baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2347576-A (GB)
Title: Automatic transfer of image information between imaging device and host system
Inventor: FICHTNER MARK R
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 1998-12-17
Abstract: Image information is transferred between an imaging device (10) and a host system (20). The host system (20) detects that an imaging device (10) is connected to the host system (20). In response to detecting the imaging device (10), one or more images are transferred between the imaging device (10) and the host system (20).
Patent GB-2353212-A (GB)
Title: Partial cover for rotary clothes line
Inventor: STIBBARDS MICHAEL
IPC: D06F57/04
Filed: 2000-08-19
Abstract: A partial cover 30 for a rotary clothes line 1 comprises a waterproof sheet 31 with at least three connectors 49 allowing cover 30 to be connected to two adjacent arms 5 and the central upright 3 of line 1. Cover 30 may be removably attached by pegs 51 to the outermost clothes line elements 17 between arms 5 and it preferably has portions (35, 37, fig. 3) which hang over outermost element 17 and the ends of arms 5. Cover 30 is preferably a flexible triangular plastic sheet 31 which can be folded and stored on one of arms 5. Cover 30 is preferably attached to line 1 by an elasticated loop 49 which is threaded though eyelet (41, 43, 45, fig. 3) and secured on an arm 5 or upright 3 of line 1. A plurality of eyelets (47, 53, fig. 6) forming a line extending inwards may be provided in each corner of cover 30 so that its tension may be adjusted.
Patent GB-2358264-A (GB)
Title: Authoring tool for a troubleshooting system
Inventor: SKAANNING CLAUS
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2000-08-31
Abstract: An authoring tool (Fig 5) for assisting a user to create a product troubleshooting system comprises three interfaces for editing causes, actions and questions in an expert system knowledge base based upon a bayesian network. Each interface provides access to a predefined data structure. The cause editor (Fig 6) allows an author to enter information pertaining to causes of product malfunctions into a cause data structure. The action editor (Fig 9) allows the user to enter corrective actions into an action data structure. The question editor (Fig 12 and 14) allows the user to enter questions into a question data structure to assist the user in identifying causes of the product malfunction. The system also allows the user to enter probabilities associated with each cause, action and question to assist in determining an appropriate troubleshooting path.
Patent GB-2366527-A (GB)
Title: A bag or trough for mixing cement or other flowable materials by hand
Inventor: KARSLAKE PAUL
IPC: B01F11/00
Filed: 2000-09-07
Abstract: Flowable materials, such as cement and sand, are mixed by placing the materials to be mixed in an elongate flexible bag 10 having handles 12 at its opposite ends and alternately raising and lowering the handles relative to one another to cause the materials to tumble alternately in opposite directions within the bag. The bag has a longitudinal opening 14 sealed by a fastener. Alternatively a trough 20 may be used comprising a sheet 22 attached to carrying poles 24. In addition to building materials, baking ingredients such as flour, may be mixed.
Patent GB-2355494-A (GB)
Title: Mode transition control in a direct injection i.c.engine system
Inventor: SUN JING
IPC: F02B17/00
Filed: 2000-10-05
Abstract: A method for controlling mode transitions, such as from stratified to homogeneous mode, in a direct injection engine adjusts a number of cylinders carrying out combustion to prevent engine torque disturbances. Cylinder activation or deactivation is used when changes in cylinder air/fuel ratio cannot be compensated using ignition timing adjustments. In addition, the number of cylinders to activate or deactivate is also determined. In stratified mode, the controller 12 activates fuel injectors 66 during the compression stroke so that fuel is sprayed directly into the piston bowl; in homogenous mode, the injectors are activated during the intake stroke. Controller 12 receives signals from throttle position sensor 120, mass air flow sensor 100, manifold pressure sensor 122, exhaust gas oxygen sensor 76, coolant temperature sensor 112, Hall effect crankshaft position sensor 118 and, optionally, catalytic converter temperature sensor 124 and NOx trap temperature sensor 126. The controller controls electronic throttle motor 94, ignition system 88 and fuel injectors 66.
