| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 235462430 | Specified housing or mounting detail | 27 |
| 20090194595 | SCALE ASSEMBLY MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL SCANNER - A scale assembly mounting apparatus for an optical scanner which suspends a scale assembly above a mirror housing of the scanner. The apparatus includes a top surface which surrounds an aperture of a mirror housing of the scanner on at least three sides, and a bottom surface including a load cell assembly mounting structure for suspending a load cell assembly between the bottom surface and the mirror housing. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100140357 | Point-of-transaction checkout system - A checkout system employs a bi-optical workstation having a first window located in a generally horizontal plane, and a second window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane. A data capture arrangement at the workstation captures through at least one of the windows data associated with products to be checked out by a customer. Both of the windows are positioned to face and be accessible to the customer, preferably by moving the workstation, for enabling the customer to interact with the workstation in a self-service mode of operation. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100133344 | Compact Bar Code Scanner Assembly - A bar code scanner module is disclosed that may include a chassis housing an optical transmission system therein, the optical transmission system including a laser diode and a motor; a first circuit board coupled to the motor; and a second circuit board disposed within the chassis and in communication with the first circuit board. The module may further include a third circuit board disposed in proximity to the chassis and in communication with at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100219250 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE HAVING DYNAMIC ACCESS TO MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORKS - There is described a data collection device that can incorporate an encoded information reading unit that can operate within a system including an access point that is wireline connected to a server. The encoded information reading unit can include at least one of a bar code reading unit, an RFID tag reading unit and a credit/debit card reading unit. Further incorporated in the data collection device can be dynamic access module. The dynamic access communication module enables the data collection device to participate in a self organized network that supports multi-hop data packet transmissions between data collection devices and which further enables the device to transmit data received from a peer device to the system access point. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20080257963 | DUAL-APERATURE BARCODE SCANNER WITH TETHER-FREE TOWER HOUSING - A dual-aperture barcode scanner with tether-free housing. The scanner includes vertical portion including switches and a housing adjacent to but separated from the switches. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090230194 | Connector placement and routing for optical barcode scanner - A bar code scanner is configured for placement in a retail checkout counter. The barcode scanner includes a box-shaped scanner housing to be received by the checkout counter. The box-shaped scanner housing includes a front portion and a rear portion with a recess formed in the rear portion. The recess includes two opposing walls oriented substantially perpendicular to the scanner window plane. A first socket is positioned in a first of the two opposing walls of the recess. A second socket is positioned in a second of the two opposing walls of the recess. The first socket is oriented to receive a first connector in a direction that is different from a direction perpendicular to the window plane. The second socket is oriented to receive a second connector in a direction that is opposite the first direction. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20080210759 | BARCODE SCANNER WITH TOOL FREE TOWER HOUSING ASSEMBLY - A barcode scanner with a tool free tower housing assembly. The barcode scanner includes a base, a tower section coupled to the base, and a tower housing assembly over the tower section including a tower housing and a bezel that are installable and removable without hand tools. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20110042463 | Numeric Keypad Embedded Bar Code Scanner - A bar code scanner with an embedded numeric keypad to input quantity includes a bar code scanner and a set of keypad buttons. The keypad has a plurality of buttons arranged in a matrix and each button represents a specific number or an input function. The user can count the quantity of an item and input the number from the keypad before or after scanning it to store the correct quantity of such item. This can avoid entering quantity at the register or POS machine and simplifies the operation. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20090127343 | Scan module support and electronic device thereof - A scan module support and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The scan module support which is used for carrying a scan module includes a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space, wherein when the scan module is fixed in the first accommodating space, the scan module radiates light along a first direction and when the scan module is fixed in the second accommodating space, the scan module radiates along a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction have an overlapping angle. Thus, different scan modules can be exchanged and installed on the scan module support. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100065642 | BAR CODE READER - A bar code reader includes a casing having an inner space for accommodating a plurality of internal components, and a bar code reader module disposed within the inner space of the casing for reading a bar code of a target object through a projection window provided to one side of the casing. A speaker module is disposed adjacently to the bar code reader module for generating the reading by the bar code reader module as a signal sound to send it to a speaker hole formed in the casing, and a module bracket integrally supports the bar code reader module and the speaker module for integrally assembling the bar code reader module and the speaker module to corresponding places within the casing. The bar code reader module and the speaker module are integrally supported using a single item to decrease the number of components and overall cost. Also, assembling can be simplified to reduce a loss conventionally caused by the increase of the components. | 03-18-2010 |
| 235462440 | Body attached | 5 |
