baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2554826-A (GB)
Title: Ground fault immune sensor power supply for downhole sensors
Inventor: YUSEF ALAAS
IPC: H04B3/54
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: A ground fault immune power and data delivery system for downhole sensors is connected to a downhole motor via a three-phase power cable. An AC power supply and sensor data module are electrically connected to one of two conductors (phases) at a time selected from the three conductors (phases) to provide power and data signals to the downhole sensors. If a ground fault is detected on one of the two connected phases, an isolation module isolates the grounded phase and switches to the ungrounded connected phase to continue transmitting power and data signals. A frequency of AC power supply, data communication frequencies and a switching frequency of a drive controlling the downhole motor are orthogonal to each other in order to mitigate interference. Surface-to-downhole communication can occur by adjusting voltage, frequency and/or phase of AC power supply controlled by a processor.
Patent GB-2556501-A (GB)
Title: Valve retaining device
Inventor: MARTIN CAREY BULL
IPC: B65D47/20
Filed: 2016-06-28
Abstract: A bi-directional valve support (50) for a closure is provided. The support comprises a support body receivable in a closure and having means for retaining a valve (60). The support body is receivable in a closure in either of two orientations, whereby the valve can be orientated in either direction with respect to product flow therethrough in use.
Patent GB-2558088-A (GB)
Title: Closed tank for fish farming and method for transporting fish into and out from such tank
Inventor: ARNE BERGE
IPC: A01K63/00
Filed: 2016-07-04
Abstract: Closed tank (11) for fish farming, in which the tank is equipped with a liquid tight housing (12) and furthermore is provided with a water supply system, a water discharge system and at least a particle discharge means, the water supply system comprising a plurality of vertical inlet pipes (13) which serve as a load-bearing element of the tank (11). Preferably the inlet pipes (13) together with a vertical pipe (14) and interconnected pipes (15a, b) constitute a load-bearing skeleton of the tank. The tank is typically provided with separate buoyance chambers (48) dimensioned to provide sufficient buoyance even if one chamber should fail, and one chamber (48') in contact with the water in the tank arranged to be filled with and drained for air respectively, to thereby reduce and increase the water level in the tank respectively and the use thereof for transportation of fish out from and into the tank. A method for transportation of fish into and out from the tank is also contemplated.
Patent GB-2557039-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to dynamically control how often temperature readings are received
Inventor: BRUCE W WILKINSON
IPC: G08B1/08
Filed: 2016-06-23
Abstract: A control circuit dynamically controls how often temperature readings are received from a communication device such as an RFID tag having an integral temperature sensor. The communication device can be disposed to monitor an internal temperature of, for example, a delivery container. By one approach the control circuit dynamically controls how often the temperature readings are received as a function, at least in part, of local conditions for the delivery container. By one approach the aforementioned local conditions pertain to the contents of the delivery container. Examples in these regards include a temperature-based state of the contents, a volume-based metric of the contents, and mass-based metrics of the contents. By another approach, in lieu of the foregoing or in combination therewith, the aforementioned local conditions can pertain to ambient conditions as regards the delivery container.
Patent GB-2560458-A (GB)
Title: Processing audio data for producing metadata
Inventor: MARK MANN
IPC: G10H1/38
Filed: 2011-05-11
Abstract: Systems and methods for processing music audio data to produce metadata comprise: an input 2; a sampler 4 to sample audio data; a chord processor; a weight sum processor 8 and output 10. The chord processor processes the samples to produce a confidence measure of a first chord that is dominant before each transition; and of the first chord after each transition; and a second chord that is dominant after each transition and before a transition. The weight sum processor produces a weighted chord differential by summing for all transitions a function of the difference in confidence measure of the first and second chords before and after each transition; and an output for outputting the weighted chord differential.
Patent GB-2561507-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for affine merge mode prediction for video coding system
Inventor: XIAOZHONG XU
IPC: H04N19/70
Filed: 2017-01-06
Abstract: Methods and apparatus of Inter prediction including an affine Merge mode are disclosed. In one method, motion vectors associated with a set of neighbouring blocks of the current block are determined and used to generate a unified Merge candidate list. If the motion vector exists for a given neighbouring block belonging to the set of neighbouring blocks of the current block, the motion vector associated with the given neighbouring block is included in the unified Merge candidate list regardless of whether the given neighbouring block is coded using a regular mode or an affine mode. In another method, various new affine Merge candidates are disclosed, which includes a method uses temporal affine Merge candidate, a method uses previous N affine coded block and a method using global affine parameters. A Merge candidate list uses a set of decoder-side derived motion vectors is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2568594-A (GB)
Title: Distributed speech processing
Inventor: MICHAEL ROSENZWEIG
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: A voice activation circuit receives audio data at a gateway (eg. a home gateway 105, fig. 1) connected to several devices (108a-f) operating under different standards and, in response to recognising a key phrase or wake word locally, stores the audio in memory at the gateway and distributes it to selected devices for speech processing. A media offload management policy (MOMP, 435 fig. 4) may determine which device the data is packaged and transmitted to according to priority-assigned speech processing capabilities, processor class, hardware accelerators or available resources. The audio buffer may construct a speech query for a cloud based speech service client.
