1-16. (canceled)
17. A method for dynamically controlling powering a piece of electrical equipment powered by an energy storage element and a renewable energy source, with the power supply of said piece of equipment being temporally variable in an adjustable reference time curve, comprising the steps of:
adjustment according to at least one external factor and at least one internal factor, and the constraint that the integral over the considered operating cycle of said adjustable reference time curve is lower than a quantity of energy which can be allocated from said energy storage element, during the operating cycle considered, with said external factors being physical parameters acquired by local sensors.
18. The method for dynamically controlling powering a piece of electrical equipment according to claim 17, wherein the adjustment function takes into account the state of said energy storage element.
19. The method for dynamically controlling powering a piece of electrical equipment according to claim 17, wherein the adjustment function takes into account at least one factor influenced by the efficiency of said renewable energy source.
20. The method for dynamically controlling powering a piece of electrical equipment according to claim 17, wherein the adjustment function takes into account a parameter determined on the basis of the number of cycles of autonomy.
21. The method for dynamically controlling powering a piece of electrical equipment according to claim 17, wherein the adjustment function takes into account at least one factor influenced by an efficiency of the piece of electrical equipment.
22. An electrical system comprising:
an energy storage element;
a renewable energy source coupled to said energy storage element;
a controlling circuit for managing energy and controlling a power supply of a piece of electrical equipment associated with said energy storage element and said renewable energy source, wherein said controlling circuit is configured to control the power supply of said piece of electrical equipment according to an adjustable reference time curve on the basis of at least one external factor and at least one internal factor, and a constraint that an integral over an operating cycle considered for said adjustable reference time curve is lower than a quantity of energy which can be allocated from said energy storage element, during the operating cycle considered.
23. An electrical system according to claim 22, wherein said piece of electrical equipment is a LED lighting module, said energy storage element is a battery and said renewable energy source is composed of photovoltaic cells.
24. The electrical system according to claim 23, wherein the internal factor is determined by an electronic card for managing energy and controlling the power supply of said piece of electrical equipment having a temperature sensor of said battery, and a power gauge.
25. The electrical system according to claim 23, wherein the external factor is determined by a geographical position of a location and operation place of said electrical system.
26. The electrical system according to claim 23, wherein the external factor is determined by a quantity of energy stored from at least one previous cycle.
27. An array of electrical systems according to claim 22, comprising an array of energy storage sources and an array of renewable energy sources, a communication system as well as a circuit for managing energy and controlling the power supply of an array of electrical equipment, wherein said control circuit controls the supply power of said piece of equipment according to an adjustable reference time curve on the basis of at least one external factor and at least one internal factor, and a constraint that an integral over a considered operating cycle of said adjustable reference time curve is lower than a quantity of energy which can be allocated from said energy storage element, during the operating cycle considered.
28. The array of electrical systems according to claim 27, wherein the communication system is defined by a radio-frequency link to exchange information on a local state of each system, detect possible malfunctions in one or more lighting spots, and to synchronize a lighting program.
29. A method for detecting at least one malfunction on two scales, said two scales comprising an electrical system according to claim 23, and an array of electrical equipment according to claim 27, wherein the malfunctions are identified by at least one failure indicator originating from a response to a series of questions corresponding to an analysis of variations in the electrical, optical andor thermal parameters estimated during operation of said electrical system.
30. The method for detecting at least one malfunction according to claim 29, wherein the failure indicators are defined by a binary digital system (0: no or 1: yes).
31. The method for detecting at least one malfunction according to claim 29, wherein said method relates to a comparison of a state of the electrical equipment of the array of the electrical systems on a time scale corresponding to a service life of each piece of electrical equipment.
32. The method for detecting at least one malfunction according to claim 29, wherein a major malfunction causing said system(s) to stop is communicated by a flash type frequency control of said piece of electrical equipment prompting local residents to inform utilities concerned of such malfunction.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A camera having a shutter release button, wherein a photo film is advanced from a film cassette in correspondence with operation of said shutter release button, said camera comprising:
a cassette chamber for containing said film cassette;
a lid for opening and closing said cassette chamber; and
a shutter lock mechanism for preventing an operation of said shutter release button when said lid is opened, and for allowing the operation of said shutter release button when said lid is closed.
2. A camera according to claim 1, further comprising an exposure aperture for exposing said photo film advanced from said film cassette in said cassette chamber, wherein after closing said lid a first frame on said photo film is set to said exposure aperture corresponding to operate of said shutter release button.
3. A camera according to claim 2, wherein said shutter lock mechanism includes a shutter lock member which is set in a lock position to lock said shutter release button when said lid is opened, and set in an unlock position to unlock said shutter release button when said lid is closed.
4. A camera according to claim 3, wherein in said lock position a part of said shutter lock member is entered in a moving path of said shutter release button such that said shutter release button cannot be depressed, and in said unlock position said part is retracted from said moving path such that said shutter release button may be depressed.
5. A camera according to claim 4, wherein said shutter lock mechanism further includes a lid lock member disposed between said lid and said shutter lock member, said lid lock member engages with said lid when said lid is closed, and disengages from said lid when said lid is opened.
6. A camera according to claim 5, wherein said shutter lock mechanism includes an interlocking member contacting to both of said lid lock member and said shutter lock member, and said interlocking member transmits movement of said lid lock member to said shutter lock member.
7. A camera according to claim 6, wherein said interlocking member has a protrusion, said shutter lock member has a contact portion for contacting said protrusion of said interlocking member to set said shutter lock member to a lock position when a lid is opened, and said protuberance leaves from said contact portion so as to set said shutter lock member in said unlock position when said lid is closed.
8. A camera according to claim 7, wherein said shutter lock member has a plate-like spring portion for biasing said shutter lock member such that said contact portion may contact to said interlocking member.
9. A camera according to claim 7, wherein said lid lock member is biased by a coil spring forwards said engaging position.
10.A camera according to claim 7, wherein said shutter lock member is attached to a top of said cassette chamber.
11. A camera according to claim 4, wherein said shutter lock member is rotatably attached to a side wall of said cassette chamber and biased by a spring to said lock position, and a part of said lid of said cassette chamber contacts to said shutter lock member so as to move said shutter lock member to said unlock position when said lid closes said cassette chamber.
12.A camera having a shutter release button, wherein said photo film is advanced from said film cassette, said film cassette includes a cassette housing containing said photo film and a cassette door for openingclosing a passage mouth of said photo film, said camera comprising:
a cassette chamber for containing said film cassette;
a lid of said cassette chamber, being movable between an open position and a close position, in said open position a cassette chamber being open, and in said close position a cassette chamber being close; and
a lid lock member being movable between a lock position and an unlock position, for locking said lid in said lock position, and for permitting in said unlock position said lid to move to said open position;
an interlocking member interlocking with said lid lock member, for opening said cassette door when said lid lock member is in said lock position, and for closing said cassette door when said lid lock member is in said unlock position; and
a shutter lock member interlocking with said interlocking member, for prohibiting a operation of said shutter release button when said interlocking member opens said cassette door, and for allowing the operation of said shutter release button when said interlocking member opens said cassette door.