baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2488437-A (GB)
Title: A model vehicle and track combination
Inventor: RAYNOR MARTIN WESLEY
IPC: A63H17/36
Filed: 2012-02-24
Abstract: A model vehicle has a steering actuator configured to be actuated by a bias from a remote controller and a magnetic bias from a track. The track has a main guide 2,4 providing the magnetic bias which is greater than the radio controller bias. It also has one or more junction guides 1 and corresponding alternative guides 3. The junction guides 1 have a magnetic bias that is less than the radio controller bias. This means that in use, providing the radio controller bias when the vehicle is over a junction guide 1 causes the actuator to steer the vehicle via an alternative guide 3 to a main guide 4. Also disclosed are details of the steering actuator (see figures 2 and 3).
Patent GB-2501927-A (GB)
Title: Waveguide assembly with coupling element
Inventor: COPNER NIGEL JOSEPH
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2012-05-11
Abstract: A waveguide assembly 100 comprises a first guide element 101, a second guide element 102 and a coupling element 106 for coupling radiation between the first element and the second element. The first element, second element and coupling element comprising a refractive index along the optical path which is greater than a refractive index of a medium surrounding the elements, such as air. The first and second elements are spaced by gap 108a and 108b from the coupling element and the medium extends between the first element and the coupling element and second element and the coupling element. Radiation is arranged to couple between the first and second guide elements by reflecting within the coupling element from an interface between the coupling element and the medium. The assembly may include light sources 109, 110, 111 of different wavelengths, and have a further coupling element 107 for coupling to a third guide 103. The coupling elements may have a dichroic coating 106d, 107d.
Patent GB-2502779-A (GB)
Title: Annular turbine between main turbine duct and radially spaced diffuser ring
Inventor: PAUNOVIC PREDRAG
IPC: F03B17/06
Filed: 2012-06-05
Abstract: A housing for a hydro or aero turbine comprises a duct 1 and a radially spaced outlet diffuser ring 13. A secondary turbine ring 15 with turbine blades 19 is located between the duct 1 and the outer ring 13. There may be more than one row of turbine blades in each of the main turbine 6 and the further turbine 15. The power take off may comprise an annular ring of permanent magnets or electromagnets. The diffuser ring may be held by radial stabilisers 5.
Patent GB-2503957-A (GB)
Title: Angle adjustment device for a back rest of a car seat
Inventor: PARMAR VISHAL
IPC: B60N2/22
Filed: 2012-07-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to an angle adjustment device adapted to pivot a back rest of a car seat 24, the device having at least one striker plate 9, a mounting bracket 2 and a pull strap assembly 18. Further, the mounting bracket 2 is mountable in full length to an inner side of a car via fasteners. One end of the striker plate 9 is pivotably mounted to a lateral side of the back rest via a striker 10 and another end of the striker plate 9 is pivotably mounted to the mounting bracket 2. The pull strap assembly 18 is mounted between the mounting bracket 2 and a cam mounting bracket and is adapted to pivot the striker 10 and the striker plate 9. Also the invention relates to a car seat 24 comprising a back rest, wherein on at least one lateral side the back rest comprises the angle adjustment device.
Patent GB-2505219-A (GB)
Title: A Nozzle Assembly for a Faucet or Tap
Inventor: COLE DAVID STUART
IPC: E03C1/04
Filed: 2012-08-23
Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle assembly 21 for a tap, or faucet. The assembly includes a first nozzle 25 and a second nozzle 23arranged side by side. The first nozzle preferably discharges water and the second nozzle preferably discharges foam soap. The second nozzle has a flared discharge end 29 which flares outwardly in front of the discharge end of the first nozzle so that the two discharge ends overlap. The nozzle assembly may be incorporated as a self-contained nozzle unit for fitting to a faucet. The nozzle assembly is particularly suitable for faucets designed to dispense water and foam soap separately over the basin of a sink.
