baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2548083-A (GB)
Title: Guide device, cosmetic device and cosmetic method
Inventor: KAREN BETTS
IPC: A61M37/00
Filed: 2016-02-26
Abstract: Device 10 has an elongate cylindrical body 12 with a rear handle portion 14, a blade 20 mounted at a front end of the device and an insertion guide which partially covers the blade to limit the depth of cut. Preferably the blade is a microblade having channels 60 in its body which facilitate the flow of pigment to the cutting edge. The blade may be mounted in a cartridge which is releasably secured to the handle by a bayonet attachment or screw thread. The guide itself is also claimed and is preferably a hollow, substantially frustoconical body releasably attached to the cylindrical body by a bayonet attachment or screw thread. The guide may be formed from transparent material. Also claimed is a cosmetic method of contacting the blade with a pigment and then creating an incision in the skin to deposit the pigment. The method may be used in the tattooing of eyebrows.
Patent GB-2548098-A (GB)
Title: Chamber
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOSEPH CHRISTIE
IPC: E04H6/00
Filed: 2016-03-07
Abstract: The chamber comprises at least one sealable doorway located on its side, and two ends each having a sealable opening 8, 10 for permitting passage of a vehicle 22. The pressure in the chamber may be variable. The chamber may connect two air evacuated low-pressure passageways, have sealable doorways on each of two of its sides, and be elongate and cylindrical. The doorways may be sealable with arcuate doors 18. The doors may be C-shaped, be openable by rotation about a longitudinal axis of the chamber, and be locked by an electromagnetic mechanism. The chamber may have a valve with a filter. Structural members 30 may extend around or form part of the outer surface of the chamber to support the doors. Also claimed is a series of the airlock chambers, a station concourse comprising the chamber and an adjacent platform. Also claimed is a method of using the chamber.
Patent GB-2541489-A (GB)
Title: A multi-part, tapered, concentric manifold and method of making the manifold
Inventor: MICHAEL T LANDRUM
IPC: F16L41/03
Filed: 2016-04-25
Abstract: A manifold 10 comprising a first body 12 having an outer tapered surface 14; a second body 30 having an inner tapered surface 32 corresponding to the outer tapered surface of the first body; and a groove 18, 20, 22, 24 formed in one or both of the outer and inner curved surfaces. Wherein the first body is dimensioned to fit within the second body so that the outer tapered surface contacts the inner tapered surface and the groove forms a fluid passage located in between the first and second bodies, the fluid passage having an inlet and an outlet. The outer and inner tapered surfaces may define a conic section. A method of assembling a manifold is provided.
Patent GB-2539810-A (GB)
Title: Multi-zone actuation system using wellbore darts
Inventor: Vijay Kumar Keerthivasan
IPC: E21B43/14
Filed: 2014-04-16
Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding sleeve assembly that includes a sliding sleeve sub coupled to a work string extended within a wellbore, the sliding sleeve sub having one or more ports defined therein that enable fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of the work string, a sliding sleeve arranged within the sliding sleeve sub and movable between a closed position, where the sliding sleeve occludes the one or more ports, and an open position, where the sliding sleeve has moved to expose the one or more ports, a sleeve profile defined on an inner surface of the sliding sleeve, a wellbore dart having a body and a plurality of collet fingers extending longitudinally from the body, and a dart profile defined on an outer surface of the plurality of collet fingers, the dart profile being configured to selectively mate with the sleeve profile.
Patent GB-2543388-A (GB)
Title: Towing stability
Inventor: JEREMY GREENWOOD
IPC: B60W40/13
Filed: 2014-08-08
Abstract: A system for assessing the towing stability of a trailer 190 and a towing vehicle 100 comprises data processing apparatus such as a first electronic control unit (ECU) 110A. The first ECU 110A is configured to receive data from a second ECU 120A in the vehicle trunk. The data is typically derived from a strain gauge 101SG and corresponds to a measured nose weight of the trailer 190. The first ECU 110A ascertains towing stability using a measured trailer nose weight and by determining if the ratio of the nose weight to gross trailer weight complies with a condition. The first ECU 110A also comprises means for producing an output indicative of the towing stability of the trailer and towing vehicle. The invention improves on a prior art method which involved manual assessment and may have been subject to operator error.
