baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2581212-A (GB)
Title: Vibration absorbers
Inventor: DAVID STEPHEN CHILD
IPC: F16F15/14
Filed: 2019-02-11
Abstract: A roller-type centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber (CPVA) 17 comprising a rotatable body 18 with circumferentially-spaced cavities 19. Each cavity 19 contains a roller 20 that rolls up the walls 21 of the cavity 19 to generate a pendulum vibration absorbing effect. Each roller has a brake 22 that is biased radially inwardly, and that may be mounted in a radial slot 28 within the rotatable body 18. Each brake 22 is biased such that, below a pre-set rotation speed of the body 18, it holds its roller 20 against an inner portion of the respective cavity wall 21, or a pad 27 secured to the wall 21, to prevent rattling of the roller 20 within the cavity 19. At speeds above this pre-set level, the centrifugal forces acting on the brake 22 and roller 20 overcome the roller bias to allow unrestricted radially-outward movement of the roller 20 up the walls 21 of the cavity 19.
Patent GB-2583061-A (GB)
Title: Data processing systems
Inventor: SAMUEL MARTIN
IPC: H04N19/96
Filed: 2019-02-12
Abstract: Encoding image or graphics texture map data by dividing the array into block and representing sample data of each block using a tree or quadtree. The image or texture data is intended for display such that higher resolution is required in central or foveal regions, so the tree data may be truncated to store lower spatial resolution data for certain blocks. Each node of a tree is associated with a differential value that is added to a pixel value derived from a parent node to derive a pixel value for the current node. In this way, when truncated at a node, the sample of the block represented by the node is populated by the pixel value associated to the node. Preferably this is either a minimum value 65 or an average 63 of the pixels in the associated sub-block of the data array. Data indicative of a resolution that is to be used by the consumer circuitry such as a graphics processor or a display for at least one region of the array of data elements is provided to the encoding circuitry, and the encoding circuitry uses the data indicative of the resolution that is to be used by the consumer circuitry to control the generation of a representation (i.e. truncated tree) for representing at least one block that the array of data elements is divided into.
Patent GB-2582640-A (GB)
Title: A drive arrangement for a vehicle
Inventor: JONATHAN BERNARD AMEYE
IPC: B62D5/04
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: A drive arrangement is provided which comprises a vehicle mountable interface 11, rotatably coupled to a mounting arm 12 to allow its continuous rotation in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to longitudinal and transverse axes of the vehicle. The arrangement comprises an electric motor (16 see fig 1) whose stator (252 fig 22) is coupled to the mounting arm 12 with the axis of the rotor (240 fig 22) of the motor (16) being substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the interface, the rotor (240) being coupled to a wheel 17 for the electric motor (16) to drive the wheel 17. The arrangement comprises an arm recess for electric wires and for piping to supply motor coolant and rotor brake disc fluid. The interface may comprise annular electrical contact and an electrically conductive fluid. The invention uses in-wheel motors to provide high manoeuvrability suitable for driverless vehicles.
Patent GB-2570231-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods to distribute and authenticate product delivery lockers
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G07F17/12
Filed: 2017-09-26
Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to support the delivery of products. Some embodiments provide a retail delivery locker system comprising: multiple delivery lockers comprising: a housing enclosing an interior product cavity; a door enabling access to the product cavity; first and second docking couplers each configured to securely dock with a docking station and a docking coupler of another locker; and a communication link between the first and second docking couplers; and multiple docking stations each comprising: a locker coupler configured to secure a locker with the docking station; a station control circuit that obtains a first locker identifier from a first locker, confirms the first locker is scheduled to dock with a docking station, and authorize the locking of the docking station with the first docking coupler; and a transceiver enabling the station control circuit to communicate with a remote central control system.
