baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2564957-A (GB)
Title: Watermelon mill with replaceable cutting structure
Inventor: GREGORY L HEM
IPC: E21B29/06
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: A watermelon mill has a cutting structure mounted on a removable sleeve. The mandrel can be in two pieces threaded together to trap a ring or lug extending internally from the sleeve. Alternatively the sleeve can serve as a coupling holding together opposed threaded components that then make up the mandrel. The mandrel can have a radial external shoulder to act as a sleeve travel stop and another sleeve can be pushed into the first sleeve that has the cutting structure on it for proper axial fixation. The second sleeve that does not have cutting structure is pushed into position by making up an adjacent pin and box combination at a nearby connection to the cutting structure. What results is a flexible assembly that assembles without welding and retains greater flexibility in the larger sizes due to the assembly method. The sleeve can be tossed when the cutting structure is spent or redressed and remounted for another use.
Patent GB-2560682-A (GB)
Title: Decreasing corrosion on metal surfaces with apatite forming components
Inventor: ZHENGWEI LIU
IPC: C09D7/48
Filed: 2016-11-18
Abstract: Corrosion to a metal surface in contact with corrosion forming components within an aqueous-based fluid system may be decreased, prevented, and/or inhibited by contacting the metal surface(s) with apatite forming components and forming at least one apatite species on the surface with the apatite forming components. The apatite forming components may be or include phosphates, organophosphates and combinations thereof. In a non- limiting embodiment, the apatite forming components may further include fluorides, chlorides, calcium, and combinations thereof.
Patent GB-2575994-A (GB)
Title: Steering column assemblies
Inventor: MICHAEL APPLEYARD
IPC: B62D1/16
Filed: 2018-07-31
Abstract: A steering column assembly for a vehicle has a housing (120, 122, Figure 2) and a shaft 118 rotatably mounted with respect to the housing to which a steering wheel is attachable at one end. An engagement portion 136 is connected to and rotates with shaft 118, and an end stop 140 is located in the path of engagement portion 140 to engage with engagement portion 136 upon rotation of shaft 118 through a predetermined angle in both directions. End stop 140 is displaceable in opposing directions, which may compensate for the width of the end stop and provide a full 180° rotation of the steering wheel in each direction. Resiliently deformable stops 150 may be provided to cushion end stop 140 close to its maximum displacement. The arrangement is particularly suitable for use in a steer-by-wire vehicle.
Patent GB-2568575-A (GB)
Title: Document search using grammatical units
Inventor: Tirth Patel
IPC: G06F16/338
Filed: 2018-09-14
Abstract: A method of searching within one or more documents includes receiving a query through a user interface, e.g. a search bar 206, and in conjunction with identification of the at least one document. A feature value characterising a relevance of each grammatical unit of the document to the search term is extracted. The grammatical units are ranked based on their feature values. At least one selected grammatical unit is then displayed, based on the ranking. The grammatical unit may be a phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph. The ranking 209, 211, of each grammatical unit 208, 210 may be displayed alongside it. The query may be spoken by a user, captured using speech recognition, and displayed on the user interface. A semantic similarity measure may be calculated between the query and each grammatical unit, based on vector representations of each word in the query and the grammatical unit.
Patent GB-2577568-A (GB)
Title: Inductive power transfer pad comprising an airflow generating system, arrangement for an inductive power transfer and method for cooling an inductive power
Inventor: ROMAN GUNT
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: The inductive power transfer pad 10 comprises a conductor arrangement 36 for generating or receiving an electromagnetic field during an inductive power transfer. An airflow generating fan 42 produces an airflow 22 during inductive power transfer. The airflow 22 being directed into the surroundings of the inductive power transfer pad 10 by means including a moveable flap 62.