Patent GB-2497158-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for dispensing items
Inventor: TIDHAR ARI
IPC: B65B57/14
Filed: 2011-12-01
Abstract: An item dispenser for dispensing a predetermined number of discrete items 116 comprises a parallel conveyor 120 operable to transport multiple items towards an imaging device 135. The imaging device continuously captures images of an area immediately below an end of the conveyor 128, so that items falling off the conveyor are recorded. Using these images, a processor continuously determines the number of falling items, and stops the conveyor before the number of falling items has reached the predetermined number. Additional items are then automatically dispensed to complete the predetermined number of items. The additional dispensing being added by pulsing the conveyor at lower speeds determined by earlier calibration.
Patent GB-2495407-A (GB)
Title: Copper-based slide members
Inventor: TADO KAZUAKI
IPC: C22C9/04
Filed: 2012-10-05
Abstract: A copper-based slide member 1 comprises Mn-Si based compounds 3 dispersed in a brass structure 2, wherein the Mn-Si based compounds contain particles of needle-shaped Mn-Si based compounds having lengths of 50 Âµm or more in a major axis direction and 50% or more of a total number of the needle-shaped compounds are constituted of a plurality of small particles 4. Preferably the slide member is constituted, in mass percent, of 20 - 45 % Zn, 0.3 - 2.0 % Si, 1.0 - 6.0 % Mn and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. The slide member may further contain 0.1 - 5 % in total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Al, Ni, Sn, Cr, Ti, Mo, Co, Sr and Sb and 0.1 - 5 % in total of at least one element selected from Pb and Bi. Control of the dispersion state of the needle-shaped compounds may improve seizure resistance of the slide member.
Patent GB-2492733-A (GB)
Title: Electronically actuated gate valve
Inventor: MARTINO JERRY
IPC: F16K3/00
Filed: 2011-03-29
Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a gate valve including a gate disposed within a valve body. The gate valve also includes a motorized ball screw actuator having an actuating rod assembly directly coupled to the gate. The motorized ball screw actuator is configured to linearly actuate the actuating rod assembly to drive the gate between an open position and a closed position.
Patent GB-2498856-A (GB)
Title: Opthalmic apparatus and method for imaging the fundus and correcting for fine movements of the eye
Inventor: SAKAGAWA YUKIO
IPC: A61B3/10
Filed: 2013-01-15
Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus has means 110 for acquiring an image of an eye fundus; a fundus tracking unit 150; and display control means 120 for causing a display means 130 to display the fundus image together with a predetermined region of interest. The position of the region of interest is corrected for movements of the eye detected by the fundus tracking unit. Preferably, the region of interest indicates the location of a tomogram or a tomographically imaged volume obtained using optical coherence tomography. The correction may account for both planar displacements and rotations. The location and size of the region of interest may be adjusted by the user via a GUI shown on the display, preferably using a mouse and an index pointer.
Patent GB-2498874-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced data partial-erase for multi-level cell (MLC) memory using moving baseline data encoding.
Inventor: BANDIC ZVONIMIR Z
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2013-01-28
Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing enhanced data partial erase for multi-level cell (MLC) memory using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding. A data partial erase for data written to the MLC memory using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding is performed, and a data re-write after the partial erase to the MLC memory is performed using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding. A data partial erase cycle includes a duration and voltage level based upon the degradation of the MLC memory cells. The method may include reading the memory cells before performing the data re-write. The data re-write may include performing a data pre-write using a new voltage baseline before performing the data re-write. Degradation of the cells may be identified using stored parameter data. The invention includes apparatus 100 for implementing a partial erase and data write for a multi-level cell (MLC) including a controller 106, a moving baseline memory data encoding controller 112, and memory MLC devices 114 which may be Phase Change Memory (PCM) devices or Multi-level (MLC) NAND Flash memory devices 114.
