baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2480649-A (GB)
Title: Non-native language spelling correction
Inventor: SUN LIN
IPC: G10L13/04
Filed: 2010-05-26
Abstract: The invention relate to generating an audio database of pronounced words of a user in a language. The present invention relates to a system and method for finding one or more correction candidates given a misspelled word in a language, the system comprising a first input, wherein the first input is an audio signal from a first database of audio recordings of words spoken in the language; and a second input, wherein the second input is an audio signal from a second database of audio recordings of phones and diphones spoken in the language; a third input which is a misspelled word in text; a processor, wherein the processor generates an audio signal for the misspelled word using the audio recordings of phones and diphones stored in the first database and the processor compares the audio signal of the misspelled word to the audio recordings of words in the second database and outputs at least one possible correction for the misspelled word. Preferably, the audiosignal from the first database of audio recordings of words spoken in the language and the audio signal from a second database of audio recordings of phones and diphones spoken in the language have been generated for users whose natural language is not the language for which the misspelled word has occurred.
Patent GB-2467288-A (GB)
Title: Isolation mask for fine line display
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN KIRK WEGNER
IPC: G09F13/22
Filed: 2008-11-24
Abstract: An electroluminescent panel (50) having a front electrode (52) overlying a translucent sheet (54), a phosphor layer (55) overlying the front electrode, a dielectric layer (56) overlying the phosphor layer, and a rear electrode (57) overlying the dielectric layer, further includes a mask layer (51) between the front electrode and the phosphor layer, wherein the mask layer is patterned to define graphics optically and electrically. A layer other than the mask layer can also be patterned.
Patent GB-2479014-A (GB)
Title: A deformable mineral water bottle having an atomising nozzle
Inventor: CHANG CHANG HO
IPC: B05B1/34
Filed: 2010-07-16
Abstract: The invention entails a deformable / squeezable mineral water bottle which has a bottle top 1 having a spray unit. The spray unit has an atomising nozzle with an insert 22 to swirl the water. The swirl insert 22 comprises at least two external peripheral channels 221 running longitudinally on its cylindrical exterior (see figure 9). The two peripheral channels lead to a vortex chamber 222 at an end of the swirl inducing insert. The spray unit of the bottle top / cap further has a corner joint 2 comprised of a fixed axial standpipe 21 and hollow, possibly horizontal, tube 20 having a cylindrical cavity. The swirl insert resides in the cylindrical cavity. A cross-shaped insert prop is preferably provided upstream to hold the insert in place. The bottle can be squeezed to dispense a mist of water which can cool a user or be drunk by the user, and can be sprayed upright or inverted.
Patent GB-2476521-A (GB)
Title: Wind powered device having blades with wheels abutting a wheel track
Inventor: LIAO FU-CHANG
IPC: F03D3/06
Filed: 2010-03-18
Abstract: A wind powered device, comprising at least one endless driving device having a longitudinal direction; at least one blade 201 connected to the at least one endless driving device and each one of the blades having multiple rotating wheels 216; and at least one wheel track 1711 mounted parallel to the longitudinal direction of the at least one endless driving device and abutting with the wheels on the blades; whereby the at least one endless driving device is driven by the at least one blade with wind power to transfer the wind power into mechanical power and is connected with a generating device.
Patent GB-2483117-A (GB)
Title: An athletic performance measurement device for measuring a load and the number of repetitions
Inventor: ANZIL RICCARDO
IPC: A63B21/062
Filed: 2010-09-21
Abstract: A device for monitoring use of an exercise machine or machines comprising means to couple it to a part of an exercise device which moves in use, means to detect or acquire information in respect of the weight being moved, means to record movement of the weight and means to communicate the information to a computer. The device may be a pin 1 which can be inserted into a stack of weights 2-8 and the weights may have RFID chips 152-158 which can be read by the pin. The device may utilise wireless technology to communicate data and include accelerometers of gyroscopes for movement measurement. There may also be connections to external sensors for monitoring the users    condition such as their heart rate. The device may be used with a vertical weight stack or a set of dumbbells.
