baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2570775-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for monitoring transport related activity
Inventor: MARK PATRICK KERRY BARRETT-HAYES
IPC: G06Q50/30
Filed: 2018-12-11
Abstract: The application concerns monitoring or regulating transport related activities, e.g. facilitating traffic flow in an emergency or influencing the behaviour of human or autonomous vehicles. An event is created in a server 200 and includes a geographical area, time frame and associated parameters e.g. a reward, a fee or a restriction to enter or remain in the geographical area. The event is associated with and sent to a recipient, e.g. an individual 530, 545, 555, a mobile phone 535, a communications server 134, 164, a bicycle 505, 540, a car 550, a bus 585, an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone 520, or a watercraft 515. The recipient’s transport activity in the geographical area is monitored only during the time frame. An operation is performed based on the event’s associated parameters and the recipient’s monitored activity. For example, a driver may be billed or fined for entering a polluted area with a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, whereas cyclists may be paid an incentive. Alternatively, a track and trace database may be updated following successful delivery of a product. Another embodiment restricts vehicles from entering a zone around an emergency, e.g. a terrorist attack or security alert.
Patent GB-2570218-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and a method of welding
Inventor: MICHAEL PAYNE
IPC: B23K101/38
Filed: 2019-01-03
Abstract: Apparatus 101 for welding thermocouple wires 201 together, comprising; i) an electrode 102; ii) a first container 103 containing the electrode, the first container comprising a first wall formed of a material configured to enable viewing of the electrode, through the first wall, and the first container having an opening to enable thermocouple wires to be extended through the opening into the first container and to the electrode; iii) a gas passage 106 having an outlet positioned to enable a gas (preferably an inert gas) to flow from the gas passage into the first container and over the electrode; iv) an electrical terminal configured to connect to thermocouple wires to be welded; v) an electric power supply configured to provide a potential difference between the electrode and the electrical terminal and vi) a second container 202 containing the first container, the second container comprising an opaque wall defining a second opening; with an optical filter 205 extending across the second opening 204 to enable observation of the electrode and safe observation of welding in the first container. The apparatus may comprise a control means configured to cause connection of the electric power supply to the electric terminal based on an input. A second aspect is directed towards a method of welding thermocouple wires.
Patent GB-2566904-A (GB)
Title: Data diode system and data transmission method in data diode system
Inventor: SATOSHI OHKUBO
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: The present invention implements highly reliable data transmission utilizing a data diode system. This data diode system is provided with a data diode device, and a transmission unit and a reception unit which are respectively disposed at stages prior and subsequent to the data diode device. In this data diode system, the transmission unit transmits a transfer data group transmitted by a transmission source after giving a transfer code thereto and converting the transfer data group to a communication protocol allowed to pass by the data diode device. A reception unit receives the transfer data group transmitted from the transmission unit via the data diode device, and transmits the transfer data group to a transmission destination on a transfer-code-by-transfer-code basis after converting the transfer data group to the communication protocol of the transmission source.
Patent GB-2577810-A (GB)
Title: Methods and compositions for enhancing health
Inventor: WILLIAM KLEIDON
IPC: A61K31/045
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: Compositions, methods, and kits described herein may be formulated as a nutritional supplement or a dietary supplement. A composition described herein may provide nutrients or compounds that may otherwise not be consumed in sufficient quantities in a normal diet, and may contribute to physical wellbeing and emotional wellbeing of a subject.
Patent GB-2589871-A (GB)
Title: Flipper propelled water craft
Inventor: JONATHAN ADEYEMI OLOWU
IPC: B63H16/18
Filed: 2019-12-10
Abstract: A flipper propelled watercraft comprising two flippers 10L,R, two foot pedals 4L,R, two handlebars 2L,R, two handle grips 1L,R, two rudders (11L,R, Fig. 2), two floats 7L,R and a frame (5, 6, 13). The flippers may move up and down counter to each other when driven by the foot pedals and/or handlebars. When one pedal/handlebar is pushed, the other may be pulled in the opposite direction. Pushing and pulling successively on the pedals/handlebars may generate propulsive thrust. The frame may have four arms held at a right angle to a central spine, the arms able to fold inwards to assume a closed position. A float may be on either side of the craft. The craft may be propelled by the arms/legs of the operator, and may include tow handlebars and two steering rudders.
