baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2563733-A (GB)
Title: Active sound desensitization to tonal noise in a vehicle
Inventor: MING-RAN LEE
IPC: G10K11/175
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: An apparatus for desensitizing vehicle occupants to tonal noise. The active sound desensitizer 102: randomizes the channels of the speakers 204 based on multiple uncorrelated broadband sound profiles 202; determines upper and lower frequency band limits for a band-limited filter 208; generates a desensitizing sound based on the upper and lower frequency band limits and the randomized channels; and broadcasts the desensitizing sound via the speakers 108. A profile generator (300, Fig. 3) may generate the multiple uncorrelated broadband sound profiles by inverse modelling and filtering of sound maps captured by a microphone positioned near a drivers head. The active sound desensitizer may determine a target tonal frequency based on vehicle operation data, such as electric motor rotation speed, provided by electronic control units 110. The upper and lower frequency band limits of the adaptive bandpass filter may be positioned asymmetrically around the target tonal frequency (500, Fig. 5). The upper frequency band limit may be greater than or equal to a constant value multiplied by the target tonal frequency and the lower frequency band limit variable based on background noise characteristic of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2573310-A (GB)
Title: Hand held tool carrier
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER GREER
IPC: A45F5/10
Filed: 2018-05-02
Abstract: A handheld tool carrier comprising of an ergonomic handle with multiple appendages that each have a hooking mechanism on their ends to secure multiple hand tools in a loop. There is a D-ring that connects the straps or appendages to the handle. The carrier may be made from webbing. The hooking mechanism may be swivelling spring loaded clasps. The tool carrier may allow users to safely and efficiently carry multiple hand tools with one hand. The tool carrier allows a user to secure multiple tools to enable single handed transportation.
Patent GB-2578599-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle spoiler assembly
Inventor: HASSAN KAYALI
IPC: H01Q1/32
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: A spoiler assembly, for a vehicle, comprises: a spoiler housing 101 which contains an antenna 402 - 405 and one or more transceivers 414, 416, 418 for transmitting and receiving signals via the antenna. A plurality of transceivers for processing signals via one or more antennas may be provided. Various different types of transceiver (e.g. 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, V2X, GNSS, eCall) may be used. The assembly may modulate antenna transmission signals and demodulate received antenna signals and interface with signals to or from a data network such as an Ethernet network. A plurality of antennas may be used for different frequency bands or spaced for MIMO cellular antenna array operation. The transceiver(s) may be formed on a printed circuit board 401 which is enclosed within a circuit housing. The antenna(s) 402 – 404 may be formed on the printed circuit board 401. The antenna(s) 405-1 to 405-4 may be configured to extend vertically downward from the surface of the spoiler housing and may be located within one or more downward projecting fin arrangements.
Patent GB-2570212-A (GB)
Title: Touch display device, touch system, driving circuit, and driving method
Inventor: HOONBAE KIM
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A touch display device includes a display panel configured to have a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of common electrodes. A driving circuit is configured to supply an uplink signal to at least a subset of the plurality of common electrodes disposed in at least a first region of the display panel during the display blank period to enable a pen, or stylus, to detect the uplink signal when the pen is in contact with or is adjacent to the display panel. In another embodiment, a touch display device comprises a touch controller configured to sense a first region of the display panel that is not in contact with a part of a human body, such as a palm, and a second region of the display panel that is in contact with the part of the human body. A driving circuit supplies an uplink signal to the first region and not to the second region.
Patent GB-2573625-A (GB)
Title: Scraping apparatus
Inventor: ADRIANUS MARINUS CORNELIS LEPPENS
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2019-03-12
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for cleaning an article 45 to remove life forms without the need for chemicals or hand tools. The apparatus includes a plurality of supports 11 connected together so as to be pivotable in at least one plane, at least some of the supports being provided with at least one protruding scraper (12, Fig 1b). The Apparatus further includes means for loosely attaching the apparatus to the article to be cleaned, so as to permit relative movement between the apparatus and the article, under wind and/or wave action. The connection between the supports being such as to allow the apparatus to form a cradle which conforms approximately to the shape of at least part of the article to be cleaned, so as to bring the scrapers into contact therewith.
