baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2575758-A (GB)
Title: Open architecture industrial control system
Inventor: MARK J NIXON
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2018-04-30
Abstract: An industrial control system, such as a process control for use in a process plant, uses a hardware/software architecture that makes the system more reactive by making the system more resilient, responsive, and elastic. The industrial control system includes one or more distributed input/output (I/O) controller devices (BFN I/O controllers) which are coupled to field devices within a plant and provide direct or indirect access to the field devices for control and messaging purposes, one or more advanced function and computation nodes, and one or more user nodes coupled to the BFN I/O controllers via a network connection. The advanced function nodes store and execute virtual machines, devices, or entities, which decouples the hardware used in the control system from the software that functions on that hardware, making the system easier to scale, reconfigure, and change. Moreover, the industrial control system uses a self-describing data messaging scheme that provides both the data and a description of the data from a sender to a receiver, which enables different messaging protocols and data formats to be used in the control system, which also makes the system more open.
Patent GB-2590924-A (GB)
Title: A receiver for wirelessly receiving power from a transmitter, a capsule for ingestion by a patient, and a wireless power transfer system
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER PAUL HANCOCK
IPC: H02J50/40
Filed: 2020-01-06
Abstract: Various embodiments provide a receiver 6 for wirelessly receiving power from a transmitter. The receiver comprises a resonant receiver circuit 202 having a plurality of coils 200a-d operatively coupled to a combining circuit. Each coil, with the combining circuit, is arranged to receive power via resonant inductive coupling. The combining circuit is arranged to combine power received from the plurality of coils for provision to an electric load 14. Other embodiments provide a capsule for ingestion by a patient, the capsule comprising the receiver.
Patent GB-2579474-A (GB)
Title: Optical scanner and detector
Inventor: HOOMAN ABEDIASL
IPC: G01S17/32
Filed: 2018-06-28
Abstract: A light ranging and detection system achieving reconfigurable very wide field of view, high sampling of spatial points per second with high optical power handling by using architecture to efficiently combine different wavelengths, time and frequency coding, and spatial selectivity. The transmitter is capable of generating multiple narrow beams, encoding different beams and transmitting in different spatial directions. The receiver can differentiate and extract range and reflectivity information of reflected beams. Three dimensional imaging of the environment is achieved by scanning the field of view of the transmitter. Control and signal processing electronic circuitries fabricated in a chip are packaged together with a chip containing the photonic components of the ranging system.
Patent GB-2595497-A (GB)
Title: Thrust bearing
Inventor: PETER BARNES MOYES
IPC: F16C27/08
Filed: 2020-05-28
Abstract: A thrust bearing arrangement is provided. The thrust bearing 10 comprises first and second bearing assemblies 15, 17 rotatable relative to each other; and a plurality of axially arranged bearing stages 14a, 14b formed between the first and second bearing assemblies 15, 17. Each bearing stage 14a, 14b comprises: a first load shoulder 16 provided on the first bearing assembly(15; a second load shoulder 18 provided on the second bearing assembly 17; a bearing structure 30 defined between the first and second load shoulders 16, 18; and an extrudable component 32 forming part of the bearing structure. Axial load applied between the first and second bearing assemblies 15, 17 in a first relative axial direction is transmitted between respective pairs of first and second load shoulders 16, 18 via the extrudable components 32 of respective bearing structures 30. The extrudable components 32 provide for load balancing between each bearing stage 14a, 14b.
Patent GB-2596059-A (GB)
Title: A child's headrest for a child's seat as used in a vehicle
Inventor: JANE NATALIE MBANGU
IPC: B60N2/885
Filed: 2020-06-05
Abstract: A child's vehicle seat headrest 2 has a rear portion 6 which extends from a top front 8 of the seat 4, curved headrest portions 10,12 which extend forwardly from the rear portion 6, cheekrests 14,16 on an inside of the headrest portion 10,12, and a gap 36 to a neck-receiving aperture 18. The headrest resists a head falling sideways or forward, and may use memory foam and have attachment straps (40,42, fig 1) or be integral with the seat 4.
