baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2366862-A (GB)
Title: A camera arrangement for detecting an object
Inventor: OLSSON ANDERS
IPC: B60R21/01
Filed: 2000-09-14
Abstract: A camera arrangement for detecting an object such as a driver or a child seat located on, above or in front of a vehicle seat includes a camera (1) for creating an image of any object in that position, and also includes an electromagnetic wave source such as an infrared light source (2). Preferably an image created with the source (2) operational is stored in a first store and an image created with the source (2) non-operational is stored in a second store. The stored images are then subtracted and any object in the subtraction image is identified by an image processor. The position of the object may also be determined and used to inhibit or modify the operation of a safety device such as an airbag in the vehicle.
Patent GB-2358685-A (GB)
Title: Retaining unit for a piston retracted in a cylinder
Inventor: HIGUCHI NORIHISA
IPC: F15B15/26
Filed: 2001-01-30
Abstract: A retaining unit 8 for a clutch slave cylinder or clutch/brake master cylinder has a first retainer 25 and a second retainer 26 which are mounted, respectively, on a bleeder screw 7 of a cylinder body 11 and a projecting portion of a piston rod 19. While the piston rod 19 is being forced into a retracted position in the cylinder, first and second engagement portions 25d, 26e are brought into engagement with each other, to retain the piston rod 19 in a retracted state for transportation to a car assembly plant. The engaged state of the engagement portions 25d, 26e is released by removing the first retainer 25 from the bleeder screw 7 by pulling on lug 25b. In one embodiment, the first retainer has bifurcated legs 31h, 31i and a breakable lateral belt 31g for stable support of the piston rod.
Patent GB-2357500-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing glass article and glass base material for optical fiber
Inventor: ISHIHARA TOMOHIRO
IPC: C03B37/014
Filed: 1999-08-26
Abstract: A high-quality, large glass article and a method of producing it; specifically, a long (1000 mm or longer) glass base material for optical fiber which is small in lengthwise variation and a method of producing it, the method comprising the first heating step of inserting a glass fine grain deposit synthesized by vapor phase synthesizing method into a heating furnace perpendicularly, heating the deposit at temperatures lower than a transparentizing temperature in a vacuum or depressurized atmosphere, removing gas remaining in the glass fine grain deposit and shrinking the deposit by heating, and the second heating step of heating the deposit at a transparentizing temperature to transparentize the glass fine grain deposit, characterized in that the second heating step controls heating for a preset time of not shorter than 70 mm so that a glass fine grain deposit surface temperature is 1400 to 1480 {C and is followed by a cooling step for cooling the glass article.
Patent GB-2364298-A (GB)
Title: Cartons having tear lines
Inventor: MAUS DAVID GEORGE
IPC: B65D5/54
Filed: 2001-05-18
Abstract: A carton is formed from a blank which comprises a top flap 2, top panel 20, front panel 22, bottom panel 24 and rear panel 26 which are hinged together such that when folded, the top flap 2 is fastened to the rear panel 26. Right and left side flaps 4 - 18 are also hinged to said panels. A first tear line 38 is placed within the front panel 22 and right and left side flaps 6,14 hinged thereto and a second tear line 28 is placed at the juncture of the top flap and top panel 20. After tearing the tear lines 28,30 a display carton may be formed to hold and display a plurality of articles. Alternatively, the second tear line may be formed within one of the panels and the corresponding flaps.
Patent GB-2364797-A (GB)
Title: Assembly line control system and method
Inventor: MADDEN RICK
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2000-07-10
Abstract: In a control system as described in the parent application GB 2352838 A, each lot of like assemblies is given a manufacturing priority relative to other lots. Although assemblies in the lot may follow different paths depending on availability of processing stations and parts, defects and repairs to assemblies etc, they end up in substantially contiguous relationship at the end of the assembly line.