Patent GB-2553341-A (GB)
Title: Power distribution assembly
Inventor: ALEXANDER JAMES RAINBOW
IPC: H05K1/18
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: A power distribution assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) 20 having a power input 25 and electrical components 24 connected to PCB conductive trace 26. A power bus extends from the PCB 20 and has a conductive core 12, a dielectric layer on an exterior surface of the conductive core, a conductive trace 18 on the dielectric layer, and a power cut 16 through the dielectric layer to the conductive core. The conductive core is connected to the power input by way of the power cut through and the at least one second conductive trace 18 is connected to the PCB conductive trace. The dielectric layer may be a polymer or ceramic with plating and etching to form a conductive trace18. The power bus may be hexagonal and extend through the PCB 20 to a second PCB. Circuitry for minimising interference between the core 12 and traces 18 may be used.
Patent GB-2538476-A (GB)
Title: 5-(Trifluoromethyl) Pyrimidine derivative and production method therefor
Inventor: TAKUMI KAGAWA
IPC: C07D239/52
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: [Problem] To provide a 5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine derivative that is useful as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and as an intermediate for electronic materials, and a production method therefor. [Solution] 2,4-dichloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine is reacted with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, benzyl alcohol, or benzenethiol to obtain a desired 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine, 2-benzyloxy-4-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine, 2,4-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine or 2-chloro-4-phenylthio-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine.
Patent GB-2547310-A (GB)
Title: A fastener for a garment
Inventor: GERHARD FILDAN
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: A fastener 1, suitable for a garment such as a bra, comprises a female part 3 and a male part 5 that interlock together. The female part 3 is connected to a first piece 7 and the male part 5 is connected to a second piece 17. The fastener 1 is an overlapping fastener of the type in which the male piece is engaged with the female piece by inserting a connector plate 19 of a male part into an aperture 11 of a female part at an angle and thereafter pivoting the male part relative the female part thereby snap-fitting the connector plate 19 in place in the aperture 11. The male part has a recess 23 formed therein surrounding the connector plate 19 which provides added stability to the male part and significantly increases its tensile strength characteristic.
Patent GB-2557961-A (GB)
Title: Cap for a fastener
Inventor: RICHARD DOBBIN
IPC: F16B37/14
Filed: 2016-12-20
Abstract: A cap 117 for forming a sealed cavity around an end 203 of a fastener 115 includes a cap body with an annular base 211 terminating at a first rim 213 surrounding an opening to a cavity. An annular skirt 217 terminates at a second rim 221 providing an annular pocket 229 between the skirt 217 and the base 211. An inlet hole 237 in the skirt 217 enables the flow of sealing material into the pocket 229. A contact adhesive layer 245 is provided on the first or second rim (213, 221) for forming an attachment surface.
Patent GB-2558006-A (GB)
Title: Improved power management circuitry for energy-harvesting devices
Inventor: ALESSANDRO REVELANT
IPC: H02J50/20
Filed: 2017-01-13
Abstract: An energy-harvesting device 10, particularly a wireless sensor device, contains detector circuitry 12 for controlling the operation of a power management module 14 of the energy-harvesting device 10. The detector circuitry 12 comprises an input 13 for receiving an electrical input representative of a level of harvestable power, and a trigger (which may be a Schmitt trigger) coupled to the input 13 and operable to generate an activation signal for switching on the power management module 14. The trigger is configured to generate the activation signal when a threshold level of harvestable power is detected, and does not generate the activation signal the level of harvestable power is not detected. A method of controlling the operation of a power management module 14 of an energy harvesting device 10 includes receiving an electrical input representative of a level of harvestable power; generating an activation signal for switching on the power management module 14 upon detecting at least a threshold level of harvestable power; and not generating the activation signal upon detecting less than the threshold level of harvestable power. The device 10 may harvest radio frequency (RF) power or solar power, and maximum power point tracking may be synchronized with the presence of the input power.