Patent GB-2565016-A (GB)
Title: Staircase charging
Inventor: John f christensen
IPC: H01M10/48
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: A battery management system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the battery management system to estimate one or more states of the battery by applying a battery model to account for physical parameters of a chemical composition of the battery based on one or more measured characteristics of the battery and the one or more estimated characteristics of the battery and regulate a first charging mode of the battery based on the estimation of the one or more states of the one or more battery cells and switch between the first charging mode and a second charging mode based on the estimation of the one or more states of the battery to allow for rapid charging of the battery.
Patent GB-2565494-A (GB)
Title: Portable disability access device
Inventor: DAVID STRATTON
IPC: A61G7/053
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: A foldable, portable disability bed support which has a portion disposable under a mattress and a vertical post for use in self-supporting a disabled person. The bed support includes a base connector to which the vertical post is attached. The base connector is adapted to accept attachment of the base arms in either an operative position or in a folded position in which the base arms lie alongside the support post.
Patent GB-2580959-A (GB)
Title: Sound attenuating clip
Inventor: BARNEY PARSONS
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2019-02-01
Abstract: A clip for connecting a furring channel to a building element comprises a bracket for receiving a furring channel and for connection to the building element via a fixture, and a sound attenuator comprising a first element and a second element. A first part of the first element is at least partially enclosed by the second element and at least the second element is configured to abut the building element, The second element has an acoustic attenuation property different to an acoustic attenuation property of the first element. The first element may be softer than the second element having a hardness of between 25 to 60 A shore hardness and the second element having a hardness of between 35 to 70 A shore hardness. A third element having an acoustic attenuation property different from that of both the first and second elements may be located between the first and second elements. The clip may comprise a bushing an a flange, the flange providing a bearing surface fr the fixture and the bushing projecting through the first element and the bracket.
Patent GB-2570424-A (GB)
Title: Articles including beneficial objects dispersed in horsehair and methods of manufacture
Inventor: DILIP KUMAR PATEL
IPC: D02G3/00
Filed: 2017-01-03
Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article and methods of its manufacture. The article may include a material configured to form an enclosure. The article may further include horsehair disposed within the enclosure. The article may also include a number of beneficial objects dispersed in the horsehair
Patent GB-2581541-A (GB)
Title: Dual-alloy pyrotechnic-actuated valve assembly
Inventor: JOEL PATRICK MELITO
IPC: F16K31/12
Filed: 2017-11-22
Abstract: A pyrotechnic-actuated valve assembly may include an insert body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet. The insert body is formed of a first alloy, A shear structure is bonded to the outlet of the insert body so as to close the flow path. The shear structure is formed of a second alloy. The second alloy of the shear structure is bonded to the first alloy of the insert body so as to form a hermetic seal. The dual -alloy nature of the valve assembly allows a relatively clean shearing of the shear structure during actuation, thus reducing or preventing the occurrence of deformation and/or material fragments in the flow path.
Patent GB-2579875-A (GB)
Title: Ratchet wrench with tube spring
Inventor: Christopher d thompson
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 2019-07-02
Abstract: A rachet mechanism has first and second pawls 120,122 engaging a drive gear 115 in a tool (fig.3,100). A reversing lever 125 is coupled to the pawls used to cause one or other of the pawls to engage the drive gear. Two tube springs 130,132 are disposed within respective bores (fig.3,180,185) in a head 105 of the tool, the bores each having arcs (fig.3,190,195) allowing the springs to extend towards a respective pawl. When the respective pawl engages the drive gear the respective tube spring biases the pawl into engagement. The arcs may be openings in the bores extending less than 180 degrees, large enough to allow the spring to extend, but not large enough to permit the springs to escape. The reversing lever may have hooks 135 which engage a post 137 on a respective pawl when a user selects that pawl. The head may contain a ball detent mechanism 150 having a spring 147 biasing a ball 145 towards the reversing lever in a hole 155 in a valley 160; and a shelf 163 allowing a knob 140 of the reversing lever to be located slightly below the surface of the head.
