baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2552092-A (GB)
Title: Inspection system and method for automatic visual inspection of a motor vehicle
Inventor: SHRIRAM GANESH
IPC: G01M17/007
Filed: 2017-07-04
Abstract: A system for visual inspection a motor vehicle, comprising an image acquisition device in the form of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a camera for acquiring images of a motor vehicle, and a data processing device to receive and process the images to automatically determine a current state or condition of the object. A three dimensional (3D) model of the vehicle in an undamaged state may be used as a reference to compare with the current state of the vehicle. The system may use a convolutional neural net to learn an undamaged state of the motor vehicle or to automatically detect and classify defects. The system may use a flight path determination algorithm to autonomously determine a flight path for the UAV. The flight path may be dependent on a region of interest of the motor vehicle so as to spend more time imaging the region of interest.
Patent GB-2564716-A (GB)
Title: Connector
Inventor: Jonathan evitt
IPC: G09F15/00
Filed: 2017-07-21
Abstract: A connector 1 for releasably engaging a slot (10, figure 8) in a support member (11, figure 8). The connector includes a body 2 having a blind bore 20, within which is received a retaining element 3, a threaded insert 4 and a bolt 5 with a shaft 50. The threaded insert provides a threaded hole 40 that receives the shaft. The bolt has a head 51 at a first end of the shaft and the retaining element is secured to a second end thereof to inhibit removal of the shaft from the body. The shaft has a central threaded portion (55, figure 3) between the head and the retaining element to engage the threaded hole such that rotation of the body relative to the bolt draws the head toward the body to captivate and clamp an overhang (13, figure 8) of the slot in the support member between the head and the body. Methods of assembling a connector and removably mounting a connector to a support member are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2555918-A (GB)
Title: Airbag including compressible vent tube
Inventor: ELIZABETH G OWEN
IPC: B60R21/239
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: A restraint system 32 in a vehicle includes a reaction surface 44, an airbag 36 including an inflation chamber 38, and a tube 40 in fluid communication with the inflation chamber 38. The airbag 36 is inflatable from an un-deployed state to a deployed state. The airbag is fixed relative to the reaction surface in the un-deployed state and adjacent the reaction surface 44, in the deployed state. The tube 40 extends along the airbag 36 between the airbag in the deployed state and the reaction surface 44.
Patent GB-2566272-A (GB)
Title: A key device
Inventor: Paul Albert Stocken
IPC: G04B47/00
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: A key device comprising a mechanical key (2, figure 2), a housing 10 and an electronic key (12, figure 2) arranged on a user attachment mechanism 6. The mechanical key is arranged to move from a first storage position within the housing to a second usage position. The movement of the mechanical key may be by means of a pivot, a sliding mechanism or a ball and socket joint. The user attachment mechanism may comprise a wristband which can be adjusted in diameter. The device may also comprise a display screen, a light source and a timer.
Patent GB-2553707-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for automatic discovery of elements in a system of encoders
Inventor: SEAN T MCCARTHY
IPC: H04N21/643
Filed: 2016-04-11
Abstract: A method and system is disclosed that automatically discovering and obtaining data from geographically distributed elements of a closed loop statistical multiplexing system, encodes at least one video stream at a constant bit rate according to a target quality of the encoded video stream from such discovered elements, and for managing of the encoding of such video streams. In one embodiment, discovery of the system elements is implemented by sniffing a multicast IP address used by the elements of the system to communicate metadata, and the encoding of the video bit streams utilizes a weighting factor to a target video stream quality based on the probability that an unconstrained variable bit rate encoded version of the video stream has a smaller bit rate than a constant bit rate encoded version.
