baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2473139-A (GB)
Title: Enhancing the decoding of audio data encoded using he HE-AAC scheme
Inventor: BAUMGARTE FRANK
IPC: G10L21/00
Filed: 2010-08-31
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for decoding an audio signal that includes bandwidth extension data. An audio signal that includes core audio data and bandwidth extension data can be received in a decoder. The core audio data can be associated with a core portion of an audio signal, such as the frequency range below a cutoff frequency, and the bandwidth extension data can be associated with an extended portion of the audio signal, such as a frequency range above the cutoff frequency. The core audio data can be decoded to generate a decoded core audio signal in a time domain representation. Further, an extended portion of the audio signal can be reconstructed in accordance with extension data and decoded core audio signal. Additionally, the decoded core audio signal can be lowpass filtered and the extended portion can be highpass filtered before being combined to generate a decoded output signal. The invention aims to isolate Quadrature Mirror Filter bank (QMF) distortion resulting during decoding to the high frequency SBR portion of an audio signal by replacing coefficients associated with the HE-AAC decoder QMF filter bank and QMF analysis filter bank with coefficients that provide an improved frequency domain representation of the core AAC signal, among other things.
Patent GB-2484953-A (GB)
Title: Electricity generation methods utilising moving vehicles
Inventor: TURNER DANIEL GEORGE WARREN
IPC: F03G7/00
Filed: 2010-10-27
Abstract: The methods, which generate energy from the movement of road, rail or air vehicles, utilise a number of small devices to collect energy which can be sent to the electrical grid system or used to power street furniture. Energy may be collected by piezoelectric ribbons 4 mounted on conductive rubber 5 running across the road/rail 1. Alternatively, strips of magnetic material of one polarity may be set across the road so as to create a voltage when a vehicle fitted with a magnetic device of the opposite polarity passes over. Magnetic rollers or vertical vanes may be designed to rotate in response to passing vehicles. A passing vehicle may compress strips filled with gas/fluid so as to turn small generators or may cause turbines to rotate. Alternatively small turbines may be located in drainage pipes so as to be activated by storm water runoff.
Patent GB-2485380-A (GB)
Title: Exothermic heat source comprising an inert bulking composition
Inventor: POLLOCK JAMES
IPC: F24V30/00
Filed: 2010-11-11
Abstract: A heat source comprises a retaining sachet permeable to water comprising a powdered exothermic composition and a powdered inert composition, such as a silica gel desiccant. The inert composition comprises in the range 15-80% by mass, and preferably 30-60% by mass, of the total powder mass. The exothermic composition and the inert powder may be provided in equal quantity by mass with the aim of achieving a more uniform transfer of heat energy to a product to be heated. Upon the addition of water, the exothermic composition is operable to react exothermically with a metal. Preferably, the powdered exothermic composition comprises calcium oxide, sodium carbonate and a metal, where the metal may be selected from one or more of aluminium, iron, zinc and magnesium. Alternatively, the powdered exothermic composition may comprise magnesium-iron alloy, sodium chloride and anti-foaming agents. Preferably, the heat source is packaged with the powders contained in a sealed container and is used as a    meals ready to eat    (MRE) heat source. In use, the heat source is designed to provide a flameless heating apparatus for heating food products such as rations.
Patent GB-2485765-A (GB)
Title: Effecting flow control by notifying loss events to congestion controller dependent upon urgency of reception
Inventor: MAZE FREDERIC
IPC: H04L47/30
Filed: 2010-11-16
Abstract: Known congestion control mechanisms such as TCP Congestion Control and TCP Friendly Rate Control adapt transmission rates in dependence upon reports of loss events (eg duplicate ACKnowledgements). For streaming data flows with low latency (eg. conferencing or video surveillance) the rate changes can result in buffer overflow/underrun events. In order to smooth the streaming data rate and avoid over/underfilling of the receiver FIFO the invention records loss events S302 and then modifies the number of events reported dependent upon the fill level of the buffer queue S303. This can be effected by transmitting a fake ACK.
