baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2532557-A (GB)
Title: A fan
Inventor: JACK JOHNSON
IPC: F04F5/16
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: Disclosed is a fan comprising a body having an inlet and a nozzle connected to the body. The nozzle includes an interior passage and at least one outlet. The interior passage extends about an opening through which air is drawn by air emitted from the outlet. The body includes a duct 60 having an inlet 62, an outlet 64, an impeller 70 for drawing air through the duct and a motor 94 for driving the impeller. An annular guide member 150 extends about the duct for guiding air from the inlet of the body to the inlet of the duct and defines with the duct an annular noise suppression cavity 156. The duct comprises an inner wall 95 and an outer wall 67 extending about the inner wall. A portion 98 of the inner wall is frusto-conical in shape, tapering towards the outlet of the duct, perforated and lined internally with sound-absorbing material.
Patent GB-2528209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wheeled suitcases
Inventor: DALY STEPHEN
IPC: A45C13/02
Filed: 2014-04-30
Abstract: A wheeled suitcase comprises an extendable handle and a main chamber, and a beverage container holder adapted to releasably hold a single disposable hot drinks cup or drinks can in a substantially fixed position relative to the suitcase, or adapted to releasably hold a plurality of hot drinks cups or drinks cans side by side in a substantially fixed position relative to the suitcase. When the holder is in use a beverage container held thereby at least partly extends above the beverage container holder so as to aid its removal from the holder by a user. When the suitcase is rested on its wheels in a substantially upright position such that the handle is substantially vertical a beverage container in the holder is held at an angle of 30 degrees or less to the vertical. The suitcase further comprises a beverage container cover adapted to shield a beverage container retained in the holder.
Patent GB-2545218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to weaving looms
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER URQUHART CLARKE
IPC: D03D51/34
Filed: 2015-12-09
Abstract: A weft yarn tensioning mechanism comprising a propelling mechanism 12 to propel the weft yarn 14 through the shed in a first direction D1, and a fluid source 18 to apply a force to and tension the weft in a second direction D2, opposite the first. Preferably, the fluid source directs a tensioning fluid in the second direction. Preferably, the fluid source directs a propelling fluid in the first direction before directing the tensioning fluid in the second direction. Preferably, the fluid source can adjust flow rate. Preferably, the fluid is air. Preferably, a braking mechanism applies a force in first direction, after the tensioning is applied in the second direction. The yarn may be propelled through the shed on its own or with a projectile, shuttle or rapier. A weaving loom comprising the described weft yarn tensioning mechanism.
Patent GB-2533483-A (GB)
Title: Plug valve seal
Inventor: Tim Rushton
IPC: F16J15/06
Filed: 2015-12-10
Abstract: A seal for a plug valve includes a sealing element 106 and a back-up ring 108 coupled with the sealing element by an interference fit. When the back-up ring 108 and the sealing element 106 are coupled together, the back-up ring 108 and the sealing element 106 are curved about a first axis x and about a second axis y. A method of manufacture of the seal is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2536332-A (GB)
Title: An interior trim arrangement for a vehicle and a vehicle with the interior trim arrangement
Inventor: MATTHIAS BLANCK
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 2015-12-14
Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim arrangement for a vehicle with a trim component 2, which has a boundary edge 5 and a groove 4 extending within a surface extension of the trim component, wherein the groove subdivides the trim component 2 into a first surface section (6, figure 2) and into a second surface section (7), wherein the groove extends transversely to the boundary edge and opens into the boundary edge (figure 2), and comprising a lining device 8 which is arranged on the first surface section and forms a visible side S of the first surface section, wherein the lining device comprises a first end section 9 and a second end section 10, wherein the first end section is arranged in the groove and wherein the second end section covers the boundary edge. The lining device may extend around the boundary edge so as to partially cover a rear surface R of the trim component. The trim arrangement may comprise a further trim component (3, figure 1) with first and secondary boundary edges, where the first boundary edge optically extends and/or continues the groove.
