baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2501062-A (GB)
Title: A Text to Speech System
Inventor: LATORRE-MARTINEZ JAVIER
IPC: G10L13/033
Filed: 2012-03-14
Abstract: Â A. text-to-speech method for use for simulating a plurality of different voice characteristics, said method comprising: inputting text; dividing said inputted text into a sequence of acoustic units; selecting voice characteristics for the inputted text; converting said sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors using an acoustic model, wherein said model has a plurality of model parameters describing probability distributions which relate an acoustic unit to a speech vector; and outputting said sequence of speech vectors as audio with said selected voice characteristics, wherein a parameter of a predetermined type of each probability distribution in said selected voice characteristics is expressed as a weighted sum of parameters of the same type, and wherein the weighting used is voice characteristic dependent, such that converting said sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors comprises retrieving the voice characteristic dependent weights for said selected voice characteristics, wherein the parameters are provided in clusters, and each cluster comprises at least one sub-cluster, wherein said voice characteristic dependent weights are retrieved for each cluster such that there is one weight per sub-cluster.
Patent GB-2485950-A (GB)
Title: A calorifier
Inventor: WILLIAMS KEVIN MATTHEW
IPC: F24D11/00
Filed: 2010-08-24
Abstract: A calorifier (110) for containing heated fluid comprising at least one inlet (118) and inlet valve (120), an outlet (116), means for detecting the level of fluid in the calorifier (110), control means (132), and level detecting means (124,130), in which the control means (132) controls the one or more inlet valves (120) in dependence upon predetermined criteria including the volume of fluid contained within the calorifier (110).
Patent GB-2490401-A (GB)
Title: Printing device having internal graphic user interface display
Inventor: DOBINSON GARETH
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 includes non-transparent doors and/or drawers (240, fig.2) on a body of the printing apparatus. The non-transparent doors and drawers (240, fig.2) allow access to internal areas of the body of the printing apparatus. A processor 124 is within the body of the printing apparatus, and the processor 124 controls actions of the printing apparatus. Also, at least one internal graphic user interface display 136 is within the body of the printing apparatus. The internal graphic user interface display 136 is operatively connected to the processor 124, and the internal graphic user interface display 136 is positioned to be observable only when the non-transparent doors and/or drawers (240, fig.2) are open. There may be provided door and draw sensors 242 operatively connected to the processor 124, wherein said processor activates said internal graphic user interface display 136 only when said door and draw sensors 242 detect at least one of said doors and/or drawers (240, fig.2) is open.
Patent GB-2499473-A (GB)
Title: Gas lift system with surface jet pump
Inventor: BEG MIRZA NAJAM ALI
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2012-06-19
Abstract: An improved gas lift system for use in oil production from a well bore 11 utilising a gas lift injection 10 system having a tube with a plurality of openings or valves at different depths for permitting the ingress of gas to assist upwards fluid flow and further including a boosting unit 16 downstream of the well head 13 for reducing the flowing well head pressure and capable of discharging produced fluid 14 at a pressure required by a downstream production system. The booster unit may be a surface jet pump or eductor.
Patent GB-2509694-A (GB)
Title: Illuminated display with pocket for illuminated electroluminescent panel.
Inventor: OWEN ANDREW DAVID
IPC: G09F13/22
Filed: 2012-11-08
Abstract: A display banner or sign comprises a translucent white front substrate sheet 10 on which an image 11 is printed. The substrate 10 is substantially sealed around its periphery 13 to a backing sheet 14 to define a pocket 15 in which an electroluminescent light emitting panel 16 is disposed. Some regions 12 of the substrate 10 are unprinted and are aligned by the seal with light emitting regions 18 of the panel. In use, the regions 18 are energised to emit light and the emitted light passes through the unprinted regions 12 to partially illuminate selected regions of the image 11.
