baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2547106-A (GB)
Title: Container and blender having the same
Inventor: CHIEH-WEN LIN
IPC: B01F15/00
Filed: 2017-01-24
Abstract: A container 3 is adapted for use in a blender comprising a surrounding wall (fig 1, 31) surrounding an axis L, defining a receiving space 30, and having an inner surface 311 that faces the receiving space and that has spaced-apart bottom and top edges 314, 315. The container further comprises a plurality of turbulence ridges 33 protruding from the inner surface of the surrounding wall into the receiving space. Each of the turbulence ridges extends from the bottom edge 314 toward the top edge 315 of the inner surface 311 and extends spirally about the axis. The first container may include a plurality of first turbulence ridges 330 and a plurality of second turbulence ridges 330, each of the first ridges having a length greater than a length of each of the second turbulence ridges, where the first ridges are alternately arranged with the second ridges. Each of the first and second ridges has a bottom end connected to the bottom edge of the inner surface and a top end opposite to the bottom end, and their height is determined from a ratio of the height between the bottom and top edges of the surrounding wall of the container.
Patent GB-2559574-A (GB)
Title: Touch sensor
Inventor: DAVID BRENT GUARD
IPC: G06F3/044
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: This application is for an arrangement of sense and drive electrodes that is designed to overcome problems associated with floating, or poorly grounded touches. When a touch is poorly grounded it can have the effect of increasing the mutual capacitance between the touch and the sense electrodes, rather than decreasing it. The pattern comprises X and Y electrodes with zeroth order branches 240, 260, which are arranged to cross each other at crossing points 25 to form a two-dimensional array of nodes. They each have mutually co-extending branches between the nodes 242, 261 with widths W[x] and W[y]. These mutually co-extending branches are arranged into pairs so that the width of the Y electrode portion plus the gap between them is less than four times the thickness of the touch panel. Groups of electrodes are then separated by twice the gap, GG, to minimise any mutual capacitance coupling between groups.
Patent GB-2553023-A (GB)
Title: Driver competency during autonomous handoff
Inventor: KENNETH JAMES MILLER
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2017-06-05
Abstract: A vehicle system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include detecting a handoff request 405 indicating a transition of a host vehicle from an autonomous mode of operation to a non-autonomous mode of operation and assessing driver competency 410, such as driver experience or ability or skill entered for each identified driver into the memory. Driver competency may be determined by prompting and monitoring a response time of the driver to provide a driver input and/or determining a smoothness of the driver input, e.g. inputs to steering wheel, brake or accelerator pedals etc. The handoff request is approved 420 if the driver competency exceeds a predetermined threshold 415. If the driver competency fails to exceed the predetermined threshold the handoff request may be denied 450 or approved 420 depending on an outcome of a modified alert time 445, which provides more time for the driver to prepare. During transition a resistance 430 may be applied to the driver input.
Patent GB-2555699-A (GB)
Title: Object distance estimation using data from a single camera
Inventor: YI ZHANG
IPC: G06T7/246
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: A method of identifying image features in a first frame corresponding to a second feature in a second frame, the frames being adjacent 1002. Parameters for a planar motion model and a non-planar motion model are determined based on the image features 1004. Either of the planar or non-planar motion model is selected 1006 and the camera motion is determined based on the parameters for the selected model 1008. This may be used to determine the motion of a vehicle on which a monocular camera is mounted, which may be an autonomous ego-vehicle. The distance to an object or feature in the image frames may be calculated based on camera motion. A cost function may be calculated for each of the models, and selecting the model involves minimising the cost function. Identifying corresponding image features is preferably done by performing image feature extraction.
Patent GB-2558417-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for taking out molded product
Inventor: FUMITAKE WATANABE
IPC: F16F15/03
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: Apparatus for taking out moulded product comprising: positioning servomechanism; pull-out frame; movable base 17 on the pull-out frame; approach frame 19 attached to movable base; attachments 24 mounted on ends of approach frames; and an active vibration suppressing system 25 mounted to the opposite end of approach frame from attachments or to moving base. Alternatively, active vibration suppressing system is mounted to both approach frame and movable base. Preferably, suppression system comprises vibration detector 27 which causes electromagnetic actuators to generate a vibration with same phase and phase delay between 0 and p/4. Preferably attachment comprises insert 23 to remove waste part of moulded product. Preferably apparatus comprises vibration suppressors which operate in all three orthogonal directions, XYZ (see fig. 12). Preferably, servomotor is AC and comprises: a belt, a rope or carriage between base and motor.