Patent GB-2552757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to assemblies for use in knee replacement surgery
Inventor: KIRTI MOHOLKAR
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 2014-05-21
Abstract: An assembly 10 for use in knee replacement surgery comprising a tibial base plate 14 which, in use, engages a tibia 200, and a tensioning element 33, 34 operable, in use, to engage between the tibial base plate 14 and a femur 300 to set the gap between the tibial base plate 14 and the femur 300 when the femur 300 and tibia 200 are in extension. A ratchet mechanism is operable to change the gap. The tensioning element 33, 34 contacts the intercondylar notch of the femur. A measuring arrangement 40, 42, contacts the lateral and medial femoral condyles when spring loaded elements 48 are released. The springs may be located in a main body portion, connected to the elements 48 by rods, and may be slideable in barrel elements. The femoral block 12 may be height adjustable and may rotate in the varus and valgus direction with respect to a support portion which attaches to the femur. The femoral block 12 may also be connectable to the tibial base plate 14 by a connecting element 18.
Patent GB-2558766-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: HYEMI OH
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 2017-11-22
Abstract: A display device that comprises sub pixels SPn1 SPn4; and a scan line GL connected to the sub pixels, wherein the scan line is in a shape of a ladder positioned in a horizontal direction. The sub pixels each have an emission area EMA and a circuit area DRA, the emission area is formed on a first substrate (150a, fig. 12) and includes a light emitting element (OLED) disposed therein, and the circuit area includes a circuit for driving the light emitting element; and at least one scan line disposed on the circuit area in a horizontal direction, wherein the at least one scan line comprises: an upper scan line GLT and a lower scan line GLB spaced apart from each other; and a scan connection line GLI positioned between and electrically connecting the upper scan line and the lower scan line. The scan line forms a gate redundancy structure such that in the occurrence of a short one of the two branch lines of the scan line can be cut (CA1 CA9, fig. 11) and the electrical and structural functions can be maintained due to the presence of a second branch line.
Patent GB-2575416-A (GB)
Title: Sampling of microorganisms
Inventor: KERRY O'DONNELLY WEAVER
IPC: G01N1/40
Filed: 2018-02-08
Abstract: Hollow probe 1 contains growth medium 2 for microorganisms. The probe is placed in a growth substrate or in water to collect microorganisms 5, 8, which may be transported in the device to a laboratory for analysis. Container 7 may extend from the probe. The growth medium may be specific to a microorganism. It may be provided, perhaps by the coating pattern or by having lower concentration than in the container, so as to direct microorganisms along the probe and into the container. It may be an electrostatic or ionic growth medium, or contain amino acids, alcohols, phytohormones, plant proteins or signalling compounds. It may contain a chemoattractant, or comprise antibiotics, nutrients, pesticides or fungicides. It may comprise a buffer, perhaps at a lower concentration in the container than in the tube, which maintains pH in the tube. It may be provided on a film or membrane carrier.
Patent GB-2564177-A (GB)
Title: Wheel hub
Inventor: THOMAS LARS JOHANSSON
IPC: F16C19/55
Filed: 2018-02-27
Abstract: A wheel hub bearing comprising at least one inner bearing member 510 arranged to be fixed to a shaft, at least one outer bearing member 501, a first intermediate bearing member 509 positioned radially between the inner bearing member and the outer bearing member and a second intermediate bearing member 508 positioned radially between the inner bearing member and the outer bearing member. Each intermediate bearing member is freely rotatable relative to the other bearing members. Preferably the wheel hub bearing comprises one or more rows of rotating elements (fig 3, 307, 303) positioned radially between the inner and outer bearing members, separated by the intermediate bearing members. The rotating elements may be cylindrical or spherical.
Patent GB-2571726-A (GB)
Title: Method for seismic data acquisition and processing
Inventor: FREDRIK ANDERSSON
IPC: G01V1/02
Filed: 2018-03-05
Abstract: A method includes the steps of obtaining wavefield recordings of a continuous wavefield from synchronous activation of at least two separate sources being moved along a first spatial direction and repeating the activation along two or more activation lines distributed along a second spatial direction. At least one parameter is varied between the sources from one activation to the following such that the varying causes the support of the frequency-wavenumber representation of the obtained wavefield to be the union of at least two shifted replicas of the support of the frequency-wavenumber representation of the continuous wavefield in at least one of the spatial directions. The frequency-wavenumber representation of the information in the wavefield is distributed, by means of the varying, to the obtained wavefield in such a way that the periodicity of the wavefield is different than the periodicity as determined by the parameters in the case that the varying is omitted. Knowledge of the varying is used to at least partially resolve ambiguity which would be present in the case that the varying is omitted.
