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safety glasses and/or headsets in addition to the
smart glasses.
Visor-Ex® 01 can be easily attached to a safety
helmet with a clip, or the device can be attached
directly to the wearer’s head with a strap and worn
as a head-mounted device. Two joints on the vari-
able extension arm of the OLED display ensure un-
restricted vision. The distance to the eye and the
field of vision can thus be flexibly adjusted. This also
makes it possible to comfortably wear the smart
glasses over protective or eye glasses – good news
for all spectacle wearers. Depending on the indi-
vidual’s dominant eye, the OLED display can be
aligned either near the right or left eye.
For power and data transmission, the headset unit
is connected via coaxial cable to the pocket unit,
which is attached to the mobile worker’s body.
This battery unit contains a replaceable 4400 mAh
battery. A USB cable connects the headset unit to
the smartphone ECOM Smart-Ex® 02, which in
nient in the current application: via the microphone’s its role as the central computing unit of the system
speech recognition function, via the touchpad on performs the image processing and data trans-
the headset unit or also the familiar user interface a fer functions. The wired connection between the
large touch display of the connected Smart-Ex® 02 headset unit, the pocket unit and the smartphone
smartphone. This choice of options ensures flexibil- guarantees reliable connectivity and thus uninter-
ity for an optimal user experience. rupted communication in harsh environmental con-
ditions that could push wireless connections such
Flexibility and comfort thanks to lightweight as Bluetooth to their limits. Smart glasses, battery
design and smartphone can all be charged via the same
Visor-Ex® 01 was designed with health protection charging cable that users already know from other
and comfort for mobile workers in mind first and ECOM devices.
foremost. By outsourcing the components for com- Visor-Ex® 01 will be certified according to ATEX/
puting power and energy supply via smartphone IECEx Zone 1/21 and 2/22 as well as NEC/CEC
and pocket unit on the body, the weight that has Division 1 and 2 and will have protection class
to be balanced directly on the head is reduced to IP68. It can be used in a temperature range from
a minimum. Visor-Ex® 01 itself weighs just 180 -20 to +60 °C. The Visor-Ex® 01 will be available
grams – unrivalled in industrial smart glasses. Every from December 2021 as an industrial version and in
gram of weight saved counts, as mobile workers in Q1/2022 in the DZ1 and DZ2 variants.
the field usually have to wear protective helmets, www.pepperl-fuchs.com

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