Patent GB-2511109-A (GB)
Title: Joist end cap
Inventor: MCANDREW SCOTT
IPC: E04C3/02
Filed: 2013-02-25
Abstract: A joist end cap for limiting thermal conductivity between adjacent storeys of a building comprises a face 3 and two protrusions 5 extending therefrom and defining a space therebetween. The space is adapted to receive an end of an I-joist web, the face being configured to extend between the top and bottom chords of the I-joist, wherein the protrusions each comprise a cavity 13 therein, wherein the cavity provides a thermal break in the end cap. Then end cap may be friction fit with the I-joist. One or more supports 19 may extend across the cavity between the first and second portions of a protrusion.
Patent GB-2512380-A (GB)
Title: A System and Method for Detecting Golf Swing with a Ball Impact
Inventor: RANTAKOKKO TAPANI
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 2013-03-28
Abstract: A golf swing and ball hit recognition system having a mobile device 6 and a swing detection device, the detection device 2 comprising a motion sensor 22, a processor, a memory, an electronic tag reader and a wireless transceiver. The system undertakes at least one detection stage in which program modules in the mobile device or in the swing detection device process motion data to recognize a particular golf swing sub-gesture or collision event between the club and a ball. Preferably the motion sensors include an accelerometer, a gyroscope or a magnetometer. Optionally the detection stage first involves recognizing a stillness gesture and then detects swing gestures such as backswing 50, downswing 51 and follow-through 53. The tag reader may be used to identify the club 3 being used for a shot. The mobile device may calculate and provide the player with the scorecard and information on distance to the hole and average shot length per club based on previous shots.
Patent GB-2502686-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid Client-Server Graphical Content Delivery
Inventor: SHEPPARD PAUL EDMUND FLEETWOOD
IPC: A63F13/12
Filed: 2013-04-02
Abstract: A hybrid client-server multimedia content delivery system 100 is provided for delivering graphical information across a network 30 from a server to a client device 200. An initial set of object data 350 is provided sufficient for the client device to begin representing the virtual environment, followed by one or more subsequent items of the object data dynamically while the client device represents the virtual environment on the visual display device 210. The server maintains shadow rendering information identifying the items of object data which are currently in use at the client device. Delivery of subsequent object data to the client device is ordered and prioritised with reference to the shadow rendering information. The server further comprises an asset library which stores the object data; a data management unit which transmits the object data from the library to the client device; and an environmental engine which monitors a virtual environment being presented to the client.
Patent GB-2512917-A (GB)
Title: Climate control system
Inventor: SUSMAN GIDEON
IPC: F24F5/00
Filed: 2013-04-11
Abstract: A climate control system comprises a closed vessel 2 containing a phase change material for absorbing heat from or emitting heat to an environment in which the system is intended to be arranged. The closed vessel also contains a solid heat conducting medium 6 for facilitating heat transfer within the vessel. The vessel may be a tube with a circular, triangular or square cross-section, with fins provided on a sleeve around its outer surface. The heat conducting medium may comprise random packing, such as metal Lessing or Rasching rings. The phase change material may comprise paraffin and/or hydrated salt. The system may comprise active cooling and/or heating apparatus, such as a pipe 3 which carries a heat transfer fluid through the vessel. The system may comprise a plurality of vessels, and may be located partially in a wall, floor or ceiling of a building.
Patent GB-2510652-A (GB)
Title: Method for fitting a vehicle headlamp converter
Inventor: HARPER PAUL IVOR
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 2013-05-01
Abstract: A method for positioning a beam converter over a headlamp cover of a headlamp of a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of switching on the headlamp so that it emits a beam, and placing a guiding device on a cover of the headlamp, the guiding device comprising a translucent sheet and at least one position indicator. The method further includes positioning the at least one position indicator towards a centre of the beam, applying at least one marker to the headlamp cover, removing the guiding device and using the marker to position the converter.