Patent GB-2498850-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger
Inventor: MULLER MARTIN
IPC: C09K5/06
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: A heat exchanger 14 comprises a first heat exchanger 32 in a first fluid circuit (12, fig 1), a second heat exchanger 46 in a second fluid circuit (16). The first and second heat exchangers define a heat exchanger package 54 embedded in an accumulator medium 52 in a container (176, fig 4c) and are arranged in cross-counterflow. The first heat exchanger may be an evaporator in a refrigeration circuit and the second heat exchanger may be a water cooler in a water circuit. The accumulator medium may be a heat storage paraffin mixture from crude oil. The heat exchangers may be a plurality of copper pipes 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92 with copper fins 84 spaced along the length of the package. An air conditioning system containing the heat exchanger is also claimed and provides cooling of a diver pressure chamber and maintains its temperature during power failure.
Patent GB-2501973-A (GB)
Title: Methods of producing iodine seeds
Inventor: CHOI KANG HYUK
IPC: A61K51/02
Filed: 2013-03-08
Abstract: Iodine seeds are produced by forming an intermediate by introducing anions of phosphate, oxalate or arsenate onto the surface of a support, and then substituting the anions with I-125. The method may allow a high substitution effect of iodine. The support may be silver, ceramic containing silver or a heavy metal surface treated with silver. The iodine seed may be sealed with titanium. Silver wire was treated with sodium phosphate; subsequent treatment with I-125 gave the iodine seeds. Similarly seeds were produced using sodium oxalate or sodium arsenate. The iodine seeds may be useful for the treatment of eye disease or prostate cancer.
Patent GB-2512087-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for controlling a manufacturing plant
Inventor: FRANGOU GEORGE JOHN
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2013-03-19
Abstract: Controlling a process plant using a coarse tuning assembly and a fine tuning assembly, the coarse tuning assembly having an adaptive fuzzy logic controller 3, the fine tuning assembly 4 having a non linear dynamic linearized regression controller feeding into an APACC or adaptive cognised control.
Patent GB-2506219-A (GB)
Title: Prevention of control word (CW) sharing by CW and security element identifier (ID) combination and temporal key encryption
Inventor: WAISBARD EREZ
IPC: H04H60/15
Filed: 2013-04-04
Abstract: In a method and system to prevent control word (CW) sharing, a CW 130 derived from a received entitlement control message (ECM) 120 is combined with an ID value 160 of a removable security element 110 (e.g. a smart card, secure chip or embedded security element of a set-top box (STB), etc) and this combined (CW, ID) data 165 is further encrypted using a received temporal encryption key, TKi 150. At a time after a security element interface has received TKi but prior to a start of a crypto period with which the control word (CW) is associated (and required), the encrypted combined control word and removable security element ID data is sent (Figure 3) to the security element interface. The security element ID value may comprise the security element ID number, a hash of this ID number or a value resulting from ID encryption. The CW and ID combining may comprise XORing, concatenation, hashing or encryption. The method aims to prevent card sharing, e.g. using a central hacker server, by reducing the time window (T1 to T2, Figure 2) in which a control word is available (but not yet used) for copying and distribution over a network.
Patent GB-2502886-A (GB)
Title: Hoof support apparatus
Inventor: NUTTALL JULIA
IPC: A01L11/00
Filed: 2013-04-26
Abstract: A hoof support apparatus comprising a base 22, a stanchion 24 upstanding from the base, and hoof support 26 carried on the stanchion remote from the base. The base has at least three but preferably four legs 36, 38, 40, 42 each having a ground-engaging foot 44, 46 at its end remote from the stanchion axis. In a normal use position, the legs extend away from the axis of the stanchion in a mutually spaced downwards direction to enable the feet to contact the ground. Two of the legs 36, 38 are connected to the stanchion in a fixed manner while the other two legs 40, 42 are connected to the stanchion in a freely movable manner. The arrangement is such that, in the event of the device being upset from the normal use position, the movably connected legs move freely into a position in line with the fixedly connected legs thereby reducing the trip hazard.
Patent GB-2512404-A (GB)
Title: Display
Inventor: BICKERSTAFF IAN HENRY
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2013-05-07
Abstract: A display method using a head mountable display operable to display an image to a viewer comprises detecting an initial position and/or orientation of the viewer's head and generating an image for display according to the detected position and/or orientation. Then it detects a current position and/or orientation of the viewer's head at a time at which the image is to be displayed. The generated image is re-projected according to any differences between the initial position and/or orientation and the current position and/or orientation of the viewer's head and displayed using the display. Also provided is a method of image capture in which metadata indicating the position or orientation of the viewers head is associated with the captured image.