Patent GB-2595900-A (GB)
Title: Exercise apparatus
Inventor: DANIEL STEPHEN LIND
IPC: A63B23/14
Filed: 2020-06-10
Abstract: An exercise apparatus comprises: a rigid hard plastic frame 1 formed from three first parallel struts 4, 5 joined at their ends by two second orthogonal struts 2, 3; wherein all five struts lie in the same plane. The outer two 4 of the three first parallel struts include a spindle (11, fig 3) and a rotating sleeve (12, fig 3) forming a rotating grip or hand hold for a user. The rigid frame 1 is preferably moulded from glass filled nylon and the frame may be moulded as two half frames that are then joined. The orthogonal struts 2, 3 may be hollow and may include cut-outs for weight saving.
Patent GB-2587697-A (GB)
Title: Service experience analytics for network slice instance
Inventor: David Gutierrez Estevez
IPC: H04W76/14
Filed: 2020-06-26
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining analytics for service experience, such as QoE (Quality of Experience), for a network slice instance. In a network comprising one or more network entitles. The method comprises obtaining first information for determining a mapping between a set of one or more User Equipment (UEs) and a set of one or more network slice instances; obtaining second information for determining the analytics of the set of UEs; and determining the analytics for a Network Slice instance based on the first information and the second information. The network may be a 3GPP 5GS network with a first network comprising an NSSF (Network Slice Selection Function) entity, a second network entity comprising an NWDAF (Network Data Analysis Function) entity and a third network entity comprising an AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) entity.
Patent GB-2596559-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent cabinet
Inventor: LEENDERT WILLEM MICHIEL LOBBEZOO
IPC: G07F9/10
Filed: 2020-06-30
Abstract: An intelligent cabinet 100 for dispensing products comprises an outer wall 110, an inner liner defining an enclosed interior space adapted for housing an inventory of items, an intermediate layer 120, provided between the outer wall and inner liner, having a plurality of slots 140, and a system of modular cassettes 150. The system of cassettes includes a plurality of cassettes where each cassette is adapted to be fitted in and removable from a corresponding slot of the plurality of slots. Each of the cassettes has a RFID antenna or similar antenna allowing the detection of products in the cabinet. Slots may be formed on the left and right sides of the cabinet. The slots may be open on the rear side of the cabinet. An RFID reader (or similar) may be provided in a separate cassette 160 mounted on the rear of the cabinet and connected to each of the cassettes with antennas. The invention allows an RFID detection system or similar object detection system to be used with a cabinet for easy servicing or repair. Also disclosed is a cassette formed of metal with an interior space which may hold an RFID antenna or an additional sensor.
Patent GB-2600459-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft system and method
Inventor: ANDREW BILL
IPC: B60C23/04
Filed: 2020-10-30
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of aircraft tire maintenance is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving data of a plurality of pressure and temperature measurements, each of the plurality of pressure and temperature measurements having an associated time stamp; determining stable points in the plurality of pressure and temperature measurements; and using the stable points for determining tire maintenance. Also disclosed is a processing system configured to implement the method, a system comprising a processing system and a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing system, instruct the processing system to perform the method.
Patent GB-2602348-A (GB)
Title: Alerting Operatives as to the Presence of a Hazard
Inventor: JOANNE REBECCA SAYERS
IPC: G08B29/18
Filed: 2020-12-24
Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of wearable items 1101-1106 worn by a respective operative / worker. Each wearable item comprises: a detector for detecting a hazard e.g. concentration of dust particles; a control unit for receiving local hazard data from the detector; an alarm device for conveying an alarm to an operative; a transmitter for transmitting local hazard data 1107 to other nearby operatives, the local hazard data being received as remote hazard data; and a receiver for receiving remote hazard data 1108 from the other operatives. The control unit is configured to provide an alarm signal to the alarm device based on an evaluation of the local hazard data combined with the remote hazard data. The wearable items may include a location determining device. Location data may be communicated between wearable devices and distance therebetween calculated. Remote hazard data may be weighted based on calculated distance. Local hazard and alarm data may be communicated to a base station 1111. The base station may identify repeating patterns of alarm conditions. Alarm avoidance activities may be scheduled in response to such patterns. Such activities may comprise water spraying to reduce the level of dust particle concentrations.
