baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2570706-A (GB)
Title: A banknote validator
Inventor: MARTIN SACKFIELD
IPC: G07F7/04
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: A banknote validator comprises a housing 5, 6; a validation sensor (13, Fig 2); and a banknote drive mechanism. The banknote drive mechanism transports a banknote from an input aperture (3, Fig 1) to a stacking means at cashbox ingress aperture 28. The banknote drive mechanism defines a first banknote pathway 17 proximal to the input aperture and a second banknote pathway 18 proximal to the stacking means. A pivotable security gate arrangement 22 is resiliently biased to project into the second banknote pathway. The gate may have a plurality of tines 22’ distributed laterally across the banknote pathway. A security niche (32, Fig 5) may be provided beneath the tines. A banknote can be reversed into the niche by the drive mechanism after detection by an optical sensor 23 at a downstream end of the cashbox ingress aperture to help prevent the removal of a banknote that has passed the gate, which is located at an upstream end of the cashbox ingress aperture. The gate prevents string or strimming fraud attacks. The validation sensor includes an image capture window which is transparent to both visible and infrared light and emits visible fluorescent light when irradiated by ultraviolet light.
Patent GB-2561953-A (GB)
Title: Aerosol delivery system
Inventor: Tom Sudlow
IPC: A24F40/44
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: A fluid-transfer article 34 comprises a first region 34a for holding an aerosol precursor and for transferring this liquid to an activation surface 38 of a second region 34b of the article 34, the activation surface 38 located at an end of said article 34 for thermal interaction with a heater 24 of an aerosol-generation apparatus, wherein at least the second region 34b is formed from a polymeric wicking material. The material may be sintered, porous, heat-resistant, and/or hydrophilic, and pore diameter in the first region 34a may be greater than pore diameter in the second region 34b, providing greater hydrophilicity in the second region 34b than in the first region 34a. The polymeric wicking material may comprise polyetherimide (PEI), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyimide (PI), polyethersulphone (PES), ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), polypropylene (PP) and/or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). An aerosol delivery system comprising said fluid-transfer article 34 is also provided, for example as a cigarette substitute.
Patent GB-2571968-A (GB)
Title: Liquid ring pump control
Inventor: JOERI COECKELBERGS
IPC: F04C28/28
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: A control system comprising a liquid ring pump coupled with suction line 34, exhaust line 38 and operating liquid line 40 via respective ports, a motor 12 which drives the pump, a first sensor 24 which measures a first parameter of the exhaust fluid, a second sensor which measures a second parameter of gas in the suction line and a controller which is coupled to the first sensor, second sensor and the motor, where the controller controls the motor speed based on the first and second parameters. The first parameter may be temperature, the second parameter may be pressure. The controller may calculate a vapour pressure of the operating liquid and control the motor based that pressure and the second parameter. The operating liquid may be recycled from the exhaust back to the pump, there may be a separator in the exhaust, there may also be a cooling means to cool the operating liquid before re-use. There is an independent method of controlling the control system.
Patent GB-2563734-A (GB)
Title: Washer fixation method and system
Inventor: ERNIE SCHOOT UITERKAMP
IPC: F16J15/08
Filed: 2018-04-26
Abstract: An assembly process method and system are provided. The assembly process comprises elastically deforming a non-circularly shaped washer 200 while driving the washer 200 through an insertion tool 214 into a workpiece 206, such as a pressure sensor (106 in Figures 1A & 1B). The workpiece 206 has a correspondingly shaped recess 202 with an inner wall diameter 236 less than a maximum radial dimension 234 of the non-circular washer 200. The washer 200 is released from radial compression into the recess 202 so as to permit the washer 200 to become fixated against the inner wall 208 of the recess by a retention force. The fixated washer 200 has a height 234 greater than a height of the recess inner wall 208, and may serve as a deformable sealing element between the workpiece 206 and other components.
Patent GB-2574035-A (GB)
Title: Interaction with an intelligent artificial agent
Inventor: BEN JAMES
IPC: G10L15/22
Filed: 2018-05-23
Abstract: A natural language user interface (eg. a chatbot using Automatic Speech Recognition) receives initial event data for a user communication and generates a response (or a plurality of responses) which is stored for a delay period of no detected additional communication before being transmitted to the user, allowing editing or update of the action (and deletion of the response from storage) by the user or users. The delay period may depend upon the initial event, eg. a longer delay if an error is detected or a shorter delay if the user speaks quickly or urgently.
Patent GB-2564345-A (GB)
Title: A tealight and a stack of tealights
Inventor: KRZYSZTOF JABLONSKI
IPC: C11C5/00
Filed: 2017-02-16
Abstract: A tealight comprising a cup (110) having a base (111) and a sidewall (112), characterized in that the outer surface of the sidewall (112) of the cup (110) is surrounded by a sleeve (140). A stack of tealights comprising at least two stacked tealights surrounded by the sleeve (140).
