baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2570629-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle controller
Inventor: ELVIR HASEDZIC
IPC: B60R1/02
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a rear view imaging device (15 see fig 1) for a vehicle (43 see fig 8), the rear view imaging device (15) including a mirror or a display screen 71. The method comprises detecting a hand 17 of a vehicle occupant within a volume of space within a vehicle cabin; determining a position of the hand 17 with respect to the rear view imaging device; identifying a gesture of the hand 17; and controlling operation of the rear view imaging device (15) in dependence on a distance between at least a portion of the hand 17 and the rear view imaging device (15) being less than or equal to a predefined threshold distance, and the identified gesture. An orientation of the hand 17 may be determined using an input from a camera (7 see fig 1). The invention facilitates adjustment of the device (15).
Patent GB-2555305-A (GB)
Title: Heterogeneity profiling analysis for volumetric void space cement evaluation
Inventor: YIKE HU
IPC: G01V5/12
Filed: 2015-08-19
Abstract: Methods and systems including establishing a wellbore heterogeneity profiling factor (HPF), establishing a cement quality curve representing a volumetric void space of a completion profile, and comparing the wellbore HPF and the cement quality curve, thereby determining a cement volumetric void space in a wellbore at a target depth having the completion profile.
Patent GB-2560229-A (GB)
Title: Method for ascertaining a parking position and also arrangement for performing the method
Inventor: PHILIPP MAYER
IPC: G08G1/14
Filed: 2017-12-29
Abstract: A method for identifying parking spaces comprises determining a measured value from a sensor 4, 6 on-board a vehicle 2. The measured value(s) are transferred (possibly wirelessly) from an on-board communication device 8 to a server unit 10 outside the vehicle. The server unit 10 further processes the data to ascertain whether a parking space has been detected. The server 10 retrievably provides information relating to the ascertained free parking space. The on-board sensors 4, 6 may measure speed, distance, position, orientation, or time. A second vehicle may request the parking space information from the external server 10. The parking space information on the server 10 may be compared with historical past parking space information. The free parking space information may be transferred into a navigation system of the vehicle(s) and used for automatic or a semi-automatic parking procedure. The parking space information may be transferred to a stationary parking guidance system.
Patent GB-2572971-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable harness
Inventor: James Andrew Farnaby
IPC: A62B9/04
Filed: 2018-04-17
Abstract: The harness comprises an adjustable back plate for accommodating a breathing gas delivery system which is adjustable between a contracted position and an extended position and comprises a biasing mechanism configured to bias the back plate towards the contracted position. The back plate may comprise an upper element or yoke 122 having two longitudinally extending rails 126 and a lower element 124 with channels 132 for receiving the rails. The biasing mechanism may comprise a spring element 136 which is extended by relative movement of the upper and lower elements. Also disclosed is a breathing apparatus comprising the harness, shoulder straps, and a waist belt.
Patent GB-2572020-A (GB)
Title: A speech processing system and a method of processing a speech signal
Inventor: JIAMENG GAO
IPC: G10L15/02
Filed: 2018-05-02
Abstract: A speech processing system for generating translated speech receives a speech signal in a second language, generates corresponding text segments and their translated text segments in the first language (fig. 16), then generates phonetic speech signal segments in the first language using a speaker vector derived via a trained algorithm (eg. a neural network Text To Speech system acting on weighted probabilities) from extracted feature vectors (eg. voiced/unvoiced spectra, fundamental pitch, in-frame aperiodicity, WORLD vectors etc.) which are compatible with the first language.
Patent GB-2562904-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle support apparatus and method of use thereof
Inventor: BOB ELDERTON
IPC: B62H5/00
Filed: 2018-05-04
Abstract: A bicycle support apparatus includes at least one bicycle support means 6. The at least one bicycle support means 6 includes a surface mounting portion 4 for mounting the bicycle support means 6 to a surface, such as a wall, in use and at least one bicycle supporting portion 16 for supporting at least part of a bicycle with respect to the same in use. Engagement means 28 arc provided on or associated with the bicycle support 6 means for allowing at least part of a bicycle to be locked to the same in use. The supporting portion 16 may be mounted to the surface mounting portion 4 at an angle such that it is inclined from horizontal when mounted on a vertical surface in use. The supporting portion 16 may be adjustable in length, for instance by being telescopic, such that differing numbers of bicycles may be supported thereon.