Patent GB-2585329-A (GB)
Title: Improved system, device and method for sequencing modes of transportation or items and the like
Inventor: DOMINIK JOHANNES STOPPOK
IPC: G08G5/06
Filed: 2018-12-19
Abstract: A system for optimizing a sequence of aircraft at an airport receives flight plan data (comprising flight schedule data) for multiple journeys of respective aircraft. Aircraft taxi time (EXOT) is determined from the flight plan data and, for each journey, a target take‑off time (TTOT) is determined from the EXOT and flight plan data. A target start-up time (TSAT) may be determined from the TTOT. Multiple different TTOT and TSAT for each journey may be associated with the flight plans. The flight plan data may define a target off-block time, runway, call sign, time stamps or aircraft type, registration or origin and destination. Optimizing the sequence may comprise minimizing temporal aircraft separation according to aircraft size, speed class or departure route. The system may monitor aircraft turnaround events (e.g. actual landing, in-block or fueling start or end times) and trigger event updates based on deviation of a different event from target times. It may optimize de-icing according to aircraft type or de-icing location or determine actual arrival and departure capacity of the airport from weather or traffic demand data.
Patent GB-2580061-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for assessing the suitability of a fuel for use in a fuel cell
Inventor: JOSEPH HOBBS
IPC: G01N33/22
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: Comparing fuel sources for assessing the suitability of fuel for use in a fuel cell. In a fuel comparison apparatus 10, two fuels 120,130 enter the flow path 111 of an electrochemical sensor 110. One fuel 120 may be of reference quality; the other 130 of unknown quality. The fuels may be ionised at the sensor anode; and this may be facilitated by a catalyst. An electrolyte in the sensor 110 may transmit ionised fuel from anode to cathode. When contaminants in the fuel poison the catalyst, this may reduce the ionisation and the resulting current, indicating a fuel of lower quality. The current is measured in segments of the anode or cathode and the current density is determined in each segment.
Patent GB-2581348-A (GB)
Title: Voice alarm notification device
Inventor: SONALI DATE
IPC: G08B17/00
Filed: 2019-02-12
Abstract: A voice alarm notification device 5 of a fire alarm system (1,fig.1) comprises: a network port 11 for receiving an alarm notification signal; an audio file library 15 in which the audio files include audio voice message files; a speaker 16; a processor unit 12 connected tothe network port for processing an alarm notification signal and for selecting one of the audio files from the library to be played through the speaker 16; and a Bluetooth® module 13 for establishing a Bluetooth® communication link to the voice alarm notification device 5, via which link an audio voice file can be received. The device 5 is arranged to add the audio voice file received via the Bluetooth® communication link to the library 15 so as to be available for selection by the processor unit 12 when it receives an alarm notification signal. The device 5 and the Bluetooth® module 13 may be temporarily paired.
Patent GB-2583086-A (GB)
Title: Manifold with a plurality of fluid outlets and a delivery head
Inventor: MARCUS ALEXANDER LEONARD
IPC: D06F39/08
Filed: 2019-04-11
Abstract: The manifold 1 includes a fluid inlet, fluid outlets 3, a movable conduit member 4, a first drive mechanism 5 and a control module 6. The conduit member comprises a fluid path (7, Figure 2) therethrough, in which the fluid inlet is fluidly connected to a first end 9 of the fluid path. The conduit member is mounted for movement on a support member 10. The first drive mechanism is configured to move the conduit member on the support member to selectively associate a second end 11 of the fluid path with one of the fluid outlets 3 according to commands issued by the control module. The conduit member may comprise a delivery head 4 mounted for movement on a track support member 10. The delivery head may comprise a shuttle carriage 18. The manifold is used in a fluid delivery apparatus (100, Figure 7) having a main dosing unit 101, pumps 102, and a water dilution station 103. Each pump is for pumping chemical washing fluid 104 from a drum to the water dilution station and then to the manifold 1. The manifold selectively directs diluted fluid to one of many washing machines 112.