Patent GB-2476158-A (GB)
Title: Providing wireless communication between two fibre optic networks
Inventor: THURLOW ADRIAN RICHARD
IPC: H04B10/2575
Filed: 2010-12-06
Abstract: A wireless connector 36 for coupling together two optical networks 12, 48 is provided. The connector is provided in two parts 62, 64 which are linked by a wireless communications link 42. The two parts comprise a part including a first directional antenna 40 connected to a first energy transducer 38 coupled to a first one of said optical networks 12 and a second component part including a second directional antenna 44 connected to a second energy transducer 46. The first directional antenna is arranged to passively transmit electrical signals derived from optical energy received by the energy transducer from said first one of said pair of optical networks. The energy transducers are preferably electro-absorption modulators (EAM). The invention may be used to transmit signals between a fibre-to-the-home network (FTTH) and an optical network inside a consumer's residence without having to penetrate the walls of the building. Preferably, the system provides bi-directional communication.
Patent GB-2474218-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for generating sector residence time images of downhole tools
Inventor: MORRIS STEPHEN
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2009-08-14
Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing images of a downhole tool during drilling of a wellbore are provided. A sensor on a rotating tool occupies a number of azimuthal sectors of the wellbore which are determined by a processor. The processor determines a time during which the sensor is in each of the azimuthal sectors during each revolution of the tool and provides a depth-correlated image of the sector residence times for the tool.
Patent GB-2484762-A (GB)
Title: A fan assembly comprising an adjustable nozzle for control of air flow
Inventor: FITTON NICHOLAS GERALD
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 2011-04-04
Abstract: A fan assembly includes a nozzle 16 and comprises a mouth 18 for emitting the primary air flow and which defines an opening through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the primary air flow emitted from the mouth. To allow a parameter of an air flow, formed from the combination of the primary and secondary air flows, to be adjusted by a user, the nozzle has an adjustable configuration. The fan is typically a bladeless fan. The nozzle may be adjusted between a number of different settings and comprises a set of moveable parts which may be rotated and/or slid and/or a section of cutaway parts which may be covered by adjusting the nozzle configuration and/or nozzle parts which may be changed between stowed and deployed positions
Patent GB-2483165-A (GB)
Title: Roadable aircraft with extendable wings and thrust vectoring
Inventor: EAMES DAVID JOHN HOWARD
IPC: B60F5/02
Filed: 2011-08-26
Abstract: A roadable aircraft 10 includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis 14 and operable to house a human occupant. The roadable aircraft includes at least first and second wings 16,18 which are moveable between a retracted position for stowing and an extended position for flight. The wing cords between a leading edge 44 and a wing trailing-edge vectoring nozzle 45. The aircraft may include third and fourth wings 20,22 that are also extendable from a stowed position. The roadable aircraft includes a system for directing streams of air through the wings and out of the trailing-edge vectoring nozzles such that thrust for the body is generated. The aircraft may include a plurality of deployable, vectoring lift fans 82,86 which are also capable of producing thrust. Thrust for VTOL and cruise flight can be achieved by combining the thrust generated by the wing trailing-edge vectoring nozzles and/or the vectoring lift fans. An alternative to the wing trailing-edge vectoring nozzles would be to vector the entire wing.
Patent GB-2494438-A (GB)
Title: Water usage monitoring device
Inventor: ROBERTSON TIM
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 2011-09-09
Abstract: A water usage monitoring device for a shower comprises timing means configured to time the duration of water flow in a shower and counter means to indicate the number of times an individual has used the shower. A feedback device is operatively connected to the timing means and/or the counter means and configured to control and/or display water usage from showering. The timer means may comprise an electronic timer, a sand timer or a clockwork timer and the counter means may comprise an electronic counter or a manual counter such as a slider arrangement or a circular dial. Feedback means may comprise a novelty device such as an image.
