baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2568645-A (GB)
Title: Variable flow resistance system for use with a subterranean well
Inventor: THOMAS JULES FROSELL
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2016-11-18
Abstract: A variable flow resistance system for use with a subterranean well includes a first flow path configured to receive a fluid, a sensor configured to measure a property of the fluid received into the first flow path, and an actuator configured to control an inflow rate of the fluid received into the first flow path based upon the property of the fluid measured by the sensor.
Patent GB-2588391-A (GB)
Title: A battery pack and method for removing at least one cell from a battery pack
Inventor: BARRY FLANNERY
IPC: H01M50/249
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: A method for removing at least one cell 2 from a battery pack 1 comprising at least two cells that are arranged parallel to each other and are parallel to a given direction is disclosed. The space between and/or around the cells comprises at least a polymeric-based filler compound 6, the method being characterised in that a mechanical pushing force is applied and/or transmitted to at least one cell. The mechanical pushing force is directed along the given direction and is configured to separate/eject the cell from the remaining part of the battery pack. A machine for carrying out the method is also disclosed. Preferably, the machine 10 comprises a robotic arm or gantry 12 carrying one or more pusher rods 11 that may be activated simultaneously or sequentially.
Patent GB-2588820-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for data communication network in a vehicle
Inventor: DAVID RATHBONE
IPC: H04W4/48
Filed: 2019-11-11
Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of communication between a first electronic device operatively connected to a data communications network within a vehicle, and a second electronic device operatively connected to the data communications network, the method comprising: transmitting a first message from the first to the second electronic device; and outputting from the first electronic device a first control signal to cause the operative state of the second electronic device to be reset, in dependence on no response message having been received at the first electronic device within a time period equal to a predetermined time period threshold. An electronic device for carrying out the method is also disclosed, with the device being for use within a vehicle data communications network. The method is intended to allow for an electronic device to be reset when it has become unresponsive.
Patent GB-2592254-A (GB)
Title: Fuel spray nozzle
Inventor: NICHOLAS BROWN
IPC: F23R3/28
Filed: 2020-02-21
Abstract: A fuel spray nozzle 300 has, in order from radially inner to outer with respect to a fuel spray nozzle centreline ‘C’, a coaxial arrangement of: an inner air swirler passage 204 to produce a primary swirling air flow, an annular fuel prefilming lip 206 and at least one annular outer air swirler passage 208 to produce a secondary swirling air flow. Fuel exiting the fuel prefilming lip is atomised into a spray by the primary and secondary swirling air flows. The fuel spray nozzle further includes an annular wall 220 surrounding at least one annular outer air swirler passage 208. A radial distance between the nozzle centreline ‘C’ and a radially inner extremum of the annular wall is defined as a conic exit radius (CER). A radial distance between the nozzle centreline ‘C’ and the prefilming lip is defined as a fuel exit radius (FER), and the conic exit radius and the fuel exit radius have a defined ratio. The annular wall can radially surround the at least one annular outer air swirler passage, and the ratio of the conic exit radius to the fuel exit radius is within the range of 1.5 and 3.0. The fuel nozzle can be modified so that the annular wall dimension increases the ratio of the conic exit radius to the fuel exit radius.
Patent GB-2589655-A (GB)
Title: Pressure plate arrangement, production arrangement, device and method for producing a transition region between aerodynamic profile elements
Inventor: CHRISTIAN HERRLES
IPC: B64F5/10
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: A pressure plate arrangement 34 comprises a pressure plate body 36 and at least one cover strip 32, in particular a sealing strip. The pressure plate body 36 has an outlet region 56 from which free-flowing sealant 30 can exit during pressing. The cover strip 32 already contains cured sealant and presses the free-flowing sealant 30 flat in order to be able to form a transition region 46. The pressure plate arrangement is intended to allow/improve a laminar air flow in a transition region 46 between aerodynamic profile elements 12, 14. The pressure plate arrangement is used in a pressing device 82 forming part of a production device 42.
