baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2562248-A (GB)
Title: Driver anti-blinding system
Inventor: MICHAL KAMON
IPC: E06B9/24
Filed: 2017-05-09
Abstract: A system adapted to prevent a driver or passenger (13, fig.3) of a vehicle (10) from glare of oncoming light (16, fig.4), said system comprising a windscreen 1 controllably dimmable over selective areas 20, and including one or more cameras or sensors (11,12,14, fig.3) mounted on the vehicle adapted to provide an output signal to controller 19, said controller adapted to determine a windscreen area 20 to be dimmed based on said output signal, and control said dimming based on the selected area. The system may comprise an externally pointing camera (12) to detect intensity and/or distribution of oncoming light hitting the front windscreen. An internally facing camera 11 may detect intensity and/or distribution of light incident inside the vehicle, on the occupants head or face, or to detect the position of the occupants head, face or eyes. The windscreen may comprise a chromatic or translucent LCD layer (figure 1b), where the degree of dimming can be varied within subdivisions of the selected area. The system may further use radar sensor (14, fig.3) output signals to identify oncoming vehicles and determine extent to which its headlights might glare the occupant.
Patent GB-2562315-A (GB)
Title: Posting aid tool
Inventor: RICCARDO BELLANO
IPC: B25B9/02
Filed: 2017-05-13
Abstract: An apparatus 1, suitable for facilitating posting an item through a mail slot, comprises an elongate member 4 and a handle 5 located towards a first end 6 of the apparatus. The apparatus further comprises securing means located towards a second end 7 of the apparatus. The securing means can guide and shield the item when the second end of the apparatus is inserted into/through the mail slot and can also release the item once through the mail slot. The securing means may comprises a flap 2 or fold of material that is arranged to be folded when the being inserted into/through the mail slot and then is arranged to be unfolded when the apparatus is retrieved from the mail slot. The apparatus may be formed from a single sheet of material, such as plastic or card. A method of positing an item through a mail slot is also provided. The device aims to prevent fingers being caught in the mail slot and protect fingers from pets.
Patent GB-2563062-A (GB)
Title: Oxygenation system
Inventor: STEPHEN TURNER
IPC: A61M1/36
Filed: 2017-06-02
Abstract: An exhaust gas flow control system for an oxygenator 20 of an extracorporeal ventilation system connected to an oxygenation gas supply line 24 and an exhaust line 26 for removal of an exhaust gas, where the exhaust gas flow system comprises an exhaust gas pressure regulator 268 thats responsive to a controller to maintain a pre-determined pressure level in the exhaust line 26. The exhaust gas pressure regulator 268 may maintain a sub-atmospheric pressure in the exhaust line 26. The exhaust gas flow control system may further comprise: an exhaust flow regulator 264 responsive to the controller, which maintains a pre-determined flow rate of the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust flow regulator 264; a flow control path 262 controlled by the exhaust flow regulator 264 and a pressure control path 266 controlled by the exhaust gas pressure regulator 268; a supply line pressure regulator 38 upstream of the oxygenator 20. The exhaust gas flow control system may be configured to maintain the flow rate through the flow control path 262 at the pre-determined exhaust gas flow rate. Described as providing a better degree of control over the pressure across an oxygenators gas inlet and its exhaust.
Patent GB-2565820-A (GB)
Title: Drinking straw
Inventor: MICHAEL IAN TAYLOR
IPC: A47G21/18
Filed: 2017-08-24
Abstract: A drinking straw 100 comprises a tube 101 having an inlet end 102 and an outlet end 103. A bowl-shaped portion 104 is attached to the inlet end of the tube and an opening 105 at the inlet end of the tube is within a concave face 106 of the bowl-shaped portion. The drinking straw is composed of a metal. The metal may be copper, gold, silver or alloys thereof. In particular, an internal surface of the tube, the concave face of the bowl-shaped portion and/or the entire drinking straw may consist of a silver alloy. The silver alloy may contain at least 90% of silver by weight. An internal bore of the tube may have a diameter of between 1.5mm and 2.5mm and the tube may be between 100mm and 200mm in length. The tube may have a flared outlet end. In use, the straw aims to enhance the flavor of a beverage.
