baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2525948-A (GB)
Title: Packet loss and bandwidth coordination
Inventor: MANI SENTHIL KUMAR
IPC: H04W28/02
Filed: 2014-11-04
Abstract: A method of transmitting a stream of packets over a network 12, the method comprising: maintaining and analysing a measure of network quality 14, 15 so as to determine whether the bandwidth of the network is significantly degrading the network quality for a transmission over the network: determining a suitable transmission bitrate and a proportion of redundancy (suitable FEC level) in dependence on the analysis; packetising media data and redundancy data in dependence on the determined proportion to generate a stream of packets: and transmitting the generated stream at a rate commensurate with the determined transmission bitrate. The analysis determines whether it is the current available bandwidth that is the main cause of e.g. network quality changes such as changes in packet loss. A change in network delay may also be factored into the analysis such as derived from time a packet is expected or round trip times (RTT). Quality Degradation Factors (QDF, Figure 3) may be determined to measure network quality based on, for a first QDF measure, a weighted combination of measures of: delayed reception of packets and packet loss and network jitter and burst loss. The second QDF measure additionally factors a measure of network delay into the weighted combination. Out-of-order and/or consecutive packet losses may also be considered. The Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) may be used for VoIP streams.
Patent GB-2533091-A (GB)
Title: Retail transaction system
Inventor: DAVID RIMER
IPC: G07G1/00
Filed: 2014-12-08
Abstract: A retail transaction system 1 comprises a display module 3, a display module support 10, a bank payment reader 5, a bank payment reader support 11, a printer, a printer housing 30 and a base 4 arranged to be fixed to a payment counter. At least one of the display module support, the bank payment reader support, the printer or the printer housing is removably affixed to the base. The display module, bank payment reading means and printer may be interconnected such that a fault or low battery is detectable and can be indicated by the display module. The display module may be rotatable by at least 20 degrees, and may be movable between a first merchant facing position and a second customer facing position. The display module support may include a display module connecting means (8) which may include a hinge (13), the hinge may further include stops to limit the range of motion of the display module.
Patent GB-2524874-A (GB)
Title: Self-activating flood protection barrier
Inventor: KELLY FRANK
IPC: E02B3/10
Filed: 2015-02-10
Abstract: A self-activating flood barrier includes a chamber 1 with first 3 and second 5 side walls, a dam 9, and a low-friction device to prevent jamming, e.g. roller (77, Fig. 13) or surface coated with e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE; 79, Fig. 11), positioned between the dam 9 and a side wall 3,5 when the dam 9 is deployed. The dam 9 may be wedge-shaped and inclined surfaces 15 may be provided on blocks 63 at the top of side walls 3,5. Each block 63 may be hollow, pivotally mounted to its side wall, e.g. by a hinge (65, Fig. 13), and may contain fastening means located in the hollow interior of the block, e.g. a bolt and nut (59,67, Fig. 14). The dam 9 may have a protrusion 53 and recess (35, Fig. 3). The barrier may contain secondary means for deploying the dam 9, e.g. airbags (27, Fig. 1) and compressor (31, Fig. 1), and may contain sensors for checking deployment.
Patent GB-2526397-A (GB)
Title: Impactor spray atmospheric pressure ion source with target paddle
Inventor: BAJIC STEVAN
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2015-02-26
Abstract: An ion source comprises a nebuliser 1 and a target 5, wherein the nebuliser 1 emits, in use, a stream predominantly of droplets which are caused to impact upon the target 5 and to ionise the droplets to form a plurality of ions. The ion source further comprises one or more electrodes 10 arranged adjacent to and/or attached to the target 5. The one or more electrodes 10 comprise one or more apertures, notches or cut-outs 12 wherein at least some of the plurality of ions pass, in use, through the one or more apertures 12. The ionisation may be atmospheric pressure ionisation (API). The ions may flow around the surface of the target 5 (Coanda flow) to reach the aperture 12 in the electrode 10. The electrode 10 may increase the ion count passing into the spectrometer, providing a less dispersive gas flow into the inlet 8. An insulating tube 14 may be provided between the inlet 8 to the mass spectrometer and the electrodes 10.
