baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2573903-A (GB)
Title: Power supply apparatus and method
Inventor: ADRIAN ROBIN RICHARDSON
IPC: F24D3/08
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: An electrical power supply apparatus for a building 10 comprises electricity generator 26 supplying appliances at the building and an electrical energy store 30 storing energy generated by the electricity generator. A charger 32 charges an electric vehicle battery using energy from an electricity supply grid when charger criteria are satisfied, using energy from the electricity generator when operational criteria are satisfied, and using energy from the energy store when energy store criteria are satisfied. The charger charges the electric vehicle battery with energy from the energy store at the same time as using energy from the electricity generator or the grid, to provide a boost charge current. A heat transfer system and heat exchanger 24 may cool the electricity generator and provide heat energy to a building heating system. The charger may supply electricity to the appliances and to the supply grid from the electric vehicle battery when battery discharge criteria are satisfied. The energy store may be an electrochemical energy store and may store energy from the supply grid. The electricity generator and the energy store may supply energy to the supply grid. A corresponding method is also claimed.
Patent GB-2574356-A (GB)
Title: A control assembly for a window blind
Inventor: ANTONY BARNES
IPC: E06B9/76
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: A control assembly for a blind is provided, wherein the assembly comprises a support element (4), a gear wheel (8), a drive element (6) and a roller bush (10), wherein the drive element carries an external worm (40); the gear wheel carries a worm gear (48); the support element defines a housing within which is rotatably located the drive element, and a spindle (24) which rotatably carries the gear wheel, the worm of the drive element being meshed with the worm gear of the gear wheel; and wherein the gear wheel is coupled to the roller bush such that rotation of the gear wheel about the spindle causes a corresponding rotation of the roller bush.
Patent GB-2588088-A (GB)
Title: Managing a secure element
Inventor: IGOR BORISOGLEBSKI
IPC: H04W8/20
Filed: 2019-09-30
Abstract: A method for transmitting configuration data for a secure element 160, such as a UICC or eUICC. The configuration data is generated in a secure element manager 140. The method comprises, securing the configuration data using a set of Over-The-Air, OTA, keys 145 associated with the secure element, and transmitting the configuration data to a second server 120 for transmitting the configuration data over a non-SMS communications channel, such as Wi-Fi. The secure element manager also comprises an interface for sending SMS communication. Also provided is a method at a host device 150, the method comprising receiving the configuration data over a non-SMS channel, processing the configuration data using a SIM application toolkit, and forwarding the processed configuration data to the secure element. The methods allow updates to the secure element without attaching to the network for SMS.
Patent GB-2574359-A (GB)
Title: Creating cognitive intelligence queries from multiple data corpuses
Inventor: RAJESH BORDAWEKAR
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2017-12-12
Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a cognitive intelligence system and computer program product adapt a relational database containing multiple data types. Non-text tokens in the relational database are converted to a textual form. Text is produced based on relations of tokens in the relational database. A set of pre-trained word vectors for the text is retrieved from an external database. The set of pre-trained word vectors is initialized for tokens common to both the relational database and an external database. The set of pre-trained vectors is used to create a cognitive intelligence query expressed as a structure query language (SQL) query. Content of the relational database is used for training while initializing the set of pre-trained word vectors for tokens common to both the relational database and the external database. The first set of word vectors may be immutable or mutable with updates controlled via parameters.
Patent GB-2590903-A (GB)
Title: Devices for insertion into a vaginal or rectal cavity
Inventor: Yu Sing Hooi
IPC: A61F13/20
Filed: 2019-12-16
Abstract: The method comprises providing a plug (52, fig 2) configured to be worn inside the cavity and a protective sheath (56, fig 2) configured to accommodate at least part of the plug, then heat sealing 68 at least part of the protective sheath to a first end of the plug by at least one of heat sealing at a temperature of between 100 and 200°C, heat sealing at a pressure of between 3 and 7 bar, and heat sealing for a duration of between 0.5 and 4 seconds.