Patent GB-2552119-A (GB)
Title: Identifying consumers in a transaction via facial recognition
Inventor: SASHIKANTH CHANDRASEKARAN
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 2016-04-28
Abstract: A merchant and a user register with a payment processing system, which establishes a facial template based on a user image. The user signs into a payment application via a user computing device, which receives an identifier from a merchant beacon device to transmit to the payment processing system. The payment processing system transmits facial templates to the merchant camera device for other users who are also signed in to the payment application in range of the merchant beacon device. The merchant camera device compares a captured facial image against the received facial templates to identify the user. A merchant POS device operator selects an account of the user. The merchant POS device transmits transaction details to the payment processing system, which processes the transaction with an issuer system. The payment processing system receives an approval of the transaction authorization request and transmits a receipt to the merchant POS device.
Patent GB-2555288-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal particle accumulator and filter
Inventor: BO GAO
IPC: E21B27/00
Filed: 2015-07-27
Abstract: An apparatus can include a first curved blade for use in a centrifuge. The centrifuge can be for collecting debris particles in a fluid flowing through the centrifuge. The first curved blade can include a plurality of eccentric slots. The first curved blade can include a groove positioned at an outer edge of the curved blade. The first curved blade can also include a first mating element and a second mating element. The first and second mating elements can be for coupling the first curved blade to a second curved blade about a central axis.
Patent GB-2560071-A (GB)
Title: Light source module, backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same
Inventor: KyuOh Kwon
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: Light source module 148 comprises a plurality of triangular prism shaped light sources 10 surrounded by encapsulating film 20 and packaged in printed circuit board 50. The light sources and encapsulation film may have an upper surface of triangular shape with two similar internal angles and side surfaces of parallelogram shapes. The encapsulation film may include a phosphor PP. The module may include an under fill 40 having low electrical conductivity and high heat conductivity between the circuit board and the light sources. The light source module may be included in a backlight unit having a light guide plate and light incident portion wherein the light sources adjacent to each other are arranged such that the orientation of their triangular bases alternate. The light source module may be included in a liquid crystal display device.
Patent GB-2562554-A (GB)
Title: Identification of a load with a search algorithm that controls application of signals to the load and a reference generator
Inventor: SHATAM AGARWAL
IPC: H04R5/04
Filed: 2016-06-28
Abstract: An electronic device may be configured to identify a load coupled to the device. The device may measure direct current (DC) and/or alternating current (AC) characteristics of the load to identify the load. The device may then take action based on the identification of the load. For example, a specific transducer may be identified as coupled to the electronic device and an appropriate equalization curve applied to an audio output of the device. The measurement of characteristics of the load may include controlling a reference generator according to a search algorithm, such as a step ramp or binary search, to identify the load. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) may operate through the search algorithm to provide feedback to digital circuitry regarding how to proceed through the search algorithm to identify the load.
Patent GB-2570916-A (GB)
Title: Completion system apparatus
Inventor: MARK PRESSLIE
IPC: E21B43/04
Filed: 2018-02-09
Abstract: A completion system apparatus 10 has a body 12 having an axial flow passage 14 and lateral flow port 16 through a wall 18 of the body, and a valve arrangement 20. The valve arrangement has two configurations: a first, open, configuration allowing axial fluid flow; and a second, activated, configuration where passage of fluid in the first, downhole, direction is diverted through the lateral flow port 16 and fluid can return through the apparatus a second, uphole, direction. Return of fluid is achieved by drilled bores 62 providing bypass 62 around the valve 22. The valve arrangement may have first and second valve assemblies, each having a ball valve with integrated flapper (fig. 4, 50). The ball valves may each have a throughbore 26 that may be aligned with the axial flow passage in the first configuration and misaligned with the axial flow passage in the second configuration.
