Detachable Sensor Module Unit for Wireless Signal Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor modules are designed for specific functions and cannot be easily adapted to various sensor units, leading to increased development costs and time, as well as limitations in product standardization and reliability.
Innovation Solution
A sensor module design featuring a module unit with a cavity and detachable sensor unit, where the module unit reads and wirelessly outputs signals from the sensor unit, and determines the type of sensor based on received signals to execute corresponding firmware, allowing for automatic function adaptation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sensor modules are designed with specific structures for each sensor type, then each sensor can satisfy its inherent physical property requirements, but the device complexity increases and cannot be standardized
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor module is divided into two independent segments: a standardized module unit containing control and communication components, and a detachable sensor unit containing the specific sensor. This segmentation allows the module unit to remain standardized while sensor units can be customized for different sensor types, resolving the contradiction between standardization and sensor-specific performance requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The module unit is designed with universal interfaces and standardized structures that can accommodate multiple types of sensor units. The control unit can identify and adapt to different sensor types through automatic sensor type detection, enabling a single standardized module unit to support various sensor functions (temperature, humidity, motion, etc.), thus reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability.
2Reliability
If different sensor modules are fabricated for various sensor functions, then each module can be optimized for its specific function, but development cost and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single standardized module unit design serves multiple sensor types, eliminating the need to fabricate different module structures for each sensor function. The universal module unit with adaptable control logic reduces development cost and time while maintaining optimized performance for each specific sensor type through software/firmware configuration rather than hardware redesign.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit adapts to different sensor types by changing operational parameters and processing algorithms rather than hardware structure. Through automatic sensor type detection and parameter adjustment, the same physical module can be optimized for different sensor functions, significantly improving development efficiency while maintaining function-specific optimization.
3Device complexity
If a single sensor module structure is used for all sensor types, then device standardization is achieved, but the module cannot satisfy the specific physical properties of each sensor
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the module into a standardized module unit and customizable sensor units, the invention achieves standardization at the module unit level while allowing sensor-specific optimization at the sensor unit level. This resolves the contradiction by applying standardization where it benefits productivity without compromising sensor performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit incorporates automatic sensor type detection capability that allows it to self-configure and adapt to the connected sensor unit type. This self-service functionality enables a standardized module unit to automatically satisfy the specific physical properties of different sensors without requiring preconfiguration or manual intervention, maintaining both standardization and performance.
4Ease of manufacture
If sensor modules are designed with fixed functions, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different sensor types is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The module unit is manufactured with universal interfaces and standardized components that can work with multiple sensor types, maintaining manufacturing simplicity. The adaptability to different sensor types is achieved through the detachable sensor unit design and automatic detection capabilities, allowing a single manufacturing process to produce modules compatible with various sensors without compromising ease of manufacture.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a sensor module and a method for operating the same. The sensor module includes a module unit including a first body having a cavity and a module substrate received in the first body; and a sensor unit including a second body detachable from the cavity of the module unit and a sensor received in the second body, wherein the module unit reads an output signal from the sensor unit to generate sensing information and wirelessly outputs the sensing information.