Patent GB-2570148-A (GB)
Title: An electrical fitting
Inventor: MARK LEE CURTIS
IPC: H02G3/18
Filed: 2018-01-12
Abstract: An electrical fitting is mountable in a pattress box or back box, such as used for in wall mains wiring, the fitting providing a switch and/or a socket to the wiring, such as a lighting switch or mains power outlet (see figures 1, 2). The fitting has a metallic outer face-plate 14, that may be decorative, that is earthed to the fitting. It comprises a back-plate 2, mountable to the back box, carrying the switch and/or socket and carrying an earth terminal for earthing the back-plate. The metal face-plate 14 attaches over the back-plate 2 through which the switch and/or socket is accessible for use. The back-plate earth terminal comprises a grounding element 15 for the face-plate, which is deflected when the faceplate is attached to the back plate and provides the earth contact. The terminal 15 may be adjustable and be a movable, spring biased element (see figure 5, and use in 4a,4b) passing though hole 23 and providing a movable plunger 22 contact which can allow for a gap G to remain between face-plate and back plate.
Patent GB-2570924-A (GB)
Title: Managing registry access on a computer device
Inventor: JOHN GOODRIDGE
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2018-02-12
Abstract: A method for performing operations for managing registry access, including monitoring by a registry filter driver in a kernel mode of an operating system a user process on the computer device and, in response, establishing in the registry filter driver a set of registry access rules relevant to the user process. Each registry operation requested by the user process is evaluated and, in response, an appropriate action determined. Such action includes at least one of: blocking the registry operation in relation to a particular key in a registry of the operating system, and enabling access to a particular key in the registry of the operating system to perform the requested registry operation. Preferably the monitoring comprising monitoring for the creation of a user process on the computer device. The registry filter driver may also comprise registering a process creation notification by the operating system. The user process may be that of a registry editing tool or remote registry service used to manage the registry from a remote device. The method may include monitoring a plurality of user processes and establishing a unique set of rules for each.
Patent GB-2560448-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to facilitate a planned automated route through a warehouse
Inventor: RICK WHITE
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2016-09-21
Abstract: A two-way wireless communications component (such as a near-field communications (NFC) device) is attached to a carton. The two-way wireless communications component has information stored therein regarding, at the least, a planned automated route through a warehouse. By one approach, the automated route information includes information regarding at least one conveyor belt gate in the warehouse. In addition, the two-way wireless communications component can include other information such as a current location of the package in the warehouse, contents that are planned to be placed in the carton, contents that have actually been placed in the carton, a final delivery destination for the carton, and so forth.
Patent GB-2564198-A (GB)
Title: Implementing logic gate functionality using a blockchain
Inventor: Stephane Savanah
IPC: G06Q20/38
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: The invention presents a solution in which blockchain Transactions are created to implement the functionality of a logic gate. The invention may be implemented on the Bitcoin platform or an alternative blockchain platform. The transaction includes a locking script which comprises instructions selected so as to implement the functionality of a logic gate, such as the XOR gate. When the script is executed (because a second transaction is attempting to spend the output associated with the locking script) the inputs will be processed by the conditional instructions to provide an output of TRUE or FALSE. The inputs are pre-processed by one or more computing agents so that they are evaluated to TRUE or FASLE prior to being used as inputs to the script. The second transaction is transmitted to the blockchain network for validation and, if determined to be valid, it will be written to the blockchain. Validation of the second transaction can be interpreted as a TRUE output. Thus, the locking script of the first transaction provides the functionality of the desired logic gate. The invention provides numerous advantages and can be used in a wide variety of applications, such as for the implementation of control systems and unit.
Patent GB-2573996-A (GB)
Title: A filter
Inventor: DAVID RUSHFORTH
IPC: A24D3/04
Filed: 2018-05-16
Abstract: A filter 2 comprises a filter element 3, an exhaled aerosol flow path, and a valve 6 configured to open in response to exhalation by a user through a mouth end 9 of the filter 2, wherein the filter 2 further comprises an organoleptic substance 8 for imparting an organoleptic characteristic to the exhaled aerosol, and the valve 6 is located downstream of the organoleptic substance 8 in the exhaled aerosol flow path. The valve 6 may be formed in a portion of tipping paper 5, wherein the filter 2 may also comprise plug wrap 14 which comprises an aperture 15 to allow exhaled aerosol to flow out of the filter 2 through the valve 6. The valve 6 may comprise a flap 10, wherein the flap 10 may be integrally formed with or attached to the tipping paper 5. The organoleptic substance 8 may be applied to a carrier (i.e. a molecular sieve 18 pre-treated with the substance 8), and may be in solid, power or gel form. A flow guide 17 may extend at least partially across aperture 15 to prevent inhaled aerosol contacting the organoleptic substance 8.
