baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2567313-A (GB)
Title: U-Lock with novel cross-sectional shape
Inventor: MICHAEL SHENKERMAN
IPC: E05B71/00
Filed: 2018-08-28
Abstract: A U-lock, e.g. often used as a bike lock, including a U-shaped shackle that includes two legs extending from a bow, the legs being received in a locked orientation in apertures formed in a crossbar, and a lock mechanism coupled to the crossbar for locking the legs with the crossbar. At least a portion of the U-shaped shackle 12 has a cross-sectional shape of a polygon which has flat sides and none of the flat sides are parallel to each other. One or both legs and bow may include polygonal profile. The polygon may be a triangle, pentagon, heptagon, nonagon.
Patent GB-2567960-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for providing block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification
Inventor: MARCUS ANDRADE
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: Block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification is disclosed. A verification address (i.e. an address indicating a particular location on a blockchain) may be assigned to an individual having a previously verified identity, an identifier for the individual and biometric information of, or derived from, the individual may be stored in the blockchain at the assigned verification address. A request to verify an individual’s identity is received from a client-side device, the request containing a received identifier and received biometric data, the request indicating the verification address associated with the blockchain. The stored identifier and biometric information in the blockchain are retrieved from the specific address and upon successful matching of the supplied and retrieved identifier and supplied and retrieved biometric information a verification of the requesting individual is signed. The biometric information stored in the blockchain and received from the client may be biometric information or hashed biometric information. The signing step may utilize a private key related to the verification address. The identity verification request may also include a private key, which is similarly compared to a private key stored in association with the verification address. Previous verification may be performed using government issued identification of the individual.
Patent GB-2577885-A (GB)
Title: Spatial audio augmentation and reproduction
Inventor: LASSE JUHANI LAAKSONEN
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2018-10-08
Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for obtaining a spatial audio signal 300 comprising an audio signal. The spatial audio signal defines an audio scene forming media content. This is followed by rendering an audio scene based on the at least one spatial audio signal. An augmentation audio signal 302 is then obtained and transformed into at least two audio objects; augmenting the audio scene based on the at least two audio objects. Preferably, the two audio objects are also accompanied by control data which controls the orientation and location of the objects in relation to each other and the user, so that the sound image is not negatively affected. Such control data could comprise, defining the largest distance allowed between the two objects, or between an object and the user. It could also define a rotation relative to the user, or the rotation of an audio object constellation. It could also define whether a user can be located between the two objects.
Patent GB-2564356-A (GB)
Title: Microscope comprising groups of light emitters for illumination, and microscopy method
Inventor: INGO KLEPPE
IPC: G02B27/48
Filed: 2017-04-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a microscope (10) for imaging an object (18) in an object field, comprising an illumination device (12, 112, 212, 312) for wide-field illumination of the object (18), wherein the illumination device (12, 112, 212, 312) has a plurality of light sources (36), a detection device (14) for recording a wide-field image of the object (18), and a control device (16) for controlling the detection device (14) and the illumination device (12, 112, 212, 312). The control device (16) divides the light sources (36) into at least two groups (50a, 50b), wherein the light sources (36) of all groups combined fill the object field entirely. The control device (16) for each group switches on all light sources (36) of said group (50a, 50b), causes the detection device (14) to record a single image of the object (18), switches off the light sources (36) of said group (50a, 50b), and thus interconnects all groups, and generates a plurality of single images. From the generated single images, an image of the object (18) is generated by the control device (16).
