baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2570950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to a fluid output controller
Inventor: PATRICK CONROY
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: A system 1 for controlling the output of fluid from a shower outlet is disclosed. The shower outlet is in fluid communication with a hot water supply pipe and a cold-water supply pipe, with a mixing valve interposed between them. The mixing valve controls the overall flow of water to the outlet and the ratio of hot to cold water. Operation of the mixing valve is controlled by a processor and one or more modules stored on a memory and configured to be executed by the processor. The modules include instructions to detect contact with a touch sensitive display 5, detect the coordinates and movement of a contact within a pre-defined area of the touch sensitive display and processing the final coordinates of a contact into an actuation of the mixing valve. The processor is configured to actuate the mixing valve only upon detecting of the removal of contact with the touch sensitive display. The touch sensitive display may have a graphical user interface (GUI) 10 with an area 12 for controlling the temperature and flow rate of the water from the shower. The GUI provides and activates an indicator ring 18 which may be a cross. The GUI may incorporate a gauge 20 to provide an indication of the water temperature .The system may record and store user profiles.
Patent GB-2574025-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: JOUKO PAAVILAINEN
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 2018-05-23
Abstract: A display device (10) is disclosed, which comprises a display unit (12), and display processing unit (14) being configured to receive a display unit orientation signal (16) and to generate a display mode selection signal (18) depending on the received display unit orientation signal, wherein the display mode selection signal (18) determines one of several modes of the display unit, wherein each one of the several operation modes comprises a different data set to be represented by the display unit. The modes may comprise an information mode, displaying a first set of data relevant for a standard operation of a device, an advanced mode having a second set of data comprising information being relevant for advanced operation of the device or a service mode comprising a third data set of information being relevant for servicing the device. The orientation signal may come from a hall sensor, a geomagnetic field sensor, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, a gyroscope, a switch. The device may be situated in the door of a cabinet used for electrical equipment and the device may be rotatably mounted to said door. The cabinet may be used for electronic devices such as uninterruptible power supplies.
Patent GB-2576306-A (GB)
Title: Wildlife intercept system and method of operating
Inventor: STEFAN ALEXANDER SCHWINDT
IPC: G05D1/12
Filed: 2018-08-06
Abstract: A system and method for operating a wildlife intercept system, including receiving an indication of a presence of an intrusion 32 in a predetermined area 12, determining a location of the intrusion in the predetermined area, and directing the intrusion towards a capture zone 42 by issuing generated intercept paths to a plurality of intercept vehicles 40. The intercept vehicles may comprise at least one air vehicle and one land vehicle, the generated intercept paths for both the land and ground vehicles may also comprise avoiding ground-based obstructions. There may also be a protected area, a subset of the predetermined area, in which a first portion of the generated intercept paths vectors the intrusion away from the protected area, before a second portion vectors the intrusion towards the capture zone. There is also a method of operating a wildlife intercept system comprising outputting an indication of the presence of an animal in an airport area, generating a set of intercept paths to herd the animal towards a capture zone, and operating a set of intercept vehicles in accordance with the intercept paths.
Patent GB-2561796-A (GB)
Title: Method for providing zonal isolation in an underground wellbore
Inventor: ERIK KERST CORNELISSEN
IPC: C09K8/46
Filed: 2017-02-06
Abstract: Slugs of a cement slurry and of a resin composition are injected into an underground wellbore. The resin composition contains at least a curable resin, a filler, a swelling agent, a curing initiator, and a crosslinking retarding agent. The curing initiator activates the curing in response to temperature. The crosslinking retarding agent delays curing of the resin, to permit pumping the composition into the wellbore. After injection, the cement slurry and resin composition are allowed to cure, to create a stacked cement and cured resin column that provides a zonal isolation seal within the wellbore. The resin composition may suitably be an elastomer-forming composition. The cured resin may be swellable by allowing contact with a wellbore fluid.
