baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2520637-A (GB)
Title: Controller for controlling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle
Inventor: ALLAIN MARC C
IPC: F02D41/14
Filed: 2014-12-04
Abstract: A controller suitable for an internal combustion engine comprising: at least one real-time dynamic computational model 10, the model representing at least part of the internal combustion engine; at least one offline optimised control set-point 12 as a first input to the model; at least one engine sensor providing an input to the computational model; and a real-time optimizer 14 configured to adjust at least one engine control signal on the basis of at least one output of the computation model in such a way that a deviation from a set-point is at least decreased. The invention can deal well with transient operation which characterises real-world operation. The model can be predictive of engine performance, emissions production and fuel efficiency. The optimisation can have its variables weighted allowing for the results to be minimised, maximised or based on a cost function.
Patent GB-2519468-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing an extract of vegetable material, an extract prepared in this way and its use in animal food
Inventor: MARCO-MARTINEZ DIEGO
IPC: A23K10/38
Filed: 2013-08-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an extract of vegetable material by at least partially fermenting the vegetable material and recovering an extract of the at least partially fermented vegetable material, the extract itself and its use.
Patent GB-2537346-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector apparatus, system and method
Inventor: Robin Barclay Mair
IPC: H01R31/06
Filed: 2015-02-26
Abstract: An electrical connector system 30, with use in subsea oil and gas pipelines, and marine applications such as underwater remote operated vehicles (ROV), has a socket 36 for mounting first, second and third electrical connectors. A first electrical connector 42 is mounted at socket portion 36a with a seal, and is electrically connectable to a first electrical component. A removable second electrical connector 52 may be mounted at socket portion 36b with a seal, permitting electrical connection to the first electrical connector 42. A third electrical connector 60, part of electrical termination 56, may be mounted at socket portion 36c with a seal, permitting an electrical connection to the second electrical connector 52, and to a second electrical component. The second electrical connector 52 acts as an adaptor between the first 42 and third 60 connectors. Also disclosed is a method for making an electrical connector system and fixing damage.
Patent GB-2531619-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for providing hyperthermia therapy
Inventor: ALBERT NUNEZ
IPC: A61N5/02
Filed: 2015-04-22
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for providing hyperthermia therapy to a living subject, the apparatus comprising a signal generator configured to generate a carrier signal; a signal modulator configured to selectably modulate the carrier signal with a modulating signal; and an emitter configured to deliver the modulated carrier signal to a target location on the living subject. The carrier signal may comprise a radio wave. The carrier signal generation may be pulsed. The signal generator may selectively vary a pulse repetition rate of the pulsed carrier. The signal generator may selectively vary a duty cycle of the pulsed carrier. Modulation of the carrier may comprise modulating a frequency of the carrier. The apparatus may further comprise a thermal monitor, a tamper proofing mechanism or wireless communications device. The modulating signal frequency may be selected according to the resonant frequency of the material at the target location. The emitter may comprise an applicator 30. Preferably the apparatus comprises a monitor to monitor a usage parameter of the emitter and an interruption device to automatically prevent further emitter use when the parameter reaches a predetermined threshold. The usage parameter may comprise a total time of emitter use, or possibly a number of on/off cycles.
Patent GB-2538719-A (GB)
Title: A convertible bag
Inventor: VANESSA ROBYN BLAKE
IPC: A45C9/00
Filed: 2015-05-26
Abstract: A bag which is convertible into a bed suitable for a baby or infant, wherein the bag comprises a top opening and opposed front 14 and rear 16 panels joined by a side panel 18. The front 14 and rear 16 panels being releasably attachable around at least part of the side panel 18, wherein one of the front 14 and rear 16 panels has a padded part 26 and wherein a resilient reinforcing strip 24 is attached to one of the front 14 and rear 16 panels around at least a part of its circumference, the reinforcing strip 24 being sufficiently resilient to stand proud from the panel to which it is attached. The bag can further include handles 4 and a removable inner liner. The panels may be flexible and releasably attached via a zip fastener 20. The padded part 26 can be foldable.