Patent GB-2578651-A (GB)
Title: An intraurethral magnetic valve and associated parts
Inventor: JEREMY RUSSELL
IPC: A61F2/00
Filed: 2018-12-03
Abstract: An intraurethral magnetic valve 1 having an inlet port 112 and an outlet port 25, the valve 1 including: a valve main body 11; a ferromagnetic ring 5 located at least partially within the valve main body 11; a valve seat 4; and a magnetic valve element 14 located within an internal volume defined by the valve main body 11 and configured for movement with respect to the ferromagnetic ring 5, that movement being within the valve main body 11 between a closed configuration in which fluid is inhibited from flowing from the inlet port 112 through the outlet port 25 and an open configuration in which fluid is permitted to flow from the inlet port 112 through the outlet port 25, movement of the magnetic valve element 14 being on exposure to a magnetic field from an external magnet member, wherein the valve seat 4 is formed from an elastomer material.
Patent GB-2579789-A (GB)
Title: Runtime parameter selection in simulations
Inventor: DAVID ROWAN
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2016-06-13
Abstract: A method for performing a field operation of a field. The method includes obtaining historical parameter values of a runtime parameter and historical core datasets, where the historical parameter values and the historical core datasets are used for a first simulation of the field, and where each historical parameter value results in a simulation convergence during the first simulation, generating a machine learning model based at least on the historical core datasets and the historical parameter values, obtaining, during a second simulation of the field, a current core dataset, generating, using the machine learning model and based on the current core dataset, a predicted parameter value of the runtime parameter for achieving the simulation convergence during the second simulation, and completing, using at least the predicted parameter value, the second simulation to generate a modeling result of the field.
Patent GB-2565976-A (GB)
Title: Treatment fluids comprising recycled drilling cuttings and methods of use
Inventor: Thomas Pislak
IPC: C09K8/84
Filed: 2016-07-07
Abstract: A method that includes providing a treatment fluid having an aqueous base fluid and ground drilling cuttings and placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.
Patent GB-2577405-A (GB)
Title: Particle
Inventor: JONATHAN BEHRENDT
IPC: C09K11/59
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: A particle comprising silica has polyether groups on a surface thereof. The particle may also include a polymeric light emitting material covalently bound to the particle. The particle may be included in a protic liquid.
Patent GB-2578711-A (GB)
Title: Text data representation learning using random document embedding
Inventor: LINGFEI WU
IPC: G06N20/10
Filed: 2018-08-24
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented: method for performing unsupervised feature representation learning for text data. The method generates reference text data having a set of random text sequences:, in which each text sequence of set of random text sequences is of a random Iength and comprises a number of random words, and in which each random Iength is sampled from a minimum; length to a maximum length. The random words of each text sequence i in the set are drawn from a distribution. The method generates a feature matrix for raw text data based at least in part on a set of computed distances between the set of random text sequences and the raw text data. The method provides the feature matrix as an input to one or more machine earning models,
Patent GB-2595228-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectrometer
Inventor: SIMONE PANTALEI
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: A mass spectrometer 100 is described. A mass spectrometer comprises a set of chambers 110, 120 for receiving sample plate holders 1A therein and/or therethrough. The sample plate holders 10A are arranged to hold respective subsets of sample plates 1A therein and/or thereon and wherein the sample plate holders 10A include respective identifiers U1A. The set of chambers 110, 120 are fluidically coupled to and/or comprises an ion source 130, an analyser and an ion detector 150, for mass spectrometry of samples included on the sample plates received therein. A reader 160 configured to read the respective identifiers U1A and a controller is configured to control the reader to read the identifier of the sample plate holder received in the set of chambers.
Patent GB-2595259-A (GB)
Title: A method for recording cooking environment information
Inventor: ADAM ROACH
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2020-05-19
Abstract: A method for recording cooking environment information by: awaiting 101, detecting 102 and analysing 103 an audible cue from a user; audibly prompting 104 the user to audibly express a cooking environment condition; and then awaiting 105, detecting 106 and analysing 107 the audible expression of the cooking environment condition. Analysing the expression produces data associated with the cooking environment condition the data is then stored 108 in a cooking environment condition database. An alarm may be raised if the data is not equal to a predetermined value or if it falls outside a predetermined range. The condition may be any of: a temperature, the presence/absence of an item, relating to the user or person within the environment, time/data and/or a property of an item. The time period since the last audible cue may also be monitored, and an automatic prompt for the conditions may be generated is the period is longer than a threshold. The invention uses voice recognition to complete kitchen checklists.
