baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2521943-A (GB)
Title: Anchor bolt systems and methods of installing anchor bolts
Inventor: GEUVERS PAUL
IPC: F16B13/14
Filed: 2014-12-31
Abstract: Anchor Bolt Systems and Methods of Installing Anchor Bolts An anchor bolt system comprises a threaded rod (12) to be installed in a hole provided in a substrate(60) and a rod driver (14) to be gripped by a rotary driving(64) device to transfer rotational movement from the rotary driving device to the threaded rod. The bolt or screw(12) has a leading end (26), a trailing end (28), external threading (24) and a drive receiving formation or screw head(38) disposed at the trailing end. The drill bit or chuck (14) is configured to engage the drive receiving, screw head(46) to transfer the rotary movement to the threaded rod(12).
Patent GB-2525091-A (GB)
Title: Reordering of a beamforming matrix based on encoding
Inventor: RAJU MEESARAGANDA SURENDRA
IPC: H04B7/06
Filed: 2015-03-16
Abstract: This application relates to transmit beamforming in a multi-carrier, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. Singular value decomposition (SVD) is applied to a channel matrix to determine an initial transmit beamforming matrix. The columns (i.e. beamforming vectors) of this matrix are reordered to produce a final transmit beamforming matrix. The reordering is based on knowledge of an encoder characteristic, such as a parity check matrix of a low density parity check (LDPC) encoder. The reordering aims to compensate for the situation where the parity check matrix indicates that not all variable nodes are connected to the same number of check nodes. In one embodiment the reordering relies on partitioning log likelihood ratios (LLRs) into high confidence and low confidence subsets.
Patent GB-2532300-A (GB)
Title: Injection devices
Inventor: TOBY COWE
IPC: A61M5/20
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: An injection device 1 for delivering a dose of medicament from a syringe 5. The device comprises: a housing comprising a forward body 20 and rearward body 30, where the two bodies are interconnected and axially moveably; a drive mechanism releasable from an energised position to deliver a dose from the syringe; a latch to hold the drive mechanism in the energised position; and a trigger for releasing the latch. The device further comprises an interlock arrangement moveable between a locked position in which release of the drive mechanism is prevented and an unlocked position in which the drive mechanism may be released. The interlock comprises: an internal blocking formation associated with the rearward body and positioned between the latch and trigger, where in use, forward movement of the rearward body relative to the forward body moves the blocking formation to the unlocked position. Another injection-device having forward and rearward bodies with a trigger disposed within the rearward-body, where the trigger extends to engage a feature of the forward body, thereby retaining the two bodies in slideable engagement. Also an injection-device having forward and rearward bodies interconnected by a trigger releasable latch that holds a drive-mechanism in an energised position.
Patent GB-2539408-A (GB)
Title: Data processing
Inventor: RAY MCCONNELL
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2015-06-15
Abstract: A communications device includes instructions relating to an antenna weighting process from an antenna unit, and the processing unit comprises a plurality of function units (16) operable to execute respective functions in dependence upon received instructions in parallel with one another. The instructions relate to a process for determining antenna weightings for antenna elements of an antenna array, and being executed on data relating to modulated data packets being communicated to and from the network node concerned. The instructions are propagated to the function units (16) via an instruction controller (40) having a number of instruction pipelines (42). Instructions are supplied such that a delay in processing instructions in adjacent sequences is minimised and may not overlap in time on any one instruction pipeline. Instructions may be stored for a number of system clock cycles, and timing determined by detection a position in a pipeline.
Patent GB-2558513-A (GB)
Title: Coffee capsule filling machine
Inventor: ALEX GORT-BARTEN
IPC: B65B7/28
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: A coffee capsule filling machine for filling capsules with ground coffee, which machine has holders (not shown, 11) for the capsules. The machine further comprises a cutting and sealing station 8, which cutting and sealing station cuts capsule seals from a reel of foil. The foil is guided through the cutting and sealing station by a plurality of rollers 12, 13, 15, 16, one of which rollers 16 is provided with an embossing surface such that the foil is embossed prior to being cut at the cutting and sealing station 8.
