What is claimed is:
1. A connection system for flexible flat strip cables comprising conductors arranged parallel to one another, from which insulation has been stripped in the area of the connection which is to be made and which have available a means for the positive fixing of the flexible flat strip cables to be connected in a connection housing, which has two housing parts able to be joined together and a slide for pressing together the flexible flat strip cables to be connected in the said areas which have been stripped of insulation.
2. A connection system according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that the slide is a wedge-shaped slide which is able to travel between a front lock-in position and a locking position in the direction of the cable axis.
3. A connection system according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that the slide is a flexible slide, on whose front face is arranged a ramp in a housing part, on which the flexible tongue, which is able to be pressed on the flat strip cables which are to be connected is arranged, the slide being able to travel in the direction of the cable axis between a front lock-in position and a locking position.
4. A connection system according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that a lower housing part has a floor area to receive a principal flexible strip cable, with at least one locking stop to snap into at least one corresponding recess in the cable.
5. A connection system according to claim 4, characterised by the fact that the lower housing part has axially placed side walls, with sliding grooves for the introduction and locking of an upper housing part, arranged axially to both sides of the floor area.
6. A connection system according to claim 5, characterised by the fact that the upper housing part has, on flanks which snap into the sliding grooves of the lower housing part, outward pointing snap-in latches on locking arms running axially.
7. Connection systems according to claim 4, characterised by the fact that the upper housing part and the lower housing part can be connected transversely to the direction of the axis by means of being inserted on one another by means of locks.
8. A connection system according to claim 2, characterised by the fact that the wedge-shaped slide has catch stops arranged on flexible arms for elastic snapping into recesses, with which a branch conductor is, during the travel of the wedge-shaped slide, pulled into the locking position, until the contact areas of the flexible flat strip cable which is to be connected and from which insulation has been stripped, lie on top of one another.
9. A connection system according to claim 8, characterised by the fact that the front face of the wedge-shaped slide is pressed with gradually increasing pressure into the locking position on the flexible flat strip cable by means of the ramp arranged in the upper housing part, whereby the contact areas from which insulation has been stripped, clean one another by friction against one another.
10. A connection system according to claim 3, characterised by the fact that the elastic tongue is bent into the shape of an S, so that the first convexity on the front face slides along the ramp of the upper housing part and the second convexity is pressed against the flexible flat strip cable.
11. A connection system according to claim 2, characterised by the fact that the wedge-shaped slide has on its front face a rounded pressure rib which runs transversely to the flexible flat strip cables.
12. A connection system according to claim 11, characterised by the fact that the pressure rib has, in the area of contact with the flexible flat strip cable, an insert of silicone or the like.
13. A connection system according to claim 2, characterised by the fact that a locking arm on the upper housing part for locking the slide, has a bracket for the insertion of a loosening tool.
14. A connection system according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that the lower housing part comprises an insert of silicone or the like, which acts as a support to confer long-term stability in the area of contact to provide contact strength.
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 method implemented by a digital camera for determining image acquisition settings and acquiring an image, the method comprising:
obtaining with the digital camera and one or more associated sensors, pre-image-acquisition information prior to an image acquisition comprising audio information, and at least one of: illumination information, camera position information, camera orientation information, motion information, an announcement of the digital camera’s presence, temperature information, humidity information, ceiling detection information, distance to subject information, spectral information including histograms, a measure of the dynamic range of a scene, or present time;
transmitting only the pre-image-acquisition information to an image-acquisition-setting providing system that is external to the digital camera;
the digital camera receiving from the system a determination of image acquisition settings based on only the pre-image-acquisition information; and
the digital camera performing the image acquisition based upon the received image acquisition settings.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image acquisition involves multiple image acquisitions, and wherein the multiple images are configured to be synthesized into a single image, a collage, or a video.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the image acquisition involves multiple image acquisitions, and wherein the received image acquisition settings include different image acquisition settings for different ones of the multiple image acquisitions.
4. The method of claim 1, further including the system receiving and using information external from the digital camera to provide image acquisition settings.