baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2589357-A (GB)
Title: Microactuator apparatus and system
Inventor: FLAVIO PARDO
IPC: G02B26/10
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A thermally-actuated microactuator 10 is configured to deflect a component 14 in dependence on an applied stimulus. The microactuator is a type of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) that functions as an actuator. An extender 12 has a length configured to increase deflection of the component by the microactuator, wherein the extender comprises one or more voids. The extender may have a void fraction of at least 25% and may be a framework of spaced members separated by one or more voids. The microactuator may be a cantilever and may be a bimorph with two layers with different coefficients of thermal expansion and one or both of the layers is configured as a resistive heater. There may be a plurality, i.e. three, microactuators which are arranged to enable deflection of the component (14, figure 5) about a plurality of axes. The component may be an optical mirror used in optical coherence tomography.
Patent GB-2582435-A (GB)
Title: Voice and/or image recording and transmission system
Inventor: ANTHONY RICHARD HOWE
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2020-01-23
Abstract: A voice and/or image recording system 1 comprises audio and/or visual recording means 11, 12, transmission means 20 to transmit real time data from the recording means to a third party, and control means 13, 20 to control the recording means and transmission means. The system may be provided located with a building or structure to be monitored, such as a residential building, or it may be located within a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, tablet and/or the like. The transmission means may transmit an alert to police, other law enforcement, or other emergency services, should certain conditions be met by the signal produced by the recording means. The condition may be the detected presence of a person in the field of view of the recording device. A method for the control of a lockable opening is also described. The system comprises authentication of a person attempting to gain access through the opening and the recording of a person accessing the opening.
Patent GB-2592648-A (GB)
Title: Power management on a vehicle
Inventor: RUDOLF STREIF
IPC: B60R16/03
Filed: 2020-03-05
Abstract: A vehicle control system comprising one or more controllers (14, figure 2), the vehicle control system comprising a global power state and comprising at least two virtual machines 26,28,30 being hosted on the one or more controllers wherein each virtual machine has a local power state, the vehicle control system configured to: receive a vehicle parameter signal indicative of a required global power state of the vehicle control system; and determine a local power state for each virtual machine in dependence on the received vehicle parameter signal; update a current local power state of each virtual machine to the respective determined local power state therefor. The controller may comprise a microcontroller unit 16 and an application processor (20), the latter running a hypervisor (24) which hosts the virtual machines. Each virtual machine may run different software applications 32a which may have different power management needs. A virtual machine manager 46 and power manager 48 on the hypervisor may therefore be configured to “keep alive” functionality to the different applications while avoiding leaving the controller in a fully running power state indefinitely.
Patent GB-2592652-A (GB)
Title: Tailgate chain linkage
Inventor: MARK ROBINSON
IPC: B62D33/027
Filed: 2020-03-05
Abstract: A chain connector 1, for use with a tailgate chain linkage of a machine such as an articulated dump truck for use in the mining industry, has a first flange 21 and a second flange 22 connected by a web 23. Each flange 21, 22 has a first end 24 and a second end 25, and chain connector 1 has a first pair (26, Figure 3) of apertures in first ends 24 for coupling to machine 2 and a plurality of second pairs (27, Figure 3) of apertures in second ends 25 for coupling to a chain (11, Figure 2). An effective length of the linkage may be adjusted by coupling the chain with a selected second pair of apertures as these apertures are disposed at a plurality of distances from the first pair of apertures. A tailgate chain linkage and a machine are also provided. First ends 24 may be relatively narrow compared with second ends 25, and second ends 25 may have a mushroom shape.
Patent GB-2593167-A (GB)
Title: Extraction apparatus
Inventor: MARCUS HARTLEY
IPC: B65B55/24
Filed: 2020-03-16
Abstract: An apparatus, such as a packaging machine for tobacco products, for extracting recyclable material 2 away from an extraction surface 3, the apparatus comprising: an extraction passage 6 defined between opposing first 4 and second 5 surfaces, the extraction passage having an entrance opening 7 at one end and a discharge opening 8 at an opposite end, and an air flow system including an air flow outlet 14, the air flow outlet being configured to direct a flow of pressurised air through the extraction passage 6 in a direction towards the discharge opening 8 to generate a reduced pressure proximate the entrance opening 7, such that material to be extracted proximate the entrance opening can be drawn into the entrance opening and through the extraction passage towards the discharge opening.
Patent GB-2580270-A (GB)
Title: Subsea biofouling preventer device
Inventor: AYMER YEFERSON MATURANA CORDOBA
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2018-08-23
Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-intensity ultraviolet light emitting diodes (6) (UV-LED) device (1) for preventing biofouling formation in a system for subsea operation of a target fluid. Further, the present invention discloses such device for coupling or integration into a subsea treatment system and to a process using such device.
