baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2478429-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for depositing viscous foodstuffs comprising moveable depositor head
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID
IPC: A23G1/20
Filed: 2011-03-04
Abstract: A front-loadable viscous foodstuffs depositor comprises a tray receiving station 2 adapted to support a stationary tray incorporating one or more foodstuffs moulds, and an actuator housing 3 extending substantially vertically from the rear of the tray receiving station. The housing includes moveable carriage means 4 for moveably supporting one or more depositor heads 5. The depositor heads are suitable for selectively dispensing viscous foodstuffs at spaced intervals on a tray placed on the tray receiving station. The filled tray may be removed from the front of the apparatus. The carriage may move the depositor head and a corresponding hopper 6 horizontally across the apparatus. The height of the tray receiving station may be adjustable.
Patent GB-2478661-A (GB)
Title: A Controller Device and Method for Testing for an Automotive Test System
Inventor: LONG DAVID
IPC: B60R16/023
Filed: 2008-11-21
Abstract: A controller device/method for testing for an automotive test system, comprises means for continually monitoring a control bus such as a CAN bus for new control messages; means for reading and filtering the new messages based on a predefined specification; means for storing said filtered messages; means for processing the stored messages. Preferably, the CAN bus is continually monitored for CAN messages which are buffered internally. The monitoring rate can be set as a fraction of the master sampling rate. When a CAN message is received by the interface hardware, an interrupt is generated 300 and the message read and filtered 310. If the message is included in a predefined specification then it is stored in local buffers, one for each CAN message ID, otherwise it is discarded. Preferably the CAN signals are split out and converted 330 into normalised signals by masking, bit shifting and scaling based on this data obtained from the user's CAN database to produce normalised signals. Preferably a trigger signal or event is incorporated.
Patent GB-2492549-A (GB)
Title: Deterrent Device
Inventor: TURNER GRAHAME DOUGLAS ALERIC
IPC: A01M29/26
Filed: 2011-07-04
Abstract: A deterrent device 10 comprising an elongate body 11 formed from an insulating material. At least one, preferably two, elongate metallic conductors 21 are provided on an upward surface and a conductive polymer strip 22 extends over and in contact with the or each conductor such that the upward facing surface of the or each metallic conductor is not exposed. The upward facing surface of the elongate body preferably has two elongate sloping surfaces 13, 14 which meet at a central apex 15. The conductors are preferably provided in recesses on the upper surfaces. Alternatively the conductors may be omitted from the structure altogether. The elongate body incorporates a lengthwise hollow opening 18. Preferably the elongate body is made from PVC and the conductor strip from copper. The deterrent is made by co-extruding the elongate body and the conductive polymer strip.
Patent GB-2492583-A (GB)
Title: Twist drill for composite materials
Inventor: GOH WAN TSIN
IPC: B23B51/02
Filed: 2011-07-06
Abstract: The present invention provides a twist drill for drilling composite materials, the twist drill comprising: a shank; a drill body (2); a drill tip comprising a cutting edge (10), a chisel edge, a secondary chisel edge, wherein the secondary chisel angle is 145Â° to 165Â°, the drill tip also having a point angle of 70Â° to 100Â°; and a flute (8) extending from the drill tip (6) to the drill body (4), the flute having a constant helix, the helix angle of the flute being selected from the range 45Â° to 55Â°. The present invention also provides a method of drilling a composite material comprising fibres using the drill of the present invention. Suitably the composite material is carbon fibre reinforced plastic or glass fibre reinforced plastic, optionally being a laminate material such that the method comprises stack drilling. Embodiments achieve a combination of good hole quality, good tool life and good hole size spread.
Patent GB-2483789-A (GB)
Title: Enabling bandpass filtering in devices that must support more than one a A-to-D conversion rate
Inventor: MICHAELIS PAUL ROLLER
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2011-09-15
Abstract: One exemplary problem addressed by the techniques disclosed herein is that the A-to-D converter of the broad-band audio codec that is being used more frequently in IP telephony, G.722, samples the analog audio source 16,000 times per second, rather than 8,000. Since all G.722-capable telephones must continue to be G.711-capable, one problem is that a microphone that provides appropriate bandpass filtering for G.722 encoding fails to provide adequate filtering for G.711. One exemplary aspect is therefore directed to telephones that must be able to switch back and forth between narrow-band digital audio encoding in which the A-to-D converter samples the audio stream 8,000 times per second, and a wide-band audio encoding in which the A-to-D converter samples the audio stream 16,000 times per second. This is accomplished using one or more of a plurality of switched microphones, a filter and a modification of the resonant frequencies of a handset. If wideband or narrowband encoding is required, information about that is detected and a specific microphone is selected from a plurality of microphones based on the detection.