Patent GB-2571534-A (GB)
Title: A cleaner head
Inventor: STUART LLOYD GENN
IPC: A47L9/06
Filed: 2018-02-28
Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, the cleaner head comprises a housing 4 defining a suction chamber and a sole plate 5 defining a downwardly-directed opening (11, fig 2) through which dirt can enter the suction chamber. The cleaner head further comprises a hollow deformable seal 6 extending from a rear portion of the housing 4, the hollow deformable seal 6 having a width at least equal to a width of the opening (11, fig 2) in the sole plate 5 and a lower sealing surface 22 that extends in a downward and rearward direction from a rear edge of the housing 4 such that, in use, the hollow deformable seal 6 is biased against and conforms to a surface being cleaned in order to maintain a seal between the cleaner head and the surface being cleaned. A perimeter edge 20 of the seal 6 is preferably mounted to the housing 4 and at least part of the perimeter edge 20 of the seal 6 is not fixed to the housing, such that air is able to enter into and escape from the hollow seal.
Patent GB-2572558-A (GB)
Title: Electric bed with independent adjusting device for waist rest
Inventor: CHI-CHUNG HUANG
IPC: A61G7/002
Filed: 2018-04-03
Abstract: An electric bed comprises an adjusting device on the bottom of a bed board unit which comprises at least a back board 21, a waist board 22 and a hip board 23 and a frame. The adjusting device comprises a driving unit (10, fig. 1) which has an electric cylinder (100, fig. 8) and a drive rod (101, fig.8) and is secured to the bottom of the hip board 23. A first support bar (110, fig. 3) is mounted on the waist board 22 and a second support bar (111, fig.3) is mounted on the hip board 23, and the bars are connected together by a first hinge (130, fig.3). The first support bar is connected to the drive rod 101. A track unit is provided, comprising a slideway (120, fig.4) mounted on the frame and a slide (121, fig.4) mounted on the back board 21. At least a first hinge (131, fig.6) is connected between the back board 21 and the waist board 22. Thus, the waist board can be operated independently.
Patent GB-2574886-A (GB)
Title: Teleoperation with a wearable sensor system
Inventor: JENIFER MIEHLBRADT
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2018-06-22
Abstract: Remotely controlling an operated unmanned object by defining of a set of control movements of an operator; selecting of minimal necessary signals to reliably acquire the operator's control movements; defining of a mapping of the control movements to commands for the operated unmanned object; sensing of operator's body movements; and transmitting of the minimal necessary signals corresponding to the operator's movements to the operated unmanned object. User gestures may be recorded to define links with defined control of the un-manned aerial vehicle, robot or drone. This may involve a wearable network of sensors, including inertial sensors, a head mounted display for immersive gesture control where a mapping for each user may mean that torso, arm or other worn sensors are not needed to distinguish between gestures. Optimising sensor use may save power consumption by turning off non-discriminant sensors and enable better control of a distant robot.
Patent GB-2575092-A (GB)
Title: Controller for a fuel injection system
Inventor: STEPHEN ROBERT SMITH
IPC: F02D41/30
Filed: 2018-06-29
Abstract: A controller for a fuel injector for an engine, the controller comprising: an input arranged to receive 154 a first input signal indicative of the operating efficiency of the fuel injector and/or a second input signal indicative of the operating efficiency of an exhaust emission control device; a processor configured to determine 156 at least one operating parameter of the engine; and to determine 158 a fuel injector operating mode based on the first and/or second input signal(s) and on the at least one operating parameter of the engine; and an output configured to output 160 a control signal for controlling the fuel injector according to the determined fuel injector operating mode. The invention is intended to overcome the negative effects of injector degradation due to wear and deposit build-up.
Patent GB-2576565-A (GB)
Title: Turbomachinery
Inventor: MARTIN M GOODHAND
IPC: F04D17/10
Filed: 2018-08-24
Abstract: A turbomachine, method of operation and an indirect-heated Brayton cycle are disclosed. The turbomachine 105 is configured to compress supercritical carbon dioxide (sC02) and comprises, in fluid flow series, an inlet 201, an inducerless radial impeller 202 having a plurality of blades, and a fully vaneless diffuser 203. The radius of the inlet is from 25 to 50 percent of the radius of the impeller. More specifically it may be between 30 to 50 percent. The inlet may be radially flared to induce a radial component to the flow prior to it entering the impeller. The compressor may have a volute 204 comprising a tongue with a flow area at the tongue, throat, equal to that of the diffuser. The relatively large inlet compared to the size of the impeller reduces the risk of condensation.