Patent GB-2575442-A (GB)
Title: Passive thermal compensation of electromagnetic systems and components
Inventor: CALUM HILL
IPC: H01S3/067
Filed: 2018-07-06
Abstract: A passively thermally compensated electromagnetic arrangement 2, may be a fibre laser system (Figure 1) comprising an electromagnetic element, for example an optical fibre (6, Figure 2) for interaction with an electromagnetic field. A bellows (40, Figure 2) includes a body (41, Figure 3B) and a fluid which may be olive oil ( 2 , Figure 3B). The body 41 contains the fluid and may expand or contraction with the fluid. The electromagnetic arrangement expands or contracts when there is a change in pressure and/or volume of the fluid occurring as a result of a change of temperature that acts through the body to cause a change in the interaction between the electromagnetic element and the electromagnetic field to at least partially compensate for a change in the interaction between the electromagnetic element and the electromagnetic field that would have otherwise occurred for the same change in temperature in the absence of the change in pressure and/or volume of the fluid. Alternatively, the arrangement may be used for the passive thermal compensation of an electromagnetic system or, component such as an optical system or, an optical component for example an isolator (Figure 4).
Patent GB-2576498-A (GB)
Title: Forming electrical connection between wire electrode and metallic contact surface
Inventor: ROMEO-ROBERT RACZ
IPC: H01L21/60
Filed: 2018-08-14
Abstract: A wire electrode 30, with a metallic core 32 surrounded by a sheath of insulating material 34, is positioned over a metallic contact 20 of an integrated circuit. Mechanical force is applied to break the sheath 34, exposing part of the metallic core 32. A bonding wire of the same material as the metallic core 32 is provided in a capillary 6. Electrical charge, heat or ultrasonic vibration is used to melt a tip of the bonding wire, which is pressed towards the wire electrode 30, to connect the exposed core 32 and the metallic contact 20. A ball bonding machine may be used. The capillary 6 may have a sharpened edge. Loose pieces of broken insulating material may be removed by compressed air or a solvent. The method reduces electrical resistance of the wire bond, and may be used to connect glass insulated Taylor-Ulitovsky ultramicroelectrodes (UME) for electrochemical/electrophysiological probes, neural sensing, measurement, stimulation and brain mapping.
Patent GB-2580163-A (GB)
Title: Biasing method for InP Mach-Zehnder modulators directly coupled to RF driver circuits
Inventor: SAMUEL DAVIES
IPC: H04B10/50
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: An optical transmitter 100 comprises a Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer 120 directly coupled to driver circuit 130. The MZ interferometer 120 comprises a pair of differentially driven MZ electrodes 121, 122 to impart RF signals to light travelling through respective arms of the interferometer 120 and to receive DC bias as a positive voltage via lower n-type cladding of the MZ interferometer 120. The lower n-type cladding is at a different positive DC potential to an upper plane RF ground of the MZ interferometer 120, but the lower n-type cladding and the upper plane RF ground have similar AC potential. The MZ interferometer 120 also comprises a pair of resistors 161, 162 in series, to provide differential RF termination of the MZ electrodes 121, 122, and a capacitive coupling 127 between a virtual ground VG formed at a centre-point between the pair of resistors 161, 162 and an RF ground 170 to provide common-mode RF termination 160. The DC supply VDD for the driver circuit is applied to the centre-point of the RF termination 160.
Patent GB-2580425-A (GB)
Title: Remote device management
Inventor: Dan Ros
IPC: G06F16/80
Filed: 2019-01-11
Abstract: Apparatus 10 comprising a document store 12 to store an index 13 of remote device data aggregated in a structured state document 14 conforming to a document schema 16 and from a plurality of data sources 20-1, 20-2 for each of a plurality of remote devices 22; outbound delta processor 24 to transmit a desired state to a remote device when the desired state does not match a last reported state of the device defined in the structured state document for that device; and an inbound notification processor 26 to receive a current state of the device to update the last reported state of the device in the structured state document. Also provided is receiving at an application programming interface a user input comprising a state change request document defining a desired state of remote devices; identifying from an index of remote device data which of the devices has a last reported state not equal to the desired state; and transmitting instructions to each of the identified devices to change a current state of the identified devices to the desired state.
