baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2411551-A (GB)
Title: Converting voicemail into text messages for transmission to a wireless information device
Inventor: DOULTON DANIEL MICHAEL
IPC: G10L15/00
Filed: 2004-04-22
Abstract: Voicemail is received at a voicemail server and converted into an audio file format. The audio file is then sent or streamed over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers. One of the networked computers plays back the audio file to a human operator and the operator intelligently transcribes the original voice message by entering a corresponding text message into the computer. The transcribed text message (SMS or MMS) is then sent to the wireless information device from the computer. The transcribed text message may be a succinct version of the original voice message rather than a verbose word-for-word conversion. Also, the text message may include a unique identifier that links it to the voice message to allow the end user to play back the voice message to the wireless information device.
Patent GB-2396418-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic flow meter in the form of a valve key
Inventor: ARSCOTT ARTHUR
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2002-11-01
Abstract: An acoustic flow meter in the form of a valve key has an acoustic sensor for measuring the peak sound level which occurs when the key is used to close a valve in a fluid pipeline. The peak sound level can be used to accurately calculate the flow through the valve and provide the flow information on a display unit. Parameters for the upstream supply pressure, pipe diameter and valve characteristics can be entered to ensure the accuracy of the flow calculations. The key therefore provides a way of determining fluid flow in a pipeline to a reasonable level of accuracy without having to install in-line flow meters.
Patent GB-2414675-A (GB)
Title: Transdermal Drug Delivery Device
Inventor: CHOWDHURY DEWAN FAZLUL HOQUE
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2004-06-05
Abstract: A transdermal drug delivery device comprises a reservoir layer 10, which consists of one or more chambers 24 for containing a drug. A lower surface of the reservoir layer 10 is formed by a resilient membrane 12, which is perforated by pores 26 through which the drug may be delivered from the chambers 24. Attached to the reservoir layer 10 is an extensor means (18, Fig 2), which can be actuated to deform the reservoir layer 10 such that the chambers 24 are compressed and the pores 26 are enlarged, thereby forcing the drug from the chambers 24 through the pores 26 and into contact with the patient's skin. If the resilient membrane 12 is adhered to the skin with a suitably porous or permeable adhesive layer (14,) then the extension and relaxation of the device causes simultaneous stretching and relaxation of the skin, disrupting the barrier presented by the skin's surface and enhancing delivery of the drug.
Patent GB-2403111-A (GB)
Title: Maximum likelihood detector which splits the trellis into sections in time and hierarchically processes it, combining adjacent sections at each level
Inventor: ZABORONSKI OLEG VITALIEVICH
IPC: H03M13/41
Filed: 2004-06-11
Abstract: The maximum likelihood detector calculates a most likely path across a trellis by initially generating weights indicating the likelihood of all of the various transitions within the trellis from the received data-stream (step 1). The trellis is then split into sections which contain loops, that is sections which have two paths from each initial state to each final state (step 1 broken down). For each loop the most likely path is selected as the survivor path and passed on to the next stage of processing. Adjacent sections are now combined to create new loops and the path selection process is repeated (steps 2 and 3). This step is repeated until a path has been determined for the whole trellis (steps 3 and parallel traceback). The system allows parallel hierarchical operation (see Fig. 5) which leads to faster processing a reduced latency. The system is scalable to more complex trellises (eg E2PR4 see Figs. 7,8) and applicable to hard disk readers and communication receivers.
Patent GB-2416108-A (GB)
Title: Protein-containing dairy product
Inventor: MISKOVSKY ANNA
IPC: A23C9/13
Filed: 2004-07-16
Abstract: A membrane filtered soy protein isolate or concentrate can readily be blended with and hydrated by a dairy product, which is preferably liquid, such as milk and/or cream, at relatively low temperatures, e.g. below 30{C or even below 8{C. The resulting blend can then be acted upon by a yoghurt-forming microorganism to produce a yoghurt-type product, which is comparable with an all dairy yoghurt in taste and mouthfeel.