Patent GB-2564935-A (GB)
Title: Turbomachine including a cooling and turbine clearance control system and an air supply scoop for said system
Inventor: Pascal Xavier Delaitre
IPC: F01D25/12
Filed: 2018-05-24
Abstract: A cooling and turbine clearance control system (44, fig 2) of a turbomachine (10, fig 2) is located in a primary air flow path (14, fig 2) of the turbomachine and supplied by at least one scoop 38 that takes air from a secondary air flow path 16 arranged around the primary air flow path through an air inlet 42 of the scoop. The scoop comprises a wall 50 arranged in the extension of a wall of the secondary flow path. The air inlet is formed in the wall and flush with the wall. The scoop may include a duct 52 connecting the air inlet to the cooling and clearance control system, where an air flow control shutter 56 is located in the duct close to the air inlet. The wall of the scoop may be flush with a radial wall of a structural radial arm and a wall of an aerodynamic arm.
Patent GB-2574257-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle dynamics estimation method and apparatus
Inventor: SOLOMON NICK
IPC: B60W40/11
Filed: 2018-06-01
Abstract: A state estimation system (1, fig 1), for determining an estimated vehicle dynamics state EVD, comprises a processor (8) which receives a plurality of wheel speed input signals and a plurality of vehicle dynamics input signals. A measurement noise NS1 of the wheel speed input signals and/or the vehicle dynamics input signals is determined. A vehicle dynamics state PVD is predicted in dependence on the wheel speed input signals and/or the vehicle dynamics input signals. The estimated vehicle dynamics state EVD is determined in dependence on the predicted vehicle dynamics state PVD. The determination of the estimated vehicle dynamics state EVD includes applying a filter, e.g. Kalman filter 21, to the predicted vehicle dynamics state PVD. The filter 21 is controlled in dependence on the determined measurement noise NS1. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle (1) incorporating the state estimation system (1). The present disclosure also relates to a method of estimating vehicle dynamics state EVD and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
Patent GB-2560472-A (GB)
Title: Quantum coherent microwave to optical conversion scheme employing mechanical element and squid
Inventor: JARED BARNEY HERTZBERG
IPC: H04B10/70
Filed: 2016-09-28
Abstract: A technique relates to frequency conversion. A mechanical resonator (104) is configured to oscillate at a mechanical resonance frequency with a displacement in an axis. An optical resonator (108) includes a first mirror (202A) opposite a second mirror (202B) in which an optical cavity is formed between. The first mirror (202A) is fixed to the mechanical resonator (104) such that the first mirror(202A) is moved to change an optical length of the optical cavity according to the displacement of the mechanical resonator (104). Changing the optical length changes an optical resonance frequency of the optical resonator (108). A microwave resonator (120) is positioned to move according to the displacement of the mechanical resonator (104) such that moving the mechanical resonator (104) changes a Josephson inductance of the microwave resonator (120), thereby changing a microwave resonance frequency of the microwave resonator (120).
Patent GB-2576047-A (GB)
Title: Rotary in-line separator
Inventor: MICHAEL ALLIN
IPC: B03C1/28
Filed: 2018-08-03
Abstract: A rotary in-line magnetic separator 30 for the extraction of ferrous and paramagnetic particles from dry and/or granular product, the separator comprising a magnet unit and a shroud (60, Fig 19). The magnet unit and shroud are detachably attachable from each other. The magnet unit may comprise a hollow central shaft (55, Fig. 17), housing a shaft locking arrangement, which is mountable on a drive shaft (35, Fig. 2). Preferably, the magnet unit comprises a spring-loaded bayonet-type shaft locking arrangement. Suitably, the magnet unit comprises a plurality of cylindrical bar magnets extending from a circular base plate. The magnets may be rare earth metal magnets. The dry product can be sugar, grain, flour, cocoa powder, milk powder etc. In a further aspect, a powered sanitary rotary in-line magnet assembly for trapping particles of ferrous foreign body materials in a stream of powder product passing under gravity, comprises a magnet member and a shroud. The magnet member comprises a mounting plate having a central shaft for mounting on a drive shaft and a plurality of bar magnets extending therefrom. The shroud is mountable on the magnet member. The magnet member and shroud can be locked together to prevent unwanted separation.
Patent GB-2576178-A (GB)
Title: Non-orthogonal spreading sequence design for multi user shared channel
Inventor: HAIM TEICHER
IPC: H04J13/10
Filed: 2018-08-07
Abstract: The invention creates pools of spreading sequences for use in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. A base set of, preferably orthogonal, complex spreading sequence vectors is created 204. From these a set of hyperplanes is created 206, preferably each hyperplane is created from a pair of base set vectors. Non-orthogonal sequence vectors are created in the hyperplanes 208, preferably as linear combinations of the base vectors defining the hyperplane. Vector cross correlation amongst the pool is determined and used as a measure of the quality of the sequence pool 210. This may be determined using dot products.