Patent GB-2589924-A (GB)
Title: Floor guide for a climbing screen
Inventor: MARK TAYLOR
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2019-12-13
Abstract: The floor guide comprises a support 4 attachable to a floor 3. A first end 4a is attached to the floor and a second end 4b is attached to a vertical climbing rail 101 of the screen. The second end includes a pair of shoes 5 for attaching the support to the rail. The shoes may include pivotally retractable hooks 6 which engage the rail and support the vertical load of the climbing screen. The climbing shoes may include a pair of claws. Also claimed is a climbing screen system comprising the floor guide. Also claimed is a screen support comprising two or more floor guides and a rail and a climbing screen. The support may be tapered and be of a triangular form but may be formed of multiple parts joined together.
Patent GB-2592574-A (GB)
Title: A modular stator arrangement
Inventor: PAUL DAVID FLOWER
IPC: H02K16/04
Filed: 2020-02-19
Abstract: An electrical machine 300 for use in an aircraft, comprising a rotor and a plurality of stator modules 300A, 300B, 300C, wherein each module comprises a stator core 302 having an annular cross section and slots 304 for receiving conductors 306 to form windings of the stator. The windings form phases where each phase comprises a set of conductors wound through the slots and where the windings are connected to a set of power electronics modules 314A, 314B, 314C. The electronics modules are mounted radially around the core. The electronics modules may be located between axial ends 312A, 312B of the respective core. Each set of conductors may comprise end windings at first and second longitudinal ends of the core, wherein the end windings 310A, 310B, extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, the end windings extending beyond an outer edge of the core defining a space between the end windings. The electronics modules of each stator module may then be mounted in that space. The electronics may comprise AC to DC power converters, rectification and may be connected to a common DC output. The machine may also comprise cooling circuit located between the core and electronics. Conductive bridges may be provided between different conductive elements of the windings. The machine may be a three-phase machine suitable for use in an aircraft propulsion system.
Patent GB-2593870-A (GB)
Title: Powder material recirculation in additive layer manufacturing apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW THOMAS LEES
IPC: B33Y40/00
Filed: 2020-03-27
Abstract: Powder additive layer manufacturing with excess powder collection 26 adjacent to the build zone 21 using a control means to lower the support 15 to allow movement of the spreader 18 over the excess powder collection zone 22 without colliding with excess powder collected therein and raise the support to allow reciprocal movement of the spreader returning excess powder to the build zone. To achieve this the spreader may be movable in two mutually opposite directions to form the powder layer. The collection zone area may be sufficient to contain powder, and there may be two on opposite sides of the build zone. An electron beam may be used to melt the powder.
Patent GB-2585571-A (GB)
Title: Bilateral bidding platform for use in bulk sale of items in an electronic marketplace
Inventor: MICHAEL ABLANCZY
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2019-02-08
Abstract: Utilities (e.g., systems, methods, etc.) for facilitating a bilateral bidding process between buyers and sellers of items (services, products, bundles, etc.) to allow buyers to obtain lower prices on the items through crowd bidding while simultaneously allowing sellers to essentially offset such lower prices on the items through increased sales volume of the items. Specifically, the disclosed utilities may make use of a network-based ecommerce system or platform that provides sellers of items access to real-time buyer demand and the optimum price that a plurality of buyers (e.g., customers) are willing to pay that yields increased profits. The disclosed platform also benefits buyers in cases when multiple sellers compete for the then current plurality of buyer demand resulting in a reduced price for the item based on the then real-time demand.
