baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2519401-A (GB)
Title: Recording apparatus and recording method
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI TOMOHIRO
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 2014-07-28
Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises a recording unit 106 that records moving image data to a recording medium 108 and a control unit 102. The control unit selects one of a first writing mode in which data is written to a recording medium in a first recording unit, and a second writing mode in which data is written in a second recording unit whose size is greater than the first recording unit. In an interval, or time lapse, recording mode in which a predetermined recording time worth of moving image data is repeatedly recorded each time a predetermined interval period elapses, moving image data is recorded to the recording medium in the first writing mode having the smaller recording unit. This makes it possible to effectively use the recording area of the recording medium in the case where moving image data obtained by interval shooting is recorded to the recording medium. The different writing units may be recording units (RU) and allocation units (AU) of a memory card. The recording apparatus may be a digital camera 100, or other electronic device capable of recording moving images.
Patent GB-2539159-A (GB)
Title: Divertor valve with embodiment
Inventor: MELVYN DAVENPORT
IPC: E03B7/07
Filed: 2014-05-16
Abstract: A diverter valve 1 for a waste pipe comprises a T shaped injection moulded component which fits into a waste down pipe with the branch end of the T fitting 21 leading to a filter unit 20. A central membrane 9 divides the pipe into an upper channel 3 and a lower channel 4. The filtered water may be stored in a water butt or other receptacle (not shown). Excess water is channelled back to the waste pipe via the lower channel 4. The filter section may be unclipped from the diverter, and the filter removed for cleaning. Recovered water may be used to save potable domestic water.
Patent GB-2529682-A (GB)
Title: Image display
Inventor: HODGE STEVEN JAMES
IPC: G08G5/04
Filed: 2014-08-29
Abstract: A method for displaying guidance symbology to a pilot landing an aircraft, the symbols based upon the output of an Internal Navigation System (INS). The output is determined by a formula which calculates the height rate (vertical component of velocity) using the velocities of the aircraft and the landing strip, and trigonometric calculations. The system provides an indication that the INS output is correct S2. If the INS output is incorrect then the system determines the new positions of the guidance symbology S4, based upon the difference in INS output, displaying both. An optional feature is that the guidance symbols are horizontal dotted lines representative of Ship Reference Velocity Vector (SRVV) (Fig. 5, 34 and 40). A further optional feature is that the display exists in the visor of an aircraft helmet. The INS output could be verified by registering a zero value whilst flying on a straight, level flight path S2.
Patent GB-2530056-A (GB)
Title: Interactive sensing surface
Inventor: SHADMAND AMIR
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2014-09-10
Abstract: The invention concerns a passive device 100 which preferably either forms part of the case of an active device 150 such as a smartphone or tablet, or is provided as a hard sticker which can be stuck to the active device. The passive device has an antenna 101 which receives a first radio frequency signal from an active device and transmits a second radio frequency signal to the active device. The passive device harvests energy 107 from the first radio frequency signal. The passive device also includes a user interface 140 comprising at least one pressure-sensitive conductor for receiving a user input. The second radio frequency signal communicates an indication of the user input. The first and second radio frequency signals are preferably in accordance with the near field communication (NFC) standard. The passive device functions as an additional user interface for the active device.
Patent GB-2517349-A (GB)
Title: Hollow pot
Inventor: TSAI CHIN-TAI
IPC: B29C49/20
Filed: 2011-06-27
Abstract: A hollow pot includes a pot unit 1 and a connection unit B. The connection unit B is a hollow unit and installed to an inner surface of a mould set before pressurized air is introduced in the mould set and before the mould set is closed. A probe 95 is inserted into the mould set and blows plastic material into the mould set. The plastic material expands and contacts the inner surface of the mould set, and seals the connection holes of the connection unit B. The plastic material is extended and broken to match the connection holes of the connection unit. The plastic material solidifies to form the pot unit. The pot unit is air-tightly connected to the connection unit, and the conjunction area of the connection unit communicates with the space in the pot unit.
