baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2519676-A (GB)
Title: Method for optimizing the performance of a loudspeaker to compensate for low frequency room modes
Inventor: BUDD PHILIP
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2014-10-24
Abstract: The method compensates for sonic artefacts such as low frequency resonances and comprises the steps of: (a) automatically modelling the acoustics of the bounded space, and then (b) automatically affecting, modifying or decreasing the low frequency peaks associated with interacting sound waves, using that modelling to generate a corrective optimization filter. The corrective optimization filter automatically affects, modifies or decreases the low frequency peaks and it is generated using a loudspeaker-to-listener transfer function in the presence of room modes. The transfer function is derived from the coupling between low frequency sources and the listener and the modal structure of the room.
Patent GB-2523233-A (GB)
Title: Method of loading a vessel
Inventor: PACH JOHN DAVID
IPC: B01J8/04
Filed: 2014-12-16
Abstract: An axial-radial flow vessel 10 containing a bed of a particulate catalyst comprises a radial-flow portion 36 and an axial-flow portion 34 supported on and in fluid communication with the radial flow portion, wherein the bed comprises a first catalyst material in the radial-flow portion and a second catalyst material in the axial-flow portion, the second catalyst material having a smaller particle size than the first catalyst material. The vessel may contain containment means comprising one or more perforate screens and non-perforate baffles 30 to direct the flow of a process fluid from an inlet, through the axial flow portion of the catalyst bed and then through the radial flow portion of the catalyst bed and then to an outlet. A method overloading the vessel and a process using the vessel are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2536470-A (GB)
Title: Car parks
Inventor: MENACHEM MENDEL SUDAK
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2015-03-18
Abstract: A car park (10) for a destination (20), the car park (10) comprises one or more parkingspaces (12), an image capture device (4) and a monitoring device (3) connected to the image capture means (4) to receive one or more signals from the image capture device. The monitoring means (3) is configured to identify automatically, in use, a vehicle in a parking space (12), perhaps via automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), and to track automatically a vehicle user from the parking space (12) to the destination (20) or from the destination (20) to the parking space (12) based on image data received from the image capture means (4). The monitoring device is preferably also able to track the vehicle from the car park entrance to the parking space. The use of ANPR preferably allows the reading and recording of number plate information of vehicles at the parking lot entrance and within parking spaces or bays. Vehicle user contour data derived from the captured image data can be associated the vehicle identification data. The invention is intended to allow destination operators to implement parking compliance, determining if their car park is being used by people other than their customers.
Patent GB-2526909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to detection of parasite infestations
Inventor: CORRINE AUSTIN
IPC: G01N33/53
Filed: 2015-03-31
Abstract: A method of detecting a gut parasite infestation such as tapeworm in an animal or human subject, the method comprising testing a saliva sample for the presence and/or amount of an antibody (such as from the IgG or IgA class) to a parasite antigen. The test may be an ELISA and may include a calibration step and a control to correct for non-specific binding.
Patent GB-2525765-A (GB)
Title: Unauthorized vehicle detection
Inventor: FARRELLY WILL
IPC: G08G1/14
Filed: 2015-04-28
Abstract: A means for parking space management comprising the steps of; receiving a request (220, fig 2) for a parking space from a requesting vehicle 101 and receiving data (205, fig 2) from at least one data-collecting vehicle 101 related to at least one parking space. Based at least in part on the received data (205, fig 2), a parking availability map 131 is generated indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle 101. In the event that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle 102, a message is provided to a parking enforcement authority (250, fig 2) advising that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle 102. The appropriateness of the requested parking space may be calculated with consideration to the requesting vehicles size or to the cost of the parking space.