Patent GB-2576094-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic composition having modeling properties for a temporary reshaping of keratin-containing fibers
Inventor: NORA KOOPMANN
IPC: A61Q5/06
Filed: 2019-06-18
Abstract: A cosmetic composition for the temporary reshaping of keratinic fibres comprising 1-10 wt% film former, 3-15 wt% wax, 0.5-12 wt% cosmetic oil, 5-12 wt% a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon, 1-4 wt% of an emulsifier and 30-50 wt% water. The composition is for temporarily reshaping hair, particularly rigid hair e.g. beard hair. The composition may be suitable as a “2 in 1” product for use on both scalp and beard hair. Preferably, the film former is a nonionic copolymer, most preferably vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer. The wax may be a mixture of waxes such as a fatty acid ester and a fatty acid, for example synthetic beeswax and Copernicia Cerifera (carnauba) wax. The branched or unbranched hydrocarbon is preferably a mixture of paraffins and olefins, most preferably petrolatum. The cosmetic oil may be a monoester of carboxylic acids comprising 8 carbon atoms or less with fatty alcohols, or a synthetic cosmetic oil, dimethicone is exemplified. Preferably the emulsifier is a nonionic surfactant. The composition may further comprise a hydrophobically modified (meth)acrylic acid copolymer. Also disclosed is a method for the temporary reshaping of keratinic fibres comprising applying to the keratinic fibres the cosmetic composition and reshaping or fixing the keratinic fibres.
Patent GB-2573902-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for distributed autonomous robot interfacing using live image feeds
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2018-01-26
Abstract: Described in detail herein is an autonomous fulfillment system. The system includes the first computing system, with an interactive display. The first computing system can transmit a request for physical objects from a facility. A second computing system can transmit instructions autonomous robot devices to retrieve the physical objects from the facility. The second computing system can control the image capturing device of the autonomous robot device to capture a live image feed of the at least one physical object picked up by the at least autonomous robot device. The second computing system can switch an input feed of the first computing system to display the live image feed on the display of the first computing system. The second computing system, instruct the autonomous device to discard the physical objects picked up by the at least one autonomous robot device and to pick up a replacement physical object.
Patent GB-2585728-A (GB)
Title: Electronics module for a wearable article
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2020-01-21
Abstract: An electronics module 100 for a wearable article (200, Fig. 1) includes an interface 101 with an electronics arrangement (209, 211, Fig. 12) of the wearable article, so as to receive a sensing signal. The electronics module has a housing which includes a top enclosure 119 and a bottom enclosure 121. A controller within the electronics module (103, Fig. 12) receives the sensing signal. The controller may be formed on a printed circuit board 113. A first antenna 107 is arranged to communicatively couple with a mobile device (300, Fig. 1). The first antenna 107, the controller and a power source 105 are contained within the housing. The first antenna is proximate the top enclosure and above the controller and power source. The electronics module preferably has a second antenna (109, Fig. 2) which has line-of-sight through an aperture of the first antenna. A light source may also have line-of-sight through the aperture. At least one of the antennas may be for short-range communication such as near-field communication. At least one of the antennas may receive power. The sensing signal may contain medical telemetry such as electrocardiogram (ECG) data.
Patent GB-2593184-A (GB)
Title: Injection devices with automatic priming
Inventor: DEWAN FAZLUL HOQUE CHOWDHURY
IPC: A61M5/24
Filed: 2020-03-17
Abstract: An injection device has a needle holder 32 supporting a hollow needle 9, and a vial holder 10 supporting a vial 12. A spring 42 urges the needle holder 32 to move towards the vial holder 10 but is restrained by a latch (46,48, figure 5) until the time of use. Releasing the latch primes the device by allowing the needle holder 32 to move, whereby a proximal end of the needle 9 pierces a septum 16 of the vial. The latch is preferably released by rotating an actuator 4. The same rotation preferably frees the needle holder 32 and vial 12 to be advanced axially relative to the actuator 4, whereby a distal end of the needle 9 can be introduced into the skin of a subject. Compressed air from a tank 2 may be used to drive the discharge of the vial 12. The air tank preferably surrounds the vial and provides a broad proximal surface 7 against which manual pressure can be applied to the device.
Patent GB-2581457-A (GB)
Title: Data anonymization
Inventor: Supriyo Chakraborty
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2018-11-09
Abstract: A first set of data associated with one or more data stores is received. A distance from a representation of a subset of the first set of data to at least a second representation of another set of data in vector space is identified. In response to the identifying of the distance, the first set of data is anonymized. The anonymizing includes adding noise to at least some of the first set of data.
