1. A backup power system for supplying electrical power in the event of primary power failure to one and only one of a plurality of household appliances at a time, said plurality of appliances each receiving power in a predetermined sequence under the direction of an automated control system, comprising:
at least one battery;
an inverter for converting a DC voltage of said battery to an AC voltage for supplying said backup power;
voltage sensing circuitry for measuring said DC voltage level of said battery;
current sensing circuitry for detecting and measuring each individual one of a plurality of current flows to each said appliances;
a battery charger for recharging said battery;
a visual display of a charge level of said battery;
a power interface comprising a plurality of relays such that each one and only one of said relays is electrically connected to one and only one of said appliances at a time; and control and timing circuitry implementing a predetermined operation of said backup power system;
wherein said predetermined operation comprises:
supplying backup power to each said appliance for a respective individually programmable dwell time;
controlling respective said relays to disconnect a first said appliance from said battery before a second said appliance is connected;
determining if load current for each appliance is within predetermined parameters;
controlling said relays to omit a said appliance if said load current demand is less than a predetermined level; and
controlling a said relay to disconnect said backup power from a corresponding said appliance that is drawing excessive current.
2. A backup power system for supplying electrical power as in claim 1 wherein said visual display may comprise bi-color (redgreen) LEDs as said charge level indicators of said batteries or preferably said visual display may comprise an LCD that not only graphically displays the function of said bi-color (redgreen) LEDs but in addition said visual display may be used to set, change, or observe the operating parameters of said predetermined operation.
3. A backup power system for supplying electrical power as in claim 1
wherein said predetermined operation may be altered by the owneroperator of said backup power system or may be reset to the original factory settings of said predetermined operational parameters.
4. A backup power system for supplying electrical power in the event of primary power failure to one and only one of a plurality of said household appliances at a time,
wherein said current sensing circuitry comprises:
a current transformer or equivalent, e.g., a Texas Instruments INA series solid-state current monitor, to input each said individual one of a plurality of current flows to each said appliance and output an AC voltage commensurate with each said individual one of a plurality of current flows;
wherein said current sensor provides both minimum and maximum allowable limits of said individual one of a plurality of current flows in conjunction with said predetermined operation;
an amplifier with an input to receive said transformer AC voltage and output a rectified DC voltage commensurate with said transformer voltage;
and window comparators to receive the DC voltage, thereby serving as means for influencing said predetermined operation;
wherein said predetermined operation comprises:
supplying backup power to each said appliance for a respective individually programmable dwell time;
controlling respective said relays to disconnect a first said appliance from said battery before a second said appliance is connected;
determining if load current for each appliance is within predetermined parameters;
controlling said relays to omit a said appliance if said load current demand is less than a predetermined level; and
controlling a said relay to disconnect said backup power from a corresponding said appliance that is drawing excessive current.
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 personalized video system comprising:
a personalized video platform configured and programmed to combine still images and video clips of historic events and famous people that are contemporaneous with user supplied information and effects and synchronized to music to generate a personalized video.
2. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user supplied information includes the recipient’s age, gender, and general interests.
3. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user supplied effects includes digital images.
4. The personalized video system of claim 3 wherein the digital images include photographs.
5. The personalized video system of claim 3 wherein the digital images include any material that is capable of being digitally scanned.
6. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user-supplied effects includes digital video.
7. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user may also upload music files.
8. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the personalized video platform contains at least one user device connected via the internet to at least one application server.
9. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the application server contains at least one data storage device.
10. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the application server contains business logic.
11. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the application server contains an algorithm that selects a music clip for use in the personalized video based on the user-supplied information.
12. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the application server contains an algorithm that selects appropriate visual images of historic events for use in the personalized video based on the user-supplied information.
13. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the application server contains an algorithm that selects appropriate visual images of famous people for use in the personalized video based on the user-supplied information.
14. The personalized video system of claim 11 wherein the application server contains an algorithm that synchronizes the display of digital images and video with the selected music clip.
15. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user can record a voiceover narrative for use in the personalized video.
16. The personalized video system of claim 1 wherein the user can record sound effects for use in the personalized video.
17. A method of creating a personalized video by following the steps comprised of:
using a computer or mobile device to connect to the personalized video system application server;
creating a recipient profile by entering the occasion for the video, the recipient’s age, the relationship between the user and recipient, the recipient’s gender and the recipient’s interests;
selecting a pre-determined message or adding a customized message;
uploading digital images or videos;
adding the date that each digital image or video was taken;
initiating personalized video system; and
previewing the video.
18. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 wherein the digital images or videos can be imported from one or more photo sharing websites.
19. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of customizing the personalized video system generated video by selecting a different soundtrack from the music library.
20. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of re-arranging the order of presentation of digital images or video.
21. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of adding additional digital images to the personalized video system.
22. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of deleting digital images from the personalized video system.
23. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of emailing the video to one or more recipients.
24. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of embedding a link to the video on one or more social networking websites.
25. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of embedding a link to the video on one or more personal websites.
26. The method of creating a personalized video of claim 17 further comprising the step of burning the video to a DVD.