Patent GB-2539397-A (GB)
Title: Micro Farm
Inventor: FABIAN STRUNDEN
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 2015-06-12
Abstract: A wall mounted aeroponic propagation system with two elongate vertical arm sections, one arm 2 supporting growing containers 5, the other 3 housing a light 8. The arms are connected at their bottom with a horizontal base section 4, which has a water reservoir 7 and a control unit 6. The base unit may have an inlet 17 and outlet pipe 21. The inlet pipe may have a solenoid valve 20 and a spray nozzle 18. The growing containers may have seed trays 11 with a front 12 and back 13 frame section and a seed embedded sheet 14. A water pipe may extend from the reservoir to each of the growing compartments. The control unit 6 may have temperature, humidity, and light sensors 25. The propagation system may have wireless means to communicate data from the sensors to a remote database, and the environment may be regulated remotely.
Patent GB-2531187-A (GB)
Title: Georeferencing method and system
Inventor: GARRY HAIM ZALMANSON
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2014-06-25
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of georeferencing a first image of a scene acquired from a first imaging device based on at least one second image of the scene acquired from a second imaging device. The method comprises obtaining data indicative of an eligibility parameter for one or more areas of the scene; selecting one or more pivot areas among the one or more areas of the scene, wherein the eligibility parameter of the pivot areas satisfy a predefined criterion; for at least some of the selected pivot areas, identifying tie points for the first and second images; and solving the external orientation of the first image using the identified tie points and a first imaging device model.
Patent GB-2546545-A (GB)
Title: The planet saver
Inventor: GEOFFREY POLLOCK
IPC: F28F17/00
Filed: 2016-01-21
Abstract: A heat exchange system whereby heat is extracted from air outside of a building and transferred inside a building to supply heating or hot water, as in an air source heat pump. The system comprises a first radiator 3 situated outside the building and a second radiator 4 situated inside the building, separated by the outer wall 1. Pipes 5 connect the two radiators via a hole 2 in the wall. The pipes carry a coolant circulated by a pump 6. A fan 7 is mounted near the internal radiator and a second fan 8 mounted near the external radiator to circulate the hot and cool air respectively. There are temperature sensing units 9, 10, and air flow detectors 11, 12, and a thermostat 15, all connected to a central processing unit 13 with control panel 14. A heating element 16 may be used to defrost the outside radiator. An alternative defrosting mechanism is a water sprinkling system 19. In one embodiment there is a solar panel 17 on the roof of the building and an energy storage cell 18.
Patent GB-2546828-A (GB)
Title: A spray booth
Inventor: JURAND PNIAK
IPC: B08B5/02
Filed: 2016-03-22
Abstract: A spray booth 7 comprising a blowing system 6 for cleaning the side walls and a roof of the booth by air generated by a ventilator, and an aggregate conduit. The spray booth comprises a plurality of detachable modules 1, (8, 9, 10, see fig 6) connected together by a connecting flange 2, each module comprising a profiled two-part roof 3, a profiled floor 4 and side walls 5, wherein each of the elements has integrated blowing system for cleaning the interior of the booth with blown air. The spray booth modules may also include an operator module, an automatic coating module or an exhaust module. Additionally the spray booth floor may be fixed on openwork elements (11, see fig 1) fixed on the frame and in between an exhaust collector (13) may be formed. An excess pressure chamber 15 may be include with slots 16 positioned in the two part roof. Said roof and floor may be made from a plastic material by thermoforming.
Patent GB-2554345-A (GB)
Title: Traffic, communication and coordination system for digital medium of exchange
Inventor: PREDRAG PAUNOVIC
IPC: G06Q50/06
Filed: 2016-07-28
Abstract: Traffic, communication and coordination system for digital medium of exchange 3 works by tracking, accepting, processing and verifying all the data received by the system for conversion of measured energy quantity into digital medium of exchange 1 by means of connection 2, unencrypts the data if encrypted, assign its own identification signature to the data and simultaneously makes this data available to other corresponding traffic, communication and coordination systems for digital medium of exchange 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 within same network 6 to which traffic, communication and coordination systems for digital medium of exchange 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 which are connected via connections 5. Data from energy storage facilities can be connected with energy producing facilities to determine gains or losses in stored energy.