Patent GB-2590235-A (GB)
Title: Cap having a spoon-shaped closure
Inventor: HEATHER BAIRD LOYA
IPC: B65D47/08
Filed: 2019-07-29
Abstract: A cap for use with a container may include a body having an opening extending there through. The opening may include a product pathway extending from an upper surface of the body, a flow restrictor, and a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple the body to the container. The cap may also include a closure coupled to the body. The closure may selectively cover the opening and include a spoon shape having a concave surface. The body may further include a stop to limit rotation of the closure relative to the body. The body and/or a container configured for use with the body may further include a child lock feature.
Patent GB-2602991-A (GB)
Title: Wireless transceiver
Inventor: AROKIA NATHAN
IPC: H04B7/155
Filed: 2021-01-22
Abstract: A wireless transceiver (1) includes a planar substrate (2) having first (3) and second (4) opposite faces. A plurality of first antennae (Rx1, …, RxN) are supported on the first face (3) and a plurality of second antennae (Tx1, .., TxM) are supported on the second face (4). A circuit (7), supported by the planar substrate (2), is connected to the first antennae (Rx1, …, RxN) and the second antennae (Tx1, …, TxM). The circuit comprises vias (8) formed through the substrate (2). The circuit (7) is configured to control the first antennae (Rx1, …, RxN) as a first phased array (5) to receive radio signals (9) and to control the second antennae (Tx1, …, TxM) as a second phased array (6) to retransmit (11) the radio signals received using the first phased array (5). The phased arrays are each controllably orientable. The circuit may define two or more passbands, one of which may be disabled. The wireless transceiver may operate in a time multiplexed communication system and is configurable to only serve selected service providers.
Patent GB-2597117-A (GB)
Title: Calibrating an instrument interface
Inventor: Ben Robert Chaplin
IPC: A61B34/37
Filed: 2021-02-25
Abstract: An instrument for use mounted on an arm of a surgical robot is calibrated via its drive coupling interface with the robot arm. The calibration method comprises obtaining usage data for a joint of the instrument, comparing the usage data with the joint’s expected movement and/or maximum range of movement, and thereby determining a calibration offset which is used to adjust the control relationship through which the joint is driven. The comparison and/or calibration offset may be based on a detected bias away from expected joint usage, a mid-range point or other characteristic position of the joint or drive coupling element, and/or a machine learning model or other curve-fitting or statistical representation, e.g. a probability density function. The resulting control relationship adjustment may comprise adjusting the tension, position, or gearing of transmission elements, e.g. by decoupling and repositioning an interface element or by adjusting a gear ratio.
Patent GB-2603210-A (GB)
Title: Graphics Processors
Inventor: ISIDOROS SIDERIS
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2021-03-12
Abstract: There is provided a graphics processor 10 comprising a primitive processing circuit operable to process graphics primitives into respective fragment work items to be rendered by a rendering circuit 22. The primitive processing circuit generates one or more queues 18A, 18B of fragment work items for rendering that contain fragment work items corresponding to multiple, different sources of fragment work items. The graphics processor 10 is configured to issue fragment work items to the rendering circuit 22 in an interleaved fashion such that rendering of fragment work items from a first source of fragment work items can thereby be interleaved with rendering of fragment work items from a second source of fragment work items.
Patent GB-2594154-A (GB)
Title: Initialization of adaptive blocking matrix filters in a beamforming array using a priori information
Inventor: Samuel p ebenezer
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2021-04-08
Abstract: An adaptive beam-forming array uses multiple sensors (microphones) and noise reference subtraction to reduce noise from a desired source, eg. a voice. A direction of arrival of energy from a desired source is determined and an inter-sensor noise correlation between one or more pairs of sensors is determined. An Adaptive Blocking Matrix (ABM) generates a noise reference from an inter-sensor model representing a relationship between desired signal components received from the desired source and that are present in signals from one or more pairs of sensors. The noise reference is generated with an adaptive filter that filters a first signal from a first sensor in the pairs of sensors and is combined with the second signal from a second sensor in the pairs of sensors to produce the noise reference. The adaptive filter is initialized with an initialization response computed from the direction of arrival and the inter-sensor noise correlation.
