baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2484842-A (GB)
Title: Drilling collision avoidance apparatus, methods, and systems
Inventor: RODNEY PAUL F
IPC: G01V3/08
Filed: 2010-04-13
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatus and systems, as well as methods, may operate to launch a set of currents into a corresponding set of existing well casings; monitor, in a well under construction, changes in at least one of a magnetic field or an electric field perturbed by the set of currents after each one of the set is launched; and determine a location of the well under construction in relation to the set of existing well casings. In some embodiments, the activities include inducing current into a drillstring located in a well under construction; monitoring, at a set of existing well casings, changes in at least one of a magnetic field or an electric field perturbed by the current after the current is induced; and determining a location of the well under construction in relation to the set of existing well casings. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2501055-A (GB)
Title: Scar Reduction Apparatus
Inventor: HEATON KEITH PATRICK
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 2012-02-01
Abstract: The apparatus 10 comprises a biocompatible scar interface layer 12, a compressible pressure chamber 14, and a uniformly compressible pressure element 16 in the pressure chamber 14 which extends over the scar interface layer 12. The pressure element 16 has a bulk modulus enabling a predetermined compression in a direction perpendicular to the scar interface layer 12 on application of a specific pressure. An evacuator 18 is also provided to at least partially evacuate the pressure chamber 14.which positively urges the compressed pressure element 16 towards the scar interface layer 12. A non-invasive connector 20 is spaced from a central region 58 of the scar interface layer 12. The non-invasive connector 20 is at or adjacent to a perimeter of the scar interface layer 12 and may comprise a vacuum sealing device (fig 8) or separable layers (fig 6). The device may have an on-board evacuator, a pressure indicator 52 and an anatomical profile (figs 10-11).
Patent GB-2502257-A (GB)
Title: On-line control of a manufacturing process for a multicomponent sheet material
Inventor: ELLIS JOHN
IPC: B32B41/00
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: Controlling a process for the manufacture of a multicomponent sheet material 612. The control method comprises the steps of applying an acoustic or an electromagnetic signal to interact with the sheet material 612 whereby the interaction modifies the applied signal, detecting the modified signal, comparing the modified signal or data derived from it with data relating to the pre-determined parameter and modifying at least one step of the process whereby the data relating to the modified signal are modified towards the data relating to the preÂ­determined parameter. The sheet material 612 may be a laminate or a pre-impregnated fibre reinforced structure. The method may provide continuous in-line feedback control. A further method comprises correlating detected measurement signals with the results of a water pick-up method to calibrate the detected measurement signal results with one or more parameters of the sheet material. A prepreg and/or laminate material 612 may be formed by feeding a reinforcement material 602 through rollers 606 with a curable resin 604. Ultrasound transmitters 610 and receivers 608 may be positioned on opposite sides of the prepreg 612.
Patent GB-2489899-A (GB)
Title: Time dependent neutron-gamma spectroscopy
Inventor: KOPAL MAGARETE M
IPC: G01V5/10
Filed: 2011-01-27
Abstract: An apparatus and method for estimating at least one parameter of interest of an earth formation including an estimation of the parameter of interest using a time- dependent ratio of information obtained from at least one neutron detector through the exposure of the earth formation to a radiation source, particularly a pulsed nuclear source. The apparatus includes a processor and storage subsystem with a program that, when executed, implements the method. Also, an apparatus and method for estimating at least one parameter of interest of an earth formation including an estimation of the parameter of interest using a first component and a second component of an information set obtained using a single radiation detector.
Patent GB-2509887-A (GB)
Title: Input device
Inventor: WORTHINGTON SAMUEL
IPC: G05G9/047
Filed: 2011-01-12
Abstract: An input device enabling a computer user to provide a range of inputs. The device comprises a body made up of a lower portion and an upper portion; an output interface; and a plurality of movement detectors arranged with the body to detect movements of the input device and based thereon to generate input signals for a computer or other device coupled to the output interface. The movement detectors are arranged to detect rotation about first and second axes defined by rotational movement of the upper portion relative to the lower portion, and movement of a actuatable element carried on one of the lower portion and the upper portion and actuatable independently of the other of the lower portion and the upper portion. The input device further comprises translational movement detectors, enabling a user to further provide three translational inputs.
