baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2547992-A (GB)
Title: Method for tensioning a belt of a belt drive of an internal combustion engine not in operation
Inventor: TOBIAS EMIG
IPC: F16H7/08
Filed: 2017-01-18
Abstract: The invention concerns a method of tensioning a belt of a belt drive (10) which comprises, in the belt (10a),a first driving wheel (1) arranged on the crankshaft (1a) and a third wheel (3) arranged on a starter shaft (4a). A movable tensioning means (5a) attached to an active tensioner (5) is provided, which applies a force to the belt and is controlled such that a compression of the spring (6) is countered, so that a movement of the tensioning means under the load of the belt is hindered. The belt is excited to vibration in the contact zone by use of the starter so that the tensioner is moved further in the direction of the belt under expansion of the spring, whereby the belt is tensioned. The tensioner may be a hydraulic tensioner similar to figure 1 and the starter motor may be excited to move in a first direction only or both a first and second direction to rock or jog the belt into its resonant frequency. The torque applied to the belt may or may not be sufficient to rotate the crankshaft of the engine.
Patent GB-2558918-A (GB)
Title: Security Device
Inventor: NORMAN SHAW
IPC: G06F21/53
Filed: 2017-01-19
Abstract: A computing device having a memory and a processor, the processor configured with a first operating system and a second operating system. The first operating system is configured to support a plurality of first applications and to provide access to encrypted data for the second operating system. The first operating system is configured to monitor data operations performed by the plurality of first applications and to trigger a security action in the event that one or more of the plurality of first applications perform an unallowable operation. Monitoring data operations may include comparing them against a list of allowable data operations stored in memory. Security action may include disabling data operations, deleting data, sending a message or powering off the device. Also disclosed in a method of determining the identity of a remote device and comparing it against a list of allowable devices to determine if it is allowed to perform and instruction and using the location of a device to determine if a security action is to be performed.
Patent GB-2556957-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable leg
Inventor: JAMES ROBERT COLE
IPC: A47B91/02
Filed: 2017-06-14
Abstract: A kit comprising a cabinet base 30 and two legs 35 & 36 wherein each leg has an attachment structure 60 with positioning reference markers 65 and an adjustable support structure 61 whose length can be adjusted by a linearly elongate tool engaged through the attachment structure 60 and wherein the cabinet base 30 has a corresponding set of markers for each of the legs and a hole 38 to allow access for the elongate tool. Also disclosed is an adjustable leg with attachment lugs and cooperating threaded arrangements to allow for height adjustment. The kit may come in a flat pack arrangement with adjustment driven by a tool engaging a cross-shaped recess or a hexagonal recess or protrusion. The arrangement may be used for a kitchen cabinet.
Patent GB-2563606-A (GB)
Title: Spatial audio processing
Inventor: MIKKO-VILLE ILARI LAITINEN
IPC: H04S3/00
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: Processing multi-channel input audio signal representing sound field into multi-channel output audio signal representing said sound field in accordance with predefined loudspeaker layout, for at least one frequency band, comprising: obtaining spatial audio parameters (direction of arrival [DOA] or direct-to-ambient ratio [DAR]) that are descriptive of spatial characteristics of said sound field 302; estimating signal energy of sound field represented by the multi-channel input audio signal 303; estimating, based on said signal energy and the obtained spatial audio parameters, respective output signal energies for channels ofthe multi-channel output audio signal according to said predefined loudspeaker layout 304; determining maximum output energy as the largest of the output signal energies across channels of said multi­channel output audio signal 306; and deriving, on basis of said maximum output energy, a gain value for adjusting sound reproduction gain in at least one of said channels of the multi-channel output audio signal 308.