Patent GB-2599732-A (GB)
Title: Flooring element
Inventor: RICHARD THOMAS
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2020-10-12
Abstract: The flooring element 10 comprises a body 12 with a horizontal connector surface; a female connector 100 comprising a connector recess 102 for receiving a male connector 150, the recess defining a connector opening 104; and a retainer connectable to the body such that it is moveable between a closed position wherein the retainer 200 restricts movement of the male connector, and an open position wherein the male connector can exit the connector recess. The retainer may be configured to move between the positions by rotating, which may be facilitated by a tool. There may be a cam which limits the movement of a connector latch 112. The cam may comprise an outer wall and may be configured to push on the connector latch when the retainer is in the closed position. Also claimed is a flooring system and a method of installing a flooring system.
Patent GB-2587303-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for optical sensing
Inventor: MAHMOUD FARHADIROUSHAN
IPC: G01D5/353
Filed: 2016-03-07
Abstract: A distributed sensing system comprises an optic fibre 712 deployable in an environment to be sensed, the fibre 712 having reflector portions regularly distributed in at least a first region thereof and having a first spacing therebetween. An optical signal source 701 inputs optical pulses into the fibre 712. Sensing apparatus 713 detects light from the optical pulses reflected back along the fibre 712 from the reflector portions and determines a parameter (e.g. acoustic, vibration, temperature) that perturbs the path length of the fibre 712 in dependence on the reflected light. The optical signal source 701 is controlled to adjust the timing characteristics of the optical pulses in dependence on the first spacing so as to select a desired spatial sensing resolution. The timing characteristics may be adjusted such that a gauge length of the sensing system encompasses a plurality of the first spacings (reflector portions) and may be adjusted to select one of a plurality of possible spatial resolutions.
Patent GB-2596382-A (GB)
Title: Busbar accommodating structure and high voltage connection device
Inventor: KAZUHIRO NAITO
IPC: H02G5/06
Filed: 2021-03-03
Abstract: Busbar accommodating structure 2 including a busbar 3 having a strip plate shape and an insulating case 4 which accommodates the busbar; the busbar includes a main path portion 9, 21, a plurality of terminal portions 10, 11, 22, 23 exposed from the case when the busbar is in the case, and an intermediate portion 12, 13, 24, 25 provided between at least one of the terminal portions and the main path portion and being continuous with the main path portion in a bent manner or in a linear manner, the case includes a first accommodating portion 33 which accommodates the main path portion and a second accommodating portion 36, 37 which accommodates the intermediate portion and is formed such that a width (W1 Figure 3) of the first accommodating portion is greater than a width (W3 Figure 3) of the second accommodating portion. The main path portion may comprise a third width (W2 Figure 3) which is narrower than W1 but wider than W3 formed from a rib. The bus bar may be formed of two busbars 5, 6 and the case may comprise a partition wall 43.
Patent GB-2595964-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of detecting scan avoidance events
Inventor: ABHILASH GURURAJA
IPC: G07G3/00
Filed: 2021-04-26
Abstract: A method of detecting scan avoidance events during a decode session includes decoding, during a timeout period at one or more processors of a symbology scanner, a first indicia (barcode) in a first image captured during the timeout period to determine a first indicia payload; conveying, during the timeout period at the processor(s), the first indicia payload to a point-of-sale (POS) system for affecting a transaction; detecting, during the timeout period at the processor(s), a second indicia in the first image or a subsequent image captured during the timeout period; and in response to determining that the second indicia is the same as the first indicia and is decodable, determining a potential scan avoidance attempt and generating a scan avoidance alarm signal. The timeout period may be started when the first indicia is detected. If the second indicia is decodable and not the same as the first indicia, then it is determined that a scan avoidance event has not occurred and an alarm or alert is not generated and the payload of the second indicia is transmitted to the POS system. A system to implement the method is provided. The invention aids the detection of scan avoidance or under-scanning.