Patent GB-2559122-A (GB)
Title: Error detection using vector processing circuitry
Inventor: MATTHIAS LOTHAR BOETTCHER
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 2017-01-24
Abstract: A data processing apparatus (2 in figure 1) has scalar processing circuitry (32-42 in figure 1) and vector processing circuitry (38, 40, 42 in figure 1). When executing main scalar processing on the scalar processing circuitry, or main vector processing using a subset of lanes on the vector processing circuitry, checker processing comprising operations corresponding to at least part of the main scalar/vector processing is executed using at least one lane of the vector processing circuitry. Errors are then detected based on a comparison of an outcome of the main processing and an outcome of the checker processing. The method can be implemented by an instruction decoder that maps a first sequence of instructions corresponding to the main processing to a second series of instructions defining the main processing, the checker processing, and the comparison of the respective outcomes. The main and checker processing can be executed on separate functional units, and their respective status information can be stored in separate parts of hardware register storage. To facilitate the checker processing, the vector processing circuitry may comprise a hardware functional unit that provides functionality for a scalar instruction and is not required for vector instructions.
Patent GB-2564881-A (GB)
Title: A Dumper Vehicle
Inventor: SIMON J RATCLIFFE
IPC: B60P1/34
Filed: 2017-07-25
Abstract: A dumper vehicle (10, figure 1) comprising a lifting assembly mounted to a frame (12). The lifting assembly comprises a platform 56. An open topped container 24 (e.g. a skip) is rotatably mounted to the platform and is moveable between transport and discharge positions. The lifting assembly elevates the platform relative to the frame from a first position to a second position. The container may move in a forward direction during elevation, resulting in increased clearance between the container rear edge (26) and an operator cab 22 and/or the chassis (36, figure 2), reducing collision possibility during slewing or swivelling. The container may be turned left or right by 90 degrees. The platform may be mounted to the frame via a parallel linkage arrangement 66 comprising hydraulic actuators. The skip may be mounted to the platform via a slew ring. The frame of the dumper vehicle may be in two parts (36, 38) that articulate about a vertical axis via linkage (40).
Patent GB-2566062-A (GB)
Title: Surface mount security barrier
Inventor: ROBERT GERRARD
IPC: E01F15/08
Filed: 2017-09-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a surface mount security barrier 10 and a method of making the same. The security barrier comprises a non-metallic matrix 14 supporting and substantially encapsulating metal ballast (18 figure 2a). The security barrier has a mass in excess of 6 tonnes and a ratio of metal ballast to non-metallic matrix in excess of 2:1 by mass. The non metallic matrix may comprise concrete 14. The security barrier may have a bottom face 22 and a top face 20 wherein the metallic ballast comprises a first layer 18 of one or more pieces of metallic ballast located between the top and bottom faces. The steel blocks may be surrounded by a rebar cage (24 figure 2a) that extends below, above and around the array of steel blocks. The matrix preferably extends between the pieces of metallic ballast, isolating them from one another. The barrier may have at least one lifting point embedded in the barrier. A method of manufacturing such a security barrier is also provided.
Patent GB-2568087-A (GB)
Title: Activation functions for deep neural networks
Inventor: CHRIS MARTIN
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: Configuring hardware for implementing a Deep Neural Network (DNN), for example a convolutional neural network (CNN), for performing an activation function. The hardware comprising an activation module for performing an activation function which has a programmable lookup table for storing lookup data approximating the activation function over a first range of input values to the activation module. The method for configuring may comprise: providing calibration data to a representation of the hardware; monitoring an input to an activation module of the representation of the hardware so as to determine a range of input values to the activation module; generating lookup data for the lookup table representing the activation function over the determined range of input values; and loading the generated lookup data into the lookup table of the hardware, thereby configuring the activation module of the hardware for performing the activation function over the determined range of input values. The activation module may also comprise a rectified linear unit (ReLU) operable to perform a ReLU activation function, and configuration logic configured to implement the ReLU function and turn off the programmable lookup table.