Patent GB-2523957-A (GB)
Title: Group subscriber number management system for a group messaging service
Inventor: KING STUART LAURENCE
IPC: H04W4/12
Filed: 2014-01-15
Abstract: A method for managing group subscriber numbers in a group messaging device reduces the required number of group subscriber numbers used by the messaging service. The required number of group subscriber numbers is equal to the total number of groups in which a user is permitted to be a member and not the total number of groups of users in the system.
Patent GB-2544258-A (GB)
Title: Gesture detection mechanism
Inventor: JUSTIN PHILIP PISANI
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2015-09-19
Abstract: A personal sensor device equipped with an accelerometer 2, a microprocessor 4 to record accelerations and recognise one or more arm movement gestures and being able to adapt the thresholds for detecting the gesture depending on the variation in acceleration due to activity. The method to adapt the threshold may be linear, logarithmic or a combination of the two and may be learned during usage of the sensor device. An initial device orientation may be used to reduce false gesture detection at lower levels of activity. The device may comprise a display 1 or use another method of user feedback that indicates to the user when the device is in an appropriate state to accept a gesture triggered action. The device may include a vibrator 6 that indicates to the user when they have made a movement that is a valid part of a gesture.
Patent GB-2543307-A (GB)
Title: Haemostatic device
Inventor: JOHN BENJAMIN NICHOLS
IPC: A61L15/42
Filed: 2015-10-14
Abstract: A haemostatic foam sponge 1 for adhering to a wound comprising a tissue-contacting portion 3 formed from a plurality of projections 5. The projections may be finger-like or columnar with a depth (Dp) of 0.1-10mm. Preferably the sponge comprises collagen, starch, gelatin or hyaluronic acid. The sponge may further comprise an immobilised haemostatic agent which may be a clotting factor selected from thrombin and/or fibrinogen. The haemostatic agent may also comprise carriers with a plurality of fibrinogen-binding peptides immobilised to each carrier. Also claimed is a method of forming the haemostatic sponge by cutting, incising or embossing a surface of a haemostatic sponge and a method of controlling bleeding by administering the haemostatic sponge.
Patent GB-2536122-A (GB)
Title: Logical block address mapping for hard disk drives
Inventor: ZVONIMIR Z BANDIC
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: This application is for a new way of writing data to a shingled magnetic recording hard disk drive, or HDD. It works by incorporating an append-only write characteristic into the HDD. The HDD maintains a write pointer that corresponds to zones so that the logical block addresses (LBAs) are written to in sequence, regardless of whether they had previously been written to or not. It then maps the host LBA to a drive LBA, and updates the mapping if it is using an LBA that was previously written to. The method itself receives from an extent allocator a command to write data to a host LBA 42, then determines the drive LBA based on the host LBA 44 and sends a command to write data at the drive LBA 46. A second invention uses the host LBA to determine a drive PBA to write the data to.
Patent GB-2547018-A (GB)
Title: Controlling direct data transmission between mobile devices in a wireless network
Inventor: ROY RON
IPC: H04W84/00
Filed: 2016-02-04
Abstract: In a method for controlling direct data transmission between a plurality of mobile devices in a wireless network, a master node or a plurality of the mobile devices in the network is selected for calculating an estimate of the average network load. The selected master node or the selected plurality of mobile devices calculates an estimate of the average network load. An optimal repetition factor, for direct communication between the mobile devices, is estimated based on the average network load. Resources are allocated based on the optimal repetition factor, and a message is transmitted from at least one of the mobile devices to at least another of the mobile devices using the allocated resources. A first load value may be calculated at one of the mobile devices which is indicative of an estimate of the average network load. This first load value may then be updated by a second load value indicative of an estimate of the average network load received from another mobile device. The first load value may then be updated by the second load value and the optimal repetition factor may then be estimated based on the updated load value.
