baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2486774-A (GB)
Title: Carrier and holder for a vehicle battery
Inventor: MILDNER UDO
IPC: H01M50/264
Filed: 2011-12-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier 11 for a vehicle battery 100 and a holder 51 for securing the vehicle battery 100 in position in the direction of at least one spatial axis Z. The carrier 11 comprises a base having a support surface for the vehicle battery 100 and having at least two projections 14, 15 protruding from the base, between which the vehicle battery 100 can be disposed. The holder 51 attaches to the projections 14, 15. It is provided that at least one of the projections 14, 15 is formed on the carrier 11. The invention further relates to a preassembled unit for fixing a vehicle battery 100 to a vehicle body, where the unit comprises a carrier 11 and a holder 51, where carrier 11 and holder 51 are interconnected by a connecting element.
Patent GB-2504288-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic flow meter
Inventor: FORSTER TREVOR
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2012-07-24
Abstract: A transit time differential acoustic flowmeter 11, particularly suitable for use in medical and therapeutic environments, has acoustic transducers 21, 22 such as piezoelectric transducers which are acoustically coupled to the fluid flowing in a flow tube 12 through the wall of the flow tube itself. The flow tube is demountable from the flowmeter and can be disconnected from the external circuit delivering and carrying away the fluid the flow of which is to be detected. Also disclosed is a flow tube having acoustic coupling and retaining means and an acoustic flowmeter comprising a removable / replaceable flow tube.
Patent GB-2494508-A (GB)
Title: Determining a travelling route of a vehicle
Inventor: SCHRAMM THOMAS
IPC: G01C21/34
Filed: 2012-08-24
Abstract: A method is provided for determining a travelling route of a vehicle. The method comprises determining of at least two criteria for a travelling route from a starting point to a target point. The at least two criteria may comprise a travelling duration, a travelling distance, and an energy consumption. A weighting factor is defined for each of the at least two predetermined criteria. A travelling route from the starting point to the target point is determined from a number of possible travelling routes based on the at least two predetermined criteria and as a function of the defined weighting factors of the at least two predetermined criteria. The weighting factor may be based on a received user input, a current user of the vehicle, a user-specific setting of a seat of the vehicle, or driving behaviour.
Patent GB-2506172-A (GB)
Title: Improving the quality of portions of an image or video
Inventor: HOSPEDALES TIMOTHY MIGUEL
IPC: G06T3/40
Filed: 2012-09-24
Abstract: A method of displaying video comprises: extracting one or more portions of a video stream; improving the quality of the extracted portions; and, displaying the portions. The improved portions may be displayed within the original frame, i.e. a frame-within-frame display. The step of improving the portion or sub-region may comprise increasing its resolution. The portions to be improved may be user-selected, for example by hovering a pointer, or may be automatically selected. Automatic selection may take the form of selecting regions-of-interest where faces or vehicle number plates are present. Independent claims are also included for improving the quality of a portion of an image by minimising a spare code using low- and high-resolution dictionaries.
Patent GB-2496269-A (GB)
Title: Longest prefix match operations
Inventor: RANGANATHAN ANAND
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-10-19
Abstract: A method of matching an entry in a list, e.g. phone number prefixes to data, e.g. phone numbers, by writing source code, preferably using nested switch statements, to match an entry in a list to data by sorting the list and turning it into a tree, preferably partitioning the tree into a plurality of disjoint trees and then compiling the source code and running that code to match an entry in a list to data.
Patent GB-2512597-A (GB)
Title: Electronic devices
Inventor: FRYATT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G01D5/24
Filed: 2013-04-02
Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed comprising: a housing 11 defining an internal volume, and an internal surface; an electronic circuit unit 12 including a controller and located within the internal volume of the housing; and a conductive element 15 located solely in the internal volume of the housing on the internal surface thereof, and electrically connected to the controller of the electronic circuit unit, the conductive element having a capacitance, wherein the controller is operable to detect changes in capacitance of the conductive element, to compare detected changes in the capacitance of the conductive element with a predetermined threshold value, and to output a result of such comparison. A claim is also included to an electronic device wherein the conductive element having a capacitance is located within a wall portion of the housing. The electronic device may be a remote telemetry unit rated for submersion in water for a certain length of time and the change in capacitance may be used to detect submersion of the remote telemetry unit.
