baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2571626-A (GB)
Title: Child safety seat
Inventor: DAVID ANDREW LEHMAN
IPC: B60N2/28
Filed: 2019-01-23
Abstract: A child safety seat 100 includes a seat shell 104 having a backrest portion 108 and a sidewalls 110 protruding forward from the backrest portion, an adjustable headrest 112 movable along the backrest portion, and a first belt guide 122 fixedly connected with the sidewall 110 at a top thereof and a second belt guide 124 provided on the headrest, wherein the first belt guide 122 and the second belt guide 124 are configured to receive a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle seatbelt disposed through a gap between the sidewall 110 and the headrest 112. Further features include an adjustable headrest, and a child restraining harness strap having a harness strap wrapping around a first rod, and a storage compartment for a latch belt disposed transversely across the seat belt and having two opposite ends respectively provided with two connectors for attachment to an anchorage provided in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2567090-A (GB)
Title: Method for learning to ready by using specialized text
Inventor: SARAH K BLODGETT
IPC: G09B17/00
Filed: 2017-06-30
Abstract: A method (200) of providing an instructional scaffold to person learning to read English language comprises displaying printed matter to the learner in the form of lists, preferably text stories. The normal spacing of the letters in words is kept intact; in a first part of the method (200) the rime portions (108) of monosyllable words (104) are bolded and made larger than the onset portions (106); and in a second part of the method, which also may be used independently, the sequential syllables (118) of multisyllable words (116) are emphasized by alternating plain font with bolded font and the long vowels are identified, for example by underscore (112).
Patent GB-2569494-A (GB)
Title: Bearing device for axle
Inventor: MASANORI UENO
IPC: F16C33/76
Filed: 2017-08-30
Abstract: This bearing device for an axle is provided with: a rolling bearing (2) having an inner ring (3), an outer ring (4), and a plurality of conical rollers (5) disposed between these rings; a rear lid (11) provided to the proximal-end side of the inner ring (3); a spacer (21) held between the inner ring (3) and the rear lid (11); and a seal part (22) fixed to an outside-diameter end of the spacer (21), the seal part (22) closely adhering under elastic deformation to the entire periphery of both the inner ring (3) and the rear lid (11). Axially between the inner ring (3) and the rear lid (11) are provided a first axial-direction gap (G1) in which the spacer (21) is disposed, a second axial-direction gap (G2) which is larger than the first axial-direction gap (G1) and in which the seal part (22) is disposed, and a third axial-direction gap (G3) that is provided to the outside-diameter side of the second axial-direction gap (G2) and that is smaller than the second axial-direction gap (G2).
Patent GB-2582956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to a rolling start-stop system
Inventor: Dilli Raj Poudel
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2019-04-10
Abstract: An engine stop-start system of a vehicle, the system comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a plurality of vehicle sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors producing an output in response to a sensed parameter, wherein the processor is configured to receive 202 a plurality of sensor outputs from the plurality of vehicle sensors and determine 204 whether to start or stop an engine of the vehicle based on two or more of the sensor outputs, and wherein the plurality of vehicle sensors includes two or more sensors from the list comprising: a brake pedal angle sensor, a brake pedal switch, a brake pressure sensor, and an accelerometer. The processor may compare a first one of the outputs to a threshold that is a function of a second output, or second and third outputs, determining whether to start or stop the engine based on the comparison. A gradient of the road may be determined from the sensor outputs and used to vary a stop threshold (a brake pressure at which the engine is stopped). Also provided is a method 200 of operating such a system.
Patent GB-2583339-A (GB)
Title: Releasable connector and coupling assembly
Inventor: ROBERT WILLIAM FRANK GRIFFIN
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 2019-04-23
Abstract: A releasable connector 10 comprises a lower element 14 and an upper element 12; the lower element 12 having an engagement surface (20 figure lb), an undercut (24, figure le) and a latch 16 and the upper element 12 having an engagement surface (18 figure 1b),a tang 22, and a recess 30; wherein the releasable connector 10 is rotatably movable between a first configuration in which the engagement surfaces 18,20 abut and a second configuration in which the engagement surfaces 18,20 do not abut by the tang interfacing with the undercut; the lower 14 and upper 12 elements are releasably secured together by the latch 16 engaging with the recess 30 in the first configuration. The releasable coupling may be used with a coupler (70, fig 3) for coupling control means. The control means may be a Bowden cable (56, fig 3) or electrical wires (56, fig 6).