Patent GB-2494689-A (GB)
Title: Managing a satellite support mechanism
Inventor: SAVAGE DAVID
IPC: H04B7/185
Filed: 2011-09-16
Abstract: A computer-implemented system for managing or monitoring a plurality of devices associated with a unit. The devices include a satellite support mechanism supporting satellite-related equipment provided in association with the unit. The system comprises a satellite controller component to enable a user to manipulate and/or re-orientate the satellite support mechanism via the consolidated interface. The unit may be a vehicle or structure, such as an automotive vehicle, a boat, a trailer or building, and may comprise an incident command unit. The invention enables a user to monitor or manage the plurality of devices via a consolidated interface.
Patent GB-2484788-A (GB)
Title: Superconducting magnet for MRI having passive shims located within the cryostat vessel
Inventor: SHEN WEIJUN
IPC: G01R33/3873
Filed: 2011-10-06
Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly 11 includes a cryostat vessel 14 containing superconducting magnet 12 and passive shims 162. The magnetic field inhomogeneity characteristics of the superconducting magnet 12 are determined when the superconducting magnet 12 is at room temperature prior to being sealed in the cryostat, and an initial set of passive shims 162 are installed inside the cryostat to reduce the extrapolated inhomogeneity characteristics when the superconducting magnet 12 is operating at cryogenic temperature. Positioning shims inside the cryogen vessel means that the shims do not vary in magnetisation with temperature. The field inhomogeneities of the magnet may be measured during manufacture by passing a current through the coils and measuring the produced field using magnetic sensors, or may be calculated from coil geometry. The room temperature inhomogeneities are used to extrapolate to predicted inhomogeneities at superconducting temperatures, and the shims are located and sized to compensate for these.
Patent GB-2485875-A (GB)
Title: Planar golf tee souvenir
Inventor: WARD CHRISTOPHER RHYS
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2011-11-14
Abstract: A golf tee souvenir, comprised of: a flat support form 100, supporting unassembled golf tee components 20,30. The unassembled tee components are planar and lie parallel to the surface of the flat support. The golf tee components are removable from the flat support form and may be assembled to form a golf tee adapted to support a golf ball thereupon. The flat support form may resemble one of: a postcard, a business card, a keychain ornament, a membership card, a tournament card, and a memento. Printing may be displayed on any part of the invention. Additional golf aids may be included, such as a planar ball marker 36, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool 34. The invention additionally provides planar golf aid tools without an underlying support, such as a planar golf tee, a planar ball marker, and a planar pitch-mark repair tool.
Patent GB-2491928-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable fluid pressure amplifier
Inventor: SELWYN FREDERICK PHILIP
IPC: F04F7/02
Filed: 2011-04-05
Abstract: The amplifier includes a housing (2, 3) containing a chamber (4) provided with a delivery outlet (8) containing a non-return delivery valve (10). An inlet pipe (7) projects into and terminates within the chamber (4) and a resilient D-section obturator ring (13) is engaged with and located about the pipe to be resiliently- movable in the chamber. An annular exhaust aperture (12) surrounding the pipe can be sealed by the obturator ring (13), the obturator ring being responsive to fluid flow in the inlet pipe (7) such that fluid flow causes the obturator ring to oscillate between conditions which alternately permit and prevent fluid from leaving the chamber through the exhaust aperture (12) thereby causing a pulsed pressure increase in the fluid flowing through the delivery outlet. An adjuster (23) is provided for adjusting the distance by which the fluid inlet pipe (7) projects into the chamber and thus vary the distance between the obturator ring (13) and the annular exhaust aperture (12). The adjuster (23) is rotatably engaged with the pipe (7) and with the housing and moves the pipe using co-operably inclined faces. The obturator ring (13) and the exhaust aperture (12) are preferably shaped to create a venturi effect as fluid flows past them.