Patent GB-2363670-A (GB)
Title: Actuator latch for disc drive
Inventor: LUO ERMING
IPC: G11B21/22
Filed: 2000-04-20
Abstract: A latch mechanism for latching the actuator assembly of a disc drive in a parked position. The latch mechanism includes a latch body having a pivot point rotatable upon a pivot pin integrally coupled to the disc drive, the latch body having a center of gravity substantially near the pivot point. The latch body having a moment of inertia, J<SB>L</SB>, which is approximately equal to the moment of inertia, J<SB>A</SB>, of the actuator multiplied by a gear ratio, GR<SB>L/A</SB>, between the latch body and the actuator. The latch body includes a pair of arms, which meet at the pivot point, and a latching section for latching with a latch member attached to one end of the actuator. The latch body also includes a plurality of ferro-magnetic balls attached to each arm. The latch mechanism also includes a magnet coupled to the disc drive, the magnet situated near the pair of arms to attract the ferro-magnetic balls and thus rotate the latch body.
Patent GB-2367886-A (GB)
Title: Header system for a heat exchanger
Inventor: BARR RICHARD HENRY HOWARD
IPC: F28F3/04
Filed: 2001-10-10
Abstract: A heat exchanger, for donating heat from one fluid stream to another fluid stream, having a plurality of heat exchanger plates which are corrugated in cross section and are stacked together to form a heat exchanger matrix (2), respective pairs of plates being sealed to one another at their edges to define respective heat exchanger cells (4), respective cells (4) being joined together by holes cut into the plates and sealed around their edges, such holes also providing fluid inlets (6) and outlets (8) to each cell (4) and means being provided in the region of the holes so that the said fluid stream which flows within the cells (4) can flow transversely across corrugations of the corrugated plates to occupy substantially the full extent of the cells (4). The said means may comprise a local reduction in height of the corrugations of at least one of the corrugated plates of each cell (4) in a region (W1, W2) adjacent one of the holes of the cell (4). Alternatively or in addition, the said means may comprise the criss-crossing of the wave pattern of the corrugations of the plates in adjacent cells (4) so that gases entering and leaving the cells (4) via the holes, traverse sideways across the crests of the corrugations to occupy substantially the full extent of the cells (4).
Patent GB-2385380-A (GB)
Title: Actuation systems and artificial muscles therefor
Inventor: GODDEN MATTHEW
IPC: F16G11/10
Filed: 2001-10-23
Abstract: An actuation system incorporates an air muscle sub-system having an air muscle, end portions of which are connected by tendons to structural parts of the system. The connectors are of a type having special characteristics enabling the muscle, together with the connectors, to be readily removed and replaced, or to be repaired and re-installed.
Patent GB-2382455-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell fluid flow field plates
Inventor: HOOD PETER DAVID
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2001-11-07
Abstract: A bipolar fluid flow field plate for a fuel cell delivers fuel to a porous anode electrode and oxidant to an adjacent porous cathode electrode. The flow field plate comprises an electrically conductive, non-porous sheet into which fluid flow conduits 36, 37 are formed. A first fluid flow channel is patterned into a first face of the sheet and a second fluid flow channel patterned into the opposite face of the sheet. The pattern of the first channel comprises an interdigitated comb that co-operates with a pattern of the second channel comprising a continuous serpentine path, so that no portion of the first channel directly overlies the pattern of the second channel over a substantial active area of the sheet. This allows the channels to be formed with combined depths that exceed the total plate thickness, thereby increasing fluid flow volumes.
Patent GB-2371718-A (GB)
Title: Providing information on physical geography to a mobile
Inventor: DELARUE PHILIPPE
IPC: H04W4/029
Filed: 2001-11-15
Abstract: An electronic communications device determines its position within an area covered by a number of base stations and provides information on that location. The GSM or UMTS radio telephone network may provide a database and data processing so that information such as tide tables, sunrise/sunset times may be calculated. This process may occur automatically when the mobile is switched on or on handover, and may use WAP or SMS messaging. The position may be entered manually via a keyboard. Thus bulky tide coefficient, moon phase handbooks may be dispensed, and empirical computations used instead.