Patent GB-2513896-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and computer program for operating a user equipment
Inventor: MARTIN BRIAN
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2013-05-10
Abstract: A first threshold for data volume and/or a second threshold for data periodicity are provided to a user equipment UE 20. The UE 20 selects at least one bit value to indicate at least one of a) volume of uplink data to be sent by the UE relative to the first threshold and b) periodicity of uplink data to be sent by the UE relative to the second threshold. The UE 20 signals the bit value(s) to the radio network 22, 26, for example in RRC connection establishment, connection re-establishment or reconfiguration signalling, or in non-access stratum signalling. The bit values may also indicate priority of the data and/or the UE's preferred DRX configuration. In this way the network 22, 26 has enough information about the data to determine if it is, for example, MTC-type frequent small data, and if so, to arrange for the UE to send the uplink data using optimised procedures.
Patent GB-2498893-A (GB)
Title: A seat for absorbing a force
Inventor: MARSHALL NEAL
IPC: B60N2/24
Filed: 2011-11-10
Abstract: A seat (2) for absorbing a force, which seat (2) comprises a seat pan (4) having a folded portion (6), the folded portion (6) being such that it unfolds consequent upon receiving the force and thereby absorbs at least a part of the force. The force may be a blast from a mine, or the force of an aeroplane or helicopter striking the ground.
Patent GB-2514343-A (GB)
Title: Trolley with a retractable sack holder
Inventor: CRISP JOHN FREDERICK
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2013-05-20
Abstract: A trolley having a base 1 supported on wheels 2 with upright members 5, 6 upstanding from the base, includes a retractable sack holder 10. The sack holder has a support frame 13, 14, a lower portion of which is pivotally mounted for angular movement between retracted (figure 3) and extended positions of the sack holder, and a top frame 12 for holding an open mouth of a sack suspended below the top frame. The top frame is pivotally connected to a top portion of the support frame and the trolley includes a pair of runners 7 supported from the upright members. The runners extend generally parallel to the base, and a rear edge of the top frame may be provided with pairs of rollers (35, 36 figure 2) which are engaged with the runners to travel along them as the sack holder moves between the retracted and extended positions. The arrangement minimises the angular movement of the top frame which allows the space within the trolley to be utilised more fully.
Patent GB-2517469-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid electric vehicle controller and method
Inventor: FRACCHIA RICCARDO
IPC: B60L50/16
Filed: 2013-08-21
Abstract: A parallel hybrid electric vehicle powertrain comprises electric generator and propulsion means 123B,C drivable by an engine 121 to recharge a battery. A controller receives signals indicative of modes in which the vehicle is to be operated, and a signal indicative of demanded powertrain drive torque. The controller causes the engine 121 and electric propulsion means 123B,C to deliver drive torque to one or more wheels 111-114 to drive the vehicle 100 in dependence on the demanded torque signal. In a parallel powertrain mode, the electrical output torque is also determined in dependence on a signal indicative of the operating mode or modes in which the vehicle is to be operated. The electricity generation means are typically a belt integrated starter generator 123B linked to accessories and a crankshaft integrated starter generator 123C. The invention allows the controller to relate parallel modes to battery state of charge and provides a mode where electric operation is selectable.
Patent GB-2523528-A (GB)
Title: Continuous ink supply apparatus, system and method
Inventor: OLSEN DAVID N
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2011-03-14
Abstract: A continuous ink supply (CIS) apparatus, a CIS printer system and a method of CIS employ a one-way valve having a minimum negative activation pressure. The apparatus includes an off-axis ink supply to source liquid ink to a printhead of a printer. The one-way valve is positioned between the off-axis ink supply and the printhead. The minimum negative activation pressure at a printhead side of the one-way valve is at least enough to substantially precludes drooling from the printhead.