Patent GB-2539800-A (GB)
Title: Compact pipe flange gasket
Inventor: MORGAN HARINGSTAD
IPC: G01M3/28
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: A gasket (4) for an annular compact flange (1), the compact flange (1) including two joinable flange halves (2) which are formed with contact surfaces (6) facing each other, and at least one of the flange halves having an axial, centric bore ( 10), and there being an annular gasket groove (8) arranged in each of the flange halves (2), which is arranged to sealingly receive a common gasket (4), the gasket groove (8) having a proximal side (12) and a distal side (14) relative to the bore (10), the distal side (14), which is conical, forming a groove sealing surface (18) against the gasket (4), and the gasket (4), which seals at the groove sealing surface (18), being formed with a plate portion (20) positioned between the contact surfaces (6).
Patent GB-2551366-A (GB)
Title: Remote patient monitoring
Inventor: DAVID CHARLES AMOS
IPC: G06Q50/22
Filed: 2016-06-15
Abstract: Remote monitoring method 100 includes a measurement regime, which may be a series of times such as a morning, noon and evening. A signal is sent 104 to a remote monitoring device, prompting a measurement by for example a blood pressure or glucose sensor, heart rate monitor or ECG, possibly by audio or visual indication to the patient. Identity test 106 is carried out, which may use e.g. visual, fingerprint or other biometric sensing at the device. The data is communicated back to a central server 110, possibly over a wireless mesh network, and compared with data boundary information, preferably tailored to the patient, such as a minimum or maximum. The server processes 112 the data and performs an action 114 according to the result, which may be to prompt an additional measurement or to raise an alert, perhaps via SMS or email.
Patent GB-2551744-A (GB)
Title: Garment
Inventor: LINDA PHELPS
IPC: A41D11/00
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A garment 10 comprises a torso region 18, two sleeves 20 and two leg portions 12 for covering at least a portion of the torso, arms and legs of a wearer (100, figure 5). The garment has a front and rear side wherein the rear side has a closable opening for permitting a wearer to put on or take off the garment 10. At least a portion of the outer surface of the garment 10 is at least partially impermeable to liquid. The opening is closable via fastening means. Each leg portion 12 has a foot portion 14 for accommodating and covering at least a portion of the foot of the wearer. The garment 10 may be intended for an infant. The garment 10 is intended to prevent a wearers clothes from being stained or damaged during meal time or arts and craft activities.
Patent GB-2551754-A (GB)
Title: Content leakage protection
Inventor: JOHN BRYAN
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A method for identifying content of interest. Accessed textual information is processed by at least one of character unification, phrase unification, and concept unification. A configured processor executes at least one predefined rule to determine whether the unified content includes certain types of sensitive information such as telephone numbers/addresses. Unified content that matches may be subject to further action such as the alerting of a user encryption, logging, etc. Characters may be replaced in the text with a single character, logograms or phonograms. Phrases may be replaced with a token. The method may also result in the prevention of transmission, copying, reading, displaying, rendering and printing of the accessed text beyond the programmable device when such sensitive information is found.
Patent GB-2552973-A (GB)
Title: Power distribution control system with improved responsiveness
Inventor: JERZY LELUSZ
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2016-08-16
Abstract: A power distribution control system controls a plurality of power assets 10, 11, 12 connected to a power grid 50. The system includes a server 25 which can identify a set of power assets 10, 11, 12 selected from sources, loads, and stores that are to form a string 16 and provide to the string 16 instructions for response to a change in the power grid 50. The system further includes a router 13, 14, 15 for each of the power assets 10, 11, 12 in the string 16, for receiving instructions from the server 25 and for controlling the respective power asset 10, 11, 12. The power assets 10, 11, 12 in the string 16 are selected by the server 25 to have different response times and response profiles (typically power output profiles), such that the string of assets 10, 11, 12 present a collective response, the collective response being defined by the server 25. The router 13, 14, 15 may initiate response to a change in grid conditions, such as a drop/rise in frequency, without making real time communication with the server 25.