Patent GB-2584409-A (GB)
Title: A moveable panel arrangement for a folding wing tip
Inventor: Jack Horwood
IPC: B64C3/54
Filed: 2019-05-16
Abstract: An aircraft wing (10, fig 1a) comprising a fixed wing 14and a wing tip device 12 rotatable about a hinge 16 at the tip of the fixed wing. The wing further comprises a moveable panel 34 at the boundary between the wing tip device and the fixed wing. In the flight configuration the panel is closed such that the panel is substantially flush with the upper surfaces 30,26 of the wing and wing tip respectively. The panel may be located in the path of a moveable element (for example part of an actuation mechanism, such as a curved rack). During movement to the ground configuration the panel is initially moved up and away from the upper surface of the wing (for example by a linkage assembly).
Patent GB-2573669-A (GB)
Title: Drive Device, Optical Instrument and Imaging Apparatus
Inventor: YASUFUMI YAMAMOTO
IPC: G02B7/08
Filed: 2018-01-26
Abstract: A drive device comprising: an oscillator; a friction member that comes into friction contact with the oscillator; a first guide part that, when the oscillator oscillates and the oscillator and the friction member move relative to one another, guides the oscillator or the friction member in a first direction, and enables the oscillator and the friction member to rotate around an axis in the first direction; a moving member that moves in conjunction with the relative movement of the oscillator and the friction member, and is connected to the member to be driven; and a second guide part that guides the member to be driven in a second direction when the moving member moves, wherein the moving member is connected to the member to be driven so as to be rotatable and so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
Patent GB-2588824-A (GB)
Title: Device and method
Inventor: ADAM EDWARD ALEXANDER CONTORET
IPC: H02N11/00
Filed: 2019-11-11
Abstract: An alleged reactionless drive device 100,500 for generating a propulsive force comprises an electromagnet 120 and at least one multi-layer structure 110 having an active layer 116 in between an anode layer 112 and a cathode layer 114. The active layer comprises a plurality of directionally aligned molecules 240. The electromagnet applies a modulated magnetic field across the multi-layer structure in line with the directionally aligned molecules such that, in conjunction with the application of an electric field across the anode and cathode layers, allegedly results in a net force in parallel to the applied magnetic field. The modulated magnetic field may 90 degrees out of phase with the modulated electric field. A further magnet 130 may be provided opposite the electromagnet such that the modulated magnetic field is between the magnets. The or a plurality of multi-layer structures 110a-n may be positioned between the magnets. The multi-layer structure may comprise a hole injection layer 122 positioned between the anode and the active layer, and an electron injection layer 124 positioned between the cathode and the active layer. The active layer may be a semiconductor material or an organic liquid crystalline conjugated oligomer material.
Patent GB-2591776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in turbocharger efficiency
Inventor: STUART PAUL SMITH
IPC: F02D41/22
Filed: 2020-02-06
Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for estimating the efficiency loss of a turbocharger 12 of an internal combustion engine. The method comprises the steps of monitoring a plurality of operating parameters and determining a compressor exit temperature according to a first calibration map based on these operating parameters. An estimate of instantaneous turbocharger efficiency loss according to a second calibration map is then determined, based on the compressor exit temperature. The instantaneous turbocharger efficiency loss is used to determine an estimate of cumulative turbocharger efficiency loss during engine service. The estimate of cumulative turbocharger efficiency loss is compared with a first predetermined efficiency loss threshold and a first signal is generated if the first predetermined efficiency loss threshold is exceeded.
Patent GB-2580229-A (GB)
Title: System for deploying communication components in a borehole
Inventor: Thomas McClain Scott
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2018-07-30
Abstract: An apparatus for deploying one or more components of a borehole monitoring system includes a conductor assembly having one or more communication devices connected along a length of a conductor, each communication device being configured to wirelessly communicate data and/or power, the conductor configured to transmit the data and/or the power through a borehole in an earth formation. The apparatus further includes a deployment device configured to transport and support the length of the conductor having the one or more communication devices connected along the length of the conductor and deploy the length of the conductor in the borehole.