Patent GB-2355923-A (GB)
Title: Oscillating infant seat assembly
Inventor: LONGORIA JOSE P
IPC: A47D9/02
Filed: 2000-11-08
Abstract: An oscillating displacement mechanism <B>12</B> for an infant bouncer seat <B>10</B> of the type having a resilient frame with a base <B>14</B> and (<B>16</B>, Fig 2) located directly below the seat <B>10</B>, mounted on the base portion (<B>16</B>) and includes a variable speed motor drive (<B>50</B>, Fig 4) which operates through a speed reduction mechanism (<B>62</B>, Fig 5) and into a crank arm (<B>60</B>, Fig 5). The crank arm (<B>60</B>) is at one end of a lift arm (<B>38</B>, Fig 4) which is pivotal in response to activation of the motor (<B>50</B>) drive to impart vertical reciprocal motion to the base <B>14</B>, (<B>16</B>). The motor (<B>50</B>) speed is adjusted to tune the frequency of reciprocal motion of the base <B>14</B>, (<B>16</B>) to the natural frequency of the seat for a particular weight baby. Connection of the lift arm (<B>38</B>) to the base (<B>16</B>) can be manually adjusted via an upwardly projecting fin (<B>33</B>, Fig 2) to vary the amplitude of reciprocal motion of the lift arm (<B>38</B>) and the base.
Patent GB-2357768-A (GB)
Title: GABA B receptors
Inventor: RAMING KLAUS
IPC: C12N15/12
Filed: 2000-11-14
Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides which exert the biological activity of insect gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) B receptors, and to nucleic acids which encode these polypeptides. The peptides may be used for finding active compounds for crop protections, particularly compounds which alter the properties of the polypeptides.
Patent GB-2369858-A (GB)
Title: A door anti-drop assembly
Inventor: ATKINS SIDNEY HARRY
IPC: E05D13/00
Filed: 2000-12-05
Abstract: An anti-drop safety assembly 10 for use with a canopy or sectional garage doors, has a moveably pawl support member 14 and a moveable door panel support member 16 that are interconnected by a pawl 12 moveably mounted on the door panel support member 16. The pawl 12 includes a detent surface 18 and the anti-drop assembly further includes a latch member 22 including a recess wherein the recess lies adjacent the pawl 12 in part of the travel of the door panel support member 16. A biasser 32 acts on the pawl 12 in order to bias the pawl 12 towards an extended position relative to the latch member 22. The pawl support member 14 opposes the bias while it supports the pawl 12. When the pawl support member 14 ceases to support the pawl 12 (eg. when support cable 14 breaks), the biasser biases the pawl 12 to the extended position in which the detent surface 18 is engageable in the recess to limit downward movement of the pawl 12 and hence the door panel support member 16.
Patent GB-2370741-A (GB)
Title: Display of selected part of compressed image
Inventor: LAAKSONEN MIKA H
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 2000-12-29
Abstract: An image area 30 is divided into a plurality of image data blocks 31 each of which is compressed and stored in a data storage means. Before an image is displayed based on the stored data, at least one of the image data blocks 32 is selectively fetched from the data storage means. After fetching, said at least one image data block is decompressed and the image is displayed based on image data included in the fetched image data block(s). Modification to the boundaries of the image area may be made by means of the selective fetching without modifying the image data stored in the data storage means. The blocks for fetching may be selected after display of, for example, a thumbnail representation of the image. A separate data field may store information associated with the image, such as the blocks to be fetched for a given display screen size.
Patent GB-2373062-A (GB)
Title: Nematic Liquid Crystal Devices
Inventor: ACOSTA ELIZABETH JANE
IPC: G02F1/1337
Filed: 2001-03-06
Abstract: A liquid crystal device comprises a nematic liquid crystal, voltage means for applying a voltage across said liquid crystal, and two substrates (42, 30) each provided with an alignment layer (32, 33), wherein:<BR> ```said liquid crystal is sandwiched between said two substrates (42, 30);<BR> ```said nematic liquid crystal can be placed in at least one operating state and at least one non-operating state, and<BR> ```at least one of said alignment layers (32, 33) is provided with a plurality of surface protrusions (40) formed from an anisotropic material.
