baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2551680-A (GB)
Title: Cable Clamp
Inventor: PAUL CHAPMAN
IPC: H02G15/013
Filed: 2013-01-15
Abstract: A cable clamp comprises: a body 50 (Figure 4) defining an opening 58 (Figure 5) for receiving a cable; a first gripper 66 arranged for linear sliding motion; and, at least one second gripper 68, 70 arranged for rotational sliding motion. The motion of each gripper is relative to the clamp body and constricts an aperture 64 surrounding the cable in the opening. When constricting the aperture, each gripper overlaps adjacent grippers. The grippers, which preferably have a curved cable-engaging face, may be mounted within the clamp body and mechanically interconnected so that linear movement of the first gripper preferably causes rotation of the second grippers. A pair of second grippers may rotate in opposite directions and be in offset planes to permit overlap. The second grippers may have inner and outer part-cylindrical faces for sliding on a track in a part-cylindrical recess, the faces having offset centers to produce a tapered form. The movement of the first gripper may be caused by tightening a threaded member. The clamp may have a main body 52 (Figure 4) and a clamp closure portion 54 (Figure 4) and may form part of a cable television component.
Patent GB-2556697-A (GB)
Title: A cryogenic testing apparatus
Inventor: STEVEN DAVIDSON
IPC: G01N17/00
Filed: 2017-10-26
Abstract: A cryogenic testing apparatus 10 comprises an insulated chamber 12 with a fan 28 and a duct 18 arranged therein. The duct has a chamber inlet 20 and a chamber outlet 22 located inside the chamber. The duct further comprises an inlet 23 for liquefied gas provided between the chamber inlet and chamber outlet. The fan motor 32 may be located outside the chamber and have a first operating mode in which it draws fluid through the duct 18 from the chamber inlet to the chamber outlet and a second operating mode in which it draws fluid from the chamber outlet to the chamber inlet. The chamber may be insulated at least in part by ceramic particles, be supported above a surface by a number of supports 17 and may comprise a protective wall 19. The duct may have a plurality of inlets and/or outlets. A heater may be provided for heating the fluid. In use, the employment of a duct prevents damage to components being tested by their being brought into direct contact with or splashed with the liquid nitrogen gas.
Patent GB-2562174-A (GB)
Title: Imaging mass spectrometer
Inventor: JOHN BRIAN HOYES
IPC: H01J49/40
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: A time-of-flight mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising ion optics that map an array of ions at an ion source array (71) to a corresponding array of positions on a position sensitive ion detector (79). The ion optics include at least one gridless ion mirror (76) for reflecting ions, which may compensate for various aberrations and allows the spectrometer to have relatively high mass and spatial resolutions
Patent GB-2562419-A (GB)
Title: Energy-saving house, energy-saving curtain wall, decorative wall, and plastered wall
Inventor: WEIGUO JIANG
IPC: E04B2/88
Filed: 2016-12-30
Abstract: An energy-saving house has a casement window and an external wall or a roof surface provided with a number of heat insulation plates. The combined heat insulation plates provide the same heat insulation level as that of a brick wall or an external concrete wall provided with an insulation layer. An insulation structure covers all parts of the house. A curtain wall is formed by directly connecting or laying wall blocks. A plate-type insulation structure can be replaced by a film-type insulation structure. The house exhibits significant heat insulation and energy-saving performance.
Patent GB-2572661-A (GB)
Title: Pressure sensing system
Inventor: Tord Jensen
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: A system for sensing pressure within an annulus of a wellbore, the system comprising one or more tubulars extending from the surface into the annulus, wherein the one or more tubulars are filled with gas.
Patent GB-2569018-A (GB)
Title: Sealing apparatus and method of use thereof
Inventor: NICHOLAS CARR
IPC: H02G15/013
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: A sealing apparatus 1 includes a sealing member having a sealing surface 28 with at least first and second rib members 30, 32 protruding outwardly from the sealing surface. The height of each rib member slopes along the length of the rib member or has a narrowing taper along the length of the rib member, the direction of slope or narrowing taper of the first rib member being opposite or different to the direction of slope or narrowing taper of the second rib member. The sealing member may be resilient, and mounted in a substrate tray 2. The seal may be made between two such apparatus. The apparatus may be used to seal a cable as it passes between the cover and housing of an outdoor power socket.