Patent GB-2499152-A (GB)
Title: Beam blade wiper assembly having self-locking end cap
Inventor: THIELEN C JOSEPH
IPC: B60S1/32
Filed: 2011-11-22
Abstract: A beam blade windshield wiper assembly (22) including a wiping element (26) and at least one elongated beam (30). A pair of end caps (34) are operatively mounted to the longitudinal ends of the beam (30). The end caps (34) include a body (62) and inwardly extending legs (68) that together with the body define a central channel (70) that is adapted to receive the longitudinal ends of the wiping element (26) and the beam (30). The legs (68) include a retention tab (82) that extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the beam (30) and defines a terminal end (84). The beam (30) includes a notch (86) that corresponds with the retention tab (82) such that the beam is received in the central channel (70). The retention tab (82) is biased away from the channel (70) until the terminal end (84) of the tab (82) comes into abutting engagement with the notch (86) such that removal of the end cap (34) is prevented.
Patent GB-2515527-A (GB)
Title: Speech Recognition
Inventor: HATFIELD ROBERT JAMES
IPC: H04W12/00
Filed: 2013-06-26
Abstract: A speech recognition system (in eg. in a mobile phone) detects a sound signal in an input signal 116 and counts the ratio 128 of detected keywords 126 to sounds 124. Aspects of the invention include the subsequent validation 130 of a trigger word or pass phrase (eg. hello phone) which, when spoken by an authorised speaker (identified by speaker verification), wakes up the speech recognition engine (SRE 132). This multi-phase process (fig. 4) allows computationally intensive speech recognition to be automatically powered down between uses, and the count ratio may indicate an excessive number of false triggers which wake up the engine unnecessarily.
Patent GB-2517913-A (GB)
Title: Remote data storage
Inventor: JELITTO JENS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2013-08-30
Abstract: A method includes providing (S10), by at least one client, files to be stored on a remote server. The method then includes evaluating (S20) popularity of the files (e.g. the number of copies provided by different users). And storing (S30) the files on the server in a form that depends on the popularity of the files, files with a first level of popularity being stored in a deduplicated form and files with a second level of popularity being stored in an encrypted form, the first level of popularity being higher than the second level of popularity. More popular files may be seen as not intended to be confidential and therefore storable in a duplicated form. The method may further include repeatedly providing copies of the same file by different users, thereby increasing popularity of the file, and comprises storing said copies in a semantically secure encrypted form before the file reaches the first level of popularity, and in the deduplicated form after said file has reached the first level of popularity. The method may further include, upon the file reaching the first level of popularity, decrypting previously stored copies and performing deduplication on said copies.
Patent GB-2506022-A (GB)
Title: Functionally gradient composite article
Inventor: XU ZHIYUE
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2012-04-25
Abstract: A composite downhole article is disclosed. The article is selectively corrodible in a wellbore fluid. The article includes at least one corrodible core member comprising a first material that is corrodible in a wellbore fluid at a first corrosion rate. The article also includes at least one outer member disposed on the core member and comprising a second material that is corrodible in the wellbore fluid at a second corrosion rate, wherein the corrodible core member has a composition gradient or a density gradient, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first corrosion rate is substantially greater than the second corrosion rate.
Patent GB-2519337-A (GB)
Title: Method for use in online transactions
Inventor: RADU CRISTIAN
IPC: G06Q20/36
Filed: 2013-10-17
Abstract: Enabling the creation of a wallet entry in a digital wallet, wherein the wallet entry is for use in completing online transactions, comprises associating a local device, such as a internet connectable or smart television with a network portal, using the local device to obtain card data relating to a card, encrypting the card data on the local device, and transmitting the encrypted card data from the local device to a remote server by means of the network portal. The remote server is arranged to decrypt the card data and use the card data to create the wallet entry. Creation of the wallet entry may be made following authorisation by the card issuer and obtaining the card data may comprise entering the information using an alphanumeric keypad or using a card reader. The input device may be a television remote control. Also included is a method of carrying out an online transaction using an internet enabled television.