Patent GB-2578034-A (GB)
Title: Boring tool
Inventor: GARY RICHARD ADAMS
IPC: B23B29/034
Filed: 2018-07-11
Abstract: There is provided a undercutting boring tool (10) comprising a bar body (11). A lost motion link consists of a spring (26) selectively compressed by a lost motion rod (27) having a lost motion slot (33) spaced from a drive pin (34). An operating rod portion (36) has a trunnion body (37) at its front end having a pin (41) adapted to engage the lost motion slot (33). A tool carrier (42) forms a pair of spaced flat tines (43) and forms a bearing surface (44) in the bight. The upper tine (43) and the bearing surface (44) section are slotted at (45) to allow the passage of a control link (46). Apertures (47) in the tines (43) engage pins (50) on the trunnion body (37). The bar of a generally H-shaped tool assembly (52) comprises a bearing surface (53) running in the bearing surface (44). A crank portion (54) is connected to the control link (46) via crank pin (55). Drive pins (61) and (62) engage the tool assembly (52) with the end face of the bar body (11) providing positive engagement resisting rotational forces in use. The arrangement allows for post- insertion rotation of the tool assembly (52) from an aligned to a transverse (working) position before engagement of the drive pins (61) and (62).
Patent GB-2594299-A (GB)
Title: A face mask and system to remove pathogens from expired breaths, coughs, or sneezes from humans
Inventor: ALAN JOHN BRITTEN
IPC: A61M16/06
Filed: 2020-04-22
Abstract: A face mask (1) with an air handling system, preferably having a low pressure resistance to breath, coughs and sneezes. The expired gas, droplets and aerosol may flow along an airway system (4,8), preferably being removed in a processing unit (9) by means of filtration, deposition or exposure to agents or methods to kill pathogens, or to exhaust them directly to an outside environment. Pressure increase within the mask, with potential escape of pathogens through mask leaks, may be avoided by having a low resistance face mask exit port (2) with a low pressure opening one-way valve (2) and an outflow chamber (4) that preferably has the ability to increase in volume rapidly with little pressure increase. The flow of gases, droplets and aerosols through the system may be controlled by a pump (10), with pressure monitoring (17) and feedback control (18).
Patent GB-2594948-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic filtration apparatus
Inventor: Charalampos Makatsoris
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2020-05-12
Abstract: A microfluidic tangential flow filtration apparatus comprises a first elongate fluid flow channel 37 having an inlet, a second elongate fluid flow channel 38 having an outlet, and a permeable membrane 36 positioned to partition the first channel from the second channel along their lengths, such that a permeate may pass from fluid within the first channel into the second channel. Preferably the first channel also comprises an outlet and the second channel also comprises an inlet. The apparatus may comprise first and second plates 30, 31 having the first and second channels respectively formed therein. The first and second channels may comprise a series of straight and bent sections 34, 35 forming serpentine profiles. A pore size of the membrane is preferably less than an average size of an RNA molecule. A microfluidic system comprises a first filtration module (11, figure 1) comprising the microfluidic filtration apparatus of the invention and a first reactor module (10) having a reaction flow channel or well, at least one inlet (14) and at least one outlet. The microfluidic system may be used for manufacturing vaccines and vaccine pre-cursors.
Patent GB-2595857-A (GB)
Title: A method for object tracking for an at least partially autonomous motor vehicle, as well as an assistance system
Inventor: Vinay Pilania
IPC: G06T7/70
Filed: 2020-06-08
Abstract: Object tracking for an at least partially autonomous motor vehicle 10 by an assistance system 12 of the motor vehicle comprises capturing a first object 18, which is moving, in a surrounding 20 of the motor vehicle by a capturing device 14 of the assistance system. The captured first object is arranged in a Frenet frame model of the surrounding by a electronical computing device 16 of the assistance system and a track 22 of the first object in the Frenet frame model is determined depending on the captured first object in at least a first point in time t0 and a second point in time t1. If a second object 24 is captured, which occludes the first object relative to the capturing device. Tracking of the first object is continued virtually by the electronical computing device. The occluded region 26 can be determined by converting a view from the capturing device into known lane intervals.
