baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2559413-A (GB)
Title: Controlling voltage in electrical power distribution grid
Inventor: LIRAN KATZIR
IPC: H02M5/22
Filed: 2017-02-07
Abstract: A hybrid power converter 20, 60 is used to control voltage in an electrical power distribution grid and includes a power transformer 10 and an auxiliary AC/AC power converter which are connected such that the output alternating voltages of the power transformer and the auxiliary power converter are added. The power transformer includes primary and secondary leads and is configured to convert alternating current (AC) electrical power at a higher voltage on the primary leads to AC electrical power at a lower grid voltage on the secondary leads. The auxiliary power converter includes input and output conductors and is configured to convert input AC electrical power at the input conductors to output AC electrical power at the output conductors, wherein the auxiliary power converter converts substantially less electrical power that than that converted by the power transformer. The output conductors of the auxiliary power converter are connected in series to the secondary leads of the power transformer. The input conductors of the auxiliary power converter are connected in parallel to either: the primary leads of the power transformer (as in figure 2); or the secondary leads of the power transformer (as in figure 6).
Patent GB-2559581-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle door hinge assembly
Inventor: IAN PATTERSON
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: A vehicle door hinge assembly (119) comprising a hinge (101) and a locking assembly 109 configured to retain the hinge in one or more rotational positions, e.g. hold open or intermediate open position; and a control member (123) operated remotely of the hinge to actuate the locking assembly. Preferably the hinge comprises first and second hinge leafs 103, 105 pivotally connected at hinge axis 107 with plurality of circumferentially spaced parallel abutment pins with a retractable locking rod 117 acting perpendicular to the hinge axis and spring biased into the locked position. The control member may be located near a door handle or operatively coupled to a door handle and connected to the locking assembly via one or more linkages or push rods (fig.3); in a further embodiment the control member may be coupled to the locking assembly by powered drive such as a motor. In another embodiment the locking assembly may comprise a ratchet to allow the hinge to pivot in one rotational position and automatically engage in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-2561170-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: VLADIMIR DOLZHENKO
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: Input data representing an input frame of a video is transformed by transformation data representing at least one transformation for applying to an image to adjust a geometric distortion of the image is received. Groups of input tiles, each including a respective portion of the input frame, are processed with at least part of the transformation data, thereby generating sub-window data representing sub-windows of an output frame of the video. The transformations may be cylindrical panoramic or stereographic. The scales of the sub-windows may differ and the transformation data may be time-varying. A system 118 for producing the transformations may include data processing system 120, image capture device 124 and display device 136.
Patent GB-2551443-A (GB)
Title: Camera mounting apparatus
Inventor: PAUL SCHELHAAS
IPC: G03B17/56
Filed: 2017-05-22
Abstract: A camera mounting apparatus has a base member 4 configured for attachment to an upwardly facing surface of a post, a camera mounting element 6, and at least one planar support element 8. The or each planar support element connects the base member to the camera mounting element. The camera mounting element defines a vertical rotational axis and the or each planar support element is arranged such that the plane of the support element extends along a radius from the rotational axis.
Patent GB-2563424-A (GB)
Title: Soil treatment
Inventor: RICHARD MARK DAVIES
IPC: E02D3/12
Filed: 2017-06-15
Abstract: A method of treatment of foundation soil beneath a structure, comprising treating the foundation soil with an ionic treatment agent (ionic stabiliser), and treating the foundation soil with a soil stabiliser (e.g. polyurethane, acrylic, silicate, urea) to stabilize the foundation soil. The respective treatments may be carried out sequentially or simultaneously and may be injected into the foundation soil.
Patent GB-2561928-A (GB)
Title: Audio data transfer
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G06F21/83
Filed: 2017-07-11
Abstract: Verification that data transmitted to a data processing module, such as voice biometric module 111, did originate from a microphone. A microphone authentication apparatus 204 maybe a trusted domain and have a first input for receiving analogue audio signals from a microphone transducer 201 and an analogue-to-digital converter 202 coupled to said first input for generating digital microphone data based on the received audio signals. A data authentication module 203 generates an authentication certificate (MAC) for certifying that the digital microphone data did pass via the authentication module. The authentication certificate is based on the digital microphone data and maybe an authentication module key. An output module outputs a digital microphone audio signal based on the digital microphone data with the authentication certificate. A biometric authentication module 111 may then verify that the received audio data was indeed generated by the microphone and not altered or generated by malware.