Patent GB-2588382-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a smart card
Inventor: STEVEN COLUSSI
IPC: B32B38/10
Filed: 2019-10-15
Abstract: An electronic circuit inlay 30 for a smartcard is provided by a substrate formed of plastic and a fibre reinforced epoxy composite. The electronics inlay 30 also comprises contacts 32 for electrical connection to a smart card component, with holes 42 provided through the substrate 30 adjacent to the contacts 32. Formation of a card body includes laminating the electronic circuit inlay between first (22, figure 4) and second (24, figure 4) layers of material, which causes the 1st and 2nd materials (22, 24 figure 4) to be bonded together around the circuit layer 30 and also through holes 42 in the substrate 30. The preferred smartcard includes a biometric fingerprint sensor 40 in a cavity 50 and processing modules 37, 38. The substrate preferably comprises polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), glycol modified PET (PETG), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or glass reinforced epoxy (FR-4). A solder mask 39 is preferably formed around the contacts 32, especially a printed or sprayed liquid or dry film photoimageable mask (LPSM, DFSM) 39. Smart or integrated circuit cards can identify and authenticate the user preventing unauthorised use of credit cards.
Patent GB-2576840-A (GB)
Title: System and method for measuring and aligning roof bolts
Inventor: Wilhelmus Hendrickus Theunissen
IPC: G01C1/04
Filed: 2018-04-13
Abstract: A industrial machine including a chassis, a first sensor configured to sense a roof bolt, a second sensor configured to sense the roof bolt, and a controller. The controller configured to receive sensor information from the first and second sensors, and determine a location of the roof bolt based on the sensor information from the first and second sensor.
Patent GB-2589350-A (GB)
Title: Method and controller for determining relative positions of terminals
Inventor: HERVÉ MERLET
IPC: H04L45/02
Filed: 2019-11-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a power over cable system such as Power over Ethernet (PoE) or Power over Coax (PoC) and provides a method of determining relative positions of terminals connected to the same port of a power source equipment. The terminals may comprise cameras, wireless access points or VoIP phones. The method comprises the following steps performed at a controller of a master terminal: scheduling successive voltage drops for each of at least two terminals of a plurality of terminals; obtaining, for each scheduled voltage drop, a set of voltage measurements performed at the bounds of each of the terminals; determining relative positions of each of the terminals compared to the port of a power source equipment based on the obtained sets of voltage measurements. If all the values of the voltage measurements associated with the voltage drop at a first terminal are greater than all the values of another set of voltage measurements associated with the second terminal, the first terminal is upstream from the second terminal compared to the port of the power source equipment, otherwise the first terminal and the second terminal are connected on different parallel branches.
Patent GB-2590988-A (GB)
Title: Electronics module for a wearable article
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: H05K5/00
Filed: 2020-02-19
Abstract: The sensor housing 100 comprises a rigid housing 101 and an outer layer of flexible material 103 covering at least part of the rigid housing 101. An electronics component 105 such as an infrared sensor or humidity sensor has a line of sight through a window in the housing to allow detection of skin temperature, hydration or perspiration. The outer layer of flexible material 103 may comprise an open weave fabric 103 through which light can be transmitted. The outer layer of the flexible material may comprise conductor electrodes 121, 123 which connect to conductors 213 arranged on the garment.
Patent GB-2580571-A (GB)
Title: Skin treatment apparatus utilsing intense pulsed light (IPL)
Inventor: STUART TERRY JONES
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: A skin treatment apparatus comprising a light source comprising a light emitting element 22 for transmitting light energy to the skin, a charge storage device 20 for discharging an energy dose to the light emitting element, the discharge being free discharge, at least one sensor for measuring a parameter of the skin and a control system 28 configured to determine a treatment energy dose to be delivered, this being derived using the sensor measurement. Wherein the control system is arranged to enable charging of the charge storage device in a two or more-stage operation, wherein in a first stage charging is to an intermediate energy level, and in a second or further stage to an energy level sufficient to deliver the treatment energy dose. The charge storage device may be a capacitor.
Patent GB-2594748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to elastic cords
Inventor: L A D KRISHAN CHAMINDA WEERAWANSA
IPC: D04C1/12
Filed: 2020-05-07
Abstract: Elastic cord 10 comprising elastomeric yarn 20 and crimped textured yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 forming a cushioned sheath (22, fig. 2b) around the elastomeric yarn 20, the sheath 22 has a series of cushion portions (14, fig. 2a) and pinched portions (16, fig 2a) along its length, the pinched portions 16 formed where a set of crimped textured yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 cross paths and the cushion portions 14 formed by the bulk of the crimped textured yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 between the pinched portions 16. The crimped texture yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 may be held in place relative to the elastomeric yarn 20 by a warp yarn 23, which may be a crimped textured yarn. The crimped textured yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 at the cushion portions 14 may float the warp yarn 23. More than one set of crimped textured yarns 18F1, 18F2, 18R1, 18R2 may be included, each set crossing paths at different points creating separate pinched portions 16. Also claimed is a method of manufacturing elastic cord. The series of pinched portions 16 may be formed on a shared axis along the length of the cord 10.