Patent GB-2556156-A (GB)
Title: Multi-band MIMO panel antennas
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER M ANDERSON
IPC: H01Q1/42
Filed: 2017-09-01
Abstract: A multi-band Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna includes a first group (124, 126,128) and a second group (130, 132,134) of signal cables separated in two cable entry points. The antenna covers multiple bands such as LTE (RTM), GPS and Wifi (RTM). The two cable groups pass respectively through grommets 120 and 122. The cables are labelled (170-180) and may correspond to a 2G/3G/4G coaxial cable, a GPS-GLONASS-BeiDou satellite band coaxial cable and a 2/4/5 GHz WiFi coaxial cable. Each cable may correspond to a respective aperture in housing 101. Each cable (124-134) has a connection end (136-146) selected from the group comprising a connector type RG174 or KSR200-P. The panel antenna may be affixed to an interior window of a vehicle.
Patent GB-2554187-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle collision risk detection
Inventor: Omar Antonio RAMIREZ
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2017-09-12
Abstract: A method or system with means to receive, at a host vehicle 100, signals 315 transmitted from a target vehicle305, calculate a Doppler shift associated with the signals transmitted from the target vehicle, and determine whether the target vehicle is moving toward the host vehicle based on the Doppler shift. The target vehicles acceleration or deceleration may be determined based on the Doppler shift. The speed of the target vehicle may be determined using data transmitted by the target vehicle. The Doppler shift may also be calculated when it is determined that the vehicles are on intersecting roads. The Doppler shift may be calculated based on a ratio of the received and transmitted frequencies, the ratio may then be compared to a threshold to determine if there is a collision risk. The aim of this invention is to reduce the risk of collisions at intersections by providing a warning if two vehicles are approaching, but avoiding a false warning if two vehicles are at an intersection but one is leaving.
Patent GB-2570277-A (GB)
Title: A seating device
Inventor: CHARLES ALASTAIR JACKSON
IPC: A47C7/74
Filed: 2017-10-25
Abstract: The seating device 99 is used in row-type seating, and has a support 100, 105, pivot, seat 300 and back-rest 200. The seat 300 and back-rest 200 have ventilation holes, which may reduce build-up of sweat on a user. The seat 300 or back-rest 200 may have a frame 9, 2 supporting a meshed surface 8, 1, such as woven wire. The support may be an elongate bar 105 and may include side brackets 100 having indentations 5 for receipt of the bar 105. The seat 300 may be pivoted on the support 100, 105 and have a pivot brake 10 that travels in a channel 12. The back-rest 200 may have two extending pins to either side of the support. The ventilation holes may be arranged non-uniformly. The row-type seating may be for audience of live events in a stadium where the seating device 99 may be used for prolonged periods.
Patent GB-2571905-A (GB)
Title: Disrupter
Inventor: ROLAND ALFORD
IPC: F41B9/00
Filed: 2018-01-03
Abstract: A barrelled disrupter 10 comprises a barrel 20 for receiving projectile material, a choke 15 connectable to one end of the barrel 20, a front breach 25 for receiving propellant and being connectable to the other end of the barrel 20, and a back breach 30 connectable to the front breach 25. The barrel 20 can be filled with projectile material and plugged in advance or at the time of use and then fitted to the rest of the disruptor 10.
Patent GB-2557752-A (GB)
Title: Methods to image acoustic sources in wellbores
Inventor: SRINIVASAN JAGANNATHAN
IPC: G01V1/50
Filed: 2016-08-11
Abstract: A method including selecting a forward model based on a modeled well structure and including a single modeled acoustic source located in a modeled wellbore and a plurality of modeled acoustic sensors located in a modeled source area, simulating an acoustic signal generated by the single modeled acoustic source and received by each modeled acoustic sensor, calculating phases of the simulated acoustic signals received at each modeled acoustic sensor, obtaining with a principle of reciprocity a plurality of modeled acoustic sources in the modeled source area and a single modeled acoustic sensor in the modeled wellbore, calculating phase delays of the simulated acoustic signals between each modeled acoustic source and the single modeled acoustic sensor, detecting acoustic signals generated by a flow of fluid using acoustic sensors in a wellbore, and processing the acoustic signals using the phase delays to generate a flow likelihood map.