Patent GB-2534499-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus pertaining to facilitating the reading of RFID tags
Inventor: Nicholaus Adam Jones
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2014-09-16
Abstract: These teachings generally comprise interrogating RFID tags and receiving corresponding responses from various ones of these RFID tags while also receiving, from a remote source, surrogate response corresponding to at least some of the plurality of RFID tags that are not responding to the current interrogation. A corresponding plurality of end user-perceivable indications as correspond to both the responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags and the aforementioned surrogate responses are then provided to thereby ultimately inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards the plurality of RFID tags.
Patent GB-2551482-A (GB)
Title: Ballast apparatus
Inventor: WILLIAM MICHAEL HOLLINGTON
IPC: E01F13/02
Filed: 2016-06-13
Abstract: The ballast 1 comprises a block 2 having a channel 9 running from one side of the block to another, the channel having a hanging surface 10 from which the block can hang. The channel may extend from the base 3 of the block beyond the centre of gravity, centrally of the base and the sides. The channel may be a slot 15 having parallel faces 16, 17. The channel opening in the base may have a mouth 11 with chamfered opposing inclined faces 12, 13, one of the faces extending deeper into the block than the other. The hanging surface may comprise a concave arcuate floor 14. The block may have a rectangular cross-section with rounded or chamfered top edges 19. The block may be formed entirely of recycled tyre material, and have markings 20 indicating its weight. The ballast may be hung over the rail of a temporary road sign.
Patent GB-2536183-A (GB)
Title: Device for separately transmitting multiple electric powers on a turbine engine rotor
Inventor: Stéphane Andrieu
IPC: H02J3/34
Filed: 2014-12-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supplying electricity to at least one secondary electric load (30) on-board a turbine engine rotor (12) including a main circuit for transmitting main electric power to at least one main on-board electrical load (16), comprising a device (15) for rotatably and electrically connecting the stator and the rotor, and at least one secondary circuit for transmitting a secondary electric power including at least one secondary conductor (28) of the stator connected to a secondary electric power source (29) suitable for outputting a secondary power in the form of a power signal with a secondary frequency selected such as to enable selective, interference-free transmission of the secondary power via the rotary electric connection device (15), separately from the main power transmission.
Patent GB-2537324-A (GB)
Title: Variable stroke and compression ratio internal combustion engine
Inventor: HUIXIAN SHEN
IPC: F02D15/02
Filed: 2014-05-11
Abstract: A variable stroke and compression ratio internal combustion engine comprised of: a conventional crank shaft, a horizontal connecting rod, and a swinging block, which constitutes a typical swinging block slider crank mechanism; and a piston, a vertical connecting rod, and a pin mounted on the horizontal connecting rod, which constitutes a typical slider crank mechanism. The pivot of the swinging block is moveable based on a certain controlling strategy to realize variations of strokes and compression ratios.
Patent GB-2539603-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for detecting a presence of cancer
Inventor: PAUL ANGOTT
IPC: A61B5/01
Filed: 2015-03-13
Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus (20) and method for detecting a presence of breast cancer in a patient disposed in a testing position. The diagnostic apparatus (20) includes a housing (44) and a camera assembly (58) that is supported by the housing (44) for recording images of the breasts of the patient. A rail (76) is supported by and extends from the housing (44) and terminates at a pair of rail ends (80). A trolley (88) interconnects the camera assembly (58) and the rail (76) and is slideable along said rail (76) for providing movement of the camera assembly (58) along the rail (76) between the rail ends (80) for allowing the camera assembly (58) to consecutively record images at different positions along the rail (76) and to capture images of the lymph nodes when the camera assembly (58) is disposed adjacent to the rail ends (80) in alignment with the sides of the breasts of the patient
Patent GB-2548182-A (GB)
Title: Aperture liner
Inventor: MARK RICHARD STEVENS
IPC: F21V21/04
Filed: 2015-05-18
Abstract: A liner for lining an aperture in sheet material such as plasterboard, the liner having (a) an annular ring defining a hole having a smaller diameter than an aperture to be lined; a slot extending from the inner periphery of the hole to the outer periphery of the ring, so sized and shaped as to allow the liner to be passed from one side of the aperture to the other. A lip is optionally provided around the hole. Resiliently-deformable liners are also provided. Also provided are methods of repairing, reinforcing or re-sizing apertures in sheet materials.