Patent GB-2512701-A (GB)
Title: Cyclist warning system
Inventor: THODAY GAVIN ROBERT
IPC: B60Q1/52
Filed: 2014-01-14
Abstract: A warning system for trucks includes visual and audible warning devices (12,13) at the nearside, and linked to the vehicle turning indicator. Such a system may reduce collisions with cyclists. One or more proximity sensors (34-36) may detect a cyclist at the nearside, and give an in-cab warning to the vehicle driver.
Patent GB-2511958-A (GB)
Title: Generating production server load activity for a test server
Inventor: SMITH RICHARD JOHN
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2012-11-01
Abstract: A method of replicating on a test server a production load of a production server includes creating the production load on the production server by processing client requests received from clients. While the client requests are processed, via a processor, in real time, the production load is replicated to generate a replicated production load that represents the client requests and defines state information representing unique states formed between the production server and the respective clients. The method also includes, in real time, communicating the replicated production load in order to replicate the production load on the test server.
Patent GB-2527351-A (GB)
Title: A method and device for processing electronic payment instructions
Inventor: WRIGHT JOHN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G06Q20/38
Filed: 2014-06-19
Abstract: A method of processing a payment instruction comprises receiving a payment instruction from a user generated by a payment instruction generator 102 of a user device, the payment instruction comprising payment details and an electronic signature, the electronic signature being destroyed if the content of payment instruction is altered. A storage controller 104 checks the presence of the electronic signature and confirms the integrity of the payment instruction when the electronic signature is present. In the event that the integrity of the payment instruction is confirmed, the storage controller stores the payment instruction in a first storage unit using a relational database management system (RDBMS), replicates the payment instruction and stores the replicated payment instruction in a second storage unit and transmits an acknowledgement signal to the user. When the payment proceeds a business logic controller 110 asynchronously obtains and transmits the payment instruction to a third party device 112.
Patent GB-2529803-A (GB)
Title: Ice cream dispenser
Inventor: PILLIPS WAYNE RONALD
IPC: B65D85/72
Filed: 2014-08-18
Abstract: A dispenser, possibly for semi-frozen food such as ice cream has a tubular barrel 1 and a plunger (3c, Fig 5) mounted at a concaved end 1e opposite an outlet 1d and where the plunger moves by a ratchet mechanism (3) towards the outlet 1d and/or where the wall of the barrel collapses, possibly in concertina (fig 2), towards outlet 1d. Barrel 1 collapses in an axial direction by concertina and comprises weakened annular zones 1a that flex laterally inwards.
Patent GB-2519219-A (GB)
Title: Value add service for mobile point of sale
Inventor: BATESON PATRICIA
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: A method of indicating the authenticity of a product for sale using a payment network infrastructure 10 comprises providing a token such as a card including chip and pin or magstripe. The token includes a unique number 53 and is associated with the product for sale. The unique number 53 is read and a message is sent over the network infrastructure 10 to a database 28, the message being based on the unique number 53. A standard payment message is returned, where the standard payment message indicates the authenticity of the product for sale. The method further involves automatically generating and transmitting a warranty activation message. The unique number may include a bank identification number BIN and/or a personal account number PAN specific to the product for sale.
Patent GB-2520593-A (GB)
Title: Proximity Communication Method
Inventor: OH JAE KYUN
IPC: H04W4/021
Filed: 2014-09-16
Abstract: A method of handling communication between devices 2, 4, 6, 8, comprises receiving the location of a first device 2; receiving the locations of a plurality of second devices 4, 6, 8; receiving a request from the first device 2 including a message for transmission and at target area 12; responsive to receiving the request from the first device 2, determining whether the location of one or more of the second devices 4 is within the transmission area 12 at the time of sending of the request; and responsive to determining that one or more of the second devices 4 is within the transmission area 12, transmitting the message to those second devices 4.