Patent GB-2562952-A (GB)
Title: Cargo delivery apparatus and method
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: A control circuit dynamically controls the routing of an autonomous package-delivery terrestrial vehicle configured to simultaneously carry a plurality of packages be variously delivered to a plurality of different address to accommodate a disrupted delivery of at least one of the plurality of packages. The disruption of a delivery can be detected, for example, as a function of a passage of time and/or a message from an intended recipient of at least one of the plurality of packages. Per these teachings, the control circuit can route the vehicle to a different one of the plurality of different addresses to effect delivery of a second one of the plurality of packages followed by routing the vehicle back to the first delivery address to complete the delivery that had been previously disrupted.
Patent GB-2577268-A (GB)
Title: Labyrinth seal for a turbine engine of an aircraft
Inventor: CLEMENT JAROSSAY
IPC: F01D11/02
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: A labyrinth seal for a turbine engine, e.g. for an aircraft, comprises a rotor element 14 and a stator element 16 extending around the rotor element. The rotor element 14 comprises a series of annular lips 12 extending radially outwards and surrounded by an abradable element 18 carried by the stator element 16. Each lip 12 comprises an inner peripheral body portion 12a, an outer peripheral body portion 12b and an upstream annular face 20a for impact of an air flow during operation. The lip 12 has, looking from said upstream annular face 20a, a first annular cavity 22 with a concave rounded cross-section on its inner peripheral body portion 12a and a second annular cavity 24 with a concave rounded cross-section on its outer peripheral body portion 12b, which crosses a median plane of the lip. The asymmetric lip may increase turbulance and the pressure drop across the lip, improving seal performance.
Patent GB-2564977-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method for live well artificial lift completion
Inventor: BRUCE RICHARD BENNETT
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2017-05-10
Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for live well artificial lift completion. A live well artificial lift completion system includes an artificial lift pump discharge, a discharge adapter body secured between the artificial lift pump discharge and an umbilical, the discharge adapter body including an electrical connector fastened to an exterior of the discharge adapter body, an inner diameter of the discharge adapter body fluidly coupled to the artificial lift pump discharge, the umbilical including coiled tubing supportively hanging from an umbilical hanger within a wellhead, the umbilical hanger positioned in a tubing head spool, an inner diameter of the coiled tubing fluidly coupled to the inner diameter of the discharge adapter body, a jacket surrounding the coiled tubing, and a power cable extruded inside the jacket, wherein the power cable is connectable between the electrical connector of the discharge adapter body and a surface power source.
Patent GB-2579071-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for processing requests for thumbnail images in a video surveillance system
Inventor: NICOLAI HENRIKSEN
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2018-11-19
Abstract: In a cctv system comprising a plurality of recording servers, each storing video data received from at least one camera, a method of processing requests for retrieving thumbnail images comprises receiving a thumbnail request to a main queue 200. The thumbnail request includes information indicating a specific camera and a specific recording server. The thumbnail request is allocated to a server queue 250 corresponding to the specific server. It is determined whether an idle resource processor 260 associated with the server queue is available to process the thumbnail request. If no free resource processor is available, then it is determined how many resource processors are associated with the recording server queue and, if this is less than a maximum number, a new resource processor is initiated for processing the thumbnail request and the new resource processor is put into an idle state after processing the thumbnail request. Also claimed is a corresponding apparatus.
Patent GB-2579199-A (GB)
Title: A method of monitoring the brake performance of a machine
Inventor: David Wisley
IPC: B60T17/22
Filed: 2018-11-23
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of monitoring the brake performance of a machine (11) and a system (10) for performing such a method. The method comprises determining brake performance of the brake system (18) during brake engagements. A brake performance event is identified based upon a change of the brake performance between at least two brake engagements and a threshold value. An alert is generated in response to the identification of the brake performance event.