Patent GB-2584456-A (GB)
Title: Embroidery
Inventor: ANDREW STUART CORNELOUES
IPC: D06P5/00
Filed: 2019-06-04
Abstract: Method of modifying properties of the stitches of embroidered product comprising 1) obtaining an embroidered stitch in a material, the produced by a first automated process, 2) applying a substance to the stitch by a second automated process wherein the position of the stitch recorded in the pre-determined pattern is used to determine the position of the in the embroidered product and directs the application of the substance. The substance may be applied according to a pre-determined design and the design may be smaller than the stitch. The substance may be only applied to the stitch and only a portion of the stitch may be modified. The substance may modify the colour of the stitch. The method may comprise fixing the position of the material to a structure prior to embroidering and using the stitch as a registration datum mark for identifying the location of the stitch in the embroidery to provide location information for applying the substance. Also claimed is a method where a substance is applied to a material onto which embroidery is applied.
Patent GB-2585216-A (GB)
Title: Improved inversions of geophysical data
Inventor: EMMANUEL CAUSSE
IPC: G01V3/38
Filed: 2019-07-02
Abstract: A method of obtaining a three-dimensional model of a sub-surface region, comprises providing S1 a set of geologically realistic models, constructing a reference matrix using said models, and describing the reference matrix using vectors e.g. by principal component analysis. A subset of the most important vectors is obtained S2 which describe the reference matrix to an approximation. An initial model is defined S3. Upgoing energy wave data e.g. electromagnetic or seismic is recorded S4 at a plurality of spaced apart locations. A change to said initial model is obtained S5 to provide an improved model, the change minimising a penalty defined as a function of a difference between upgoing energy wave data simulated at said locations using the improved model and the recorded upgoing energy wave data, wherein the improved model comprises a combination of said most important vectors. Improved models are iteratively generated S6 until an appropriately accurate model is obtained.
Patent GB-2585381-A (GB)
Title: Pain-level reporting apparatus, device, system and method
Inventor: BLAINE ALEXANDER PRICE
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2019-07-08
Abstract: A pain-level reporting apparatus 10 comprises two user interfaces 14, 16 to input pain-level, a pain-level recording device and a wireless transmitter to transmit pain level data from the recording device to an external receiver. The user input interfaces have at least one operational or visual difference and are interchangeably operable with the recording device. The apparatus is for reporting pain data input by different patients having different patient interactivity characteristics (e.g. different requirements depending on dexterity, visual impairment etc), and each interface is adapted accordingly. The interfaces may be dial, touchscreen or number pad (fig. 4), and may be different colours/contrasts or different sizes. A pain level reporting system is disclosed where multiple devices communicate with a server (fig 7). The appropriate data input interface for a specific patient may be selected using a patient-directed setup assistant. The device may be used to report patient status such as emotional state.
Patent GB-2577797-A (GB)
Title: Improved tool for manipulating a target
Inventor: RAE ANDREW YOUNGER
IPC: E21B29/02
Filed: 2019-08-16
Abstract: A tool 1 for manipulating a target with propellant combustion products, e.g. cutting downhole tubing, includes a housing 2 defining a chamber 12 containing at least two spaced apart propellant sources 26, a propellant ignition mechanism 28, and at least one combustion product outlet 30. The tool may comprise opposed cylindrical housing parts 4, 6 on a shaft 14, each closed at one end with open ends contacting the other or a sacrificial sealing ring (20, Fig. 1a) and retained by a shaft nut 18, a frangible pin 38 or a screw threaded coupler (44, Fig. 5a) so that, on propellant ignition, the housing separates or the sealing ring disintegrates or burns to form the outlet. The housing edges may be castellated or inclined to form gas nozzles or direct flow. Alternatively, the chambers may have sacrificial walls and discharge to a central nozzle (86, Fig. 8A). Methods of using the tool are also described. The propellant sources may be propellant charges, propellant components or openings to introduce propellant e.g. gas nozzles (70, fig. 7A). Propellant may be gas, foam, gel, paste liquids or combinations thereof.
