Author: claimsbot

1. A motorcycle brake system with a hydraulically operable front-wheel brake circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, comprising two master brake cylinders for the independent actuation of both brake circuits, one inlet valve and one outlet valve provided in each brake circuit for brake slip control, one pump for the pressure supply of the front-wheel brake circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, the supply pressure of the pump that is active in the rear-wheel brake circuit being applicable not only to a front-wheel brake but also to a rear-wheel brake depending on a force-proportional actuation of the master brake cylinder connected to the front-wheel brake circuit;
wherein an accommodating member having several pressure channels is provided for the hydraulic connection of the two master brake cylinders to the front-wheel brake and rear-wheel brake, of the front-wheel brake circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, and first and second wheel brake connections that are connectable to the rear-wheel brake and front-wheel brake open into a lateral surface of the accommodating member, which wheel brake connections are arranged between first and second pressure connections that are connectable to the two master brake cylinders being operable independently of each other.
2. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 1,
wherein a distance between the first wheel brake connection and an accommodating bore provided for the inlet valve in the accommodating member is dimensioned in such a way that a direct hydraulic connection is established to the first wheel brake connection, which is part of the front-wheel brake circuit or the rear-wheel brake circuit, by means of a blind-end bore opening into an orifice of the inlet valve accommodating bore.
3. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 2, including a first pressure sensor for sensing the master cylinder pressure that can be supplied to the front-wheel brake circuit, as well as a second pressure sensor for sensing the wheel brake pressure in a rear-wheel brake connected to the rear-wheel brake circuit;
wherein the first pressure sensor is inserted into an accommodating bore, which is arranged remote from the first pressure connection and laterally relative to a first bore row, said first pressure sensor accommodating bore opening into an end surface of the accommodating member transversely to the first pressure connection, and in that the second pressure sensor is inserted into an accommodating bore of a second bore row remote from the second pressure connection, which opens transversely to the second pressure connection into the end surface of the accommodating member.
4. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 2,
wherein several accommodating bores are arranged in the accommodating member in a first bore row and a second bore row, and the first bore row accommodates exclusively the inlet valve and outlet valve required for brake slip control in the front-wheel brake circuit while the second row accommodates the inlet valve and outlet valve required for brake slip control in the rear-wheel brake circuit and the second pressure sensor.
5. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 4,
wherein the two pressure connections opening into the lateral surface of the accommodating member are arranged so as to be in alignment in the longitudinal planes of the first and second bore rows.
6. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 4,
wherein the wheel brake connections opening into the lateral surface of the accommodating member are arranged between the longitudinal planes of the first and second bore rows.
7. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 4,
wherein the second bore row further accommodates an electric separating valve.
8. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 2,
wherein arranged between first and second bore rows is a pair of accommodating bores in the end surface of the accommodating member into which an electric change-over valve and an additional pressure sensor are inserted.
9. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 8,
wherein a pressure channel traverses the accommodating bores provided for the additional pressure sensor and the electric change-over valve in the direction of the second pressure connection, which can be connected to the master brake cylinder provided for the actuation of the rear-wheel brake circuit.
10. The motorcycle brake system as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the wheel brake connections opening into the lateral surface of the accommodating member are arranged between the longitudinal planes of first and second bore rows which accommodate the inlet and outlet valves.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A bend stiffener for coupling a subsea unit at a location along an ocean cable, comprising:
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit, wherein the first elongate member defines a termination part designed to connect to the subsea unit; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of the bend stiffener, wherein the first member has a chosen resilience in order to be able to obtain a suitable bend when the bend stiffener is subject to a first load, while the second member is designed so as to have less resilience than the first member, whereby the second member starts bending earlier than the first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a second load smaller than the first load.
2. A bend stiffener for coupling a subsea unit at a location along an ocean cable, comprising:
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit, wherein the first elongate member defines a termination part designed to connect to the subsea unit; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of the bend stiffener, wherein the first member has a chosen resilience in order to be able to obtain a suitable bend when the bend stiffener is subject to a first load, while the second member is designed so as to have less resilience than the first member, whereby the second member starts bending earlier than the first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a second load smaller than the first load,
wherein the first and second members are each provided with at least one channel, the channels extending from the second member to a hydrophone with surfaces of the channels having a nonmetallic material, and the second member having a resilience adapted to transfer incident pressure waves into the channel therein.
3. The bend stiffener according to claim 2, wherein the channels are provided in between the members and the cable positioned in the conduits therein, the cable covered by a non-metallic coating.