Patent GB-2568465-A (GB)
Title: Determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle
Inventor: LECH BIREK
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2017-11-13
Abstract: A method 30 for determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle comprising: determining 31 a routine of use of charge of the energy storage means; predicting 33 a future use of charge of the energy storage means in dependence on the routine; determining 35 a charging requirement for the energy storage means in dependence on the prediction; and providing 37 an output to a user of the vehicle indicative of a time at which an increase in the state of charge of the energy storage means will be required in dependence on the determined charging requirement. The energy storage means may be a battery for an electric vehicle EV or hybrid electric vehicle HEV. A system is provided to carry out the method. The system may reduce user range anxiety and may provide a positive indication that no charging will be required in a particular period based on a determined charging requirement.
Patent GB-2571242-A (GB)
Title: Wireless communication between electronic devices in close proximity
Inventor: DAREN LEE PICKERING
IPC: H04B7/06
Filed: 2017-12-07
Abstract: First and second wireless communication devices exchange values characterising respective received signals. The devices then compare the received values with their own values and selectively activate wireless communication with a third device according to this result. The received signals may come from the third device. The characteristic values may relate to the strength or reliability of the signals and wireless communication may be activated for the device with the higher value. The devices may communicate using a short-range protocol such as near-field communication. The first and second devices may be NFC tags 40 and the third device a NFC reader. There may be multiple such tags arranged in a honeycomb array 48, and each tag may receive characteristic signal values from its neighbouring tags. In one embodiment, the reader device is comprised in a delivery drone and the tags in a landing pad. In a second embodiment, the reader is a phone and the tags are embedded in a map. The system avoids the need for precise alignment between a reading device and a particular tag.
Patent GB-2569292-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle storage compartment
Inventor: BEN CARROLL
IPC: B60R11/00
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: A vehicle comprising a storage compartment (101, see fig. 2) that is movable between a first position in which the storage compartment can be accessed from outside of the vehicle, and a second position in which the storage compartment can be accessed from inside of the vehicle. The storage compartment further comprising a first access port 109 configured to allow access to said storage compartment from the vehicle exterior when the storage compartment is in said first position. The compartment may comprise a carriage 113 that is moveably coupled to a body portion of the vehicle. Furthermore, a second access port 111 may be configured to allow access to the storage compartment from the vehicle interior when the storage compartment is in the second position. Additionally, the compartment may comprise a cover or may be refrigerated. The storage component appears to relate to autonomous vehicles and delivering food to the customer, hence the need for access to both interior and exterior of the compartment.
Patent GB-2571987-A (GB)
Title: Processing task scheduling
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER ALBERT ADAM STURA
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 2018-03-15
Abstract: A computer system and method with at least one hardware processor with a first data processing instance having a unique identifier, wherein the data processing instance transmits, at a first start time of a repeated period, its identifier to a nominee data location in a storage location accessible by a plurality of data processing instances 301-303. After a dwell period, the storage location is read and the data processing instance matching the read identifier is scheduled to send a an execution message to a data processing instance instructing that instance to execute a processing task 304-306. The first processing instance may generate a clock to which the start period and repeated period are in reference. The execution message may be sent to a distribution unit which permits only one data processing instance to receive that message. When executed in the context of a distributed computing system, there is a first computing system as above, and a second computing system with at least one processor and data instance which receives the execution message and executes the processing task.
Patent GB-2575815-A (GB)
Title: A wearable air purifier
Inventor: Philip Stephen Darling
IPC: H04R5/033
Filed: 2018-07-23
Abstract: A head wearable air purifier 1000 comprising a first speaker assembly 1100a and a second speaker assembly 1100b, wherein the first speaker assembly 1100a comprises a filter assembly, a motor-driven impeller for creating an airflow through the filter assembly, and an air outlet downstream from the filter assembly for emitting a filtered airflow from the speaker assembly. The head wearable air purifier further comprises a nozzle 1300 arranged to receive the filtered airflow from the first speaker assembly, the nozzle 1300 comprising an air outlet arranged to emit the received filtered airflow from the head wearable air purifier, and a control circuit arranged to control a rotational speed of the motor-driven impeller of the first speaker assembly such that the maximum rotational speed of the motor-driven impeller is from 9000 to 18,000 RPM.
Patent GB-2562674-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical ventilation and heat recovery unit and system
Inventor: MATTHEW JAMES WILLIAM REANEY
IPC: F24F13/22
Filed: 2013-02-08
Abstract: A mechanical ventilation and heat recovery unit 100 comprises a housing with a plurality of inlets 112, 132, 114, 134 and outlets 122, 124 and a plurality of fluid passages extending between the inlets and outlets in the housing. The housing provides a volume for receiving a heat exchanger 155. A first fluid passage extends through the heat exchanger volume from a first inlet to a first outlet, and a second fluid passage extends through the heat exchanger volume from a second inlet to a second outlet. A warming plate 170, positioned adjacent to the heat exchanger volume, provides trace heating to the heat exchanger 155. A cover 175 may enclose the heat exchanger and warming plate. The warming plate 170 may be warmed by power resistors (172, Fig. 10) attached to the warming plate. The warming plate 170 may prevent condensate cooled in the heat exchanger from freezing.