Patent GB-2505542-A (GB)
Title: Determining time delay in a receiver
Inventor: ROUSU SEPPO
IPC: G01S5/10
Filed: 2013-04-12
Abstract: In order to determine the signal delay imposed by a signal path in a GPS or other OTDOA receiver (e.g. a 3G LTE cellular telephone), the received signal is varied for a short period of time at one end of the signal path and the variation is detected at the other end. Comparison of the times of variation at each end yields the delay. The variation may be switching on or off, connection of disconnection, changing gain (amplitude) or phase, altering the frequency response or impedance of a filter, changing an antenna aperture or impedance. Parameters of the path may be varied, and may be selected according to the received signal quality. The delay may be corrected.
Patent GB-2517682-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle inspection pit cover
Inventor: BURRELL MELVYN
IPC: E04H6/42
Filed: 2013-08-02
Abstract: A cover for a vehicle inspection and repair pit (1) comprises at least one cover plate (14) for covering the pit (1) and a hydraulic piston (22) to open and close the pit. The cover is hingedly mounted to the opening of the pit so the cover can be rotated into a stowed position. Once in a covered position another piston 28 can lock the cover in place, and retract to allow the cover to be rotated or swivelled back into a stored position.
Patent GB-2516934-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle speed control system and method
Inventor: KELLY JAMES
IPC: B60W40/076
Filed: 2013-08-07
Abstract: A vehicle speed control system comprises a low-speed progress control system (LSP) 12 which is operable to cause a vehicle 100 to operate at a target speed value by controlling an amount of brake torque applied by a braking system 22 and an amount of drive torque applied by a powertrain 129 to one or more wheels 111-115. The LSP control 12 detects, via sensors, a leading wheel step event in which a leading wheel, e.g. front wheels 111 and/or 112, encounters an obstacle such as a boulder which presents an abrupt increase in surface gradient. After detection of the obstacle the LSP control 12 applies brake torque against drive torque in anticipation of a trailing wheel step event, e.g. rear wheels 114 and/or 115 encounter the obstacle. The LSP control 12 maintains the brake torque at least until the trailing wheel/s has travelled a sufficient distance to reach a location at which the leading wheel/s experienced the leading wheel step event. Reference is also made to a method and to speed limiting when the obstacle is encountered.
Patent GB-2508468-A (GB)
Title: Tracking system where components communicate at two different frequencies
Inventor: GENNARD DEREK
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2013-08-27
Abstract: A tracking system 10 for tracking the movement of personnel around a predetermined location such as a work place, a hospital or a secure facility (e.g. a prison), includes a base station 12. The base station 12 includes a transmitter 14 for transmitting first signals 16 at a first frequency and a transceiver 18 for transmitting and receiving second signals 20 at a second, different frequency. The system 10 includes one or more tags 22, each tag in use being worn by a user. Each tag includes a receiver 24 for receiving the first signals 16 from the base station 12 at the first frequency and a transceiver 26 for transmitting and receiving the second signals 20 at the second frequency from and to the base station. The base station could include a two-axis loop aerial (42) or a tri-axial ferrite rod antenna (38). The first signals might include a system code. The tags may reside in out-of-range, in-range-active, and in-range-passive states, wherein they behave differently. The tags may include visual and/or audible alarm means such as buzzers and LEDs (78A, 78B).
Patent GB-2518653-A (GB)
Title: Customised interaction with computer equipment
Inventor: BLYTHE SIMON
IPC: G07F19/00
Filed: 2013-09-27
Abstract: A method of customizing an interaction with computer equipment (3) such as an ATM is described. The computer equipment comprises a processor (51), a display, a memory (53) and a user input means. A local connection (50) is established between mobile computing apparatus which maybe a payment card or a mobile phone (1) and the computer equipment. Customized interaction code is then provided from storage (43) on the mobile computing apparatus for storage in the memory (53) of the computer equipment. The processor of the computer equipment then runs the customized interaction code to provide a personalized user interface using the display and the user input means during the local connection between the mobile computing apparatus and the computer equipment. The customized code maybe deleted from the computer equipment memory after use or before the local connection ends.