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6. A bend stiffener for coupling a subsea unit at a location along an ocean cable, comprising:
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit, wherein the first elongate member defines a termination part designed to connect to the subsea unit; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of the bend stiffener, wherein the first member has a chosen resilience in order to be able to obtain a suitable bend when the bend stiffener is subject to a first load, while the second member is designed so as to have less resilience than the first member, whereby the second member starts bending earlier than the first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a second load smaller than the first load wherein the second member is a substantially cylindrical, flexible, tubular member, wherein the first member is provided with a pressure transfer path extending from the end of the first member where the second member is arranged, to the opposite end of the first member, for the transfer of pressure changes from the region of the second member when the second member is being compressed.
7. The bend stiffener according to claim 6, where the pressure transfer path comprises longitudinal grooves along an internal wall of the first longitudinal conduit.
8. The bend stiffener according to claim 6, where the pressure transfer path comprises any number of channels separate from, but substantially parallel with, the first longitudinal conduit.
9. The bend stiffener according to claim 6, comprising a pressure collection volume, the pressure collection volume having a passage for coupling with a hydrophone of a seismic station.
10. The bend stiffener according to claim 9, wherein the passage for coupling with the hydrophone is arranged so as to be isolated from remaining parts of the seismic station for which the bend stiffener protects an end of a flexible cable.
11. The bend stiffener according to claim 9, wherein the passage is defined by at least one of a pipe which is impermeable to hydrogen and a pipe like element which is impermeable to hydrogen.
12. The bend stiffener according to claim 1, wherein all surfaces capable of enclosing a volume of water capable of coupling with a hydrophone are adapted to prevent generation of gas due to corrosion.
13. The bend stiffener according to claim 1, wherein the second member is terminated in a sleeve or muff, the sleeve or muff having openings or grooves for allowing an interior volume of the stiffener to be filled with water during deployment at a subsea location.
14. A bend stiffener for coupling a subsea unit at a location along an ocean cable, comprising:
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit, wherein the first elongate member defines a termination part designed to connect to the subsea unit; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of the bend stiffener, wherein the first member has a chosen resilience in order to be able to obtain a suitable bend when the bend stiffener is subject to a first load, while the second member is designed so as to have less resilience than the first member, whereby the second member starts bending earlier than the first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a second load smaller than the first load,
wherein the second member is terminated in a sleeve or muff, the sleeve or muff having openings or grooves for allowing an interior volume of the stiffener to be filled with water during deployment at a subsea location, wherein the openings or grooves are dimensioned to limit inflow of sand.
15. The bend stiffener according to claim 13, wherein the sleeve or muff has a conical shape configured to ease the entry of the bend stiffener into guides, conduits, or cable handling devices.
16. The bend stiffener according to claim 2, wherein the nonmetallic material is a polymer.
17. The bend stiffener according to claim 3, wherein the non-metallic coating is a polymer coating.
18. A cable system for use in an ocean, comprising:
an ocean cable;
a subsea unit disposed along the ocean cable;
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit, wherein the first elongate member surrounds a portion of the ocean cable adjacent the subsea unit and couples to the subsea unit; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of a bend stiffener formed by the elongate members, wherein the first member has a chosen resilience in order to be able to obtain a suitable bend when the bend stiffener is subject to a first load, while the second member is designed so as to have less resilience than the first member, whereby the second member starts bending earlier than the first member when the bend stiffener is subjected to a second load smaller than the first load.
19. A cable system for use in an ocean, comprising:
an ocean cable;
a subsea station disposed along the ocean cable, wherein the station includes a hydrophone;
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit surrounding a portion of the ocean cable adjacent the subsea station, wherein the first member couples to the subsea station; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit surrounding a further portion of the ocean cable, wherein the second member is connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of a bend stiffener formed by the elongate members, wherein the second member has less resilience than the first member, and wherein the first and second members are each provided with at least one channel, the channels extending from the second member to the hydrophone, and the second member having a resilience adapted to transfer incident pressure waves into the channel therein.
20. A cable system for use in an ocean, comprising:
an ocean cable;
a subsea station disposed along the ocean cable, wherein the station includes a hydrophone
an elongate first member having a first longitudinal conduit surrounding a portion of the ocean cable adjacent the subsea station, wherein the first member couples to the subsea station; and
an elongate second member having a second longitudinal conduit surrounding a further portion of the ocean cable, wherein the second member is connected to an end of the first member thereby effectively extending a length of a bend stiffener formed by the elongate members, wherein the second member has less resilience than the first member, and wherein the first and second members are each provided with at least one channel, the channels extending from the second member to the hydrophone, and the second member having a resilience adapted to transfer incident pressure waves into the channel therein, wherein a nonmetallic material defines surfaces of the channels.