Patent GB-2577904-A (GB)
Title: A method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation for an engine
Inventor: SAMUEL JENKINSON
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2018-10-10
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation for an engine 20 having individually controllable valve actuation means 27. The method comprises controlling valve actuation means 27 to, during a period of time associated with at least part of the duration for a combustion cycle, cause at least one exhaust valve 24 for a combustion chamber 21 to be open during an increase in volume of the combustion chamber and cause at least one intake valve 23 for the combustion chamber to be open during a subsequent reduction in volume of the combustion chamber. The exhaust valve may be closed before the volume of the combustion chamber stops increasing and the intake vale may be open during the reduction in volume whilst the exhaust valve is closed. The method allows exhaust gas to be pulled from the exhaust passage and pumped back to the inlet passage to provide a means of internal exhaust gas recirculation.
Patent GB-2568815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to well abandonment and slot recovery
Inventor: LARS KRISTIAN KRISTIANSEN
IPC: E21B37/00
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: Casing recovery in which clean-up of the outer casing above the inner casing is performed on the same trip in the wellbore as cutting and pulling a section of the inner casing. A bottom hole assembly (BHA) includes a spear 30 for gripping a casing that is going to be cut, a casing cutter 26 and at least one clean-up tool 32, 34 for removing binding material above casing that is going to be cut. One clean-up tool can be a jetting sub 32 to jet fluid radially washing the outer casing above the inner casing to aid removal of the inner casing after it has been cut. The jet sub can also selectively control fluid flow to the lower spear 30 and cutter 26. The jet sub (fig 3) includes a valve with an obturating sleeve to control fluid flow between axial bores and radial ports, and a T-shaped head plug to selectively allow axial flow to pass; valve control is pressure dependent against biased spring. Another clean-up tool can be an abrading mill 34 which may brush and scrape loosened debri above the inner casing. A DHPT jack can be used to pull cut casing from the hole.
Patent GB-2574283-A (GB)
Title: Detecting triggering events for distributed denial of service attacks
Inventor: KARL ACKERMAN
IPC: G06F21/56
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A computer program product, method and device for protecting against malicious activity. Connections from endpoints in enterprise networks to network addresses are detected 1302. Reputations of network addresses 1306 and applications using connections 1304 are determined, in addition to network usage history 1308 for applications. Endpoints are evaluated for compromised conditions based on reputations of applications, network addresses and network usage history for applications 1310. Remediation is initiated on endpoints when compromised conditions are detected 1312. Reputations of given applications and network address may me requested from a threat management facility for the enterprise network. Network address reputation may be based on crowd sourced information about the network address. Network usage history for applications may be retrieved from logs on endpoints. Network activity may be monitored by given applications and network usage history for applications may be stored in logs on endpoints. A given network communication may be associated to network a network addresses by a service executing on the endpoint with the application when the application controls the network communication and the network communication may be added to the network usage history for the application.
Patent GB-2579849-A (GB)
Title: Integrity tree for memory integrity checking
Inventor: YUVAL ELAD
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: Controlling access to data stored in a memory, and verifying the integrity of the data by using an integrity tree with a plurality of nodes 44. These include at least one leaf node 46 with at least one leaf entry that has at least one integrity tag for verification of a corresponding address block 48 of data stored in the memory, and at least one branch node 44 with at least one branch entry. Each branch entry has a point to specify an address of a child node of the branch node, the child node either being a leaf node or a further branch node of the integrity tree, and at least one integrity checking value to verify a corresponding branch or leaf entry of the child node. There may also be a root node 38 that is stored in a different memory from the other nodes of the integrity tree.
Patent GB-2566867-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for attenuating noise in seismic data and reconstructing wavefields based on the seismic data
Inventor: Nihed El Allouche
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2017-06-15
Abstract: A method for processing seismic data may include receiving, via a processor, the seismic data acquired via a seismic survey. The seismic survey may include seismic sources that emit seismic wavefields at different locations. Each of the seismic sources may change a directivity pattern of a respective seismic wavefield based on a respective location of the respective seismic source. The seismic survey may also include seismic receivers that may receive the seismic data. The method may also include generating one or more basis functions that correspond to measurements of the seismic data, modelling a signal component of the seismic data as a sum of the one or more basis functions, and storing the signal component in a storage component. The signal component may be used to acquire an image of a subsurface region of the earth for identifying a feature in the subsurface region of the earth.