Patent GB-2582172-A (GB)
Title: Insulated switchgear for electrical power systems
Inventor: ELENA KRAVCHENKO
IPC: H02B13/01
Filed: 2019-03-13
Abstract: A switching apparatus 10 for electrical power systems comprises first and second separable support structures 32, 34 that, in an assembled state, provide a respective compartment 40, 60 for housing at least part of a respective vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) 14 and corresponding selector device 16, connected in series between first and second terminals 12A, 12B. Each of the first and second support structures has a body formed from electrically insulating material and provides an air cavity around the VCB and selector device. The support structures form a separable housing for the circuit breaker and selector device to provide solid and air insulation, including insulation structures that segregate switchgear housing compartments. A removable yoke 86 allows a set of third terminals 84 of the switching apparatus to be connected to earth or to be exposed for use in cable testing.
Patent GB-2585824-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical coupling of tubulars
Inventor: GAUTE GRINDHAUG
IPC: E21B17/02
Filed: 2019-07-08
Abstract: A tubular for use in an oil and/or gas well has a stab-in connector element 104 located at an end of the tubular body, and a rotatable connection sleeve or collar 150, to couple the tubular with a second tubular without requiring rotation of the tubular body. The connection sleeve may be threaded 152 to engage an external thread 108 of the second tubular, and might abut a shoulder on the first tubular 110 so that rotation draws the connectors into engagement. The stab-in connector provides electrical power and/or data transmission.
Patent GB-2587807-A (GB)
Title: Control mechanism for a dispensing device
Inventor: AVIJIT DAS
IPC: B05B12/12
Filed: 2019-10-01
Abstract: Provided is a control mechanism 10 for a fluid-dispensing device 50. The mechanism 10 includes a motor 12, which may have a stall torque of less than 70 gcm, to which is connected a gear arrangement 14 with a gear ratio of at least 190:1; which in turn is connected to an actuator 15. Operation of the motor 12 therefore operates the actuator 15, which actuates an outlet 38 of a container 40, thus allowing fluid to be dispensed from the container 40. Also provided is a fluid-dispensing device (50, Fig. 5) comprising the control mechanism 10 and a housing (52, Fig. 5). Components, such as motor terminals 34a, 34b; power terminals 33a, 33b; and/or processors, may be mounted to, or printed on, a circuit board 28. The actuator can be formed integral with a gear of the gear arrangement 14.
Patent GB-2587640-A (GB)
Title: Coupling liquid housing
Inventor: IAN COLLISON
IPC: G01N29/28
Filed: 2019-10-02
Abstract: A coupling liquid housing for use with an ultrasonic transducer to inspect a surface (34, fig 3) of a component (e.g. a blade (13, fig 1) of a gas turbine engine (10, fig 1)) by local immersion ultrasonic testing includes a sleeve 23 with a first end 24 for receiving the ultrasonic transducer and a second end 25 with a flange 27 extending radially outwards from the sleeve 23. The flange 27 includes a first planar surface 271 which is held in a sealed arrangement against the inspected surface (34, fig 3). The interior of the sleeve 23 forms a reservoir for holding ultrasonic coupling liquid. The flange 27 may be flexible and contour against the shape of the surface 34. The housing may also include a compressive collar 28 which deforms under a force to hold the sealing surface 271 in place and a rigid jacket 32 to apply a force to the compressive collar 28. The flange 27 acts to prevent leakage of ultrasonic coupling liquid.