Patent GB-2507847-A (GB)
Title: Scaffolding Safety Equipment
Inventor: GOWER ALISTER PAUL
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2013-08-29
Abstract: A scaffolding brick guard 20 comprises a panel 22 and at least two hangers 28 for hanging the panel 22 vertically from a horizontal member of the scaffolding. Each hanger 28 has a first orientation in which it is substantially coplanar with the panel 22 and is attached to the panel 22 by means of a hinge whereby it is movable about an axis 32 into a second orientation not coplanar with the panel 22 to provide a hook to go over said horizontal member. When not in use a plurality of brick guards may be stacked by means of hollow conical stacking members 35 that nest together.
Patent GB-2518157-A (GB)
Title: A Connector
Inventor: JOCHUM DIETMAR
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 2013-09-11
Abstract: An anti-vibration connector (e.g. electrical connector) comprises first 1 and second 2 components, each having respective cooperating locking parts (e.g. threaded parts) which engage with each other by rotating the parts relative to each other to lock the components 1, 2 together. The components 1, 2 further comprise respective cooperating formations 6, 31 that allow the locking parts to be rotated relative to each other in a locking direction but prevent them being rotated relative to each other in an unlocking direction (e.g. as a ratchet assembly), unless the cooperating formations 6, 31 are released from each other. This prevents the connector becoming unintentionally disconnected. The cooperating formations 6, 31 may be resiliently biased into contact with each other upon connection of the two components 1, 2. The cooperating formation on one component 2 may comprise a plurality of profiled recesses 31 provided in an end face of a sliding collar 30. The sliding collar 30 may be rotatably and slidably connected to a locking part of one component 2, such that it can rotate the locking part and slide relative to the locking part in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. The cooperating formation 6 on the other component 1 may have the general outer profile of a regular polygon.
Patent GB-2520922-A (GB)
Title: Battery powered food or beverage induction heater
Inventor: TA TRUNG VAN
IPC: H05B6/06
Filed: 2013-10-15
Abstract: A battery powered induction heater apparatus, comprising an LC tank circuit, an LC tank driver circuit, a timing circuit and a current sense circuit whereby in use the LC tank circuit is configured to produce a resonant frequency which is reached when the vessel containing the food or beverage product is place above it, the current sense circuit is configured to detect a current increase through the inductor of the primary windings, the timing circuit is configured to receive a signal from the logic circuit and to send control signals to the driver circuit, the driver circuit being configured to provide a pulsed wave signal to the LC tank circuit, the form of the pulsed wave signal being dependent upon the signals received from the timing circuit.
Patent GB-2521632-A (GB)
Title: Vermin control compositions
Inventor: GOODE STEVEN LINSCOTT
IPC: A01P11/00
Filed: 2013-12-23
Abstract: A composition for killing an animal, e.g. a rodent, comprising: (i) a toxin component comprising one or more agents toxic to the animal, e.g. cholecalciferol or 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (vitamin D3); and (ii) a carrier system for the toxin component; wherein the carrier system (ii) comprises: (a) at least one solvent or dispersant for the toxin component, e.g. an alcohol such as ethanol, and (b) at least one dermal disruptant component, e.g. dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The compositions provide enhanced dermal penetration of the toxin into and through the skin of the animal onto which the composition is sprayed or delivered, e.g. in a trap or other apparatus.
Patent GB-2506784-A (GB)
Title: Laminated rotor balancing provisions
Inventor: SEMENOV DMITRY YUREVICH
IPC: H02K3/28
Filed: 2011-07-06
Abstract: A laminated rotor and an electric machine including the laminated rotor are disclosed. In an embodiment, a rotor comprises a plurality of stacked laminations, wherein each lamination includes a plurality of radially extending slots arranged about a circumference of each of the plurality of laminations, and the plurality of radially extending slots in successive laminations in the stack are aligned. A stud member passes longitudinally through at least one hole in the lamination stack, and a plurality of coils are positioned within the plurality of slots. Fewer than all of the plurality of slots have a coil positioned therein, leaving at least three slots empty. Balance members may be placed in the slots that do not have a coil positioned therein to balance the rotor.