1. A display device comprising;
a display panel having a high pixel and a low pixel, wherein the high pixel and the low pixel are formed in a pixel area; and
a driving section receiving a first image signal from an external device, outputting a second image signal to the high pixel by using gamma data that corresponds to a high pixel gamma curve, and outputting a third image signal to the low pixel by using gamma data that corresponds to a low pixel gamma curve,
wherein the driving section outputs the third image signal to the low pixel by using the same gamma data for each of RGB data that corresponds to a low gradation of the low pixel gamma curve.
2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving section comprises:
a timing controller generating the second and third image signals based on the first image signal;
a gate driver outputting a plurality of gate signals to activate a plurality of gate lines; and
a data driver compensating the second image signal that is provided from the timing controller by using the gamma data that corresponds to the high pixel gamma curve, compensating the third image signal that is provided from the timing controller by using the gamma data that corresponds to the low pixel gamma curve, and outputting the compensated second and third image signals to the display panel.
3. The display device of claim 2, further comprising a storing section storing the RGB gamma data corresponding to the high pixel and the RGB data corresponding to the low pixel,
wherein the timing controller generates the second image signal by using the RGB gamma data corresponding to the high pixel, and generates the third image signal by using the RGB data corresponding to the low pixel.
4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the pixel area is defined by two adjacent gate lines, an odd numbered data line and an even numbered data line that is adjacent to the odd numbered data line.
5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the high pixel comprises;
a switching element electrically connected to one gate line of the two adjacent gate lines and to the even numbered data line; and
a liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the switching element.
6. The display device of claim 5, wherein the low pixel comprises:
a switching element electrically connected to a remaining gate line of the two adjacent gate lines and to the odd numbered data line; and
a liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the switching element.
7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving section comprises:
a timing controller generating the second image signal based on the first image signal;
a first gate driver outputting a plurality of gate signals to activate even-numbered gate lines;
a second gate driver outputting a plurality of gate signals to activate odd-numbered gate lines; and
a data driver outputting the second image signal provided from the timing controller to the display panel.
8. The display device of claim 7, further comprising a storing section storing a high RGB gamma data corresponding to the high pixel and a low RGB gamma data corresponding to the low pixel,
wherein the driving section further comprises a switching section outputting the high RGB gamma data and the low RGB gamma data to the data driver in response to a controlling of the timing controller.
9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the data driver compensates the second image signal using the high RGB gamma data and the low RGB gamma data, and outputs the compensated high RGB gamma data and the compensated low RGB gamma data to the display panel.
10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the pixel area is defined by two adjacent gate lines and adjacent two data lines,
the high pixel comprises,
a first switching element electrically connected to an even-numbered gate line corresponding to the first gate driver; and
a first liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the first switching element.
11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the low pixel comprises:
a second switching element electrically connected to an odd-numbered gate line corresponding to the second gate drive; and
a second liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected to the second switching element.
12. A display device comprising:
a display panel having a high pixel and a low pixel that are formed in a pixel area;
a storing section storing high RGB gamma data corresponding to the high pixel and low RGB gamma data corresponding to the low pixel;
a timing controller receiving a first image signal from an external device, outputting a second image signal adapted the first image signal to the high RGB gamma data, and outputting a third image signal adapted the first image signal to the low RGB gamma data;
a gate driver outputting a gate signal to activate the gate line in response to controlling of the timing controller; and
a data driver outputting the second and third image signals to the data line in response to the controlling of the timing controller,
wherein the storing section stores same RGB gamma data, which corresponds to a low-gradation of the low RGB gamma data.
13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the low gradation is about 10% of a full-gradation.
14. A display device comprising:
a display panel having high and low pixels that are formed in a pixel area;
a first storing section storing high RGB gamma data corresponding to high pixel gamma curves of RGB data, respectively;
a second storing section storing low RGB gamma data corresponding to low pixel gamma curves of RGB data, respectively;
a timing controller receiving a first image signal from an external device and generating a second image signal based on the first image signal;
a switching section selectively outputting the high RGB gamma data and the low RGB gamma data in response to controlling of the timing controller;
a first gate driver outputting a first gate signal to activate an even-numbered gate line of the display panel;
a second gate driver outputting a second gate signal to activate an odd-numbered gate line of the display panel; and
a data driver compensating the second image signal using the high RGB gamma data and the low RGB gamma data, and outputting the compensated second image signal to the display panel,
wherein the second storing section stores the same RGB gamma data corresponding to a low-gradation of the low RGB gamma data.