Patent GB-2574682-A (GB)
Title: System, method, and computer program for estimation of target value
Inventor: SATORU FUKAYAMA
IPC: G06N7/00
Filed: 2017-01-13
Abstract: Provided are a target value estimation system, a target value estimation method, and a target value estimation program, with which it is possible to change the integration of estimation results on the basis of reliability, in consideration of the properties of observation signals used as inputs.  An unknown observation signal is inputted into a plurality of regression models, a plurality of target values corresponding to a plurality of feature amounts of the unknown observation signal are individually estimated from the plurality of regression models 21-2n, and a target value for the unknown observation signal is estimated by integration from the estimation results for the plurality of target values.  An estimation unit 4 derives weighting assigned to the plurality of estimation results outputted from the plurality of regression models 21-2n according to the reliability for each of the inputs of the plurality of regression models 21-2n, performs integration with the weighted sums of the plurality of estimation results outputted from the plurality of regression models, and esimates the target value for the unknown observation signal.
Patent GB-2576936-A (GB)
Title: Grease injection gun cartridge adaptor
Inventor: CARY DONALD LUSSO
IPC: F16N37/02
Filed: 2018-09-07
Abstract: An adaptor 40 for connecting a grease injection gun 10 to either of a lipped or a threaded grease cartridge 30. The adaptor includes a tubular sleeve 42 and an adaptor head 44. The tubular sleeve has an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diameter of the grease cartridge, but smaller than the lip 32 of the lipped cartridge, and in use receives the discharge end portion of the cartridge. The adaptor head is shaped and dimensioned to form a closure over the tubular sleeve, and has an outer face configured to releasably connect with the grease injection gun, for example by a threaded outlet pipe 58, and an inner face shaped and configured to releasably connect with the tubular sleeve and the cartridge, for example by an internally threaded recess 54. A flow passage 56 extends between the outer face and the inner face and provides fluid communication between the grease injection gun and the cartridge. An o-ring seal (60 Fig. 6) may be located in a groove at the base of the threaded outlet to provide an air tight seal between the adaptor head and the grease injection gun.
Patent GB-2577097-A (GB)
Title: A simulated blood vessel for use in a trauma simulator
Inventor: IAN PALLISTER
IPC: G09B23/30
Filed: 2018-09-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to a simulated blood vessel 18 for use in a trauma simulator (1, figure 1). The simulated blood vessel comprises a flexible, resilient body 20 and has a fluid channel 22 integrally moulded within the body. The fluid channel has first and second ends 24, 26, and a compression zone 30 located lengthwise between the first and second ends that is compressible between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which flow through the fluid channel is blocked. The compression zone has a compression axis (A-A, figure 3) arranged transverse to the length of the fluid channel along which a compression force (F, figure 3) is applied to the fluid channel. The compression zone has a cross-sectional shape 30 having a first axis aligned with the compression axis and a second axis arranged transverse lo the first axis, and the diameter of the third channel along the second axis is greater than diameter along the first axis to enable the fluid channel to be more easily compressed to the closed configuration. A trauma simulator including the simulated blood vessel is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2570371-A (GB)
Title: Foldable play yard
Inventor: JONATHAN K MOUNTZ
IPC: A47D13/06
Filed: 2018-11-15
Abstract: A foldable play yard 1 includes a floor assembly 11, a top rail assembly 12 and a corner post assembly 13. The corner post assembly includes a first column 131 and a second column 132 movable relative to the first column. A lower end of the first column is pivoted to the floor assembly. An upper end of the first column is movably connected to the top rail assembly. A lower end of the second column is movably connected to the floor assembly. An upper end of the second column is pivoted to the top rail assembly. The floor assembly drives the second column to move relative to the first column to drive the top rail assembly to be folded when the floor assembly is folded. The play yard may include latch locks on the lower end of the first column. The latches may be disengaged using cables, and may comprise a resilient bias to the engaged position. Wheels may be included which engage the ground when the pen is in a folded position. Preferably, a supporting base engages the ground in the unfolded position.
Patent GB-2579559-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing an indication of driving performance
Inventor: SESHADRI ARJUN KRISHNA
IPC: G01G19/08
Filed: 2018-12-03
Abstract: A method of estimating a mass of a vehicle comprising: obtaining 20 a forward acceleration, speed of the vehicle and a fuel consumption of the vehicle; comparing the obtained forward acceleration to a predefined threshold value; and using the fuel consumption, forward acceleration and speed of the vehicle to determine 24 the mass of the vehicle when the forward acceleration is above the predefined threshold value. The speed of the vehicle may be above a second predefined threshold. A mass estimation may be obtained for each of a plurality of different times and an average mass may be obtained 26 based on this. The estimated mass may be used in generating driving performance indications in respect of the vehicle. Feedback may be provided to a user in relation to driving performance. Another aspect relates to a system for estimating a mass of a vehicle.
Patent GB-2567077-A (GB)
Title: Water heater blower assembly having a low exhaust port
Inventor: Steven W Post
IPC: F24H9/00
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute and the base may be or may not be non-adjustably fixed relative to each other. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.