baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2563781-A (GB)
Title: A marine flexible elongate element and method of installation
Inventor: ARILD BECH
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: A flexible elongate element (1) for installation in a body of water (W) and configured for extending between a seabed (B) connection device (5) and a unit (6; 10) arranged at the opposite end of the flexible elongate element. At least one lateral displacement device (2a, 2b) is connected to a portion (8a, 8b) of the flexible elongate element and configured to displace at least a portion of the flexible elongate element a lateral distance (ya, yb) away from an imaginary axis (x) extending between the seabed connection device (5) and the unit (6; 10), said at least one lateral displacement device (2a, 2b) comprising spring means (9, 12). The flexible elongate element may be a flexible riser, umbilical, hose, or cable.
Patent GB-2579244-A (GB)
Title: Second reader
Inventor: TOBIAS RIJKEN
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2018-11-27
Abstract: A plurality of mammograms 10 is received, a first analysis 30 identifies a malignancy classification for each of the mammograms; a malignancy output value 30Y is determined for each of the mammograms dependent on the first analysis; an average malignancy output value is determining by averaging the malignancy output values for the plurality of mammograms; the average malignancy output value is thresholded to generate a output binary malignancy value 60Y; a second analysis 40 determines a plurality of localisation parameters 40X for each mammogram; output localisation data is generated 70 for the plurality of mammograms in dependence on the output binary malignancy value. The invention seeks to provide an automated malignancy determination in parallel to a human operator to reduce the need for two human operators in a mammography analysis workflow. The plurality of mammograms may be pre-processed using trained neural networks to improve classification. The second analysis may be conducted using a trained regional convolutional neural network (RCNN); the RCNN may comprise sub-divisional networks which provide: a bounding box generating model and/or a segmentation model and/or a malignancy classification type model.
Patent GB-2574081-A (GB)
Title: Massive amorphous alloy
Inventor: Marcin Nabialek
IPC: C22C38/12
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: A magnetically soft massive amorphous alloy having a composition of Fe65B20Y5+xNb5Hf5-x wherein x is 0 or 1 and containing not more than 0.09% by weight of contaminations. The alloy is melted in a vacuum electric arc furnace in an argon atmosphere to form a polycrystalline crystal, and the alloy is melted by eddy currents to form mm size amorphous plates and rods by injecting the melt into a water-cooled copper mould. The alloy is designed for electronics and energetics, e.g. to form magnetic cores of high frequency transformers.
Patent GB-2571603-A (GB)
Title: Hair treatment agent with anti-dandruff action
Inventor: THOMAS SCHROEDER
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 2018-12-13
Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a hair treatment agent that contains, in a cosmetic support ­with respect to its weight ‑ a) from about 0.05 to about 5.0% by weight of zinc oxide, b) from about 0.05 to about 3.00% by weight of at least one anti-dandruff substance that is different from a), c) from about 0.10 to about 10.00% by weight of at least one saturated or unsaturated, straight-chained or branched C10-C24 carboxylic acid, and d) from about 0.01 to about 5.00% by weight of at least one amino acid.
Patent GB-2575704-A (GB)
Title: Secure communication in a nondeterministic network
Inventor: ROD DAVID WALTERMANN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: For secure communication in a nondeterministic network, a processor determines a first communication path to a first destination node in a network of nodes organized as an undirected graph. The communication path is a spanning tree of path nodes of the undirected graph the processor further encrypts a message to the first destination node with an encryption using a set of first encryption keys. In addition, the processor communicates the encrypted message over the path nodes of the first communication path. Each transaction of each path node with the encrypted message is recorded, e.g. using a blockchain and the encrypted message is decrypted at the first destination node with a subset of the set of first encryption keys. The subset of the set of first encryption keys are held by key holding nodes in communication with the first destination node.