Patent GB-2583289-A (GB)
Title: Fiber optic cable for inhibiting breaching fluid flow
Inventor: DOMINO TAVERNER
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: Fiber optic cables suitable for use in downhole applications, with one or more features for inhibiting flow of any fluid breaching an armor layer of the optical cable are provided. By preventing, or at least impeding, fluid flow along the cable length, any breaching fluid may be confined to a small region of the cable, which may significantly reduce the deleterious effects (e.g., hydrogen darkening) of an armor layer breach. One example optical cable (300) generally includes one or more optical fibers (308), an inner tube (302) surrounding the one or more optical fibers (308), an outer tube (304) surrounding the inner tube (302), and one or more polymer sealing features (310) disposed in an annulus between the outer tube (304) and the inner tube (302) and bonded to at least one of the inner tube (302) or the outer tube (304) to prevent fluid flow in the annulus along at least a portion of a length of the optical cable (300).
Patent GB-2586746-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of diseases involving NAD
Inventor: NICHOLA JANE CONLON
IPC: A61P25/28
Filed: 2019-03-13
Abstract: There is described a method of method of augmentation of plasma which comprises reducing the activity of NAD catabolic and excretory pathway enzymes and/or promoting NAD anabolic pathways, by incorporating into the plasma exogenous NAD or a NAD promoter; or a combination thereof.
Patent GB-2600114-A (GB)
Title: A probe electrode
Inventor: MICHAEL WILSHAW
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2020-10-20
Abstract: A probe electrode 2 for use with an electrical current device, the probe electrode 2 comprising a first and a second electrically conductive electrode member 4&6, each comprising: an intermediate portion; a proximal end 8; and a respective distal end 14,16. The electrode-members 4&6 are coupled together at their proximal ends 8 and their intermediate portions and their distal ends 14,16 are spaced apart. Each distal end 14&16 define a contact surface comprising a cylindrical portion 18 terminated in a rounded end 20. Preferably, an outer layer of electrically insulating material 12 covers each electrode-member’s intermediate portion. The rounded end 20 of each contact surface may have a pre-determined radius. The first electrode-member 4 may have a longer intermediate portion than that of the second electrode-member 6, so that the first electrode-member’s distal end 14 extends axially beyond the second electrode-member’s distal end 16. Also, an electrical current therapy device comprising a probe-electrode 2 and a handle. The electrode-members’ proximal ends 8 are electrically coupled to the handle. The handle comprises a controlled electrical source to supply the probe electrode 2. Preferably, the probe electrode 2 is detachably coupled to the handle. Applications include electrical current therapy to treat haemorrhoids.
Patent GB-2600760-A (GB)
Title: A device for insertion into a vagina
Inventor: JOHANNES C BASSON
IPC: A61F6/08
Filed: 2020-11-10
Abstract: A pessary device 200 for insertion into a vagina comprises a cervical ring 202 configured to surround the cervix of a user, a positioning portion 204 configured to abut against a securing position along an interior wall of the vagina and an elastically resilient connecting portion 206. The elastically resilient connecting portion connects the cervical ring and the positioning portion, and is configured such that, when the device is positioned inside the vagina, the positioning portion is biased against the securing position. The device may further comprise a bag 212 (Figure 5) removably connected to the cervical ring, which may itself comprise a valve 214 (Figure 5). The positioning portion may comprise a positioning ring 220 (Figure 4), comprising a first end 222 (Figure 4) to abut against the securing position and a second end 224 (Figure 4) to abut against a backwall of the vagina. The cervical ring may also comprise an inflatable portion comprising a washing tube configured to deliver water to the interior of the vagina or the bag. The device may also comprise tabs 210 (Figure 3).