Patent GB-2587257-A (GB)
Title: Lipoaspirate processing
Inventor: ALON EFRAT
IPC: C12M3/08
Filed: 2020-05-28
Abstract: A liposuction device 24 performs liposuction by drawing adipose tissue from a body as a lipoaspirate through a cannula 30 and transporting the harvested adipose tissue into a liposuction filter canister 10. A vortex mixing unit 32 applies vortex-inducing motion to the liposuction filter canister 10. This enables a method of processing lipoaspirate, comprising receiving a lipoaspirate, applying vortex mixing to said lipoaspirate inside said liposuction filter canister 10 to mix said lipoaspirate and draining from fluid released from the lipoaspirate by the vortex mixing, thereby leaving processed lipoaspirate in the liposuction filter canister 10. The processed lipoaspirate may be transferred to an autologous fat transfer device 56.
Patent GB-2597059-A (GB)
Title: Signal measuring apparatus
Inventor: SCOTT WHITE
IPC: H01L45/00
Filed: 2020-07-06
Abstract: Signalling measuring apparatus 100 comprising signal circuitry to receive an input signal (e.g from humidity or temperature sensor 130) to be measured, an indication of the magnitude or current of which is stored in a first memory cell 152 of memory circuitry 150 having material (e.g phase change) which switches from first to second material state in response to applied first switching signal, whereby first memory-cell is tuned to a first value for the first switching signal so that a current/voltage of magnitude at or above first value will switch memory material from first to second state; apparatus applies a measurement signal indicative of input signal to change the state of the first memory cell depending on magnitude of the measured voltage/current. A second memory cell may be tuned to another voltage/current magnitude. The physical dimensions of certain features of the memory cells may be altered to change the tuning of the cells (figures 3,6a,6b). The system may further include a radio frequency transceiver and power harvesting circuit to harvest energy via an antenna 110 and to transmit an indication of the stored input signal via the antenna.
Patent GB-2601824-A (GB)
Title: Identity verification method and devices
Inventor: MICHAEL MCCORMICK
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2020-12-14
Abstract: Method of verifying identity using mobile devices, comprising: inputting verification data from a physical identification document and attributes of the person on a first mobile device 12; encrypting the verification data; generating a machine-readable code 14 comprising the encrypted verification data; and, on a verifying device 34, decrypting the code thereby extracting verification data. The identification document may be a photo identification document such as a passport, driving license or identity card. The verification data may be name, date of birth and/or the person’s image. The person’s attributes may be mobile phone number, e-mail address, selfie image and/or security questions responses. The machine-readable code may be a: Quick Response (QR) code; readable dots; 1D, 2D or 3D data matrix; barcode; or alphanumeric codes. The QR code may be encoded using a Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) certificate authentication process. The QR code may comprise a public-private key structure. The user of the verification device may challenge the presenter of the code using: security questions based upon the attributes; or biometric attributes taken from a captured image. Success or failure of the challenge may be recorded. Process data may be anonymised and transmitted to a content management system.
Patent GB-2601826-A (GB)
Title: Roll-top dry bag
Inventor: LUCY QUINTON
IPC: B65D81/38
Filed: 2020-12-14
Abstract: A roll-top dry bag comprises an insulating insert (201, figure 3. The insulating insert (201) is located within the roll-top dry bag and configured to receive a dehydrated food pouch. The insert (201) may extend from a base of the roll-top bag towards an opening 103 of the bag a distance (d) which is less than the distance from the base to the opening (h). The insert (201) may be formed of two adjacent layers of metallic foil bubble wrap positioned between inner and outer walls.