Patent GB-2525327-A (GB)
Title: Needle placement detection and security device and method
Inventor: CAZZINI KARL H
IPC: A61M1/36
Filed: 2010-09-14
Abstract: A dialysis blood access method comprises using a patients skin as an electrical insulator such that an electrical contact is not made when access to a patients blood vessel exists. An electrical contact is made when access to the patients blood vessel is compromised due to a movement of a conductive needle previously inserted into the blood vessel such that the patients skin no longer electrically insulates the needle from a separate conductor.
Patent GB-2529555-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle aerodynamic apparatus
Inventor: GAYLARD ADRIAN
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2015-08-05
Abstract: The present application relates to a vehicle 101 having one or more planform-Â­changing assemblies 103 for guiding airflow along a side of the vehicle. Each of the plan form-changing assemblies is movable from a retracted position to a deployed position. The present application also comprises a vehicle 101 having sills (309, see fig 7A or 9A) which can be displaced laterally outwardly and downwardly a retracted position to a deployed position. Guide vanes and other airflow control assemblies are also described.
Patent GB-2531644-A (GB)
Title: Composite part forming system
Inventor: Silas Lawton Studley
IPC: B29C70/38
Filed: 2015-09-03
Abstract: A system and method for forming a composite part. The method comprises positioning a prepreg material relative to a composite forming tool 302. The composite forming tool comprises a frame (308, fig 4) associated with a shaping system (310, fig 3), a base 312 comprising at least one mould, and the shaping system associated with the frame and configured to move relative to the frame, the base, and the prepreg material. The method also lowers the shaping system of the composite forming tool towards the prepreg material. The method applies pressure to the prepreg material with a centerline presser 326 of the shaping system. The method also applies a force to the prepreg material using a number of compliant elongate members 334, 337 of the shaping system to uniformly apply the prepreg material to the at least one mold of the base of the composite forming tool. Forming surfaces 402, 404 may be moved along the surface 602 of the mould.
Patent GB-2545681-A (GB)
Title: Tyre monitoring device and system for use with a vehicle on-board stability control system
Inventor: DARREN KIRKPATRICK
IPC: G06F7/00
Filed: 2015-12-22
Abstract: A tyre monitoring device comprising a sensor 208 for monitoring a tyre (101-104, Fig.1) parameter and a first controller (201, Fig.2) for controlling the operation of the device. A measurement apparatus 203 is provided for generating parameter measurement data from the sensor output signal. A second controller 346 is provided for controlling the operation of the measurement apparatus. The second controller communicates parameter data to the first controller based on the measurement data. The device is particularly suited to monitoring tyre pressure and detecting tyre burst events. The secondary controller is dedicated to monitoring the sensor output for such an event. Following the detection of a tyre burst event, the measurement apparatus interrupts the current process being carried out by the first controller to prioritise the communication of this tyre burst event to the vehicle ECU, allowing more rapid adjustment or compensation of other operating systems of the vehicle, such as electronic stability control (ESC), steering or braking (ABS).
Patent GB-2531451-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus and control method thereof
Inventor: HOSOE HIROSHI
IPC: G06T3/60
Filed: 2013-12-03
Abstract: Rotating an image for presentation in accordance with the display apparatus orientation results in the image being easier to view. The playback of an image sequence is paused and the displayed image re-orientated if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed. Alternatively, a second image (fig. 3B) played back following the playback of a first image (fig. 3A) is played or is displayed in a stopped state (fig. 3B) in dependence upon the relationship between the second image and the apparatus attitude or orientation. Also disclosed is playing back or pausing the display of a second image following the playing of a first image in dependence on the orientation of the first image coinciding with the orientation of the second image. Also disclosed is rotating a displayed image in accordance with display apparatus orientation only if the length of time of the sequence or video is less than a predetermined time. Image orientation information may also be used. Indications on the display may assist the user, such as providing suggestion for rotation of the screen (303), or that rotation is impossible (fig. 21).
