baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2575792-A (GB)
Title: Stack for an energy storage device
Inventor: JOSEPH DANIEL HOWARD
IPC: H01M10/0585
Filed: 2018-07-20
Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a stack for an energy storage device, the stack comprising a first electrode layer 204 and an electrolyte layer 206. A first material 210 is deposited over a portion of the first electrode layer 274 and a portion of the electrolyte layer 276. A second material 214 is deposited over the first material to form a second electrode layer 208 and to provide an electrical connection from the second electrode layer to a further second electrode layer. The first material insulates the portions of the first electrode layer and the electrolyte layer from the second material. The first material may be deposited by inkjet material deposition. The stack may comprise a substrate proximal to the first electrode layer. The second material may be an anode material for forming an anode layer. The stack may comprise a further second electrode layer 208a connected with the second electrode layer via the second material. In this case a further electrolyte layer 206b is positioned between the further second electrode layer and the first electrode layer. The first material is deposited over an exposed portion of the further electrolyte layer 276b to insulate it from the second material.
Patent GB-2563167-A (GB)
Title: Dual tumble dryer unit and system
Inventor: JOHN PUCKETT
IPC: D06F34/26
Filed: 2014-05-23
Abstract: A gelatin capsule drying system comprises first, second and third zones, each zone having a respective temperature sensor. A respective air handler unit 22 is positioned to discharge air into each zone, the air handler unit being in communication with the corresponding zones temperature sensor. A series of dual tumble dryers 18 extends from the first zone, through the second zone, and into the third zone. A HVAC unit 20 provides air to the air handler units. Each dryer (40, fig. 10) may comprise two sections, each section having a basket (64a, 64b, fig. 11) rotating about a horizontal axis and a blower (66a, 66b, fig. 11) positioned to blow air on the basket. Two drying paths may be present (P1, P2, fig. 10), each path defined by a basket and entry and exit openings (90a, 90b, 92a, 92b, figs. 10,11) in the dryer side walls (60, 62, fig. 10). There may be areas 12, 16 where gelatine is liquefied and then encapsulated in an injector, forming a softgel which is cured by being processed through the tumble dryers. This system may provide shorter drying times.
Patent GB-2577910-A (GB)
Title: Mouth seal assembly
Inventor: JAMES MEADWELL
IPC: A62B23/02
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: A mouth seal assembly 1 for a PPE mask 10 comprises a central lip contacting portion 2 having an airway passage 3 formed there through, an outer rib 5 formed around the central lip contacting portion and a channel 3 formed between the outer rib and the lip contacting portion; immediately adjacent an outer edge of the lip contacting portion. The lip contacting portion is more malleable than the outer rib and in use, conforms to a user’s lips to provide a seal. A PPE mask including the seal assembly may also comprise an integral nose clip (14, Fig 3) or a respiratory protection system may comprise of the mask and a separate nose clip (21, Fig 4).
Patent GB-2565947-A (GB)
Title: Alignment sub with deformable sleeve
Inventor: MATTHEW BRADLEY STOKES
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 2016-07-14
Abstract: In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, a system and method for rotationally orienting two wellbore tool components on a tool string relative to each other is provided. The system may include an alignment sub that is simple to operate and allows for quick adjustments to the relative orientations of downhole tool components. The disclosed alignment sub may include a first tubular component on one side and a second tubular component on the other side, and these tubular components are coupled together. The disclosed alignment sub utilizes an axially deformable and variable length sleeve attached to the first tubular component and adjacent to a tip of the second tubular component. The sleeve may provide an appropriate standoff distance between the opposing tubular components while enabling the components to be rotated relative to each other up to at least one full rotation about an axis of the alignment sub.
Patent GB-2579658-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic connector
Inventor: THOMAS CHARLES DYER
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2018-12-11
Abstract: A device suitable for housing and connecting a plurality of ferrule connectors 8 and their associated fibres, having both a male 3 and a female 10 ferrule holder, each possessing a means, such as spring clips, of retaining ferrule connectors such that the connectors are positioned to form connective faces. A removable housing 4 for the associated fibres is provided in the male and/or female ends. An annular sealing means engages with both the male and female ferrule holders, and is capable of being moved between a first and second position by rotational action such that the male and female ferrule-type connectors can be held together to form a connection or disconnected. ). Two male ferrule holders (1, figure 3) may be provided. The connection between the male and female ends may be secured using a bayonet-style locking mechanism, wherein the female end features radial locking pins 14 and the mate end features a locking ring 7.