Patent GB-2524624-A (GB)
Title: Generator comprising a variable speed magnetic gear
Inventor: ARMSTRONG ALAN
IPC: H02K49/10
Filed: 2015-01-23
Abstract: In for example a hybrid vehicle, magnetic gearing 52a may be combined with a generator/alternator 54a where the stationary member 112a forms part of the stator supporting generator windings 56, so as to maintain the generators operating speed range. The magnetic gear comprising a stationary member 112a carrying electromagnets 20, a first moveable member 114a carrying magnets/electromagnets 122a, and a second moveable member 62 comprising a set of core members 72, disposed between members 112a,114a. Members 112a 114a are magnetically coupled to define a gear ratio there between, and the electromagnets 20 are operable to influence the magnetic coupling between the first and second moveable members, thereby to control the gear ratio by rotating the magnetic field, the rotational speed of which in part determines the gear ratio. The generator rotor 114 carrying electromagnets 122a extends into the magnetic gear section 52a to form the first movable member. If the second movable member is not driven the arrangement may form a power inverter and replace the DC/DC converter and potentially the low voltage battery in the hybrid vehicle. The stepped stator allows increased torque to act on the electromagnets 122a. Figs 7,8 (not shown) discloses a radially arranged version.
Patent GB-2533652-A (GB)
Title: Electronic cigarette liquid detection and measurement systems
Inventor: LIK HON
IPC: A24F40/51
Filed: 2015-02-13
Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising an e-liquid detection system 50, controller 70, e-liquid storage element 10 and an atomizer 60 wherein the detection system comprises a light source 130 positioned to emit light into the liquid storage element and a light detector 140 positioned to detect light emitted from the light source into the liquid storage element; the controller is arranged to activate the atomizer based on the signal from the e-liquid detection system. The light detector may be positioned to detect light reflected off the surface or passing through the storage element. Further disclosed is a vaporization device with a fluorescent e-liquid detection system. The vaporization device may comprise a product indicator, preferably a fluorophore. Further disclosed is a vaporization device with a capacitor e-liquid detection system. Further disclosed is a vaporization device with an ultrasound e-liquid detection system. Further disclosed is a vaporization device with a pressure e-liquid detection system. Further disclosed is a liquid for use in an electronic cigarette or vaporization device comprising a product indicator and at least one of propylene glycol, glycerin or polyethylene glycol. The product indicator is preferably quinine. The liquid may also comprise alcohol, nicotine and flavourings.
Patent GB-2535771-A (GB)
Title: System for the removal of animal waste material
Inventor: DARREN WILLIAMS
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 2015-02-27
Abstract: A system 10 for the removal of animal waste material has an animal support surface 12, at least one portal 14 adjacent to or incorporated within the surface and extraction means 16 connected to the portal. The surface is adapted to collect animal waste material from an animal supported thereon, and the system allows waste collected upon the surface to be removed by the extraction means, via the portal. The extraction means may be a vacuum or suction pump. The animal support surface may be provided with a emitting means 26. Also disclosed is an animal grooming apparatus that comprises a support surface with and adjacent or incorporated light emitting means.
Patent GB-2529027-A (GB)
Title: Lubrication system and method for transmission and engine gear devices
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN P
IPC: F16H57/04
Filed: 2015-06-04
Abstract: A lubrication system comprises a transmission or first lubrication loop 14 which provides lubricant to a transmission 10 and an accessory or second lubrication loop 16 that supplies lubricant to at least one accessory device 22, 24, e.g. power take-off device, motor/generator, water pump, turbocharger, supercharger etc, which may be driven by an engine 20. The transmission loop 14 comprises a pump 32, a pressure relief valve 35, a cooler 34 and a filter 36. The accessory loop 16 comprises supply/return control valves 38, 39 and a filter 37. The accessory loop 16 is connected to the transmission loop 14 so that the pump 32 supplies lubricant to both loops 14, 16. Accessory devices 22, 24 may be connected in series or parallel in the accessory loop 16. The transmission lubrication loop 14 and the accessory lubrication loop 16 are isolated from an engine lubrication system 21. Reference is also made to a system/method of circulating lubricant in a first and second lubrication loop.