Patent GB-2607023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrochemical sensors
Inventor: MAURICE N COLLINS
IPC: G01N27/00
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical sensor device. The electrode comprises a substrate, a carbon nanofibre layer and an enzyme immobilised on the carbon nanofibre layer. The carbon nanofibre layer comprises mesoporous carbon nanofibers and the enzyme is immobilised in the pores of the mesoporous carbon nanofibers. The carbon nanofibre layer is formed from lignin and a second polymeric material, wherein the second polymeric material is immiscible with lignin, through a process of stabilisation and carbonisation which provides a conductive carbon nanofibre framework comprising mesopores suitable for immobilisation of the enzyme. The enzyme immobilised in the carbon nanofibre layer can function by interacting with a target compound or biomarker in a sample solution applied to the electrode which produces a measurable electrochemical change in the electrode. A method of forming the electrode, a sensor device comprising the electrode, a use of a mesoporous carbon nanofibre material for immobilising an enzyme in a sensor device and a method of detecting a target compound or biomarker using the electrode are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2611340-A (GB)
Title: Electrochemical cell and electrode
Inventor: ROBERT LEAH
IPC: H01M8/1286
Filed: 2021-09-30
Abstract: An electrochemical cell comprises an electrode with a first layer (40) comprising Pr(1-x)LnxO(2-0.5x-δ), wherein Ln is a rare earth metal, δ is the degree of oxygen deficiency, and 0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.4. The first layer is directly in contact with a material comprising zirconia. Also disclosed are methods of making an electrochemical cell and electrodes for electrochemical cells, and materials of formula Pr(1-x)LnxO(2-0.5x-δ) and Pr(1-x)SmxO(2- 0.5x-δ). The rare earth metal may be a lanthanide (especially Sm), scandium or yttrium. The electrochemical cell preferably comprises an electrolyte and the material comprising zirconia forms a layer (30) of the electrolyte. The material comprising zirconia may be stabilized with scandia (ScSZ), yttria (YSZ), ytterbia (YbSZ), scandia/ceria (ScCeSZ) and/or scandia/yttria (ScYSZ). The cell may comprise a further electrolyte layer comprising a doped ceria (20). The electrode may comprise a second layer which may be electrically conductive, e.g. an electrically conductive ceramic. A third layer may be provided between the first and second layers. The cell may be supported on a metal, e.g. steel, substrate, and may be an electrolytic cell, an oxygen separator, a sensor or a fuel cell, and is most preferably a solid oxide electrochemical cell.
Patent GB-2599822-A (GB)
Title: Real-time control of reductant droplet spray momentum and in-exhaust spray distribution
Inventor: SAMUEL JOHNSON
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2017-12-06
Abstract: A system for controlling reductant spray momentum for a target spray distribution, the system comprising: an exhaust gas system 190 having an exhaust gas conduit with exhaust gas flowing therethrough; a reductant injection system 112, 118 for injecting reductant into the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas system based on one or more injection parameters; a reductant supply system 116, 118 for supplying reductant to the reductant injection system 112, 118 based on one or more supply parameters; and a controller 120 configured to: access an injection frequency; determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and as a function of the injection frequency; and modify a value of the one or more injection parameters or the one or more supply parameters based on the one or more control parameters to control a reductant spray momentum, a reductant droplet momentum, or a reductant momentum vector from the reductant injection system 112, 118 so as to provide a target spray droplet distribution or a target spray distribution.
Patent GB-2619904-A (GB)
Title: Data processing apparatus, method and virtual machine
Inventor: Michael Jean Sole
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2022-03-10
Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry to execute processing instructions having an instruction order to generate rows and/or columns of an n x m matrix using a storage array having an n x m array of storage elements to hold values generated by the instruction execution, where n and m are integers greater than one, each processing instruction defining architectural registers to store source operands, the processing circuitry comprising: a set of physical registers; instruction decoder circuitry to decode processing instructions; detector circuitry to detect groups of instructions which comply with a conflict condition in which a given storage element is written to by a maximum of one instruction of that group; instruction issue circuitry to issue decoded instructions for execution; and instruction execution circuitry to execute instructions decoded by the instruction decoder circuitry, and being configured to execute a decoded instruction by reference to source operands stored by the architectural registers and to hold values generated by that decoded instruction, the instruction execution circuitry comprising: the storage array; and out of order circuitry to selectively provide out of order execution of a group of processing instructions detected by the detector circuitry to comply with the conflict condition.