Patent GB-2373708-A (GB)
Title: An automated sandwich maker
Inventor: MANNING ANTON JOHN FRANCIS
IPC: A21C15/02
Filed: 2001-03-31
Abstract: A sandwich making apparatus comprises retaining means (11, Fig 3) for retaining part and fully assembled sandwiches, support means 4 for supporting the sandwich during assembly and cutting operations, transport means 3 for transporting the retaining means, cutting 6 and folding means 8 for diagonally cutting and then folding together the cut sandwich and discharge means 9 for discharging the sandwich from the apparatus and depositing into packaging. Preferably the retaining means are plates rigidly attached by hinge pins (12, Fig 3) in groups of four making a single sandwich pocket. Preferably the hinge pins rotate within a hinge block (13, Fig 3) and allow the sandwich pocket to rotate and discharge the completed sandwich. The sandwich pocket assemblies may be attached on both sides to transport means 3 and underneath by support means 4. Advantageously manual labour is reduced whilst the production of cut and packaged sandwiches are increased.
Patent GB-2369721-A (GB)
Title: Increasing the dynamic range of a mass spectrometer using variable ion optics
Inventor: GREEN MARTIN
IPC: H01J49/40
Filed: 2001-04-02
Abstract: Increasing the dynamic range of a mass spectrometer by overcoming dead-time exhibited by ion detectors. A MS comprises an ion source 1, ion-optical means 3, 4 and a mass analyser 9, which further comprises an entrance slit 10 and detector 13. Also provided is an automatic control means for selectively varying the ion-optical means between at least two sensitivity modes, thereby altering the focussing, de-focussing, collimation or deflection of a beam of ions 2 so as to alter the intensity of ions subsequently entering the mass analyser 9. Switching between lower and higher sensitivity modes may take place when detector 13 is approaching or experiencing saturation, or when a higher sensitivity is possible without saturation occurring. The ion-optics can comprise lenses for focussing/defocussing/deflecting the ion beam in the y and/or z-direction. The lenses may be Einzel lenses.
Patent GB-2362418-A (GB)
Title: Emergency escape system
Inventor: YOUNG MARTIN
IPC: A62B3/00
Filed: 2000-01-26
Abstract: Apparatus for escaping from a personnel containment structure such as a building or a vehicle which has a frangible panel mounted within a wall space of the containment structure. The apparatus comprising trigger means and at least one protractive device for breakin the frangible panel. The protractive device being located proximate to the at least one frangible panel and comprising an electrical input connected to the trigger means, propulsion means connected the electrical input and a solid member. The trigger means providing a signal to the propulsion means via the electrical input to propel the solid member form the protractive device into the frangible panel to break the frangible panel. The invention allows a person trapped in a building or vehicle to escape without having to break the frangible panel using a hammer.
Patent GB-2380826-A (GB)
Title: Debugging of processors
Inventor: EDWARDS DAVID ALAN
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2001-10-12
Abstract: Processor circuitry such as a "system-on-chip" (SOC) device comprises a processing unit (22) and a processor debug unit (24) which generates one or more debug information signals for the processing unit. A system debug unit (26) is connected with the processor debug unit by a signal path (34), and receives each debug information signal and outputs one or more further signals derived therefrom to further circuitry (7). Message transfer circuitry (25, 28, 29, 30) transfers one or more messages, each including at least one debug information signal, from the processor debug unit to the system debug unit via the signal path. At least one said message has a number of bits greater than a width of the signal path (34), and the message transfer circuitry transfers that message from the processor debug unit to said system debug unit in a series of message cycles. Such processor circuitry can enable a rich set of debug information signals to be transferred from the processor debug unit to the system debug unit without extensive interconnect between them. More than one processor debug unit may be supported by the same system debug unit.