Patent GB-2485590-A (GB)
Title: Method for detecting at least one direct factor Xa inhibitors
Inventor: HARENBERG JOB
IPC: C12Q1/56
Filed: 2010-11-22
Abstract: A  method for detecting at least one direct factor Xa inhibitor in a sample, which does not contain citrated blood plasma, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample containing a factor Xa inhibitor; (b) providing a composition containing factor Xa; (c) providing a composition containing a chromogenic substrate conjugated to a detectable substance; (d) mixing the sample of step (a) with the composition of step (b) and the composition of step (c) under conditions which allow the binding of the at least one direct factor Xa inhibitor to factor Xa and which allow the factor Xa to release the detectable substance from the chromogenic substance; (e) measuring the amount of detectable substance; Preferably, the factor Xa inhibitor is rivaroxaban, the chromogenic substrate is S-2222, and the sample is urine or serum. The method may be provided as part of a point of care test.
Patent GB-2488748-A (GB)
Title: Safety link for use when tethering a horse
Inventor: SMITH MARTIN PHILIP BRUCE
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 2011-01-28
Abstract: A device 2 which can be formed into safety link comprising a flexible, longitudinally elongate member having engagable first and second portions 4 (6, fig 3). The first end portion includes a recess 8 which is open-ended in the longitudinal direction and defined, at least in part, by a pair of opposed interior side walls 10,12. The second end portion has sidewalls 18, 20 that are complementary to the sidewalls of the recess so that the second end portion is a push-fit in the recess. At least one pair of the complementary sidewalls is non-planar so as to retain the first end portion in the recess against a longitudinally applied force until it is sufficient to move the sidewalls of the recess apart to release the second end portion from the recess. The device is used to tether a horse and is designed to release of the application of excessive force, should for example the horse become spooked, to prevent injury to the animal.
Patent GB-2476210-A (GB)
Title: Supporting frame for constructing a building including a thermal panel and a photovoltaic panel
Inventor: BANKART RICHARD DAVID
IPC: F24S10/70
Filed: 2009-09-18
Abstract: Accordingly, this invention provides amethod for constructing a building, the method comprising: (i) providing a supporting framework; (ii)providing at least one power generation member (10), the power generation member (10) comprising, in a discrete unit, a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises support material (30, 32, 34) and the second layer comprises at least one energy converter for converting solar energy into heat and/or electricity (12, 14); and (iii) attaching the power generation member (10) to the framework such that the power generation member (10) is substantially self supporting and provides an outer surface of the building.
Patent GB-2493915-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine with turbocharger, supercharger and supercharger bypass
Inventor: TOLLEY ALAN
IPC: F02B37/16
Filed: 2011-08-19
Abstract: Disclosed is an engine system including a compression ignition internal combustion engine, a turbocharger 34 having a turbocharger turbine 60 coupled to a turbocharger compressor 62 and an electric supercharger 32 having an electric motor 64 coupled to a supercharger compressor 66. The supercharger and the turbo charger are arranged in series such that air from the supercharger compressor flows to the turbocharger compressor before passing to the engine intake manifold. A bypass conduit 76 is provided to so that intake air may bypass the supercharger. This allows air to be compressed by both the turbocharger and the supercharger compressors when a high engine output is required and by the turbocharger compressor alone when a high output is not required.
Patent GB-2499624-A (GB)
Title: Pouch support
Inventor: WHITE MARK
IPC: A61J7/00
Filed: 2012-02-22
Abstract: A support for a pouch, preferably for food, comprises a portion 24 configured to support a body of the pouch such that contents may be dispensed from the pouch. An engagement formation 26 for the pouch, preferably a neck of the pouch, or an attachment such as a spoon attached to a pouch may comprise a snap fit arrangement . The support portion is substantially rigid. The support may comprise a moulded case comprising a pair of hinged portions12, 14 defining a chamber 28 in which pouches and attachments can be stored. Snap fit clips (40, figure 3) may be provided to retain the attachments. A catch 30 may hold portions 12, 14 in a closed position. The spoon may comprise a threaded bore by which it can be attached to the spout of a pouch, and the bore may allow passage of food from the pouch to the spoon when the pouch is squeezed against the support. The support can be used when feeding a baby with pouched food or for icing cakes or sealing or grouting tiles and suitable attachments can be provided for such applications.