Patent GB-2561465-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for securing computer software using a distributed hash table and a blockchain
Inventor: Stephane Savanah
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: A computer-implemented method (100) and system (1) for determining a metadata M for securing a controlled digital resource such as computer software using a distributed hash table (13) and a peer-to-peer distributed ledger (14). This is a blockchain such as the Bitcoin blockchain. The method includes determining (110) a data associated with the computer software and determining (120) a first hash value based on the computer software. A second hash value based on the data and the computer software may be determined (130). The method further includes sending 140, over a communications network (5), the data, the first hash value and the second hash value to an entry for storage in a distributed hash table (13). The second hash value may be a key of a key-value pair. The data and the first hash value may be a value in the key-value pair. A metadata (M) that is based on the second hash value may be determined (150) for storage on the peer-to-peer distributed ledger (14).
Patent GB-2573127-A (GB)
Title: Printed battery holder for coin cells
Inventor: MOAZZAM ALI
IPC: H01M2/02
Filed: 2018-04-25
Abstract: A battery holder 100 comprises a bottom substrate 120, a flexible plastic substrate 130 and a housing 150. On a surface of the bottom substrate is provided a first conducting layer 121 and a second conducting layer 122. The first conducting layer is touching a bottom terminal 110a of the coin battery. A third conducting layer 140 is provided on the flexible plastic substrate in such a way that a first portion 140a of the third conducting layer is touching a top terminal of the coin battery 110b and a second portion 140b of the third conducting layer is electrically connected to the second conducting layer. A conductive adhesive layer 160 may electrically connect the third conducting layer to the second conducting layer. The housing is fixed onto the surface of the bottom substrate and comprises a slot 151 to hold the battery and an opening 152 for insertion and removal of the battery from the slot. The bottom substrate may be paper or plastic. The bottom substrate and the flexible plastic substrate may be made of a single substrate. The conducting layers may be a printed conducting ink.
Patent GB-2571594-A (GB)
Title: Enhancing the bioavailability of calcium in teff
Inventor: ADEN ASHENAFI MANDEFRO
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 2018-06-25
Abstract: A method of processing teff to increase calcium bioavailability comprises autoclaving the teff at a temperature of around 120-125°C for a duration of around 32-38 minutes and incubating the teff at a temperature of around 30-37°C for a duration of around 60-80 minutes. The autoclaving step preferably comprises autoclaving at a temperature of around 121°C for around 35 minutes with around 0.9 moisture content. The incubating step preferably comprises incubating at a temperature of around 35°C for a duration of around 60 minutes. The autoclaving and incubating steps may be intended to reduce phytic acid levels. The teff may be cleaned before autoclaving, dehydrated after incubating, and milled after dehydrating to produce a teff flour. The teff flour may be mixed with water to produce a gluten and lactose free teff milk for human consumption, rich in bioavailable calcium. Preferably the teff flour is blended with water, boiled, cooled, and filtered to produce teff milk. Citric acid may be added to the teff flour prior to producing teff milk. The teff milk may be inoculated with a starter culture and fermented to produce a probiotic mixture. Flavourings, sweeteners, stabilisers and/or preservatives may be added to the teff milk.
Patent GB-2576017-A (GB)
Title: Attachment for a handheld appliance
Inventor: Hannah Lisa Kirkbride
IPC: A45D20/52
Filed: 2018-08-01
Abstract: An attachment 10 for a hair styling apparatus comprising an air inlet 12 for receiving airflow from the hair styling apparatus, an elongate slot-shaped air outlet 22, a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, and a series of triangular comb teeth 20 mounted orthogonally across the air outlet; each tooth having a first end located substantially at the air outlet and a second end disposed beyond the air outlet in a downstream direction. The first end of each tooth may have a semi-circular profile, and the second end may form a rod and sphere. The first or second end of the outermost teeth may be angled towards a longitudinal axis of the attachment. The comb teeth are preferably formed of a flexible material. The attachment may include a series of vanes (42, figure 7) within the duct comprising an inverted semi-circular profile adapted to fit around the first end of an aligned tooth, and the aligned tooth is preferably freely movable within the inverted semi-circular profile. Also disclosed are a bar for mounting the teeth, and a stabilising member 24.