Patent GB-2527415-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for performing playback operations based on the length of time a user is outside a viewing area
Inventor: GOLYSHKO PHIL
IPC: H04N21/81
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A means for automatically performing playback operations of media assets, e.g. TV programs, comprising; generating a media asset on a display device 702, the display device associated with a viewing area; detecting that a user in the viewing areas has left the viewing area 704; determine the length of time that the user has left the viewing area 708; determining whether to perform the playback operation on the media asset based on the length of time that the user is absent 710. The playback option may be selected from a plurality of playback options; the description lists these as being; rewinding; returning to a previous chapter; continuing to play, etc. The control circuitry may have a database listing lengths of time, and corresponding playback operations. The determined length of time that a user has left the viewing area may be compared to a threshold length of time. The system may determine if advertisements were shown during the users absence, determine their length of time, determine what length of time the media asset actually played, and compare that time to the threshold length of time, to determine playback operation.
Patent GB-2537434-A (GB)
Title: Train schedule restoration system and train operation management method
Inventor: RIE TAKEDA
IPC: B61L27/00
Filed: 2014-09-22
Abstract: Upon the input, to an input unit, of operation coordination information calling for a first operation coordination for a train, a train schedule modification finalization unit modifies a train schedule on the basis of the operation coordination information, and an inconsistency detection determination unit determines whether there is inconsistency between the modified train schedule and a utilization coordination plan. If there is inconsistency, a utilization coordination finalization unit drafts, on the basis of the modified train schedule, a first utilization coordination for coordinating the utilization of a resource, and a train schedule influence determination unit determines whether the first utilization coordination will influence the train schedule. If the first operation coordination will influence the train schedule, a train schedule reflection unit reflects the influence in the train schedule or issues a warning.
Patent GB-2530621-A (GB)
Title: Electric bicycle
Inventor: NEUGEBAUER JAMES
IPC: B62K21/26
Filed: 2015-07-22
Abstract: A bicycle includes a handlebar and a vibration generator 71 supported on the handlebar. A sensor 69 is configured to detect an overcoming vehicle. A controller 73 is configured to activate the vibration generator 71 when the sensor 69 detects an overcoming vehicle. There may be another sensor 75 configured to detect an upcoming obstacle. The controller 73 may compare the distance and approach speed of an overcoming vehicle with the distance and approach speed of an oncoming obstacle. The controller 73 may be programmed to calculate an instruction to perform one of swerving, braking, colliding with the upcoming obstacle and colliding with the overcoming vehicle. The controller 73 may be programmed to instruct the vibration generator 71 to vibrate with at least one of a pre determined magnitude and a pre determined pattern to identify the instruction to perform.
Patent GB-2532555-A (GB)
Title: Door protection system
Inventor: GANESH SENGUTTUVAN
IPC: B60Q9/00
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: A door protection system 1 for protecting the doors 5A-D of a vehicle 3. The door protection system comprises a processor 7 configured to monitor one or more vehicle systems to determine when the vehicle door is opening or when a vehicle occupant is preparing to open the door. The processor is configured, in dependence on the monitoring of said one or more vehicle systems, to display a video image from one or more on-board cameras on a display screen disposed on a headrest of the vehicle. The present invention also relates to a vehicle incorporating the door protection system.
Patent GB-2525828-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for damping vibrations in a tool string system
Inventor: DWARS SICCO
IPC: E21B44/00
Filed: 2014-03-19
Abstract: The invention provides a control system and method for limiting vibrations in a tool string system. The system comprises a pump connected to a rotatable tool string driven by a drive system. The control system comprises feedback of both torque and rotational speed signals into a controller. An objective of said controller is to maintain the drive speed over torque ratio equal to the connected tool string impedance (Z). A secondary objective, for lower frequencies, is to approach and maintain a setpoint speed as drive rotation speed. The system includes a rotational speed sensor and a torque sensor, with the latter optionally replaced by a motor torque signal already available from a variable frequency drive (VFD) for an AC motor and the current safeguarding signal for a DC motor.