Patent GB-2603152-A (GB)
Title: Improved materials and methods
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS JAMES SPOONER
IPC: F16B4/00
Filed: 2021-01-28
Abstract: A method of forming a shaped article (1, fig 1) comprising at least two parts which are chemically bonded comprises: assembling at least two parts in a weld cavity 15 of a tool 16, sealing the weld cavity, melting the assembly of parts to chemically bond the parts together to form the shaped article; wherein the shape of the weld cavity is matched to the outer circumference of the assembly of parts such that thermal expansion forces the polymer parts against the weld cavity surface and the pressure leads to full surface bonds between all parts; and wherein the tool forming the weld cavity comprises two halves forming a piston 12 which fits into the bore 13 of a bolster 10 component and the split line 14 between the piston halves is parallel to the axis of the bore such that pressure from the thermal expansion of the assembly of parts within the weld cavity is opposed by the surface of the bore preventing the weld cavity split line from opening, thus preventing leakage of polymer from within the pressurised weld cavity volume. The two piston components are made from dissimilar metal with a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the bolster ensuring that, at the welding temperature, the piston is larger in diameter than the bore diameter of the bolster leading to an interference fit which forces the weld cavity split to close at the weld temperature but which allows a clearance gap between the piston and bore at room temperature. The at least two parts may be thermoplastic, such as polyethylene, and may comprise a filler material. The method may be used for joining two layers, and for forming a functional component such as an optical or a radio frequency (RF) lens. A tool for use in the method is further provided.
Patent GB-2589039-A (GB)
Title: Audio watermarking for people monitoring
Inventor: ALEXANDER TOPCHY
IPC: H04N21/8358
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: An audience measurement meter 100 includes a combined site meter 115 (or Site Unit/Home Unit) and people monitor 145 in order to monitor media presentation devices 110 (eg. a television) and people/mobile devices 130/140 in a site 105 via audio watermarking. Acoustic signals 125 (eg. a soundtrack) & 135 (eg. a ringtone) are detected by a microphone 120 and scanned for first audio watermarks identifying the media being presented on the first device, and second watermarks identifying a mobile device or audience member, who can interact with the system by sending data to the people monitor when prompted.
Patent GB-2590580-A (GB)
Title: Flexible, adjustable lens power liquid crystal cells and lenses
Inventor: HUNG-CHUN LIN
IPC: G02F1/29
Filed: 2018-11-15
Abstract: A flexible optical element adopting liquid crystals (LCs) as the materials for realizing electrically tunable optics is foldable. A method for manufacturing the flexible element includes patterned photo-polymerization. The LC optics can include a pair of LC layers with orthogonally aligned LC directors for polarizer-free properties, flexible polymeric alignment layers, flexible substrates, and a module for controlling the electric field. The lens power of the LC optics can be changed by controlling the distribution of electric field across the optical zone. Lens power control can be provided using combinations of electrode configurations, drive signals and anchoring strengths in the alignment layers.
Patent GB-2592138-A (GB)
Title: Dual-tank electronic cigarette
Inventor: DENNIS RASMUSSEN
IPC: A24F47/00
Filed: 2019-08-21
Abstract: Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes (10) with two or more liquid reservoirs (36, 36') with liquid solutions for vaporization by an atomizer. In one specific embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic cigarette is disclosed including a first liquid reservoir (36), a second liquid reservoir (36'), and a first atomizer (28). The first atomizer includes a first heating element (30), receives a liquid solution from at least one of the first liquid reservoir and the second liquid reservoir, and vaporizes the liquid solution into an airflow.
Patent GB-2606196-A (GB)
Title: Subtree-based storage and retrieval of merkle tree data
Inventor: STEVEN PATRICK COUGHLAN
IPC: G06F16/22
Filed: 2021-04-29
Abstract: A method for recording Merkle tree data in a page-structured memory involves determining hash values for nodes of a Merkle tree constructed from an ordered set of transaction identifiers for a block in a blockchain 804. The hash tree is partitioned into a plurality of non-overlapping subtrees 806, each subtree including at least two child nodes and a parent node. The hash values for nodes of each subtree are stored in a respective one of the pages in the page-structured memory 808. The hash values of the nodes of one of the subtrees and a hash value for the subtree root node of a paired subtree adjacent to the subtree may be stored in the same page of memory, where the subtree and the paired subtree have a common parent node.
