Modular electronic device

1. A modular electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of electronic modules;

at least one input sensor that provides data indicative of a location of a touch of the modular electronic device by a user; and

a frame adapted to respectively receive the plurality of electronic modules, each of the plurality of electronic modules selectively removable from the frame, the frame comprising:

a frame controller; and

at least one data connection interface that communicatively couples the plurality of electronic modules to the frame controller;

wherein the frame controller:

receives the data indicative of the location of the touch of the modular electronic device from the at least one input sensor; and

in response to the touch:

identifies, based at least in part on the data received from the at least one input sensor, which of the plurality of electronic modules corresponds to the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user; and

enables removal of the identified electronic module from the frame.

2. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the frame and the plurality of electronic modules further comprise a plurality of latches, each of the plurality of latches controllable by the frame controller to selectively secure the respective electronic module to the frame; and

the frame controller controls the corresponding latch in the identified electronic module or the frame to enable removal of the identified electronic module from the frame.

3. The modular electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:

each of the plurality of latches is controllable by the frame controller to selectively result in physical ejection of the respective electronic module from the frame; and

the frame controller controls the corresponding latch to cause physical ejection the identified electronic module from the frame.

4. The modular electronic device of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of latches comprises a hook that is controllably actuatable between a first position in which the hook securingly engages a counterpart and a second position in which the hook does not securingly engage the counterpart.

5. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

in response to the touch, the frame controller further determines whether a secondary condition is satisfied at a time of the touch; and

the frame controller enables removal of the identified electronic module from the frame only when the secondary condition is satisfied at the time of the touch.

6. The modular electronic device of claim 5 , wherein a continuous user input is required for the secondary condition to be satisfied.

7. The modular electronic device of claim 5 , wherein:

the frame further comprises a button; and

the secondary condition comprises a press and hold of the button.

8. The modular electronic device of claim 5 , wherein:

the frame further comprises a switch that has at least one component that is selectively pullable away from the frame; and

the secondary condition comprises a pull of the at least one component of the switch away from the frame.

9. The modular electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the secondary condition comprises a requirement that the device have a particular orientation when the touch occurs.

10. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the touch, and prior to enabling removal of the identified electronic module from the frame, the frame controller:

stores at a non-volatile computer-readable medium one or more items of data associated with the identified electronic module and previously stored in a volatile computer-readable medium; and

eliminates a flow of power from a power source of the modular electronic device to the identified electronic module.

11. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises a plurality of switches respectively included in the plurality of electronic modules, each of the plurality of switches actuatable by a press of the corresponding electronic module toward the frame.

12. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises:

a plurality of switches included in the frame, each of the plurality of switches actuatable by a press of the electronic module received in the frame toward the frame.

13. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises:

a plurality of capacitive sensors included in the frame, the frame operable to detect a change in capacitance at a respective one of the plurality of capacitive sensors due to the touch.

14. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises:

a RADAR system that sends, receives, and processes radio waves to determine the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user.

15. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises:

a computer vision system that processes imagery captured by a camera of the modular electronic device to determine the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user.

16. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one input sensor comprises:

an inertial system that analyzes a moment indicated by data from one or more gyroscopes or accelerometers of the modular electronic device to determine the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user.

17. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of electronic modules has a footprint that is complementary to a size and a shape of a respective bay of the frame at which such electronic module is received.

18. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the frame controller maintains a mapping that respectively maps the plurality of electronic modules to a plurality of bays of the frame in which they are respectively received; and

to identify which of electronic modules corresponds to the location of the touch, the frame controller:

identifies, based at least in part on the data received from the at least one input sensor, which of the plurality of bays corresponds to the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user; and

consults the mapping to identify the electronic module received at the identified bay.

19. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the modular electronic device comprises a handheld device.

20. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a pulse monitor.

21. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises an oxygen level monitor.

22. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a credit card reader.

23. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a camera.

24. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a microphone.

25. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , herein the identified module comprises a speaker.

26. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a flashlight.

27. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a visual battery life indicator.

28. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a display.

29. The modular electronic device of claim 28 , wherein the display comprises a rear-facing display.

30. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a wireless communications interface.

31. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a Wi-Fi interface module.

32. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a cellular data module.

33. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a short-range wireless radio module.

34. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a battery module.

35. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a USB interface module.

36. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the identified module comprises a diversity antenna module.

37. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the touch of the modular electronic device by the user comprises a physical touch of the identified electronic module by the user.

38. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the touch of the modular electronic device by the user comprises a touch of a display screen that is displaying an interactive module removal graphic that depicts at least some of the plurality of electronic modules, and wherein the input sensor comprises the display screen.

39. The modular electronic device of claim 1 , wherein to enable removal of the identified module, the frame physically ejects the identified module.

40. The modular electronic device of claim 39 , wherein the frame comprises an ejector that is controllable to physically eject the identified module.

41. The modular electronic device of claim 39 , wherein the frame comprises an ejector that continuously applies repulsive forces to the identified module such that the identified module is physically ejected once a latch associated with the identified module is disengaged from the identified module.

42. A method of operating a modular electronic device that includes a plurality of electronic modules and a frame, the frame adapted to respectively receive the plurality of electronic modules, each of the plurality of electronic modules selectively removable from the frame, the method comprising:

receiving, by the modular electronic device, data from at least one input sensor of the modular electronic device, the data indicative of a location of a touch of the modular electronic device by a user; and

in response to the touch:

identifying, by the modular electronic device based at least in part on the data received from the at least one input sensor, which of the plurality of electronic modules corresponds to the location of the touch of the modular electronic device by the user; and

enabling, by the modular electronic device, removal of the identified electronic module from the frame.