Patent GB-2542821-A (GB)
Title: Call recording
Inventor: ANDREW DAVIS
IPC: H04M3/56
Filed: 2015-09-30
Abstract: A single-channel audio signal representing a multi-party conversation is generated by marking different audio signals each representing a different participant when they are speaking by finding the current energy in the participants audio signal, generating a speaker-dependent signal (eg. a speaker ID watermark) having a proportional energy, adding the speaker-dependent signal to the participants audio signal, and summing these marked audio signals with unmarked signals into a single-channel audio signal. Current speakers may subsequently be identified and diarized via correlation of speaker ID signals without need for voiceprint training.
Patent GB-2537952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vehicle speed control
Inventor: ROBERT BURFORD
IPC: B60W30/182
Filed: 2015-11-20
Abstract: A vehicle speed control system including a torque control means to automatically control the rate of positive and negative torque applied to one or more wheels of a vehicle to cause the vehicle to accelerate from rest to a target speed dependent partly on the gradient of the driving surface. The gradient may be determined by a gyroscopic sensor 45. Other factors may be input into the control system: vehicle speed, acceleration and the terrain on which the vehicle is travelling such as snow, ice, grass, gravel or sand. The system may iteratively determine the optimum torque to apply, depending on whether the vehicle is moving uphill or downhill, in order to reduce passenger discomfort by reducing the jerkiness of the motion over the terrain. The control system may include controllers for powertrain 11, brakes 13 and low speed progress 12 (for use <30kph).
Patent GB-2533701-A (GB)
Title: LED lamp
Inventor: CHIH-HSIEN WU
IPC: F21V17/12
Filed: 2015-12-30
Abstract: An LED lamp has a tube 30 and two end covers 31. The end covers 31 are connected to both sides of the tube 30 and accommodate a power supply member 32 or a power conversion member 33, and the end covers 31 have a first hole 311 for engaging a connecting member (2, Fig. 1) to hang and install the LED lamp. The LED lamp includes a back plate 34 having two first locking holes 341, and each end cover 31 has a second locking hole 312 corresponding to the first locking holes 341. Two latching members 35 pass through the first and second locking holes to connect the back plate 34 and the end covers 31. The back plate 34 is situated on one side of the tube 30 and is connected with the end covers and cannot be easily separated by external forces.
Patent GB-2545937-A (GB)
Title: Support member
Inventor: NICHOLAS GEORGE MARSHALL
IPC: A47D9/00
Filed: 2016-01-04
Abstract: A support member for raising the height of a corner of a cot or bed comprising a body with an upper surface 5 whish has a plurality of support surfaces 6-8 on it each bordered by an upstanding lip 9 wherein the support surfaces 6-8 are located at different heights. The support surfaces 6-8 may be horizontal or inclined towards a rear of the device. Inclined side walls 3 may also be provided and the device may have a rectangular footprint. Specific angles and heights are disclosed and the support surfaces may have a bevelled edge. The device is designed to be elevate an end of the bed to help infants suffering from reflux.
Patent GB-2534293-A (GB)
Title: Sand control assemblies including flow rate regulators
Inventor: Richard C Jannise
IPC: E21B43/14
Filed: 2013-08-20
Abstract: A sand control completion system comprises: (A) a first flow rate regulator, wherein the first flow rate regulator is positioned in a first interval of a wellbore, wherein the first flow rate regulator is part of a first sand control assembly; and (B) a second flow rate regulator, wherein the second flow rate regulator is positioned in a second interval of the wellbore, wherein the second flow rate regulator is part of a second sand control assembly, wherein a reservoir fluid is caused or allowed to simultaneously flow through the first and second flow rate regulators into a tubing string, wherein the reservoir fluid is commingled into a single fluid stream within the tubing string. A method of using the sand control completion system to simultaneously produce a reservoir fluid from more than one zone of a subterranean formation is also provided.