Patent GB-2581621-A (GB)
Title: Imaging device and control method therefor
Inventor: NOBUSHIGE WAKAMATSU
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2018-09-20
Abstract: The imaging device changes the image-capture process thereof on the basis of data related to a captured image and is characterized in that when making the change, greater weight is assigned to data for a captured image involving instruction by a user than to data for an automatically-processed captured image.
Patent GB-2585977-A (GB)
Title: Trash bag placement apparatus, detection apparatus, smart trash bin, and automatic bag replacement control method
Inventor: JIANXIANG LI
IPC: B65F1/06
Filed: 2019-07-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a trash bag placement apparatus, comprising a vacuumization assembly and a motor that drives the vacuumization assembly; the vacuumization assembly is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is in communication with the interior of the trash bin body, and the air outlet is in communication with the exterior of the trash bin body, thereby solving the problem in which existing smart trash bins cannot automatically place bags or existing bag placement structures are relatively complex and inconvenient to use. Also disclosed is a smart trash bin provided with the trash bag placement apparatus. The smart trash bin further comprises a trash bag detection apparatus comprising a transmission end used for transmitting a signal and a receiving end used for receiving a signal; both the transmission end and the receiving end are placed on the inner wall of the trash bin; the signal received by the receiving end is either a signal directly transmitted by the transmission end or a signal transmitted by the transmission end and then reflected. Also disclosed is an automatic bag replacement control method for a smart trash bin, said method being capable of automatically placing trash bags and detecting the position of the trash bags inside of the trash bin, thereby enhancing the stability and reliability of the smart trash bin.
Patent GB-2586536-A (GB)
Title: Prechamber ignition system having hydraulically actuated piston
Inventor: SCOTT B FIVELAND
IPC: F02B19/12
Filed: 2020-06-03
Abstract: An ignition system (54, Fig 1) for an internal combustion engine 12 comprises an igniter (56, Fig 3) with a housing 58, a combustion prechamber 62 and a gas orifice(s) 70 to fluidly connect the prechamber to a cylinder 16. A piston 66 with a piston end face 88 is exposed to the prechamber and movable within the igniter housing between a retracted and advanced position. A hydraulic actuator 68 applies an actuating force to the piston, such that the piston is moved toward the advanced position to increase a pressure of an ignition charge of fuel and air within the prechamber to an autoignition threshold. The igniter housing may include a nozzle 59 forming the prechamber, having gas orifices and a piston end face (88) spaced from the orifices. The piston may include a piston ring (98, Fig 3) attached to the piston and a blowby vent 97. A biaser or spring 80 may bias the piston toward the retracted position in opposition to the actuating force. The hydraulic actuator may include a fluid port 74 and a control valve 74 and an electrical actuator 83. An internal combustion engine and method of operation are also claimed.
Patent GB-2597975-A (GB)
Title: Voice controlled studio apparatus
Inventor: DAVID JOHN INNES
IPC: H04N5/222
Filed: 2020-08-13
Abstract: A voice controlled studio apparatus comprises: a presenter interface unit and a producer interface unit, each of which generates commands and comprises a voice input device; a data processing unit which receives commands from the presenter interface and the producer interface, processes the commands, parses them and then subsequently effects one or more actions; a teleprompt unit which provides a display visible by a presenter and receives actions from a data processing unit and varies the display according to the said actions. The data processing unit parses the commands to ascertain whether the actions meet at least one pre-determined criterion and then subsequently effect one or more actions based on the commands and the or each pre-determined criterion. The apparatus may distinguish between voice inputs which comprise commands to be actioned and voice inputs which are not intended to result in actions. The apparatus may comprise a database comprising voice inputs which comprise commands to be actioned; the database may further comprise a representation of a script.
Patent GB-2588998-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic soap gel sticks with improved manufacturability
Inventor: INGA KERSTIN VOCKENROTH
IPC: A61Q15/00
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: A cosmetic gel stick based on a fatty acid salt (soap) comprising: 5-7 % sodium salt of at least one C10-C30 alkane carboxylic acid (which may be substituted with at least one hydroxyl group), preferably the sodium salt of decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, 1,2-hydroxydodecaonic acid, 12-hydroystearic acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, isosteric acid, eicosamoic acid, or behenic acid; 60-80 % liquid polyol selected from C2-C9 alkanols with 2-6 hydroxy groups or polyethylene glycols with 3-10 ethylene oxide units; 10-35 % water; and 0.005-0.15 % liquid linear polydimethylsiloxane. The polyol may be a mixture of 1,2-propanediol and dipropylene glycol comprising 20-80 % dipropylene glycol. The stick optionally comprises: at least one deodorant active and/or fragrance, preferably glyceryl monoalkyl or monoalkenyl esters; 0-0.3 % non-ionic oil-in-water emulsifier which is not a glyceryl monoalkyl or monoalkenyl ester; 0.1-2 % non-ionic oil-in-water emulsifier selected from a glyceryl monoalkyl or monoalkenyl ester; 0-3 % ethanol; polypropylene glycols with 20-35 propylene oxide units; polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol copolymers; and trimethylsiloxysilicate/dimethicone crosspolymers.