Patent GB-2382960-A (GB)
Title: Providing CCTrCH data with a header containing configuration parameters for use in processing the CCTrCH data
Inventor: MOLONEY JOSEPH KEITH CHARLES
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing CCTrCH data using a CCTrCH processing stack comprising at least two stages. Each CCTrCH data block is provided with a header containing configuration data. At each processing stage of the stack the header is read along with the input data in order to gain the configuration data which that processing stage requires. The header is attached to the output data of each processing stage. Extra configuration data may be attached to the header at this point, for use in a subsequent stage. This method avoids disadvantages of using a central controller and allows processing to proceed from one processing step to another without requiring prior knowledge of the processing latencies of each processing step.
Patent GB-2372045-A (GB)
Title: Displaceable slideway for a carding machine
Inventor: LEDER ARMIN
IPC: D01G15/28
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: An arrangement at a carding machine for adjusting the position of card top bars 14 relative to the clothing 4a of the carding cylinder 4 has first 20 and second 23 curved slideways, the ends of the card top bars 14 being slidably moveable on the slideways 20,23 with the second slideway 23 which is of tapered configuration being displaceable in the circumferential direction relative to the cylinder 4. The card top clothings may form an adjustable angle   a    with the cylinder clothing 4a. At each card top end there may be two pin shaped slide elements 14b1,14b2. There may be a displacement device comprising an adjustment element and a drive device for the localized displacement of the second slideway 23.
Patent GB-2378357-A (GB)
Title: Message transmission system and method
Inventor: WOOD IAN
IPC: H04W88/18
Filed: 2002-02-18
Abstract: A method and system for routing a message to an application via a mobile telecommunications network in which mobile devices are assigned globally unique identifiers. At least one globally unique virtual mobile identifier is assigned to the application. A request for location information for the virtual mobile identifier is received from a component in the mobile telecommunications network. Routing information corresponding to a predefined static connection point to the application is supplied in response to the request to allow the message to be delivered to the application. Other inventions relating to the transmission of messages are also contained herein.
Patent GB-2379056-A (GB)
Title: Method of pattern discovery
Inventor: MEREDITH DAVID
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2002-05-23
Abstract: This invention provides methods for pattern discovery, pattern matching and data compression in multidimensional numerical datasets. The invention can usefully be applied in any domain in which information represented in the form of multidimensional datasets needs to be retrieved, compared, analysed or compressed. Such domains include 2D images, audio and video data, biomolecular data, seismic, meteorological and financial data. The method allows maximal matches for a query pattern to be found in a dataset by computing the inter-datapoint vectors between datapoints in the pattern and datapoints in the dataset. The method allows maximal recurring patterns in a dataset to be found by computing inter-datapoint vectors between datapoints in the dataset. An extension of the method allows all occurrences of all maximal recurring patterns in a dataset to be found. This extension to the method can be used to compute a compressed (i.e. space-efficient) representation of a dataset from which the dataset can be reconstructed by multiple translations of an optimal set of generating patterns.
Patent GB-2390999-A (GB)
Title: Composite material for acoustic or mechanical damping
Inventor: ATKINS ANDREW FARQUHAR
IPC: B32B7/022
Filed: 2002-07-19
Abstract: A composite material for acoustic or mechanical damping comprises a plurality of layers of fibrous material (12) embedded in a solid material (14) which has a relatively high proportion of a structural composite resin (A), and a relatively low proportion of a material of high hysteretic loss (B) at its outer surfaces (20, 22) and a damping region (24) between the outer surfaces wherein the the solid material has a relatively high proportion of (B) and a relatively low proportion of (A). The composition of the solid material gradually changes between the outer surfaces and the damping region. The fibrous material may comprise a woven or non-woven material such as glass fibre cloth or matting, carbon fibre matting or steel mesh or copper. Resin A may be epoxy or polyester and B may be polyurethane. Applications include automotive dashboards and other body parts, rudders, turbine blades, vehicle transmission shafts, magneto-resonance imaging housing, aircraft parts, housing for other equipment, damping oscillation in automatic systems, changing the load response and geometry response of structures, powder delivery systems and reduction of noise in transport.