Patent GB-2546009-A (GB)
Title: Barrier protection and lighting system
Inventor: JEREMY WEESE
IPC: G08B13/26
Filed: 2017-01-03
Abstract: A barrier protection apparatus 110a comprises a processor, communications subsystem and a lighting device having a support structure and two light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs are mounted to the support structure and provide an elliptical pattern of light to illuminate an area 116a around a barrier 105, such as a fence or wall. The apparatus may also comprise a housing and the support structure may further comprise a heat sink. The communications system may be wireless and may measure changes in received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values or operate a sensor to detect possible intrusion. The sensor may be an accelerometer or may provide microwave Doppler sensing, passive infrared sensing or video motion detection. Also disclosed is a barrier protection system 100 comprising a central controller 114 and one or more of the barrier protection apparatuses 110a, 110b, 110c, each further comprising one or more sensors. The controller may determine an alarm condition using data received from the barrier apparatuses and can send communications to control the lighting device of the apparatuses.
Patent GB-2548675-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection point
Inventor: MARK PEDLEY
IPC: A61B5/04
Filed: 2013-05-22
Abstract: A contact sensor (0, fig 1A), suitable for monitoring activity at the body surface, comprises a contact membrane (1, fig 1A) formed of a conductive yarn on the surface of at least one base layer 2 of knitted fabric. The contact sensor may form part of a wearable item. An electrical connection point is formed wherein the contact membrane connects by means of a pressure contact with a conductive pad (10, fig 5A) on an external surface of a further item such as an electronic monitoring apparatus. The electronic apparatus may be housed in a pocket on the surface of the wearable item. The pocket restricts movement of the further item and helps maintain electrical contact.
Patent GB-2564832-A (GB)
Title: Additive manufacturing
Inventor: TREVOR JOHN ILLSTON
IPC: B23D79/00
Filed: 2017-02-28
Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing, e.g. powder-bed selective laser manufacturing, of metallic components by forming the component and an integral supporting wall or walls (fig 4), which may be perforated and/or less than 0.1mm in thickness, in a layer-by-layer process and exposing the component and supporting wall to a thermal pulse to weaken or break the interface(s) between the component and the support structure, e.g. by placing the component and support in a chamber, filling the chamber with a combustible gas mixture and igniting the gas mixture to perform explosive combustion. The thermal pulse or pulses can be at a temperature which is greater than the melting point of the metallic component. Prior to application of the thermal pulse the component and support can be heat treated to relieve stress. One or more thermal pulses can also be applied to the component once it has been removed from the support and then it can be abrasively cleaned. The wall(s) may be in a hatched arrangement and may be at least 0.8 mm apart from each other. The interface support member may narrow from the support to component.
Patent GB-2550253-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system for vehicle sensor modules
Inventor: CLAY WESLEY MARANVILLE
IPC: G01S7/481
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle sensor module 10 includes an active internal gas circulation system 30 and a cold plate 40 within a sealed housing 26, a light detector sensor 28 disposed in the sealed housing and the housing is at least partially transparent. The cold plate is disposed on an end of the housing, and seals the housing. The active internal gas circulation system is disposed within the housing, and defines a first fluid flow path 31 around the housing and across the cold plate. The circulation system preferably includes a fan 32 and duct arrangement 34, 36, the ducting carrying gas flow from the fan and across the cold plate. Also disclosed is a system as above including an external heat exchanger system 52 thermally connected to the cold plate, which includes a second fluid flow path 63 preferably defined by a guide 54.