Patent GB-2595548-A (GB)
Title: Early warning and automated detection for lost circulation in wellbore drilling
Inventor: Shashwat Verma
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 2021-02-10
Abstract: A wellbore drilling system to generate a machine-learning model trained using historic drilling operation data for monitoring for a lost circulation event 302, receive real-time data associated with a drilling operation 304, apply the machine-learning model can to the real-time data to identify a lost circulation event that is occurring 306 and output an alarm to indicate a lost circulation event is occurring for the drilling operation 308.
Patent GB-2603013-A (GB)
Title: Surface guided vehicle behavior
Inventor: SHIH-YUAN LIU
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2021-02-23
Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle, wherein vehicle sensors measure sounds and/or vibrations associated with a surface element (e.g. pavement markers, road dividers, painted road markings, parking blocks/chalks/stoppers, and rumble strips, speed bumps, pot holes etc.). The vehicle is controlled based on the identified road surface element. Additionally, the vehicle can compare the measurement of the surface element to historical measurements of the surface element to determine a calibration status of the sensor that performed the historical measurement. In some examples, the vehicle publishes the identified surface elements, associated sensor measurements and/or associated vehicle behaviour to a shared database. In an example, the shared map can be updated and accessed by a fleet of vehicles. In an example, a surface element matcher compares a detected road element to an expected road element and if they match, then the surface element matcher determines that the vehicle has not driven over an unknown object or crashed.
Patent GB-2604906-A (GB)
Title: An access control system
Inventor: DEREK HUFF
IPC: G07C9/20
Filed: 2021-03-18
Abstract: An access control system 1 is suitable for restricting access through passageway 38. The access control system includes a shaft 10 that is rotatable about a central axis A, and a barrier (12, fig 1A) fixed to the shaft to rotate therewith. A brake assembly is included for applying a braking force to the shaft and includes a sun gear 18 which is rotatable about the central axis of the shaft, a carrier 16 and a ring gear 20. One of the carrier or the ring gear is fixed against rotation and the other is connected to the shaft to rotate therewith. A plurality of planet gears 22 are rotatably connected to the carrier, so as to permit rotation relative to the carrier 16. Each planet gear is disposed between the sun gear and the ring gear and engages with both. An electromagnetic brake 24 is also included, which comprises an electromagnet 32 and an armature 26. The armature is connected to or integral with the sun gear to rotate therewith, while at least one of the electromagnet or the armature is moveable between an operative, in-contact position with the other, and an inoperative position in which they are spaced.
Patent GB-2591410-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for rendering & pre-encoded load estimation based encoder hinting
Inventor: MICHAEL KOPIETZ
IPC: H04N19/196
Filed: 2018-04-20
Abstract: Hinting an encoder in which a server monitors for information related to changes in frame rendering, calculates tolerance boundaries, rolling average frame time 300 and/or short-term trends in frame time, using those calculations to identify a frame time peak 306. The server then hints a codec (encoder) to modulate the quality settings of frame output in proportion to the size of the frame time peak. In embodiments, a renderer may record one or more playthroughs in a game environment, sorts a plurality of frames from one or more playthroughs into a plurality of cells on a heatmap, and collects the list of sorted frames. A codec may then encode one or more frames from the list of sorted frames to calculate an average encoded frame size for each cell in the heatmap, and associate each average encoded frame size with a per-cell normalized encoder quality setting. A second invention is claimed in which a processor monitors for a predetermined event during a rendering process, generates encoder quality settings for one or more frames based on the predetermined event, reports encoder settings to the rendered and transmits the quality settings to an encoder to hint the encoder to choose appropriate encoding settings.
Patent GB-2592146-A (GB)
Title: Non-orientating tubing hanger and tree
Inventor: JOHN E NELSON
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead, landing a tree on the wellhead, and making electrical and hydraulic couplings between the tree and the tubing hanger without having to orient the tree or the tubing hanger relative to each other are provided. This is accomplished using a seal sub that is coupled to the tree and lowered with the tree into contact with the tubing hanger located in the wellhead. The seal sub features an electrical conductor that facilitates electrical coupling of the tree to the tubing hanger. The tubing hanger and sea l sub may include a metal-to-metal and elastomeric seal arrangement designed to seal off electrical and hydraulic connections between these components when, the tree is positioned within the wellhead.