Patent GB-2507880-A (GB)
Title: Electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibration into electrical energy
Inventor: VINCENT DAVID ROBERT
IPC: H02K35/00
Filed: 2012-11-13
Abstract: An electromechanical generator converts mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy and comprises a mass 10 resiliently connected to a body 20 by a biasing device such as flat annular springs 30,50 and a transducer to convert oscillations of the mass into electrical energy as the mass oscillates about an equilibrium point relative to the body. A spring washer 40,60 is disposed between the mass and the body. The spring washer can be a resilient device between the biasing device and either the mass or the body and may be deformed when the amplitude of oscillation exceeds a predetermined non-zero threshold. There can be second biasing devices and spring washers, which may: be mounted on the mass or the body, spaced apart from the biasing device at equilibrium and contact it when deformed; have a spring constant greater than that of the biasing device; and comprise a helical spring, an 0-ring, a Belleville washer, a curved disc spring, a wave washer, or a split washer. The transducer can be piezoelectric or electromagnetic. The generator may be mounted on an unsprung mass such as the axlebox of a vehicle and the resilient device acts as a stop to limit the oscillation amplitude.
Patent GB-2506024-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing transparent electrically conductive film laminates and transparent electrically conductive film laminate
Inventor: ISHIHARA MASATOU
IPC: C01B31/02
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of prior methods, which formed a binder layer on a graphene film, that the shape of the substrate surface was transferred to the graphene layer. The purpose is to provide a technique for forming less cloudy, highly transparent electrically conductive film laminates. The invention solves the problem, in methods that produce transparent electrically conductive carbon films by forming a transparent electrically conductive carbon film on a film-forming substrate using the CVD method and then removing said film-forming substrate from said transparent electrically conductive carbon film, by preparing a film having an adhesive surface and providing a process of gluing the adhesive surface of said film to a portion and/or all of the surface of the transparent electrically conductive carbon film prior to removal of the film-forming substrate.
Patent GB-2505120-A (GB)
Title: Transparent photodetector
Inventor: BARWICZ TYMON
IPC: B82Y20/00
Filed: 2012-04-30
Abstract: A transparent photodetector. The transparent photodetector includes a substrate; a waveguide on the substrate; a displaceable structure that can be displaced with respect to the substrate, the displaceable structure in proximity to the waveguide; and a silicon nanowire array suspended with respect to the substrate and mechanically linked to the displaceable structure, the silicon nanowire array comprising a plurality of silicon nanowires having piezoresistance. In operation, a light source propagating through the waveguide results in an optical force on the displaceable structure which further results in a strain on the nanowires to cause a change in electrical resistance of the nanowires. The substrate may be a semiconductor on insulator substrate.
Patent GB-2520538-A (GB)
Title: Phase current regulation in BLDC motors
Inventor: HEYNLEIN JAN
IPC: H02P6/18
Filed: 2013-11-25
Abstract: A method for determining the direction and a zero-crossing moment of a phase current in a sinusoidally controlled brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. The brushless direct current motor comprises a coil per phase and the phase of the brushless direct current motor is driven by a half bridge driver. The half bridge driver comprises a high side field effect transistor and a low side field effect transistor. The method comprising the following steps: - measuring the drain source voltage over the high side field effect transistor and low side field effect transistor, - determining the zero crossing moment of the phase current by determining the current direction based on the measured drain source voltages and by determining the moment the current changes direction.