Patent GB-2569867-A (GB)
Title: Providing reporting and analysis for campaign-driven messages and websites
Inventor: Matthew McKay Thomas
IPC: H04W4/23
Filed: 2018-11-02
Abstract: A system/method which receives a digital persona dataset comprising variables associated with a particular class of users is claimed. A message is generated and rendered, and this may be performed in a specific computing environment or operating system executed by a hypervisor, wherein the message has attributes responsive to the variables. The message attributes may be parsed, and are then audited against a message template. A report indicating the differences between the two is then generated. Also claimed is a method which comprises; initiating a digital persona dataset to interact with web content and receiving user identification information from the digital persona dataset. A message is generated as part of a digital media campaign and rendered. One or more anticipated characteristics of the message are audited with the digital persona dataset, and a report that illustrates the rendered message is generated. The generated reports will help check whether a targeted advertisements is suitable for a particular demographic, and/or whether it is formatted correctly when rendered on devices typically used by a particular demographic.
Patent GB-2565713-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method for installing a screen assembly in a gyratory sifter
Inventor: MICHAEL TIMMERMAN
IPC: B07B1/28
Filed: 2017-04-26
Abstract: An apparatus, system and method provides for the installation of a filtration screen assembly in a vibratory separator. The apparatus has a screen rail extending across a vibratory separator. A ball box is inserted in the screen rail and encloses vibratory elements. A screen assembly is placed on the ball box parallel to the screen rail and extends across the vibratory separator. An inflatable seal is inserted into the screen rail and receives fluid to inflate and compress the screen assembly against the screen rail. A clamping element is attached to the screen assembly. The inflatable seal compresses
Patent GB-2567762-A (GB)
Title: Evaporative cooler apparatus and method
Inventor: ALAN BERESFORD
IPC: F24F11/00
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: An evaporative cooler 2 comprises an evaporative-cooling chamber 10 and an air mixing chamber 14. A first damper 8 controls a flow of ambient air through a first inlet 6 into the evaporative-cooling chamber, which contains an evaporative-cooling element 12. Second 24 and third 22 dampers control a flow of recirculated air from a system space 4 through a second inlet 23 into the evaporative-cooling chamber and through a third inlet 26 into the air mixing chamber. Air is delivered through an outlet 18 of the air mixing chamber to the system space. The cooler is a modular unit with two or more modular units installable in the system space. The evaporative cooler may be controllable in response to a temperature and humidity of ambient air in the system space and may operate in a cooling mode (Fig. 2), an attemperation mode (Fig. 3) or a recirculation mode with humidification (Fig. 4). A first modular unit may be operated in a different mode to a second modular unit. The system space is typically a data centre or server room.
Patent GB-2572853-A (GB)
Title: A full injector, a combustion chamber comprising a fuel injector and a method of detecting coking in a combustion chamber fuel injector
Inventor: ROBERT A HICKS
IPC: F23R3/28
Filed: 2019-02-26
Abstract: A fuel injector 62 has a fuel injector head 66 and fuel feed arm 64 that encloses a fuel supply passage 70 in fluid communication with a fuel passage 84 disposed within the fuel injector head 66 and light is directed into the fuel passage. The arrangement can be for a gas turbine engine, may include a light source and light receiver, and can be used to detect coking. The light receiver (Figure 4, 124) may be a photoelectric device that can convert the received light into an electrical signal, arranged with a recorder (Figure 4, 126). A processor (Figure 4, 128) may either measure the electrical signal amplitude and compare it to a datum amplitude or detect a reduction in amplitude corresponding to the light received due to coking in the fuel injector. The fuel injector may be lean or rich burn, used in a gas turbine and of the air blast type.