Patent GB-2416612-A (GB)
Title: On-cart recycling data collection system
Inventor: LANGDON LORNA LOUISE
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2004-07-22
Abstract: This system uses an electric pedestrian controlled vehicle with an appropriate combination of RFID tagging and data collection by mobile operatives and a robust database to provide the infrastructure that allows the collection, management and analysis of recycling data down to a household level. An additional benefit of the system is upward traceability from a recycling box to bag/cart/operator and downwards traceability from a bag via operator /cart to the recycling box. Users can therefore assess the effectiveness of a recycling scheme and the ability to "drill down" through the raw data to reporting on street or household level could facilitate the development of household "incentive" schemes. Analysis of raw data on the basis of geographical location and time allows maps of recycling "hot-spots" and trends to be identified.
Patent GB-2422257-A (GB)
Title: Tuner with improved adjacent channel performance
Inventor: THORPE GARY
IPC: H03G3/30
Filed: 2004-10-18
Abstract: A tuner is provided for selecting a channel for reception from a multiple channel input signal. The tuner has a signal path (3-5, 9-12) which converts a selected channel, for example in a frequency changer (5-7), to a standard intermediate frequency and supplies this to a demodulator (11). The signal path has at least one controllable variable gain stage (4, 10). The tuner also comprises a controller (8) which periodically operates the tuner in a channel mapping mode. In this mode, a look-up table (18) is provided by determining from the signal at the input (1) which channels are occupied, together with other data relating to each occupied channel. During the normal reception mode of the tuner, the controller 8 selects a channel for reception and then controls the or each variable gain stage (4, 10) in accordance with the occupancy of channels adjacent the selected channel.
Patent GB-2404525-A (GB)
Title: Quantifying the effect of a service outage
Inventor: HERRING DAVID GEOFFREY FRANCIS
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: A method is described for quantifying the effect of an outage in a service over a first period of time. The method comprises measuring usage of the service over time 100, defining a cost of outage time window 106 comprising the first time period and a second time period following the first time period, and computing a cost of outage as the difference between the measured service usage during the cost of outage time window with service usage measured during a comparison window 118. The comparison window is substantially equal in time to that of the cost of outage time window and reflects a similar period of service activity as that of the cost of outage time window without having a service outage. The onset of a service outage may be determined by monitoring a drop in service usage or service quality and the second period may be related to the time which it takes the service to return to a given percentage of normal service usage. A third time period may be used to determine the long term effect of the outage after the return to the given percentage of normal service usage. Comparison of the cost of service outages for different services enables prioritisation of outages based upon the compared costs. Also mentioned is a method of predicting causes of network service outages using time domain correlation.
Patent GB-2421876-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, system and method of voice over IP telephony
Inventor: TAPAKOUDES ANDREAS
IPC: H04M1/253
Filed: 2005-01-04
Abstract: A VoIP wireless PBX comprises at least a first base station. Said base station itself comprises means to facilitate connection to the internet, as well as wireless communications hardware, and software suitable for managing the base station's role in the VoIP wireless PBX. The VoIP wireless PBX also comprises at least one of either; a mobile handset, operable to communicate with a base station in the wireless VoIP PBX, either directly of via a VoIP repeater, or a mobile terminal, operable to link a peripheral telecommunications device to the VoIP wireless PBX.
Patent GB-2410304-A (GB)
Title: Asymmetric thread profile with improved fatigue life
Inventor: KAUL ANMOL
IPC: F16B33/02
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: An asymmetric thread profile 46 has a non load bearing flank 54 at a smaller angle (that is, closer to perpendicular to the thread axis) than the load bearing flank, so that the root radius 52 is larger than with a similar thread profile in which both flanks are at the larger angle (root radius 42). This reduces the fatigue loading, and hence can improve the life of the thread. The thread can be used to connect sections of the housing of a downhole positive displacement motor (PDM).
Patent GB-2422451-A (GB)
Title: Using the discardable path element of contexts as context identifiers
Inventor: REES ROBERT THOMAS OWEN
IPC: G06F17/21
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: A machine readable document, preferably an XML document, containing a plurality of resource identifiers in which one or more resource identifiers are allocated to a context, the context including a base identifier which has a discardable path element used as a context identifier. These contexts essentially work like having multiple bases in the document, each base having a name and then for each reference including the name of the base to use for that reference.