Patent GB-2596331-A (GB)
Title: Rotary applied thermoplastic marking
Inventor: MARK AUBREY BARRY
IPC: E01F9/518
Filed: 2020-06-25
Abstract: A roadmarking device 100 comprises a roller 10 having an outward region comprising a sacrificial marking material which is scrapable off the roller. The roller is joined to a driver by a connector 20 to spin the roller and scrape the marking material against a road. The roller is heated by friction as it spins, causing the sacrificial material to melt and become tacky, allowing it to stick to the road surface. The connector may comprise a first portion embedded within the marking material. A road marking machine comprises a driver for spinning a roller to scrape a sacrificial material against the road. The machine may include a travelling speed regulator and an optical sensor for measuring coverage of sacrificial marking material on the road. A sacrificial marking material scrapable off a roller to mark a road comprises a thermoplastic which becomes molten in a range from 70-220 degrees centigrade. A method of marking a road comprises the steps of scraping a marking onto a road by spinning a roller comprising a sacrificial marking material against the road. The method may include the use of a portable drill as a driver for spinning the roller.
Patent GB-2589453-A (GB)
Title: Fixture for mounting line pipe and operation method thereof
Inventor: GONG ZHU
IPC: H02G3/34
Filed: 2020-10-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to line pipe installations and discloses a fixture for mounting line pipe (for example for an internet cable). The fixture comprises a pedestal 2 set on the wall (1, Fig 3) by a fixing device. A bracing plate 3 is fixedly connected to a side wall of the pedestal away from the wall, and an upper end of the bracing plate is provided with a supporting device. A lifting recess 4 is provided on a side wall of the pedestal away from the wall, with an end of the lifting recess away from the bracing plate penetrating the pedestal. A lifting block 5 is slidingly connected to the lifting recess, and is fixedly connected with a clamping plate 6 which is provided with a clamping device. A threaded hole 7 at an end of the clamping plate away from the lifting block allows the height of the clamping plate to be adjusted by rotating a rod 8. Chambers 29 allow the clamps to be moved horizontally. The clamps may have rubber on them so that they do not rub the line pipe.
Patent GB-2587958-A (GB)
Title: Power supply and method for supplying power by managing peak current usage
Inventor: Jeffrey L Cutcher
IPC: H02J7/34
Filed: 2019-05-15
Abstract: Power supply (150) and method (800) for supplying power. One example power supply (150) includes a first power source (205), a second power source (210), and a control circuit (230). The first power source (205) provides electrical current to a first power output terminal (215). The first power source (205) also provides electrical current to a second power output terminal (220). The second power source (210) has a voltage level that is lower than the first power source (205). The control circuit (230) is configured to measure a load current supplied to the second power output terminal (220). The control circuit (230) is also configured to compare the measured load current to a threshold. Responsive to detecting the measured load current being higher than the threshold, the control circuit (230) is configured to connect the second power source (210) to the second power output terminal (220) to provide electrical current thereto.
Patent GB-2589485-A (GB)
Title: Grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads
Inventor: MARTIN R JERTSON
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: The head has a ball striking face plate including a front striking surface and a rear surface, where the rear surface is positioned adjacent to a front surface of a face insert base. Multiple grooves (120) are placed on the ball striking face plate between a top rail (182) and a sole (190), where each groove of the grooves extends between a toe end and a heel end. Widths of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the top rail and the sole. The widest portion of the groove is generally towards the central portion of the striking face.