Patent GB-2578609-A (GB)
Title: An article of luggage
Inventor: SEDAT SELVI
IPC: A45C13/36
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: An article of luggage comprises: a lid portion and a body portion having a base. The lid portion is movable relative to the body portion between an open position in which an interior of the body portion is accessible and a closed position in which the lid encloses the interior of the body portion. The article of luggage further comprises: (a) a wheel assembly 210 proximate a first edge of the base; and (b) a foot assembly 310 at a second edge 162 of the base opposite the first edge. The second edge 162 is curved and comprises an interior curved surface within the interior of the body portion and an exterior curved surface on an exterior of the body portion. The foot assembly comprises a reinforcement member within the base and a foot located adjacent the exterior curved surface of the second edge. The foot is connected through the body portion to the reinforcement member by one or more fastening elements. The foot comprises a proximal surface that is curved and complementary to the exterior curved surface of the second edge, and a distal surface. The distal surface of the foot extends away from the exterior surface of the second edge.
Patent GB-2571399-A (GB)
Title: System and method for fuel cell stack temperature control
Inventor: MICHELE BOZZOLO
IPC: H01M8/04089
Filed: 2018-11-08
Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell system (SOFC) 100 and method of operation is detailed which is configured to modulate the flow of oxidant through the fuel cell system 100 to maintain a desired temperature at the fuel cell stack. The system is configured to control the flow of oxidant to maintain the desired temperature in the fuel cell stack based on temperature measurements of fluid outside of the fuel cell stack. A first temperature sensor 134a is located upstream of a cathode ejector 112 and downstream from a fuel cell stack, this sensor detects the temperature of an oxidant. A second sensor 134b for detection of the temperature of combustion by products is located downstream from a combustor 128. A controller 132 is included which notes the difference between a reference temperature and a detected temperature for both sensors. The controller 132 then controls, in response to the detected temperatures, the mass flow rate of oxidant through the cell system. A turbo generator may also be used in the system and a PID (proportional-integral-derivative) module can be used in the controller.
Patent GB-2585330-A (GB)
Title: Light fitting
Inventor: OLIVER WARD
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2019-01-14
Abstract: A solar-powered light fitting suitable for installation on the exterior of a building on a cylindrical support such as a rainwater downpipe 32 comprises a body 10 that includes a recess (26, Fig. 4) which extends along an axis A and is shaped as a part cylinder extending for more than 180° about the axis. Material of the body forms retaining wings 34 at a periphery of the recess. One or more portions of elastomeric material 30 may be provided within the recess 26 to resist movement of the light fitting up or down the downpipe. The light fitting has a transparent or translucent window (16, Fig. 2) to pass light from a light source within the body. A lighting installation comprises such a light fitting and a cylindrical support, a part of which is received within the recess 26 of the light fitting whereby the wings 34 pass beyond a region of maximum diameter of the support to retain the light fitting on the support.
Patent GB-2582891-A (GB)
Title: An anti-slip saddle pad
Inventor: GORDON GEORGE BALDWIN
IPC: B68C1/12
Filed: 2019-02-01
Abstract: A non-slip equestrian saddle pad, saddlecloth or numnah for use between saddle and horseback comprises a multilayer laminate structure 2 in which a shock-absorbing resilient synthetic foam core 4 is sandwiched between two inner sheets of reinforcing material 10, 12 and two outer protective plastic layers 14, 18. Each reinforcing material sheet is bonded to both the foam core and the respective outer plastic layer using adhesive 22, 24, 26, 28. In a preferred embodiment, the energy-absorbing foam core is an EPDM rubber, the outer plastic layers are PVC, and the interposed reinforcing material and adhesive are provided in the form of a fibre-reinforced double-sided adhesive tape, e.g. comprising a PES/PVA scrim embedded in modified polyacrylic adhesive.
