1. A viewing enhancement apparatus for magnifying a display screen of a personal electronic device, wherein the viewing enhancement apparatus comprises:
a first magnifying lens;
a pyramid shaped body having a larger opening at a top end and a smaller opening at a bottom end, wherein the first magnifying lens is connected to and located in the larger opening and wherein the smaller opening is configured to reside above and around a display screen of the personal electronic device, and wherein the body spaces the first magnifying lens away from the display screen a sufficient distance to magnify an image on the display screen and focus the image for viewing through the first magnifying lens, and wherein the body forms a light shielding shroud between the image on the display screen and the first magnifying lens; and
at least one structure connected to the pyramid shaped body proximate the smaller opening configured to releasably align the screen on the personal electronic device with the smaller opening of the pyramid shaped body and the first magnifying lens.
2. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is collapsible.
3. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 2, comprising a plurality of individual sections, each having a trapezoidal shape, a larger opening and a smaller opening, wherein the larger and smaller opening is a rectangular shape.
4. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein each section of the plurality of individual sections is configured to fit within a previous section and telescopically engage the previous section such that a larger end of each section is configured to be restrained within the narrower end of the preceding section to form a telescoping, trapezoidally-shaped body.
5. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plastic comprises an ABS based plastic.
6. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plurality of individual sections comprise a groove or tooth in one section and a tab in an adjacent section, wherein the tab is configured to releasably engage the groove or tooth in a telescopically extended relationship.
7. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance from the first magnifying lens to the smaller opening of the body is at least 0.5 inches.
8. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of individual sections comprises at least three plastic sections.
9. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 6, wherein the individual section connected to the first magnifying lens has a plurality of grooves or teeth.
10. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein each individual section has a height of about one inch.
11. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 3, wherein the smaller opening is between about 1.4 and about 1.7 inches in width and between about 1.9 and 2.2 inches in length.
12. The magnification theater of claim 2, wherein the body has an extended height of approximately 3 inches.
13. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one structure comprises an elastic strap.
14. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is a Fresnel lens having a size that is larger than the display screen of a personal electronic device.
15. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 14, wherein the Fresnel lens has a magnification of 4\xd7.
16. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is a Fresnel lens.
17. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a single piece of a folded material having four living hinges between a first edge and a second edge of the folded material, wherein at least one tab located on the second edge engages at least one slot located near the first edge.
18. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a projector having a second body with a first opening adapted to align above the first magnifying lens and a second opening having a second magnifying lens therein, where the second body positions the second magnifying lens such that an image from the screen on the personal electronic device may be projected through the first lens and second magnifying lens onto a remote surface.
19. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 18, wherein the projector comprises two vertically extending side walls adapted to slidably engage the top of the magnification theater body.
20. The viewing enhancement apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first magnifying lens is secured in the larger opening by a foam molding adhered to the theater body.
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 age monitoring arrangement comprising:
a sensor configured to generate one or more measurements of an environmental property;
a calculation component configured generate a virtual age and identify an occurrence of an event based on the one or more measurements and a clock using an aging model; and
a timer configured to generate the clock.
2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the environmental property is temperature.
3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the environmental property is selected from the group comprising radiation, static charge, temperature, stress, and voltage.
4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the clock includes use time.
5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the clock includes standard time.
6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes at least one sensor element.
7. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a memory device configured to maintain the virtual age, elapsed time, and the one or more measurements.
8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the calculation component includes a budget associated with the environmental property.
9. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the budget is a livetime budget.
10. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the budget includes an activation energy budget and an event count budget.
11. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein the calculation component is configured to determine a remaining budget according to the budget and the virtual age.
12. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the aging model is based on temperature.
13. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the arrangement is associated with a main component having CMOS technology parts.
14. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising an initiated measures component configured to trigger an event in response to an identified fault.
15. An age monitoring arrangement comprising:
a first sensor configured to generate one or more first measurements of a first property;
a second sensor configured to generate one or more second measurements of a second property; and
a calculation component configured to identify one or more events based on the one or more first measurements, the one or more second measurements and one or more aging models.
16. The arrangement of claim 15, wherein the calculation component is configured to identify the one or more events based on a virtual age and a livetime budget.
17. The arrangement of claim 15, wherein the aging model is based on the first property and the calculation component includes a second aging model based on the second property, wherein the calculation component is configured to generate a second virtual age based on the one or more second measurements and the second aging model.
18. The arrangement of claim 15, further comprising a third sensor configured to generate one or more third measurements of a third property
19. A method of monitoring a component, the method comprising:
measuring a property;
determining elapsed time;
determining a virtual age based on the measured property and the elapsed time using an aging model; and
determining a remaining livetime based on the determined virtual age and a livetime budget.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising identifying an end of live condition on the remaining livetime being below a threshold value.