Patent GB-2570242-A (GB)
Title: Authenticating online transactions using separate computing device
Inventor: MARK MATTHEWS
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: A method for authenticating an online transaction on a first computing device using a second computing device including detecting a request to process sensitive payment information input on the first computing device to complete a transaction, determining that a condition is present associated with the transaction, disabling a payment processing function of the website to prevent a payment from being processed and completed, generating a unique identifier to be displayed on the first computing device, wherein the user scans the unique identifier with a second computing device to initiate an authentication function, authenticating the user operating the first computing device, and enabling, by the processor, the payment processing function of the website to allow the payment to process.
Patent GB-2584292-A (GB)
Title: Electrochemical pH sensor
Inventor: NATHAN LAWRENCE
IPC: G01N27/30
Filed: 2019-05-28
Abstract: A working electrode for an electrochemical pH sensor comprises an active redox species that comprises an oxygen family atom bound in a ring structure, where the ring is substituted with a carbon ring, and a moiety containing a hydrogen atom is attached to the carbon ring such that it provides for hydrogen bonding with the bound oxygen family atom. The electrode may be configured to contact a low buffering capacity/low ionic strength solution, such as a saline solution, seawater, or drinking water, either directly or via encapsulation in a polymer layer. The carbon ring may comprise a phenol. The redox species may be 2-hydroxyflavanone.
Patent GB-2582671-A (GB)
Title: Seat armrest
Inventor: GUOQIANG HU
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 2019-05-28
Abstract: A seat armrest adapted to be installed on a seat comprising an elbow-rest segment 10, an arm-rest segment 20, a mobilizable connecting structure 30, and a height-locking structure 40. Both the mobilizable connecting structure and height-locking structure are connected to the elbow-rest segment and the arm-rest segment. When the armrest segment is pivoted to a desired height, the height-locking structure fixes the armrest at that height. The mobilizable connecting structure further comprises a pivot connection having a rotating shaft, which can pivot the arm-rest up and down relative to the elbow-rest. In a further embodiment the mobilizable connecting structure comprises a ball joint, comprising a ball head and a hemispherical cover. The height-locking structure may comprise an engagement fixing structure, comprising an engaging wheel, an engaging block and a driving structure. The driving structure further comprises a pulling element, a compression spring or a torsion spring. The armrest may further comprise a guiding protrusion which fits into the guiding recess of the engaging block. The height-locking structure may comprise a fixing ring, a pivot rod, a drop-stop nut and a lift-stop nut. The armrest may comprise a rotating structure.
Patent GB-2585643-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for gasification of hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks
Inventor: GEORGE HURUDZA MUNYARADZI MKUSHI
IPC: C10J3/46
Filed: 2019-07-08
Abstract: A system for producing a syngas, the system comprising: a gas mixer for receiving a gas mixture comprising oxygen, recovered carbon dioxide and other gases; a gasifier, for gasification, using the gas mixture, of input fuel comprising feedstock, to produce syngas; a scrubber for scrubbing the producer gas to remove carbon dioxide from the syngas; means for capturing carbon dioxide from the removed carbon dioxide; and means for circulating the captured carbon dioxide to the gas mixer, wherein said gas mixture comprises at least some of the captured carbon dioxide. The fuel may be hydrocarbons.
Patent GB-2587205-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft system
Inventor: SEAN KERR
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2019-09-17
Abstract: An aircraft system 10 comprises a controller 100 that is configured to receive at least one signal during a take-off procedure of the aircraft. The signal may comprise information representative of at least one parameter of the aircraft. The controller is configured to determine whether a current or future aircraft climb rate associated with the take-off procedure meets a criterion on the basis of the at least one signal. The controller is configured to determine at least one remedial action to be taken, such as performance of at least a portion of a procedure to retract a landing gear 20,30 of the aircraft, when the controller determines that the aircraft climb rate does not meet the criterion.
Patent GB-2574974-A (GB)
Title: Shape memory alloy actuator assembly
Inventor: ROBIN EDDINGTON
IPC: G02B27/64
Filed: 2018-03-02
Abstract: An SMA actuator is arranged to tilt the mirror in a zoom camera to effect optical image stabilization. The actuator may comprise four angled-V SMA wires. The actuator may alternatively comprise a gimbal flexure and SMA wires. In this case there may be four SMA wires or two SMA wires and two springs. The SMA wires may be straight wires or wires hooked in a V shape.