Patent GB-2582000-A (GB)
Title: Automotive bootloader
Inventor: GWENOLE BELLANGER
IPC: G06F9/4401
Filed: 2019-03-07
Abstract: A method of storing or loading an automotive application into an engine control unit (ECU) memory which includes bootloader software 2, comprises storing, updating or downloading into the memory an application descriptor 7 which comprises metadata for the application, the metadata including memory storage parameters, and loading application software into the memory according to the memory storage parameters. Loading of the application software may be performed under bootloader control, wherein the bootloader reads the metadata in the application descriptor and loads the data content of the application into memory according to the metadata. The application may contain application code 5 and application data 6, and the metadata may include memory storage parameters therefor, like the start and end address 10, 11 in memory of the application code and application data. The application code and data may be stored into one or more sectors/blocks in memory (e.g. a flash memory) and the memory storage parameters may include the start and end addresses for each block, or pointers to the addresses. The descriptor may have a fixed memory allocation.
Patent GB-2582790-A (GB)
Title: Debugging mechanism
Inventor: ALAN GRAPHAM ALEXANDER
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2019-04-03
Abstract: A processor 2 comprises at least one processing module 4, and each processing module comprises an execution pipeline 13, memory 22, a debug interface 62, and an instruction fetch unit 60. The debug interface is connected to a debug adapter 63, and it comprises a debug instruction register 66 enabling the debug adapter to write a machine code instruction to the debug instruction register. The instruction fetch unit is operable to switch between an operational mode and a debugging mode. When in the operational mode, the instruction fetch unit fetches machine code instructions from the memory into the execution pipeline to be executed, and when in the debug mode it fetches instructions from the debug instruction register into the pipeline instead of from the memory. The debug interface may comprise only one debug instruction register arranged to hold only a single machine code instruction at a time. When in the debug mode, the instruction fetch unit may be clocked fetch an instruction from the debug instruction register into the pipeline each time the debug adapter writes a new instruction into the debug instruction register.
Patent GB-2572867-A (GB)
Title: Impact shield and safety seat therewith
Inventor: Zu jian liu
IPC: B60N2/28
Filed: 2019-04-09
Abstract: An impact shield 1 adapted for a vehicle safety seat body 2. The shield 1 comprising an engaging base 20 for engaging with a seat body 2 of the safety seat in a separable manner, a shielding body 10 slidably connected to the engaging base 20 in an adjustable manner, and an adjusting mechanism (Fig 4, item 30) installed between the shielding body and the engaging base and for slidably adjusting the shielding body relative to the engaging base. The impact shield can fit a child's body seated in the safety seat by adjusting the position of the shielding body relative to the engaging base 20, to improve the surround fitting of the safety seat and prevent the child from falling out of the safety seat in an emergency brake or accidental collision of the car.
Patent GB-2571026-A (GB)
Title: Detection of PH
Inventor: PAVEL MATOUSEK
IPC: G01N21/65
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: We disclose methods and apparatus for measuring pH in a sub-surface volume of a diffusely scattering sample. Probe light is directed to an entry region on the sample surface, and collected from a collection region on the sample surface following diffuse scattering within the sample. The collection region is spatially offset from the entry region, so that when one or more Raman spectral features are detected in the collected probe light, a pH of the subsurface volume can be determined from the spectral features.
Patent GB-2573961-A (GB)
Title: Quantum communication link robust against photon loss
Inventor: Lev Samuel Bishop
IPC: G06F1/00
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: A technique relates to communication of a quantum state. Polarization hardware is configured to receive a polarization encoded qubit and split the polarization encoded qubit into two qubits. Aconverter is coupled to the polarization hardware, and the converter is configured to convert the two qubits into a form suitable for a CNOT gate. The CNOT gate is configured to receive the two qubits such that a measurement result of a CNOT operation of the CNOT gate determines success of the communication of the quantum state.
Patent GB-2578808-A (GB)
Title: Interfaces and techniques to retarget 2D screencast videos into 3D tutorials in virtual reality
Inventor: Stephen Joseph Diverdi
IPC: G09B11/10
Filed: 2019-09-02
Abstract: External video or screencast video tutorials are retargeted into an active VR host application. VR-embedded widgets e.g. 330, 340 and 350 can render on top of a VR host application environment 320 while the VR host application is active. Thus, VR-embedded widgets can provide various interactive tutorial interfaces directly inside the environment of the VR host application. For example, VR-embedded widgets can present external video content, related information, and corresponding interfaces directly in a VR painting environment, so a user can simultaneously access external video (e g., screencast video tutorials) and a VR painting. Possible VR-embedded widgets include a VR-embedded video player overlay widget 330, a perspective thumbnail overlay widget 340 (e.g. a user-view thumbnail overlay, an instructor-view thumbnail overlay, etc.), an awareness overlay widget 350, a tutorial steps overlay widget, and/or a controller overlay widget.