Patent GB-2571437-A (GB)
Title: Wall mount for an electronic display, computer arrangement and method for mounting an electronic display and a computer system to a wall
Inventor: CHIH-CHEN SUNG
IPC: H04N5/655
Filed: 2019-01-08
Abstract: A wall mount 1 for an electronic display 2 comprising a wall bracket 3, and a plurality of fastening elements 11. The wall bracket is fixedly connected to a wall 4 and has a plurality of mounting openings 21, 22. The fastening elements are fixed to the electronic display and are slid into the plurality of mounting openings. The wall bracket further comprises a retaining area 8 which is arranged to retain a computer system, in particular a thin client computer 31. The invention further relates to a computer arrangement and method for mounting an electronic display and a computer system to a wall. The wall bracket may comprise a rigid part (23 fig. 3) and a flexible part (24 fig. 4), where in a relaxed state the flexible part covers the mounting openings preventing removal of the fastening elements from the mounting openings.
Patent GB-2569462-A (GB)
Title: Anti-corrosive coating with self-repairing ability, preparation method therefor, and application thereof.
Inventor: YUANSHENG PEI
IPC: C09D163/00
Filed: 2018-04-03
Abstract: An anti-corrosive coating with self-repairing ability, comprising an anti-corrosive inner layer and a self-repairing surface layer. The material of the self-repairing surface layer mainly consists of polyaniline coated sodium alginate microcapsules and an epoxy resin, and the material of the anti-corrosive inner layer mainly consists of graphene oxide modified with boric acid and/or borax. A preparation method therefor comprises: preparing a material of an anti-corrosive inner layer, and coating the material of the anti-corrosive inner layer on a substrate to form the anti-corrosive inner layer; preparing a material of a self-repairing surface layer, and coating the material of the self-repairing surface layer on the anti-corrosive inner layer, to form the self-repairing surface layer; and forming an anti-corrosive coating. The anti-corrosive coating can prevent water pipelines from being corroded by liquid environments, and has a rapid self-repairing ability.
Patent GB-2583382-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine controller
Inventor: GAVIN WILLIAMS
IPC: F02D41/14
Filed: 2019-04-26
Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine controller for controlling an internal combustion. The internal combustion engine controller comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a plurality of control maps 30, which may be defined by look-up tables, each control map defining a hypersurface of actuator setpoints for controlling an actuator of the internal combustion engine based on a plurality of input variables to the internal combustion engine controller. The processor comprises an engine setpoint module 20 and a map updating module 40. The map updating module is configured to optimise one or more of the hypersurfaces of the control maps at the location defined by the plurality of input variables. The map updating module comprises an optimiser module configured to search for an optimised group of actuator setpoints wherein the map updating module updates the one or more hypersurfaces at the location defined by the plurality of input variables based on the optimised group of actuator setpoints. A method of controlling an internal combustion engine is also provided.
Patent GB-2579686-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing a moulded article
Inventor: ROWAN E MINKLEY
IPC: B27N3/12
Filed: 2019-04-29
Abstract: A method for producing a moulded article using potato waste, the method comprising fermenting the potato waste 101, and moulding 102 and heating 103 the fermented potato waste to form a moulded article. The method may comprise additional steps of pasteurisation, adjusting the pH level and comminuting or micronizing the potato waste prior to fermentation. The fermentation may be carried out by bacteria that may be present in the potato waste or that may be added to the potato waste, this includes Lactic acid bacteria e.g. Lactobacillus delbruekii, Lactobacillus amylophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Lactobacillus lechmannii. The fermentation step increases the concentration of lactic acid and this may polymerise into polylactic acid in situ. Starch may be commingled prior to the moulding and heating step. The moulded article may be chip-board, a panel or an interior design product such as furniture. Filler materials e.g. plant based fibres from bamboo, wood, sugarcane, flax, hemp or brewers grain may be added to the potato waste. The moulded article may be used in an interior design product such as a furniture product. An example of preparing a moulded bio-plastic board using the claimed method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2586484-A (GB)
Title: A filter
Inventor: JONATHAN TAQUET
IPC: H04N19/86
Filed: 2019-08-20
Abstract: A method of filtering an image comprising: receiving filter coefficients and first component sample values corresponding to samples surrounding a reference sample, and inputting said filter coefficients and first component sample values into a cross component filter to produce a cross component filter output; where the cross component filter uses a restricted number of bits to represent said filter coefficients and/or first component sample values to produce said filter output. Embodiments describe cross component adaptive loop filters (CCALF), operating on Luma and Chroma values, where the number of bits may be reduced by: a bitshift operation, reducing precision of the sample value by only considering certain bits and/or ignoring a predefined number of lowest bits. This simplifies the filter calculation while the majority of the CCALF coding improvement is maintained. The restricted number of bits is preferably lower than the number of bits defined by an internal bitdepth, and ideally represented by 16 or fewer bits. Also disclosed are methods of decoding images that where encoded using CCALF where coefficients are encoded without a prefix, and to methods of encoding images using CCALF where coefficients are encoded into a slice header using a fixed representation.
