Author: claimsbot

1. A subsea connector, comprising:
a guide funnel assembly configured to be coupled to a subsea structure, the guide funnel assembly being configured to receive a shaft;
the shaft configured to be coupled to a bend restrictorlimiter, the shaft being configured to be received inside the guide funnel assembly, wherein the shaft comprises a recess;
a latch assembly coupled to the guide funnel assembly, the latch assembly comprising one or more dogs and a latch operating device;
wherein the dogs are radially moveable in and out of the interior of the guide funnel assembly, and wherein the dogs are configured to be inserted into the recess of the shaft to inhibit longitudinal axial movement between the shaft and the guide funnel assembly; and
wherein the latch operating device is configured to control the in and out radial movement of the dogs.
2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector is configured to be installed using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch operating device is configured to be manipulated using an ROV.
4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch operating device comprises a base and a cam plate attached to the guide funnel assembly.
5. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch assembly is configured to be positioned to allow the dogs to move radially in and out of the interior of the guide funnel assembly with an inward bias.
6. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch assembly is configured to be positioned to allow the shaft to be inserted into the guide funnel assembly.
7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch assembly comprises a locking mechanism to inhibit the dogs from moving radially outward when the dogs are inserted into the recess of the shaft.
8. The connector of claim 1, wherein the latch assembly comprises an unlocking mechanism that engages the dogs to move the dogs radially outward when the unlocking mechanism is activated.
9. The connector of claim 1, wherein the guide funnel assembly is coupled to a riser tube on the subsea structure.
10. The connector of claim 1, wherein the bend restrictorlimiter is coupled to a riser.
11. The connector of claim 1, wherein the shaft is configured to be coupled to a bend stiffener.
12. A subsea connector, comprising:
a guide funnel assembly configured to be coupled to a subsea structure, the guide funnel assembly being configured to receive a shaft;
the shaft configured to be coupled to a bend restrictorlimiter, the shaft being configured to be received inside the guide funnel assembly, wherein the shaft comprises a recess;
a latch assembly coupled to the guide funnel assembly, the latch assembly comprising one or more dogs and a cam plate;
wherein the dogs are radially moveable in and out of the interior of the guide funnel assembly, and wherein the dogs are configured to be inserted into the recess of the shaft to inhibit longitudinal axial movement between the shaft and the guide funnel assembly; and
wherein the cam plate comprises one or more cam surfaces, and wherein movement of the cam plate controls the in and out radial movement of the dogs.
13. The connector of claim 12, wherein at least one of the cam surfaces defines at least one radial position of the dogs.
14. The connector of claim 12, wherein the cam plate is configured to be moved using an ROV.
15. The connector of claim 12, wherein the connector is configured to be installed using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
16. The connector of claim 12, wherein the cam plate comprises at least one cam surface that allows the dogs to move radially in and out of the interior of the guide funnel assembly with an inward bias.
17. The connector of claim 12, wherein the cam plate comprises at least one cam surface that allows the shaft to be inserted into the guide funnel assembly.
18. The connector of claim 12, wherein the cam plate comprises at least one cam surface that inhibits the dogs from moving radially outward when the dogs are inserted into the recess of the shaft.
19. The connector of claim 12, wherein the cam plate comprises at least one cam surface that moves the dogs radially outward when the cam plate is moved to engage such cam surface.
20. The connector of claim 12, wherein the guide funnel assembly is coupled to a riser tube on the subsea structure.
21. The connector of claim 12, wherein the bend restrictorlimiter is coupled to a riser.
22. The connector of claim 12, wherein the shaft is configured to be coupled to a bend stiffener.
23. A subsea connector for coupling a subsea structure to a bend restrictorlimiter, comprising:
a guide funnel assembly configured to receive a shaft;
the shaft, the shaft being configured to be received inside the guide funnel assembly, wherein the shaft comprises a recess;
a latch assembly coupled to the guide funnel assembly, the latch assembly comprising one or more dogs and a latch operating device;
wherein the dogs are radially moveable in and out of the interior of the guide funnel assembly, and wherein the dogs are configured to be inserted into the recess of the shaft to inhibit longitudinal axial movement between the shaft and the guide funnel assembly; and
wherein the latch operating device is configured to control the in and out radial movement of the dogs.