Patent GB-2582248-A (GB)
Title: Recycling of lead-containing waste
Inventor: ATHAN LUCIAN FOX
IPC: H01M10/54
Filed: 2019-01-21
Abstract: A method for recycling lead-containing waste comprises: (a) dissolving the lead-containing waste in an aqueous solution of a first acid to form a solution of a first lead salt; (b) adding a second acid to the solution of the first lead salt to form a lead-depleted solution and a precipitate of a second lead salt; and (c) converting the precipitate of the second lead salt into leady oxide, wherein the first lead salt has a higher solubility in water than the second lead salt. The method may be used for recycling spent lead-acid battery paste or electric arc furnace dusts where the lead containing waste comprises at least one of Pb, PbO and PbCO3. The first acid is preferably an organic acid such as acetic acid. A redox reagent, such as hydrogen peroxide, may contact the lead containing waste prior to or during step (a). The second acid may be an organic acid such as citric acid. The second lead salt is converted by calcination, ideally at a temperature of 250 to 1000°C and partial oxygen pressure of 0.01 to 5 atm. The leady oxide may be used to form battery plates.
Patent GB-2574928-A (GB)
Title: Signal device for switch
Inventor: FUHUA SHAN
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2019-04-24
Abstract: A signal device 100 for a switch comprises a signal transmitter 101 and a signal receiver 102. The transmitter is located separately or remote from the switch and transmits a signal in response to a trigger, such as a user operating a button or knob on the transmitter. The receiver is detachably coupled to the switch and controls an operation of the switch in response to the transmitted signal. Optionally, the transmitter may be provided with one or more of a sound sensor, an optical sensor, a microwave sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, a touch sensor, a fingerprint recognition sensor, a voice recognition sensor and/or a camera to sense the trigger. A switch is also provided, the switch including the signal device 100 and a control module assembly 200 with an interface 201 for receiving portion of the receiver. The interface may be a standard USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface. The signal device may be used in applications where replacement of only the transmitting or receiving parts of an electrical switch assembly is advantageous.
Patent GB-2586131-A (GB)
Title: Holographic projector
Inventor: JAMIESON CHRISTMAS
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2019-08-05
Abstract: A holographic projector comprises a light source arranged to illuminate a spatial light modulator to display a first hologram formed on a replay plane. At least part of the optical path 510, 535, 545, 575, 510’, between the light source and the replay plane is formed through a continuous block of transparent material. The continuous block comprises at least one parallelepiped block 430, 470 through which the light travels longitudinally, and at least one prism 450 arranged to cause a total internal reflection of the light. The transparent material has a refractive index greater than air. Preferably, the transparent contiguous block comprises two parallelepiped or cuboid sections and multiple prisms arranged to cause the optical path to fold over through 180 degrees. The transparent light guide may receive multiple (e.g. different coloured or wavelength) input light and output the lights to multiple SLMs (at 572, 574, 576) for a full colour holographic reconstruction.
Patent GB-2578683-A (GB)
Title: Object detection device
Inventor: Shahamat Manzouri
IPC: G01S17/89
Filed: 2019-09-19
Abstract: A wearable or manually portable object detection device 10 for visually impaired operators comprises a ranging device 2 operable to transmit an outward signal S and to receive a return signal representative of the object and the range. The device also includes a processor 4 for converting the return signal into a vibration signal, the frequency of which is selected according to the range at which the object has been detected, wherein the frequency of the vibration signal varies monotonically and increasingly as the range gets shorter. A transducer 6 generates human-interpretable vibrations from the vibration signal. Also provided is a method of representing the range of an object comprising dividing the environment into consecutive range gates and providing a look-up table associating each range gate with a human-interpretable vibration at a unique frequency. Each range gate may be divided into a plurality of angular sectors, each sector having a defining characteristic.
Patent GB-2575388-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and system for discovering and displaying information related to video content
Inventor: TIMOTHY C WU
IPC: H04N21/2365
Filed: 2018-04-11
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata includes extracting a plurality of frames from the video, generating a fingerprint for each frame of the plurality of frames, or for a set of frames of the plurality of frames, determining contextual data within at least one frame or set of frames, associating the generated fingerprint of each frame or set of frames with the determined contextual data, and storing the association of the fingerprint of each frame or set of frames and the contextual data.