Patent GB-2579046-A (GB)
Title: Seal for a vacuum pump
Inventor: INGO STEPHEN GRAHAM
IPC: F16J15/02
Filed: 2018-11-15
Abstract: A vacuum pump seal, comprising a seal element 1, and inner 2 and outer 3 seal elements, all of which are toroidal. The seal element 1 is positioned between the inner 2 and outer 3 seal carriers, the inner 2 and outer 3 seal carriers being positioned next to the seal element’s inner and outer surfaces respectively. The outer seal carrier 3 has a means for holding the seal element 1 in position. The seal element 1 has at least one protrusion 9, such as a continuous protrusion that extends around its inner surface, which protrudes into a hole 10, such as a continuous groove, in the inner seal carrier 2. The seal element 1 may comprise an elastomer, such as a silicone-based polymer. The seal may form part of a vacuum pump seal system, comprising flanges 5, 6 located on either side of the seal.
Patent GB-2580165-A (GB)
Title: Data exchange in a computer
Inventor: STEPHEN FELIX
IPC: G06F13/40
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: A processor 2 with a plurality of processing units 4 each having input and output interfaces with respective sets of input and output wires and a switching fabric 34 connected to each of the processing units by the respective set of output wires and connectable to each of the processing units by the respective input wires via switching circuitry controllable by its associated processing unit. The processing units arranged in columns, each having a base processing unit proximate the switching fabric and multiple adjacent processing units in the direction of the column. Exchange of data between the processing units implemented in that a processing unit transmits at a transmit time a data packet intended for a recipient processing unit onto its output set of connection wires. Said packet is received at the recipient processing unit with a predetermined delay relative to the transmit time, said delay is dependent on an exchange pathway between the transmitting and recipient processing units. The exchange pathway between any pair of transmitting and recipient processing unit at respective positions in any column has the same delay as the equivalent exchange pathway between corresponding pairs of transmitting and recipient processing units in the other columns.
Patent GB-2566860-A (GB)
Title: A system and method of determining if a surface is printed or a mobile device screen
Inventor: PATRICK ANTHONY GIORDANO
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2016-09-08
Abstract: The spectral wave length signature of a surface 20 is acquired and compared to a known spectra and a scanner 32 scans the surface in at least one of an illumination and a non-illumination mode based on the comparison. If the spectrum signature corresponds to the known spectra the surface can be scanned in the illumination mode but if it cannot be determined to correspond to the known spectra then the surface is scanned in a 50/50 duty cycle between illuminated and no-illuminated modes. The wavelength spectrum may be acquired from captured light using a sensing element 34 and a diffractive element, coloured filters, or a two dimensional imaging lens having chromatic aberration. The surface may be printed or a mobile device screen and scanned using an image-based scanner 32 for features such as a barcode and the known spectra can include those of sunlight, incandescent light, white LED light, warm-white fluorescent light and RGB triple-peak emission spectra.
Patent GB-2582006-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle controller
Inventor: Javier Olarreta
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a software update security verification controller 104 for vehicles, that verifies the authenticity of software received for installation in a vehicle’s electronic control unit (ECU) 106. The verification controller has an input, a processor and an output. The input receives data packages with the software and a first security characteristic associated with an authentic version of the software. The processor generates a second security characteristic based on the received software and determines if the second security characteristic is consistent with the first security characteristic. The output sends a control signal enabling installation of the received software on the control unit when the second security characteristic is consistent with the first security characteristic. The control unit may be one of several control units connected by a data bus 108, 110, 112 to a shared node, with the verification controller at the shared node. The verification controller may be a gateway controller 102. The security characteristic may be a hash of part of the software package.
