baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2399968-A (GB)
Title: Method for classifying the position of an object in a vehicle side object detection arrangement
Inventor: ZORATTI PAUL K
IPC: G01S13/931
Filed: 2004-01-23
Abstract: A method of classifying the location of an object to a side of a vehicle 11 is disclosed. The vehicle moves along a front to rear directional axis and has a remote sensor 10 mounted at a predetermined reference point. A set of detection points are identified to the side of the vehicle using the remote sensor. A detection point is found having a closest range to the vehicle reference point. The object is classified as on-centre if a position along the directional axis corresponding to the closest range detection point is within a predetermined distance from a position along the directional axis corresponding to the reference point. If not on-centre, the object is classified as spanning if a first position along the directional axis and a second position along the direction axis are on opposite sides of position y=0. If not spanning, the object is classified as front if any detection point is forward of the position y=0, and classified as rear if any detection point is rearward of the position y=0. Each of the detection point may be within a predetermined detection zone 12. The remote sensor 10 may comprise a radar sensor wherein detection points may be sensed during a plurality of consecutive sample times corresponding to each radar scan of the predetermined detection zone 12. The radar scan may be comprised of a monopulse radar scan or switched directional radar beams. The method may provide a warning to the operator of the vehicle to indicate a moving vehicle is in the detection zone. The method may further provide deployment of a pre-crash mitigation measure in the vehicle partly in response to the classified object location.
Patent GB-2398646-A (GB)
Title: Relative delay measurement in video channels
Inventor: FERGUSON KEVIN M
IPC: H04N17/02
Filed: 2004-02-16
Abstract: Two channels of a video signal are input to respective high-pass filters 12, 14 to remove the local mean from the signals. The signals may then be passed through absolute value modules 16, 18. The cross-correlation of the signals is calculated in correlation module 20. The mean of the cross-correlation may be calculated 22 and subtracted 24 before the centroid of the cross-correlation is determined 26. The centroid is calculated by determining the zero crossings of the correlation, and the subtracting stage 24 ensures that all correlations will have zero crossings. The centroid of the correlation is then scaled 28 to take account of the signal sampling rate, and the scaled value represents the relative time delay between the two channels.
Patent GB-2398834-A (GB)
Title: A through the wall delivery unit including a refrigerated compartment
Inventor: WOOD PENELOPE CAROLINE RUTH
IPC: F25D11/02
Filed: 2000-03-16
Abstract: A delivery unit is in use mounted in an external wall of a property and comprises at least one compartment <B>14</B>, <B>16</B>, <B>18</B> where at least one of the compartments is cooled by a cooling unit <B>20</B>. Interior and exterior doors <B>32</B>, <B>34</B> allow access to the compartments from inside and outside the property respectively. The exterior door <B>32</B> is capable of being opened manually from inside the or each compartment. Preferably the unit comprises three compartments, a freezer, a fridge and one at ambient temperature. An alarm may be provided which is actuable from inside a compartment. The external door may be fitted with a lock operated by a code and the internal door may comprise a latch.
Patent GB-2404806-A (GB)
Title: Comparing an image with accepted image composition rules to indicate image capture performance to a user
Inventor: STAVELY DONALD J
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2004-06-28
Abstract: Images are compared to accepted image composition rules to determine whether these rules have been contravened for a given image. If one of the accepted rules has been contravened an indication, which may be visual, oral or textual, is provided to the user to warn him that the image is compositionally deficient. Suggestions for image capture improvement may also be provided and the invention may be implemented in a camera or over a network Variations from the accepted compositional rules may be analysed to determine a pattern of variation from the rules in order to provide the indication of image capture performance, and repeated faults in image capture performance may also be determined.
