baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2531488-A (GB)
Title: Perimeter protection system and method of protecting a perimeter
Inventor: WILKES JAMES EDWARD
IPC: F41H13/00
Filed: 2016-02-19
Abstract: A perimeter protection system 100 comprises a security bulwark 1a 1b, 1c for mounting along a perimeter railing (20, Fig 1) of a vessel or marine installation. The security bulwark has a first width, w. The perimeter protection system (100) also comprises a spacer 40a, 40b which can be positioned abutting a side of the security bulwark and has a second width, v, which is a fraction of the first width, w. If a first plurality, a, of such security bulwarks is arranged side-by-side adjacent to each other and a second plurality, b, of such spacers is positioned alongside the first plurality of such security bulwarks, with the security bulwarks and spacers abutting each other, the combined width, aw + by, of the first plurality of security bulwarks and the second plurality of spacers can be made substantially equal to a length, E, of the perimeter railing by an appropriate choice of the respective numbers, a and b, of the security bulwarks and spacers. A corresponding method of protecting a perimeter of a vessel or marine installation is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2549311-A (GB)
Title: Data processing systems
Inventor: DAREN CROXFORD
IPC: G09G5/36
Filed: 2016-04-13
Abstract: A display controller of a data processing system fetches data for surfaces to be displayed from memory of the data processing system into a local buffer or buffers of the display controller and provides that data from the local buffer or buffers of the display controller to a display for display. If the display controller determines that data to be provided to the display has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller 62, it provides data that has previously been fetched into the local buffer of the display controller 64, 65, 66, 67 to the display in place of the data that has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller. A second invention assesses the risk that the data may not be fetched in time to be read from the buffer and modifies the operation of the display controller and/or data processing system.
Patent GB-2535368-A (GB)
Title: Control method for restarting permanent magnet synchronous motor with speed, device and system thereof
Inventor: JIANGHUA FENG
IPC: H02P21/18
Filed: 2013-12-16
Abstract: A control method for restarting a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) (400) with speed, device and system thereof. The back electromotive force of the PMSM is obtained by a speed of a trailer, and is compared with the voltage at the inverter (200) side. If the back electromotive force is higher than the voltage at the inverter side, the PMSM is disabled to be restarted with speed; otherwise, the PMSM is enabled to be restarted with speed. Enabling the PMSM to be restarted with speed means closing an isolating contactor (300). Disabling the PMSM to be restarted with speed means opening the isolating contactor. According to the value of the rotor electric angular speed ωe, the rotor position angles are calculated under the two working conditions of low speed and middle-high speed. The different working conditions correspond to the different rotor position angles. The PMSM is started with the rotor position angles. An overall control method is provided from the view of system, the PMSM is disabled to be restarted with speed at the high speed section, the restarting point at the middle-high speed section is determined by the rotor position angle calculated with the one-short-circuit method, and the restarting point at the low speed section is determined by the rotor position angle calculated with the INFORM method.
Patent GB-2535077-A (GB)
Title: Club head with bounded face to body yield strength ratio and related methods
Inventor: RYAN M STOKKE
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2014-11-05
Abstract: Some embodiments include a golf club head. The golf club head includes a face portion having a first material having a first yield strength and a support body having a second material having a second yield strength. The first yield strength is greater than or equal to approximately 910 MegaPascals, the support body is configured to be coupled to the face portion, and a yield strength ratio of the second yield strength to the first yield strength is greater than or equal to approximately 0.50. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2551133-A (GB)
Title: Gemstone viewer
Inventor: PETER STANLEY ROSE
IPC: G01N21/87
Filed: 2016-06-06
Abstract: An instrument for viewing and sorting gemstones comprises a chamber 102, a removable tray 103 for supporting the gemstones to be viewed, a UV source 108 for illuminating gemstones on the tray with UV light, an imaging device 110 directed towards the tray, a control unit 109 connected to the UV source and the imaging device and configured to cause the source to emit pulses of UV light and the imaging device to obtain images of the gemstones between the pulses of UV. A display is configured to display images obtained by the imaging device in real time so that a user can see gemstones exhibiting phosphorescence in the images. In another aspect a visible light source is used between UV imaging to obtain visible images of the gemstones. An access aperture 112 allows a user to sort gemstones in the tray according to the images.