Patent GB-2609193-A (GB)
Title: Enforcing conditions on blockchain transactions
Inventor: WEI ZHANG
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2021-07-19
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of enforcing conditions on a second blockchain transaction using a first blockchain transaction, wherein a first one of the conditions is that, when a first unlocking script of the second transaction is executed alongside a first locking script of the first transaction, a representation of the second transaction is output to memory, wherein the representation is based on a plurality of fields of the second transaction and a first output of the first transaction, and wherein the method comprises: generating the first transaction, wherein the first transaction comprises a first output, wherein the first output comprises the first locking script, and wherein the first locking script comprises: a message sub-script; a signature sub-script; a public key corresponding to a private key; and a verification sub-script. A signature sub-script configured to, when executed, generate a signature, wherein the signature is a function of at least the candidate message, a private key, and an ephemeral private key, and wherein the ephemeral private key is fixed by the first locking script as being equal to one and/or wherein the ephemeral private key is fixed as being equal to the private key.
Patent GB-2594225-A (GB)
Title: Creation and execution of secure containers
Inventor: UTZ BACHER
IPC: G06F21/53
Filed: 2020-01-31
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating a secure software container may be provided. The method comprises providing a first layered software container image,transforming all files, except corresponding metadata, of each layer of the first layered software container image into a volume, the volume comprises a set of blocks, wherein each layer comprises an incremental difference to a next lower layer, encrypting each block of the set of blocks of a portion of the layers, and storing each encrypted set of the blocks as a layer of an encrypted container image along with unencrypted metadata for rebuilding an order of the set of blocks equal to an order of the first layered software container image, so that a secure encrypted software container is created.
Patent GB-2600524-A (GB)
Title: Power cable cooling system in a gas turbine engine
Inventor: MARC J MULDOON
IPC: F02K1/04
Filed: 2021-08-25
Abstract: A cooling system 300 for a gas turbine comprises an electric machine 210 and a first conduit 230 with an inlet 232 that houses a plurality of conductive cables (310, Figure 2) extending from the electric machine. The cooling system passively cools the cables during operation of the gas turbine engine, and an electric fan 360 within the first conduit actively cools the cables. An alternative embodiment further comprises a control system that detects engine shutdown via a sensor, and in response activates the electric fan. The fan may activate in response to engine shutdown. The electric machine may be within a tail cone 122. A second conduit 234 in fluid communication with the first conduit may extend from the tail cone to a drain mast 240 and may direct an exhaust cooling flow to the electric machine. A bypass air flow may enter the first conduit via the inlet.
Patent GB-2604215-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of virtual buttons on a device
Inventor: THOMAS LORENZ
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2020-06-15
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for configuring a plurality of virtual buttons on a device. For example, each of the plurality of virtual buttons may be activated or deactivated based on a mode of operation of the device. By activating and deactivating different combinations of the plurality of virtual buttons depending on the mode of operation of the device, the inadvertent engagement of virtual buttons which would otherwise not be used in that mode operation may be avoided.
Patent GB-2603852-A (GB)
Title: Performing network congestion control utilizing reinforcement learning
Inventor: SHIE MANNOR
IPC: H04L47/22
Filed: 2021-12-21
Abstract: A method for traffic congestion control, wherein a reinforcement learning (RL) agent 302 receives environmental feedback 308 indicating a speed at which data is currently being transmitted through a data transmission network 306 and adjusts the transmission rate 304 of one or more of a plurality of data flows within the network based on this environmental feedback. The reinforcement learning agent may include a neural network which takes the environmental feedback as input and outputs adjustments to be made to one or more of a plurality of data flows. The agent may learn a congestion control policy and modify the policy in reaction to observed data. The source of the environmental feedback may be a network interface card (NIC). A method wherein a reinforcement learning agent is trained for congestion control and then deployed in a network is also disclosed. The agent is trained using input states and reward values. The input states may indicate a speed at which data is currently being transmitted in the network, and the reward values may correspond to an equivalence rate of all transmitting data flows and an avoidance of congestion.