Patent GB-2485903-A (GB)
Title: Methods And Apparatus For Identifying A Region Of Interest In A Medical Image
Inventor: KELLY MATTHEW DAVID
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2011-11-24
Abstract: Method and apparatus for identifying a region of interest (ROI) in a medical image, preferably a PET image, of a Subject. The method includes steps of determining at least one local maximum region A, B, C of the image for which a value of a given variable is a local maximum value; A user-selection 110 of an initial voxel in the image is registered; and a region of interest is selected as a connected set of voxels for which values of the given variable are greater than a threshold, where the selected set of voxels comprises a first local maximum region at a distance from the user-selected voxel, and the threshold is a given fraction of the local maximum value of the first local maximum region in the set. A default threshold is usually 40% of the local maximum shown as dotted lines 106, 104, 108 for respective local maximum A, B, C. The delineation of a single maximum is show at line 108 which is a delineation of hotspot C thus excluding hotspots A and B. If a fraction of the local maximum is iterated and altered to eg. 80% line 102 not 40%, the local maximum A nearest the user-selection can be delineated. Alternatively an algorithm may be used to increment the threshold in 10% steps until an ROI associated with the closest local maximum is obtained. Alternatively, the user-selection comprises selecting a connected set of voxels in a line across the image (fig. 3c).
Patent GB-2487654-A (GB)
Title: Reduction in generator-sourced fault current contribution
Inventor: EITZMANN MURRAY ALAN
IPC: H02H7/06
Filed: 2012-01-24
Abstract: A system 100 for reducing generator-sourced fault current contribution from a power plant to a point of interconnection with an electrical power distribution network includes a generator 105 having a field winding 110 that that is configured to generate a magnetic field in response to receiving a field excitation current, and a generator terminal 115, configured to generate an output voltage that is a function of the field excitation current applied to the field winding. A generator step-up transformer 120 is coupled to the generator terminal and adjusts the output voltage for interconnection with a power distribution network. An excitation system 135 supplies the field excitation current the field winding of the generator. An excitation system compensator 145 regulates the field excitation current to effect a change in the output voltage as a function of the reactive power generated from the generator to reduce generator-sourced fault current contribution to the electrical power distribution network.
Patent GB-2498593-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid powertrain response to EGR cooler clogging
Inventor: BRUNETTI GIANMARCO
IPC: B60W20/00
Filed: 2012-01-23
Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for operating a hybrid powertrain 100 comprising a motor-generator electric unit 500 and an internal combustion engine 110 equipped with an EGR cooler (310 see fig 2), wherein the operating method comprises the steps of determining an overall power value to be delivered by the hybrid power-train 100, splitting the overall power value into a first contributing power value to be delivered by the internal combustion engine 110 and a second contributing power value to be delivered by the motor-generator electric unit 500; monitoring an index indicative of a clogging level of the EGR cooler (310); and increasing the first contributing power value, if the monitored EGR cooler clogging level index fulfils a predetermined condition. The invention integrates EGR cooler protection strategy with hybrid control to enable reduced NOx emissions even during urban driving.
Patent GB-2502344-A (GB)
Title: Signal to noise and interference ratio estimation of data received at an iterative receiver
Inventor: KAYO OLGA
IPC: H03M13/29
Filed: 2012-05-25
Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are provided for signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR) and channel quality estimation. A signal to noise and interference ratio for a first round of processing of data received at an iterative receiver is determined (502). An estimation for a signal to noise and interference ratio for a second round of processing of the data received at the iterative receiver is made based on a change (Î ) (504). A channel quality measure can be estimated for the second round of processing based on the estimated signal to noise and interference ratio for the second round of processing based on the change (Î ). The change (Î ) may be based on a difference between the signal to noise and interference ratio to channel quality indication mapping for the iterative receiver and the signal to noise and interference ratio to channel quality indication mapping for a non-iterative receiver.
Patent GB-2503695-A (GB)
Title: Rotary vane heat engine
Inventor: PEARCE JACK
IPC: F01C1/352
Filed: 2012-07-04
Abstract: A heat engine 10 comprises a fluid tight containment vessel in which is located a plurality of vanes 160 which partition the containment vessel into separate working regions and a divider 60 separates each working region into first and second parts. A plurality of passages 170, each associated with a vane, connect the first part of each working region with the second part of an adjacent working region. During operation the first parts of the working regions are heated and the second parts are cooled, the expansion and contraction of the working fluid as it is transferred between the hot first parts and the cool second parts produces mechanical power. Preferably the rotor 130 within which vanes are located includes rotatable sealing rods 180 within which the vanes can slide.