Patent GB-2570243-A (GB)
Title: System and workstation for, and method of, deterring theft of a product associated with a target to be electro-optically read
Inventor: ROBERT PANG
IPC: G06K15/00
Filed: 2017-10-26
Abstract: Successive products associated with targets to be electro-optically read are swiped, in their respective turns, past a window in a point-of-transaction workstation. A motion detector detects movement of each product. A reader electro-optically reads a target associated with each moving product. If the target associated with each moving product has not been read, then this event is deemed suspicious, and the event is flagged for a security investigation designed to deter product theft by sweethearting.
Patent GB-2574979-A (GB)
Title: Thruster electric power systems and associated methods
Inventor: JOHN RØN PEDERSEN
IPC: H02J9/06
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: A thruster electric power system includes one or more energy storage units configured to power an electric thruster of a mobile offshore drilling unit in response to one or more combustion generators of the mobile offshore drilling unit being unavailable to provide electric power to the electric thruster. A mobile offshore drilling unit capable of dynamic positioning includes one or more thruster enclosures, each thruster enclosure including: (a) one or more thruster converters configured to power respective electric thrusters, and (b) one or more energy storage units configured to power the respective electric thrusters of the one or more thruster converters in response to one or more combustion generators of the mobile offshore drilling unit being unavailable to provide electric power to the electric thrusters.
Patent GB-2579904-A (GB)
Title: Fixing device for securing an item to a wall
Inventor: DARREN ASHLEY PECKITT
IPC: F16B13/08
Filed: 2019-10-28
Abstract: A wall fixing for securing an item to a wall 100 comprises a body 101 arranged to be inserted into an aperture in the wall 100. The body 101 comprises a body aperture 107 extending through the body 101. The wall fixing also comprises at least one elongate pin 102, 103, at least one wall securing member 104, 105, and an end fitting 106 arranged to engage with a threaded fastener (109, see figure 1b) inserted into the wall fixing via the body aperture 107. The wall securing member and 104, 105 the end fitting 106 are moveably connected to the body 101 via the elongate pin 102, 103 such that when a threaded fastener inserted into the wall fixing via the body aperture 107 engages with the end fitting 106, the end fitting displaces the wall securing member 104, 105 towards the body 101 to secure the wall securing member 104, 105 to an inner surface of the wall.
Patent GB-2579722-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injector having residually stressed solenoid housing for improved pressure capability
Inventor: HOISAN KIM
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 2019-12-03
Abstract: A fuel injector 18 having an injector body 34, a stack 42 within the body having a nozzle supply passage 52. The stack further having a solenoid assembly 30, wherein the solenoid has a housing piece 48 which contains a fuel bore 70 forming part of the nozzle supply passage. The solenoid housing has a material in a base, unstressed state, while the portion of the housing forming the fuel bore is formed of material in a state of residual compressive stress. This stress may be induced by ballizing, autofrettage, cold working etc. This is intended to provide greater strength to the bore, allowing for a larger bore which is more resistant to fracturing even while having a thinner external wall, allowing for high fuel pressures to be used in the injector.
Patent GB-2589868-A (GB)
Title: Scaffold coupler
Inventor: SHIRAZ DUDHIA
IPC: E04G7/16
Filed: 2019-12-09
Abstract: A scaffold coupler 1 comprises a first jaw 2 pivotally attached to a second jaw 3 at a hinge 4, the jaws being shaped to accommodate at least one scaffold tube. The first jaw comprises a locking area 6, 7, 8 adjacent an end remote from the hinge, the locking area comprising an aperture 8 for a bolt 17 that when tightened against the locking area may releasably lock the jaws. The coupler further comprises a captive nut 15 pivotally attached to the second jaw remote from the hinge, the captive nut having a threaded through-hole 16. The jaws and captive nut are arranged such that closure of the first jaw towards the second jaw rotates the captive nut such that the nut’s through-hole is substantially aligned with the aperture in the locking area. Preferably, the first jaw contacts the captive nut to rotate it to align the through-hole of the nut with the aperture in the locking area.