Patent GB-2504995-A (GB)
Title: GPS anchor drag monitoring system
Inventor: HARTLEY ROBERT JOHN
IPC: B63B21/00
Filed: 2012-08-17
Abstract: A system for monitoring the drag of a boat's anchor 2 comprises a buoyant body 8 for housing a GPS receiver. A securing line 10 is attached to the body and is configured to connect the body to an anchor 2 such that the body is able to float on the surface of a body of water when connected to the anchor. A GPS receiver is provided that is associated with the body for receiving a global positioning satellite GPS signal 12. A processor is configured to generate location data indicative of the location of the body based on the received UPS signal. This location data is used to determine when the buoyant body has moved outside a predetermined perimeter that is indicative of the boat 1 having drifted, and an alert signal is generated if such a determination is made.
Patent GB-2506185-A (GB)
Title: Fault detection system for electric vehicle charging
Inventor: KEENAN PATRICK
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2012-09-25
Abstract: A fault detection system 1 for detecting a fault associated with charging an electric vehicle 2 from a mains electricity supply 3, comprises a portable fault detector 4 adapted for connection to the mains electricity supply which is to be connected to a power inlet 20 of the electric vehicle. The fault detector detects the occurrence of a fault, and in response issue a notification of the detected fault. Specifically the fault detector is arranged to detect the occurrence of a broken neutral fault and/or an interruption in the power supply. The fault detector may have a communications module to transmit information about the detected fault to at least one remote device. The fault information may be transmitted wirelessly 27 to the vehicles telematics system 26 which is connected to the vehicles charge handling system 24. The telematics system may include long-range cellular communications 28 for communicating fault information to a users mobile phone 8.
Patent GB-2506415-A (GB)
Title: Trapping magnetisable particulates upstream of magnetic resonance apparatus
Inventor: FORDHAM EDMUND
IPC: B03C1/02
Filed: 2012-09-28
Abstract: Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus for measuring properties of a fluid stream which is flowing within a pipeline 10 and which may be hydrocarbon from an underground reservoir will comprise one or more magnet systems for applying one or more magnetic fields to the fluid stream and means for inducing and observing magnetic resonance within the fluid stream as it passes through a said magnetic field. The apparatus may include a polarizing magnetic field (magnets 13, polarizing section B) upstream of the magnetic field in which resonance is observed (magnets 11, section A). These magnetic fields are potentially vulnerable to the accumulation of magnetisable iron debris particles entrained in the fluid flow. To guard against this, the apparatus comprises one or more upstream traps (trapping section C) having a magnetic field to attract and hold solid magnetizable material and an exit path for the removal of the solid magnetizable material so that it does not continue towards any polarizing field and the field where resonance is observed. The trap(s) may comprise a branch pipe from the pipeline (fig. 2); a magnetic pole piece extending into the pipeline (figs. 4-7), traps in parallel (fig. 3) or magnets supported on pivoted arms (fig. 8).
Patent GB-2510201-A (GB)
Title: Animating a computer generated head based on information to be output by the head
Inventor: STENGER BJORN
IPC: G06T13/20
Filed: 2013-01-29
Abstract: A method of animating a computer generation of a head, the head having a mouth which moves in accordance with inputted speech or text to be output by the head, said method comprising: providing an input related to the speech which is to be output by the movement of the mouth, dividing said input into a sequence of acoustic units, selecting an expression to be output by said head and converting said sequence, of acoustic units to a sequence of image vectors using a statistical model. The model has a plurality of parameters describing probability distributions which relate an acoustic unit to an image vector for a selected expression, these image vector comprise a plurality of parameters which define a face of the head and the sequence of image vectors is output as video such that the mouth of said head moves to mime the speech associated with the input text with the selected expression. The head is defined using an appearance model comprising a plurality of shape modes and a corresponding plurality of appearance modes, wherein the shape modes define a mesh of vertices which represents points of the face of said head and the appearance modes represent colours of pixels of the said face, the face being generated by combining a weighted sum of shape modes and a weighted sum of appearance modes, the weighting being provided by a number of image parameters. Also disclosed as additional inventions are means for rendering a computer generated head based on a combination of shape and appearance modes and a means for training a model to produce a computer generated head.