Patent GB-2577685-A (GB)
Title: Eye-wear safety grip for secure attachment to garments
Inventor: DUNCAN THOMAS GILES RIVETT
IPC: G02C5/16
Filed: 2018-10-01
Abstract: A spring biased clip may be integrally provided on, or retrofitted to, the inside face of the temple arms of a pair of spectacles. The clip may be elastic in nature and biased to the closed position. The clip may be hinged about a fulcrum or pivot Figure 2. It may be secured by an elastic sleeve to the temple arm Figure 2. An elastic band may be located about the clip and may be extended to locate over the bridge of the spectacles Figures 4 and 5. The band may provide further tension to hold the spectacle arms in the closed position when located on a garment or on a seam of a pocket.
Patent GB-2568831-A (GB)
Title: Determining damage to a casing string in a wellbore
Inventor: Aniket
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2017-07-27
Abstract: Damage to a casing string in a wellbore resulting from a wellbore operation can be predicted. For example, a stiff string model can be used to determine a contact point between the casing string and a well tool positionable within the casing string for performing the wellbore operation. The stiff string model can be used to determine a force of the well tool against the casing string at the contact point. The force can be used to determine a volume of damage to the casing string proximate to the contact point. A depth of a groove formed in the casing string proximate to the contact point can be determined based on the volume of damage.
Patent GB-2567356-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for transporting products via unmanned aerial vehicles and mobile relay stations
Inventor: DAVID C WINKLE
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-07-18
Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems of delivering products from a first location to at least a second location include at least one unmanned aerial vehicle configured to transport at least one of the products from the first location to the second location along a predetermined route and at least one mobile relay station including at least one charging dock and configured to accommodate and charge the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle. A central computing device including a processor-based control circuit is configured to communicate with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the mobile relay station via a network. The mobile relay station is configured to move into a position on the predetermined route of the unmanned aerial vehicle to permit the unmanned aerial vehicle to land on the mobile relay station that is moved into the predetermined route of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
Patent GB-2582917-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for generating three dimensional images
Inventor: DENIS ISLAMOV
IPC: H04N9/75
Filed: 2019-04-05
Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method or providing an augmented reality image comprising recording a subject image using a recording device, extracting and refining the subject image from the image using processing techniques, and then providing, either through live streaming, download, or other means, the extracted subject image to a display device to overlay over real world images. The method uses a novel algorithm to tether the image in place and rotate it as the display device moves, significantly reducing the size and complexity of the image required, and to enable viewing of the image from any desired angle. It involves generating a composite video image including the steps of: capturing a first set of video image data of a region including an object said set comprising a time sequence showing rotation of the object at a range of angles of view, capturing rotational position data identifying the rotational position of the object at different times in the video image data time sequence. The first set of video image data is then processed to extract a portion of the video image data comprising the time sequence and including the object then sending the portion of the video image data and the rotational position data to a display device where it is combined with a second set of video data to form a composite video image including the object and displaying the composite image. The portion of the video image data of the region is displayed in the composite video image at a fixed position within the second set of video image data and a variable orientation based in part on the movement of the display device. As the angle of view of the display device changes, the change relative to the fixed position is determined and the corresponding rotational position data is used to identify a time in the time sequence corresponding to the determined angle of view and displaying the composite image comprising the portion of the video image data at the identified time in the time sequence.
Patent GB-2572269-A (GB)
Title: A device for holding a bearing member relative to a fixed body
Inventor: PAUL TERRENCE NEWBERRY
IPC: F16C35/067
Filed: 2013-03-08
Abstract: A bearing holding device device 10 for holding a bearing member relative to a fixed body 60 is provided. The device 10 comprising: a first part 12 having an formation 12a for engagement with a corresponding formation on the fixed body 60 to hold the first part 12 relative to the fixed body 60, and a receiving formation 13 for receiving and slidably supporting a generally elongate second part 14. A first end 15 of the second part is configured for engagement with a part 55 of a bearing member 50 to hold the bearing member 50 relative to the fixed body 60. A second, opposite, end 16 of the second part 14 supports an abutment member 21 which prevents the first and second parts 12, 14 separating from each other. The device 10 further includes biasing means 30 for biasing the first end 15 of the second part 14 away from the first part 12. The first part 12 also includes a formation 18 for engagement with a tool so as to effect rotation, this formation including a recess 19 to receive the abutment member 21.