Patent GB-2533844-A (GB)
Title: Cutting tool
Inventor: RAE ANDREW YOUNGER
IPC: E21B43/117
Filed: 2015-10-27
Abstract: A tool 10 for penetrating a tubular includes at least one length of linear shaped charge 18, a carrier adapted to support the/each length of linear shaped charge, and at least one detonation mechanism for detonating the/each length of linear shaped charge 18. Upon detonation of the/each length of linear shaped charge 18, a length of material is projected outwardly from the/each length of linear shaped charge 18 towards an internal surface of the tubular, which is thereby penetrated. The at least one length of linear shaped charge 18 is arranged such that, upon detonation, the trajectory of at least one portion of the projected material intersects the trajectory of at least one other portion of projected material at or adjacent the internal surface of the tubular. The result is that the penetrations define closed areas or shapes 38 on the surface of the tubular. The tool 10 may also be used to penetrate other objects.
Patent GB-2544999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to power semiconductor modules
Inventor: JOHN LEWIS OUTRAM
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2015-12-03
Abstract: A self-closing vent for enclosures of high voltage (HV) power electronics such as HV direct current transformers which can include semiconductor switches such as Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors. The vent has an aperture 14 and an aperture cover 16 which during normal operation of the electronics is open and which during an explosion and an increase in pressure within housing 12 closes, operating thus as a smoke damper. The vent cover can be supported and held in its open position by single use, collapsible legs or other, manually resettable, support members 18 (see also fig 2 for an alternative, spring-based support). In the vent of a blast inside the chamber, the support elements deform and collapse or are dislodged, resulting in the shutter moving and closing the vent aperture, stopping thus the explosion gasses from escaping via the opening. The vent cover can be a single shutter (fig 1) or be formed of a vent plate (16) with openings (63, fig 3a) which when aligned with individual ventilation openings in the aperture (62), provide a ventilation path (64). In the event of an explosion, the vent plate is displaced sideways relative to the ventilation openings, blocking thus the entrance to the housing.
Patent GB-2545653-A (GB)
Title: Multi-stage synchronous generator
Inventor: NEIL DUDLEY
IPC: H02P9/10
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: A multi-stage, synchronous generator comprises a first stage 110, a second stage 120 and a field current supply path 117 connecting an output of the first stage to a field current input of the second stage. The supply path comprises a field current control element 150 arranged to control the current supplied to the second stage in response to an output of the generator, and a regulator 160, located between the output of the first stage and the field current control element, and arranged to limit a current and or voltage supplied to the field current control element by the first stage. By limiting the electrical power available to a generator control unit (GCU) element, via a limited voltage or current, the consequences of a failure of the GCU element can be mitigated. The first and second stages may be a pilot exciter and main exciter. The generator may be an aircraft power generator.
Patent GB-2548320-A (GB)
Title: Networked bingo with supplementary win features
Inventor: RORY HARPUR
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2016-01-25
Abstract: A gaming server device conducts a networked bingo game with client devices, each client device associated with a respective bingo ticket. Conducting 702 the game involves randomly selecting symbols from the symbol set, marking the selected symbols on any bingo tickets that contain the selected symbols, and repeating the random selecting and marking until one or more of the bingo tickets are marked with a winning pattern. The client devices with the winning pattern are sent indications of awarded prizes 704. The gaming server device transmits an offer 706 to a particular client device associated with a particular bingo ticket that is not marked with the winning pattern. The offer is for the gaming server device to randomly select a further symbol from the symbol set at a cost to the particular client device, where the cost is based on an expected gain that acceptance of the offer provides to the particular client device.