Patent GB-2537024-A (GB)
Title: A hydraulic prosthetic joint
Inventor: Jona Aelrid Brendan Boender
IPC: F16F9/46
Filed: 2016-02-15
Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic damper control element for prostheses which utilise a pressure differential due to the presence a fluid flow as a direct control input for at least one hydraulic valve. The prosthesis valve comprises an inlet 5, an outlet 10, and a movable cap 4. In normal use, as the fluid force 6 increases it overcomes internal pressure force 7 and the cap 4 moves to reduce the size of the exit aperture 10 and increase internal pressures, until a force equilibrium is reached. The internal force 7 can be varied by the invention, for example using electromagnetic forces created by a current running through coil 2, 835 to affect magnet 1, 840 (figures 4, 9); using deformation of a piezo-electric element 826 amplified over fulcrum 830 (figure 7), or creation of an electrostatic field acting between plates 822 and 833 (figure 8). The control signal is responsive to a flow sensor. The invention enables an increase or decrease of flow of hydraulic fluid through the valve, which enables an increase in gait by way of reduction of resistance to flow or to reduce flow as part of a stumble recovery mechanism.
Patent GB-2535904-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and method for forming structures and the structures resulting therefrom
Inventor: WILLIAM J HOOPER
IPC: E04B2/82
Filed: 2014-09-19
Abstract: A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has an L shape and may feature a double L shape. A portion inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another portion extends into the other hollow member for attachment thereto to form a sturdy joint without welding. Pairs of clips may be used at each corner.
Patent GB-2550880-A (GB)
Title: Footwear assembly
Inventor: RACHEL SALLY SMITH
IPC: A43B23/02
Filed: 2016-05-26
Abstract: A footwear assembly comprising a flexible sole 14 comprising a base region and a segmented region, wherein flexibility is provided by division of the segmented region into segments 15-19, flexing of the shoe forming a gap between the segments; or an upper structure comprising at least one looped connector 12, 13 defining an opening such that one of the segments can be inserted therein for attaching the upper to the sole, where attachment is secured by insertion of at least one edge 30 of the looped connectors opening into a locking member 22. The item of footwear might be a sandal or a shoe. Also claimed are the upper and sole separately and a method for making an item of footwear.
Patent GB-2537778-A (GB)
Title: Urethane (Meth)Acrylate oligomer
Inventor: STEVEN LOCHIEL BROWN
IPC: C09J175/04
Filed: 2011-02-24
Abstract: A urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer which is derived from a diisocyanate having two isocyanate groups which differ in reactivity; a chain-extending reagent which is a polyether polyol selected from ethoxylated and propoxylated derivatives of tri- and tetra- functional polyols; and a hydroxy (meth)acrylate selected from polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate and polypropylene glycol (meth)acrylate. Preferably the chain-extending reagent is selected from ethoxylated and propoxylated derivatives of trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol and glycerol. Preferably the hydroxy (meth)acrylate is selected from polyethylene glycol monomethacrylate and polypropylene glycol monomethacrylate. The diisocyanate may be selected from cycloaliphatic, araliphatic and aromatic diisocyantes, preferably isophorone diisocyanate and 2,4-toluene diisocyanate. The urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer of this invention is suitable for use in adhesive compositions.
Patent GB-2553090-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacture
Inventor: JOEL TURNER
IPC: G21C21/02
Filed: 2016-08-16
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide (SiC) member for a nuclear fuel rod may comprise providing a silicon carbide tube 32 and a silicon carbide sealing arrangement for one or both ends of the silicon carbide tube. The sealing arrangement may provide a gas tight seal which comprises a cover member 36 over an end plug 34, with a joint intermediary material such as titanium foil or silicon carbide slurry. The sealing method may comprise applying electrical current and pressure, such as that performed in spark plasma sintering (SPS) or field assisted sintering techniques (FAST). The end plug 34 may be tapered or frustroconical in shape and the cover member 36 may be provided in two hemi-cylindrical parts. The tube 32 may be rotated during the joining process.