Patent GB-2559005-A (GB)
Title: Traffic light detection and classification using computer vision and deep learning
Inventor: Maryam Moosaei
IPC: G08G1/095
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: The method comprises first converting an RGB frame 18 to an HSV frame which is then filtered by at least one threshold value to obtain at least one saturation frame 66. A contour is then extracted from the at least one saturation frame. Accordingly, a first portion of the RGB frame is cropped in order to encompass an area including the at least one contour. The first portion is then classified, for example to determine whether it corresponds to a not-a-traffic-light class, or a red/yellow/green­-traffic-light class 10, or the like. The classification could be performed by an artificial neural network or by using affinity scores. The method could be applied to controlling a vehicle or informing the driver of a vehicle (12) from which images can be captured by sensors (16). The efficiency of the classification process is improved by classifying only a cropped region of interest.
Patent GB-2558778-A (GB)
Title: Systems for radionuclide production
Inventor: ALEXIS MOTTO
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-12-01
Abstract: A system comprises a processor configured to determine an objective function 610 representing costs of creating doses of a positron emission tomography (PET) radioactive tracer and delivering the doses to customers. The objective function is subject to production constraints associated with one or more cyclotrons, delivery constraints and customer constraints, each defined by parameter values and discrete and continuous variables. A set of parameter values are received and a solution to the objective function is generated based on the parameter values to determine values of the discrete and continuous variables corresponding to suitable costs of creating and delivering the doses. A PET radioactive tracer production plan 640 and delivery schedule 650 is generated based on the optimised values of the discrete and continuous variables. In an embodiment, the system comprises a cyclotron, chemistry module and dose dispensing system for synthesising and preparing doses of the tracer, and an input device for receiving the parameter values. The objective function may be converted to a mixed-integer linear model 620. The system aims to enable the total cost of radioactive tracer production and delivery to be minimised.
Patent GB-2570709-A (GB)
Title: Crankshaft controller
Inventor: DONATUS ANDREAS JOSEPHINE KEES
IPC: F02N11/10
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a controller and a control method for a crankshaft 9 of an internal combustion engine in a hybrid electric vehicle 13. The controller comprises an evaluation unit 3, a memory unit 5 which is connected to the evaluation unit and a position sensor 7 connected to the evaluation unit. The position sensor is configured to monitor an angular stop position from among a plurality of angular positions A, B, C, D of the crankshaft when the internal combustion engine stops running. The evaluation unit is configured to determine the angular position of the crankshaft using data from the position sensor and to record the angular stop position of the crankshaft in the memory. When the internal combustion engine is re-started the evaluation unit is configured to determine the time during which the crankshaft remained in the recorded angular stop position and to record the time in the angular stop position in the memory. The data provides information on how long the crankshaft has been in the stop positions and may be used to monitor potential wear which can arise from jostling of the crankshaft on its bearings in the stop position whilst the vehicle is in motion using an electric motor. A hybrid electric vehicle using the controller and a method of controlling the crankshaft are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2558436-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic coupling for downhole applications
Inventor: Mukul M Agnihotri
IPC: H02P15/00
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: A method of bootstrapping a magnetic coupling (400, Figure 4) of a downhole tool that includes rotating a first annular array of magnetic (422) section and thereby rotating a second annular array of magnetic sections (450, Figure 4) coupled to the first annular array by a magnetic field that transfers rotational shaft motion. The second array of magnetic sections being initially excited by a current supplied by a battery (710). Rotation of the second annular array generates an alternating current (AC) (730) which is fed back to the second array (740), making it, effectively, self-excited. A barrier is disposed between the first second annular arrays (230, Figure 2), the barrier including an erosion-resistant layer.