Patent GB-2552945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to small cell discovery in a communication network
Inventor: YUE WANG
IPC: H04W36/30
Filed: 2016-08-09
Abstract: A telecommunications network comprising small cells and macro cells allows user equipment (UE) to connect to a small cell if a Wireless Backhaul Connection Indicator (WBCI), which may be a numeric parameter, binary variable or quantified value, indicates a suitable backhaul connection quality exists for the small cell. The UE may probe the small cell; the small cell probing the eNB of the macro cell; and the eNB may determine the WBCI based on probing signals; if connectivity is determined to be suitable, possibly using WBCI and reference signal received power/ reference signal received quality (RSRP/RSRQ) measurements, the eNB issues handover command for UE to connect to small cell. Alternatively, a stochastic WBCI is derived at the eNB from machine learning or data mining, may be transmitted to UE to decide to whether to establish connection; if the UE connects to the small cell, the WBCI information at the eNB is updated. The disclosure aims to make small cell handoff decisions based on overall end-to-end connection quality, including backhaul quality, and not just based upon a strong UE to small cell signal. The eNB may keep a database of small cell WBCI.
Patent GB-2557936-A (GB)
Title: Deployable foot rest assembly
Inventor: KEITH NEWELL
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: A foot rest installation 11 comprises a base structure that includes a footwell 22 and a foot rest assembly 24. The installation may be provided as part of a seating assembly 10 within a vehicle such as an aircraft. Alternatively the installation may be provided within a bulkhead or in a console. The foot rest assembly 24 has a deployable foot rest support structure 26 and a first foot rest component 30 comprising a flexible structure, for example a net, having a first end 32 fixed with respect to the base structure 20 at a first location 34, and a second end 36 coupled to the foot rest support structure at a second location 38 that is spaced apart from the pivot axis along a front-to-rear axis. When deployed, the foot rest support structure extends downward and rearward from the pivot axis to deploy the net in the footwell. When stowed, the foot rest support structure extends upward and rearward from the pivot axis.
Patent GB-2544211-A (GB)
Title: LED tube lamp
Inventor: AIMING XIONG
IPC: H05B45/59
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: An LED tube lamp which implements a safety function for protecting a user from electric shock, since it conducts only when both ends thereof have been correctly installed into a lamp socket, includes an installation detection module configured in the LED tube lamp to detect an installation state between the LED tube lamp and the lamp socket. The installation detection module includes: a detection pulse generating module 2540, configured to generate a first pulse signal; a detection result latching circuit 2560, configured to receive and output the first pulse signal; a switch circuit 2580, configured to receive the first pulse signal from the detection result latching circuit and configured to maintain a conductive state of the switch circuit during the first pulse to cause a power loop of the LED tube lamp to be conductive; and a detection determining circuit 2570, configured to detect a first sampling signal on the power loop and compare the sampling signal with a predefined signal so as to determine the installation state between the LED tube lamp and the lamp socket. When the sampling signal is smaller than the predefined signal the installation detection module limits current flow on the power loop.
Patent GB-2560153-A (GB)
Title: Mineral recovery control
Inventor: SAM BOSE
IPC: C02F11/14
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: A mineral recovery system for use in a mining operation and method of controlling a mineral recovery system is described. Said system comprises a controller configured to issue commands, said commands generated by input of sensed conditions to a mining operations model; and a thickener including: a process water input having a feed controlled configured to adjust inflow of process water to the thickener in accordance with commands from the thickener controller; a flocculant input having a flocculant controller configured to adjust inflow of flocculant into the thickener based on issued commands; an underflow output provided with an underflow controller to adjust outflow of thickened slurry from the thickener based on issued commands; and an overflow output to dispense clarified water from the thickener. The flocculant controller may be configured to adjust flocculant dilution. The method comprises generating a mining operations model based on inputs of senses conditions. Conditions may be sensed at the thickener or at upstream systems of the mining operations. The model may incorporate thickener, material, material transport and material influence sub-models.