Patent GB-2510905-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation device for a motor vehicle
Inventor: BHATIA DIVESH
IPC: B60H3/00
Filed: 2013-02-18
Abstract: A ventilation device 10, for a motor vehicle, has an oxygen enrichment device 16 comprising a storage element 18 which, in a first operating state, stores oxygen from air outside the vehicle and, in a second operating state, releases the stored oxygen into the vehicle interior 12. The enrichment device 16, which may comprise an absorption or adsorption catalytic converter 18, eg a cerium oxide based converter, may be placed in an air duct 20 having upstream and downstream valve elements 24, 26, respectively. In the first operating state, fig.1, valve 24 is open and valve 26 is closed to allow outside air to reach the enrichment device 16 which stores oxygen. In the second operating state, fig.2, valve 24 is closed and valve 26 is opened to allow stored oxygen to be released to the vehicle interior. The ventilation device, eg air-conditioning system, can be operated in recirculation mode in both operating states. The catalytic converter 18 may be heated in the second operating state. Switching between operating states may depend on sensed oxygen concentration in the interior 12.
Patent GB-2514088-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum Cleaner
Inventor: CARTER DANIEL WILLIAM
IPC: A47L9/22
Filed: 2013-03-13
Abstract: A source of suction for a vacuum cleaner comprises an electric motor 42 in driving connection with an airflow-creating fan 44, the motor 42 and fan 44 being disposed within a housing part 50, wherein the motor 42 is supported in the housing part 50 by a flexible mounting means (82, fig 7). The flexible mounting means (82, fig 7) are preferably support elements made of rubber which are equally spaced circumferentially about the motor 42. The support element (82, fig 7) preferably has shape that engages with complementary formations (86, fig 7) associated with the housing part 50 and the motor 42. The housing part 50 may comprise an inner housing disposed within an outer housing part 52, with the inner housing 50 being flexibly mounted with respect to the outer housing 50. Further parts of the cleaner may include a covering of sound proofing material.
Patent GB-2511828-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle speed control system
Inventor: BROCKLEY NICK
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: A control system for a vehicle is provided for implementing a speed control function. The system comprises means for receiving a user input of a target speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel and target speed torque. An instantaneous value of torque which should be applied to wheels for travelling at the target speed is determined. The system also comprises filter means 350 operable to filter the value of target speed torque to generate a filtered torque value and to command its application to one or more wheels, typically when a/the low speed progress control system (12 see fig 5) is active. Modifier means 320 receive the instantaneous value of target speed torque and input to the filter means 350 a value of torque that is modified dependent on a current speed and the target speed of the vehicle. The system is aimed at torque and speed control in low speed and off road conditions.
Patent GB-2503546-A (GB)
Title: Document suggestion by user action association and threshold comparison
Inventor: SAIB JOSEPH
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2013-04-24
Abstract: A method for providing at least one document suggestion (recommendation) from a computer system using an information source, comprises: storing in the information source plural associations 602, each of which includes a numeric coefficient (weight) that corresponds to at least one user action or activity and at least one document; receiving a triggering user action 603; comparing 605 the numeric coefficients (weights) with a suggestion (recommendation) threshold based on the triggering action; and for each numeric coefficient that exceeds the threshold, identifying 606 the corresponding at least one suggested or proposed document, based on contextual information. Document suggestion may be via a notification or alert (301, Figure 3). Tracked user actions may include: opening files or documents, saving or modifying files, file access, emailing actions, association with calendar entries, keyword searching, organising into folders, etc; alternatively, actions may be non file-related, such as using WiFi hotspot association, GPS location data, or based on reaching a time of day. Alerts may also be time related, e.g. suggesting documents prior to a meeting. The numeric coefficients or weights of at least two (plural) users actions may be combined.