Patent GB-2580200-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for producing a structure in space
Inventor: NICHOLAS GIACOMO ROBERT COLOSIMO
IPC: H01Q1/28
Filed: 2019-08-28
Abstract: Apparatus for producing an antenna lens in space comprises a module 108 for storing feedstock, a heater 110 for heating the feedstock, a nozzle 112, one or more thrusters 118 for moving the apparatus and a receiver and/or a transmitter 106. Feedstock, which can be a powder, wire or block of metal or conductive plastic, is fed to the heater 110 where it is melted. The molten material is fed to the nozzle 112 where it solidifies before it is fed as a continuous wire into space. A spiral lens 200 can be formed by rotating the apparatus using thrusters 118 as the material is fed into space. Alternatively a conic helix lens (Fig. 4) can be formed by rotating and translating the apparatus as the material is fed into space. After the lens is formed the apparatus can remain attached and function as the transmitter and/or receiver which in some embodiments is connected to the rest of the apparatus on an extendible arm 300.
Patent GB-2575578-A (GB)
Title: High spatial resolution 3D radar based on a single sensor
Inventor: DANNY ELAD
IPC: G01S7/03
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: A novel system that allows for 3D radar detection that simultaneously captures the lateral and depth features of a target is disclosed. This system uses only a single transceiver, a set of delay-lines, and a passive antenna array, all without requiring mechanical rotation. By using the delay lines, a set of beat frequencies corresponding to the target presence can be generated in continuous wave radar systems. Likewise, in pulsed radar systems, the delays also allow the system to determine the 3D aspects of the target(s). Compared to existing solutions, the invention, in embodiments, allows for the implementation of simple, reliable, and power efficient 3D radars.
Patent GB-2592876-A (GB)
Title: Shoes with detachable and interchangeable attachments
Inventor: SERRA BAH
IPC: A43B21/48
Filed: 2019-11-13
Abstract: A shoe with variable dimensions comprises: a pair of parallel slots beneath the shoe at the toe box 140 and counter portion 160; a sole 120 comprising a pair of parallel bars 130 and a heel 110 comprising a pair of parallel bars 150; the parallel bars 130, 150 of the heel 110 and sole 120 slidably engage the slots 140, 160 of the shoe and a latch 170, 180, 190 locks bars 130, 150 into the slots 140, 160. The bars and slots preferably form a dovetail joint and the shoe may be flexible or include a living hinge to adapt to heels of different heights.
Patent GB-2582855-A (GB)
Title: A door latch
Inventor: PAUL ROBERT GARDNER
IPC: E05C3/04
Filed: 2020-02-04
Abstract: A latch comprising a shaft 20 rotatably mounted within a body 15 to be mounted within a cavity formed between inner and outer door surfaces. A latch member (21, fig.2B) fixed to the spindle 20 for rotation therewith. Biasing means acts along the radius of the spindle, the biasing means retains the spindle in a first position and when released urges rotation of the spindle and latch to a second position. The bias may include spring biased ball bearings 31 acting against cam surfaces 30 to bias the spindle and latch into the unlatched (open) position. The spindle may include concave detents to hold the latch in position such that the latch can be retained in two positions 90 degrees apart. The latch member which may be a rod may include a rubber tip (48, fig.2B). The latch may be used on door of a toilet cubicle.