Patent GB-2387737-A (GB)
Title: Voice message system incorporating text messaging and caller line identification
Inventor: MUNARRIZ ANDREW
IPC: H04M3/537
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: A telephone message network which stores a <B>voice message</B> from a first person to a second person. The first person, is prompted by the network to supply, with the voice message, information identifying the second person and, once enough information is obtained to do so, the network sends a <B>text message</B> to the second person announcing the existence of the voice message and, on request from the second user to be sent the voice message, sends the voice message to the second user. In addition, the telephone message network includes a voice response controller which can execute all of the elements of a transaction in response to a specific demand, by voice, for that transaction such as, for example, executing the actions for acquiring and serving a new subscriber in response to the demand "subscribe" from the would-be subscriber. Also disclosed is a voice messaging system wherein caller line identification (CLI) is used to identify the caller leaving a message.
Patent GB-2376078-A (GB)
Title: Downhole formation property logging
Inventor: HAUGLAND SAMUEL M
IPC: G01V3/28
Filed: 2001-12-24
Abstract: A downhole formation property, e.g. resistivity, is logged by passing a logging tool 40 through a borehole 20, obtaining a series of tool response measurements, and obtaining a series of tool position measurements relating to eccentricity of the tool within the borehole, associated with the tool response measurements to compensate for lateral tool motion. The tool position measurements indicate the distance 48 between the tool axis and the borehole axis and reveal whether or not the tool was moving laterally while the measurements were made. Appropriate corrections are then applied e.g. by modelling the formation property as a weighted sum of experimental values calculated using a tool response function that depends on the position of the tool.
Patent GB-2369687-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices
Inventor: JEON MI-SOOK
IPC: G03F7/42
Filed: 1998-07-03
Abstract: A semiconductor device fabrication method comprises the steps of: a) carrying out an exposure and a development on a semiconductor substrate in order to selectively remove the photoresist deposited on a given film of the semiconductor substrate; b) etching the exposed portion of the given film by the selective removal of the photoresist; and c) carrying out a strip process for completely removing the photoresist remaining on the semiconductor substrate by using a mixture of monoethanolamine and dimethylsulphoxide, after the above selective removal of the photoresist.
Patent GB-2384068-A (GB)
Title: A method of and apparatus for processing seismic data
Inventor: ROBERTSSON JOHAN OLOF ANDERS
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2002-01-11
Abstract: A method determining a calibration filter to calibrate a first component of multi-component seismic data relative to a second component of the seismic data comprises determining the calibration filter from a portion of the seismic data that contains only events arising from critical refraction of seismic energy. The method is particularly suitable for long-offset data, since the first arrival will be a critical refraction event and an automatic picking method may be used. The present invention also provides a wavenumber-dependent calibration filter that is obtained from a calibration filter obtained from data in one offset range and another calibration filter obtained from data in another offset range.
Patent GB-2369892-A (GB)
Title: A method of determining parameters of formations through which a borehole passes
Inventor: LEGENDRE EMMANUEL
IPC: G01V3/20
Filed: 2000-07-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining parameters of formations through which a borehole passes, on the basis of a resistivity log (20) recorded in said borehole by means of a measuring and recording tool, the method comprising the steps consisting in determining said formation parameters by a parameter inversion method so as to obtain a model of the formations: calculating the response of said tool to said model: using a comparison criterion for comparing said calculated response with said recorded log: and performing at least one new iteration if said comparison criterion is not satisfied; the method being characterized by the fact that the invention is performed by a quasi-Newton method implemented on pseudo-parameters that are homogeneous and that are determined from said formation parameters.