Patent GB-2544565-A (GB)
Title: Cascaded integrator-comb filter as a non-integer same rate converter
Inventor: JOHN L MELANSON
IPC: H03H17/02
Filed: 2016-01-13
Abstract: The downconversion ratio of a cascaded-integrator-comb (CIC) sample rate converter may be adjusted slightly by modifying the internal states of the integrators 510-515 in dependence on the timing offset between the sampling time of the input signal and the sampling time of the integrators. The control block 404 modifies the internal states of the integrators using the timing offset and the output of an input signal difference circuit 406. Similarly, the upconversion ratio of a CIC converter may be adjusted slightly by modifying the internal states of the comb filter.
Patent GB-2534482-A (GB)
Title: Shock mitigation floor
Inventor: MICHAEL RONALD SMITH
IPC: E04F15/16
Filed: 2014-08-19
Abstract: A shock mitigation floor comprising a layer of resilient tubes and a flexible integument attached to the layer of tubes on one side thereof.
Patent GB-2548329-A (GB)
Title: Removable self-centring magnetically-clampable food-inspection pipe apparatus
Inventor: DAVID BUCKLEY
IPC: G01N33/02
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: A removable self-centring magnetically-clampable pipe apparatus 12 comprising: a food-inspection pipe 14 having a tubular pipe body 16 with through-bore, and a first connector part 18 at each end of the pipe body defining first seating surfaces 20; and complementary second connector parts 22 which each define second seating surfaces 24, on which the first connector parts seat, one of the first and/or second connector parts 22 has a magnetically-attractable material and the other has at least one magnetic element 34, so that the first and second connector parts 18, 22 slidably engage and self-centre the pipe 14. The pipe may be a food-inspection pipe and may have a plurality of equi-angularly spaced magnetic elements. A food-inspection device 10 is also provided in addition to a method of improving hygiene of a food-inspection device 10. An inspection means may be an x-ray or visible inspection system.
Patent GB-2550850-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: SIVA VAKEESAR
IPC: H04W48/16
Filed: 2016-05-23
Abstract: A communication apparatus for a communication network obtains i) an identifier for identifying at least one of a base station and a cell operated by the base station and ii) a tracking area code associated with an area in which a plurality of base stations operate including the base station to which the identifier relates. The communication apparatus uses the obtained identifier in combination with the tracking area code for identifying the base station in a subsequent procedure relating to that base station. The communication apparatus may comprise a first base station which obtains i) a further identifier for identifying a second base station and a cell operated by the second base station and ii) a further tracking area code associated with an area in which a plurality of base stations operate including the second base station to which the further identifier relates. The first base station may look up a transport network layer address (TNL) for the second base station based on the obtained identifier and tracking area code of the second base station. The subsequent procedure may comprise an X2, Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR), O&M, S1 or Xw procedure.
Patent GB-2541088-A (GB)
Title: Image processing apparatus, and image processing method
Inventor: HIROAKI ENDO
IPC: H04N19/196
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: An encoding target block is acquired having a plurality of pixel groups (101), and a decision is made for deciding for each group, a quantization parameter (QP) used to quantize image data of the group (115, 116), and also an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a target code amount of the encoding target block. Encoded data is generated (102) by encoding the block image data in accordance with the QPs and the encoding schemes decided for respective groups of pixels. Either a 1st or 2nd QP (with a step smaller than that of the 1st QP) is selected as the QP of the respective groups. The scheme (e.g. PCM, DPCM) is selected by selecting an encoding mode for the block from either a first mode that selects whichever of the first scheme (outputting quantized image data e.g. PCM) and second scheme (outputting encoded data of a differential between quantized image data and prediction data e.g. DPCM) can obtain a smaller code length, or a second mode that selects the first scheme (PCM) as the scheme of all pixel groups.
Patent GB-2551380-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft landing gear
Inventor: NICHOLAS HANCOCK
IPC: B64C25/58
Filed: 2016-06-16
Abstract: A landing gear for an aircraft comprising a main strut 8, and inboard and outboard sidestays 24 and 22. The main strut is connected to the aircraft at first end 10a, and the sidestays are connected at attachment points 10c, 10b. The sidestays are connected to the main strut at their first ends, such that they may move up and down along a portion of the main strut. The landing gear may retract into a wing structure 12, by rotating the main strut about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The connection between the sidestays and the main strut may comprise a collar 16. The sidestays may include one or more dampers. Preferably, the attachment points of the strut and sidestays are formed in a straight line.