Patent GB-2500686-A (GB)
Title: A dispensing closure
Inventor: O'CONNOR THOMAS
IPC: B05B1/34
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: A dispensing closure for a flowable product, the closure comprising means for causing a varying product discharge direction. For example, a food product such a s mustard or ketchup, may be dispended in a squiggle pattern. The closure includes a spout which has one or more integral flow-directing means such as ramps or slots which may be in a spiral formation.
Patent GB-2497380-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for labelling touch regions of a display device
Inventor: OH SEUNG-SEOK
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2012-08-17
Abstract: A method for labelling touch regions of a display device is disclosed, the display device comprising a plurality of touch-sensitive nodes, cells or pixels, and is capable of sensing a plurality of simultaneous touches or multi-touches. The method comprises receiving binary raw data of each node indicating whether the associated node has been touched or not; assigning label data to each nodes based on the associated binary raw data and label data of adjacent nodes whereby the nodes are grouped such that nodes of the same touch region have the same label data as each other, and different label data from nodes in different, distinct or separate touch regions. The label data may be integers, with 0 denoting an untouched node. A touched node may be assigned the same label data as an adjacent touched node, or the lowest value if adjacent to two nodes having been assigned different values. The adjacent node with the higher value may then also be assigned the lower value. The method allows distinguishing between different touch regions in a single scan.
Patent GB-2505433-A (GB)
Title: Grater with assemblies of pointed teeth
Inventor: WAIBEL PATRICK
IPC: A47J43/25
Filed: 2012-08-29
Abstract: A grating apparatus 2 comprising of a grating member with a grating surface configured to interact with a food item, which consists of a assemblies of teeth 8 pointing away from the grating surface. Some of these pointed teeth have an angle of inclination of 44-67o with respect to the grating surface. These teeth can have a range of heights, widths and lengths and there can be a variable density of them on the grating surface. The grating surface can be formed with holes through which the foodstuff can pass, which can be of various shapes such as circles and rectangles. The device can also be provided with a container (6 figure 4) to store the grated foodstuff and this can be shaped to fit in the hand. The grater can be made from either injection mouldable plastics or metals and the teeth can be formed to be non-homogeneous in size. The teeth can also be non-homogeneous in size and have a height, width and length substantially of 0.83-168 mm, 1.35-1.74 mm and 1.57-2.1 mm respectively.
Patent GB-2507265-A (GB)
Title: A height adjustable flood wall with cover mat
Inventor: MULVIHILL MICHAEL
IPC: E02B3/10
Filed: 2012-10-23
Abstract: A liquid retention device comprises a braced frame mountable on foundations in a plurality of locations. The device comprises a base section and at least one upstanding support, and said brace further comprises height-adjusting means for adjusting the height of said frame. The device further comprises a face supported by said frame, the face being inclined at an angle to the at least one upstanding support, and the face is covered by a least one detachable mat.
Patent GB-2498053-A (GB)
Title: A process for combining Ce(IV) salts with carbon nanotubes and graphene
Inventor: AFZALI-ARAKANI ALI
IPC: C01B31/02
Filed: 2012-11-26
Abstract: A process for doping carbon materials is disclosed which comprises combining a Ce (IV) salt dissolved in a solvent comprising water with a carbon material comprising CNT or graphene wherein the Ce (IV) salt is selected from a Ce (IV) ammonium salt of a nitrogen oxide acid, Ce (IV) ammonium salt of a sulfur oxide acid, Ce (IV) salt of a lower alkyl organo-sulfur acid, or Ce (IV) salt of a substituted lower alkane organo-sulfur acid. In one embodiment the Ce (IV) salt is selected from Ce (IV) ammonium nitrate, Ce (IV) ammonium sulfate, Ce (IV) lower alkylsulfonate, or Ce (IV) trihalo lower alkanesulfonate.