Patent GB-2578146-A (GB)
Title: Bioflavonoid compositions and their use for water purification and food preservation
Inventor: HOWARD THOMAS
IPC: C02F1/50
Filed: 2018-10-18
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and their use for preventing, eradicating or ameliorating infections. More particularly, the compositions comprise a bioflavonoid mixture and caprylic acid and/or polylysine. The flavonoid mixture may include naringin and neohesperidine. The exemplified bioflavonoid mixture is Citrox HXT powder (RTM). The composition may also comprise willow bark extract which contains salicylic acid. Such compositions can, for example, be employed for reducing or eliminating bacteria, fungi and other parasites from water, such as water intended for drinking or from food. The composition may be in the form of a gel, liquid soap or hand foam suitable for use as a surgical sanitizer. The hand foam composition may be used in a commercial misting device to produce a mist for disinfection of surfaces, such as those in an ambulance.
Patent GB-2565705-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing frits
Inventor: SIMON BRIGHAM
IPC: C03C8/02
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a frit; the method comprising: milling a plurality of glass flakes to provide a frit, use of glassflake in the production of frit and frit obtained by the methods of the invention.
Patent GB-2576802-A (GB)
Title: Top drive and method of operating a top drive
Inventor: PETTER MYDLAND
IPC: E21B44/04
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: A method of operating a top drive on a drilling rig comprising setting a rotational speed and an applied torque of the top drive to a defined level, wherein the applied torque is limited by an operating torque limit, identifying a potential or actual backspin event, and temporarily increasing the torque limit of the top drive to a backspin prevention torque limit in response to identifying the potential or actual backspin event. A backspin event may be identified by detecting a reduction in the rotation speed of the drill string. The top drive may also comprise a braking system for preventing rotation of the drill string.
Patent GB-2572496-A (GB)
Title: Freewheel hub
Inventor: JIM GERHARDT
IPC: B60B27/00
Filed: 2014-02-11
Abstract: A bicycle hub comprising a hub body, a cassette driver with a first end which has a stepped outer profile and a first bearing surface, a first sprag interfacing surface and a second bearing surface. The driver further comprises a support assembly, which may be a bearing assembly, which may be ball bearings. The hub further comprises a cylindrical sprag sleeve which is press fitted into the hub body. There is also a plurality of sprags, which may rotate with the driver while sliding relative to the sprag sleeve while the hub is in freewheeling mode. The space between the first sprag interfacing cylindrical surface and the second sprag interfacing cylindrical surface may be maintained constant and the sprags engagement delay may be less than one degree.
Patent GB-2578002-A (GB)
Title: Water Filter Assembly
Inventor: JOHN COURTNEY
IPC: B01D35/30
Filed: 2019-10-07
Abstract: A water filter assembly for filtering water and adapted to be coupled to piping of a piped water system. The water filter apparatus comprises a housing 20 having first 21 and second 22 housing ends, an inlet (28, Fig 1A) and an outlet (27, Fig 1F) located at the first housing end and the second housing end having an opening 23. The housing is suitable for removably receiving a filter element assembly through the opening in the second housing end. A housing bottom cover (30, Fig 3A) is releasably mountable over the opening in the second housing end and is mounted in sealing engagement over the opening in the second housing end. A retaining means is provided for retaining the housing bottom cover in its mounted position relative to the housing. Preferably the assembly further comprises a filter head adapted to be coupled to piping of a piped water system and means for removably securing the first housing end to the filter head. Advantageously a filter element may be replaced by removal of the housing bottom cover of the water filter assembly.