Patent GB-2614084-A (GB)
Title: Pesticide emulsifiable concentrate and use thereof
Inventor: JAMES TIMOTHY BRISTOW
IPC: A01P13/02
Filed: 2021-12-22
Abstract: A pesticidal emulsifiable concentrate (EC) composition comprising a water-insoluble pesticide, an amide of general formula (I) and a lactamide of general formula (II) wherein n is an integer from 3-15 and each of R1 and R2 is independently a C1-C4 alkyl group. The pesticide may be a microbiocide, herbicide or insecticide (e.g. prothioconazole). Preferably, the pesticide is present at 0.1 – 60 % by weight of the composition. The amide (I) may account for 5 – 70 wt.% of the composition. The lactamide (II) may be 0.3 – 50 % w/w of the EC. Most preferably, both R1 and R2 are methyl. Preferably, the EC comprises less than 1 weight% water. The EC may be mixed with water to form an emulsion wherein the weight ratio of water to EC is from 1:1 to 1000:1. Also claimed is a method of preparing the EC, and a method of preventing pathogenic fungal infection comprising use of the EC described herein.
Patent GB-2605256-A (GB)
Title: Energy storage systems and methods
Inventor: ANASTASIOS VASILOPOULOS
IPC: F28D20/00
Filed: 2022-01-25
Abstract: A reversible thermodynamic energy storage system utilising water is disclosed. The system comprises first 20 and second 40 units for exchanging thermal energy of water medium and storing water medium, the second unit storing at a temperature and pressure higher than the first unit. Each unit is configured to condense and evaporate the water medium. The system further comprising a reversible rotary positive displacement engine unit 30 that acts in a first direction as a vacuum pump or compressor, for the water medium, driven for by a motor 50 and in a second direction (“backwards”) as an expander for the water medium to generate power. The motor generator 50 may be a conical screw rotor, delivering a high compression ratio. The storage tanks may comprise phase change materials to retain the thermal energy of the working fluid. Use of a screw rotor in a reversible process is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2616675-A (GB)
Title: Packaging from agricultural plant fibres
Inventor: Federico Buja
IPC: D21H11/12
Filed: 2022-03-18
Abstract: A composition comprising agricultural plant fibres and recycled wood fibres. The composition may be a pulp and used to made paperboard or paper. The agricultural plant fibres may be from a cereal such as barley, wheat, rye, rice, sorghum, millet or corn. The wood fibres may be sourced from softwood, hardwood or recycled materials such as old corrugated containers (OCC). The cereal fibres may contain 15 to 40 wt. % ɑ-cellulose, less than 20 wt. % lignin and be present in the pulp composition in an amount up to 50 wt. %. The ratio of cereal fibres to wood fibres may be from 1:15 to 2:1. The cereal fibres may have an average length of at least 0.5 mm and an average width of 5 to 30 micrometres. Paperboard made from the pulp may be used to make packaging such as beverage containers.
Patent GB-2618546-A (GB)
Title: Control system and method for vehicle steering
Inventor: BHAVIKA SONI
IPC: B62D6/02
Filed: 2022-05-09
Abstract: A control system 10 for a vehicle receives an indication of current vehicle speed, for example from sensors 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, monitors a time period since vehicle launch (moving off from stationary), and limits a maximum steering rate of a steering system of the vehicle in dependence on the current vehicle speed and a period of time (for example 2 seconds) since launch. This may suitably permit a greater steering limit immediately upon, and for a short period after launch of the vehicle, before limiting the steering rate based on vehicle speed. The system may suitably be used to control the steering rate of a rear wheel steering system 18, and in an embodiment not to limit the steering rate of a front wheel steering system 16. A vehicle, control method and computer software are also provided.