Patent GB-2581342-A (GB)
Title: Metal complexes with organic ligands
Inventor: MANFRED BOCHMANN
IPC: H01L51/00
Filed: 2019-02-08
Abstract: Complexes of the formula (L)M(X), in which M is a metal atom selected from copper, silver and gold; L is a carbene ligand in which the carbene-C atom is bonded directly on both sides to C-atoms; and X is a monoanionic ligand. The complexes are useful as light emitters in the emissive zone of light-emitting devices such as OLEDs. Also shown is a light-emitting device comprising the carbene complexes and a method of preparing the complexes.
Patent GB-2570596-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic chip with bead integration system
Inventor: YUKSEL TEMIZ
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2017-10-19
Abstract: The present invention is notably directed to a microfluidic chip. The chip comprises a main microfluidic channel, on one side of the chip, and a bead integration system. The bead integration system is arranged on said one side of the chip. It comprises an auxiliary microfluidic channel transverse to and in fluidic communication with the main microfluidic channel, so as to form an intersection therewith. The intersection is delimited by structural elements arranged in the main microfluidic channel. The structural elements are configured to retain, at said intersection, beads flowed in a bead suspension liquid advancing in said auxiliary microfluidic channel and passing the intersection. In addition, such structural elements are configured to let liquid advancing in the main microfluidic channel pass the intersection through the structural elements. The invention is further directed to related devices and methods.
Patent GB-2585669-A (GB)
Title: Female contact with stamped beams and method of manufacture
Inventor: PATRICE RÉTHO
IPC: H01R13/42
Filed: 2019-07-10
Abstract: A female contact 1 suitable for an electrical connector comprises a conductive socket 2 suitable for a male electrical contact, comprising an opening 3, a peripheral wall 4 and a bottom 5. The contact 1 further comprises a stamped crown 6 comprising a plurality of stamped conductive beams 7. The plurality of beams 7 are regularly located along the peripheral wall 4 in the socket 2, each beam 7 having a main direction of extension from the opening 3 to the bottom 5 of the socket 2, and comprising a plurality of corrugations 8, the corrugations 8 comprising summits 81 towards the inside of the socket and valleys 82 towards the peripheral wall 4. Each beam 7 elastically deforms when the male contact is inserted. The beams 7 touch the male electrical contact at the plurality of summits 81. A method of manufacture is also specified.
Patent GB-2577407-A (GB)
Title: A method of producing a two-dimensional material
Inventor: SIMON CHARLES STEWART THOMAS
IPC: C30B29/60
Filed: 2016-06-15
Abstract: Heterostructure that includes graphene having an interface with a second layer, obtainable by; a) providing a substrate having nucleation sites within a close coupled reaction chamber, the chamber having at least one precursor entry point arranged to provide a separation between the substrate surface upon which the graphene is formed and the precursor entry point that is less than 100mm; b) cooling the precursor entry point; c) introducing the precursor into the reaction chamber; and d) heating the substrate to a temperature that is within a decomposition range of the precursor to provide a thermal gradient between the substrate surface and the entry point that is equal to or greater than 3000°C per meter, such that the fraction of precursor that reacts in the gas phase within the reaction chamber is low enough to allow the formation of the graphene from carbon released from the decomposed precursor; wherein the cooling of the precursor entry point ensures that the temperature of the precursor itself as it passes through the precursor entry point is equal to or under 200°C; and under a second set of reactor conditions, introducing a second precursor to form the second layer on the graphene on the substrate.