Patent GB-2415909-A (GB)
Title: Back support
Inventor: YAHYA AHMED
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2004-07-07
Abstract: A back support comprising an elasticated chest strap and a waist or hip strap connected by a mechanical spine along the users back and a soft rubber outer skin 1 which covers the internal framework and frictionally grips the users skin. Preferably the base of the mechanical spine may be adjusted to suit the user. The mechanical spine may have a full range of movement and shock absorbing properties to mimic a natural spine. The mechanical spine may be constructed from overlapping segments (11, fig 5) with rollers (12, fig 5) on each edge connected by rubber strips (13, fig 5) which permit expansion and contraction. Also claimed is the use of fluids in the mechanical spine in place of the rubber strips.
Patent GB-2404127-A (GB)
Title: Control area selection in a graphical user interface
Inventor: OLDFIELD GRAHAM PHILLIP
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2004-07-12
Abstract: The control areas (e.g. keys and buttons) in a GUI of a touch screen based computing device are represented in a colour mask stored on the device. The colour mask which is not displayed, has regions exactly corresponding in shape and size to each of the control keys or buttons, each region is completely filled with a unique colour. In use, when a X,Y co-ordinate pair for a particular contact point is generated, it is very fast to extract the pixel colour that is present at the same X,Y co-ordinates of the colour mask. It is also then very fast to establish the control area associated with that colour by matching the pixel colour to a table that stores each control area together with its associated colour in the colour mask.
Patent GB-2399638-A (GB)
Title: Method for filtering seismic data,particularly by kriging
Inventor: COLEOU THIERRY
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2003-01-14
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for filtering at least two series of seismic data representing the same area, according to which an estimate of the component which is common to said series of data is detected, and said two series of data are then broken down on the basis of said estimate. The inventive method is applicable to 4D seismics.
Patent GB-2418790-A (GB)
Title: Direct upconversion of transmission signal employing a notch filter
Inventor: IRIE KIYOSHI
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2004-09-29
Abstract: A direct upconversion system communication semiconductor integrated circuit (200) includes a frequency converter circuit (233) for up-converting a transmission signal and a notch filter 236 (NTF) located at a subsequent stage of the frequency converter circuit 233. The notch filter NTF 236 cuts off at least third-order harmonics of a local signal. A further filter may additionally cut off second and fifth-order harmonics.
Patent GB-2410206-A (GB)
Title: Device for pushing a carriage for an abrasive cutting-off machine
Inventor: PAETZKE HELMUT
IPC: B62B1/26
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: The invention is related to a guide device, especially for abrasive cutting-off machines (18), with at least one rolling means (3a, 3b) for rolling the guide device (1) substantially by the body power of a user and with at least one handle (10) arranged opposite the rolling means (3a, 3b) for transferring a force exerted by the arms of the user onto the handle and with a pushing element (9) for transferring a force exerted by another body part of the user, in particular the thigh, onto the guide device (1).
Patent GB-2422450-A (GB)
Title: Pattern-matching using a deterministic finite state machine
Inventor: FURLONG PETER
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: A deterministic finite state machine detects any one of a plurality of signatures (or recognisable pattern of characters) each corresponding to a succession of characters and each defined by a sequence of states in the state machine. For each state after the first in any sequence there are not more than two allowed exit transitions, of which one is to a default state. A stream of input characters are examined to determine in response to each input character a transition from a current state of the machine to a next state. When the machine responds to an input character to perform a transition to the default state, that input character is re-examined to determine the next state of the state machine. Input characters are held in a memory from which they are automatically read by an incrementing reader. A current state of the machine is compared with a default state. If a match is detected, the incrementing of the reader is inhibited for one cycle. The process results in a reduction in the number of transitions required, with a consequent saving of memory capacity.
Patent GB-2409418-A (GB)
Title: Dust scrubber
Inventor: JOHNSON LESLIE VINCENT PEDDLE
IPC: E21F5/20
Filed: 2003-05-22
Abstract: A wet and a wet dry dust removal apparatus, the latter for drilling applications including a housing, adapted to contain powered air induction means to induct air contaminated with particulate matter, water spraying means adapted to spray a mist of water into the induced air stream to capture the particulate matter, water removal means adapted to remove water droplets containing the particulate matter, the water removal means positioned in the housing at an oblique or parallel angle to the direction of the air flow thereby increasing the surface area for removing the water droplets, wherein the paralleled or angled position and increased surface area reduces the air pressure and velocity required to remove dust for a given volume of air, so that the energy consumption of the air induction means is reduced.