Patent GB-2595936-A (GB)
Title: Gas phase Raman instrument for the detection of gaseous species using a hollow core fibre
Inventor: MICHAEL JAMES FOSTER
IPC: G02B6/02
Filed: 2020-06-12
Abstract: An apparatus and method for analysing a gas sample. The gas sample is contained in a hollow core micro-structured optical fibre (HC-MOF) 6 which is in optical communication with a monochromatic light source 1. A detector 11 in optical communication with the fibre detects a Raman signal from the gas sample. A mask 10 is mounted between the fibre and the detector to attenuate one or more selected frequencies of the Raman signal. The filtered signal may be used to identify one or more low concentration components of the gas sample. The one or more selected filter frequencies may correspond to the Raman spectrum of one or more components of the has sample that are present in high concentration. The mask may comprise a variable filter which is dynamically controllable. The detector may comprise a plurality of CCD detector pixels each detecting a specific frequency of the Raman signal and the mask attenuates the light reaching one or more selected pixels of the detector selected by calibration or simulation. The gas may be natural gas, and the selected frequencies may correspond with methane. The apparatus may be mounted in a portable unit.
Patent GB-2596604-A (GB)
Title: Exercise belt
Inventor: ALEXANDER MILES
IPC: A63B21/055
Filed: 2020-07-03
Abstract: An upper body resistance running belt 10 and corresponding method of use, the belt comprising: a belt portion 20, at least one mounting point 30A/30B, which may be located along the rear, is supported by the belt portion, and at least one resistance member 40A/40B coupled to the at least one mounting point, the at least one resistance member being configured to be coupled to a hand of a user and pulled by the arm when jogging whilst wearing the running belt. There may be a resilient expansion region 24, which may be in series with the main belt. There may also be an inner non-slip surface 26, which may be provided on the rear of the belt, and there may be an outer low friction surface 22C, which may be located along side sections of the belt. The resistance member could be looped and provided with a handle.
Patent GB-2584219-A (GB)
Title: Transgenic mice
Inventor: BRIAN MCGUINNESS
IPC: C12N15/85
Filed: 2014-10-22
Abstract: A vector comprising: a) at least 10 functional heavy chain V genes wherein at least 10 functional human heavy chain V genes are in their natural configuration; b) at least one human heavy chain D gene and at least one human heavy chain J gene; c) a murine C gene which lacks the CH1 exon. A transformed murine host cell and a transgenic mouse comprising such a vector are also disclosed. A method for producing a soluble VH binding domain comprising the following steps: a) expressing said vector in a transgenic mouse, b) isolating a cell or tissue expressing a HCAb, c) cloning the sequence encoding the VH domain from mRNA derived from the isolated cell or tissue, d) constructing a library from cloned transcripts and e) isolating the VH domain.
Patent GB-2587497-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for evaluating project based on blockchain
Inventor: SEUNG WOO KIM
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2020-08-27
Abstract: A method of evaluating a project wherein a server (100, Figure 1) determines team members for a project S2100, receives project activity contents generated by a team member S2200, and transmits the project activity contents to a node (121-125, Figure 1) on a blockchain (120, Figure 1) S2300. The project activity contents include an execution completion report on at least one of the tasks configuring the project, execution results of the project, evaluation of the results by the team members, and feedback for the evaluation. Sending data to the blockchain throughout the project prevents forgery of information, improving the accuracy of the evaluation. Coins may be provided to team members as compensation for the project activity contents S2400, and provision details of said coins may be transmitted to the node on the blockchain and then used to evaluate the level of contribution of each team member when the project is terminated.
Patent GB-2587102-A (GB)
Title: Speaker verification
Inventor: JOHN PAUL LESSO
IPC: G10L17/06
Filed: 2019-05-28
Abstract: A method of speaker verification comprises: comparing a test input against a model of a user's speech obtained during a process of enrolling the user (90); obtaining a first score (s) from comparing the test input against the model of the user's speech; comparing the test input against a first plurality of models of speech obtained from a first plurality of other speakers respectively (92); obtaining a plurality of cohort scores (n) from comparing the test input against the plurality of models of speech obtained from a plurality of other speakers; obtaining statistics describing the plurality of cohort scores (94); modifying said statistics to obtain adjusted statistics (96); normalising the first score using the adjusted statistics to obtain a normalised score (98); and using the normalised score for speaker verification.