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. An image display apparatus for displaying an image by performing image processing corresponding to rotation information, the image display apparatus comprising:
a presenceabsence determining unit configured to determine whether rotation information exists;
a state determination unit configured to determine whether an image is rotated from a state of an angle at which stereoscopic display is performed if the rotation information exists;
a display unit configured to perform a stereoscopic display on a display area using a plurality of images if the image is not rotated and display any one of the plurality of images if the image is rotated; and
a control unit configured to control operation of each unit.
2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotation information is information about a rotation angle or rotation flag of an image and information added or changed by an operator performing rotation operation.
3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotation operation includes rotation information update processing for adding or changing the rotation information and rotation information storage processing for storing the rotation information.
4. The image display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the rotation information update processing is rewriting the rotation information by the acquired rotation information.
5. The image display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the rotation information storage processing is an operation that stores an image using rewritten rotation information.
6. The image display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the rotation information storage processing is an operation that performs an entity rotation of an image using rewritten rotation information and stores the image.
7. An image display method for displaying an image by performing image processing corresponding to rotation information, the method comprising:
determining whether rotation information exists;
determining whether an image is rotated from a state of an angle at which stereoscopic display is performed if the rotation information exists;
performing a stereoscopic display on a display area using a plurality of images if the image is not rotated, and displaying any one of the plurality of images if the image is rotated; and
controlling operation of each unit.
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute each step of an image display method for displaying an image by performing image processing corresponding to rotation information, the method comprising:
determining whether rotation information exists;
determining whether an image is rotated from a state of an angle at which stereoscopic display is performed if the rotation information exists;
performing a stereoscopic display on a display area using a plurality of images if the image is not rotated, and displaying any one of the plurality of images if the image is rotated.

1. Control unit (1, 1a) for a softening device (2), wherein the control unit (1, 1a) comprises
a primary inlet (4) for untreated water,
a primary outlet (7) for blended water,
a sensor for determining the water hardness of the untreated water Wraw or the blended water WHblend,
a secondary outlet (15) which is supplied with untreated water from the primary inlet (4),
a secondary inlet (6) which is supplied to the primary outlet (7),
a bypass line (9) which is guided parallel to the secondary outlet and the secondary inlet (6),
a blender which can be automatically adjusted for mixing a blended water flow Vblend(t) from a first partial flow V(t)part1soft of the secondary inlet (6) and a second partial flow V(t)part2raw of the bypass line (9),
an electronic control means (11, 11a), wherein the control means (11, 11a) is designed to readjust the adjustment position of the blender according to of the determined water hardness WHraw or WHblend in such a fashion that the water hardness in the blended water flow Vblend(t) is adjusted to a predetermined desired value, wherein
the control unit (1, 1a) is designed in the form of an external control unit (1, 1a) for the softening device (2), wherein the control unit (1, 1a) has a control unit housing (3), the outer side of which is provided with the primary inlet (4), the primary outlet (7), the secondary outlet (5) and the secondary inlet (6), and wherein the control unit housing (3) contains the sensor, the bypass line (9), the blender and the electronic control means (11, 11a).
2. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is designed as a conductivity sensor (16).
3. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1 wherein the sensor is arranged in the untreated water area of the control unit (1, 1a).
4. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1 wherein the control unit housing (3) is designed as an intermediate connecting piece.
5. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1 wherein the control unit (1, 1a) further comprises at least two flow meters (12, 13) for direct or indirect determination of the partial flows V(t)part1soft and V(t)part2raw,
that the electronic control means (11, 11a) is designed to also readjust the adjustment position of the blender on the basis of the determined partial flows V(t)part1soft and V(t)part2raw, and that the control unit housing (3) also contains the at least two flow meters (12, 13).