Patent GB-2556802-A (GB)
Title: Aerial device that cooperates with an external projector to measure three-dimensional coordinates
Inventor: ROLF HEIDEMANN
IPC: G01C15/00
Filed: 2016-08-30
Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) coordinate measuring system includes an external projector that projects a pattern of light onto an object and an aerial drone attached to a 3D imaging device, the 3D imaging device and the external projector cooperating to obtain 3D coordinates of the object.
Patent GB-2562602-A (GB)
Title: Tuber peeling apparatus and method
Inventor: GREG HILLIARD
IPC: A23N7/02
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: An apparatus 2 for peeling tubers comprises an illumination device 20, camera 22 and lens 24 for detecting electromagnetic radiation, a sampler 28 for sequentially measuring electromagnetic radiation, a comparator 32 for comparing the rate of change of measured intensity values, and a controller 34 for controlling the peeler device 4 in response to the rate of chance of measured intensities. Also disclosed is a method of peeling tubers by sequentially measuring electromagnetic radiation using an illumination device, camera and lens, and operating the peeler device based on the intensity values. The apparatus and method are intended to maximise the amount of peel removed from the tuber and minimising the amount of flesh lost as waste. Additionally disclosed is a device (36, figure 2) for sorting tubers comprising a plurality of sorting zones (38, 40, 42, figure 2) serially arranged along a conveying direction from a tuber supply end (44, figure 2) and a method of sorting tubers comprising providing a tuber sorting device comprising (i) providing a plurality of sorting zones serially arranged along a conveying direction from a tuber supply end and (ii) supplying tubers from a tuber supply end.
Patent GB-2558468-A (GB)
Title: Beverage cooling and cleaning systems
Inventor: NATHAN DRYZUN
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2013-04-11
Abstract: A beverage conduit cleaning system comprises a heat exchange circuit 18 including a heat exchange conduit 26 containing a fluid located near or adjacent a beverage conduit 12 containing a cleaning solution to enable heat transfer therebetween. The heat exchange circuit 18 comprises a pump 20 to pump the fluid through the heat exchange conduit 26, and a heater 30 to heat the fluid in the heat exchange conduit 26 to thereby transfer heat to the cleaning solution in the beverage conduit 12 to heat the cleaning solution to a set-point temperature of 30 °C for cleaning the beverage conduit 12 of contaminants. The heat exchange circuit 18 may be part of a secondary cooling circuit whereby in cooling mode fluid bypasses the heater 30 via three-way valve 32 for being cooled by primary cooling circuit 14. The pump may be a variable speed pump.
Patent GB-2558475-A (GB)
Title: A crate
Inventor: BENJAMIN ERNEST FAHEY
IPC: B65D21/06
Filed: 2016-09-16
Abstract: The present invention provides a crate (100) having side walls (2) configured to form a closed perimeter portion suitable for enclosing a quantity of grocery items, the closed perimeter portion having substantially open top and bottom faces (3, 4), and; at least one base portion (5a, 5b) movably connected to the closed perimeter portion formed by the walls (2) and manipulable between a closed position where the base portion (5A, 5B) extends at least partly across the bottom face (4) of the perimeter portion to substantially block the bottom face (4), and an open position where the underside is substantially unblocked.
Patent GB-2574383-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for determining an orientation of a vehicle
Inventor: DANIEL WOOLLISCROFT
IPC: B60W30/06
Filed: 2018-05-31
Abstract: The invention provides a controller (200 see fig 2), comprising: environment input means (230 see fig 2) for receiving an environment signal indicative of a location of at least one feature in a vicinity of a vehicle (110 see fig 1a); control means (210 see fig 2) arranged to determine 415 the orientation of a defined manoeuvre completed position of the vehicle in dependence on the environment signal; and output means (240 see fig 2) for outputting a possible defined manoeuvre completed position signal in dependence on the determined orientation. Plural possible orientations may be notified 425. The invention provides suitability for achieving parallel, perpendicular or diagonal parking depending on the space available and may conveniently include communication with the user via a mobile phone, tablet, watch or wearable device.