Patent GB-2489374-A (GB)
Title: Connector for mounting screen to bass pipe without welding or swaging
Inventor: GAUDETTE SEAN L
IPC: E21B43/08
Filed: 2011-01-17
Abstract: A subterranean screen system features openings in a base pipe and sleeve sections of a porous material that preferably swells in the borehole to span an annular space around the base pipe. Retainers are mounted to the base pipe in a desired location and mechanically fixated using an internal grip system actuated through the wall of the retainer. A wedging action of slip segments is initiated by an angularly advancing assembly through the wall of the retainer. The retainer can have end rings extending past one or both ends over which the screen sleeve extends. Flat or ridges on the exterior of the retainer or end rings make assembly easier with hand tools to allow for rapid field assembly, if needed. Filtration occurs through the sleeves that abut the borehole wall and into the base pipe openings and to the surface.
Patent GB-2506659-A (GB)
Title: Managing handover parameters
Inventor: NIEMI MARKO TAPANI
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2012-10-05
Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive one or more handover parameters during a handover preparation phase from a network device. This may be in response to the network device receiving a request to handover a communication device from a source cell in a circuit switching domain to a target cell in a packet switching domain. If a handover process is determined to have failed, the current handover parameters may be removed or invalidated. The failure indication may occur after the first failed handover attempt or, after a predetermined time has elapsed without receiving a handover successful message. The handover may be part of a Reverse Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (RSRVCC) process.
Patent GB-2506897-A (GB)
Title: Obtaining stored music track information for a music track playing on a radio broadcast signal
Inventor: JURASCHECK NICHOLAS HEINRICH
IPC: H04H60/37
Filed: 2012-10-11
Abstract: The method and system comprises storing music track information received from a music information service 108 in a data storage module 110. When an intermediary server 106 receives a request from an end-user device 104 for music track information for a particular music track playing on a particular radio broadcast signal 103, the intermediary server first checks the data storage module to determine if it already has music track information for the particular music track. If it does, the intermediary server provides the music track information from the data storage module to the end-user device. In response to the user request, a sample of the broadcast signal may be obtained. In some cases the intermediary server may be configured to automatically and pre-emptively request information from the music information service each time a new music track is played on a radio broadcast signal. In other cases the intermediary server may be configured to request information from the music information service the first time it receives a request for that particular music track. New music tracks being played may be identified by metadata embedded in the broadcast signal.
Patent GB-2506945-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for purging particulates from a central heating system
Inventor: HARNETT TYRONNE GORDON
IPC: F24D19/00
Filed: 2012-10-24
Abstract: The apparatus is adapted to remove particulate matter from a central heating system during power flushing of the system. The apparatus comprises at least one magnet, preferably in the form of a magnetic collar I mounted around a transparent bypass flushing pipe K and fixed thereto by screws P. Inside the bypass pipe there may be two tapering bevelled scrapers B that each include a plurality of apertures A. The apertures on the upstream scraper direct incoming water E towards an inner circumferential wall C of the collar so that iron oxide particles entrained in the water are attracted to and held against the wall by the magnetic collar. The scrapers may be held apart from one another by a support bar Q in the form of a non-magnetic wire mesh to capture non-ferrous matter. Preferably, the central heating system includes a tank in a roof space, a safety vent pipe terminating over the tank and a combined feed and expansion pipe leading to a lower region of the tank. Ideally the apparatus is located in use so as to communicate the safety vent pipe with the combined feed and expansion pipe during flushing (see figure 5).
Patent GB-2501783-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the temperature of a component based on an attribute of a conductive member
Inventor: JAMES GARETH CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H02P23/14
Filed: 2012-10-31
Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a component is disclosed. The component is part of a drive 2 configured to drive an electrical machine, e.g. motor 14 via an electrically conductive member (cable) 12. A value of an attribute of the electrically conductive member is determined and a model is configured to calculate the temperature of the component. The model is configured based on the determined value of the attribute of the electrically conductive member and used to calculate the temperature of the component. If the calculated temperature of the component does not meet a predetermined temperature condition, a command is issued to control the operation of the drive such that the temperature of the component is changed to meet the predetermined temperature condition. The attribute of the cable may be its length or its capacitance. The model may use one or more input parameters, e.g. DC link voltage, current switching frequency, power factor or temperature.
Patent GB-2507352-A (GB)
Title: Hazard warning beacon
Inventor: WILLIAMS GRAHAM
IPC: B60Q1/26
Filed: 2012-11-05
Abstract: A hazard warning light 3 is attached to a mast 2 which is anchored by a magnetic base unit 1. This assembly is placed on the roof of an immobilised vehicle and connected to a power source.