Patent GB-2590468-A (GB)
Title: Analysing surfaces of vehicles
Inventor: QIANG FU
IPC: G01C11/02
Filed: 2019-12-19
Abstract: An apparatus to analyse the surface of a vehicle is disclosed. In one form, the apparatus comprises a coordinate acquisition interface 708 to acquire data representing three-dimensional coordinate data of a vehicle. The apparatus also comprises an image acquisition interface 706 to acquire image data representing a captured image of the vehicle, an image processor to process the image data to identify a surface defect of a surface of the vehicle represented by the image data, and a mapping engine 714 to map the captured image data to the three-dimensional coordinate data to determine the location on the surface of the vehicle of the surface defect. The defect may be indicative of corrosion, impact damage or a structural defect. The vehicle may be an aircraft (aeroplane). The classifier may be trained using undamaged vehicles. A method of preparing to repair an aircraft is disclosed.
Patent GB-2582197-A (GB)
Title: Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
Inventor: HIDEKI KADOI
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: Image processing device that: acquires supervised data about a captured image captured by an image capturing device such as a life logging wearable camera; and generates a learning model for evaluating the captured image based on the supervised data. The supervised data is based on an image that is manually captured via a user’s instruction, and on other images captured continuously to the manually taken photograph. For instance, the continuous images may be moving image or video frames or continuous captured images before and/or after the manually taken image. Also claimed is a processor to generate the supervised data from the image capture device for transmission to the learning module. The benefit is the ability to readily generate a supervised dataset to train a machine learning classifier or neural network to recognise automatic capture opportunities. This is done using relatively few manually captured images together with associated automatically captured images to build a larger training set. Preferably the automatically taken pictures are used in the supervised data set with a supervised value score based on the proximity of the capture time to a manual capture, or the similarity in settings (such as focus) to a manual capture.
Patent GB-2593692-A (GB)
Title: Reconnection of electrically powered train units
Inventor: CARLOS MENDEZ
IPC: H02J3/14
Filed: 2020-03-30
Abstract: A reconnection system for reconnecting electrically powered train units 1 to electrical power supply lines 3 which extend along respective tracks 4 of a rail network. The network is divided into plural power supply sections A-D with each power supply section having a respective source 2 of electrical power for the supply lines of the tracks in that section. Each train unit has a measuring device to detect failure and recovery of power supply by the supply line of the track on which the unit is currently located, a breaker (14, fig. 2) to disconnect and reconnect traction equipment of the unit with the supply line, and a supervision system (11, fig. 2) which is operably connected to the measuring device and the breaker. The reconnection system further includes a delay generating system which is configured to determine a different breaker closing time within a given power supply section for each of the train units on recovery of the power supply to the train units. The delay generating system may be a track-side control system 7 which wirelessly communicates with the train units. The system prevents multiple train units in the same supply section simultaneously reconnecting following a supply disruption.
Patent GB-2581890-A (GB)
Title: A resin composition and materials containing a resin composition
Inventor: NICHOLAS VERGE
IPC: C09J163/00
Filed: 2018-09-10
Abstract: This invention relates to a resin composition. The resin composition comprises a first polyfunctional epoxy component (i) comprising an epoxy resin based on a alkylol alkane triglycidyl ether monomer, and a second component, (ii) comprising an epoxy resin. The composition further comprise a third component, (iii) comprising a hydrazide based curative in combination with either (a) a urone based curative or (b) an imidazole based curative or both.