Patent GB-2581834-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for intra-oral holography imaging
Inventor: YONG-MIN JO
IPC: G06T17/00
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A holography based method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) volumetric dental arch model, the method comprises: placing a holographic imaging device at least comprising an object and a reference laser beam source and a device capable of recording a holographic image in view to a subject's dental arch; recording at least one holographic image of at least a portion of the subject's dental arch; re-constructing the subject's dental arch holographic image from the recorded image data; and forming a 3D volumetric model of at least a part of the subject's dental arch by using the data of the reconstructed holographic image. In addition, a dental image device may include a light sensor, an ambient light shield. The device may have a mirror device positioned inside the oral cavity with the laser source and image recording means located outside the oral cavity.
Patent GB-2581847-A (GB)
Title: End effector
Inventor: DANIEL MARK WHITEAR
IPC: B25J15/04
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: An end effector 2 for a station of a production line comprises a carriage 4 attached to an external actuator 8 and an engagement member 6 for engaging a product 10 and supported by the carriage 4 via a coupling mechanism 14 which comprises a magnet 20 located on one of the carriage 4 and the engagement member 6 and a magnetic material 22 located on the other of the carriage 4 and the engagement member 6, such that the engagement member 6 is coupled to the carriage 4 in an at-rest condition by means of an attractive force between the magnet 20 and magnetic material 22 which provides for resilient movement between the carriage 4 and the engagement member 6 away from the at-rest condition. The movement may be linear relative motion. The magnet 20 and the magnetic material 22 may comprise a cylindrical protrusion extending into a cylindrical aperture in a sleeve. The end effector 2 may be used in a food manufacturing process and seeks to reduce the likelihood of impact damage to the end effector 2, the product 10 or a conveyor 12 and provides a coupling between the carriage 4 and the engagement member 6 without fasteners that can be easily removed and replaced hygienically.
Patent GB-2568011-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic pulse actuation arrangement for downhole tools and method
Inventor: CARLOS PRIETO
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2017-08-10
Abstract: An arrangement for accelerating a workpiece including a system inductor configured to be supplied a current, a workpiece positioned magnetically proximate to the system inductor, a workpiece inductor associated with the workpiece and configured to magnetically interact with the system inductor. A method for moving a workpiece in a magnetic pressure arrangement comprising increasing inductance of a workpiece subsystem of the arrangement by disposing a workpiece inductor at the workpiece. A method for moving a workpiece in a magnetic pressure system comprising tuning one or more of a resistor, capacitor or inductor of the system to adjust a phase angle of a magnetic pressure produced in the system.
Patent GB-2583456-A (GB)
Title: Camshaft phase error monitoring
Inventor: ADAM MOORCROFT
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2019-04-04
Abstract: A control system (28, Fig. 3a) for controlling a valve actuator (20, Fig. 2) for an internal combustion engine (2, Fig. 2), the control system comprising one or more controllers (31, Fig. 3a), the control system being configured to: receive a requirement signal indicative of a requirement for valve actuation with a first valve timing characteristic; receive an expected flow signal indicative of expected mass flow rate of air, associated with the first valve timing characteristic; control the valve actuator to provide the first valve timing characteristic; receive an actual flow signal indicative of actual mass flow rate of air associated with the control of the valve actuator; cause comparison of the actual flow signal with the expected flow signal; and cause an action to be performed in dependence on the comparison, wherein the action comprises a compensation action and/or a fault reporting action and/or determining camshaft phase information. The arrangement may allow for a camshaft position sensor not to be required for detecting camshaft phase error.
Patent GB-2589837-A (GB)
Title: Interactive screen
Inventor: ISAAC JOSÉ JULIÁ MARTINEZ
IPC: H04N21/60
Filed: 2019-11-03
Abstract: An interactive screen, having a display (1) with one or multiple cameras (2) to record photos and videos and a computer (3) with hardware, software, multimedia and applications needed to have interaction and interconnectivity, such as wireless communication with people or users and other electronic devices, such as a mobile device.