Patent GB-2531217-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation of a piece of electronic equipment of a turbomachine
Inventor: ANDREA PAPI
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: A piece of electronic equipment (18) of a turbomachine (10), comprising a wall (28) of which the inner surface defines at least one channel (26) for the passage of a ventilating air stream of which the outlet (32) opens on an outer surface (34) of the wall with a view to discharging the ventilating air stream towards the outside of the equipment, characterised in that it comprises, at said outlet, means (50, 50', 60, 62) for diverting and/or guiding at least a portion of the discharged air stream, over at least a part of said outer surface of the wall.
Patent GB-2547675-A (GB)
Title: Subsea high integrity pipeline protection system with bypass
Inventor: STEPHANE SIMON
IPC: F17D1/20
Filed: 2016-02-25
Abstract: A subsea high integrity pipeline protection system (HIPPS) comprises a fluid inlet 2 and a fluid outlet 3. A first barrier valve 4 is connected between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a second barrier valve is connected between the first barrier valve and the fluid outlet. A bypass circuit allows fluid to circumvent the barrier valves when closed. The bypass circuit includes first and second bypass valves 6,7 connected in series, and a third bypass valve 8 connected in parallel to the second bypass valve.
Patent GB-2534526-A (GB)
Title: Improving intelligibility of overlapping audio
Inventor: STUART S KREITZER
IPC: H04W4/90
Filed: 2014-11-10
Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided by which a radio communication device with multi-watch receivers improves the comprehension of a high-priority message when the high-priority message is overlapped in time with a normal-priority message. A first receiver of the radio communication device receives a first incoming message over a first channel, and a second receiver of the radio communication device receives a second incoming message over a second channel. The radio communication device, upon receiving the first and second incoming messages, detects that a portion of the first incoming message overlaps in time with a portion of the second incoming message. The radio communication device further determines whether at least one of the first or the second incoming message is a high-priority message and repeats the determined high-priority message when at least one of the first or second incoming messages is a high-priority message.
Patent GB-2551350-A (GB)
Title: Surface water drain system and component thereof
Inventor: MARTIN CHRISTOPHER HAWES
IPC: E01C11/22
Filed: 2016-06-14
Abstract: The component 100 comprises a duct 110 extending from one end face to a second end face, and a channel 120 in its upper face 101 connected to the duct by a recess 130 formed in one of the end faces. There may be a plurality of channels. There may be channels on the side edges of the upper face. There may be recesses on each end face. The recesses may have sides 131, 132 which extend either perpendicularly or at an angle to the upper face. The sides of the recess may be parallel, or diverge or converge from each other. Also claimed is a drainage system comprising a plurality of the components arranged end-to-end. An end having a recess may face a planar end or an end having a recess of an adjacent component. Also claimed is a method of installing a plurality of the components end-to-end.
Patent GB-2552495-A (GB)
Title: Retail system and methods
Inventor: GUY CHATBURN
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A retail system 100 and method for sharing user information is disclosed, the system 100 comprises a database server comprising a user database 120 containing user information 121 — 128 associated with a plurality of users, a retailer server comprising a retailer database 140 containing customer information associated with customers 123; 124, an identification token (Fig 2, 218) uniquely identifying each user and a terminal (fig 3, 300) for reading the identification token. In use, the terminal reads the identification token and provides a request to the database server for the information of the user 123 identified from the identification token. The database server then retrieves the information associated with the identified user and sends the user information to the retailer server 140 for incorporation into the retailer database. This ensures that a retail relationship, such as a loyalty scheme, is not established until the user visits the retailer.