Patent GB-2549592-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for reducing grid line artifacts in x-ray image
Inventor: ZHAOXIA ZHANG
IPC: H04N5/32
Filed: 2017-03-06
Abstract: Reducing grid line artifacts in an X-ray image II, comprising: acquiring an X-ray image II by scanning an object (200, Fig. 1), where the X-ray image comprises grid line artifacts; decomposing 3 the X-ray image into high Ihf and low Ilf frequency images, where the high frequency image comprises grid line artifacts; processing 4 the high frequency image to reduce grid line artifacts and produce filtered high frequency image Ifilt; combining 5 the processed high frequency image and low frequency image to generate an output image Io. High pass filter (31, Fig. 4) may be used to obtain high frequency image, and low frequency image may be obtained by subtracting (33, Fig. 4) high frequency image from X-ray image. Low pass filter (32, Fig. 5) may be used to obtain low frequency image, and high frequency image may be obtained by subtracting (33, Fig. 5) low frequency image from X-ray image. Filtering the high frequency image may comprise identifying strong edge in high frequency image. Filtering high frequency image may include performing Fourier Transform.
Patent GB-2561026-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for generating media data
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/235
Filed: 2017-05-24
Abstract: Video data comprising samples (i.e. timed data unit - video frame) is obtained from video sequences, and a video track is generated based on the obtained data. Sequences may correspond to spatial sub-parts of one or different full videos. Each track (901-904) comprises samples of a sequence, and the track is associated with descriptive metadata. The metadata comprises spatial information (912) (e.g. size of spatial sub-part and position within the full picture) related to sample(s) of the associated track and composition information (914) (e.g. type of composition and/or the full picture size) for organizing generated tracks to display a full picture. Media files (905) including the generated tracks are generated / parsed (e.g. according to ISO BMFF, Base Media File Format). Also disclosed is encoding media data in a first track and a second track being generated which references the first track. The second track further comprises a description of a set of transforms to be applied to the first track samples (i.e. generation rules), e.g. in the metadata header or sample table box. Alternative versions of the media can be provided by using the transforms described in the second track(s) on the media samples of the first track.
Patent GB-2553886-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for a foldable child containment system
Inventor: DANIEL EMIL DZIAK
IPC: A47D13/06
Filed: 2017-06-14
Abstract: A foldable playard comprising first and second bottom support rails 1236, a hub 1254 coupled to the bottom support rails 1236, first and second top rail members, first and second corner post members, first and second feet 1228A coupled to the bottom rails 1236 and pivotally attached to the corner posts, a rail locking mechanism pivotally coupled to the first and second top rail members and a release mechanism with a first end coupled to the rail locking mechanism and a second end coupled to the first bottom support rail 1236 wherein movement from a locked configuration to an unlocked one is caused by pivoting of the first foot
Patent GB-2564146-A (GB)
Title: Determining a state of a tracked object
Inventor: MUNOZ MAURICIO
IPC: G01S5/14
Filed: 2017-07-05
Abstract: A method of determining a state of a tracked object with respect to an entity, comprising determining one or more received signal characteristics at one of each of a plurality of receiver means distributed around the entity, the signal being transmitted by the tracked object. The method comprises determining a state of the tracked object in dependence on the one or more received signal characteristics at each receiver means and a partitioned region proximal the entity, the partition being according to a logarithmic and/or curvilinear partitioning scheme. Also disclosed is an analogous arrangement where the signal is received by the tracked object from plural transmitters distributed around the entity. Preferably the received signal characteristics are received signal strength. The tracked object is preferably a mobile device and the entity is preferably a vehicle.