Patent GB-2589926-A (GB)
Title: Correction of images and depth information for detection with matrix
Inventor: SERGE MAITREJEAN
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2019-12-13
Abstract: There is described a method for processing inspection data associated with cargo irradiated by a plurality of successive pulses of X-rays. The method involves obtaining the inspection data generated as a result of scanning the cargo using a matrix comprising a plurality of at least two rows of detectors and a source of the plurality of successive pulses while displacing the cargo and the matrix with a mutual scanning displacement. The radiation corresponding to the plurality of successive pulses irradiating the cargo is arranged in a first order on the plurality of rows of detectors of the matrix and one or more successive reconstruction zones for the inspection data and corresponding to different orders are determined wherein each zone corresponds to a range of distances from the radiation source and the radiation corresponding to the pulses is arranged in an order different from that of other reconstruction zones. A reconstruction plane is generated based on one or more reconstruction zones and for each zone an intermediate image of the cargo is generated and an average image is generated from all the intermediate images. On the generated average image, one or more pixels may be selected that have a gradient in a direction corresponding to the mutual scanning displacement that is greater than a predetermined threshold and for each of these pixels extracting neighbourhoods of the pixels from each intermediate image and determining, in the extracted neighbourhoods, the neighbourhood minimising a criterion compared with other neighbourhoods. A final image of the cargo is then generated corresponding to the processed average image wherein for each pixel of the determined neighbourhood is assigned to the corresponding selected pixel of the final image and for each other pixel of the final image assigning a value of a pixel in the average image or in the generated intermediate image corresponding to a reconstruction zone closest to the matrix.
Patent GB-2579485-A (GB)
Title: Reconfigurable spectroscopy system
Inventor: HOOMAN ABEDIASL
IPC: H01S5/40
Filed: 2018-07-03
Abstract: A reconfigurable spectroscopy system comprises tunable lasers and wavelength lockers to lock to accurate reference wavelengths. Band combiners with differently optimized wavelength ranges multiplex the optical signal over the time domain, to emit a plurality of reference wavelengths for spectroscopy applications. The power requirements are greatly reduced by multiplexing over the time domain in time slots which do not affect sampling and receiving of the spectroscopy data.
Patent GB-2593494-A (GB)
Title: Subsea Risers
Inventor: GUSTAVO QUEIROZ HEPNER
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2020-03-24
Abstract: A subsea riser comprising a rigid riser pipe 10 suspended from a surface support 14 as a catenary extending from the surface support through a sagbend 18 to a seabed touch-down point 20. The riser is attached to the surface support by hang-off interface 26 and a subsea buoy 36 is positioned on the riser above the sagbend, the buoy being attached to the riser by attachment interface 38. The hang-off and attachment interfaces allow rotation of the riser relative to the surface support and buoy respectively about at least two horizontal axes. The attachment interface may allow rotation about a central axis of the riser also. The buoy may be attached only to the riser and be slidable along the riser, limited by stopper formations 48. The buoy may comprise a buoyant body (54, fig. 3) spaced radially from and extending continuously around the riser, potentially in a toroidal shape. The attachment interface may have a part-spherical inner ball (50, fig. 3) fixed to the riser and contained in a complimentary socket (52, fig. 3) in the buoyant body. A pliant spool may extend between the surface support and the upper end of the riser pipe.
Patent GB-2585756-A (GB)
Title: Collateral ventilation assessment system
Inventor: Paul w taylor
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 2020-05-15
Abstract: A device for assessing the presence of collateral ventilation in a patient’s lungs 180 has an occlusion device 110 insertable into a bronchial passageway 184, a flow lumen 160 extending through the occlusion device 110, a pressure source 120 for providing a positive pressure through the lumen 160 into the occluded lobe 182, a check valve 144 for preventing a backflow of pressure from the flow lumen 160, a flow meter 140 for measuring the positive pressure flowing through the lumen 160 and a measurement apparatus 190 to monitor the pressure flow and assess the presence of collateral ventilation. The occlusion device 110 may be inflatable such as a balloon catheter. The pressure source 120 may be a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. A steady decrease in the pressure flow (762, fig 7) due to resistance from the occluded lobe 182 indicates an absence of collateral ventilation, whereas in a lung 180 with collateral ventilation, the flow is steady.
Patent GB-2583206-A (GB)
Title: Patterning material film stack with metal-containing top coat for enhanced sensitivity in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography
Inventor: EKMINI ANUJA DE SILVA
IPC: H01L21/302
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: A lithographic patterning method includes forming a multi-layer patterning material film stack on a semiconductor substrate, the patterning material film stack including a resist layer formed over one or more additional layers, and forming a metal-containing top coat over the resist layer. The method further includes exposing the multi-layer patterning material film stack to patterning radiation through the metal-containing top coat to form a desired pattern in the resist layer, removing the metal-containing top coat, developing the pattern formed in the resist layer, etching at least one underlying layer in accordance with the developed pattern, and removing remaining portions of the resist layer. The metal-containing top coat can be formed, for example, by atomic layer deposition or spin-on deposition over the resist layer, or by self-segregation from the resist layer.