Patent GB-2414560-A (GB)
Title: Turbine system quality assessment and fault diagnosis
Inventor: SHAH MINESH
IPC: G01M99/00
Filed: 2005-05-18
Abstract: A method assesses and characterises the quality (i.e. degree of success or failure) of an operational event of a machine system such as a turbine machine or fluid compressor/pumping machine on a continuous numerical scale. Sensor data (e.g. machine signatures) are acquired from the system during an operational event (e.g. start-up). Some of this data is transformed to correct or at least reduce variabilities in the data caused by ambient conditions and fuel quality. The rest of the data remains uncorrected. Both the corrected and uncorrected data is classified into one of a plurality of quality assessment categories based on the degree of statistical correspondence between the data and predetermined values, and the quality assessments of the corrected and uncorrected data are combined into a single comprehensive system quality assessment of the event. By saving tracking and updating operational event assessments over time machine/component degradation may be recognised at an early stage and corrective action may be initiated in advance of a catastrophic failure.
Patent GB-2414948-A (GB)
Title: Motor-driven hand grinding tool
Inventor: BERGNER JOAO JORGE
IPC: B24B23/00
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: A motor driven hand grinding tool 1 is defined with a simple conversion gear arrangement 21, 31. The grinding tool 1 comprises: a motor 2 with an anchor shaft 20 and grinding plate 4, all of which are mounted in a housing 10, where a drive shaft 30 is associated with the motor 2 and is perpendicularly arranged relative to a grinding surface 41. The grinding plate 41 has a drive plate 3 formed integrally therewith. The conversion gear arrangement 21, 31 may be placed between the anchor shaft 20 and the drive shaft 30 where the defection angle   a  between the anchor 20 and drive shaft 30 is between 40{ and 70{ The grinding tool 1 can have weights provided on the drive shaft 30.
Patent GB-2421212-A (GB)
Title: Moulded cover skin with relatively high and low gloss
Inventor: HOMBURG FREDERICK J
IPC: B29C59/02
Filed: 2005-11-11
Abstract: A vacuum formed trim component 100 cover skin 12 having first 20 and second 18 portions respectively defining first 14 and second 16 surface finish glosses, wherein the first gloss 14 is a higher gloss than the second gloss 16 by a differential of greater than four. The differential may be 6, 8, 10 and above. A flexible film sheet is heated to a predetermined temperature and located over a mould having a patterned surface, which includes relatively smooth and rough first and second portions respectively. These surface finishes are imparted to the film, which is forced into contact with the mould by an applied vacuum. The moulded film is cooled and cured.
Patent GB-2417925-A (GB)
Title: A printing member having a transferred image and a method for abricating it
Inventor: BIEBER AVIGDOR
IPC: B41C1/10
Filed: 2004-06-16
Abstract: A lithographic printing member (300) comprises a solid substrate (230) over the substrate, wherein the tip layer comprises a first area (320b) having an affinity for ink and a second area (320a) having an affinity for an ink repelling fluid. The two types of surface areas are fabricated by dipping imaging carry material (320b) into a fluid mixture of the top layer during fabricating of the top layer The method of fabricating the printing member (300) may comprise providing a substrate (230), providing an imaged transfer film (110), coating the substrate or the image transfer film with a liquid formulation; laminating the image transfer film (110) with the substrate (2330) over the liquid formulation while dipping the image carry material (320b) into the liquid formulation, curing the liquid formulation into a solid layer (220), and releasing the image transfer film (110) and revealing the two types of surface areas (320a, 320b).