Patent GB-2588413-A (GB)
Title: Tactile pixels
Inventor: ALI MOHAMMADI
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 2019-10-22
Abstract: An apparatus 100 comprises an array of taxels, or tactile element or pixel, and a solenoid 102 having a first electrical input signal 104a at a first frequency and a second electrical input signal 104b at a second frequency. A first taxel 106a, comprises a magnetic portion 110a and is located above an end of the solenoid, wherein the first taxel has a first mechanical resonance frequency such that applying the first electrical input signal to the solenoid causes the first taxel to vibrate. A second taxel 106b also comprises a magnetic portion 110b located above an end of the solenoid, wherein the second taxel has a second mechanical resonance frequency, different from the first mechanical resonance frequency, such that applying the second electrical input signal to the solenoid causes the second taxel to vibrate. First and second taxels may comprise a cantilever beam 108a,b having different dimensions to affect its resonance frequency. A vibrotactile display and a taxel array are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2577655-A (GB)
Title: Hydrodynamic damper
Inventor: KNUT NORDHEIM
IPC: F16L57/00
Filed: 2012-08-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp for use subsea which includes a clamp body comprised a plurality of sub-elements 14, 15 defining an inner space 9 there through, the sub-elements being attachable to each other, where the clamp body is provided with water-swellable means 10,11 configured to expand upon contact with water, where the means expands into the inner space of the clamp. The inner space may be suitable to receive an elongate body with a circular cross-section 4. The sub-elements may form a closed loop when attached to each other, they may be attached by hinges, screw joints or snap-lock connections. Also disclosed is a vibration damping device for subsea structures.
Patent GB-2591138-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving an image
Inventor: Wenfeng Xia
IPC: G01J1/04
Filed: 2020-01-17
Abstract: Disordered medium 818, such as human tissue or multi-mode optical fibre (MMF), has a transmission matrix comprising a plurality of complex-valued transmission constants, relating input electromagnetic radiation to output from the medium at end 819. The input radiation pattern 812 may be an image which may represent a binary sequence of data (e.g. figure 6A). A characterising process determines the transmission matrix and a reconstruction process uses said matrix to reconstruct an image, for example from the speckle pattern 832 received at a receiving light detector unit 824. The characterising process comprises using an approximately linear relationship between input and output radiation to determine transmission constants, and combining the output signal and transmission matrix by matrix multiplication of an inverse of the transmission matrix to reconstruct the image. The invention may be used in biomedical endoscopy and telecommunications and may have greater effective pixel density compared to multi-core fiber bundles.
Patent GB-2581301-A (GB)
Title: Combining electronic monitoring with inhaled pharmacological therapy to manage atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation
Inventor: RANGACHARI NARASIMHAN
IPC: A61B5/361
Filed: 2017-02-01
Abstract: A method of treating atrial arrhythmia in a subject, the method comprises identifying atrial arrhythmia in a subject with the aid of an electronic monitoring device; aerosolizing a pharmaceutical composition in less than 3 minutes using a nebulizer, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises at least one antiarrhythmic; and administering the aerosolized pharmaceutical composition to the subject. Also claimed is a system comprising an electronic monitoring chip, wherein the electronic monitoring chip monitors incidence of arrhythmia in a subject when inserted into the subject; an electronic monitoring device; and a nebulizer, wherein the electronic monitoring device is in communication with the nebulizer.
Patent GB-2595492-A (GB)
Title: A controller for an axial flux machine and method
Inventor: TIM WOOLMER
IPC: H02P21/05
Filed: 2020-05-28
Abstract: An axial flux machine where an alternating current supplied to the plurality of coils injects a compensation current to reduce a mechanical resonant component of the rotor. The compensation current is a modulated current component added to at least one of the Quadrature Current (Iq) and Direct Current (Id) components (when the alternating current is represented as a vectored DC component), when the rotor is rotating over one or more ranges of rotational speeds. The modulated current component has an electrical frequency that varies over a range of frequencies between a first frequency and a second frequency depending on the rotational speed of the rotor, the range of frequencies including a frequency that is substantially the same as a fundamental mechanical resonant frequency of the rotor, and having a phase that is out of phase with the fundamental mechanical resonant frequency of the rotor. The axial flux machine comprises a stator 12 and two rotors 14a, b (see fig. 1c), the stator is a collection of separate stator bars 16 spaced circumferentially about a rotation axis 20 of the rotors. The axial flux machine may be a motor or a generator.