Patent GB-2618601-A (GB)
Title: Battery plate alignment system and method
Inventor: DAVID COX
IPC: H01M10/04
Filed: 2022-05-12
Abstract: Battery plate alignment system may include a stack aligner, which may comprise a head frame 38 located above a stack support surface. A pair of clamping members may be mounted on the head frame, each clamping member may be mounted on an actuator arranged to move the clamping member along the head frame. A rotary drive system 40 may rotate the head frame at least 180° about a vertical axis; and a vertical drive system may move the head frame vertically with respect to the support surface. Method of aligning the stack may comprise positioning the stack to one side of the support surface; lowering the head frame; clamping the stack; lifting the stack; rotating the head frame around the vertical axis; moving the stack along the head frame so that the stack is over its original position; lowering the stack back onto the support surface; and unclamping the stack.
Patent GB-2620564-A (GB)
Title: Drone operable for flight
Inventor: GRIFFITH PETER ANDREW
IPC: B64U10/00
Filed: 2022-07-07
Abstract: A flying drone 10 comprising a fuselage 100 split into a port section 102 and starboard section 104 with a slot 106 between sections extending the length of the fuselage. A cannon 200 is mounted pivotably in the slot by a trunnion mounting assembly 110 either to the port and/or starboard sections. The barrel 202 of the cannon can be raised or lowered (elevated or depressed) relative to the axis of the fuselage to aim up or down. The cannon generates recoil in a vector and is mounted such that the recoil vector passes though the centre of mass of the drone. A bracing member 130 may join the port and starboard sections. A control unit 146 and actuator 132 may control the angle of the barrel and the orientation of the drone. The cannon may have a calibre in the range of 12.7 mm to 40 mm, or 20 mm to 40 mm. the drone may have rotors to generate thrust. Also claimed is a method of user control or aim the barrel and control the drone.
Patent GB-2608035-A (GB)
Title: Open architecture industrial control system
Inventor: Mark John Nixon
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2018-04-30
Abstract: An industrial control system having a plurality of field devices and a plurality of controllers for controlling the field devices. An open protocol communication network 16 connects distributed I/O nodes of the field devices to each controller node, such that field device signals and control signals can be sent and received. A supervisor / hypervisor 50 manages the controllers by performing load-balancing such that tasks may be allocated / distributed between controller nodes that are not physically coupled to the field devices. The controllers may be virtual controllers 52 which are moveable between processors. Control logic may be moved from one hardware location to another without disruption in communications, and without needing to reconfigure the control system to implement changes. Field device signals may be transmitted on the communication network 16 using a hardware location independent communication addressing scheme that facilitates the transmission of data messages to addresses to devices on the network without specifying a hardware location / address or network location / address of the devices.
Patent GB-2615203-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle control system and method
Inventor: Robyn Caldwell
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2020-01-09
Abstract: A control system is provided for controlling generation of a steering overlay signal to control a trajectory of a host vehicle 2. The control system includes one or more controllers and identifies an object 27, such as a vehicle, external to host vehicle 2. A lateral separation (DLAT, Figure 3A) is determined between host vehicle 2 and object 27, and a lateral velocity (VLAT, Figure 3A) of host vehicle 2 is determined by the control system. The steering overlay signal is generated dependent on a determination that the lateral separation is less than or equal to a lateral separation threshold and that the determined lateral velocity is greater than or equal to a lateral velocity threshold, which may be 0.1 m/s. The system may suppress generation of the overlay signal if the lateral velocity exceeds a second threshold, for example 0.7 m/s, and hysteresis may also be provided. Also provided are a vehicle 2, a method of controlling a trajectory of a vehicle 2 and corresponding software.