Patent GB-2589638-A (GB)
Title: Transpirational first wall cooling
Inventor: ROBERT SLADE
IPC: G21B1/25
Filed: 2019-12-06
Abstract: A first wall structure for a plasma chamber comprising: an inner wall/plasma-facing surface (PFS) 201 formed from a refractory metal or composite thereof and having a plurality of pores/holes; and a solid deposit/filler 202 in thermal contact with the PFS, such that the plurality of pores provide a passage from an exterior of the first wall structure to the deposit, wherein the deposit material has a boiling point less than the melting point of the refractory metal. The deposit is solid at a normal operating temperature of the first wall structure and may comprise lithium and/or tin. The first wall structure may also comprise: a heater (405, Fig.4) comprising a pipe in thermal contact with the deposit and configured to melt the deposit; a supply unit configured to supply additional material to the deposit, preferably to the top of the deposit, comprising a pump; and a controller, with a temperature sensor, configured to activate the heater and supply unit in response to detection of a temperature above the deposit melting point or detection of the amount of deposit being below a threshold.
Patent GB-2591259-A (GB)
Title: Clamp device
Inventor: Reece George Halling
IPC: E01B9/66
Filed: 2020-01-22
Abstract: A clamp device 10, possibly for clamping a boom hinge rail 12 of gantry crane, includes a cap 14 slidably mounted on a base 13 and secured together by a locking bolt 15. The cap has a body 18 and a nose 19 which extends outwardly from the body 18 along a nose axis. The base 13 and the body 18 of the cap 14 have complementary opposed arcuate mating surfaces 21, 22 which permit rotational movement of the cap 14 relative to the base 13 about an axis P which extends perpendicular to the nose axis. The head of the bolt 25 may have an arcuate surface to mate against a complementary arcuate surface of the base 13 allowing the bolt to move from the perpendicular when the clamp is tightened.
Patent GB-2593441-A (GB)
Title: Three-dimensional facial reconstruction
Inventor: Stefanos Zafeiriou
IPC: G06T17/00
Filed: 2020-02-21
Abstract: Method of generating a 3D facial render from a 2D facial image, comprising: using fitting neural networks to generate from the 2D facial image a 3D facial image shape model and a low resolution 2D facial image texture map; applying a super-resolution model to the low resolution 2D texture map to generate a high resolution 2D texture map; generating a 2D diffuse albedo map from the high resolution texture map using a de-lighting image-to-image translation neural network; rendering a high resolution 3D facial image model using the 2D diffuse albedo map and the 3D facial image shape model. A specular albedo map may also be generated. A 2D normal map of the facial image in object space may be generated and high pas filtered to create a normal map in tangent space. Input maps to the neural networks may be divided into overlapping patches and output patches may be combined. The neural networks may be generative adversarial networks. The super-resolution model may be a convolutional neural network. The 3D shape model may be a combined face and head model. The 2D maps may be UV maps. May facilitate photorealistic rendering of human skin by modelling diffuse reflectance.
Patent GB-2581622-A (GB)
Title: Vertical axis wind turbine
Inventor: GUY NIGEL MERCER
IPC: F03D7/06
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: Apparatus (1) for harvesting wind energy on a large scale consists of an annular support structure (4), floating on a body of water (2), which can rotate about its hub (3). Multiple vertical aerofoil units (6, 76, 206), mounted at equal intervals around the support structure (4), can pivot independently about a vertical axis (17, 217). The aerofoil units (6, 76, 206) are each held at a suitable angle of attack relative to the ambient wind (7) by vertical canard aerofoils (13, 213) mounted to a boom (12, 212) extending forwards from a leading edge (10) of the main aerofoil (8, 208) of each aerofoil unit (6, 76, 206). A cam follower mechanism (21) in the pivot mounting of each aerofoil unit (6, 76, 206) directs the angle of attack of the canard aerofoils (13, 213), so that the angle of attack of the respective main aerofoil (8, 208) is optimised for the current position of the aerofoil unit (6, 76, 206) around the rotating support structure (4). The main aerofoils (8, 208) thus generate a torque causing the apparatus (1) to rotate. Electrical power is generated from the rotation of the apparatus (1), for example by generators at the hub (3).