Patent GB-2501502-A (GB)
Title: A method of cleaning tableware in a dishwasher
Inventor: SKOP PHILIP
IPC: A47L15/00
Filed: 2012-04-25
Abstract: A method of cleaning tableware in a dishwasher comprises allowing a mist of a cleaning product to contact the food soiled tableware, followed by removing the food soil on the tableware using a cleaning fluid, wherein the cleaning product is atomised to a size wherein at least 95% of the particles have a diameter of less than 2 microns. The atomized cleaning product may be an alkaline agent, a surfactant, an enzyme and a bleaching agent which is dissolved in water while the cleaning fluid is at least 99% water. The cleaning product may be heated. A dishwasher comprising a device capable of atomising a cleaning product such that more than 95% of the particles are less than 2 microns in diameter is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2487865-A (GB)
Title: A system for isolating portions of awellhead from fluid pressure
Inventor: NGUYEN DENNIS P
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2009-02-25
Abstract: A wellhead system comprising a wellhead assembly comprising a tubing head 224 having a flange 240 configured to couple with a blowout preventer 250, a bypass sleeve 100, for temporarily isolating portions of a wellhead assembly from pressurized fracing fluid, disposed entirely within the tubing head. The bypass sleeve may have a recessed surface to receive a locking pin a lock ring disposed at least partially around a sleeve restraint. Also independently claimed is a wellhead additionally comprising a tubular member disposed against the tubing head creating an interface with an annular recess.
Patent GB-2502597-A (GB)
Title: A portable valet stand that can be reconfigured to serve as a clothes hanger
Inventor: STUCHBURY PAUL STEVEN
IPC: A47G25/06
Filed: 2012-05-31
Abstract: Apparatus for the suspension or hanging of a clothing garment, comprising of a first arm 12, a second arm 14 and a third arm 16. The apparatus may be configured to be a garment hanger (10-Fig1) with a hook and extendible arms (12a-Fig1), where the three arms are disposed adjacent one another (e.g. nested). The apparatus can be converted into a valet stand 50 by arranging the first arm to receive a garment of clothing, whilst second arm 14 and third arm 16 are arranged perpendicular to one another forming a base which supports an upright member comprised of connected rods or rails 24, 30a, 30b, 36a, 36b & 44, to which the first arm 12 is mounted. When configured as a garment hanger, the rods are either stored in recesses within the arms (36a, 36b, Fig4) or form part of the hanger (e.g. a trouser rail, 30a, 30b, Fig1).
Patent GB-2507246-A (GB)
Title: Direct reduction of iron using a carbon monoxide-hydrogen mixture derived from carbon dioxide and water
Inventor: JOHNSTON DAVID ANDREW
IPC: C01B32/40
Filed: 2012-07-31
Abstract: A mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is derived from carbon dioxide and water, with an energy source (preferably renewable energy) required to drive these reactions. This mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is injected into a furnace. Heat is added, either to the iron ore in the furnace or to the gas â€” either before entering the furnace or while in the furnace. Both of these gases reduce the iron oxide to metallic iron. The waste products are carbon dioxide and water, which can be recovered to form further carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
Patent GB-2497845-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell system with desulfurisation device and sulfur sensor
Inventor: BAUMANN FRANK
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2012-11-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system 1 having a fuel cell stack. In order to achieve a particularly effective replacement of a desulfurisation device 10 and to protect the fuel cell system 1 from damage caused by sulfurous substances, the fuel cell system 1 comprises at least one fuel cell 2, an anode gas conduit 9 for supplying anode gas to the fuel cell 2, a cathode gas conduit 15 for supplying cathode gas to the fuel cell 2, a desulfurisation device 10 for removing sulfurous substances from the anode gas, and a sulfur sensor (36, figures 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8) for detecting the sulfur content of the supplied anode gas being provided. The present invention further relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system 1 and to the use of a fuel cell system 1 of this kind. The sulfur sensor may be a chemical and/or electrochemical sensor, and most preferably comprises a catalyst such as Ni, Pd, Pt or mixtures thereof which is poisoned by the sulfurous substance. The sulfur sensor may be provided in the anode gas conduit 9, in an anode waste gas conduit 25, and/or in a separate sensor conduit (37, figures 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8) branching off from the anode gas conduit 9 and/or the anode waste gas conduit 25. The fuel cell system 1 may include a reformer 6 for preparing the anode gas.