Patent GB-2584754-A (GB)
Title: System and method for producing a tissue patch for use in reconstruction of tubular anatomical structures
Inventor: NIDHIN LAJI
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2020-03-06
Abstract: A method of constructing a tissue patch for use in a reconstruction of a tubular anatomical structure (TAS), the method comprising: displaying on a graphical user interface a three-dimensional rendered model of the TAS generated from a segmented digital image of the TAS; defining an axial central line through the TAS; identifying one or more incision points (IP) on a surface of the TAS model; identifying a diameter of the TAS taken from the central line at each of a plurality of cross sections through the TAS; simulating one or more cuts through the TAS corresponding to the identified IPs; determining a joining point (JP) in each cross-section for attachment of the patch; determining a required diameter of the TAS at each cross-section; determining the required diameter of the patch by subtracting the diameter of the TAS from the required diameter; generating a model of the patch; applying the patch model to the TAS model so the patch model attaches to the TAS at each joining point. Preferably, identifying the IPs comprises identifying points suitable for at least one longitudinal incision. Described manufacture of the patch by 3D printing. Uses include aorta reconstruction in babies with congenital heart defects.
Patent GB-2584194-A (GB)
Title: Breast prostheses
Inventor: Christopher John Hawken
IPC: A61F2/52
Filed: 2020-03-09
Abstract: A breast prosthesis comprises a resilient silicone shell (1, 11) which has an outer wall configured to simulate the shape of a female breast. The wall is fretted with an ornamental pattern of perforations (6, 16) that vent the internal cavity (4, 14) of the shell, and ribs (5, 15, see Figure 8) within the cavity extend across it, resiliently supporting and retaining the shape of the shell. The ribs may be interconnected with one another and are moulded integrally with the outer wall, all of which may be made of silicone. The shell may have a flat peripheral rim (3, 13) to the cavity.
Patent GB-2593708-A (GB)
Title: Methods and decompression units for decompressing image data compressed using pattern-based compression
Inventor: XILE YANG
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 2020-03-30
Abstract: Methods and decompression units for decompressing a selected sub-block of image element values from a compressed block of image element values are described. The method includes: identifying, from the compressed block of image element values, a pattern of a plurality of patterns of image element values associated with the selected sub-block, identifying, from the compressed block of image element values, one or more image element values associated with the selected sub-block; and generating the selected sub-block from the pattern and the one or more image element values associated with the selected sub-block.
Patent GB-2597784-A (GB)
Title: Robotic apparatus
Inventor: ARTHUR PALLISTER
IPC: B08B9/051
Filed: 2020-08-06
Abstract: A robotic apparatus 100 for cleaning and sterilising a pipeline 200 comprises a propulsion system 110 for propelling said robotic apparatus through said pipeline, a cleaning system 120 for cleaning at least a portion of the interior of said pipeline and a sterilising system 130 for sterilising at least a portion of the interior of said pipeline. The robotic apparatus preferably includes a pressure testing system 140 for testing the integrity of at least a portion of said pipeline. The pressure testing system may include a joint detection unit for detecting the presence of a joint within said pipeline and a plurality of sealing members configured, in use, to engage with an interior surface of said pipeline to form a pressure test volume. The sterilising system preferably comprises an ultraviolet steriliser 131.
Patent GB-2599895-A (GB)
Title: Intra-aural device for alleviating symptoms of TMJ disorders
Inventor: CHRISTIAN MOSIAH LUCAS
IPC: A61H39/04
Filed: 2020-10-06
Abstract: An ear insert device 10 for alleviating symptoms of TMJ disorders comprises an elongate body, e.g. hollow tube, of substantially rigid material configured to match or correspond to the internal shape of a section of the ear canal 4 when the jaw is in an open position, the section extending at least part of the way from the ear canal entrance 4E to the second bend B2. The device 10 is configured for insertion and location in the ear canal so that its outer or lateral end 20 is inwardly or medially spaced from the ear canal entrance 4E, and preferably so that its inner or medial end 24 is located near the second bend B2 of the ear canal. For ease of retrieval from the ear canal, the earpiece 10 may comprise a projecting cord or protruding tag (26, Fig. 7) for grasping and/or a through-hole (70, Fig. 10) for receiving an extraction hook. The rigid material of the device body, e.g. a hard plastic, may be 3D-printed based on a custom 3D model of the wearer’s ear canal obtained from a 3D scan or moulded impression.