Patent GB-2574738-A (GB)
Title: Targeted tracer injection with online sensor
Inventor: ANTON KULYAKHTIN
IPC: G01F1/74
Filed: 2017-02-03
Abstract: The invention is a method, a system, tools for use by the system, and an interpretation method for injecting and detecting tracers and conducting flow characterizing of a petroleum well. The method describes monitoring of travel time and slip velocity between two/three different phases (oil/water and possibly gas) in the well. The travel time and slip velocity are determined using an injection too for injection of an over pressurized injection of the partitioning tracers each of which would follow certain phase. The tracers are detected by an optical detection probe in the pipe. The slip velocity is obtained from the difference of travel time of two tracers which partition to two different phases.
Patent GB-2579707-A (GB)
Title: Compositions, systems, kits, and methods for neural ablation
Inventor: GUILLERMO ALAS
IPC: A61N5/00
Filed: 2019-10-15
Abstract: A method for ameliorating pain comprising inserting a cannula to a treatment site of a pain transmitting nerve, introducing an ablation probe (radio frequency), ablating the nerve, and injecting a liquid composition to the treatment site through the canular, where the liquid forms a matrix. The cannula and ablation probe can be cooled (active, passive, cryogenic) during the method. The polymeric matrix can be a solid or a gel, and remains at least 72 hours after injection, and may contain a contrast or imaging agent. The liquid may be a stimuli-responsive biocompatible polymer, and an inverse thermosensitive polymer, and changes from liquid to a gel or solid upon a temperature increase from 4-37 °C. It may be poloxamer (407, 188, 234, 237, 338), poloxamine (1137, 1307) or a combination, with a polyoxyethylene content from 78-85%. It also comprises a system which also includes a syringe to deliver the liquid, which as a viscosity of less than 1000 cP at 4 °C, which increases to at least 25,000 cP at 37 °C, and optionally a cooling mechanism. This may all be as a sterile kit. Also, a device for guiding neural regeneration following ablation comprising a syringe for delivering a liquid.
Patent GB-2589134-A (GB)
Title: A connector
Inventor: MATTHEW ROBERT BRYAN
IPC: F16L29/04
Filed: 2019-11-22
Abstract: A connector 1 adapted for forming a fluid flow pathway therethrough by connection with a reciprocal connector (1b, Fig 2), wherein both the connector and the reciprocal connector each comprise a fluid flow blockage part 10 sheathed within an axially compressible sheath part 12 and comprising a first bearing surface 2a configured for receiving an urging force to push the fluid flow blockage part 10 to retract axially along the sheath part 12. A terminal end of the sheath part 12 defines a second bearing surface 4 containing a fluid flow opening 19 with the fluid flow blockage part 10 retractably therein. A first chassis part 17 comprising a first catch part 3. A second chassis part 16 comprising a second catch part 5 and a third bearing surface 6 spaced from the second catch part 5 along the second chassis part 16. Wherein the axial distance Y between the second bearing surface 4 and the first catch part 3 exceeds the axial distance X between the second bearing surface 4 and the second catch part 5. The axial distance L between the third bearing surface 6 and the second catch part 5 exceeds the axial distance H between the first bearing surface 2a and the first catch part 3. Whereby the connector is connectable to a reciprocal connector (1b, Fig 2) with the respective fluid flow openings mutually aligned such that X + L ≥ H + Y whereby said retraction takes place not before said mutually aligned respective fluid flow openings meet to form a fluid flow pathway between the sheath part of the connector and the sheath part of the reciprocal connector.