Patent GB-2498057-A (GB)
Title: Solid ink stick configuration
Inventor: JONES BRENT RODNEY
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2012-12-04
Abstract: A solid ink stick configuration efficiently provides functional features for use of the ink stick 10 in a phase change ink printer without adversely impacting the volumetric content of the ink stick 10 and its appearance. The ink stick 10 is provided with a first pair of protuberances 46 and a second pair of protuberances 58 on side surface 34 thereof. The first pair of protuberances 46 contains a first protuberance 50 and a second protuberance 54 positioned at different distances from the end surface 26. The second pair of protuberances 58 contains a first protuberance 62 and a second protuberance 66 positioned at different distances from the end surface 26. Both protuberances 62, 66 of the second pair of protuberances 58 are positioned at a greater distance from the end surface 26 than the protuberances 50, 54 of the first pair of protuberances 46. The ink stick 10 may also have a fifth protuberance 70 on its side surface 34.
Patent GB-2500314-A (GB)
Title: Coating for airbag
Inventor: HURST MICHAEL D
IPC: B60R21/235
Filed: 2013-02-27
Abstract: An airbag comprises a textile substrate and a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the textile substrate. The coating comprises a polyurethane polymer and a phosphorous compound and a phosphorous compound. The phosphorous compound can be selected from the group consisting of esters of phosphoric acid, esters of phosphonic acid, esters of phosphinic acid, and mixtures thereof. An airbag module comprises the above described airbag, a gas generator, and a cover at least partially enclosing the airbag and gas generator. A method of producing an airbag is described.
Patent GB-2504375-A (GB)
Title: Routing packets in an ad hoc wireless communications system
Inventor: HOFFMANN CEILIDH
IPC: H04W40/00
Filed: 2013-05-13
Abstract: In a wireless communications system a wireless communications unit comprises a wireless communications device 306, a back-end router 312, a cryptographic module 310 connected to the back-end router, and a front-end router 308 connected to the cryptographic module and the communications device. The wireless communications device is configured to exchange information over a single wireless communications channel. The front-end router is configured to perform at least one of sending a first data packet received at the front-end router from the communications device to the back-end router through the cryptographic module and sending a second data packet received at the front-end router from the back-end router through the cryptographic module to the communications device. A host 324 connected to the front end router can transmit and receive unencrypted data packets while a host connected to the back end router can transmit and receive encrypted data, both using the same wireless communications device 306.
Patent GB-2502203-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for reducing noise in a pulse tube cryo-cooler using a dispersion chamber
Inventor: GARSIDE JOHN
IPC: F25B9/14
Filed: 2013-05-17
Abstract: An assembly for operating a cryo-cooler pedestal providing a cryo-cooler pedestal with high pressure and low pressure gas supply lines 7, 8, a return conduit 19 connecting the cryo-cooler pedestal and the low pressure supply line 8 where there is a dispersion chamber 20 adjacent the return conduit 19 having a plurality of orifices 21 passing between the two. In use vibration waves 22 are able to pass through the apertures 21 into the dispersion chamber 20 to allow the acoustic noise to be reduced. The return conduit may be located external to the valve head or within the valve head. The dispersion chamber may surround the return line outside the valve head (fig 4) or may be adjacent the return conduit within the valve head (fig 2, 3). When inside the valve head the bearings 18 for the motor associated with the valve 13 in the cryo-cooler system provide the apertures to allow the oscillating gas 22 access to the dispersion chamber (figs 2 and 3).
Patent GB-2503355-A (GB)
Title: Making a cutter with shaped superhard material layer
Inventor: OLOFSSON BO CHRISTER
IPC: E21B10/567
Filed: 2013-06-18
Abstract: A method of making a cutter comprises placing a pre-formed body 4 of hard material having a surface topography in a canister 14, placing an aggregated mass 2 of grains of superhard material over said surface topography, placing a punch 6 in contact with the superhard material, the punch 6 having a surface with a topography inverse to that of the hard material body to imprint a pattern in the superhard material complementary to the surface topography of the punch 6. The surface of the punch 6 contacting the superhard material being formed of a ceramic material that does not react chemically with the superhard material and/or a sinter catalyst for the superhard material. A pressure of greater than 3 GPa is then together with a temperature sufficiently high for the catalyst to melt to form the cutter structure with a layer of polycrystalline superhard material bonded to the hard material and having a surface topography corresponding to the surface topography of the hard material.