Patent GB-2514581-A (GB)
Title: A hunting knife
Inventor: HENNESSY CHRIS
IPC: B26B11/00
Filed: 2013-05-29
Abstract: A knife comprising of a blade 1, a handle 6 and a gut hook 7 wherein the gut hook is positioned at the distal end of the handle from the blade. The blade and hook are fixed in relationship and are arranged in alignment. They blade and hook assembly may preferably be formed from a single piece.
Patent GB-2514850-A (GB)
Title: A goods carrier with an adjustable height base
Inventor: JONES TINA
IPC: B62B3/14
Filed: 2013-06-07
Abstract: A goods carrier, for example a supermarket trolley 10, comprises a wheeled frame 12 supporting a goods carrier, suitably a basket 22, comprising a sidewall 24 and a base 40 movable vertically with respect to sidewall 24. Base 40 has a first fully lowered position, and is liftable above the first position using at least one actuator 42, 44 comprising an electric motor. Actuators 42, 44 may be provided on opposing sides of goods carrier 10 and each may drive a screw to lift a side of base 40. Actuators 42, 44 may comprise controls 50, 52. Basket 22 may comprise an upper open mesh portion and a lower closed mesh portion (60, Figure 3). A ratchet may be provided to support and limit downward motion of base 40. Controls 42, 44 may each comprise an interlock key 54, and base 40 may descend if key 54 is removed.
Patent GB-2500545-A (GB)
Title: Composition and method to flavor oral care compositions containing a chlorine dioxide source
Inventor: RATCLIFF JAMES L
IPC: A61K8/20
Filed: 2011-06-09
Abstract: A flavored oral care composition and method of making same for preventing and/or treating bacterial, fungal or inflammatory diseases and conditions of the oral cavity may be in the form of a rinse, spray, or the like, and free of glycerin and free of castor oil and castor oil derivatives, incorporates a chlorine dioxide source, a phosphate buffer, a flavoring system containing a polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester (emulsifier/suspender) and flavoring agent, a sweetener and water. With the addition of a fluoride ion source, the composition may be used as an anticaries agent.
Patent GB-2516645-A (GB)
Title: Electrical earthing bush
Inventor: ROWE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H01R4/64
Filed: 2013-07-27
Abstract: A brass bush has a lip 2 of sufficient depth that it can incorporate threaded holes 1. The holes provide a connection via a screw for protective conductors. Thus an earth connection between conduits can be made via a separate conductor rather than through the mechanical joint itself.
Patent GB-2518143-A (GB)
Title: A retaining device
Inventor: DOUGLAS LINDA
IPC: B62B5/00
Filed: 2013-08-22
Abstract: A device for retaining goods on a trolley comprises a clamp 62 having a recess mountable on part of the trolley and an arm 54 mountable on clamp 62 and pivotable in two orthogonal directions. A pivot 62retains arm 54 in a chosen orientation, suitably by a lock or by friction; means to adjust the amount of friction may be provided. Arm 54 may have a gripping surface (20, Figure 6) having a plurality of raised portions. The pivot may comprise a stop to allow the rotation of arm 54 in one angular sense and restrict rotation in an opposite sense. The pivot may be formed of two non-coaxial curved portions. Also disclosed is an arrangement having two clamps on each side of a trolley and each having a corresponding arm pointing inwardly towards the centre of the trolley.
Patent GB-2521810-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for making stable acidic chlorinated solutions
Inventor: WARD SIMON JOSEPH
IPC: C02F1/76
Filed: 2013-10-25
Abstract: A method is provided of manufacturing an aqueous chlorine solution having a pH between 3.0 and 6.5 and a stability such that after 6 weeks storage at 20 degrees Celsius the pH remains in the range 3.0 to 6.5 and the amount of chlorine lost from the solution is less than 10%, the method comprising: (a) Providing a source of water having an electrical conductivity at 20 degrees Celsius of no more than 50 (and preferably no more than 4.3) ÂµScm-1 (b) Reacting said water with solid calcium hypochlorite having a purity of at least 60%; and (c) Adjusting the pH to between 3.0 and 6.5. An apparatus for making such a solution is also provided, which may include an apparatus for altering the electrical conductivity of the water using e.g. a reverse osmosis apparatus and a mixed-bed ion exchange resin. The apparatus may be located in a shipping container to ease transport.