Patent GB-2552825-A (GB)
Title: Security enhancements for LTE WLAN aggregation
Inventor: CAROLINE JACTAT
IPC: H04W88/10
Filed: 2016-08-11
Abstract: A method for managing ciphering configurations for LTE WLAN Aggregation (LWA). A source evolved Node B (eNB) ciphering configuration is implemented at a mobile device 13 and at a source eNB 5, for communicating data between the mobile device and the source eNB via a WLAN node 11. A WLAN ciphering configuration is implemented at the mobile device and at the WLAN node, for communicating data between the mobile device and the source eNB via the WLAN node. It is determined whether the WLAN ciphering configuration has been implemented 316 and in response a message 317 is transmitted indicating that the WLAN ciphering configuration has been implemented and at least one action 318 is performed in response to the message. The at least one action may comprise deactivating Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) encryption at the source eNB. Other embodiments for managing ciphering configurations are also provided.
Patent GB-2541852-A (GB)
Title: Multiband antenna system
Inventor: NEREYDO T CONTRERAS
IPC: H01Q21/30
Filed: 2015-06-23
Abstract: An antenna enables compact and robust multiband operation of portable radios. According to some embodiments, the antenna includes: a first rolled conductive strip having a first section with overlap between successive turns of the first conductive strip and a second section with no overlap between successive turns of the first conductive strip, the first section having an insulating layer between the overlapping successive turns of the first conductive strip; a second rolled conductive strip; and a flexible sheet to which both the first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are bonded.
Patent GB-2543984-A (GB)
Title: Optical sensor
Inventor: ARNOLD PETER ROSCOE HARPIN
IPC: G01L9/00
Filed: 2011-08-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensitive element with a cap. The sensor element (10, fig 2) comprises front and back plate slabs bonded together to form a sensor body, where one slab has a recess such that a cavity is formed within the body, and the front plate comprises a membrane adapted to deform with changes in pressure. The cap 910 is bonded to the sensor body such that it forms a hollow 920 adjacent to the membrane, and further comprises apertures 930 extending from the hollow to its outer surface. The cap is intended to reduce mass flow in the region of the membrane. The cap may be circular with the apertures extending to the curved outer surface. The apertures may be evenly spaced and may be tapered or curved. The hollow may be larger than the membrane, and the cap may be the same thickness as the back plate or as the entire sensor body.
Patent GB-2552234-A (GB)
Title: Rear boot basket arrangement for vehicle
Inventor: Albert lam
IPC: B62D25/08
Filed: 2017-04-10
Abstract: Disclosed is a rear boot basket arrangement 100 for a vehicle, characterised in that it is adapted to be supported from a bottom surface 104 at a base region 102 of the rear boot basket arrangement onto a corresponding supporting surface 302 within the vehicle, provided with a side-wall arrangement 106A-D extending from a plane of the bottom surface, which is arranged with an outwardly-directed peripheral lip 108 that cooperates with a hole 306 in the bodywork of the vehicle. The rear boot basket arrangement may be provided with carpeting trim 110 on the inwardly-facing surface 314, and could also include a handle for inserting or removing the basket. Furthermore, it is preferred that the boot basket be fabricated from carbon fibre composite, fibre-glass composite, thermally formed plastics material sheet, pressed metal sheet or super-alloy sheet, and may form cavities around external sides of the boot basket 316A-B to accommodate functional components such as electric batteries 206. Independent claims are also included for a method of providing the boot basket, and a software product for said method.
Patent GB-2559631-A (GB)
Title: Robotic load handler coordination system, cell grid system and method of coordinating a robotic load handler
Inventor: DAVID SHARP
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-04-26
Abstract: Coordination system for a robotic load handler capable of traversing a grid of cells where a plurality of routes are iteratively determined using an A* search pathfinding algorithm and an optimum route is selected. The A star algorithm may include a cost function, which may be based on acceleration, velocity and change of direction of the load handler and reserved status of cells along the route. The reserved status may indicate a time window during which another load handler will be occupying the cell to avoid collisions. The time window may be determined by accounting for physical constraints of the load, for example gentle handling of fragile items. The system may also determine battery life of the load handlers and plan for charging before a minimum charge level is reached. This provides a scalable system usable with a large number of load handling devices on a large grid. Speed and efficiency is increased while avoiding collisions. The control system may also allocate tasks to humans.