15. The display device of claim 14, wherein the low gradation is about 10% of a full-gradation.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A balancing board, comprising:
a first surface for receiving one or more feet of a user when said balancing board is in operation;
a second surface including one or more outwardly curved forms for engaging with a floor surface when said balancing board is in operation, wherein said second surface provides means for varying an orientation and movement of the balancing board relative to the floor surface;
a signal receiving arrangement for receiving one or more sensor signals indicative of one or more user reactions when operating the balancing board in reaction to said variations in the orientation and movement of the balancing board, wherein the user is supported upon the first surface of the balancing board;
a processor which is operable to receive said one or more sensor signals from a first set of sensors, comprising one or more sensors indicative of said one or more user reactions, wherein the processor is further operable to control means of changing a profile of the second surface;
wherein said signal receiving arrangement is coupled to a second set of sensors, comprising one or more sensors and is operable to receive one or more signals from the second set of sensors, the second set of sensors being operable to determine an orientation, movement, and acceleration of the balancing board, and to communicate with the processor via the signal receiving arrangement; and
one or more actuators, wherein the one or more sensors of the second set of sensors are coupled to the signal receiving arrangement and the processor and wherein the one or more sensors of the second set are operable to communicate with the one or more actuators, said actuators being operable to modify one or more outwardly curved forms of the balancing board.
2. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to cause the balancing board to exhibit a plurality of levels.
3. The balancing board as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of balancing board levels corresponds to a predefined combination of orientation, movement, and acceleration of the balancing board.
4. The balancing board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to automatically change between the balancing board levels based on the user feedback sensed by the first set of sensors.
5. The balancing board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to automatically advance from one of the plurality of balancing board levels to another of the plurality of balancing board levels after a predefined time period.
6. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal receiving arrangement is coupled to the first set of sensors being, at least in part, attached in operation to a body of the user for sensing user reactions.
7. The balancing board as claimed in claim 6, wherein the balancing board is operable to communicate to an electronic device the user reaction sensed by the first set of sensors and the data sensed corresponding to the balancing board by the second set of sensors, wherein the electronic device is operable to perform analysis on the data received from the processor for determining a medical condition of the user.
8. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the balancing board includes a safety mechanism which is deployable based on feedback sensed by the one or more sensors of the first set, the one or more sensors of the second set, or both, which sensors are coupled to the signal receiving arrangement, wherein said one or more actuators are operable to deploy the safety mechanism.
9. The balancing board as claimed in claim 8, wherein the safety mechanism comprises airbags.
10. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein said balancing board further includes means for moving the first surface relative to the second surface to facilitate a change in orientation and movement independently of any changes generated through the user balancing on the balancing board.
11. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors of the second set of sensors comprises one or more of: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a microphone, a pressure sensor, a force sensor, a camera, a depth sensor for gesture recognition, a biometric sensor, a proximity sensor.
12. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first surface is substantially planar in form.
13. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second surface of one or more outwardly curved forms is defined, at least in part, in profile by a volume of gas under pressure, wherein the volume of gas is inflated or deflated in operation based upon which mode of operation for the balancing board is activated by the processor, wherein the one or more actuators are operable to inflate or deflate the volume of gas to modify orientation and movement of the balancing board.
14. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more outwardly curved forms on the second surface are solid, wherein the one or more actuators are operable to selectively retract or extend the one or more curved forms to modify orientation and movement of the balancing board.
15. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first surface is operable to rotate independently about a substantially central axis of the balancing board, the first surface and the balancing board having the central axis common thereto, wherein the one or more actuators are operable to rotate the first surface.
16. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the balancing board is operable to change balancing board levels in response to the user using a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable to communicate with the processor, the mobile device comprising a software to control the balancing board.
17. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the balancing board is operable to change its balancing board level in response to one or more of gesture and vocal commands from the user, wherein the first or the second set of sensors is operable to sense and communicate one or more of gesture and vocal commands to the processor.
18. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein said balancing board is operable to communicate with an electronic device for configuring a balancing board training program for the user based on a performance analysis of the user, wherein the training program comprises a plurality of combinations of balancing board levels, therein the electronic device is operable to communicate the training program to the processor.
19. The balancing board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the balancing board is operable to be activated to present a lighting pattern on the first surface to facilitate training of the user, wherein the lighting pattern comprises lighting one or more portions of the first surface, the user stepping on the lighted one or more portions of the first surface for training.