Patent GB-2587059-A (GB)
Title: Hall sensor, sensor assembly including hall sensors, and sensor assembly control modes
Inventor: JANEZ TRONTELJ
IPC: G01R33/07
Filed: 2020-06-02
Abstract: A Hall element magnetic sensor contains an additional circuit that improves measurement sensitivity, frequency and signal‐to‐noise ratio. The Hall element has two pairs of terminals, u,d, and l, r. Transistors T1, T2 have their gates or bases connected to the terminals u, l, d, r by switches B1 – B4. Resistors R3, R4 are connected between an intermediate point VM and the gates or bases. Output terminal ibias is also connected to the gates or bases. Output terminals -ih and +ih are formed from the drains or collectors of T1, T2. Control signals S1, S2 alternately apply power supply voltage between terminal pairs u,d or l, r. A sensor assembly (figure 2) consists of individual such Hall sensors, spatially rotated by 90° with respect with an alternating rotation orientation. Hall sensors in the assembly can be controlled either in a two‐phase spinning mode or without two‐phase spinning. The sensors in the assembly can be controlled either simultaneously or in a time sequence.
Patent GB-2587524-A (GB)
Title: Poppet-type flow control valve
Inventor: HIDEYASU MURAOKA
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 2019-04-18
Abstract: This poppet-type flow control valve comprises: a valve housing having an inlet flow channel, an outlet flow channel, a valve chamber provided between the inlet flow channel and the outlet flow channel, and a valve seat provided to the valve chamber; a valve body that is accommodated inside the valve housing and that advances and regresses relative to the valve seat; a piston that moves integrally with the valve body in the advancing/regressing directions in which the valve body advances and regresses; a movement member capable of moving in the advancing/regressing directions in which the valve body advances and regresses, the movement member moving in the regressing direction integrally with the valve body when moving in at least the regressing direction of the advancing/regressing directions; an electric motor; a position detector that detects the rotational angle of an output shaft of the electric motor; a linear motion conversion mechanism that converts the amount of rotation of the output shaft of the electric motor to an amount of linear displacement of the piston in the advancing/regressing directions; and a controller that provides feedback control for the electric motor so that the rotational angle of the output shaft detected by the position detector reaches a rotational angle corresponding to a predetermined target interval between the valve seat and the valve body.
Patent GB-2587139-A (GB)
Title: Method and device of abnormal efficiency protection for electrical apparatus
Inventor: QUENTIN LIN
IPC: H02H3/00
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: A method and device of abnormal efficiency protection for an electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus is restarted or switched off when the efficiency is determined as abnormal. Therefore, an abnormal efficiency protection is performed automatically and the performance of the electrical apparatus can be ensured. Furthermore, no additional hardware or electronic element is needed, thus the cost and space may be saved.
Patent GB-2593269-A (GB)
Title: A wheelchair device
Inventor: EMILY ROBERTS
IPC: A61G5/10
Filed: 2021-01-07
Abstract: The wheelchair aid has a base 1 for locating on a seat of a wheelchair and at least two connectors 5 extending from the front of the base 1 for receiving a displaceable accessory. The base 1 may be planar, flexible or a square sheet. The connectors 5 may extend from corners or a perimeter edge of the base 1 and may be formed of an adjustable strap 2, 3 and clip 6. A connector 5 may connect to a connector on the accessory or be formed of two parts 4, 5 that connect together to form a loop passing through an opening of the accessory. The base 1 may have two layers with a foam sandwiched between so that it may be a seat cushion. An outer layer of the base 1 may including grip means such as an array of silicon dots. The accessory may be a bag, umbrella, blanket, storage container, or mop.
Patent GB-2594410-A (GB)
Title: Classifying perceived objects based on activity
Inventor: PHILIP CHRISTOPHER DU TOIT
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: Among other things, systems and methods for classifying perceived objects based on activity are disclosed. The systems and methods can include means for receiving sensor information corresponding to at least one object and determining an activity prediction for the at least one object in accordance with the sensor information. The system and methods can include means for classifying the object in accordance with the activity prediction. A controller circuit can operate control functions of a vehicle at least partially based on the classification of the at least one object.
Patent GB-2605239-A (GB)
Title: Automatic evaluation of virtual machine computing power
Inventor: GRZEGORZ PIOTR SZCZEPANIK
IPC: G06F11/30
Filed: 2021-12-02
Abstract: A set of virtual machines is deployed on a hypervisor. At each virtual machine, one or more local scans is performed to generate a set of computing resource consumption data. In response to receiving a set of hypervisor resource consumption data, a stability factor is generated. Based on the set of resource consumption data, the set of hypervisor resource consumption data, and the stability factor, a determination is made that a default consumption metric exceeds a threshold. In response to the determination, a custom consumption metric is generated, based on at least the set of computing resource consumption data. A user is notified of the custom consumption metric.