Patent GB-2599402-A (GB)
Title: Intersection testing for ray tracing
Inventor: DANIEL BARNARD
IPC: G06T15/06
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: The application discloses performing intersection testing between one or more rays and elements identified by nodes of a hierarchical acceleration structure wherein a ray is defined by ray information, a node identifies one or more elements for intersection testing and were at least some of the elements identified by the overall hierarchical acceleration structure are represented by a further node of the hierarchical acceleration structure. The computer-implemented method comprises defining each of a plurality of rays as either a serial-mode ray or a parallel-mode ray and performing an iterative intersection testing process by obtaining one or more ray requests, each ray request identifying a ray and a node of the hierarchical structure that identifies elements for which the ray of the ray request will undergo intersection testing, processing the one or more ray requests and the hierarchical acceleration structure to identify, for each ray request, any intersections between the ray of the ray request and the elements identified by that node of the ray request and for each ray request if any intersections are identified between the ray of the ray request and elements that represent a further node of the hierarchical structure, generating, for a next iteration of the intersection testing process, one or more new ray requests, each new ray request identifying the ray of the ray request and a further node that represents an element intersected by the ray of the ray request. If the ray of the ray request is defined as a serial mode ray, the number of new ray requests is restricted to being no greater than a first predetermined number and wherein if the ray of the ray request is defined as a parallel-mode ray the number of new ray requests is permitted to be greater than the first predetermined number.
Patent GB-2589970-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems to detect items left in merchandise carriers
Inventor: ROBERT SANDERS
IPC: G07G3/00
Filed: 2020-10-07
Abstract: A system to detect items left in merchandise carriers (carts, trolleys or baskets) at a checkout, and respective method, includes an input device to receive an indication that a merchandise carrier is to be empty from at least one of a user or a device coupled to the input device; an overhead imaging device to capture an image of the merchandise carrier at the checkout station in response to the indication; an image processor to detect, using the image, an obscuration of a portion of the merchandise carrier by the presence of an item within the merchandise carrier, and generate an alert signal when the portion of the merchandise carrier is obscured; and an output device to receive the alert signal and provide a notification of the presence of the item. The indication may be the pressing of a key to start payment processing. The image analysis may comprise the comparison of the image of the cart with an image of an empty cart. The system may determine if a handheld scanner was used or whether the detected object has a barcode and was scanned during item scanning or is not recognised and not generate the alert in these circumstances.
Patent GB-2591189-A (GB)
Title: Nanowire light emitting switch devices and methods thereof
Inventor: Matthew Hartensveld
IPC: H01L33/02
Filed: 2019-08-22
Abstract: A nanowire system includes a substrate and at least one nanowire structure which extends out along an axis from a surface of the substrate. The nanowire structure comprises a light emitting diode and a device driver electrically coupled to control an operational state of the light emitting diode. The light emitting diode and the device driver are integrated to each share at least one doped region.
Patent GB-2596182-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent and integrated liquid-cooled rack for datacenters
Inventor: ALI HEYDARI
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2021-02-19
Abstract: A cooling system for a datacenter is disclosed. The datacenter cooling system includes a cooling manifold (304A) located within a rack (300A) having a first controllable fluid coupler (308) to receive a coolant from a cooling loop external to the rack and one or more second controllable fluid couplers (312) to distribute the coolant to one or more server cooling manifolds within server trays of a rack within the datacenter.
Patent GB-2591203-A (GB)
Title: A kitchen garbage processing apparatus
Inventor: HONGFU BAI
IPC: E03C1/266
Filed: 2021-04-12
Abstract: A kitchen garbage processing apparatus, comprising an outer shell with a rotary motor fixedly arranged on the outside and a feeding port at an upper end of the shell, a dry-wet separation component inside the shell, a pre-storing member 4 inside the shell, a drying member 5 below the pre-storing member, a crushing member 6 at a lower end of the shell, and a swill processing member 7 below the dry-wet separation member. The dry-wet separation component comprises a spiral feeder 2 with helical blades, a circular cavity comprising an internal gear on the inside, and first extrusion blades on the outside of the cavity. An extrusion joint shaft coupled to the cavity with second extrusion blades along the joint shaft. A crushing cavity comprising a crushing-driven cylinder on an outer wall of the cavity with crushing connecting rods. There are a plurality of cutter mounting grooves evenly distributed on the crushing tool mounting racks, with a connecting spring fixed on one side surface of a corresponding cutter mounting groove. Dry-wet separation is performed when the kitchen garbage is transferred into the pre-storing member 4 to prolong a using life of the apparatus.