Patent GB-2588183-A (GB)
Title: Optical device and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: BRIAN HOLMES
IPC: G03H1/02
Filed: 2019-10-11
Abstract: Security devices which use diffraction gratings to split light into wavelengths (colours) when viewing angles change in one direction (e.g. pivoting viewing security device through one axis), and which exhibit different images when viewing angles change in an orthogonal direction (e.g. pivoting viewing security device through orthogonal axis). The width of the grating regions 5 (in y direction) is small to avoid visible artefacts. The regions rectangular to increase width of grating region 5 and brightness of visible image. Claimed is an optical device that exhibits one or more diffractive images depending upon viewing angle, the optical device having diffraction grating regions each corresponding to an image region of one of the diffractive images, the grating regions each having a plurality of grating elements, the grating regions being elongate in a first direction, and the grating elements having a principal direction of orientation being orthogonal ±45 degree to the first direction. Also claimed is a device with diffraction grating regions that fill only a portion of a diffraction pixel region using a dithering pattern. In use the device may prevent fraud or counterfeiting of bank notes, cheques, passports, identification documents, certificates or licenses.
Patent GB-2590677-A (GB)
Title: A motor core
Inventor: DANIEL JAMES BERNARD SMITH
IPC: H02K9/19
Filed: 2019-12-23
Abstract: A motor core for an electric motor, the core comprising a stack of laminations 600, each lamination comprising a main body and cut-outs formed in the main body, where a sub-group of laminations of the stack comprise corresponding cut-outs having different geometries. The cut-outs may comprise air pockets (Fig 1, 111, 112, 1221, 122). The sub-group may comprise adjacent laminations, where the adjacent laminations may partially overlap to define a channel along the stack. The channel may include a flow guide 160 for generating and/or guiding a fluid flow along the motor core in use. The laminations of the subgroup may comprise a central opening 170 for receiving a motor shaft. The cut-outs may comprise a first portion for receiving a magnet 610, and a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion comprising an air pocket, and the second portions of the sub-group may comprise different shapes and/or different orientations relative to the first portions. The laminations may comprise a yoke, stator teeth extending from the yoke, and a pole face located at the end of each tooth, and the cut-outs define the teeth and/or poles. The laminations may be formed by laser cutting an amorphous material comprising steel having a silicon content of greater than 3.5%. The core may form a stator or rotor core.
Patent GB-2578382-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid-tieback seal assembly using method and system for interventionless hydraulic setting of equipment when performing subterranean operations
Inventor: JOHN M YOKLEY
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: An interventionless hydraulic setting system includes first and second compensating volumes 312, 324 separated from respective first and second working volumes 316, 320 by hydraulic control devices 315, 336, and a delivery port 334 openable by a shifting sleeve 328. The shifting sleeve is operable in response to a pressure difference between the first and second working volumes. The second working volume is smaller than the first working volume. The delivery port delivers pressure to downhole equipment. The working fluid may be a compressible fluid such as silicone oil. Also claimed is a hybrid tieback seal assembly comprising an interventionless setting system as described above.
Patent GB-2586897-A (GB)
Title: A Watercraft securing mechanism
Inventor: HUGH BEERE
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 2020-02-14
Abstract: A watercraft (1, Fig 1) securing mechanism for securing across an opening (2, Fig 1), comprising a securing bar 11 having a first end 12a and a second end (12b, Fig 1). The first end is configured to overlap a first portion of a rim of the opening and the second end is configured to overlap a second portion of the rim of the opening. A first bracket 14a on the securing bar is configured to overlap the first portion of the rim so as to engage the first portion of the rim between the first bracket and the securing bar and a second bracket (14b, Fig 1) on the securing bar is configured to overlap the second portion of the rim so as to engage the second portion of the rim between the second bracket and the securing bar. The first bracket is moveable relative to the second bracket to engage and disengage the rim from between the first bracket and the securing bar. A fixing arrangement is configured to enable the first bracket to be fixed relative to the second bracket.