Patent GB-2499298-A (GB)
Title: Compressing texture data using modulation values
Inventor: FENNEY SIMON
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 2012-12-20
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for compressing and decompressing image data by producing two sets of reduced size image data and generating a modulation value for each elementary of the area from the image data, the modulation value encoding information about how to combine the sets of reduced size image data to generate an approximation to the image. In one arrangement, a set of index values is generated corresponding to a set of modulation values for each of the respective elementary areas of a group of elementary areas and these are assigned to each respective group and a second set of index values corresponding to one of the set of first index values for each elementary areas is assigned to each first group of elementary areas. These index values are then stored for use in deriving modulation data more accurately when decompressing the image data. In another arrangement a modulation mode is selected which includes a plurality of modulation values and one of the modulation values is assigned to each elementary area in each block of elementary areas of the image for use in recombining the reduced size image data to generate an approximation to the image. The modulation value is selected with a plurality of bits of index data for each elementary area. In another arrangement, a modulation from a set of possible modulation values is assigned to each elementary area in a group of elementary areas and is represented by a plurality of bits of modulation data. This arrangement is varied by providing modulation values which relate to each alternate elementary area and then either interpolating modulation values vertically or horizontally for each other elementary area or by interpolating either vertically or horizontally image data once sets of reduced sized image data have been recombined with the modulation data.
Patent GB-2509185-A (GB)
Title: Horse riding balancing aid
Inventor: ALLIN KATIE
IPC: B68B1/00
Filed: 2012-12-22
Abstract: A balancing aid and method of use, for aiding balance and/or confidence of a user riding a horse. The aid comprises a plate 1 arranged to be located in use adjacent the horse's breast, a handle 2 for the user, and adjustable means of attachment 3 to connect the plate with the handle and with the horse's tack. The adjustable means of attachment rotates a cable 4 which in turn moves straps 8. The cable is supported on or by buffers 5.
Patent GB-2511316-A (GB)
Title: Tack and bond adhesive system and method for layered object manufacture
Inventor: KEENAN PHILIP
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 2013-02-27
Abstract: An adhesive dispensing device for use in a Layered Object Manufacturing (LOM) system for forming a three-dimensional (3D) object is configured to apply adhesive to an object media layer comprising a temporary region 105 and a permanent region 110. A first adhesive 1 is applied to temporary regions 105 and a second adhesive 2 is applied to permanent regions 110. After completion of the layered object, the first adhesive may be de-bonded by, for instance, the application of heat, thereby facilitating the removal of the temporary material. Further provided are first and second adhesive formulations, a bonding module for bonding a plurality of individual object media layers using the first and second adhesives, and a LOM system comprising the bonding module.
Patent GB-2500820-A (GB)
Title: Powering a vehicle component when docked at a base station
Inventor: WHITE DAVID
IPC: B60L50/16
Filed: 2013-03-27
Abstract: A vehicle 10 that has a wirelessly powered electrical device, for example a heater, has a first inductive coil 22 for drawing electrical power from a base station 8. The vehicle may also have a second inductive coil 14 for receiving power from the base station for charging the vehicles traction battery 12, where the vehicle is a battery powered electric or hybrid electric vehicle. The first inductive coil 22 may be misaligned with the inductive transmitter 16 of the base station, and the second coil 14 may be substantially aligned. The first coil 22 may also provide power to charge a vehicle battery 12. The wirelessly powered electrical device may be powered independently of the vehicle battery 12. The wirelessly powered electrical device may be an electric heater thermally coupled to a further vehicle component, such as an internal combustion engine 20. In a further embodiment a single inductive coil is provided to provide power to a vehicle component, such as a heater, and to provide power to a traction battery
Patent GB-2504811-A (GB)
Title: Sound insulating indoor partition including air trapping cells
Inventor: GANN RICHARD
IPC: B32B3/12
Filed: 2013-05-23
Abstract: The preferred panel comprises an outer cover of steel 8, a membrane 6, a layer of rock-wool 4, a honeycomb board 2 with hexagonal cells , another layer of rock-wool and an inner cover of steel. The panel might also include aesthetic finish layers 14. The panels are used for acoustic insulation of walls 20f, ceilings 20f or the corners 20c between them. The panels may form part of a modular system or a whole partition.