Patent GB-2605951-A (GB)
Title: Interim root-of-trust enrolment and device-bound public key registration
Inventor: Joanne Woodage
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2021-04-12
Abstract: A device is provided with a security module having a physical unclonable function (PUF). The security module establishes an enrolment key pair based on a challenge and response to the PUF, the enrolment key pair comprising an enrolment public key (EPK) and an enrolment secret key (ESK). On a secure connection the device transmits a certificate signing request (CSR) comprising the device identifier and the EPK to a server for a certificate certifying that the EPK is associated with a device identifier. The CSR is signed using the ESK and the device identifier is based on a function of the EPK. The server checks the identifier against a database of identifiers for which the server may sign the certificate and that the device identifier is a function of the EPK. The device receives from the server over the secure connection a temporary enrolment device certificate certifying that the EPK is associated with the device identifier and including a validity period. It installs the device certificate in memory. The invention enables a device to connect to a service without needing the parties involved to trust each other (e.g. an Original Equipment Manufacturer and a cloud-based service provided by an IoT hub).
Patent GB-2596219-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle, method, computer program and device for merging object information about one or more objects in the surroundings of a vehicle.
Inventor: DANIEL REIMANN
IPC: H04W4/46
Filed: 2021-05-12
Abstract: Device for combining object information relating to one or more objects in the environment of a vehicle from different data sources. Comprising; one or more interfaces configured to communicate with a sensor arranged on the vehicle and with a transmitter separated from the vehicle. A control module configured to control capturing a first item of environmental information (110) relating to the environment of the vehicle. Receiving a second item of environmental information from a transmitter separated from the vehicle (120) and determining from the first and second environmental information first and second object information and first and second metadata associated with said first and second object information (130). Assign first and second meta information to one another on the basis of a comparison of a tolerance range with a discrepancy between the first and second object information (140). The system can also combine a third item of information and use object identifiers.
Patent GB-2607573-A (GB)
Title: Video-conference endpoint
Inventor: DUC DAO
IPC: H04N7/15
Filed: 2021-05-28
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of operating a video conference endpoint. The video conference endpoint includes a video camera which captures images showing a field of view. The method comprises: receiving data defining a spatial boundary within the field of view (202), the spatial boundary being at least in part defined by a distance from the video camera; capturing an image of the field of view (204); identifying one or more persons within the field of view (206); estimating a position of each person within the field of view (208); and generating one or more video signals, which include one or more cropped regions corresponding to one or more persons determined to be within the spatial boundary, for transmission to a receiver (220). Also disclosed is a method of estimating the distance from a person to a camera in which a facial region of a person present in an image captured by the camera is identified and the distance between a plurality of pairs of facial landmarks of the person is measured. These measured distances can then be used to estimate the distance from the person to the camera.
Patent GB-2593402-A (GB)
Title: MEMS transducer package
Inventor: TSJERK HANS HOEKSTRA
IPC: H04R19/04
Filed: 2015-12-04
Abstract: The MEMS transducer package 1 comprises a semiconductor die portion 3 with a thickness bounded by a first surface 9 and an opposite second surface 11corresponding to an underside of the semiconductor die portion 3. The package further has a MEMS transducer element 13 formed on the underside of the semiconductor die portion in the second surface 11 and a die back volume 7 that extends through the thickness of the semiconductor die portion 3. The package further comprises a circuitry portion 14 located in the semiconductor die portion 3 adjacent the transducer element 13. The package is completed by a cap portion 23 that abuts the semiconductor die portion 3 at the first surface 9.
Patent GB-2595995-A (GB)
Title: Application for letters patent
Inventor: HAROLD MECKLER
IPC: C07F9/564
Filed: 2020-03-02
Abstract: This is invention is related to processes for synthesis of levoamphetamine derivatives and novel intermediates thereby, and processes for using the same.