Patent GB-2551337-A (GB)
Title: Pump assembly, method and computer program
Inventor: JAMES ALEXANDER HAYLOCK
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 2016-06-13
Abstract: A pump assembly comprising a pump 1, an associated motor controller 3 and an accelerometer 5 mounted on the pump. The motor controller is configured to control power supplied to drive the pump and to receive data output from the accelerometer, the motor controller comprising processing circuitry configured to process the data received from the accelerometer to determine accelerations experienced at the pump due to the pump operation. Preferably the sampled of the data signals from the accelerometer are synchronised with other pump controller signals, such as rotor speed or angular position. The sampled data from the accelerometer may be converted into the frequency domain and used to determine a condition of the pump. A warning signal may be triggered if the processed signal from the accelerometer exceeds a threshold value.
Patent GB-2555871-A (GB)
Title: A convertible bag comprising bed and chair configuration
Inventor: ADAM YAFFE
IPC: A47C17/82
Filed: 2016-11-15
Abstract: A convertible bag 1 comprises a base portion 2, two opposing side portions 3, 4, opposing front and back portions 5, 6 and a top portion 7. The bag further comprises at least two adjoining mattress sections 21-23 adapted to be assembled with the bag into a chair configuration (figure 4) and a bed configuration (figure 3). The mattress sections may be folded for use in the seat configuration and stored in the bag when not in use. The bag is characterised in that at least the opposing side portions and back portion of the bag comprise rigid panels. The back and side panels may be integrally formed or individually formed and attached together. The top and front portion of the bag may comprise flexible panels which are at least partially detachable from the rigid side and back panels. A pair of side rails 31, 32 may be provided flanking the mattress and which also be used as armrests when in a seat configuration. The bag may have an extendible handle (11, figure 1) and wheels (12, figure 2).
Patent GB-2558209-A (GB)
Title: Conditioning by cementation of a nuclear waste comprising magnesium in metal form
Inventor: Lavinia Stefan
IPC: G21F9/34
Filed: 2015-06-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of conditioning, by embedding in a cementitious matrix, a nuclear waste comprising magnesium metal and at least one material selected from graphite and steels, which method comprises the following steps: embedding the waste using a cementitious paste obtained by mixing a composition comprising a powder of a binder selected from hydraulic cements, vitrified blast-furnace slags and mixtures thereof, and an aqueous mixing solution; then - leaving the cementitious paste to harden in order to form the cementitious matrix; and is characterized in that the aqueous mixing solution comprises at least 1 mol/L of a strong base. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for being used in this conditioning method and also to a conditioning package obtained by said method. Applications: conditioning of waste from UNGG (for "Uranium Naturel - Graphite - Gaz carbonique [natural uranium - grapite - carbon dioxide]) or MAGNOX (for Magnesium Non OXidizing) nuclear reactors with a view to the storage thereof.
Patent GB-2560171-A (GB)
Title: A method of cranking an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle
Inventor: NICOLAS FREVERT
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2017-03-01
Abstract: A method of cranking an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle to start the internal combustion engine, eg using a motor-generator or belted alternator starter (BAS), comprises the steps of measuring a parameter indicative of environmental conditions being outside the motor vehicle (S100, S110); determining a value Q of a cranking torque and a value of rotational speed R to be delivered to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine on the basis of the measured value of the parameter (S120); operating a starter motor coupled to the crankshaft to deliver the cranking torque value and the rotational speed value, until a crankshaft rotational speed reaches a predetermined value thereof, (S130). The rotational speed delivered by the starter motor may be increased as atmospheric pressure decreases; the cranking torque delivered by the starter motor may be increased as ambient air temperature decreases. Internal conditions of the engine may also be take into account.
Patent GB-2562498-A (GB)
Title: Machining spindles with AC induction motors and shafts for such spindles
Inventor: Robin J W Powell
IPC: H02K17/32
Filed: 2017-05-16
Abstract: A machining spindle shaft 1b for a machining spindle having an AC induction motor 4 for rotatingly driving the shaft relative to a main body la of the spindle, wherein the shaft comprises the rotor for the motor and the rotor comprises a winding 42 comprising conductor portions 42a, 42b, inlayed into material of the shaft and the shaft further comprises a retaining sleeve 5 provided over at least a portion of the winding for holding the conductor portions in place against heating and/or centrifugal effects during rotation of the shaft in use. The conductor portions may have been provided onto the material of the shaft using a material deposition process. The sleeve may cover the whole of the winding and be made of carbon fibre, which is wound directly into position on to the shaft. The sleeve may be formed independently of the shaft and then fitted to the remainder shaft. The shaft may have a main body which has slots into which the conductive portions are provided. The conductive portions may have been plated onto the main body of the shaft and the material of the shaft into which the conductor portions may be inlayed steel and the conductor portions may be of copper.