Patent GB-2595894-A (GB)
Title: Heat removal loop in a mechanical arm of a surgical apparatus
Inventor: YIFTAH NETA
IPC: A61B1/12
Filed: 2020-06-10
Abstract: A surgical apparatus comprising a capsule-assembly 305 that’s distally connected to an arm with a flexible section. The capsule-assembly 305 comprises an outer shell 310 that encloses a capsule 320 forming an annular gap 311 between shell 310 and capsule 320. The capsule 320 contains heat producing imaging and/or electronic components. The apparatus further comprises a forced convection heat removal system for removing heat from the capsule-assembly 305, the heat removal system comprising a fluid pump, and a conduit array 340A,340B disposed along the arm spanning the flexible section, the conduits 340A,340B comprising respective first and second distal openings 345A,345B in fluid communication with the capsule-assembly 305, so that the fluid traverses the annular gap 311 by entering and exiting the annular gap 311 via the respective first and second distal openings 345A,345B. Preferably, the pump and conduit-array 340A,340B cause a fluid flow through the annular gap 311 of 10 to 200 ml/sec, or 30 to 150 ml/sec, or 50 to 100 ml/sec. The pump and conduit-array 340A,340B may cause a fluid-flow that maintains a heat transfer coefficient for convective heat-transfer from a capsule surface to the flowing fluid between 10 and 200 W/m2k or between 50 and 100 W/m2k.
Patent GB-2596083-A (GB)
Title: An excavator coupling system
Inventor: WOLFGANG PIRZER
IPC: B62D49/06
Filed: 2020-06-16
Abstract: An excavator coupling system 1, for coupling a trailer hitch device 20 to a dozer blade 10 of an excavator, has a keyhole component 16 on a front surface of dozer blade 10 and a key component coupled with trailer hitch 20, forming a positive connection to couple trailer hitch 20 to dozer blade 10. Keyhole component 16 is on the front of dozer blade 10 so that trailer hitch 20 can be coupled to the dozer blade without accessing a rear portion of the dozer blade. The connection may be between front and rear surfaces of dozer blade 10, and may be in the form of a bayonet joint. A cover may be provided to cover keyhole component 16. A connection box comprising electrical and/or hydraulic connections may be provided at a front surface of dozer blade 10.
Patent GB-2589714-A (GB)
Title: Switch
Inventor: RICHARD CLIFFORD-SMITH
IPC: H01H50/64
Filed: 2020-09-15
Abstract: A switch comprises: a first contact 111 that is moveable relative to a second contact 133,135 to make or break an electrical connection. First contact 121 has a taper 113 and the second contact has a second taper 123. The two tapers together engage in a mated configuration to define a taper that can be self-holding and that makes the electrical connection. One taper can be a male taper having a frusto-conical portion and the other can be a female taper. An actuator can move the contacts relative to each other and can be: a piston (fig 11, 515) and cylinder; a rotating cam (fig 11, 415); a varying ratio linkage (fig 9, 313); or an electromagnetic actuator comprising coils (fig 5, 211,213) that move an impactor such as slide hammer 219 sliding on an armature 215 against a first stop to close the contacts and a second stop 117 to open the contacts. First taper 113 can make or break an electrical connection between first 133 and second 135 contact portions of the second contact, the portions having an insulator or gap 131 between them. The two contact portions 133,135 and insulator 131 can be clamped together by an insulating frame.