Patent GB-2424797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in prioritising MBMS services
Inventor: VELDE HIMKE VAN DER
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2005-03-31
Abstract: A method of prioritising multimedia broadcast multicast services over packet switched services in a cellular communication network, said cellular communication network comprising a core network, and a radio network connected to at least one mobile communication device via a radio interface, the method comprising the steps of: determining that prioritisation is to take place, transmitting a signal from the mobile communication device to indicate that prioritisation is to take place, and adapting the communication network such that, whilst maintaining a radio interface control connection between the radio network and the mobile communication device, packet switched data is not transmitted over the radio interface.
Patent GB-2425259-A (GB)
Title: Controlled release devices and structural elements for use in their manufacture
Inventor: WHITEHEAD DEREK JAMES
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2005-04-12
Abstract: A structural element (2), suitable for use in the manufacture of a release device for intraruminal administration of an active agent to a ruminant animal, is of a compacted material, which material comprises a mixture of powdered iron, graphite and optionally copper, the graphite being present in the mixture in an amount of from 2 to 7wt%, the copper in an amount of from 0 to 5wt% and the iron in an amount of from 88 to 98wt%, by weight of the total weight of iron, copper and graphite. A plurality of structural elements (2) may be assembled to provide a structural unit (4) of a release device.
Patent GB-2410675-A (GB)
Title: Shirt cuff for viewing wristwatch
Inventor: DESANTIS CARL A
IPC: G04B37/14
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: A shirt cuff has a cutout opening 20 providing a window through which a wristwatch can be observed and accessed as it is being worn in an operative viewing position. In a barrel cuff embodiment, a flexible fabric flap 44 is attached to the cuff and is positioned under the viewing window, thus providing a saddle for supporting the watch body in the viewing window. In a French cuff embodiment, an outer cuff layer is intersected by a cutout opening that forms a viewing window though which a wristwatch can be viewed, and an inner cuff layer engages and supports the watch body in registration with the viewing window.
Patent GB-2413516-A (GB)
Title: Support system for a power tong assembly
Inventor: DAGENAIS DAN
IPC: E21B/
Filed: 2005-04-27
Abstract: A power tong assembly for forming and breaking joints between pipe sections is described. The assembly has suspension means that include struts 26 extending downwardly from an upper powered tong (Figure 1, 10) to a lower powered backup tong (Figure 1, 12). These struts 26 either incorporate, or are connected to one of the tongs by joints 26a, that can be selectively rigid or flexible; so that lower portions of the struts have a degree of lateral and angular freedom of motion when the power tong assembly is suspended. However, the struts 26 are effectively rigid when supporting at least part of the vertical load of the powered tong, when the tong assembly is placed on a support surface (Figure 5).
Patent GB-2428971-A (GB)
Title: Illuminated collar for a fire extinguisher
Inventor: BAHORUN LEE
IPC: G08B5/00
Filed: 2005-05-16
Abstract: A collar for a fire extinguishing device which has a visual indicator to allow the location fire extinguisher and its pin to be easily assessed in an emergency situation. The collar is shaped and dimensioned to fit, at least partially, around the circumference of the fire extinguisher, and includes retention means to secure a light transmitting tube to the collar. The tube is glued in the recess and has a flattened side which lies against a wall of the recess. The retention means preferably comprises a transparent sleeve and a plurality of eyelets through which the tube is threaded. Each eyelet is positioned to define a path, for the tube, to the location of the pin of the extinguisher. The path of the tube may define an arrow pointing to the pin. The colour of the tube may vary in accordance with the contents of the fire extinguisher.