Patent GB-2555179-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for generating injectable foam
Inventor: Carol Suzanne Balfour
IPC: B01F5/06
Filed: 2017-07-26
Abstract: A method and device for producing injectable foams, such as those used in the treatment of varicose veins. The method requires the independent delivery of a foamable liquid sclerosing agent and a suitable gas to a foam producing structure in which the liquid and gas are combined to produce foam. The device comprises: the foam chamber 31 with either a common inlet for liquid and gas or separate inlets 11,21; an outlet 36 for foam; a liquid pathway 10 in communication with the inlet; and a gas pathway 20 in communication with the inlet. The liquid pathway comprises a means 12 for delivering liquid through the liquid pathway independently of gas delivery through the gas pathway. In preferred embodiments, the delivery of liquid and/or gas is controlled with volumetric pumps 12,24, which may be of the peristaltic type, and valves. A waste chamber 35 may be present to receive initial poor-quality foam from the foam pathway 30, with flow controlled by a waste valve 34.
Patent GB-2568531-A (GB)
Title: Authentication apparatus
Inventor: LEWIS PETER KELLY
IPC: B60R25/30
Filed: 2017-11-20
Abstract: An authentication apparatus for a vehicle 52 comprises: a camera 14; a controller (12, figure 1); and a memory (16) comprising stored authentication data; wherein: the authentication apparatus is configured to: detect, by the camera, an identifying object 20 associated with a user, the identifying object having a source of authentication data 22; read, by the controller, the source authentication data thereby to provide read authentication data; compare, by the controller, the stored authentication data with the read authentication data; and when the read authentication data matches the stored authentication data, the authentication apparatus is configured selectively to enable one or more functions of a vehicle to which the authentication apparatus is connectable, in dependence on the read authentication data associated with the identifying object. The identifying object may be a driving licence, passport, ID card or the like. A secondary authentication device 60 may be provided, said secondary device being configured to provide a biometric measurement to thereby correlate the measurement with the data stored in the memory. A remote server 30 may be in communication with the apparatus. A controller for use with the apparatus, and a method of use, are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2561944-A (GB)
Title: Waveguide structure
Inventor: IAN MARSHALL
IPC: G02B27/42
Filed: 2018-02-08
Abstract: An optical waveguide device for use in a head up display comprises a primary waveguide 300 and a secondary waveguide 301, the secondary waveguide having upper and lower faces parallel to those of the primary waveguide. The primary and secondary waveguides each have respective diffraction gratings 302 and 305. Light projects into the first waveguide within an input angle range, via grating 302, without passing through grating 305. Grating 302 diffracts a portion of the light by total internal reflection to an angle where it can propagate out of the first waveguide to strike the second waveguide 301. An output region of the first or second waveguide uses its respective grating to diffract light trapped in the waveguide by total internal reflection to exit the waveguide assembly without striking the other grating in the other waveguide. The output region may be formed in the first waveguide in the direction of propagation of light trapped in the waveguide. The output region formed in the second waveguide may be perpendicular to a direction of light propagation in the first waveguide.
Patent GB-2558802-A (GB)
Title: Methods of microbial measuring and control
Inventor: JAMES FAJT
IPC: E21B43/25
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of controlling a microbial level in an aqueous fluid or a solid component used in an oilfield operation or a pre- or post- production process associated with wellbore production, the method comprising: measuring a microbial parameter of the aqueous fluid; and subsequently using the measured microbial parameter to decide on an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. These proposals also relate to methods further including monitoring of a microbial parameter in such a fluid or on such a solid component over a period of time. The methods and aspects of the present disclosure may be applied in any oilfield operation or a pre- or post- production process associated with wellbore production.
Patent GB-2572351-A (GB)
Title: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy
Inventor: ADAM WASENCZUK
IPC: F16F15/03
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly fixedly mounted to the mast, the coil assembly at least partly surrounding the mast, a mount for the coil assembly extending radially inwardly of the coil assembly and fixing the coil assembly to the mast, wherein the mount comprises a conical wall extending between the coil assembly and the mast, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted to the mast for linear vibrational motion along an axis about an equilibrium position on the axis, the magnetic core assembly at least partly surrounding the coil assembly and the mast, and a biasing device mounted between the mast and the magnetic core assembly to bias the magnetic core assembly in opposed directions along the axis towards the equilibrium position. The conical wall maybe integral with an annular coil support, where the support includes a radially orientated inner wall connected to the conical wall. The conical wall may be moulded from thermoplastic material. The magnetic core assembly may comprise two opposed magnetic circuits spaced along the axis comprising pairs of magnets with poles of the magnets having common polarities that face each other.