Patent GB-2514442-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems related to electrosurgical wands
Inventor: WOLOSZKO JEAN
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2014-03-06
Abstract: An electrosurgical wand comprising an elongate housing that defines a handle end and a distal end 108, a tubing member coupled to the elongate housing. A spacer 200 of non-conductive material disposed on the distal end 108. A conductive electrode 202 disposed on the spacer, the conductive electrode defines an outer perimeter. A first aperture 208 e.g. aspirator aperture, defined at least in part by the spacer, the first aperture fluidly coupled to the tubing member, wherein the first aperture defines a distal cross-sectional area 302, and wherein the first aperture defines a proximal cross-sectional area 304, the proximal cross-sectional area 304 closer along a flow path to the handle end than the distal cross-sectional area 302, and the distal cross sectional area 302 smaller than the proximal cross-sectional area 304.Tissue only needs to be broken into pieces just small enough to pass through the constriction of the distal section 302 of aperture 208. The aperture 208 opens or widens behind the distal section 302, and thus if tissue can fit through the distal section 302, the tissue is likely to transverse the entire aspiration path without clogging.
Patent GB-2527147-A (GB)
Title: Flexible laminated fabric
Inventor: EVANS ROSS EWART
IPC: D06M17/10
Filed: 2014-09-03
Abstract: A process of creating a flexible waterproof 2 ply laminated fabric, comprising a first and second layer of millinery buckram fabric 10, where each layer is soaked in an application of polyurethane adhesive 11, the layers are then mechanically compressed together using approximately 90kg of weight and the layers are bonded chemically at room temperature; the outer surfaces of the laminated material are searched with three coats of lacquer. Preferably the laminated fabric has a third layer positioned between the two layers of buckram fabric, and may be aluminium foil or polythene plastic that have 2mm holes punched through the material in a dot matrix pattern, to assist in the lamination of the materials, or woven fibreglass mesh or very fine fibrous mesh to create a strong flexible waterproof material. Alternatively three to six layers of millinery buckram fabric may be laminated together using the same process. The process may also be used to produce a single ply material from a single layer of millinery or book buckram fabric with or without the lacquer coating.
Patent GB-2529834-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation of vehicles
Inventor: DOWLE JAMES JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: B60H1/28
Filed: 2014-09-03
Abstract: A vehicle ventilation assembly comprising; a plenum chamber (21, figure 4) with an inlet 7, and an outlet 13 displaced laterally to each other. The ventilation assembly may have the inlet exposed to the exterior of the vehicle and the outlet exposed to the interior of the vehicle, and may be placed at the foot of a windscreen (1, figure 1). The assembly may have two outlets, with the inlet located in-between, so that fresh air from the exterior of the vehicle may flow freely through the assembly to reach the interior of the vehicle, but a good proportion of any water, dust, and the like entering the inlet will strike an internal wall of the plenum chamber rather than pass through the outlet, figure 4. Water entering in this way can be allowed to exit via a water drain aperture in a lower portion of the plenum chamber, which can preferably drain to the exterior of the vehicle. The inlet may be covered by a grill and have the drive spindle of a windscreen wiper extend through, figure 5.
Patent GB-2517340-A (GB)
Title: Potty training urinal
Inventor: JOSE JOYLINE
IPC: A47K11/12
Filed: 2013-11-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a potty training urinal and alert system 11 and comprises a basin 12, a surface 60 for standing on, at least one pressure element 62, a wireless transmitter 64 and a separate receiving unit 66. The urinal may have a stand 16. The urinal may include a mat 68 with footprints 70L, 70R which have pressure sensors 62 within the footprints and which triggers an alert 11 when a user stands on both the footprints. The alert may be a sound or a light signal. The separate receiving unit may be a portable hand held device.
Patent GB-2536719-A (GB)
Title: A Tripod leg
Inventor: JAMES BRADY
IPC: G03B17/56
Filed: 2015-03-27
Abstract: A tripod leg 1 comprises a lever 13 arranged on a portion the leg, which in use, does not move in relation to an attached tripod head (2, figure 1). The tripod leg is characterised in that the lever comprises an aperture (15) which is sized to cooperate with one or more digits of a users hand. The lever may be movable to a first position wherein the aperture is open to cooperate with a users hand, and movable to a second position wherein the aperture is closed. The lever may be pivotally attached to the leg. The lever may comprise two arms (16) arranged in a U shaped configuration. Each arm may comprise a further aperture (23) which cooperates with a protrusion extending from the leg. The lever may be connected to a remote clamp 20 via a connecting element 22. The clamp may be positioned between a first portion 3 and a second portion 5 of the leg wherein the first position activates the clamp and the second position deactivates the clamp.
