynamic component; and a metallic expansion joint that connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel shell, wherein the metallic expansion joint includes a deformable section comprising a convolution. The pressure vessel shell further comprises a pressure vessel shell conduit, and wherein the metallic expansion joint comprises a conduit metallic expansion joint disposed on the pressure vessel shell conduit.
Patent GB-2562847-A (GB)
Title: Electrodes for metal ION batteries and related materials, batteries and methods
Inventor: DEREK JOHN FRAY
IPC: H01M4/134
Filed: 2018-03-21
Abstract: A method of using an electrolytic cell to reduce silica to silicon comprising an anode 42, a cathode 44and a molten salt electrolyte 48, such as calcium chloride (a reference electrode 46 may also be used). The cathode comprising a layer of silica supported by a substrate and where the silica is in contact with the molten salt electrolyte. The method comprises: applying a potential to the electrolytic call to reduce the silica without depositing a cation from the molten salt electrolyte at the cathode. Thus producing silicon. The silicon material is then removed from the substrate. The removed silicon is thus self-supporting and/or a binder-free silicon material. The silicon material can have a relatively large empty volume, and/or a relatively low density. Exemplary articles include battery electrodes, such as rechargeable metal ion battery electrodes. Exemplary systems include batteries, such as rechargeable metal ion batteries.
Patent GB-2573109-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems useful in mapping heart rhythm abnormalities
Inventor: ROSS HUNTER
IPC: A61B5/0245
Filed: 2018-04-23
Abstract: A method to identify one or more driver areas of heart muscle responsible for abnormal heart rhythms uses a plurality of electrogram signals obtained over a recording time period from a plurality of sensing locations on the heart, for example using surface ECG electrodes or cardiac catheters. The recording time period is divided into a plurality of analysis time periods and each sensing location is paired with a plurality of other sensing locations to form a plurality of location pairings. For each of the analysis time periods, determining for each location pairing relative timing of the electrogram signals in the pairing and based on the relative timing determining that one of the pair of signals is the leading signal for the respective analysis time period. It further comprises assigning a lead signal score to each sensing location, the lead signal score for each sensing location calculated based on the proportion of the time period that the signal at that location is the leading signal for all the signal pairings that the sensing location is part of. The lead signal scores provide an indication of the relative likelihood that each sensing location is within a driver area of the heart muscle.
Patent GB-2573541-A (GB)
Title: Livestock feeder
Inventor: ADRIAN LAWSON
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 2018-05-09
Abstract: A combination livestock feeder and water apparatus 10 comprises a feeder body 18 having a hopper 32 for storing feed and a feeding chamber 20 disposed below the hopper 32, the feeding chamber 20 including a trough 26 and being arranged to receive feed from an outlet opening of the hopper 32 and having a front opening 22 to allow an animal to access the feeding chamber 20. The apparatus further comprises a water unit 14 having a reservoir 40 for storing water and a water outlet (44, Fig 5) for dispensing water from the reservoir 40, wherein the reservoir 40 is attached to a side of the feeder body 18 and the water outlet 44 extends through the side of the feeder body 18 such that the water outlet 44 is disposed in the feeding chamber 20. In another aspect, the feeder body 18 comprises an inclined partition 30 and a fist inclined surface 26d wherein the first inclined surface 26d and the inclined partition 30 diverge from one another towards the front opening 22 of the feeding chamber.
Patent GB-2561498-A (GB)
Title: A system, a method, a wearable digital device and a recording device for remote activation of a storage operation of pictorial information
Inventor: EWA PULKKINEN
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2014-07-17
Abstract: A system and method for remote for a camera comprising a first wearable digital device and at least one second device. The first wearable digital device with at least one sensor or a connection to a sensor, which may be a smart watch, takes instructions from the user with interface unit and transmits them to external devices via processing unit and memory unit using a wireless signalling unit over wireless link. The at least one second device, which may be a wearable digital camera, is set in a mode of continuous capture of pictorial information (e.g. loop recording) and has a wireless signalling system. The first wearable digital device is adapted to issue commands to be sent over wireless link to the at least one second device, to instruct storage of the continuously captured images around a trigger event, where the trigger event is defined in the first device and occurs when sensor readings from the first device match said trigger event.