Patent GB-2595915-A (GB)
Title: Mudguard
Inventor: IAN GRAHAME WALKER
IPC: B62J17/06
Filed: 2020-06-11
Abstract: A detachable mudguard (10, figure 1) for a bicycle (1, figure 11) which comprises a set of segments including a first segment 100 and a second segment 200. The first segment has a first end 1002, a second end 1004 and also comprises a first portion of a first attachment member 1008 for attachment to a frame (2, figure 11) of the bicycle. The second segment has a first end 2002, a second end 2004 and a second line 2006 between the two ends. The second segment comprises a set of sub-segments including a first sub-segment 2010 proximal the first end, wherein the first sub-segment defines a first arcuate section of the second line. The mudguard is arrangeable in a first removable arrangement, where the first segment is attached to the frame of the bicycle and the first segment and the second segment are mutually uncoupled; and a second extendible arrangement where the first segment is attached to the frame of the bicycle and the first segment and the second segment are mutually coupled; where the second segment extends around a wheel assembly of the bicycle.
Patent GB-2597808-A (GB)
Title: Method for shaping flexible material and products produced thereby
Inventor: Andrew Corneloues
IPC: D05C17/00
Filed: 2020-08-14
Abstract: A product comprising a flexible material having opposite sides, the material comprising bends, a flexible, elongate and inextensible strand passing through the material from one side to the other and back again through the material, the bend in the material is formed by passage of the strand through the material and engagement between the strand and material such that movement of the strand and the material with respect to one another is prevented; the termini of the strand are unsecured with respect to the material. Also claimed is a method for shaping flexible material. The material may have uniform thickness and may be leather or textile. The material may be pre-perforated with regularly spaced holes. The holes may define vertices of polygons. Multiple strands may be used. The strands may be arranged in a flat or planar array. The strand may be a wire monofilament thread or fibre optic. The product may be used in vehicle, furniture clothing or part of a building.
Patent GB-2599723-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus, method and computer program product for determining a level of risk
Inventor: Quentin Bragard
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2020-10-12
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a level of risk that a future transfer will exceed a level of reserve is provided. The method comprises steps to obtain data S6002 of transfers between financial institutions which have occurred at a number of instances of time, the data including transfer amounts. A predictive model is applied S6004 to the data to obtain a prediction of the transfer amount at each instance of time, and a maximum residual between the prediction of the transfer amount and the transfer amount at each instance of time is determined S6006. The maximum residual for each instance of time is modelled S6008 using a generalised extreme value distribution to obtain a distribution function, and the level of risk that a future transfer between financial institutions will exceed the level of reserve is determined S6010 based on the distribution function which has been obtained.
Patent GB-2589247-A (GB)
Title: Traffic light estimation
Inventor: SCOTT D PENDLETON
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2020-01-29
Abstract: Among other things, we describe techniques for traffic light estimation using range sensors. A planning circuit of a vehicle traveling on a first drivable region that forms an intersection with a second drivable region receives information sensed by a range sensor of the vehicle. The information represents a movement state of an object through the intersection. A traffic signal at the intersection controls movement of objects through the intersection. The planning circuit determines a state of the traffic signal at the intersection based, in part, on the received information. A control circuit controls an operation of the vehicle based, in part, on the state of the traffic signal at the intersection
Patent GB-2602631-A (GB)
Title: Traffic light detection and classification
Inventor: NIRAV SHAH
IPC: G06N3/04
Filed: 2021-01-05
Abstract: Method of identifying traffic lights 111, comprising: receiving an image from a vehicle camera; determining a feature map from the image using a convolutional neural network (13, Fig. 2; 44, Fig. 5); applying, using a region proposal network, a set of traffic light shaped anchor boxes 110 to the feature map to determine bounding box proposals (14, Fig. 2; 46, Fig. 5); and identifying a traffic light within the proposed bounding boxes using a region of interest pooling layer of the convolutional neural network and the aforementioned feature map (16, Fig. 2; 48, 50, Fig. 5). The neural network may be trained to identify traffic lights (26, Fig. 3) using a training set of images (top-left, Fig. 4; 22, Fig. 3) and augmented images derived from the training set (remaining images, Fig. 4; 24, Fig. 3). The augmentation techniques may comprise: colour adjustment; image flipping; image shifting; size adjustment; and application of a jitter function. An existing neural network that identifies traffic lights by a first set of feature maps may be re-trained according to the aforementioned method thereby generating a second set of feature maps.