Patent GB-2420999-A (GB)
Title: Positioning Device
Inventor: SYKES NEIL
IPC: B23K26/04
Filed: 2005-12-12
Abstract: A positioning device of the type described characterised by the incorporation of the puck into a closed circuit gas system 45, 46 from which the puck 42 establishes the flow of fluid to provide the fluid cushion. Typically the positioning device is characterised by the provision of a heat transfer means 55 incorporated in the closed circuit to provide for heat exchange between the heat transfer means and gas flowing around the system. The puck is coupled to a lens and a mask to provide for close following of a surface of a work-piece so as to keep a magnified image of the mask stable; the combination of puck, lens and mask forming a unit counterbalanced by a counterweight acting to provide for adjustment of focus of the laser beam relative to the surface of the work-piece.
Patent GB-2433039-A (GB)
Title: Skipping simulator
Inventor: TRETHAWAY LEE BARRY
IPC: A63B5/20
Filed: 2005-12-12
Abstract: A skipping simulator comprises hand held spinners 13 and a foot unit 15 adapted to sense footfall. The spinners and foot unit generate signals which allow the position of a virtual skipping rope to be determined, and the simulator is adapted to determine conflict between footfall and the virtual skipping rope.
Patent GB-2421445-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus And Method For Monitoring Supplemental Oxygen Usage
Inventor: FROLA FRANK R
IPC: B63C11/22
Filed: 2004-06-23
Abstract: A device for monitoring and recording the usage of gas supply apparatus. The device includes erasable memory for storing the usage data and a connection for periodically downloading the data to a personal computer.
Patent GB-2422988-A (GB)
Title: Communication terminal map display including location and environmental information
Inventor: NAKATA ATSUSHI
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2006-01-31
Abstract: A portable communication terminal includes a transmission and reception section 34; a position detecting section 30 which detects a position of a communication terminal; an environmental information detecting section 32 which detects environmental information in the position; and a control section 44 which creates map information including the received positional information and environmental information. The environmental information may comprise temperature, weather humidity, atmospheric pressure, sound, images etc derived from in-built or external sensors, or from a base station. The data may be transmitted to a server for access by other terminals or transmitted directly to other terminals. The map display may also show the position of other terminals.
Patent GB-2434937-A (GB)
Title: Coded aperture imaging apparatus performing image enhancement
Inventor: VILLIERS GEOFFREY DEREK DE
IPC: G01T1/29
Filed: 2006-02-06
Abstract: A method of processing data acquired from a coded aperture imaging apparatus comprises processing the data to form a first image and subsequently performing at least one image enhancement step. The image forming step may use a Tikhonov regularisation technique, Weiner filter technique or a Landweber iteration. Image enhancement may involve dividing the image into regions over which a point spread function is relatively invariant and processing each image area separately; processing may be sequential. The inverse problem may be solved over each small image region, with values of the solution at the region centres being retained as solutions; this may use Tikhonov regularisation using Fourier methods or truncated singular function translation. Prior to image forming and enhancement, the constraint that the true image is non negative may be used. Data from plural, combined images can be used, and image enhancement may comprise a 'track before detect' algorithm or super resolution curve fitting.
Patent GB-2420945-A (GB)
Title: Converting voicemail into text messages with automated voice recognition and intelligent transcription
Inventor: DOULTON DANIEL MICHAEL
IPC: G10L15/00
Filed: 2004-04-22
Abstract: A caller initiates a voice call to a mobile telephone, which is diverted to a voicemail server where the caller leaves a voice message. The voice message is converted into an audio file format and an automated voice recognition system processes the audio file before it is 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 some or all of the original voice message into the computer to generate a transcribed text message. The transcribed text message is then sent to the mobile telephone. The automated voice recognition system may detect names, numbers and addresses in the original voice message and/or detect the language used so that the message can be routed to an appropriate operator.
Patent GB-2438006-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive quantisation for border processing
Inventor: BOCK ALOIS MARTIN
IPC: H04N7/32
Filed: 2006-05-09
Abstract: A video compression apparatus for producing a compressed video signal from an input video signal includes quantisation control means 13 for varying a level of quantisation within an image of the video signal proximate to borders of the image.