Patent GB-2593086-A (GB)
Title: Force sensing system and method
Inventor: HAMID SEPEHR
IPC: H03K17/96
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.
Patent GB-2593369-A (GB)
Title: Recovered drilling fluid formulation
Inventor: Rajesh C Kapila
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2019-06-06
Abstract: A method may include: heating a drilling waste comprising water, oil, and solid particulate; vaporizing at least a portion of the water and oil from the drilling waste to form a vaporized fluid, wherein the step of vaporization is performed at a pressure less than about 101.325 kPa; and condensing the at least a portion of the water and oil to form a recovered fluid emulsion.
Patent GB-2601861-A (GB)
Title: Improving accuracy of a GNSS receiver that has a non-directional antenna
Inventor: Jeremy Charles Bennington
IPC: G01S19/28
Filed: 2021-07-14
Abstract: The technology disclosed teaches a method of improving accuracy of a GNSS receiver that has a non-directional antenna, with the receiver sending CDN a request for predictive data for an area that includes the receiver. Responsive to the query, the method includes receiving data regarding LOS visibility for the receiver with respect to individual satellites, and the receiver using the data for satellite selection, for choosing some and ignoring other individual satellites. Also disclosed is using the data to exclude from satellite selection at least one individual satellite based on lack of LOS visibility to the individual satellite. Further disclosed is recognizing and rejecting spoofed GNSS signals received by a GNSS receiver that has a non-directional antenna, in response to a CDN response to a request for predictive data for an area that includes the receiver, with the receiver comparing the data with measures of signals received from individual satellites. The system also using the data to exclude for satellite selection at least one individual satellite based on lack of line of sight visibility to the individual satellite.
Patent GB-2609210-A (GB)
Title: Device for the treatment of foot conditions
Inventor: DANIEL FERREIRA FERNANDES
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2021-07-22
Abstract: A device for the treatment of foot conditions comprising an anchor point 3 configured to attach to a user’s ankle, with a sole element 7 having a proximal end extending from the anchor point and extending under a sole of a foot of the user. A toe raising element 9 extends from a distal end of the sole element, and is configured to pivot the toes above their resting position, wherein a strap 11 extends from the toe raising element to attach to the anchor point. The device may be used to treat Achilles tendonitis or plantar fasciitis. The toe raising element may extend past the end of the user’s toes and fold back over the top thereof. The toe raising element may be less flexible than the sole element. The device may include a fastening mechanism 13 attached to the sole element and configured to wrap around the user’s foot, the mechanism may comprise two wings attached to either side of the sole or a single strap attached to a first side of the sole.
Patent GB-2597609-A (GB)
Title: Deployable overhead protection assembly and methods of use for canopy fragilization system
Inventor: Steve Holstine
IPC: B64D25/10
Filed: 2021-07-23
Abstract: A deployable overhead protection assembly 201 with a base 210 pivotally coupled to an ejection seat headrest, a first stabiliser 220 extending from a first side of the base and a second stabiliser 230 extending from a second side of the base. The first and second stabilisers have first 222 and second 232 breakers located distal to the base of the stabilisers. A mitt (240,fig2B) coupled to the base and disposed laterally between the first and second stabiliser. Also claimed is a canopy fragilization system for an aircraft ejection system including a sharp breaker 250 disposed on a first side of the ejection seat as a primary breaker for the canopy and a blunt breaker 260 disposed on a second side as a secondary breaker. A method for fragilizing a canopy of an aircraft including; exerting a first impulse on the canopy with a sharp breaker, a second impulse with a blunt breaker, third impulse with the first tertiary breaker and a fourth impulse with the second tertiary breaker. There may be cables (270,280,fig3) between the sharp/blunt breakers and the first/second tertiary breakers for sawing through the canopy.
Patent GB-2607698-A (GB)
Title: Robotic cells
Inventor: AUSTIN JAMES COOK
IPC: G06T7/73
Filed: 2022-04-13
Abstract: A robot cell 1, having a cell floor 10 defining an array of nodes 100 corresponding with a predetermined two-dimensional coordinate system and defining a volume for receiving a workpiece W therein, comprises: a set of robots 110, including a first robot 110A, having respective bases 111, end effectors 112 and working envelopes 113 and defining respective three-dimensional coordinate systems, located according to the array of nodes 100; a set of detectors 120, including a first detector 120A, configured to detect respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots 110 using a set of targets 140, 140A disposed on and/or in the cell floor 10; and a controller 130, communicatively coupled to the set of robots 110 and to the set of detectors 120, configured to control movement of the set of robots 110 using the detected respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots 110. Reconfiguration of the robot cell 1 is facilitated for example relocating or removing an existing robot 110 from the robot cell 1 and/or introducing a new robot 110 into the robot cell 1.