Patent GB-2559408-A (GB)
Title: A spoken dialogue system, a spoken dialogue method and a method of adapting a spoken dialogue system
Inventor: Margarita Kotti
IPC: G06F40/00
Filed: 2017-02-06
Abstract: A Spoken Dialogue System (SDS) receives data relating to user speech signals, extracts an acoustic feature set (eg. pitch, energy, spectral/filter features, MFCCs, jitter or shimmer) from the signal, determines an action (eg. select) via a trained dialogue (policy) model, outputs information/text specified by the action (eg. location), and predicts a success measure (eg. interaction naturalness, dialogue length, user satisfaction) using the acoustic features via a trained classifier (eg. Hidden Markov, neural network, random forest), to be input into a reward function for each dialogue to indicate performance during training. A system (belief) state (ie. possible values of a slot, eg. low, mid or high for slot price) may be updated based on the speech input using a state tracker model (eg. a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process model) via the policy model to generate the success measure. Success and acoustic features are assumed to be related (eg. a slow speech rate indicates a lack of engagement, decreasing the likelihood of achieving the goal).
Patent GB-2552403-A (GB)
Title: Female and male connectors
Inventor: YASHUHIRO TANAKA
IPC: H01R13/631
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: A female or male connector 1 comprising a terminal 10, an inner housing 20B which holds the terminal, an outer housing 20A relatively movable to the inner housing 20B, tubular first shield shell 30 integrated with the inner housing 20B, and an elastic member 80 which generates a resilient force. A counterpart male or female connector (2, figure 11) includes a terminal (110), a housing (120) which holds the terminal, and the tubular second shield shell (130) integrated with the housing. The first shield shell abuts against the second shield shell on the connector insertion direction side with insertion of the connectors and is pressed against the second shield shell by the resilient force of the elastic member. Preferably a tapered surface 31 is included to aid in insertion and extraction. The connector may also comprise protruding portions (35B, figure 15) to abut against a tapered surface on the counterpart connector.
Patent GB-2567668-A (GB)
Title: Deflickering of a series of images
Inventor: BARTEK PAWLIK
IPC: H04N5/235
Filed: 2017-10-20
Abstract: An output image signal comprising a series of image frames 101-104, each corresponding to a respective instance in time is received. A block of pixels bi neighbouring a particular pixel 105 present in each of the image frames is identified. A fluctuation over time in pixel brightness values of the block of pixels is detected by analysing the pixel brightness values of the block of pixels in each image frame of the series. For each of plural sets of plural consecutive frames in the series, each set including a most recent frame and plural earlier frames, a periodicity of the fluctuation for the set of frames is determined. Based on the periodicity of each set of frames and a pixel brightness value of the particular pixel in the most recent frame of each set of frames, a weighted average of the pixel brightness values of the particular pixel over the most recent frames of the sets of frames is determined. The pixel brightness value of the particular pixel in a most recent frame of the most recent set of frames based on the weighted average is adjusted.
Patent GB-2558767-A (GB)
Title: Eyewear and production method
Inventor: WILL KING
IPC: G02C5/22
Filed: 2017-11-23
Abstract: An eyewear frame 40 where the forehead part and the temple parts are moulded as a single piece from a first polymer material. Hinges between the forehead and temple parts are formed by reducing the thickness of the polymer material. The hinges exert a force which urges the temples to a closed or open position. The plastic hinges may be formed as a curved strip (9, Fig. 6) that is 10-50% the thickness of the polymer of the adjacent frame parts. The eyewear frame may be co-moulded with a second polymer (thermoplastic elastomer) which has a lower modulus of elasticity, or flexural modulus, than the first polymer (polypropylene). The second polymer may be located over the first polymer at the plastic hinges or any part of the frame that is in contact with the users nose or ears. The hinge may comprise: a groove located on the outside of the hinge 44; or a V-shaped groove located on the inside of the hinge 43. The groove may be in the second polymer. The eyewear frame may locate and secure lenses to the frame via an interference or friction fit. The eyewear may be safety glasses, sunglasses or vision correction glasses. The eyewear temples may comprise carbon fibre.