Patent GB-2508340-A (GB)
Title: An endothermic drinks pack
Inventor: PRESTON-POWERS JULLIAN JOSHUA
IPC: B65D81/18
Filed: 2012-11-23
Abstract: A drinks pack comprising one or more containers which contain materials (these may be chemical reactants such as ammonium nitrate and water) that cause an endothermic reaction when mixed together. These containers are lodged within a pack of drink bottles or cans. When the endothermic reaction occurs it cools the drink bottles/cans within the pack, ensuring the bottles or cans contents are cooled. The containers may have a trigger which, when pressed or activated, causes the reactive ingredients to mix and produce the endothermic reaction. The trigger may act to break a partition between two reactants in each container so that they mix and react, and so cool the surrounding bottles or cans and the contents within. These containers may be used in packs of beverages such as beer or soft drinks.
Patent GB-2509151-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexing raw non-demodulated data together with demodulated data on data link between PHY and MAC layer parts
Inventor: HOUEROU BRICE LE
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: A typical signal processor 140 nominally associated with PHY layer processing 110 demodulates the raw output of an analogue to digital converter (ADC) 130 and transmits the demodulated data to a MAC layer 150 over a link 221.In the invention the PHY layer also buffers 213 the unprocessed ADC output 125 and multiplexes 220 it into spare packet payload along with the demodulated data 115.The raw unprocessed data may be used by software processor 260 to measure error vectors (EVM), estimate channel characteristics and calibrate the PHY layer.The spare packet payload capacity may be due to adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) on the packet link (see Fig. 4).In the transmit path (Fig. 3) the MAC layer may multiplex raw data that is fed to the digital to analogue converter (DAC) directly without being modulated by the PHY signal processor.
Patent GB-2509705-A (GB)
Title: Producing an Enhancement Layer Using Intermediate Data Representing a Base Layer in Scalable Video Coding
Inventor: ONNO PATRICE
IPC: H04N19/30
Filed: 2013-01-04
Abstract: Â Encoding (and subsequent decoding) of an image, e.g. in a video sequence, comprises first obtaining intermediate data representative of a base layer of the image encoded in a first compression format, the intermediate data being encoded according to a predefined data format allowing inter layer prediction of an enhancement layer of the image to be encoded in any of a plurality of second compression formats. A final bitstream is then generated by encoding the enhancement layer according to one of the second compression formats. An enhancement layer can thus be produced based on intermediate data which represents the base layer but which may involve some modifications compared to the base layer. The intermediate data may be obtained from the base layer data either through a refinement process, a filtering process or a summarization (e.g. reduction of a motion vector number per block of pixels) process. The final bitstream may include data of the base layer or the intermediate layer.
Patent GB-2495461-A (GB)
Title: Pressure mitigating dielectric debris seal for pothead interface
Inventor: SHAVER CLARK D
IPC: E21B33/038
Filed: 2011-06-01
Abstract: A connector for connecting electrical power to a well pump motor has cable and motor connector portions that mate with each other in a connected position. The connector portions have insulating members, each of which has a number of passages and an end face. Electrical contact members are mounted in each of the passages. Contact members in the cable connector portion protrude past the end face of the insulating member. A debris seal insulates the electrical contact members in the cable connector and includes expansion slots so that when the material of the debris seal thermally expands, the expansion slots contract in response to the expansion without the debris seal impinging against either connector.
Patent GB-2502662-A (GB)
Title: Handling of Deallocation Requests in System Having Upper and Lower Level Caches
Inventor: GHAI SANJEEV
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2013-02-25
Abstract: A deallocate request specifying a target address associated with a target cache line is sent from processor core to lower level cache; if the request hits the replacement order of the lower level cache is updated such that the target is more likely to be evicted (e.g. making the target line least recently used [LRU]) in response to a subsequent cache miss. The replacement order may not be updated with further accesses to target cache line prior to eviction. The lower cache may include load and store pipelines, with deallocation requests sent to the load pipeline. The deallocate instruction may be executed at completion dataset processing, and may be sent to lower level cache regardless of hitting in the upper cache. Lower cache may include state machines servicing data requests, with retaining and updating performed without allocation of state machine/s to the request. A compiler may insert the deallocation instruction into program code executed by the processor core, in response to the detection of an end of dataset processing. An interconnect fabric may couple the processing units.
Patent GB-2506519-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing wireless network configuration information
Inventor: CLEGG MICHAEL
IPC: H04W4/80
Filed: 2013-08-23
Abstract: A portable computing device 130 for configuring wireless network settings based on received network configuration information includes an input device configured to receive wireless network information from a network device120 independent of whetherâ¢ the portable computing device is connected to a wireless network 140 that is implemented by the network device and a network configuration application for configuring one or more wireless network settings to initiate wireless network communication through the network device based on the received network information. The network configuration application is configured to facilitate communication of the received wireless network information to a client device. The network information may include a security key and may be entered into a client device either manually after being displayed on the portable computing device or by being transmitted to client device. The computing device may receive the settings from the configuration data by using near field communication or by reading a QR code with a reading device.