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Remote sensing device, system and method utilizing smartphone hardware components

  • US 9,930,155 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote sensing device comprising:

  • an enclosure;

    a smartphone disposed within the enclosure, wherein the smartphone is fixedly coupled to the enclosure;

    a temperature sensor within the enclosure;

    a cooling component within the enclosure for cooling the smartphone housed by the enclosure, when the temperature rises above a first threshold temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor;

    a heating component within the enclosure for heating the smartphone housed by the enclosure, when the temperature falls below a second threshold temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor; and

    a separate microcontroller disposed within the enclosure, the separate microcontroller communicatively coupled to the smartphone, the separate microcontroller including;

    a power management module electrically coupled to an auxiliary battery that powers the smartphone, anda microcontroller processor communicatively coupled to the smartphone, the microcontroller processor controls the power management module.

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