Patent GB-2574920-A (GB)
Title: Using machine-learning models to determine movements of a mouth corresponding to live speech
Inventor: WILMOT LI
IPC: G10L25/57
Filed: 2019-03-22
Abstract: Training data is synthesised for a viseme prediction model. A first set of training data 801 comprises an audio sequence 812 representing a sentence spoken by a first speaker, and a sequence of visemes each mapped to an audio sample of the spoken sentence. A second set of training data 802 is generated using an audio sequence 813 that represents the same sentence spoken by a second speaker, and mapping it to the viseme sequence of the first training set (815). This may be done by timewarping either the second audio sequence (814) or the first audio and viseme sequence. The timewarping may be done so that phonemes occur at the same time stamp in either sequence. Training may be done by determining feature vectors for each sample of the audio sequence, predicting a viseme based on those vectors, and adjusting parameters of the prediction model to minimise the difference between the predicted and expected visemes.
Patent GB-2585364-A (GB)
Title: Method for a device to be worn within or near the ear, to monitor health, physiology and status of the ear and the wearer, and to provide authentication
Inventor: NICHOLAS ROY GOMPERTZ
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2019-06-14
Abstract: A method and device 6 for monitoring any combination of: health, disease, biological and physiological qualities, processes and changes; and of user identification and user authentication, comprising a sensor 1, locatable in, or near to, the ear canal 2, capable of: detecting a plurality of properties of the ear drum 3 and surrounding structures; and communicating this as an input to a processor, for generating an output to a connected device; and capable of being located to sense these properties during the user’s daily activities. Sensor and processor of the device detect and interpret a plurality of data, including data on pulse, oxygen saturation, temperature and structural changes due to disease processes. The method is capable of image recognition to authenticate the identity of the wearer of the earphone device containing the sensor.
Patent GB-2573911-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data packets through a bonded connection
Inventor: PATRICK HO WAI SUNG
IPC: H04L12/46
Filed: 2017-11-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data packets between a first network node and a second network node through a bonded connection. At the first network node, a data packet, a session identification of the data packet and a time value of the data packet are encapsulated in an encapsulating packet. The first network node sends the encapsulating packet from the first network node to the second network node through the bonded connection. The second network node then stores the encapsulating packet after receiving it and determines an expiration time of the encapsulating packet. When the expiration time of the encapsulating packet expired, the second network node dequeues the encapsulating packet and forwards the data packet according to destination of the data packet.
Patent GB-2582053-A (GB)
Title: Improved lawn edging and use thereof
Inventor: DEAN ANDREW ANDERSON
IPC: E01C13/08
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: An artificial lawn edging comprises a segmented elongate member 11 in which segments 11A are joined by an articulated first connector, preferably a plastic hinge 21, and by a second, severable connector 23 or 24 preferably thinned regions or cut-outs of base 12 and of arcuate wall member 13. The edging has a first, upper face 13 for receiving and fixing a lawn covering to and a second downwards face 11 for securing to the base layer, preferably nails passing through fixing bores 18. The edging is rigid in that form and can be used to edge a straight boundary between an artificial grass area and another landscape feature. Severing or removal of cut-outs 23, 24 from the connection region between two segments disapplies the flexibility restraint. The segments concerned can then be displaced one relative to the other by articulation at the hinge 21 to accommodate bends and curves in the boundary edge. A method of manufacture and installation is also disclosed. A variation has concertina section (45 Figure 12) between base flanges (46).
Patent GB-2581585-A (GB)
Title: System and method for operating physical entities based on a virtual representation of the physical entities
Inventor: SAMARJIT DAS
IPC: H05B47/175
Filed: 2020-01-16
Abstract: Operating a selected electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices includes generating image data of at least the selected electronic device with an imaging device 204, displaying a virtual representation of at least the selected electronic device on a display device based on the generated image data 208, and receiving a user input with an input device 212. Then, associating the user input with the selected electronic device using a controller 216, transmitting device data to the selected electronic device with a transceiver 220, preferably via an electronic communication link, and performing an operation with the selected electronic device based on the transmitted device data. The selected electronic device can be a light fixture and the operation activates/deactivates it, or the device can be a smartphone or further display and the operation includes displaying price information. A database may be built based on the appearance of the electronic devices, and the user input may be associated by comparison with this database.
Patent GB-2592010-A (GB)
Title: Fairing assembly for a commercial vehicle as well as method for operating a commercial vehicle
Inventor: NIKITA TIMOFEEV
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2020-02-11
Abstract: A fairing assembly 14 for a commercial vehicle 10 includes a fairing 16, 18, for example a roof fairing 16 or a side fairing 18, movably arranged on vehicle 10, an actuator 26, typically pneumatic, for moving fairing 16, 18 in relation to vehicle 10, and an electronic control unit (ECU) 30. ECU 30 determines a regeneration capability value indicating a capability of an electric machine of vehicle 10 to transform kinetic energy into electric energy, for example the state of charge, and compares this value with a threshold. Actuator device 26 is controlled based on this comparison to move fairing 16, 18 to increase drag of vehicle 10, acting as a brake. A method for increasing drag during restricted regenerative braking is also provided.