Patent GB-2374189-A (GB)
Title: Chart navigation using compact input devices
Inventor: GUO JIN
IPC: G06F3/00
Filed: 2000-12-07
Abstract: A data entry device (10) having an integral input element (12) capable of recording input movement in two dimensions (including Chinese strokes and characters, Roman letters and Arabic numerals) and delivering resultant signals to a processor (11). The processor (11) is programmed for identifying a handwriting input represented by the signals. The apparatus includes an array of switching elements (20) capable of recording input movement between at least four discrete points arranged in two dimensions and providing a series of discrete input. An electronic display (13) is provided for displaying a first subset of two-dimensional information, while a memory (15) is provided for storing a larger second two-dimensional information set. The memory (15) has storage capacity for the second two-dimensional information of a size greater than the first two-dimensional information capable of being displayed on the electronic display (13). Accordingly, a processor (11) coupled with the array of switching elements (20) is provided for information processing such that the display (13) and the memory (15) are selectable by the processor program (14) for correlating the first two-dimensional information with a series of discrete inputs received from the array of switching elements (20). The display (13) of the first two-dimensional information is provided as representative of information taken from the second two-dimensional information stored in the processor memory (15).
Patent GB-2374780-A (GB)
Title: A linear surface memory to spatial tiling algorithm/mechanism
Inventor: HARTOG SCOTT
IPC: G06T1/60
Filed: 1999-04-01
Abstract: A computer graphics system and a method of configuring data in a memory unit of a computer graphics system. Generally, the data is configured such that the number of memory page breaks is reduced when data is accessed from the memory for image computation. For example, when the memory is used to store pixel values, each page of the memory is comprised of pixel values for a rectangular or tile array of pixels. This increases the spatial coherence between the pixel values and the pixels of the polygons that are rasterized when the system renders an image. Preferably, a translation algorithm is provided to allow standard operating systems and software applications to work with the tiled configuration of the pixel values in the memory. This algorithm translates the scalar memory address initially provided by the operating system or the software application, and translates that first scalar memory address to a second scalar memory address that will properly access the value for the pixel conventionally associated with the first scalar memory address.
Patent GB-2379170-A (GB)
Title: Racket frame
Inventor: ASHINO TAKESHI
IPC: A63B102/02
Filed: 2002-07-26
Abstract: A racket frame (1) has a pipe-shaped racket-frame body (2) made of a fiber reinforced resin and composed of a gut-stretched part (3), a throat part (4), a shaft part (5), and a grip part (6) sequentially arranged and a yoke (10) connected to the racket-frame body (2). In this construction, supposing that the gut-stretched part (3) is a clock face and that the top position of the gut-stretched part (3) is 12 o'clock, a yoke rigidity value at a central position P1, vertical to a ball-hitting face (F), of the yoke (10) in a longitudinal direction thereof is in a range of 10% to 70% of a face rigidity value which is an average of a rigidity value at a 12 o'clock position (P2) vertical to the ball-hitting face (F) and a rigidity value at a three o'clock position (P3) vertical to the ball-hitting face (F) . Thus the vertical strings of the racket can deform significantly on contact with a ball, giving an improved restitution performance without any deterioration in overall racket strength. Alternative arrangements of yoke are proposed by figures 7 and 8A/8B (not shown).
Patent GB-2394219-A (GB)
Title: Towelette dispenser
Inventor: TOMLINSON LAWRENCE N
IPC: A47K10/38
Filed: 2002-10-18
Abstract: A towelette dispensing device configured for the storing and dispensing of at least a first type and a second type of towelette comprises an outer chamber (208) and an inner chamber (209) where the inner chamber (209) is positioned within a central core of the outer chamber such that a first towelette type (300) stored within the outer chamber may be dispensed from an orifice (203) positioned along the length of the dispensing device whilst a second towelette type (301) stored within the inner chamber (209) may be dispensed from a orifice (204) positioned at one end of the device. Accordingly, a compact dispenser device configured for the easy dispensing of wet and dry towelettes is provided. Alternatively, (Fig.7), the inner chamber may accommodate an aerosol or non-pressurized liquid pump dispenser.