Patent GB-2593438-A (GB)
Title: Airbag system for a vehicle
Inventor: Philip Glyn-Davies
IPC: B60R21/231
Filed: 2020-02-18
Abstract: An airbag system for restraining an occupant 32 of a vehicle (10, figure 1) during a vehicle impact comprises at least a first airbag 42 and a second airbag 44, each of the first and second airbags being inflatable upon deployment and comprising a mounting means (46, 48, figure 4) for mounting the first and second airbags in an occupant compartment (12) of the vehicle; a restraint surface 42c, 44c arranged to contact and restrain at least a region 50, 52 of a vehicle occupant in the event of a vehicle impact; and an airbag reaction surface 42b, 44b, wherein the airbag reaction surface 42b of the first airbag is arranged, during airbag deployment, to react against the airbag reaction surface 44b of the second airbag so that the first and second airbags provide mutual airbag support for one another through the airbag reaction surfaces. A method of deploying the airbag system is also disclosed, where the occupant is only restrained after the first airbag has reacted against the reaction surface of the second airbag.
Patent GB-2592379-A (GB)
Title: Connection of computers over networks
Inventor: HENRY HARRISON
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2020-02-25
Abstract: There is described a process performed at a first computer system for establishing a connection over a network between a second computer system and a logic block of the first computer system, the process comprising: providing an attestation from the first computer system to the second computer system that the logic block of the first computer system has not previously established a connection over the network with any computer system since the most recent power-up or reset of the logic block. There is further described a first computer system configured to perform the process.
Patent GB-2584948-A (GB)
Title: Control device, information processing system, and computer program product
Inventor: HIROTAKA YAKAME
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2020-01-30
Abstract: A terminal device 20 serving as a computer portable by a user (for example a tablet), the terminal device comprising: a power supply controller that is connectable to a device via a cable 34 and supplied with power from the device, and communicates information with the device via the cable; a wireless communicator 68 that is wirelessly connected to an access point to communicate information via a network; and an access-point controller (figure 20, 516) that causes, when connected to a predefined control device 46 via the cable, the wireless communicator to wirelessly connect to a first access point associated with the control device.
Patent GB-2597921-A (GB)
Title: An electronics module for a wearable article, a controller for an electronics module, and a wearable article incorporating an electronics module
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: A61B5/332
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: An electronics module 100 for a wearable article 200 receives biosignals, such as ECG, from a sensor unit 400. The module includes a controller 103 which determines a location of the module and selects the relevant filter to apply to the sensed signals based on the determined location (e.g. outside, inside, geographical location, aeroplane, clinical setting). The filter is provided to remove, or at least mitigate, noise from the digital signal. The noise may be electromagnetic interference from mains electricity supply, which typically has frequencies of 50Hz or 60Hz depending upon location. The controller is configured to apply a suitable filter depending upon the location – the correct frequency is selected for the local utility frequency (e.g. North America, Europe or in an aeroplane). The location may be determined from a GPS signal from a GPS device 161 on the electronics module or on a remote mobile device 300, or ‘flight mode’ status of the smartphone 300. The sensor unit 400 may be incorporated into a garment 200 and may comprise electrodes 209, 211.
Patent GB-2592095-A (GB)
Title: User confidentiality in network
Inventor: MAHMOUD WATFA
IPC: H04W12/02
Filed: 2020-10-14
Abstract: An access and mobility function (AMF) transmits a first message to a user equipment (UE), the message comprising or associated with a first temporary identity for the UE, such as a 5G-GUTI or 5G-S-TMSI. The AMF then receives a message from the UE, such as a service request message. The AMF subsequently allocates a second temporary identity to the UE before the connection of the UE is suspended or the AMF or UE enters an idle mode. The AMF may have received a third message from the NG-RAN requesting suspension of the connection to the UE. If the second temporary identity (e.g. GUTI) had not been allocated to the UE when the third message was received, the AMF may transmit a fourth message rejecting the request to suspend the connection, such as a UE context suspend failure message. The second temporary identity may be transmitted to the UE in a configuration update command message.