Patent GB-2601145-A (GB)
Title: An internal combustion engine
Inventor: ADAM WARBURTON
IPC: F02M26/41
Filed: 2020-11-19
Abstract: An internal combustion engine 1 comprises a piston 6 that reciprocates within a cylinder 4, defining a combustion chamber 12, a fuel injector 39, and an exhaust port 30 with an exhaust valve 34. An inlet port 18 located in a side wall 14 of the cylinder supplies charge gas to the combustion chamber. Reciprocating movement of the piston opens and closes the inlet port. A secondary outlet valve 36 opens and closes a secondary outlet port 32. A recirculation channel 38 recirculates gas from the secondary outlet port to the inlet port and has a heat exchanger (44, fig 9A). Closing of the secondary outlet valve during upward movement of the piston initiates a compression stroke and opening the exhaust valve during downward movement of the piston terminates an expansion stroke. The secondary outlet valve closes to initiate the compression stroke when the piston is at a higher position in the cylinder than the position at which the exhaust port opens such that the change in the trapped volume during the expansion stroke is greater than the change in the trapped volume during the compression stroke.
Patent GB-2602081-A (GB)
Title: Wearable air purification system
Inventor: EMMA VICTORIA CARSON
IPC: A62B18/00
Filed: 2020-12-17
Abstract: A wearable air purification system 10 comprising a wearable support configured to be supported on a head of a user, and an air delivery mask 14 which is shaped to bound, at least partially, an air delivery region 15 and to deliver a flow of air to the air delivery region. The wearable support includes a left side support 16 and a right side support which support the air delivery mask therebetween; and a left side motor 34 and a right side motor 38 configured to drive a respective left or right side air flow towards or away from the air delivery region, each of the left and right side motors being mounted within a respective left or right side motor mounting on a respective one of the left and right side supports so that, when the wearable support is supported on the head in use, the motors sit rearward of or above the user’s ears.
Patent GB-2603888-A (GB)
Title: Reticle overlaid within a galilean magnification system
Inventor: VOLKOV ANDRII
IPC: G03H1/04
Filed: 2020-12-17
Abstract: An optical system, e.g. for a terrestrial telescope or a gunsight, comprises: a Galilean magnification device, comprising an objective lens 1307 and an eyepiece lens 1304 arranged along an axis, one of the objective lens and the eyepiece lens being a positive lens and the other being a negative lens, thereby defining an image working distance; a reticle device within the Galilean magnification device, comprising a holographic element 1302, the holographic reticle element 1302 comprising a reticle formed as an interference pattern, the reticle device being configured to receive light 1301 for illuminating the holographic reticle element from off the axis and to direct light 1303 from the holographic element onto the axis to replay an image of the reticle, such that light from the holographic element is set at the image working distance by the eyepiece lens to view a reticle. The arrangement provides a compact Galilean telescope with a correctly focussed virtual reticle overlaid on the magnified view of the real world. Also described is a method for recording a holographic reticle for use in a Galilean magnification device.
Patent GB-2588726-A (GB)
Title: Bio-degradable means for use as drinking straw, stirrer and chop stick and a method thereof
Inventor: SAJI VARGHESE
IPC: A47G21/18
Filed: 2019-08-27
Abstract: Bio-degradable means (100) for use as drinking straw, stirrer and chop stick and a method (200) for making the bio-degradable means (100) is provided. The bio-degradable means (100) includes at least one dried leaf strip (100S) configured to be at least one of straight rolled and spiral rolled along an entirety of an elongated guide member R to facilitate formation of an elongated bio-degradable means (100). The dried leaf strip (100S) is at least one of a coconut tree leaf strip, palm tree leaf strip and a plantain leaf strip. A bonding agent is applied at at least one edge portion of each dried leaf strip (100S) with respect to a length wise direction of the dried leaf strip (100S) to maintain the elongated bio-degradable means (100) in rolled position.
Patent GB-2590271-A (GB)
Title: Synthetic inertia provided based on synchronous machine
Inventor: RITWIK MAJUMDER
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2018-08-31
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrical device (2) comprising a synchronous machine (4) having a rotatable mass and configured for being connected to an AC power grid (3), and an energy source (5) comprising a power electronics interface (7) and configured for providing synthetic inertia to the power grid. The energy source is configured for providing the synthetic inertia based on a measured property (6) of the synchronous machine.