Patent GB-2553133-A (GB)
Title: Motion detector
Inventor: MARK GREGORY PITTS
IPC: G08B29/18
Filed: 2016-08-24
Abstract: There is provided a method of generating an alarm condition for a motion detector, wherein a signal from a sensor 101 is received, a pulse signal based upon the received signal is generated 102, a pulse count of the pulse signal is determined 103, and an alarm condition based upon the pulse count and the amplitude of the received signal is generated 305, which may be transmitted to a security system control panel. The alarm condition may be generated when a pulse count threshold 304, which is determined based upon the amplitude of the received signal, is exceeded, or when a modified pulse count, based upon the amplitude of the received signal, exceeds the pulse count threshold. The received signal may also be amplified. The sensor may comprise a sensing element and an optical element, and may be arranged to divide a field of view into a plurality of detection zones.
Patent GB-2538024-A (GB)
Title: Multi-function electric brush apparatus and systems useful for cleaning teeth and interdental spaces
Inventor: RAY M GOTTLIEB
IPC: A61C17/34
Filed: 2014-09-27
Abstract: A powered dental and interdental cleaning apparatus may include a body (701), an interdental cleaning member (735), and a drive member (707). The drive member (707) may extend from the body at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the body (701). The drive member (707) may be connected to the interdental cleaning member. A neck (721) may extend from the body (701) and define a drive member shaft for containing and supporting the drive member (707).
Patent GB-2543914-A (GB)
Title: A microwave switched multiplexer and a mobile telecommunications device including such a multiplexer
Inventor: DAVID JOHN RHODES
IPC: H03H9/70
Filed: 2016-09-08
Abstract: A microwave switched multiplexer comprises n signal channels 20 where n>1, each signal channel having a signal passband and each signal channel comprising a switch 22 having first, second and third ports 23, 24, 25, the switch being switchable between a transmit position in which the first port is connected to the second port, a receive position in which the first port is connected to the third port and an off position in which the first port is not connected to either second or third ports, a common line 27 extending from an antenna end 26 to the first port and comprising an input resonator 28 and a centre resonator 29 connected in cascade, a transmit line 31 extending between the second port and a transmit end 30, the transmit line comprising an output resonator 32 connected in cascade with the input and centre resonators when the switch is in the transmit position and a receive line 34 extending between the third port and a receive end 33, the receive line comprising an output resonator 32 connected in cascade with the input and centre resonators when the switch is in the receive position.
Patent GB-2542543-A (GB)
Title: Stepped spiral chute assembly having friction reduction panels and method of forming same
Inventor: ROBERT D RODRIGUEZ
IPC: B65G11/20
Filed: 2015-07-28
Abstract: A helical chute system for conveying articles from an upper elevation to a lower elevation within a building includes a chute wound about a vertical axis and being secured at both an inner edge and outer edge by one or more support rods where a portion of the chute is comprised of a plurality of angular chute segments secured together in a stepped relationship to one another where each chute segment has a first surface sloping downwardly to a second surface below the first surface.
Patent GB-2547120-A (GB)
Title: A multi-reflecting time-of-flight analyzer
Inventor: ANATOLY N VERENCHIKOV
IPC: H01J49/40
Filed: 2014-10-23
Abstract: A multi-reflecting time-of- flight mass spectrometer comprises a pair of parallel aligned ion mirrors and a set of periodic lenses for confining ion packets along the drift z-direction. To compensate for time-of- flight spherical aberrations TΙzz created by the periodic lenses, at least one set of electrodes are disposed within the apparatus, forming an accelerating or reflecting electrostatic fields which are curved in the z-direction in order to form local negative TΙzz aberration. The structure may be formed within an accelerator, within flinging fields or intentionally and locally curved fields of ion mirrors, within electrostatic sector interface, or at curved surface of ion to electron converter at the detector.