Patent GB-2577015-A (GB)
Title: Edge caching for cognitive applications
Inventor: DINESH VERMA
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2018-06-01
Abstract: For caching of cognitive applications in a communication network a first input signal from a sensor device is detected by a proxy having a cache associated therewith. A representation of the first input signal is computed and sent to a server. A handle function is applied to the representation of the first input signal to compute a first handle value corresponding to the first input signal. The representation of the first input signal is transformed using a cognitive processing model of an answer function to compute a first answer value. A content of the cache is modified by the proxy by storing the first answer value in association with the first handle value in the cache.
Patent GB-2585402-A (GB)
Title: Retainer for a decorative edible structure
Inventor: HEATHER DURDIN
IPC: B25B33/00
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: A retainer 150, for temporarily supporting inclined roof panels of a decorative edible structure, comprises a body 170 with spaced apart first and second hooks 172, 174. In use, first hook 172 engages a lower edge of a first inclined roof panel 110, and second hook 174 engages a lower edge of a second inclined roof panel 112, with the body holding the hooks in engagement with their respective roof panels. The hooks are preferably provided on first and second arms 176, 178 which are angled to follow the pitches of the first and second roof panels. The retainer 170 may be formed of cardboard. The hooks may be deformable to accommodate roof panels of different lengths (see fig's 4 & 5), and a notch (380, fig. 6) may be provided allowing clearance between the retainer and the roof panel apex. A method of constructing a decorative edible structure is also claimed, which comprises attaching the roof panels 110, 112 to walls 102, 104 using edible adhesive and mounting the retaining member 150 in engagement with the roof panels until the adhesive is set. Decorative edible structures and a kit of parts which use such retainers are also claimed.
Patent GB-2582218-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of subterranean formations
Inventor: Ian Malcolm McRobbie
IPC: E21B43/26
Filed: 2020-02-11
Abstract: A method of treating (i.e. fracturing for the purposes of stimulating hydrocarbon production) a subterranean formation comprising contacting the formation with; a) an ammonium compound; b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrate (preferably sodium nitrite) or combinations thereof, and, c) one or more acids, at least one of which is a bisulfate salt. Second and third aspects are directed towards; a composition for treating a subterranean formation, and, the use of the composition according to the second aspect for gas generation in a subterranean formation, respectively.
Patent GB-2593174-A (GB)
Title: Sunscreen application assessment
Inventor: ADAM BEAUMONT
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2020-03-17
Abstract: A method for assessing the effectiveness of sunscreen application to skin comprises identifying 103 areas of an unfiltered digital image as containing exposed skin; determining areas of a UV filtered digital image that contain exposed skin by correspondence with the unfiltered digital image; extracting 104 image characteristics of the exposed skin areas in the UV filtered digital image; and generating an assessment of the effectiveness of sunscreen application to the exposed skin area for output. The assessment of the effectiveness of the application of the sunblock is generated on the basis of the extracted image characteristics of the skin area in the UV filtered image. The filtered and unfiltered images may be captured by the same camera, which may be integrated into a device such as a smartphone. The sun cream application effectiveness assessment may comprise the combination 105 of the extracted image characteristics with the unfiltered image to generate an augmented image for output.
Patent GB-2593218-A (GB)
Title: A target vehicle for ADAS testing
Inventor: WILLIAM BRIGHT
IPC: G09B9/058
Filed: 2020-03-20
Abstract: A target vehicle, for example a two-wheeled vehicle (5), for mounting onto an ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) testing platform (3) comprises one or more sensors and an actuation assembly comprising an actuator (27). The sensors are arranged to measure a parameter relating to the dynamics of the target vehicle and may for example comprise accelerometers (Fig 5; 29). The actuation assembly adjusts the tilt of the target vehicle in dependence on the output of the sensor(s), for example by means of a control unit (31). The tilting of the vehicle during cornering may thus be simulated. The measuring of such a parameter and the adjusting of the tilt may be conducted remotely from the testing platform (3). The sensor(s), control unit and actuator assembly may be self-contained within the target vehicle (5). A method of modelling a VRU (Vulnerable Road User) for ADAS testing is also disclosed.