Patent GB-2426638-A (GB)
Title: Dry lining box with rotatable clamping means
Inventor: HARRISON JOHN ROBERT
IPC: H02G3/12
Filed: 2005-05-26
Abstract: A dry lining box has a body 30 and a clamping means 50. The clamping means is rotatable about an axis into the box (such as hinge sleeve 38) so that it can be inside the box when the box is fitted or outside the box to clamp it in position. For a thin wall, the box is clamped using the abutment surface 105 of spacer boxes 100; with a thicker wall, spacers 100 remain in the box and the wall is clamped against shelf 62.
Patent GB-2415387-A (GB)
Title: A method of cosmetically treating skin using electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 900nm and 1500nm
Inventor: DOUGAL GORDON REX PATERSON
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2005-06-21
Abstract: A method of cosmetically treating a superficial area of mammalian skin by irradiating the skin with a source of divergent electromagnetic radiation of between 900nm to 1500nm and the use of electromagnetic radiation of the same wavelengths. The cosmetic treatment includes reducing or alleviating or removing or diminishing wrinkles or fine lines, rejuvenating skin, retarding or reversing visible signs of aging, improving skin elasticity, tone, texture and appearance and beautifying facial, breast, arm, buttock, thigh, stomach or neck skin. Also disclosed is an ex-vivo method of improving immune cell viability comprising exposing peripheral blood mononuclear cells to divergent electromagnetic radiation of narrow bandwidth centred around a wavelength of 1072nm.
Patent GB-2428400-A (GB)
Title: Improved transmission mechanisms for a forming machine
Inventor: CHANG YUN-TE
IPC: B65H20/04
Filed: 2005-07-15
Abstract: A forming machine comprises a feeder mechanism 4 for intermittently transferring a continuous length of feedstock 30 to a cutting mechanism 52 which cuts blanks from the feedstock and transfers the blank via gripper transfer mechanism 53 to the dies (not shown). Drive gear 621 drives the cutting and transfer mechanisms 52, 53 via transmission gear 611 and crank 612. The same gear also drives the feeder mechanism via drive gear 622. An eccentric pin 623 projects from gear 622 and is slideably connected to first swing member 631, rotation of the gear causing oscillation of the swing member about pivot 33. This oscillation is transferred via lever 641 to a second swing member 413 which drives the sector gear 412 powering the feeder mechanism. In operation, eccentric pin 623 rotates approximately 140 degrees when moving lever 641 in a first direction (actuating the feeder mechanism) and approximately 220 degrees when moving it in the opposite direction (during which the feeder mechanism is paused). Thus for each rotation of the pin, there is a relatively shorter period during which the feedstock is moved to the cutter/transfer mechanism and a relatively longer period during which the feedstock is cut and transferred. The cutter mechanism can therefore operate on a relatively longer travel, which is stated to reduce vibrations within the forming machine.
Patent GB-2416468-A (GB)
Title: Document display system
Inventor: GOODEN ANDREW JOHN
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2005-07-15
Abstract: A scientific article is displayed as three frames, a title frame 2, a text frame 3, and a figures and tables frame 4, in a browser window 1. The title frame 2 displays bibliographic information for the article in question. The text frame 3 is used to display the text of each section of the article. The figures frame 4 is used to display the figures, tables and any other non-text items of the article. Links are provided in the text frame 3 that, when clicked, will display the appropriate figure or table in the figures and tables frame 4. The frames may be resized or change resolution according to system or user requirements. Links may be provided within the text to reference, which may be displayed as pop-up boxes.
Patent GB-2419388-A (GB)
Title: Tensioner having plunger restraining pin
Inventor: MATSUSHITA TAKAHIRO
IPC: F16H7/08
Filed: 2005-08-08
Abstract: A tensioner comprises a housing 5, a plunger 3 received in a plunger-receiving hole in the housing and protruding outwardly therefrom, said plunger being biased in the protruding direction, and a restraining stopper 7 comprising a restraining pin 8 and a handle 9, said pin extending through a through hole 6 in the housing and engaging a locking recess 4 in the plunger such that it prevents the plunger moving, at least in the protruding direction, relative to the housing. The axis of the pin 8b and the axis of the handle 9a meet at an intersection. The part of the axis of the handle 9a which extends beyond the intersection forms an angle   a  with the axis of the pin 8b on the pin side of the intersection, said angle being greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees. The stopper is removed once tensioner has been mounted.
