SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING ENERGY TO IDENTIFY WITH AN OBJECT OF INTEREST

• US 20100121498A1
• Filed: 05/08/2009
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kirkland R. Gable
• Original Assignee: Kirkland R. Gable
• Inventors: GABLE, KIRKLAND R.
• Application Number:
  US12/463,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20100121498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0047 with monitoring or indicating devices or circuits

Abstract

An Identifiable Energy Storage Media (IESM) device includes a representation of an object and a battery connected to the representation, the battery having stored energy collected from the object. The IESM device may also include a playback module connected to the battery to highlight the representation of the object using energy identified and stored in the battery.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying an object of interest;

collecting energy generated from the object of interest;

storing said electrical energy in a battery;

capturing a representation of the object of interest; and

placing said representation of the object of interest and said battery in a display device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

highlighting said representation of the object of interest using electrical energy collected from said object of interest.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said highlighting comprises illuminating said representation with a light source.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said highlighting comprises reproducing said representation using a video.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein said highlighting comprises reproducing said representation in sound.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said capturing a representation comprises collecting a physical sample of the object of interest.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

collecting data indicating energy verses time for said converting;

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

varying said highlighting over time according to said collected data indicating energy verses time.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said collecting energy from said object of interest comprises converting mechanical motion of said object of interest to electrical energy using a faraday device connected to said object of interest.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said collecting energy from said object of interest comprises converting mechanical motion of said object of interest to electrical energy using a piezoelectric device connected to said object of interest.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said collecting energy comprises converting electromagnetic energy reflected off of said object of interest.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein said collecting energy further comprises driving energy through said object of interest prior to said collecting.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a battery;

an energy collector connected to said battery to collect energy from an object;

a representation of the object; and

a playback module to highlight said representation of the object using energy stored in said battery.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said energy collector comprises a photovoltaic cell to collect electromagnetic radiation.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said representation of said object comprises a photograph.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said playback module comprises a light to illuminate said photograph.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said energy collector is a piezoelectric cell to transform bending moment into energy.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said energy collector is a Faraday cell to transform movement into energy.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said energy collector is a wind generator.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a power terminal to receive supplemental power to power said playback module.

21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said playback module is a multimedia player.

22. An apparatus, comprising:

a battery having stored energy generated from an object of interest; and

a representation of said object of interest positioned on said battery.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

a playback module connected to said battery to highlight said representation of the object using energy stored in said battery.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein said tangible representation of the object is a photograph.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said playback module comprises a light.