Patent GB-2581760-A (GB)
Title: Controller, radiant air conditioning equipment, control method, and control program
Inventor: TAKAYOSHI IIDA
IPC: F24F120/00
Filed: 2017-12-26
Abstract: A controller (10) controls radiant air conditioning equipment (20) that cools or heats, by way of an air conditioner (22), a space separated from an indoor space by a radiation panel (21), and cools or heats, by way of the radiation effect of the radiation panel (21), the indoor space. A data collection unit (41) collects indoor environmental data (52) and panel temperature data (53) from an indoor environment measurement sensor (32) and a radiation panel measurement sensor (33), respectively. A heat quantity determination unit (42) acquires panel characteristic data (54) and device characteristic data (55) and determines, from the acquired data and the data collected by the data collection unit (41), the time series pattern for the amount of heat to be processed by the radiant air conditioning equipment (20). An operation instruction unit (43) issues, to the air conditioner (22), an instruction for operating the air conditioner (22) according to the time series pattern determined by the heat quantity determination unit (42).
Patent GB-2597485-A (GB)
Title: Flipper propulsion attachment
Inventor: JONATHAN ADEYEMI OLOWU
IPC: B63H16/18
Filed: 2020-07-22
Abstract: A flipper propulsion mechanism for propelling a watercraft, comprising a pair of flippers 6L,R, a pair of handlebars 2L,R, a pair of handle grips 1L,R, a pair of flipper rods 5L,R, a pair of pivot joints 3L,R, and an attachment means 4 for attaching the mechanism to the watercraft. The mechanism may be fitted on either side of a watercraft. The pivot joint connecting the handlebars to the flipper rods may be horizontally offset, or horizontally aligned. Various features may be fixed or adjustable including: Horizontal distance between handlebars, handlebar length, vertical angle between handlebars and flipper rods. Forwards and backwards movement of the handlebars my be converted into up and down motion of the flippers. The attachment means may comprise attachment clamps, or some other means. The mechanism may be dismantlable and removeable from the craft.
Patent GB-2585514-A (GB)
Title: Efficient and selective sparing of bits in memory systems
Inventor: KEVIN MCILVAIN
IPC: G11C29/52
Filed: 2019-01-15
Abstract: A memory system for storing data is disclosed, the memory system including a plurality of memory devices configured to store data, each memory device having a plurality of bits, the memory devices configured and associated to work together as a rank to respond to a request; a memory control circuit associated with the plurality of memory devices and configured to output command and control signals to the plurality of memory devices; a detector for detecting a bit error in an operation; and a controller for remapping the bit error to a spare bit lane in response to the detector detecting the bit error.
Patent GB-2588537-A (GB)
Title: Personalized device recommendations for proactive health monitoring and management
Inventor: SHUBHI ASTHANA
IPC: G16H15/00
Filed: 2019-05-13
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing personalized recommendations of devices for monitoring and/or managing a health condition are disclosed, and generally include receiving first structured information regarding a patient and a first set of one or more patient populations; receiving unstructured information regarding at least the patient and a second set of one or more patient populations; analyzing the unstructured information to derive second structured information; determining one or more health metrics to be monitored for the patient based on analyzing each of the first structured information and the second structured information, using a classification model; and determining an optimum set of devices to be used for monitoring the one or more health metrics. In some embodiments, metrics may be continuously monitored to detect a change exceeding an event trigger threshold, and a new set of recommended devices may be generated.
Patent GB-2586768-A (GB)
Title: System and method for simultaneous evaporation and condensation in connected vessels
Inventor: AMIT KATYAL
IPC: F25B29/00
Filed: 2016-04-13
Abstract: A distillation system 100 and process thereof comprises an evaporation vessel 102 having means for heating a liquid (saline water) contained therein and producing vapours and a condensation vessel 104 having means for cooling and condensing the vapours. A connecting pipe 106 connects the evaporation and condensation vessels and transfers the vapours from the evaporation vessel to the condensation vessel. An inlet pump 108 pumps water into the evaporation vessel and at least one valve is provided at the bottom of each of the evaporation and condensation vessels. The amount of vapours transferred from the evaporation to the condensation vessel depends upon the pressure differential between the evaporation and the condensation vessel and the area of opening of the connecting pipe. The area may be controlled by a valve 122. The heating means may be hot heat transfer fluid and the cooling means may be cold heat transfer fluid that is pumped out of the condensation vessel. The heating means may be steam (fig 2) or an electric heater (134, fig 3), a cooling fan (136) may cool the vapour in the condensation vessel, or a refrigeration system may be used for the heating and cooling (fig 4).