Patent GB-2585695-A (GB)
Title: Lockable trench shoring apparatus, a lock for a trench shoring apparatus and its method of use
Inventor: GLENN MOLYNEUX
IPC: E02D17/08
Filed: 2019-07-12
Abstract: A trench shoring apparatus comprising two parallel side panels 12a-b spaced-apart by a connecting bar 34 pivotally connected to one end of at least one pair of lateral arms 22a-b, with the other end being hinged to the side panels such that movement of the connecting bar actuates the apparatus between a retracted and extended configuration. The panels inner surface may have a plurality of L-shaped backplates 20 welded thereto. Lateral arms comprise right angled triangular hinge plates 22a-b that only permit upward movement when a side edge abuts the back plate in the extended position. A hoisting beam 48 with a central U-shaped lifting hitch 56 is located at each end on a support (50fig.4) of the connecting bar and is releasably connected by a hook and chain from a first hoisting loop 44 on the bar to a second hoisting loop 46 on the beam. The locking means (64fig.3) comprises pivoting arms 66a-b connected the connecting bar and abut the back plate. They lock in place using a cross piece 78. The apparatus may comprise U-shaped rungs to form an internal ladder and retractable guard rail. There are further claims for a lock and method of use.
Patent GB-2578186-A (GB)
Title: System and method for automatic delineation of scanned images
Inventor: MARK GOODING
IPC: G16H30/00
Filed: 2019-07-24
Abstract: A method and system for generating synthetic scan images for use in a database of image-contour pairs, where the database is used in the delineation of features in one or more real scan images. The method comprises: providing real delineated scan images 502 acquired using a first image scanner; defining a model for the generation of a synthetic scan image using a second image scanner; processing the delineated image and mapping contours from the real image to form a new synthetic image-contour pair 505; repeating previous steps to generate a plurality of image-contour pairs; using the generated database to optimise an automated contouring algorithm 508; processing further real scan images using the optimised automated contouring algorithm. The second scan image may be acquired in real time. Operating parameters of the second image scanner may be based on distance between the source and the detector. The first scan image may be one of a CT, MRI or ultrasound (US) image. Processing may involve the use of a neural network or other machine learning techniques.
Patent GB-2573697-A (GB)
Title: Drillsting with a bottom hole assembly having multiple agitators
Inventor: ROBELLO SAMUEL
IPC: E21B7/24
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: A method comprising determining a property of a first section of drill pipe that is to connect a first agitator to a second agitator in a bottom hole assembly of a drill string, determining a distance between the first agitator and the second agitator based, at least in part, on the property of the first section of drill pipe, positioning the first agitator in the bottom hole assembly of the drill string, and positioning the second agitator in the bottom hole assembly of the drill string relative to the first agitator based, at least in part, on the distance.
Patent GB-2574133-A (GB)
Title: Laser-guided UAV delivery system
Inventor: Robert L Cantrell
IPC: G01S17/88
Filed: 2018-01-29
Abstract: An automated laser guided UAV delivery system is discussed. A UAV carrying a physical object in a storage unit, autonomously aerially navigates towards a specified location. The UAV includes an inertial navigation system and a sensor and can detect, via the sensor, a laser transmission emitted on the surface of a specified location. The UAV can detect the frequency and pulse of the laser transmission to identify that it is the intended recipient of the laser transmission. The UAV can deliver the physical object from the storage unit onto the surface of the specified location on which the laser transmission is being emitted.
Patent GB-2575201-A (GB)
Title: Improved seating cushion
Inventor: DAVID WORNELL
IPC: A47C27/18
Filed: 2018-03-26
Abstract: A pneumatically adjustable bladder system (90) for use in a cushioned seat bottom (24) has one or two rear foam filled bladders (62, 64) for location under the ischial tuberosities of a seated occupant of the seat bottom, and one or more expansion chambers (14, 16) or front foam filled bladders (66, 68) for location under the thighs of the seated occupant. There are air passageways (70, 72, 74, 92) interconnecting the bladders with each other or with an expansion chamber. The system is air tight and the bladders are compressible under the weight of the seated occupant and are expandable when the weight is removed. The compression of a bladder causes air therewith in to be displaced through the air passageways to the expansion chambers or to the other bladders, which then expand. The compression of a bladder under the ischial tuberosities of the seated occupant and the expansion of the expansion chambers or of the other bladders under the thighs of the seated occupant cause the seated occupant to experience a correct level of immersion into the cushioned seat bottom which is desired for effective postural support and prevention of lower back pain.