Patent GB-2562986-A (GB)
Title: Capillary electrophoresis apparatus
Inventor: TARO NAKAZAWA
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2016-03-18
Abstract: A capillary electrophoresis apparatus that does not discharge and achieves both compactness and performance even with a part configuration having insufficient spatial distance or creeping distance. This capillary electrophoresis apparatus is provided with a resistance heater 62 for heating capillaries 02, an electrode holder 05 that holds capillary electrodes and is connected to a high-voltage unit, and a conductive member 63 that at least partially comprises metal and has been grounded to a low potential. The electrode holder and conductive member are in contact with heat-dissipating rubber 64 disposed therebetween that composes a structure comprising an insulation member. As a result of this configuration, discharge risk is reduced through the reduction of the potential of parts near the high-voltage unit and the slow reduction of the high potential of the high-voltage unit.
Patent GB-2563779-A (GB)
Title: Method of lining pipe with high strength liner, high strength liner, and pipe lined with high strength liner
Inventor: CHARLES FREE
IPC: F16L57/02
Filed: 2016-08-31
Abstract: A method of lining a pipe comprises providing a liner tube 10 impregnated with a curable polymer. The lining tube has a strength layer 16 formed from chopped strands of parallel aligned fibres 22 distributed along the strength layer 16, and a felt backing layer 14. The liner material has opposite edge margins which are joined together, for example by stitching, forming a longitudinal seam. The edge margins can be overlapping when joined together. The impregnated liner tube is positioned inside the pipe and stretched radially without breaking the seam. The seam constrains the first edge margin from moving in a circumferential direction relative to the second edge margin, as the liner tube stretches to an increased diameter. The liner tube can further comprise a reinforcing strip (44, fig. 5) extending a long the seam, which can be attached to each of the edge margins. The strip can remain attached to each of the edge margins as the liner tube stretches to the increased diameter.
Patent GB-2578470-A (GB)
Title: Processing of primitives in a graphics processor
Inventor: Olof Henrik Uhrenholt
IPC: G06T15/40
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: When processing a primitive 102 for generating a render output in a graphics processor 100, the vertices for the primitive are loaded by a vertex loader 2, but before a primitive (triangle) setup stage 3 generates per-primitive data for the primitive using the loaded vertices for the primitive, an early culling test 122 is performed for the primitive using data of the loaded vertices for the primitive. When the primitive passes the early culling test 122, the primitive is sent onwards to the primitive setup stage (PSU) 3 and to a rasteriser 104 for rasterising the primitive using the per primitive data, but when the primitive fails the early culling test, it is discarded from further processing at the early culling test 122. The culling test may comprise an early depth (Z) test. The rasteriser may be a hierarchical rasteriser that operates to iteratively test primitives against progressively smaller patches of the render output area.
Patent GB-2579227-A (GB)
Title: Selectively inserting content in streamed or broadcast media content
Inventor: MARTIN PETER GOLD
IPC: H04N21/81
Filed: 2018-11-26
Abstract: Selectively inserting or replacing audio/visual media content in scheduled audio/visual media content for each of a plurality of client devices, comprising: selecting media content 1 to be inserted into the scheduled audio/visual media for a respective client device; downloading 2 the selected media content to the respective client device; after downloading, signalling 3 to the respective client device a playback time for the downloaded media content; playing the downloaded media content at the respective client device at the playback time in place of (or inserted into) the scheduled media content. Preferably the step of selecting media content is performed by one or more content selection servers and comprises each client device requesting the media content selection at a time period provided in a previous response from the content selection server. The invention relates to a method of dynamic advert insertion in which adverts are selected and downloaded ahead of time, then the timing of the advert break is signalled closer to the advert break. This overcomes server load issues when a large number of clients are using the system.