Patent GB-2424238-A (GB)
Title: Interventionless reservoir control systems
Inventor: CHAVERS RAYMOND D
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2004-10-26
Abstract: Systems and methods for positively closing off a section of wellbore and, thereby providing reservoir control. Systems and methods are described for selectively closing off a section of a wellbore to fluid communication. The wellbore completion section may then be reopened to fluid communication upon reconnection of the upper completion section to the lower completion section. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present invention generally preclude fluid communication between the annulus of the upper completion section and the flowbore of the lower completion section until the lower completion section is closed off to fluid flow.
Patent GB-2427156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to humidification chambers
Inventor: FERNANDO KEETHAN
IPC: F24F6/04
Filed: 2006-06-12
Abstract: A humidification chamber 10 for use in the humidification of gases intended for inhalation is disclosed. The humidification chamber 10 is adapted to contain a volume of liquid 20, and comprises a gas inlet port 30 and a gas outlet port 30 such that gases flow, in use, through the humidification chamber 10. At least one baffle 50 extends downwardly from an interior surface of the humidification chamber 10. The at least one baffle 50 has a lower edge that is situated, in use, above an exposed surface of the liquid 20, and acts, in use, to deflect gases flowing from the gas inlet port 30 to the gas outlet port 30 downwardly towards the exposed surface of the liquid 20.
Patent GB-2424902-A (GB)
Title: Waste and tailings dewatering treatment system and method
Inventor: JONES COLIN JOHN FRANCIS PHILI
IPC: C02F11/15
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for reducing the liquid content of a material comprising a particulate/liquid dispersion or suspension, in particular comprising a dispersion or suspension of inorganic particles being a byproduct of mining, manufacturing or other industrial processes. The apparatus comprising a receiving zone to contain the material, at least one pair of electrodes spaced apart within the receiving zone, means to apply a potential difference thereacross and hence across the material in use to drive electrokinetic dewatering, and drainage means to enable removal of water, wherein at least one of the electrodes comprises a textile or other synthetic material at least in part associated with a conductor so as to constitute where so associated a conducting electrokinetic textile or other synthetic material. The method makes use of the apparatus, in situ or at a remote site either as a batch or continuous process.
Patent GB-2429360-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for performing image mark recognition
Inventor: CICHIELO ROBERT
IPC: G06V30/224
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The reference image marks may include trigger row marks and/or corner/crop marks. Coordinates denoting the location of cells within the digital image are determined based on the locations of the reference image marks. Response marks are evaluated for darkness, opacity, and/or grayness on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The response marks are each assigned a percentage value based on the ratio between a total color value for a cell and a maximum color value for a cell.
Patent GB-2432506-A (GB)
Title: Pet chew with nutraceutical agent
Inventor: SCHILDGEN DAN
IPC: A01K15/02
Filed: 2006-11-17
Abstract: A pet chew comprises a tough, chewable substrate such as rawhide or a hypoallergenic substance, in a form that is adapted to be chewed or ingested by a domestic animal, combined with a nutraceutical agent that includes fish oil. At least one other nutraceutical agent may be combined with the chew. The one, or more, nutraceutical agent(s) can be formulated to impart a health benefit to a pet. The fish oil agent may comprise 4.5% by weight of the pet chew, while the other agent may be present in an amount ranging from 0 to 20% by weight of the pet chew. The pet chew can be manufactured by extrusion.
Patent GB-2435698-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting local time using rate coefficients
Inventor: BAER RICHARD L
IPC: G04G5/00
Filed: 2007-01-29
Abstract: In order to correct a local clock 10 that avoids excessive drift in the local clock while avoiding an accumulation of quantization errors, the clock generates a local time by accumulating a sequence of rate coefficients selected by a rate selection circuit 20 from a plurality of rate coefficients (A0-AM) using a series of progressively longer replacement periods.