Electronic module for a wearable sensor system as well as wearable sensor system
An electronic module for a wearable sensor system including a housing, a support frame, a sensor module and an attachment element for the sensor module. The support frame includes several partitions and defines several compartments within the housing, wherein the attachment element is a component part that is separate from the support frame and is attached to the support frame. The sensor module is located in one of the compartments, termed sensor compartment, and is attached to the attachment element. Moreover, a wearable sensor device is shown.
1. An electronic module for a wearable sensor system, comprising:
a housing;
a support frame;
a sensor module;
an attachment element for the sensor module; and
a mainboard separate from the support frame; and
an accumulator,
wherein the support frame comprises several partitions that define several compartments within the housing,
wherein the attachment element is a component part that is separate from the support frame and is attached to the support frame,
wherein the sensor module is located in one of the compartments, termed a sensor compartment, and is attached to the attachment element,
wherein two of the several compartments, in which the mainboard and the accumulator are located, termed mainboard compartment and accumulator compartment, respectively, are different from the sensor compartment, adjoin each other, and are delimited by a horizontal partition.
2. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the attachment element is screwed onto the support frame or the sensor module is screwed onto the attachment element.
3. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the support frame is located within the housing, wherein the compartments are also delimited by the housing.
4. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor compartment comprises a support strut for the sensor module.
5. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor module is a barcode scanner.
6. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the attachment element is made of metal or the support frame is made of plastic.
7. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment element is a plate or has a U-shaped cross section.
8. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment element is attached to the support frame on an upper side of the partitions.
9. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises an upper part and a lower part.
10. The electronic module according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the support frame or the upper part is attached to the lower part.
11. The electronic module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a further sensor or an output device.
12. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein heights of the mainboard compartment, the accumulator compartment, and an intermediate partition equal together a height of the sensor compartment.
13. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the mainboard compartment or the accumulator compartment adjoin the sensor compartment.
14. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein at least an output device is provided as a further electronic component, wherein the compartment, in which the output device is located, adjoins the sensor compartment.
15. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises several electrical contact elements on its underside which are contactable from outside the housing.
16. A wearable sensor system comprising a garment and an electronic module,
wherein the electronic module comprises a housing, a support frame, a sensor module, an attachment element for the sensor module, and a mainboard separate from the support frame, and an accumulator, wherein the support frame comprises several partitions that define several compartments within the housing, wherein the attachment element is a component part that is separate from the support frame and is attached to the support frame, wherein the sensor module is located in one of the compartments, termed the sensor compartment, and is attached to the attachment element, and wherein two of the several compartments, in which the mainboard and the accumulator are located, termed mainboard compartment and accumulator compartment, respectively, are different from the sensor compartment, adjoin each other, and are delimited by a horizontal partition; and
wherein the garment comprises a glove and a holder attached to the glove for attaching the electronic module to the glove repeatably without using tools.
17. The wearable sensor system according to claim 16 , wherein the holder comprises at least one mating contact that contacts at least one electrical contact element of the electronic module electrically when the electronic module is inserted into the holder, wherein the garment comprises a functional component that is at least one of attached to the glove or attached in the glove and is connected to the mating contact electrically.