Patent GB-2600416-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power systems
Inventor: XIONG LIU
IPC: H02J4/00
Filed: 2020-10-27
Abstract: Electrical power systems having variable-voltage DC busses and methods of controlling voltage settings of such busses One electrical power system comprises: a variable- voltage DC bus 15, a number N>= 2 electrical machines (11-14, 41-44), each connected to the variable voltage DC bus via one of a corresponding number N of converters (21-24, 31-34) and a controller configured to select a voltage setting Vdc_bus for the variable-voltage DC bus and to provide control signals to the converters to control the voltage setting of the bus according to the selected voltage setting Vdc_bus. The controller is configured to select a voltage setting Vdc_bus greater than or equal to a minimum voltage requirement Vdc_min for the bus, the controller being configured to determine the minimum voltage requirement Vdc_min using present operating speeds of each of the N electrical machines.
Patent GB-2600711-A (GB)
Title: Drinking apparatus for an animal
Inventor: SIMON TRIMBLE
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2020-11-04
Abstract: Drinking apparatus for animals (e.g. a domestic pet such as a cat, dog, rabbit, or livestock such as sheep, cattle, pigs) comprises a capacitive touch sensor 104 under a water basin 102, arranged to detect when an animal touches the water, and/or a load cell measuring the weight of water in the dish or a reservoir and arranged to estimate water depletion based on weights detected before and after the proximity of an animal is detected, e.g. using the capacitive touch sensor. Detection of drinking events may trigger further responses, including activating an RFID antenna for animal identification and/or communicating captured drinking data to a remote location, e.g. monitoring water consumption to track refill status and/or identify abnormal drinking patterns associated with cat illnesses. The dish may promote visibility of the water using a shallow front lip 102a and/or a hydrophobic material, e.g. PTFE coating, to form a clearly-defined convex meniscus (200, fig. 2b).
Patent GB-2593268-A (GB)
Title: Composition for agriculture
Inventor: ANDREW JONES
IPC: A01P7/04
Filed: 2021-01-07
Abstract: A combination of seaweed extract, a pesticide and at least one superabsorbent polymer. The seaweed extract is selected from algae obtained from species of Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus vesiculosus, Laminaria digitata, Laminaria hyperborea, Laminaria saccharina, Eklonia maxima, Sargassum spp. and their mixtures. The super absorbent polymer may be starch-g-poly (2- propenamide-co-2-propenoic acid) potassium salt or crosslinked 5 polyacrylic acid potassium salt. The pesticide is an agrochemically active agent selected from herbicides, insecticides, fungicide, miticides, acaricide or combinations thereof. Preferably the pesticide may be a combination of an insecticide and a fungicide. Said insecticide may be chlorantraniliprole and said fungicide is mancozeb. Said insecticide may be acetamiprid and the said fungicide is sulfur. Also claimed are methods of controlling fungal diseases, improving vigour or yield of a plant, and controlling soil borne fungi and insect pests. The method comprising applying a composition comprising seaweed extract and a super absorbent to a locus. The locus may be a plant propagation material prior to sowing.
Patent GB-2588560-A (GB)
Title: A drilling apparatus for circuit boards
Inventor: RUJIAN SHI
IPC: H05K3/00
Filed: 2021-01-22
Abstract: A drilling apparatus for circuit boards, comprising: a first movable plate 601 on a first rail 600, a second movable plate 603 on a second rail 602. The circuit boards to be drilled are placed on the second movable plate and the second rail is on the first movable plate. A hydraulic cylinder 4 with a piston rod may move a drill bit downward. A first bevel gear is arranged on an output terminal of a motor housed in a shell on the piston rod. A second bevel gear is engaged with the first bevel gear and drives the drill bit rotation. A replacement device is used to change a drill bit. The replacement device is on the second bevel gear. A cleaning device, which may comprise fans and may be below the second bevel gear, is used to clean chippings from drilled holes e.g. by blowing the chippings.