Patent GB-2537600-A (GB)
Title: Construction equipment and methods (seal)
Inventor: ROGER ERIC WALKER
IPC: H02G3/22
Filed: 2015-04-13
Abstract: A seal comprises a sheet of resilient elastomeric material 50 and at least one sheet of rigid material. At least one aperture 56 is provided in the elastomeric material in a region separate from the rigid material for the passage of a building services duct or pipe 18. The rigid material and a portion of the elastomeric material sealingly fit into a cavity. The seal may comprise a pair of elongate rigid material strips 52 separated by a gap. A method of installing a seal comprises moving a seal towards a cavity in a shape having a profile less than that of the cavity until the rigid material is close to or within the boundary of the cavity. A lateral action is then applied to form a sealing fit within the cavity. The ducts or pipes may be attached to seal before or after positioning the seal in the cavity.
Patent GB-2539187-A (GB)
Title: Electrochemical device comprising a thermo-couple for measuring temperature distribution inside the device
Inventor: JUNG-SIK KIM
IPC: H01M10/48
Filed: 2015-06-04
Abstract: An electrochemical device 10, such as a fuel cell or a battery, comprises a thermocouple 18 for measuring temperature distribution inside the device. The thermocouple 18 comprises a plurality of first thermo-elements 1, 2, 3 formed of one or more first materials and a plurality of second thermo-elements 4, 5, 6 formed of one or more second materials which differ from the first material(s). The thermocouple 18 comprises an array of independent temperature measuring junctions J1 to J9 each of which is defined by the intersection of one of the first and second thermo-elements, and each of the first thermo-elements 1, 2, 3 intersects each of the second thermo-elements 4, 5, 6 to form at least two temperature measuring junctions inside the electrochemical device 10. The plurality of first thermo-elements and the plurality of second thermo-elements may be arranged in electrical contact with an electrode of the electrochemical device
Patent GB-2533833-A (GB)
Title: Wireless sensor
Inventor: CHENGHUAN ZHONG
IPC: G01N29/24
Filed: 2015-06-22
Abstract: A wireless ultrasound sensor 404 for non-destructive testing of a test object (502, fig. 5) comprises an ultrasound transducer 406 electrically coupled to two induction coils 408, 414. The coils have different outer radii (and diameters) and are connected in parallel. They are arranged to enable the transducer to be inductively operated by a remote device (504, fig. 5). The addition of a second coil increases the operable range of the sensor whilst still enabling the total inductance to be low enough to provide a resonant frequency which is high enough for such applications. The coils may be mounted coaxially and in the same plane. The wireless transfer of power and measurement information is especially useful for integrated sensors.
Patent GB-2539662-A (GB)
Title: Transmitter and Receiver and Methods of Trasmitting and Receiving
Inventor: SAMUEL ASANGBENG ATUNGSIRI
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2015-06-22
Abstract: An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) transmitter includes a frame builder receiving payload data to be transmitted and Layer 1 (Ll) signalling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data. Each time-divided frame includes a bootstrap signal 130 (ATSC 3.0) and a preamble 132. The preamble forms a start of each frame and comprises one or more OFDM symbols carrying the L1 signalling data, a first of the one or more OFDM symbols carrying a fixed length part of the L1 signalling data of a predetermined size, the fixed length L1 signalling data indicating communications parameters for detecting a variable length part of the Ll signalling data carried in the remaining OFDM symbols of the preamble. The bootstrap signal comprises one or more OFDM symbols carrying an indication of communications parameters for detecting the fixed length L1 signalling data of the preamble.