Patent GB-2595753-A (GB)
Title: Transporter segmentation for data capture system
Inventor: STANKO JELAVIC
IPC: G06T7/149
Filed: 2021-02-24
Abstract: The transportation and storage of objects such as packages may require knowledge of the dimensions of a package. Such information may be employed to optimize the use of available space in a container (e.g. a trailer) or to determine a shipping or storage cost for the package. Package dimensions, however, may not be known in advance and workers may therefore be required to obtain package dimensions by manually measuring the packages which can be time-consuming and error prone with even systems for automatically measuring package dimensions suffering from reduced accuracy, for example when measuring packages in motion or packages with dark (e.g. black) surfaces. The aim of this application is to overcome these problems and consists of a server comprising a memory storing a data point cloud, a processor connected with the memory and configured to obtain the point cloud from the memory, the point cloud including a depiction of the object to be dimensioned. A bounding box corresponding to the object is generated and point densities for each of a plurality of slices adjacent to a surface of the bounding box are determined. A surface corresponding to the one of the slices with the greatest point density is selected and used to update the bounding box corresponding to the object resulting in an updated bounding box. The processor may be configured to generate the bounding box by obtaining, from the point cloud, a set of positions associated with a transporter of the object and based on these positions select. a first portion of the point cloud excluding the body of the transporter by generating a cutting plan corresponding to a forward surface of a mast of the transporter and discarding points on a predetermined side of the cutting plane. A second claimed invention comprises storing calibration data and obtaining a point cloud depicting a capture volume containing a transporter having a body and a holder carrying an object to be dimensioned. A set of positions associated with the transporter is obtained based on the set of positions and the calibration data and a first portion of the point cloud excluding the body of the transporter and a mast of the holder is selected. A second portion of the point cloud from the first portion is selected based on the calibration data excluding a base of the holder and the object is dimensioned based on the second portion of the point cloud.
Patent GB-2590571-A (GB)
Title: Compression force magnifier
Inventor: ADAM FINLEY
IPC: A61B17/86
Filed: 2019-12-16
Abstract: A bone compression assembly apparatus, said assembly apparatus comprising a bone plate 202, said plate having a proximal surface and a bone contacting surface disposed opposite to the proximal surface. The bone plate further comprising at least one aperture 204 disposed through the plate 202 between the proximal surface and the bone contacting surface. The aperture 204 having a longitudinal axis. A compression for magnifier 100 comprising a vertical axis a proximal surface 108 sloped at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical axis. A flat distal surface disposed opposite the proximal surface and a bore 110 disposed through body form the proximal surface to the distal surface. The compression force magnifier 100 attached to the bone plate 202 such that the axis of the bore 110 is collinear with the axis of the aperture 204 and the distal surface of the magnifier abuts the proximal surface of the plate.
Patent GB-2604660-A (GB)
Title: Locking mechanism of morcellator
Inventor: YEN-MING YEH
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 2021-04-08
Abstract: A locking mechanism of morcellator 1 includes a main body 11, a puncture unit 12 and a fixing unit 13. The fixing unit 13 is connected to the puncture unit 12, and the fixing unit 13 is arranged to connect to the main body 11 when rotated in a first direction, and to unlock when rotated in a second direction. This has the effect of preventing the puncture unit 12 from being pushed out of the main body 11 when pressure is applied to the cutting end.
Patent GB-2598439-A (GB)
Title: Leveling instrument with multiple sensitivities
Inventor: MICHAEL PANOSIAN
IPC: G01C9/34
Filed: 2021-04-14
Abstract: A spirit level or bubble level with multiple sensitivities, the level comprising: two bubble vials 12, 14 having parallel axes, but different curvatures so as to have different sensitivities. The vials have a barrel-shaped surface of revolution about said axes. The curvatures of the two bubble vials may be formed by a circular arc having a radius R1 and R2 respectively, wherein R2/R1 > 2. The bubble vials may be incorporated in separate blocks that are mounted on an elongate carrier. The spirit level may further comprise an additional set of two bubble vials 12’, 14’ with axes perpendicular or normal to the axes of the first set of bubble vials. A method of using the leveling instrument, the method comprising: observing the bubble 12b in the first bubble vial while the surface to be levelled is moved until the bubble in said first vial is centred along the first vial axis; then observing the bubble 14b in the second bubble vial and moving the surface to be leveled until the bubble in said second bubble vial is centred.