Patent GB-2551452-A (GB)
Title: LED lamp bulb
Inventor: TAO JIANG
IPC: F21V25/02
Filed: 2015-09-25
Abstract: An LED lamp bulb comprises an LED lamp substrate 5 having a plurality of LED light sources 51 mounted thereon, and an electrical isolation assembly 6a disposed on the LED lamp substrate 5. The electrical isolation assembly 6a electrically isolates the charged part of the LED lamp substrate 5 from outside of the LED lamp substrate 5. This protects a user from contacting an electrically charged part inside the lamp housing 7 when the LED lamp bulb is broken and thereby avoids accidental electric shock. In addition, the direction of the light emitted by the LED light sources 51 can be changed to achieve different kinds of lighting effects by means of a light processing unit 61 which is part of the electrical isolation assembly 6a.
Patent GB-2566050-A (GB)
Title: Luminance-normalised colour spaces
Inventor: RUAN LAKEMOND
IPC: H04N1/60
Filed: 2017-08-31
Abstract: An apparatus for processing an image in a first color space comprising a transformation unit to transform the colour data into a luminance normalised colour space and one or more processing units to process the image data. Also claimed in a method, which further includes the preceding step of receiving the image data. The system claim which processes image data in a first colour space comprises a first device comprising a transformation unit to transform the colour data into a luminance normalised colour space, one or more processors to process the image data and a communication unit for transmitting the processed image data. The system also include a second device with one or more processors to process received processed image data to generate further processed image data and a transformation unit to transform the further processed image data to a colour space different from the luminance normalized colour space.
Patent GB-2560212-A (GB)
Title: Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOHN DIXON
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an amine salt of a carboxylic acid wherein the carboxylic acid has 4 to 10 carbon atoms. In a preferred embodiment the treated material is human hair and the composition is a shampoo, conditioner, styling product or waving or straightening product. The most preferred carboxylic acid salts are the triethanolamine or diethanolamine salts of octanoic or hexanoic acid. In some embodiments the composition may also include an alpha-substituted aldehyde, a chelating agent derived from a polycarboxylic acid or a succinimidyl ester.
Patent GB-2567000-A (GB)
Title: A biopsy device
Inventor: Norman Anthony Nieuwenhuizen
IPC: A61B17/3205
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A biopsy device 1 includes an elongate base 3 having a slider 80 movable relative thereto between a stowed condition and at least one operative condition. An elongate blade 25 which is resiliently flexible in its length is secured between the base 3 and the slider 80 such that with the slider 80 in the stowed condition the blade 25 extends generally parallel to the base 3, and with the slider 80 in the at least one operative condition the blade 25 flexes away from the base 3 into a bowed shape. The base 3 may have finger grips 7, 9 at either end. There may be at least three operative positions for the slider 80, correlating to various degrees of curvature of the blade 25.
Patent GB-2555039-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems using an optical receiver and electro-optic methods to transmit data from integrated computational elements
Inventor: DAVID ANDREW BARFOOT
IPC: H04B10/2587
Filed: 2015-07-27
Abstract: An optical link including an optical computing device having an integrated computational element (ICE), and a method for using the device to perform a remote measurement of a characteristic of a sample with the optical computing device are provided. The optical computing device provides an optical computing signal proportional to a characteristic of a sample from an interacted light provided to the ICE. The device includes an optical transducer to provide a modulating signal based on the optical computing signal and a modulator to modulate a first portion of a transmission light in an optical waveguide based on the modulating signal.