Patent GB-2550062-A (GB)
Title: Harnessing of energy from water flow
Inventor: JAN IVAR HANSEN
IPC: F03B17/06
Filed: 2017-04-26
Abstract: Apparatus for extracting electrical energy from a flow of water 10, comprises a buoyant support structure having a hull 20 carrying arrangements for extracting electrical energy from a flow of water. An endless belt arrangement 30 is mounted for travelling in either direction around a pair of end guide rollers (102, 104, 106, 108 figure 6) defining upper and lower portions of the belt, and a plurality of projections (110) fixed with respect to the belt protections extending generally perpendicular to the portions. A turbine arrangement(s) 40, 42, 46 is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to the direction of travel of the belt upper and lower surfaces, mounted in an open-ended horizontally extending housing forming part of the hull. The energy-extracting arrangements being carried by the hull such that when the apparatus is located in water the lower belt portion of the belt arrangement is immersed and the upper belt portion is above the water surface, and the turbine is fully immersed.
Patent GB-2563906-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for carrying by a person and configured to provide a power and/or data connection to one or more electronic devices also carried by the person.
Inventor: JOHN FOLEY
IPC: H01R24/28
Filed: 2017-06-29
Abstract: An apparatus for carrying by a person and configured to provide a power and/or data connection to one or more electronic devices also carried by the person, the apparatus comprising: a housing (100, figure 1); a cable 114 for forming a connection between the housing and one or more of the electronic devices, the cable comprising a connector 112 for connecting to a port contained within the housing so as to allow for transfer of power and/or data between the housing and the one or more electronic devices; and a connector assembly comprising a sleeve 120 in which the cable is received, the sleeve being insertable into an aperture in the housing, so as to connect the connector to the port; wherein the sleeve comprises a first portion 124 arranged to interface with the internal walls of the aperture when the connector is connected to the port. The first portion may be a wiper seal or an O-ring seal, and may transfer mechanical force to the housing to provide strain relief. A second portion flange 130 may limit insertion of the sleeve into the aperture. Another embodiment requires retaining means (188, figure 10).
Patent GB-2564460-A (GB)
Title: Combustion apparatus
Inventor: MICHAEL HARRIS
IPC: F23G7/00
Filed: 2017-07-12
Abstract: Apparatus 10 suitable for combusting recyclable or waste ma­terial comprises a cylindrical combustion chamber 20 with an inlet 30 in a side wall. An end wall 22 has an outlet 50 which lies on a longitudinal axis of the chamber 20. The inlet 30 is in commu­nication with a blower 32, an ignition means 34, and a source of recyclable or waste material 42. The inlet 30 is proximal to the end wall 22 and has a longitudinal axis offset from the central axis of the chamber 20. The outlet 50 has a portion which extends inwards of the end wall 24 a distance A which is greater than the distance B between the first inlet 30 and the end wall 22. The chamber 20 may have a refractory, non-combustible lining 26 or an insulation layer. An exhaust 52 may be attached to the outlet 50 and may extend externally of the chamber 20. A secondary device, such as a heat exchanger in the walls of the chamber 20 may use energy produced by the apparatus 10.
Patent GB-2566672-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for outputting a control signal
Inventor: MARK ROBERT DAWSON
IPC: G06T7/13
Filed: 2017-07-19
Abstract: Outputting a control signal comprises receiving image data associated with an image (300) captured in the vicinity of a vehicle. A visibility condition about a vehicle is determined by analysing the image data to determine one or more edges (302, 306) in the image (e.g. using a Sobel operator). A control signal is outputted based on the analysis (e.g. summed number of edges being below a threshold), the signal controlling an operation of a vehicle system of the vehicle (e.g. activating fog lights or shutting air vents). The presence of a foggy or polluted environment may therefore be detected whereby the presence of fog or pollution reduces the number of detectable edges in an image. A portion (308) of the image may be selected for analysis. Additionally, a colour value (e.g. blue) of a plurality of pixels may be analysed and used to control output of the control signal, in order to avoid generating a control signal in a featureless environment.