Patent GB-2515331-A (GB)
Title: Batten positioning device
Inventor: WHITELEY ANDREW PETER
IPC: E04D15/02
Filed: 2013-06-20
Abstract: A device for assisting installation of roof battens 30 to a roof for subsequent fixture of roof tiles thereto comprises a measuring device, which may be a laser measure, for measuring the distance between reference points on the roof, which may be a lower batten 50 and the ridge 40 of the roof, a processor, which may have a keypad for entering parameters of the battens and roof tiles, for calculating an advised batten spacing in accordance with the measured distance, and a formation 12 for engaging a first batten 20, a support member 15 for supporting a second batten, the position of the support member 15 relative to an support armbeing set in accordance with the calculated batten spacing and preferably displayed on a display. In this manner battens can be fixed at exactly the correct pitch to cover the roof in a. whole number of rows of tiles with a suitable overlap between adjacent rows. Input parameters for the calculation may include roof length, roof pitch and batten size.
Patent GB-2502240-A (GB)
Title: Subsea cable repair
Inventor: AHLEN CARL HENRIK
IPC: H02G1/16
Filed: 2011-03-25
Abstract: There is provided subsea repair apparatus for performing repair of a subsea cable located beneath the sea, said apparatus comprising: an environment capsule capable of providing a substantially water-free environment within the capsule; and repair equipment located within the environment capsule arranged to repair said subsea cable without the need for a person to be located within the environment capsule.
Patent GB-2508288-A (GB)
Title: Display device including power controller and method of driving the same
Inventor: KIM HYE-RIM
IPC: G09G3/32
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: There is provided a display device 210 including a display panel 220 having a display area DA consisting of a plurality of pixel areas P, and a non-display area NDA surrounding the display area; a plurality of power lines 222 formed on the display area to supply a first voltage to the plurality of pixel areas; a first power link line 224 connected to the plurality of first power lines, and formed on the non-display area; and a plurality of data drivers 230 connected to the display panel, a power controller 250 controls the supply of source voltage VDD to the power lines in response to changes in detected current flowing through the plurality of power lines, to avoid failure of power lines due to short circuits or burning.
Patent GB-2507203-A (GB)
Title: Active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising a fillet sidewall layer defined within a well or bank
Inventor: GREGORY HAYDN
IPC: H01L27/32
Filed: 2006-08-22
Abstract: An organic electronic device structure, such as an active matrix organic light emitting diode, the structure comprising: a substrate, a bank layer 504 supported by the substrate and defining a well 502 for solvent-based deposition of organic electronic material, the structure further comprising a fillet layer 1102 patterned to define a fillet at an inside edge of the well 502 and at the base of well. The fillet (or sidewall or spacer) may preferably be hydrophilic in nature and may be an oxide or nitride of silicon. The bank layer may have a thickness which tapers towards the substrate as a side of the well is approached, and the fillet may overlie the tapered part of the bank layer. In another aspect of the invention, a method is disclosed for the fabrication of the organic electronic device in which at least one of the wells receives a solvent-based deposition of organic electronic material, the method including depositing a fillet layer and anisotropically etching the fillet layer to define a fillet at an inside edge of the well prior to solvent-based deposition of the organic electronic material for fabricating the device.
Patent GB-2523409-A (GB)
Title: Balanced support equestrian rein aid
Inventor: BOWDEN KRISSY
IPC: B68B1/04
Filed: 2014-02-25
Abstract: A Balanced Support Equestrian Rein aid combination consisting of a pair of reins 1 that are fastened to the bit 2 and held by the rider, a pair of supporting reins 4 which are attached at one end to saddle D-rings and to the reins at the other end by a buckle 6 that allows a rider to maintain balanced reins, position and contact of an equine. The balanced support equestrian rein aid may preferably incorporate an elastic section 5 within the support element of the reins and an adjustment means through multi-positioned buckle holes 3 that allow adjustment of fit. The connection to the D-rings may either be a metal clip 7 or a leather strap.