Patent GB-2588153-A (GB)
Title: Void-fill paper-packaging apparatus
Inventor: Jeremy SAUNDERS
IPC: D21H27/10
Filed: 2019-10-10
Abstract: The apparatus comprising a packaging material guide path, a crushing mechanism on the guide path, including at least one rotatable crusher element for crushing the packaging material introduced in an inlet to the guide path; the or each rotatable crushing element having a plurality of longitudinal crusher projections thereon. Drive means for moving the material long the guide path and a cutting mechanism comprising a cutter downstream of the crushing mechanism. The drive means being operable in first and second opposite directions, the crushing mechanism couples to the drive means to be only drivable in the first direction and the cutting mechanism similarly only in the second direction. The crushing mechanism may comprising first and second rotatable crushing elements including first and second roller bushing attached to first and second drive gears. The bushing may be unidirectional needle roller bushings. The crushing means may attach to the drive means via a sprag clutch. The drive means may comprise a motor with an output shaft drivable in first or second directions and a drive belt engageable with the crushing and cutting mechanisms. Also included are claims to A method of using such apparatus and a wireless controller to control the drive means which may including a packaging measurement sensor, the controller automatically switching the direction of the drive means when a predetermined length of packaging has been processed.
Patent GB-2589387-A (GB)
Title: Circuitry for detecting jack plug removal
Inventor: JOHN BRUCE BOWLERWELL
IPC: H04R5/04
Filed: 2020-01-09
Abstract: Circuitry 100 for detecting at least partial removal of an audio accessory plug 160 from a corresponding socket 150. The circuitry comprises a monitoring unit 170 comprising a first terminal 110 configured to be electrically connected to a first socket contact 152 of the socket 150 that is in electrical contact with a first plug contact 162 of the plug when the plug 160 is fully received in the socket 150. The monitoring module 170 is configured to monitor a first impedance of a first signal path coupled to the first terminal 110, and the circuitry is configured to output a signal indicative of detection of at least partial removal of the plug 160 from the socket 150 in response to detection by the monitoring module 170 of a first predetermined sequence of impedance states of the first signal path. The circuitry mirrors a proportion of a current through a load of the audio accessory when an audio signal is being supplied to the audio accessory to a dummy resistance and detects a voltage across the dummy resistance due to the mirrored current and outputs a signal indicative of an impedance of the of the load of the audio accessory based on the detected voltage.
Patent GB-2592201-A (GB)
Title: Touchscreen interface
Inventor: ENRIQUE GARRIDO
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2020-02-18
Abstract: A method of aligning an input interface of a touchscreen with an overlay comprises receiving a touch input on the touchscreen identifying a first position on the touchscreen corresponding to an alignment mark of the overly, determining a region of the touch screen in which to render the input interface based on the touch input, and rendering the input interface in the determined region of the touchscreen. The input interface may comprise a plurality of further input elements and rendering the input interface may comprise rendering the further input elements in alignment with the input marks of the overlay. A plurality of input touches may identify a respective plurality of alignment marks of the overlay, and a size, orientation and/or aspect ratio of the input interface may be determined according to the alignment marks. The touchscreen may be part of a point-of-sale device, mobile phone, monitor, tablet, gaming device, automated teller machine (ATM), electronic voting machine, or self-service kiosk, and the interface may be a keypad, keyboard, numeric characters, alphanumeric characters, symbolic characters, function keys, PIN entry, or chip authentication program interface.
Patent GB-2581048-A (GB)
Title: Artificially intelligent ejection fraction determination
Inventor: CHARLES CADIEU
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2018-10-11
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for artificially intelligent ejection fraction determination. In a method for artificially intelligent ejection fraction determination, a neural network is loaded into memory of a computer, that has been trained with different sets of cardiac imaging data acquired during imaging of a ventricle for different hearts and a known ejection fraction for each of the sets. Then, a contemporaneous set of imaging data is acquired of a ventricle of a heart and the contemporaneous set of imaging data is provided to the neural network. Finally, an ejection fraction determination output by the neural network is displayed in a display of the computer without tracing a ventricle boundary of the heart.