Patent GB-2381910-A (GB)
Title: Emulation circuit with a hold time algorithm logic analyzer and shadow memory
Inventor: WANG MING YANG
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2001-04-30
Abstract: A circuit for an emulation system that has a logic element having a RAM, lookup table, optional delay element and flip-flop/latch. The flip-flop/latch may behave as a flip-flop or as a latch and has separate set and reset signals. The delay element inserts a selectable amount of delay into the data path of the logic clement in order to reduce race time problems. The logic elements may be combined to share input signals so as to increase the size of the RAM. The improved circuit also has a playback memory used to store up to a plurality of copies of sampled data from a logic element so that emulation data can be played back br debugging purposes. Multiple read ports coupled to the logic elements permit a user to read out data from the logic elements during emulation in a time multiplexed manner. The input/output pins may be time multiplexed to carry multiple signals, unidirectionally or bidirectionally.
Patent GB-2384889-A (GB)
Title: E-mail communication apparatus
Inventor: INOUE MASAKAZU
IPC: H04L12/58
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: A processing-start condition representing a condition under which a receiving e-mail communication apparatus starts received-mail processing is set by a sending apparatus. When the status of the receiving e-mail communication apparatus coincides with the processing-start condition the e-mail containing the processing-start condition is processed. The processing-start condition may be, for example, position, time, reception level or reception of a telephone call from a designated number.
Patent GB-2386043-A (GB)
Title: Flat panel radiation imaging apparatus with radiation angle compensation
Inventor: NAGATSUKA SUMIYA
IPC: G01N23/04
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus 100 includes a flat plate radiation detecting device 2 to convert incident radiation into electrical signals (either directly or via fluorescence). The detection device 2 has a plurality of imaging elements 223, each imaging element 223 comprising a sensor element 221a to detect radiation or fluorescence, and a switching element 222 to switch the electrical signals output by the sensor element. When the angle of the incoming radiation is slanted, shading of the light receiving surface of the sensor elements 221a by the switching elements 222 occurs. The apparatus also includes a radiation angle of incidence correcting device in order to overcome this and provide a high resolution image slanted X-ray radiography. Other methods of compensation are disclosed where the imaging elements are provided with reflecting film (figure 3), and where the sensor elements are at an equal or greater height than the switching elements (figure 4).
Patent GB-2404300-A (GB)
Title: Compositing and temporally editing clips of image data
Inventor: BELHUMEUR JOSEE
IPC: G11B27/031
Filed: 2003-07-25
Abstract: A computer based system <B>(101)</B> combines clips of image frames in which elements from selected input frames are combined to produce an output sequence derived from a plurality of clips. A display unit <B>(105)</B> displays spatially overlaid clips as layers <B>(501,502,503)</B> in a three-dimensional space; User commands specify how elements from a plurality of displayed clips are to be composited spatially to produce compositing data. In addition, temporally displaced clips are displayed as a time-line having clip segments <B>(801, 802, 803)</B> joined by transitions. Attributes of said transitions are modified in response to user generated edit data and a rendering engine <B>(901)</B> renders selected input frame data in combination with said compositing data and said editing data to produce viewable output data.
Patent GB-2395534-A (GB)
Title: Brake pad mounting having a vibration damper
Inventor: GOLZ DIETRICH
IPC: F16D65/00
Filed: 2003-10-21
Abstract: Brake pad mounting for a brake pad 13, which is fastened onto a brake pad plate 2 and bringable into contact with a brake disc 15. The brake pad mounting comprising a run-in-side holder 12, a run-out-side holder 12', a run-in-side damping element 4 and a run-out-side damping element 4', wherein the damping elements 4,4' are disposed in each case between the holders 12,12' and the brake pad plate 2 and wherein at least one damping element 4,4' is manufactured from a damping material and enables a spring effect and three-dimensional vibration damping. The damping element 4,4' may be constructed from a plurality of layers. There may be bar-like guide elements 10,11, in particular with a trapezoidal cross section, between the damping element and the holder. A brake pad wear indicator (16, fig 2) may be integrated with the damping element.
Patent GB-2407676-A (GB)
Title: Flexible layout when flowing XSL-FO content into PPML copy holes
Inventor: GIANETTI FABIO
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2003-10-31
Abstract: A document page has at least one variable content copy hole 800. A variable content 801 is fit into the copy hole, for example by changing the margins or font of the content or the size of the copy hole. An order of precedence of attributes to be varied may be specified by a designer.