Patent GB-2600144-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for a bladed surgical instrument
Inventor: Ben Robert Chaplin
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2020-10-23
Abstract: A surgical instrument for attachment to a surgical robot has an end effector 400 with opposing first 440 and second 442 end effector elements. Each end effector element has a first portion for enabling rotation and a second (bladed) portion configured to interface with the opposing blade. An articulation joins the end effector to a shaft. The articulation includes a supporting body 424 with opposing first 426 and second 428 tines between which the first portions of the first and second end effectors are permitted to rotate. The first portion of the first end effector element is adjacent the first tine, whereas the second (bladed) portion of the first end effector element is closer to the second tine because the elements cross over such that a contact pressure is applied across the shear plane. The elements may be rotated by drive cables and spaced from the tines by conical springs. They may form a pair of scissors.
Patent GB-2601487-A (GB)
Title: Wind outlet structure and cooling device
Inventor: CHUN-PENG CHEN
IPC: C03B27/04
Filed: 2020-12-01
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wind outlet structure having a case, at least one wind outlet part, at least one windshield and at least one controller. Interior of the wind outlet part forms a wind outlet channel, and another one surface of the wind outlet part opposite to one surface of wind outlet part which is connected to the case has wind outlet holes. The windshield is disposed in the wind outlet channel of the wind outlet part and the windshield perforations. The controller is disposed in the wind outlet channel of the wind outlet part and connected to the windshield, and the controller controls the windshield o move laterally, such that the perforations arc communicated with or offset to the wind outlet holes. Therefore, an appropriate number of the wind outlet holes for wind supply operation can be controlled according to a size of the glass.
Patent GB-2605383-A (GB)
Title: Sealing arrangement for flywheel and bearing in vacuum
Inventor: ANDREW DEAKIN
IPC: F16F15/315
Filed: 2021-03-30
Abstract: An apparatus comprising a housing 1 housing a shaft 4, a flywheel 3 mounted on the shaft 4, a bearing arrangement 2a for supporting the shaft 4, and a sealing arrangement 7. The sealing arrangement 7 is mounted between the shaft 4 and the housing 1. The bearing arrangement 2a is mounted both to the shaft 4, between the flywheel 3 and the sealing arrangement 7, and to the housing. Sealing arrangement 7 comprises a pair of seals that are configured to extend circumferentially around the shaft 4, the seals being arranged to form a hermetic seal against the shaft 4 to hermetically seal the housing 1. The apparatus may include a lubricant pump that is either driven directly by the flywheel 3 or by an electric motor. The pump circulates lubricant from a lubricant supply to the bearing arrangement 2a.
Patent GB-2605800-A (GB)
Title: Garment hanger packs and associated methods of supply
Inventor: GÖKHAN TEZSEZER
IPC: A47G25/14
Filed: 2021-04-13
Abstract: A garment hanger pack 200 comprises at least two hangers 100, each comprising a hook portion 104 connected to a body portion. Each hanger may include an aperture 160 through a neck region adjacent to the connection between the hook and body portions, and a tie member 400 passed through each aperture and secured to itself to form a loop to retain the hangers together. Alternatively, a rigid plaque member (600, figure 6a) comprising at least one slot (610a, 610b, figure 6A) for receiving the hook portions of the at least two hangers may retain the hangers together. The tie member may comprise a reinforced paper strip with an adhesive portion, or a cable tie which may be self-locking and/or reusable. The tie member or plaque may include a region 402 for displaying information about the hanger pack. The pack may include a predetermined ratio of hangers of different garment sizes. A method of supplying the garment hanger packs includes selecting garments according to a predetermined criterion such as a ratio of garment sizes.
