Patent ID: 9709446
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G01K

Claim:
1. A module for integration into a mobile terminal, in order to estimate the ambient temperature, the module comprising: a first device for measuring a first temperature in a first region; a second device for measuring a second temperature in a second region; an evaluation device configured to ascertain a temperature difference between the first temperature in the first region and the second temperature in the second region, in order to estimate the ambient temperature; a housing within which the first device, the second device, and the evaluation device are situated; wherein the first device, the second device, the evaluation device, and the housing, together, form a single module; and a substrate upon which the single module is mounted, the substrate including an interface for contacting a circuit board of the mobile terminal, at least one of the temperature difference and the estimate of the ambient temperature being transmitted to the circuit board via the interface; wherein the evaluation device is configured to estimate the ambient temperature as a function of the ascertained temperature difference; wherein the evaluation device is situated in the second region; wherein the first region and the second region are interconnected via an electrically conductive connection; wherein a separating region is situated between the first and second devices; wherein the housing has an opening on at least one side; and wherein the opening in the housing is situated at an upper surface of the mobile terminal.