Processor controlled energy harvester based on oscillating weight type energy collectors

An energy harvester system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• at least one electrical generator comprising at least one moveable generator gear;
• a battery configured to receive electrical energy from said electrical generator, and a battery charge sensor;
• at least one accelerometer sensor;
• at least one support base;
• at least one energy collector movably connected to said support base, each at least one energy collector configured to, in a first position, store ambient motion energy along at least one direction of ambient motion as stored mechanical energy, and in a second position to release said stored mechanical energy to at least one moveable generator gear;
• at least one electronic actuator and associated actuator cam attached to said support base, said at least one electronic actuator comprising an electronically controlled actuator element configured to expand or contract in response to electrical current signals from said computer processor, thus providing an actuator force response to control signals from said computer processor, thus moving said actuator cam and providing cam force;
• wherein said at least one energy collector is configured so that upon receiving said cam force, said at least one energy collector moves from said first position to a second position that is coupled to said at least one moveable generator gear, thus releasing stored mechanical energy to said at least one moveable generator gear, and rotating said at least one moveable generator gear;
• wherein said at least one electrical generator is configured to convert rotation of said at least one moveable generator gear into electrical energy;
• wherein said computer processor is configured to use said accelerometer sensor to compute an amount of stored ambient motion energy stored in at least one of said energy collectors, and to use said amount of stored ambient motion energy to control an operation of said at least one electronic actuator;
• and
• wherein said computer processor and said actuator cam is configured so that when a battery charge of said battery is below a preset threshold, said computer processor is configured to operate said electronic actuator to sequentially and continually engage a plurality of said at least one energy collector until said battery charge is above said preset threshold.