Patent GB-2523131-A (GB)
Title: Managing diving activities by wireless data communication
Inventor: GERGES AMIR EMAD FAKHRY
IPC: H04B13/02
Filed: 2014-02-13
Abstract: A wireless dive information communication and processing system incorporates a portable diver device 100 for managing diving activities for a diver which comprises at least one data storage unit 102 storing identification data being indicative of an identity of the diver and optionally storing diving related data related to the diver, and a wireless data communications interface 104 configured for wirelessly communicating data with a diving activities management apparatus 120, 130, 140. Communication of data is carried out when the portable diver device is in sufficient spatial vicinity of the diving activities management apparatus. Diving equipment 150 with similar data storage 154 and communication means is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2517576-A (GB)
Title: An assembly and a method for fastening an optical conductor to a base
Inventor: GAERTNER TOBIAS
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 2014-06-27
Abstract: A fastening assembly having a base 1 with optical transmission and/or receiving means, an optical conductor 3 within a carrier 2 that is connectible to the base via a bayonet catch, secured in a twisting manner to a rib 4 and groove 5 assembly. Alternatively, the optical conductor may be connected to the base by a latched connection 3.1, or the latched connection may work in conjunction with the bayonet catch. The bayonet catch may have projections 1.3 on the base that slide into insertion channels 2.5 in a sleeve 2.3 of the carrier. The bayonet catch may be twisted such that the projections are retained beneath an undercut 2.4 in the carrier. The base, the carrier, a motor vehicle and a method, for use with the transmission and/or receiving means are claimed.
Patent GB-2527793-A (GB)
Title: A computer-implemented method for providing a warning
Inventor: HARPER LEE
IPC: G01C21/00
Filed: 2014-07-02
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a warning including the steps of obtaining data relating to the location of an object, such as a public utility system 4, 6, 8, and to the location of a material handling machine 10, comparing the location of the material handling machine to the location of the object, estimating a probability of a damage occurring and, if the estimate exceeds a threshold value, issuing a warning by the computer 72. The material handling machine 10 may be a backhoe loader, a tele-handler or an excavator with an implement such as a bucket 24. The public utility system may be a buried underground pipeline 4, overhead cable 8 or poles or pylons 6. The method may include obtaining information relating to the position of the implement 24 relative to the material handling machine 10, for example the height of the implement, to the movement of the material handling machine, such as the speed or direction of movement, to the type of the material handling machine or to the state of the material handling machine, such as engine speed or hydraulic system pressure and using this information to estimate the probability of a damage occurring. The warning may include an audible, visual or vibration alarm or a message containing data about probability of a damage occurring.
Patent GB-2536020-A (GB)
Title: System and method of virtual reality feedback
Inventor: Nicholas Ward-Foxton
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2015-03-04
Abstract: A method of virtual reality (VR) feedback comprises generating a virtual environment for display to a head-mounted display (HMD); associating acoustic properties (e.g. absorption coefficient; impulse response) with elements of the virtual environment; detecting the virtual location of the user within the virtual environment; receiving audio from the user; designating the virtual location of the user as a source location for the audio within the virtual environment; calculating acoustic responses to the audio by elements of the virtual environment; calculating a return acoustic signal from the element to the users virtual location, dependent on the calculated acoustic response; and outputting the return signal for audio reproduction to a user. Calculating return signal may involve estimating the acoustic reverberation time for the current virtual environment, and may utilise points of intersection between the virtual environment and lines originating at the source, with the lines pointing in different directions. A volume of space bounded by the intersection points may be calculated, with acoustic properties of the environments therein being retrieved and reverberation time estimated as a function of volume and acoustic properties.