Patent GB-2524942-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum compressed gas production device
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN
IPC: F04B35/02
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: The device is to produce either compressed gas or vacuum ,by a moving body of liquid over a turbine .The blades of the turbine have integral pistons which rotate around a fixed cam, causing movement of the piston to either compress gas or create vacuum .The pistons have one way valves on the piston crown enabling gas or vacuum to be transferred from the inner casing into the piston chamber the exit being at the top of the piston chamber and then through a line within the blade into the nose cone chamber .A double tube system allows for gas to exit the nose cone and for incoming gas to enter the inner casing completely separately whilst making a fixed axel for the cam .The cowling around the turbine blades may have grooves or fins in a spiral to rotate the flowing the body of liquid to give an improved torque effect upon the turbine blades (figure 7b) .The turbines may be connected in series to give a greater output in a moving body of liquid .
Patent GB-2523784-A (GB)
Title: Hand-held food and drinks holders
Inventor: FORD ANDREW NICHOLAS
IPC: A47G23/06
Filed: 2014-03-05
Abstract: A hand-held food and drinks tray 1 comprises first and second drink holders 21 at opposite sides of a drinks part 2 and a food part 3 that projects forwardly of the drinks part. A thumb hole 22 is provided in the drinks part between the drink holders such that a users thumb 221 projects forwardly through the thumb hole from below and rests on an upper surface of the drinks part whilst the users hand supports the food part from below. At least one of the drink holders has a central hole, through which a glass stem may pass whilst an upper part of the glass is supported by the base, and a slot that extends between the hole and the periphery of the drink holder such that a glass stem may pass through the slot. At least one of the drink holders comprises a recess in which a resilient retaining 214 is mounted. In use the tray permits a user to hold both food and drink items with one hand.
Patent GB-2513994-A (GB)
Title: Espagnolette locking assembly and method of use
Inventor: COPE MARK LESLIE
IPC: E05C9/04
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: The espagnolette locking assembly comprises a primary and secondary espagnolette gearboxes. The primary gearbox has at least one primary locking bar which is linearly between locking and non-locking positions. An additional locking member 40 is adapted to move in a direction having a component transverse to the direction of movement of the primary locking bar. The secondary gearbox has at least one secondary locking bar. The secondary locking bar is movable linearly between its locking and non-locking positions. The locking bars are adapted for connection to a shoot bolt 30 which in use can project into a fixed keep when the respective locking bar is in its locking position. The secondary gearbox includes an aperture 142 which can receive the additional locking member of the primary gearbox. There is also provided a method of use of the locking assembly for locking a French window 10.
Patent GB-2526861-A (GB)
Title: Device for measuring the shear stress of a viscous fluid
Inventor: ZURK AUGUST PETER
IPC: G01N11/04
Filed: 2014-06-05
Abstract: A device 100 for measuring a shear stress of a fluid comprises an inlet section 101 through which the fluid is guidable, wherein the inlet section is formed such that the fluid streams through it along a first streaming direction 102. A tube 103 is connected to the inlet section such that the fluid is streamable from the inlet through the tube, wherein the tube comprises a transition section 104 formed such that the fluid streaming through the tube is deflected from the first direction 102 to a second different streaming direction 105. The tube 103 is deformable by deflecting the fluid from the first streaming direction to the second streaming direction within the transition section 104. A deformation sensor 106 measures a deformation of the tube indicative of the shear stress of the fluid. Several transition sections and sensors may be included.
Patent GB-2527570-A (GB)
Title: Route planning
Inventor: THOMAS PETER NORMAN
IPC: G05D1/10
Filed: 2014-06-26
Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle (2). The method comprises generating, by a processor (12), a grid (16) by 5 specifying a start node (18), specifying one or more movement operations performable by the vehicle (2), and iteratively adding edges and further nodes (20 â 24) to the grid (16), each edge corresponding to a respective movement operation and each further node corresponding to a location for the vehicle (2). The one or more processors (12) then select a path through the grid (16) from a first node of the grid to a second node of the grid. The first node corresponds to a first location (A) for the vehicle (2) and the second node corresponds to a second location (B) for the vehicle (2). Thus, a route for the vehicle (2) from the first location (A) to the second location (B) is determined.