Patent GB-2596790-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for producing CO2 using fermentation for the purpose of facilitating the growth of plants
Inventor: CALUM ANDREW COUTTS
IPC: C12P7/06
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: Provided is a carbon dioxide generator suitable for promoting the growth of plants. The generator operates by dosing sugar, or a sugar-containing product, into a fermentation vessel 3 at a specific rate in order to control the rate at which carbon dioxide is produced. The sugar can be dosed into the fermentation vessel 3 by a dosing mechanism (11, Fig. 3) controlled by a micro-controller and an associated motor (10, Fig. 3); and the dosage rate can be determined by a PID control algorithm that calculates the required rate to achieve a specific CO2 concentration, or can be chosen by a user. The sugar can be fed from a hopper 1 into the fermentation vessel by a rotary/screw feeder; and dispersed into a surrounding plant-growing environment by a fan 4.
Patent GB-2598281-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for scheduling computing tasks on a network of autonomous vehicles
Inventor: RODRIGO NUNES
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: A management unit receives activation signals from a computing client of one or more autonomous vehicles when the vehicles are plugged into charging stations. The unit determines utilization rates of the autonomous vehicles based on parameters such as the location of the autonomous vehicle and time. The autonomous vehicles are clustered into one or more microgrids based on the utilization rates. The management unit receives a request to perform a computing task from a user device. The request includes an estimated runtime of the computing task. The unit schedules the computing task on a microgrid of autonomous vehicles based on the estimated runtime. Different microgrids may be formed of vehicles with similar utilisation rates. The client may send the management unit information indicating that the vehicle is reserved for transportation. The management unit may receive an incentive to encourage the owner of the vehicle to keep it in the microgrid from the user device. The microgrids may be formed from vehicles, which are near one another.
Patent GB-2583619-A (GB)
Title: Floor plate system for armoured vehicles
Inventor: VOLKAN BAYKAL
IPC: F41H7/04
Filed: 2019-09-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a floor plate system (B) that enables a reduction in weight, that is made up of perforated (aluminium) plates, that can be adjusted in accordance with the seating configuration of the passengers, that provides protection against mines and improvised explosive devices for armoured vehicles, that comprises at least one perforated plate (1) that can be described as the main platform, that enables it to be mounted to the body of the vehicle (A), that allows for the positions of the components that are attached to the upper surface to be changed, at least one knurled floor plate (2) that as far as possible prevents feet from slipping, at least one connection component (4) that enables the mounting of components, at least one dampening pad (3) that as far as possible, mitigates the pressure effect that can result in injuries to the legs of the personnel, at least one connection piece (5) that is placed between the knurled floor plate (2) and the perforated plate (1), at least one tape (6) that adheres the dampening pad (3) to the floor of the body of the vehicle (A), at least one passage hole (7) that enables the passage of equipment such as pipe and cables that need to pass under the vehicle floor.
Patent GB-2583679-A (GB)
Title: Searching multilingual documents based on document structure extraction
Inventor: XIN TANG
IPC: G06F16/95
Filed: 2018-11-20
Abstract: An approach is provided for searching multilingual documents. Structure components are extracted from multilingual documents. Based on the extracted components, the documents are grouped into classifications including respective sets of documents expressed in different respective natural languages. A natural language in a query is detected. One of the documents is selected based on the document having content indicated by the query and the natural language of the document matching the detected natural language. Structure components of the selected document are extracted. Based on the extracted structure components of the selected document, one of the classifications is identified as including the selected document. Other document(s) in the classification are identified and presented as having content that matches the content of the selected document. The natural language(s) of the other document(s) are each different from the natural language of the selected document.
Patent GB-2585556-A (GB)
Title: Optimized methodology for automatic history matching of a petroleum reservoir model with ensemble Kalman filter
Inventor: Yevgeniy Zagayevskiy
IPC: G01V1/28
Filed: 2018-05-09
Abstract: A method for history matching a reservoir model based on actual production data from the reservoir over time generates an ensemble of reservoir models using geological data representing petrophysical properties of a subterranean reservoir. Production data corresponding to a particular time instance is acquired from the subterranean reservoir. Normal score transformation is performed on the ensemble and on the acquired production data to transform respective original distributions into normal distributions. The generated ensemble is updated based on the transformed acquired production data using an ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF). The updated generated ensemble and the transformed acquired production data are transformed back to respective original distributions. Future reservoir behavior is predicted based on the updated ensemble.
Patent GB-2591548-A (GB)
Title: System and method for displaying voice-animated multimedia content
Inventor: BENJAMIN RIDGWAY
IPC: G09B19/04
Filed: 2020-10-29
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for animating multimedia content is disclosed. The method includes creating a customized story based on input from a user, synchronizing the multimedia content to match one or more words 410 of a story, displaying the words of the story to a user via a computing device, in response to a user reading the story aloud, determining whether the words of the story were correctly vocalized and in the correct order. If a word is correctly spoken the device plays additional media content 420. The device further analyses the user's reading and pronunciation of the words in the story and displays the assessment to the user.