Patent GB-2596277-A (GB)
Title: Radio device with resonator
Inventor: MARKUS LITTOW
IPC: H03L7/06
Filed: 2020-05-28
Abstract: A radio device 110 comprises a radio transceiver 105 & 107, a resonator 101, a temperature measurement unit 102, a frequency synthesiser 113 and a processing system 104. A temperature signal from the temperature measurement unit, representative of a measured temperature of the resonator, is used to determine an estimated frequency offset Fest for the resonator at the measured temperature using a model, stored in a memory of the processing system, that relates frequency offset to temperature. A periodic signal fr from the resonator is provided to the frequency synthesizer, which, in dependence on the estimated frequency offset Fest, is used to generate a periodic local signal. The radio transceiver receives a radio signal comprising a periodic component at a stable, received signal frequency. An error value representative of a difference between the received signal frequency and a frequency of the periodic local signal is determined used to update one or more parameters of the model stored in the memory. The system finds particular application with half-duplex radio links, e.g. NB-IoT and eMTC, in which transmit and receive operations are carried out at different times.
Patent GB-2587851-A (GB)
Title: A maintenance system for a process plant
Inventor: ROVERT S DILLON
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2020-06-15
Abstract: A work order initiation and tracking system includes a user interface that enables a user to review diagnostic data, recommendations, and other information from one or more of the diagnostic systems regarding potential or recommended changes to plant assets, and to initiate the generation of one or more work orders to implement the recommendations or corrections based on information from the diagnostic systems. The work order initiation and tracking system assists the user in generating work orders by tracking and viewing the created work orders associated with various assets in the plant based on previous diagnostic information or recommendations.
Patent GB-2600382-A (GB)
Title: Curtain hook
Inventor: RYAN PARSONS
IPC: A47H13/04
Filed: 2020-09-21
Abstract: A curtain hook 10 comprises a mounting element 14 at an upper end of a shaft portion 12 for suspending the curtain hook from a horizontal curtain track 27. A hooked portion 16 at a lower end of the shaft portion has a free end 17 for insertion through a mounting hole 26 of a curtain 24 and has a seat 18 on which the mounting hole sits. A downwardly extending retaining element 20 defines a downwardly extending slot 22 which is vertically aligned with the seat of the hooked portion such that an upper part of the curtain is retained vertically between the seat and the retaining element. A curtain system has a plurality of the curtain hooks and a curtain with a plurality of mounting holes. A method of assembling the curtain system comprises inserting the free ends of the curtain hooks through the mounting holes of the curtain.
Patent GB-2588315-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing illuminated athletic wear
Inventor: Timothy Polanowski
IPC: A41D27/08
Filed: 2019-05-24
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an illuminated athletic wear garment and an improved illuminated athletic wear garment. The method may include applying a first conductive trace to a surface of a first piece of fabric of the illuminated athletic wear garment and applying a second conductive trace to the surface of the first piece of fabric of the illuminated athletic wear garment. The method may further include affixing a plurality of lights to the illuminated athletic wear garment. The lights may each be connected to the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace. The first conductive trace and the second conductive trace may each be at least ¼ inch wide.
Patent GB-2589016-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for improving vehicle operations using movable sensors
Inventor: Ryan Trumpore
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2019-11-27
Abstract: Among other things, we describe systems and method for improving vehicle operations using movable sensors. A vehicle can be configured with one or more sensors having the capability to be extended and/or rotated. The one or more movable sensors can be caused to move based on a determined context of the vehicle, to capture additional data associated with the environment in which the vehicle is operating.
Patent GB-2593963-A (GB)
Title: Electronic media retrieval
Inventor: HANDONG ZHAO
IPC: G06F16/9535
Filed: 2021-01-25
Abstract: A retrieval method includes generating a graph with vertices representing users and media items (e.g. images), and edges between the vertices representing queries S201. Clusters are formed of the items S202, e.g. using k-means clustering. Embeddings are generated for each cluster from embeddings of items within the cluster. Augmented query embeddings are generated for each cluster from the embedding of the cluster and query embeddings of the queries linked to members of the cluster. The cluster embeddings and the augmented query embeddings are input into a graph convolutional network (GCN) to determine user embeddings. The embedding of a user and a query embedding of their query are input into the GCN to determine a user-specific query embedding. A score is generated for each item based on the item embeddings and the user-specific query embedding S204. Items with scores exceeding a threshold are presented to the user. The clustering helps return relevant search results when query data relating to some media items is sparse.