Patent GB-2564917-A (GB)
Title: Surface Treatments
Inventor: NICOLAI VLADIMIROVICH BOVIN
IPC: C07F11/00
Filed: 2016-05-12
Abstract: Methods of treating surfaces to provide an antibacterial surface or a surface to which micro-dimensioned particles will adhere are disclosed. Water dispersible selenide-lipid and polycation-lipid constructs for use in the methods are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2570640-A (GB)
Title: A fan assembly
Inventor: Jake John Read
IPC: F24F3/16
Filed: 2018-01-22
Abstract: A fan assembly, a filter assembly and a method of manufacturing a filter assembly are provided. The fan assembly (1000 in Figure 3) comprises a fan body 1100 comprising: an air inlet 1130a, 1130b; a motor-driven impeller 1150 contained within the fan body 1100 and arranged to generate an airflow; a nozzle 1200 mounted on and supported by the fan body 1100, the nozzle 1200 being arranged to receive the airflow from the fan body 1100 and to emit the airflow from the fan assembly 1000. A particulate filter media (1322 in Figure 8) is mounted on the fan body 1100 over the air inlet 1130, and a catalyst for oxidative decomposition of volatile organic compounds (1321 in Figure 8) is supported on the fan assembly 1000 downstream of the particulate filter media 1322.
Patent GB-2572531-A (GB)
Title: Wagering system with a trigger symbol and player-adjustable layout and symbol group size
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM WATKEYS
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2018-02-20
Abstract: A computing device can select a set of symbols that includes both non-blank symbols and blank symbols. The number of both non-blank symbols and blank symbols is greater than zero. The computing device can provide a display comprising a grid of the set of symbols. The computing device can play a turn of a game using the computing device by, after providing the display, receiving a wager; after receiving the wager, selecting one or more winning symbols of the first set of symbols; after selecting the winning symbols, updating the display to indicate each winning symbol 1420 within the grid; determining a payout of the wager based on the winning symbols and the number of blank symbols; and updating the display based on the payout of the wager. In response to a player action, the positions of a non-blank symbol and a blank symbol may be swapped, and the display updated. The player may be able to save a template of the grid of symbols. After saving, a second set of symbols can be selected, where the number and position of the blank symbols is the same as in the saved template.
Patent GB-2573778-A (GB)
Title: Plug-socket-system with arc avoiding means
Inventor: WOLFGANG HAUER
IPC: H01R13/703
Filed: 2018-05-16
Abstract: A plug-socket system 1a including: a plug 2a with at least two contacts 3a, 3b; a socket 4a with at least two contacts 5a, 5b for receiving the plug; current paths 6a, 6b from the plug or socket contacts to grid connectors 7a, 7b for a power grid 8; a switch 9a in at least one of the current paths; and an actuator 10a coupled to the switch to close the switch at least in a state in which the plug is fully inserted into the socket. The actuator may be designed to close the switch after the plug contacts touch the socket contacts and open the switch before the plug contacts loose contact with the socket contacts, thus preventing arcing. The actuator may include a mechanical sensor, magnetic/inductive sensor (13, figure 3) or capacitive sensor connected to a control input of the switch. The actuator may include a push rod (12, figure 5) or lever connected to the switch.
Patent GB-2567511-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for multi-device content recommendations
Inventor: Danielle Larson
IPC: H04N21/466
Filed: 2015-12-23
Abstract: Providing content recommendations based on a user’s recent activity by determining that a user has stopped using a first device and is using a second device and retrieving a threshold length of time corresponding to the amount of time the user continuously used the first device immediately before using the second device. This is followed by retrieving metadata associated with each of a plurality of media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets consumed by the user in the length of time. This is followed by determining, based on the metadata, a plurality of characteristics associated with a media asset before calculating which characteristic is associated with the greatest number of media assets, before recommending, based on the characteristic, media content to the user. Preferably, determining that the user has stopped using the first device and is using the second device comprises detecting that the user has moved from a first location associated with a first device to a second location associated with a second device. Preferably the first media content is video and the second is audio content. Preferably the characteristic of the first media content consists of at least one of genre, subject matter, title, actor, character and location.