6. Control unit (1, 1a) according claim 1 further comprising a first flow meter (12) arranged between the primary inlet (4) and the branching point (8) of the bypass line (9) for determining an overall untreated water inflow V(t)rawall, and that-a second flow meter (13) arranged in the bypass line (9) for determining the second partial flow V(t)part2raw.
7. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 6, wherein the control unit (1, 1a) has a measuring input (20) for a third flow meter (21) in order that a rinsing water flow V(t)part3rinse can be determined for the electronic control (11, 11a),
and that the electronic control (11, 11a) is designed to determine the first partial flow V(t)part1soft in accordance with the equation V(t)part1soft=V(t)rawall\u2212V(t)part2raw\u2212V(t)part3rinse.
8. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1 further comprising a measuring device (17) is arranged in the blended water area in addition to the sensor for determining the concentration of the hardness components calcium and magnesium Chardnessblend in the blended water flow V(t)blend.
9. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 8, wherein the measuring device (17) is designed as titrator for titrimetric determination of the hardness components, or that the measuring device (17) comprises an ion-selective sensor, in particular, an ion-selective electrode.
10. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 1, further comprising an automatically actuatable stop valve (18) disposed directly downstream of the primary inlet (4), and that the electronic control (11, 11a) is designed to automatically close the stop valve (18) in case of a leakage.
11. Control unit (1, 1a) according claim 1 wherein the control unit (1, 1a) has a control terminal (22) for triggering regeneration of the softening device (2), and that the electronic control (11, 11a) is designed to determine, in dependence on the soft water withdrawals performed since the last triggered regeneration and on one or more associated defined untreated water hardnesses, a residual capacity of the softening device (2), and upon depletion thereof, to automatically issue a control pulse to the control terminal (22) for triggering regeneration.
12. Control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 11, wherein the sensor is designed as a conductivity sensor (16) for measuring the conductivity of the untreated water Lraw, and that the electronic control (11, 11a) is designed to derive an overall hardness I of the untreated water, which is used to control regeneration triggering, from the measured conductivity Lraw by way of a first calibration characteristic (F1), and to derive an overall hardness II of the untreated water, winch is used to control the blender, from the measured conductivity Lraw by way of a second calibration characteristic (F2).
13. Water softening system comprising a softening device (2) with a softener housing (2a) and an external control unit (1, 1a) according claim 1 wherein the control unit (1, 1a) is disposed outside of the softener housing (2a) and wherein the softener device (2) is connected at the secondary outlet (5) and the secondary inlet (6) of the control unit (1, 1a) to the outer side of the control unit housing (3).
14. Water softening system according to claim 13 with a control unit (1, 1a) according to claim 11 wherein the water softening system has a supply container (23) for regenerant solution (23a) and also means for automatic performance of regeneration of the softening device, in particular, comprising a regeneration valve (24) that can be driven by a servomotor (25), and that the control terminal (22) is connected to the means for automatic performance of regeneration.
15. The use of a water softening system according to any one of the claim 13,
wherein the softening device (2) has its own blender, and wherein the separate blending of the softening device (2) is closed such that the softening device (2) only provides completely softened water.
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 tape dispenser, comprising a handle with a chamber therein, wherein the chamber is open at a bottom of the handle, a holder fixed in the chamber of the handle, and a tool to be received in the chamber of the handle and held by the holder whereby the tool may be stored in the chamber of the handle and may be drawn out of the handle for operation.
2. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the handle has a recess at the bottom thereof to expose a part of the tool when it is received in the chamber.
3. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the holder has a lock member with an end connected to the holder and an end suspended which the lock device has a hook to be engaged with a coupler of the tool.
4. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 3, wherein the coupler of the tool is a block.
5. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the holder has a base member with a tunnel for the tool passing through.
6. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the holder has a flexible arm with a block thereon, and the handle has an opening communicated with the chamber to be engaged with the block of the flexible arm.
7. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the holder includes a base member with a tunnel for the tool passing through and two lock members at opposite side of the tunnel to engage the tool.
8. The tape dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the tool is a knife.