Patent GB-2557532-A (GB)
Title: Parameter collection and automatic dialog generation in dialog systems
Inventor: ILYA GELFENBEYN
IPC: H04M3/493
Filed: 2016-10-21
Abstract: Natural speech dialog system and methods are disclosed. In one example, a method includes identifying a dialog system intent associated with the speech input based on at least one predetermined intent keyword, the dialog system intent having required intent parameters, determining whether data for all required intent parameters of the dialog system are available, based on the determination, selectively initiating a parameter collection dialog associated with the dialog system intent, the parameter collection dialog being operable to collect data for the required parameters not otherwise available to the dialog system intent, and based on the dialog system intent and one or more required parameters, generating an action instruction.
Patent GB-2564199-A (GB)
Title: Operating system for blockchain IOT devices
Inventor: Stephane Savanah
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: The invention provides a generic operating system for coordinating, controlling and/or influencing the activities of a device. The invention is implemented using a blockchain platform with which the operating system is arranged to interact. The blockchain may be the Bitcoin blockchain. In a preferred embodiment, the device is an Internet of Things (IOT) device. The invention provides a computer-implemented control system and corresponding method for controlling a device, the system comprising a device configured for wireless communication with a network and having an IP address and a public-private key cryptographic key pair associated with the device; a software-implemented control component arranged to monitor the state of a blockchain network and/or transmit blockchain Transactions to the blockchain network; and a set of instructions arranged for execution by the control component to control the functionality of the device. The control component is arranged to access the set of instructions from a stored location which is separate to the device. The instructions may be stored in a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and accessed for download and installation by the control component from the DHT as and when needed. The location of the DHT and/or instructions may be indicated or provided using metadata provided within a blockchain transaction. The set of instructions may be accessed by the control component using a look-up key which is related to a cryptographic key pair. The control component is provided on or in the device, or in other embodiments can be provided in an off-device location and arranged for wireless communication with the device.
Patent GB-2561747-A (GB)
Title: Composition for treating motor neuron diseases and use thereof
Inventor: MAOXING YUE
IPC: A61P25/28
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for treating motor neuron diseases and a use thereof. Each unit of the pharmaceutical composition contains 0.3 to 8 g of L-ornithine or an L-ornithine salt with an L-ornithine content equivalent to 0.3 to 8 g, 0.5 to 5 g of aspartic acid, and 2 to 20 g of vitamin B6. The composition can ameliorate or even reverse the progression of motor neuron diseases, and can be used to prepare drugs or health care products for the treatment of motor neuron diseases. The composition has the advantages of being safe, having no side effects during long-term use, low cost of treatment, a good effect, and being suitable for clinical promotion.
Patent GB-2577085-A (GB)
Title: Rescue Wrist
Inventor: JOE JOSKOW
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 2018-09-13
Abstract: A USB device in the form of a wristband comprises a strap on which the patient’s details may be recorded and a USB device which is configured to be directly plugged into an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) to download the patient rescue data at scene. The wristband can then be transported along with the patient to hospital. The USB device is also pre-loaded with the necessary software with which to review the clinical data and allows for installation and review on site from any PC where the software is installed.
Patent GB-2577293-A (GB)
Title: Curved optical modulator
Inventor: WILLIAM REEVES
IPC: G02F1/1333
Filed: 2018-09-20
Abstract: A method of forming a curved optical modulator component for use with a backlight, wherein the optical modulator component comprises at least a control component, 4, including a support film supporting a stack of layers defining an array of pixel electrodes independently addressable via conductors outside the array of pixel electrodes. The method comprises the steps of a) preparing at least the control component in a substantially planar configuration, b) forcibly flexing the control component into a stressed configuration about a curved surface of a first curved component, 2, c) bonding the control component in the stressed configuration to the curved component on one side of the control component and d) bonding a second curved component, 20, to at least the control component on an opposite side of the control component. The method may further include incorporating a liquid crystal cell between the control component and the first curved component.
Patent GB-2568157-A (GB)
Title: Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling movement of a motorised transport unit (MTU) 102 within a shopping facility 101 comprises a location controller 602 separate from the MTU, which comprises a transceiver 112 configured to receive a unique light source identifier from the MTU 102. The location controller also receives a distance indication, which is optically generated by the MTU 102 and indicates the distance to an object. Additionally, the controller receives a further unique light source identifier from a movable item container 104 removably coupled to the motorized transport unit. Based upon the distance and the two light source identifiers, the location controller determines a location of the MTU 102 relative to a mapping of the shopping facility 101. The motorised transport unit may also comprise an optical source and sensor for carrying out the distance measurements. The location controller 602 may determine a destination within the shopping facility 101 and issue movement commands to the transport unit 102. The MTU may read further machine readable codes (such as barcodes or RFID tags) to aid location determination. The MTU 102 may detect multiple light source identifiers simultaneously.