Patent GB-2415260-A (GB)
Title: Satellite electric charge buildup monitor
Inventor: BALMAIN KEITH G
IPC: B64G1/54
Filed: 2004-02-20
Abstract: An electric charge buildup monitor for a satellite includes an electrically conducting housing (12) including at least two compartments (13) with each compartment including a dielectric slab (16) contained therein. An electrically conducting electrode (18) is embedded in each dielectric slab (16) a pre-selected distance below the top surface, the housing (12) being mountable on a satellite with the top surface facing outwardly into space away from the satellite whereby charged particles emitted from sources external to the satellite penetrate the dielectric slab (16) resulting in charge accumulation in each electrically conducting electrode (18), the electrodes being electrically isolated from each other. The monitor includes an electrical voltage detector for sensing the floating DC voltage developed on the electrically conducting electrode in each dielectric slab, due to the charge accumulation, and converting the DC voltage into an AC voltage representative of a charge buildup on each electrically conducting electrode.
Patent GB-2424383-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for applying a cast finish to a printed substrate
Inventor: MCDONNELL RYAN
IPC: B44C1/20
Filed: 2005-11-29
Abstract: A method for applying a cast finish to a printed substrate in which aesthetically pleasing coatings and finishes are applied, including embossed, gloss and holographic finishes and images, to flexible printed substrates, such as packaging, posters, etc. The method involves sealing the ink on a printed surface of the printed substrate with a coating, applying a film onto the printed surface of the printed substrate, curing the printed surface of the printed substrate with ultraviolet lighting or an electron beam unit, removing the transparent film from the printed surface of the printed substrate, and moving the printed substrate to a storage unit. A machine for carrying out the process includes a coating unit, a laminating unit, a film handling unit, a series of ultraviolet lights or an electron beam unit for curing the coating, a storage unit for retaining the coated substrates, and a series of belts and rollers for moving the substrates through the machine.
Patent GB-2423351-A (GB)
Title: A removable insert of a heat exchanger or chemical reactor
Inventor: SYMONDS KEITH
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 2006-01-12
Abstract: A heat exchanger or chemical reactor 10 comprises a heat exchange body having a plurality of flow passages 14 that retain a removable insert (29, fig 2A) in the passages 14 via an insert retention device (LS fig 4A; 50 fig 10A; 210 fig 15), the removable insert (29) being characterised by one or more plates 28, 30 having perforations defining fluid flow channels 33 across the plates 28, 30 which are also provided with a catalyst or adsorbent. The plates 28, 30 may be stacked and of a different thickness (fig 4), may be provided with barbs (50) angled in a common direction to provide a biasing and gripping means against the flow passages 14. Insert (29) may be inserted or retracted from the heat exchange body by a handle comprising an extension element (38, figs 5A - 7) folded at right angles to the plates 28, 30. Plates (128, 130, 132, fig 11) may be provided with one or more slots that retain a solid catalyst or adsorbent (134) on support elements comprising ligaments (138) and pins (141), which provide a raised platform for the solid (134). The catalyst or absorbent may be coated on the plates 28, 30 or may be granular whereby the slots are sized accordingly to prevent the granules passing though the slots.
Patent GB-2434876-A (GB)
Title: Frequency and time audio signal discriminator
Inventor: WHIFFEN JULIAN
IPC: G08B13/02
Filed: 2006-02-01
Abstract: A discriminator (202) is disclosed for extracting features of an audio signal (210), comprising frequency analyser means (204) for processing the audio signal (210) to generate a plurality of frequency output signals, each frequency output signal being associated with a respective frequency band of the audio signal and representing a signal strength of said frequency band; and modulation analyser means (206) for processing the frequency output signals to generate a plurality of modulation output signals, each modulation output signal representing the variation over time of a corresponding frequency output signal. An audio signal classifier, intrusion detection system, container, carrier medium and method are also disclosed. The audio signal discriminator has particular application in an intrusion detection system suitable for use in shipping containers.