Patent GB-2584010-A (GB)
Title: Polycrystalline synthetic diamond material
Inventor: GRUFFUDD TREFOR WILLIAMS
IPC: C23C16/27
Filed: 2020-03-26
Abstract: A method of fabricating a polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond wafer comprises growing a first thickness of polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond wafer 1 on a substrate in a first reactor using process gases comprising a carbon-containing gas and hydrogen, removing the substrate from the first reactor, removing the first wafer from the substrate, cutting at least one second smaller wafer 2 from the first wafer, locating the second wafer on a carrier 3, and growing further polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material 4 on the second wafer to a second thickness in a second reactor using process gases comprising nitrogen, a carbon-containing gas and hydrogen. The first and second reactors may be microwave plasma CVD reactors and are preferably the same reactor. A polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material has a specified average thermal conductivity through its thickness and comprises first and second thicknesses of diamond material grown under first and second growth conditions and separated by a growth event interface. The total thickness of the wafer may be at least 2.75 mm. The wafer may be used as a heat spreading substrate for mounting the active mirror of a disk laser.
Patent GB-2589720-A (GB)
Title: Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing system
Inventor: KOJI MATSUSHIMA
IPC: H04R27/00
Filed: 2020-09-24
Abstract: The invention provides a system that allows sound to be supplied at a controlled level to selected people. The system calculates the distance between a loudspeaker and a target person at whom the speaker is pointing, based on a position of the loudspeaker and a position of the target person. The system specifies a sound volume level corresponding to the calculated distance based on information indicating correspondence between distances and volumes. The system then causes the loudspeaker to produce sound at the specified volume. The position of a target person may be detected from images and mapped into a 3D space. The loudspeaker may be a directional, parametric loudspeaker that emits ultrasound. It may be rotated to point at a position above the feet of a target person. The sound pressure level at the target person may also be controlled to be a predetermined value higher than an ambient noise level. The noise level may be determined based on a signal from a microphone within a predetermined range of the target person.
Patent GB-2599404-A (GB)
Title: Verification system and method
Inventor: JACK OWEN DAVIES
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2020-09-30
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of authorising a payment by a target party to a verifying party and may provide a simplified payment verification (SPV) scheme in the context of point of sale (POS) systems. The method comprises, by the verifying party: performing a payment verification to verify a source of funds of the target party; and performing an identity verification to verify an identity of the target party. The payment is authenticated on condition that the outputs of both the payment verification and identity verifications is true. The identity verification comprises accessing response data in association with the identity of the target party. The response data may be obtained from a trusted third party or a peer-to-peer publication medium (e.g. blockchain). The response data comprises either a) a stored instance of a response to a challenge, or b) an attestation comprising a transformation of the response. In some embodiments, challenge and response pairs are created based on physically unclonable functions (PUF) and embedded within or paired with blockchain transactions, or the like. Thus, an identity may be linked to a UTXO and the spend state of the UTXO may be a proxy for the validity of the credentials.
Patent GB-2589460-A (GB)
Title: Device for Hydraulically operating a drive wheel of a wellbore tractor, e.g a motor, and related tractor, wellbore string, and method
Inventor: GERALD MCINALLY
IPC: F03C1/047
Filed: 2019-06-27
Abstract: A device for hydraulically operating a drive wheel of a wellbore tractor has in certain embodiments at least one cam, and a rotatable assembly arranged to be rotatable with respect to the cam about an axis of rotation. The rotatable assembly has at least one piston. The device also has a chamber and at least one supply port for supplying hydraulic fluid from the chamber to the piston for energizing the piston, the supply port being arranged to be moved between first and second positions relative to the cam. In the first position, the piston can connect to the supply port and be energized to impart force against the cam for producing forward rotation of the assembly. In the second position, the piston can connect to the supply port and be energized to impart force against the cam for producing reverse rotation of the assembly. Embodiments of a related distributor assembly, wellbore tractor, and method are also described.
Patent GB-2587729-A (GB)
Title: Sub-assembly for a golf bag and a golf bag system for recipient self-assembly
Inventor: JAMES MARTELL
IPC: A63B55/57
Filed: 2016-03-02
Abstract: A collapsible sub-assembly for a golf bag 10 including a divider top 30, a base 34 and a stay 39 hingedly connected to the top 30 and the bottom 34 by first and second hinges respectively. The hinges are configured to restrict pivot angles between the strut 39 and the rod 39 and base 34 to not greater than ninety degrees. Also disclosed is a golf bag 10 including the subassembly. Here, the top 30 and base 34 can be collapsed such that an outer ring of the top and a side wall of the base 34 are perpendicular to the stay 39 or deployed such that they are parallel to the stay 39. Also disclosed is a kit including the sub-assembly, a flat for coupling to the top 30 and base 34 and a stand assembly 26 including a pair of legs 40a, b and a spring 41.