Patent GB-2554613-A (GB)
Title: Bin lid closing device
Inventor: JANELLE FAYE SHERRARD
IPC: B65F1/16
Filed: 2016-05-04
Abstract: A device for use on or with bins for the purpose of returning a bin lid to a closed position and/or to retain a bin lid in a closed position. The device includes a lid engaging portion, a bin engaging portion and an intermediate portion between the lid engaging and bin engaging portions. The intermediate portion is arranged, in use, around, within and/or adjacent to a handle of the bin. The bin engaging portion extends outwardly from the intermediate portion. The lid engaging portion extends outwardly from the intermediate portion. The lid engaging portion is movable between a first (lid is closed) and a second (lid is at least partially open) position. The intermediate portion provides resistance to the lid as the lid engaging portion is moved from the first position towards the second position causing the lid engaging portion to bias the lid towards a closed position.
Patent GB-2559472-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine control method and apparatus
Inventor: STEPHEN STACEY
IPC: F02N19/00
Filed: 2017-12-11
Abstract: A control unit 1 for controlling an internal combustion engine 2 having at least one cylinder 4 having a piston 5, crankshaft 6, and at least one camshaft 7, 8; The control unit 1 includes at least one processor 15 configured to receive a crankshaft position signal (CRK1, Fig. 2) from a crankshaft position sensor 9 and at least one camshaft position signal (CAM1, CAM2, Fig. 2) from at least one camshaft position sensor 11, 12; A memory 16 is connected to the at least one processor 15; The at least one processor 15 is configured to identify one or more reference engine stop position and, during start-up of the internal combustion engine 2, to determine an absolute engine position in dependence on said one or more reference engine stop position in combination with the crankshaft position signal (CRK1, Fig. 2) and/or the at least one camshaft position signal; an encoder with a distinctive element, and a detector are configured to have an offset of less than 45° when the engine is shut down.
Patent GB-2556756-A (GB)
Title: Float valve assembly with drag force dependent deactivation
Inventor: Christopher James MERICAS
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: A float valve assembly includes a cylindrical housing defining an inner flow path and a check valve is positioned within the housing and movable between an open position, where uphole and downhole fluid flow through the inner flow path is allowed, and a closed position, where uphole fluid flow is prevented while downhole fluid flow is allowed. An activation member is movably positioned within the housing between a first position, where the activation member holds the check valve in the open position, and a second position, where the activation member moves axially and out of engagement with the check valve. A drag body is coupled to the activation member and fluid flow in the downhole direction generates a drag force on the drag body that places an axial force on the activation member to move the activation member to the second position.
Patent GB-2572330-A (GB)
Title: Devices and methods for generating electricity
Inventor: IVOR GUINEY
IPC: C01B32/186
Filed: 2018-03-26
Abstract: An array 20 of graphene sheets 30 generates electricity from an ion-containing fluid, each graphene sheet having first and second electrical contacts and a surface extending between the contacts for contacting the ion-containing fluid, wherein each graphene sheet is in electrical contact with at least a further graphene sheet. The array is produced by providing a plurality of supports consisting of Si, SiO2, SiC, or Sapphire, forming a semiconductor layer on each support by MOCVD, forming a graphene layer structure having 1-50 layers on each semiconductor layer by MOCVD, forming first and second electrical contacts on each sheet, and electrically connecting each graphene sheet to at least a further graphene sheet. The first and second electrical contacts may be located at distal portions of each graphene sheet. The plurality of graphene sheets may be in series or parallel electrical contact. The fluid may be rainwater and the array may form the surface of a roof tile, wall panel, car body or draining duct. The fluid may be seawater and the array may form the surface of a boat hull or a duct or panel within a tidal power generator. Current may be generated when the fluid passes across the surface of the array.