Patent GB-2609611-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for time and feature modification of signals
Inventor: JONATHAN NEWLAND
IPC: G10L21/013
Filed: 2021-07-28
Abstract: An input audio signal is compared to a reference guide signal to determine sections or frames which match or do not match according to analysis of features such as pitch, loudness, frequency, spectral energy, noise floor or amplitude. The signal’s time alignment is then modified such that it matches the guide audio for lip-syncing or replication of timing of actor’s speech or vocalist’s songs.
Patent GB-2610245-A (GB)
Title: Motor tester and method for testing an electric motor over time
Inventor: YOGESH RAJWADE
IPC: G01R31/34
Filed: 2021-10-13
Abstract: A method for testing an electric motor 2 comprises: sending an electric test signal to motor windings and sensing a first signal answer to the test signal in an initial state, and sending the same electric test signal to the motor windings and sensing a second signal answer in a later operating state. The method further comprises comparing the second signal answer to the first signal answer and outputting an alert if a deviation between the second signal answer and the first signal answer reaches over or falls below a threshold value. The motor tester device comprises a signal generator (6, Fig.3) to send an electric signal to the motor windings, a measurement circuit (7, Fig.3) to sense a signal answer to the test signal, and a comparing unit (8, Fig.3) to compare first and second signal answers and to output an alert. The method may be executed when the motor is in operation and the test signals may be DC, AC, or mixed DC/AC signals. The signal answers may be current or voltage signals. The method may further include sending and sensing a third signal and answer. The alert may activate a signal lamp 4.
Patent GB-2616006-A (GB)
Title: Electronic payment system
Inventor: GILES DAVIDSON
IPC: G06Q20/32
Filed: 2022-02-22
Abstract: A device 100 for receiving a contactless payment from a user has a contactless payment module, a plurality of user-operable input portions, such as buttons 102, and an information output module 106 for providing feedback to the user. The user uses the input portions 102 to set the payment amount. Feedback from the output module 106 relates to a value of the payment amount. The number of input portions 102 is ten or fewer. One or more of the input portions 102 may set the payment amount to a fixed value or may be used to increment the payment amount a predetermined number of times. The device may be shaped like a tip plate or like a charity collection box (Figure 1C). The aim is to provide a simplified payment terminal for accessibility purposes.
Patent GB-2601980-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for support removal
Inventor: DANIEL JOSHUA HUTCHINSON
IPC: B33Y40/20
Filed: 2017-06-01
Abstract: A support structure material removal apparatus comprising a part-containing tank 16 suitable to contain a portion of a liquid mass 28 and a part having support structure material, manifolds 14 located around the part-containing tank for producing a rotational flow of the liquid mass in the part-containing tank, and a pump for causing the liquid mass to flow via the manifolds to the part-containing tank. The rotational flow of liquid mass may be a vortex or may be laminar. The apparatus may comprise an ultrasonic transducer 70 located adjacent the part-containing tank for directing ultrasonic radiation into the liquid mass in the part-containing tank. The apparatus may further comprise an input tank and a weird between the part-containing tank and the input tank. The manifolds may have a plurality of orifices.
Patent GB-2608747-A (GB)
Title: Automated geosteering based on a distance to oil-water contact
Inventor: David Selvaag LARSEN
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 2021-03-15
Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for performing automated geosteering. The method includes receiving, by a processing system, formation evaluation data from a bottom hole assembly disposed in a wellbore. The method further includes determining, by the processing system, position data of a formation boundary from the formation evaluation data. The method further includes extrapolating, by the processing system, the position data to generate extrapolated position data of the formation boundary. The method further includes adjusting a trajectory of the wellbore based at least in part on the extrapolated position data of the formation boundary.