Patent GB-2578814-A (GB)
Title: Method for influencing a position of a focal spot in an x-ray radiation source of a computed tomography apparatus, and computed tomography apparatus
Inventor: MARCO ERLER
IPC: H05G1/52
Filed: 2019-09-10
Abstract: A method for adjusting a position of a focus spot 10 in an x-ray radiation source 2 of a computed tomography apparatus 1 is disclosed. The x-ray radiation source has at least one centering unit 7 for centering an electron beam. A reference object 13 is positioned in a beam path between the x-ray radiation source and an x-ray radiation detector 12. X-ray images of the reference object is captured at different x-ray powers (equal to the electron acceleration voltage Ua multiplied by the cathode current IK). The x-ray images at different powers are compared and a focal spot displacement is reduced based on the comparison by setting or altering at least one electric current for operating the centering unit. A look up table may be used to estimate the extent to which the electric current needs to be changed for a given displacement. The altered electric current is subsequently used for operating the computed tomography apparatus.
Patent GB-2579889-A (GB)
Title: Consumer units
Inventor: PREM SINGH
IPC: H02B1/20
Filed: 2019-10-10
Abstract: A single- or three-phase consumer unit 10 having a plurality of ways, a master isolator 14 having one or more live terminals 16, 18, 20 and a neutral terminal 22; one or more respective live bus bars 26, 28, 30 connected to the live terminals and a neutral bus bar 32 connected to the neutral terminal, wherein each bus bar comprises a receiving aperture 34 corresponding to each way. A DIN rail 36 is used for affixing a breaker 38 at each occupied way, the breaker having an input 58 and an output 46; and a jumper 44 for each occupied way, the jumper comprising an input pin 50, which is receivable in a receiving aperture of a selected one of the bus bars and a connection 52 to an output 54, which connects, in use, to the input of a breaker, whereby the location of the input pin enables a selected one of the live or neutral bus bars to be electrically connected to the input of the breaker. A secondary neutral bus bar 40 and an earth bus bar 42, which may be interdigitated, may be provided to simplify wiring at each way.
Patent GB-2588592-A (GB)
Title: Battery module and battery pack
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JAMES GASKELL
IPC: H01M50/289
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A battery module 12 for a battery pack (10, figure 1) is described comprises a cooling (or heating) member 31, preferably a plate with ports 34a,b for inlet and outlet of a cooling fluid, having opposing first 32 and second 33 faces, and a first plurality of cell groups 13a,c mounted on the first face of the cooling member and a second plurality of cell groups 13b,d mounted on the second face of the cooling member, each cell group having a plurality of battery cells (14, figure 4). The cell groups on each face of the cooling member are spaced apart to form a first channel 16 between cell groups on the first face and a second channel 17 between cell groups on the second face. The first channel 16 preferably overlies the second channel 17. A battery pack including a plurality of these battery modules is also claimed (figures 1, 2 and 7). Preferably, the channels of adjacent modules are aligned to form longitudinal channels along the battery pack, which may accommodate additional components such as coolant supply conduits, a BMS, circuit board or electrical distribution system. The battery pack is preferably used in an electric vehicle.