Patent GB-2599727-A (GB)
Title: Predicting the behavior of a vehicle using agent-to-agent relations to control an autonomous vehicle
Inventor: DOMINIK PETRICH
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2020-10-12
Abstract: Method of predicting the trajectory 5’ of a pedestrian 5, and based on the predicted pedestrian behaviour 5’, an action (arrow) of vehicle 2b can be predicted. For example, if the pedestrian 5 is predicted to enter the vehicle 2b, the vehicle 2b can be predicted to pull away soon. Depending on the predicted trajectory of the vehicle 2b, the host vehicle 1 may prepare to perform evasive action. Multiple pedestrian trajectories may be predicted. Time series of state vector may be generated from camera data for predicting future trajectory 5’ of the pedestrian 5. A graph representing a relationship between the pedestrian and the parked vehicle 2b may be generated. Based on the predicted outcome, the host vehicle 1 may determine a driving trajectory or a parking area.
Patent GB-2589972-A (GB)
Title: Signal processing for speech dereverberation
Inventor: TOM BIRCHALL
IPC: G10L21/0208
Filed: 2018-06-12
Abstract: In a speech dereverberation system 100, a determination unit 130 selects a number of samples in an audio signal x (n,k) captured by microphone M according to control inputs A (eg. the SNR of the acoustic space) and B (eg. Room Impulse Response, reverb energy decay, RT60 or threshold time Tth) and sends these via a delay (50, fig. 3) or variable buffer 160 to a reverberation coefficient determination unit 150, which calculates a regression vector of reverb coefficients gk via liear prediction or auto-regression modelling. Each reverb component is then subtracted from the input signal to provide a desired signal dn,k (60, fig. 8). A longer threshold time or means that more signal samples are required to calculate the reverb coefficients accurately (see equation 10) , while a highly noisy signal (fig 6B) will swamp echoes more quickly, leading to fewer samples (ie. fewer blocks or frames) being passed on.
Patent GB-2610154-A (GB)
Title: Battery sensor arrangement and method of balancing batteries
Inventor: Gary Kendall
IPC: H01M10/48
Filed: 2021-03-11
Abstract: A sensor arrangement for a network of busbar links of a battery module (2-1), the network comprising a plurality of nodes (2-5) where the busbar links (2-3) connect to terminals of cells (2-4), the sensor arrangement comprising: an array of node sensors (2-2), each node sensor having an output indicative of current in a respective node of the network; a processor coupled to the outputs of the node sensors which receives and processes data to determine a current in each node. Each node sensor may comprise a magnetic field sensor. The processor may assess each cell’s condition based on its current. The condition may be a state of health, state of charge or presence of one or more defects. The node sensors may be spaced with respect to one another in the array and positioned so that each sensor aligns with a node of a network of busbar links when the sensor arrangement is fitted to a busbar of a battery module. The processor may determine net current flow through the network by aggregating current flow in the nodes. The busbar links may comprise switches associated with each link.
Patent GB-2606726-A (GB)
Title: An improved retrofit switching assembly
Inventor: MARK CHURCHWARD
IPC: H05K1/18
Filed: 2021-05-18
Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) 1 for retrofitting to a device without a power switch, by interposing it between a power cell 2 and the power cell contacts of a device 3, the PCB 1 comprising a timer 6, a motion sensor 7, a controller and an electronic switch 4. The switch 4 is controlled to connect the power cell 2 to the power cell contacts 3 if the motion sensor 7 indicates that the PCB 1 has been moved. The switch 4 is further controlled to disconnect the power cell 2 from the power cell contacts 3 if the timer 6 and the motion sensor 7 indicate that the PCB 1 has not been moved for a predetermined time. The PCB 1 may be flexible, suitable for wrapping around a power cell 2. Alternatively, the PCB 1 may be rigid, suitable for receiving and partially enclosing a power cell 2. The assembly reduces power consumption when the device 3, such as a children’s toy or a keyless entry fob for a vehicle, is not in use.