Sensing circuit board communications module assembly
First Claim
1. A circuit board assembly for sensing one or more activities of an individual, comprising:
- a carrier board portion, wherein the carrier board portion has a module contact pattern to electrically connect a module to a number of electrical components attached to the carrier board portion and wherein the module is selected from a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern of the carrier board portion;
a sensor portion for sensing one or more activities of an individual, the sensor portion electrically connected to the carrier board portion; and
a communications module portion selected from the plurality of different module types, wherein the module portion has a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern, wherein the communications module portion is electrically connected to the carrier board portion via the module contact pattern, and wherein the communications module receives information about the one or more activities of the individual from the sensor portion and sends the information to a remote device.
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for electronic wireless communication in circuits for monitoring one or more activities of an individual are disclosed. One circuit board assembly embodiment includes a carrier board portion having a module contact pattern to electrically connect a module, selected from a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern of the carrier board portion, to a number of electrical components attached to the carrier board portion; a sensor portion for sensing one or more activities of an individual, the sensor portion electrically connected to the carrier board portion; and a communications module portion selected from the plurality of different module types, wherein the module portion has a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern and wherein the communications module portion is electrically connected to the carrier board portion via the module contact pattern.
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19 Claims
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1. A circuit board assembly for sensing one or more activities of an individual, comprising:
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a carrier board portion, wherein the carrier board portion has a module contact pattern to electrically connect a module to a number of electrical components attached to the carrier board portion and wherein the module is selected from a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern of the carrier board portion; a sensor portion for sensing one or more activities of an individual, the sensor portion electrically connected to the carrier board portion; and a communications module portion selected from the plurality of different module types, wherein the module portion has a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern, wherein the communications module portion is electrically connected to the carrier board portion via the module contact pattern, and wherein the communications module receives information about the one or more activities of the individual from the sensor portion and sends the information to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for configuring a circuit board for receiving sensing information from a sensing module for sensing an activity of an individual, comprising:
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providing a carrier, wherein the carrier has a uniform contact pattern; providing a communications module, wherein the uniform contact pattern of the carrier accommodates a contact pattern for the communications module; placing the communications module, selected from a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the uniform contact pattern of the carrier, on the carrier over the uniform contact pattern of the carrier and affixing the communications module to the carrier; and wherein sensing data is transmitted from a number of sensors that sense one or more activities of an individual to the communications module and wherein the sensing data is transmitted from the communications module to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for wireless communication, comprising:
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a number of sensors for sensing one or more activities of an individual each having a wireless communications component, the component including; a carrier board portion, wherein the carrier board portion has a module contact pattern to electrically connect a module selected from a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern of the carrier board portion to a number of electrical components attached to the carrier board portion; a communications module portion, wherein the communications module portion has a contact pattern to accommodate the module contact pattern; and a computing device that receives information about one or more activities of an individual transmitted from the communications module portion, which receives the information from the number of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A kit for assembling a circuit board for use in a system for monitoring one or more activities of an individual, comprising:
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a carrier board portion, wherein the carrier board portion has a module contact pattern to electrically connect a module to a number of electrical components attached to the carrier board portion; a sensor portion for sensing one or more activities of an individual and having an electrical contact pattern to electrically connect the sensor portion with the carrier board portion; and a plurality of different module types each having a contact pattern that corresponds to the module contact pattern of the carrier board portion and wherein one of the modules is to be selected and attached to the module contact pattern, wherein sensing data is transmitted from the sensor portion to a selected module and the sensing data is transmitted from the selected module to a remote device.
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