Patent GB-2606549-A (GB)
Title: Athletic-equipment drying apparatus
Inventor: CHARLES GRAHAM CORLETT MITCHELL
IPC: D06F59/02
Filed: 2021-05-12
Abstract: The athletic-equipment drying apparatus 10 includes a wall-mountable main body 12 having a plenum chamber (48, Figure 4). An air-heating element 14 is for supplying drying air to the plenum chamber. Venting arm elements 18 extend from the main body. The arm elements are in fluid communication with the plenum chamber for distribution of the drying air to articles of sports apparel when provided thereon. The main body also has at least one air-discharge port (52, Figure 3) from the plenum chamber, and a torso-garment hanger 20. The torso-garment hanger is spaced forwardly of the air-discharge port. The hanger in combination with one or more of the venting arm elements and/or the air-discharge port produce a vented drying cavity when a torso garment is received on the torso-garment hanger. The apparatus may include a controller 16 for the air-heating element. The controller may comprise a timer element, a temperature control element, an air-speed control element, and/or a temperature detection element. The apparatus may include an electrical outlet such as a socket or a USB port. Clothing heating apparatus includes a main body with a plenum chamber, an air-heating element, and a venting arm element movable between retracted and access conditions.
Patent GB-2599548-A (GB)
Title: Actuator assembly with SMA
Inventor: ANDREAS FLOURIS
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: An actuator assembly comprises a static element (134); a moveable element (122) moveable relative to the static element in a first direction; and an intermediate element (124) provided in a spaced relationship with the moveable element, and movable in a second different direction relative to the static element. At least one shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire is coupled to both the static element and the intermediate element so that on contraction the at least one SMA wire moves the intermediate element in the second direction. There is also at least one bearing (130a, 130c) arranged to couple the intermediate element to the moveable element such that movement of the intermediate element in the second direction causes movement of the moveable element in the first direction. Both of the moveable element and the intermediate element comprise at least one groove within which the at least one bearing is located and each groove has an inclined surface which engages with the at least one bearing.
Patent GB-2614730-A (GB)
Title: Hinge assembly
Inventor: DAVID PECAR
IPC: E05F5/00
Filed: 2022-01-14
Abstract: A hinge assembly comprising a hinge cup and a hinge arm 32 pivotally connected to the hinge cup about a pivot axis via a hinge link. The assembly further comprises a damping assembly including a damping device 18 and an actuator 24 pivotally mounted 32 above the hinge cup and able to rotate about an axis parallel to the pivot axis. The actuator engages with the hinge arm during closing of the hinge assembly to activate the damping device. There may be a transmission cam 26 which is engaged by a part of the actuator and caused to rotate to engage with the piston 18. The cam may rotate about a second axis, perpendicular to the actuator or hinge axis. Alternatively, two cams may be provided one at either end of the damper 16/18 such that is compressed from both ends. A spring may return the actuator to its first position when the hinge is opened. The damping assembly may be operated in a two step action with a varying force for each stage.
Patent GB-2603322-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic suture
Inventor: DEREK M WILLIAMS
IPC: H01F7/00
Filed: 2020-09-03
Abstract: A magnetic suture has a ferrule with a tapered region in which a knotted suture is provided and secured with an adhesive, and a straight region in which a magnet is provided. The magnetic suture can be manufactured and assembled by knotting a suture, threading it through the tapered portion, and applying adhesive. The structure and method provide a magnetic suture provide increased manufacturing tolerances and decreased failure rates, thereby reducing waste of components and time while increasing the manufacturing/assembly speed and reliability of magnetic suture assembly.