Patent GB-2606235-A (GB)
Title: Capacitive electrical energy storage device
Inventor: ROBERT THEAKSTON
IPC: H01M10/44
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: A capacitive electrical energy storage device has a length of energy storage laminate 6 formed of a first conductive layer, a second insulating layer, a third conductive layer, and fourth insulating layer. The device has a charged configuration in which the energy storage laminate 6 is taut and at least some of it is wound around the first spool 1, but none of it is wound around the second spool 2. The device has a discharged configuration in which the energy storage laminate 6 is taut and at least some of it is wound around the second spool 2, but none of it is wound around the first spool 1. A spool drive mechanism drives the spools 1, 2 to move the device between the charged and discharged configurations so that electrical energy can be extracted from the device using a pinch roller 4 which compresses a portion of the energy storage laminate 6.
Patent GB-2611346-A (GB)
Title: A robotic surgical instrument
Inventor: DAVID WILLIAM HAYDN WEBSTER-SMITH
IPC: B25J17/00
Filed: 2021-10-01
Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument for performing a surgical procedure, the instrument comprising a shaft, an end effector 200 comprising an electrical component 204 and an articulation 206 connecting the shaft to the end effector. The articulation permits the end effector to rotate relative to the shaft about a first axis 208. The robotic surgical instrument further comprises an electrical cable extending along the shaft. The robotic surgical instrument comprises an electrical connector extending at least partially around a circumference surrounding the first axis. The electrical connector provides a sliding electrical connection between the electrical cable and the end effector, such that the end effector is permitted to rotate about the first axis independently of the electrical cable whilst the electrical connection between the electrical cable and the end effector is maintained.
Patent GB-2614708-A (GB)
Title: An animal detecting device, system, method and computer program
Inventor: Salvatore Finatti
IPC: G06V40/10
Filed: 2022-01-10
Abstract: A system for detecting animals in images. One or more images is obtained 601 and processed 602 to detect the presence of an animal. If an animal is detected 603, data representing the result of the processing is produced 604, and under predetermined conditions 605, this data is communicated to a second device. The image processing may be carried out using any known method and the image representation data may be a data table, image metadata, or any other data indicating a result of the initial image processing that is in a format that occupies less data-volume than the original image. The image processing may detect the species, pose, or position of the animal and may also detect humans. The predetermined condition may relate to the results of the image processing, for example the species of animal detected, or to the number of images captured. The images may be infra-red, NIR, time-of-flight, Radar, or Lidar images. A system comprising a central management system for receiving the image representation data from the animal detecting device and performing further analysis is also claimed.
Patent GB-2607156-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for electronic stethoscope wireless auscultation
Inventor: SUBRAMANIAM VENKATRAMAN
IPC: A61B7/04
Filed: 2022-03-07
Abstract: A method of operating an electronic stethoscope in either a wireless digital mode, e.g. a wireless speaker 186, or a wired digital mode e.g. earphones 117, depending on a user action. The user action may be the inserting of a headphone jack into a socket or manually switching between modes using a switch, button etc. or via an interface of the electronic stethoscope or audio device. The switching action may turn on or turn off the power to the speakers or turning off and/or activating a wireless transceiver of the stethoscope and establishing a connection with the wireless device. In the wireless digital mode, audio data may be sent to at least one external device, such as a phone, tablet, headphones, PC in real time. Where the data is transmitted to a computing device, it is preferred that this happens while in a background mode. The data may be transmitted from the computing device to a separate speaker (190). The electronic stethoscope can also transmit the audio data to more than one wireless device thus allowing multiple listeners/observers of the patient data.