Patent GB-2391371-A (GB)
Title: Print job assignment in a reconfigurable printing system
Inventor: CARROLL JEREMY JOHN
IPC: G06F3/12
Filed: 2002-07-31
Abstract: Facilitating the assignment of a print job in a printing system that has one or more printers 10-12 connected to a computer-based printing system 1 so that the printers economically match the requirements of a print job generated by the printing system. Each printer has a plurality of different printing configurations (e.g. duplex enabled or disabled; types of paper in the paper trays) and each computer 2-4 is capable of generating at least one print job. Each print job has corresponding printing requirements and each printing configuration is capable of satisfying one or more printing requirements. A print job, once created, is notionally assigned across one or more of the printers in such a way that the printers have printing configurations that are capable of satisfying the printing requirements. The cost for printing the print jobs is then calculated for each notional assignment, some of which may require automatically or manually reconfiguring one or more printers. A preferred assignment of the, or each, print job is selected according to the calculated costs.
Patent GB-2382320-A (GB)
Title: Welding aid for attachment to a welding head
Inventor: BASHFORD JOHN
IPC: B23K9/28
Filed: 2002-09-23
Abstract: A tool for holding, improving and extending the reach of a welding head 10, the welding head being operated by depression of a button 18, comprises at least one lever 34 operated by a trigger 30, to press the button 18.In one embodiment (as shown), the welding head 10 can be held against a base 24 by elastic side walls 22 having a welding head retaining flange 28. In another embodiment (figures 5A to 7) the welding head 10 can be urged onto the base 24D and against a single side wall 22D by a welding head binder 40, the welding head being supportable by one or more mounting bars 42 positionable in slots 44 in the single side wall 22D.
Patent GB-2376869-A (GB)
Title: Trouser waist adjuster
Inventor: HUNT PAUL
IPC: A41F9/02
Filed: 2001-04-02
Abstract: A waist band adjuster, particularly intended for trousers, is associated with one or both of the side pockets. The or each pocket is formed with a pocket portion (13) which is connected to the body of the trousers at its lower end and is movable about its connection to effect adjustment of the waist size. At the upper end of the portion (13) is carried a clamping member (16) which is located for engagement with a strip (19) attached to the waist band. The securing member (16) can move along the strip (19) for adjustment purposes. The strip is fixed in position in relation to the securing member by a pivotable arm (26) which secures the strip in position. The arrangement makes for a neat adjustment feature which avoids distortion of the garment.
Patent GB-2380397-A (GB)
Title: Cups with closure flaps
Inventor: SLEDDON STEVE
IPC: B65D3/06
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: A cup 1 has first and second closure flaps 6, 8 formed integrally with its side wall 2 and foldable about respective non-rectilinear fold lines 10 to a closed position where one flap 8 overlies the other flap 6. One flap may have a tongue (216, Figure 17) engageable in an opening (214) in the other flap to hold the flaps closed. Slits or weakening in one or both flaps may allow formation of an aperture or aligned apertures 30, 32 for a drinking straw. The cup may be made from a blank of paper or other lightweight sheet material. In another form, Figure 10, a cup comprises triangular closure panels 106 hinged along rectilinear fold lines 108 and interspaced with joining panels 110.
Patent GB-2378110-A (GB)
Title: Image filling method, apparatus and computer readable medium for reducing       filling process in producing animation
Inventor: KOTANI NAOYA
IPC: G06T5/10
Filed: 2000-05-24
Abstract: An image filling method for reducing filling process in producing animation. The image filling method includes the steps of generating color specifying information including predetermined colors and corresponding names according to an instruction by a user; storing generated color specifying information in a storage device displaying said line drawing to be filled on a display; reading said color specifying information from said storage device; displaying (Fig 57A) said color specifying information at coordinates specified by a pointing device on display by the user; filling (Fig 57C) a closed region which includes said coordinates with a color specified (Fig 57B) by the pointing device from said color specifying information; and storing said line drawing which is filled in the storage device.