Patent GB-2596678-A (GB)
Title: Computer systems and methods for enhancing neurorehabilitation
Inventor: KIMBERLY LYNN SKINNER
IPC: A61N1/372
Filed: 2020-02-26
Abstract: A computerized method of processing data including receiving, from a portable neurostimulation device having a controller, portable neurostimulation device identifying information; receiving, from a healthcare professional, patient identifying information for a patient; creating an electronic record for the patient, the electronic record pairing the portable neurostimulation device identifying information with the patient identifying information; receiving, via a healthcare professional, first input specifying a first treatment regimen for the patient; processing the first input specifying the first treatment regimen, thereby creating a device-ready first treatment regimen; sending, to the portable neurostimulation device, the device-ready first treatment regimen; receiving, from the portable neurostimulation device, first treatment regimen data for the patient; and generating, based on the first treatment regimen data, a first treatment regimen data set for the patient.
Patent GB-2611774-A (GB)
Title: Methods for operating battery frequency response
Inventor: NATHAN MESSER
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2021-10-13
Abstract: Method of operating a battery for providing frequency response to a power grid, the battery comprising a plurality of containers each configured to store electrical energy, the method comprising for a given container determining a container target response by dividing a system target response by the plurality of containers S101 , determining a container capacity by dividing a battery capacity by the plurality of containers S102, determining a state of charge offset between an average state of charge across the plurality of containers and a state of charge of the given container S103, determining a response adjustment by multiplying the container capacity by the state of charge offset S104 and determining a response for the given container by adjusting the container target response by the response adjustment S105. Determining a response adjustment may comprise multiplication by a factor K S106
Patent GB-2602193-A (GB)
Title: Traction battery module
Inventor: PHILIPP KELLNER
IPC: H01M50/289
Filed: 2021-10-21
Abstract: A traction battery module 10 comprises a rectangular housing body 20 having four side walls 21-24 and two end walls 25,26, and a plurality of plate-like cell elements (301-306; fig 3) forming a cell stack (30; fig 1) which is arranged in the housing body such that the cell elements are parallel to one another and parallel to two of the four side walls. A respective holding frame 40,40’ is provided at the two end-side longitudinal ends of the cell element stack, on which holding frames the longitudinal ends of the cell elements are held so that the cell stack is spaced apart in all four transverse directions from the four side walls. Each holding frame has a spring arrangement 50,50’ on its spring side 11 facing a side wall 23 and does not have a spring arrangement on its fixed side 12 opposite the spring side. Therefore, the holding frame is pressed by the spring arrangement onto the side wall assigned to the fixed side, which preferably includes heat conducting means 60 in the intermediate space between the cell stack and the side wall. Bus bars 36 are preferably located at each longitudinal end 13,14 of the stack.
Patent GB-2597633-A (GB)
Title: Sports bra shock absorption effect evaluation method and system
Inventor: YUNSHAN GUO
IPC: G06F17/11
Filed: 2021-02-07
Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a sports bra shock absorption effect evaluation method. The sports bra shock absorption effect evaluation method comprises the following steps: step I: a subject wears a sports bra for an experimental test, adheres a total of 43 infrared reflective mark points on the body, and completes preparation; step II: the subject naturally stands on a treadmill, and acquires static coordinate data; step III: start the treadmill, when a speed in sports reaches 6-12 km/h, acquire dynamic coordinate data of 5 min in sports, and after doing sports, immediately ask a subjective feeling of the subject; step IV: convert the dynamic coordinate data into coordinate data using a thoracic vertebra point as the origin, and calculate a root mean square index (I) of displacement amplitudes in the left-right direction and the up-down direction; step V: numerically sort displacement amplitude data according to the root mean square index S, and correspond to subjective feeling data one by one to obtain hierarchical definitions for an existing bra. Also disclosed is a sports bra shock absorption effect evaluation system.