Patent GB-2557352-A (GB)
Title: Pallet attachment
Inventor: SYLVESTER OZIOMEK
IPC: B65D19/38
Filed: 2016-12-08
Abstract: A latch 252 can extend down from a pallet 46 or a bracket attachable to a pallet so that it projects below the base of the pallet and would engage racking 230, tines or other discontinuous surfaces. This engagement could help prevent the pallets sliding off support surfaces. The latches can be biased to extend down but be urged back up to above the level of the pallets base when the pallet rests on a flat surface. Ideally the vertical movement is achieved by a hinge or pivot, possibly in the form of projections slidably engaging an elongate arctuate slot so that there is no axel at the axis or rotation. There can be a spring bias to urge the latch downwards.
Patent GB-2542744-A (GB)
Title: Capacity prediction for public transport vehicles
Inventor: GERRIT BOHM
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 2015-07-13
Abstract: A method and a computerized system programmed to carry out the method of predicting the capacity of a public-transport vehicle for passengers to board at the stop and for displaying this predicted capacity on remote computer devices or service screens is provided. The method comprises a prediction process and a data procurement process. The capacity of the public- transport vehicle for passengers to board at the stop is predicted in the prediction process by combining measurements of a filling level of the public-transport vehicle when the public- transport vehicle is at the stop or approaching the stop, which are performed in the course of the data procurement process, with a number of passengers expected to alight the public- transport vehicle.
Patent GB-2550016-A (GB)
Title: Motorized transport unit worker support systems and methods
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-03-02
Abstract: A system to assist product stocking on a sales floor of a retail shopping facility comprises plural motorized transport units, each configured to perform multiple different types of tasks. A central computer coordinates the transport units in performing their tasks and instructs a transport unit to fetch a specified stocking cart by autonomously transporting it to a specified first stocking location on the sales floor. The type of coupler on a cart may be detected and a transport unit selected having a corresponding mating coupler. The transport unit may detect, and avoid collision with, a customer. The transport unit may detect a worker and follow the worker during restocking. The weight of the cart may be compared to the expected weight to confirm that the corresponding quantity of products is present. Sensor data can confirm that the cart has been unloaded and the transport unit instructed to repeat the task or to complete a different task. Waste may be detected in the unloaded cart and the cart moved to a waste disposal area
Patent GB-2560731-A (GB)
Title: Wind-proof umbrella
Inventor: YEN-SHUO SU
IPC: A45B25/22
Filed: 2017-03-22
Abstract: The umbrella 10 has multiple rib units 1 pivotably connected to a top cap 3 and multiple stretchers 5 pivotably connected to a runner 4 on a shaft 2. The rib units 1 each have three ribs 11, 12, 13 pivotably connected in sequence. Each of the second of the three ribs 12 has an end portion connected to a reinforcement 7. The reinforcement 7 has a joint 71 connected to the third of the three ribs 13. The third ribs 13 each have a stopper 131 to position the joint 71. The reinforcement 7 provides the second and third ribs 12, 13 with resistance against wind. The joint 71 may be slidably connected to the third rib 13. The reinforcement 7 may be formed as multiple links (72, figure 4). Also disclosed is a single shaft umbrella where the rib units are not subdivided (figure 7).