Patent GB-2603901-A (GB)
Title: A method of determining closing time of needle valve of a fuel injector
Inventor: BAPTISTE PERROT
IPC: F02D41/20
Filed: 2021-02-15
Abstract: The closing time of the needle valve of a solenoid injector is determined by (a) providing a reference solenoid voltage curve or signal, Ref; (b) measuring the voltage signal across the terminals after the end of an activation pulse to provide a solenoid voltage signal, Raw signal; (c) determining a difference signal, Delta_signal based on the difference between the signal from steps (a) and (b); (d) differentiating the signal of step (c) to provide a first differential signal Diff1; (e) from step (d) providing a signal Diff1 Normalised of values which decrease the further away from zero the values of Diff1 are; (f) differentiating the plot/signal of step (d) to provide a second derivative Diff2 of the Delta_signal; (g) multiplying the values of plots/signals from steps (f), (e) and (c) to provide a further plot, Mix (19); (h) determining the maximum peak value of the plot from step (g), or a filtered version thereof, and determining the valve closing time from the time point of the determined maximum peak. The fuel injector is controlled based on the result of step (h).
Patent GB-2605975-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for determining the effect of food and drink on a user
Inventor: Laura Helen Douglas
IPC: G16H50/30
Filed: 2021-04-19
Abstract: Determining the relative impact of food and drink on the body fluids of a user, comprises receiving event data S1002 of a plurality of events, wherein the events comprise the user consuming food or drink and the event data comprising the type of food or drink and the time at which said event occurred. Indicator information S1001 is received over the time corresponding to said plurality of events, said indicator information being a numerical measure of a physiological parameter. A mixture of probability density functions is fitted S1007 to the indicator information, wherein each probability density function represents the probability that an event of the plurality of events impacted the indicator information at a time. A weighting is extracted S1008 from each fitted probability density function and assigning an impact value based on this weighting for the corresponding event, to allow an impact value to be assigned to an event where the user consumed food or drink. In another aspect the user is provided with a mobile device to process the inputted event data.
Patent GB-2607593-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for data sanitisation
Inventor: Mamum Abu-Tair
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2021-06-07
Abstract: A method for anonymising personal data (Personally Identifiable Information- PII) and selectively de-anonymising personal data elements that a user is authorised to access. The method for anonymising ("sanitising") the PII identifies personal data elements (e.g. contact data, medical data) (210); assigns each element a permission level that defines access rights to that element (220); 3); sanitises (i.e. anonymises) the PII so as to hide the data elements (230); in response to a request from a user that requests access to the data, reverses the hiding of those data elements to which the user has permission to access -generating thus deanonymised data, i.e. un-sanitised data (240-260) - and finally outputs the selectively de-anonymised data to the requesting user (270). In this way, distribution of sensitive personal data elements is limited to authorised users. The method may use a unique identifier for each personal data element and may include identifying location information and using it in arranging the elements when sanitising the data. Sanitisation may involve deleting parts of the personal data element and restoring and combining the personal data elements and the sanitised data. The data may be compressed, encrypted and stored in a blockchain system.
Patent GB-2610211-A (GB)
Title: Train wash
Inventor: Martin Whitbread
IPC: B61B1/00
Filed: 2021-08-26
Abstract: A train wash 1 comprising a water supply tank 15, for holding water for washing the train, a heater, for heating the water in the water supply tank, one or more water jets 6, for directing water from the water supply tank onto a side of the train, one or more rotatable brushes 4, for brushing against a region of the train onto which water is being or has been directed by the water jets. The train wash further comprises a water recovery tray (102, 104, 106, fig 5) for location beneath the sides of the train, for collecting water running down the side of the train, a recirculation system, for recirculating water in the water recovery tray back to the water supply tank for reuse, and a filtration system 19, for filtering the water being recirculated from the water recovery tray to the water supply tank. The system may further comprise a dirty water tank (16 fig 6) and a deioniser.