Patent GB-2545609-A (GB)
Title: Method of determining when tool string parameters should be altered to avoid undesirable effects that would likely occur if the tool string were employed to d
Inventor: INGO FORSTNER
IPC: E21B44/00
Filed: 2015-09-04
Abstract: A method of determining when tool string parameters should be altered to avoid undesirable effects that would likely occur if the tool string were employed to drill a borehole includes, modeling portions or an entirety of the tool string in the borehole under steady state loading conditions, identifying deflections of the tool string with the modeling when buckling would occur for specific tool string parameters, and calculating whether whirl exhibiting similar deflections of the tool string to those identified during buckling would be undesirable.
Patent GB-2549855-A (GB)
Title: Hair dye bowl
Inventor: MICHAEL PURCELL
IPC: A47G19/02
Filed: 2017-04-25
Abstract: A bowl 1 comprises a portion for containing liquid, a rim 2 and a recess 3 in the rim with a surface. The surface is for showing a description of the contained liquid, either directly on the recess or on a separate device 4 which fits into the recess. The separate device may be an over-moulding produced with the main bowl or an insert to be clipped or adhered into place. The surface may be non-ink or pressure sensitive. The recess may include at least one drain 6. The rim may be inclined relative to the base 7 of the bowl and may extend entirely or partway around the bowl. The rim may further comprise a wider portion 8 for handling and a lip 9 for draining liquid from an application utensil. The base of the bowl may comprise a friction enhancing material. The bowl may be of use for containing hair dye.
Patent GB-2550802-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming golf club head assembly
Inventor: Matthew W Simone
IPC: C22C14/00
Filed: 2016-02-17
Abstract: A method of forming a golf club head assembly includes aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; then, after welding the faceplate, heating the club head and the faceplate to at least a solvus temperature of the faceplate for a predetermined amount of time; and then, after heating the club head and the faceplate, allowing the club head and the faceplate to air cool.
Patent GB-2560597-A (GB)
Title: Determining search queries for obtaining information during a user experience of an event
Inventor: ROBERT ROSE
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2017-10-30
Abstract: A method comprises determining a plurality of queries 118 for subsequent search during an event. The event may be a presentation, live performance, broadcast, or playback. Each of the search queries is scheduled to be executed at a specific time during the event. When it is determined that the user of a computing device 110 is experiencing the event, each search query is performed at its scheduled time and the computing device outputs the information returned from the execution of the search queries. Using a timetable of searches eliminates the need for the user to enter queries manually during the event, and ensures the user receives up-to-date information. The times during the event for the searches to be executed may be selected automatically by the computing device, or may be manually chosen by the user.
Patent GB-2571938-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device
Inventor: ANDREW H KOEHL
IPC: G01N33/497
Filed: 2018-03-12
Abstract: A mobile electronic device 110, such as a phone or tablet, including a breath sampling device, comprises a collection device 112 for collecting and storing a gas sample wherein the collection device is accessible to enable analysis of the gas stored in the collection device. The collection device comprises a mouthpiece 118 into which a user exhales and a plurality of sorbent tubes 114 to collect and store breath sample(s). Each tube has a one-way valve 116 to prevent captured breath escaping. The collection device may be removed for analysis. When collection of a gas sample is initiated the device can determine whether the collected sample satisfies collection criteria such as sufficient volume or time, and if so then the sample is stored.
Patent GB-2557152-A (GB)
Title: Production and packaging of entertainment data for virtual reality
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER DEFARIA
IPC: H04N13/356
Filed: 2016-10-10
Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) output device or virtual reality (VR) output device is worn by a user, and includes one or more sensors positioned to detect actions performed by a user of the immersive output device. A processor provides a data signal configured for the AR or VR output device, causing the immersive output device to provide AR output or VR output via a stereographic display device. The data signal encodes audio-video data. The processor controls a pace of scripted events defined by a narrative in the one of the AR output or the VR output, based on output from the one or more sensors indicating actions performed by a user of the AR or VR output device. The audio-video data may be packaged in a non-transitory computer-readable medium with additional content that is coordinated with the defined narrative and is configured for providing an alternative output, such as 2D video output or the stereoscopic 3D output.