| 20090272811 | BAR CODE READER AND WEARABLE BAR CODE READER HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a bar code reader and a wearable bar code reader having the bar code reader. The bar code reader includes a main board, and a casing that has an upper casing with at least one button hole piercing therethrough, a lower casing mutually dissembled from and assembled to the upper casing interposing the main board, and a projection unit coupled to one sides of the upper casing and the lower casing to assist joining of the upper casing and the lower casing. An input button unit is coupled to the casing having at least one portion outward exposed through at least one button hole, and is electrically connected to the main board for supplying a required signal. Also, a bar code reading unit included within the casing for enabling external projection through the projection unit is electrically connected to the main board for reading a bar code of a target object, and a bar code support bracket is coupled to the casing for supporting the bar code reading unit. The bar code reader and the wearable bar code reader can be manufactured in a small size to be portable and is easily manipulated while being simply assembled and dissembled, so that a user can conveniently use it. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090261171 | Finger Tip Data Reading Device - A reading device for reading an interface surface provided on a product item, the interface surface having disposed thereon coded data. The reading device includes: a harness which is configured to tight fittingly receive at least a portion of a user's hand; a housing coupled to the harness, the housing including a void configured to tight fittingly receive therewithin a finger tip portion of a finger of the user's hand received within the harness, the housing including an aperture in a wall of the housing which is located, in use, adjacent the underside of the finger tip portion of the finger; a sensor provided in the housing for sensing at least some of the coded data through the aperture; and a processor for decoding at least some of the sensed coded data. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090121026 | PALM-BACK SUPPORT AND A TOOL SUPPORTED BY - A palm-back support ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090134226 | Installation for Monitoring the Manual Transfer of Goods Provided with Identification Carriers - The invention relates to an installation for monitoring the manual transfer of goods provided with identification carriers, by means of a reading appliance which is operated by a user and used to read the identification carrier in a non-contact manner, and an identification data memory. The reading appliance comprises a fixing device by which means it is fixed to the body of the user, and a trigger device by which means it can be freehandedly triggered by the user in order to initiate a reading process. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20120187192 | Handheld Barcode Code Input Device With No-Power Supplied Switch Trigger - A device for scanning a bar code symbol is adapted to be worn comfortably on an operator's bare or gloved hand, arm, or wrist which does not interfere with normal use of the hand. When provisioned with a glove, a portable bar code scanner means is secured on the back of the glove and is electrically connected to an activation switch disposed at a button provided at the end of a cable for manipulation by a thumb or other finger. The activation switch triggers the portable bar code scanner means to scan a bar code symbol to be read. | 07-26-2012 |
| 235462450 | Hand-held (e.g., portable) | 12 |
| 20100170952 | PISTOL GRIP FOR A PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH AN INTERNAL RECEPTACLE FOR A STYLUS - A handle for a portable terminal having a user interface configured for interaction with a stylus. The handle comprises a handle body having the grip portion shaped for grasping by a hand of the user of the portable terminal, a proximal end of the grip portion for coupling to a housing of the portable computer, and a distal end of the grip portion. The handle has a receptacle connected to the handle body and located in the interior of the handle body, such that the receptacle is adapted for releasably retaining the stylus in the interior of the handle body. The handle body | 07-08-2010 |
| 20090321524 | Method and System for Adapting a Mobile Computing Device with a Face Module Expansion Port - Described are devices and systems for adapting an expansion port at a front end of a mobile computing device without impacting the performance of the device. The device includes a housing having a front end, a data capturing arrangement positioned on the front end, the data capturing arrangement collecting data from one or more automatic identification items, and an expansion port positioned on the front end, the expansion port receiving an expansion module increasing the functionality of the device. The system includes a mobile computing device including a housing having a front end, a data capturing arrangement positioned on the front end, the data capturing arrangement collecting data from one or more automatic identification items, and an expansion port positioned on the front end, and an expansion module increasing the functionality of the device, the expansion module receivable by the expansion port of the mobile computing device. | 12-31-2009 |
| 235462460 | Wireless link (e.g., RF, IR, etc.) | 4 |
| 20110168779 | ENCODED INFORMATION READING TERMINAL WITH WIRELESS PATH SELECTION CAPABILITY - A portable encoded information reading (EIR) terminal for incorporation in a data collection system can comprise a terminal module communicatively coupled to a wireless interface module via a wired interface. The terminal module can include a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an encoded information reading (EIR) device. The wireless interface module can include a microcontroller, a memory, and at least one wireless communication interface. The wireless interface module can establish one or more wireless links with one or more peer EIR terminals, to join a wireless network which is collectively formed by the peer EIR terminals. The wireless interface module can receive or transmit beacons containing at least an identifier of a path selection protocol which is used for unicast, multicast and broadcast frame transmission within the wireless network. The wireless interface module, responsive to receiving a MAC frame from the terminal module, can forward the MAC frame, according to the path selection protocol, to a peer EIR terminal or to a portal which is capable of routing MAC frames between the wireless network and one or more OSI layer 2 networks. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20090014523 | Digital imaging-based system having intelligent data communication interface to a host system - A digital imaging-based system for reading code symbols affixed to objects, including an imaging-based code symbol reading subsystem for capturing and processing digital images of code symbols affixed to objects, and reading said code symbols and producing symbol character data representative of read code symbols. A data transmission subsystem, operably coupled to the imaging-based code symbol reading subsystem, communicates such symbol character data to the communication interface of a host system over a communication link therebetween. The data transmission subsystem implements a plurality of different communication interfaces, and thus is capable of interfacing to a variety of different host devices in an automatic and error free manner with minimal human involvement, thus providing significant advantages over the prior art code symbol reading systems and devices. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110233280 | TERMINAL WITH RADIO TRANSCEIVER HAVING POWER OUTPUT - There is provided for herein a terminal having a radio transceiver, the radio transceiver having a maximum output power and an operating power. The operating power is limitable to a power limit that less than or equal to the maximum output power and is operator selectable from a set of power limit values so as to reduce interference with other devices operating in the 2.4 GHz spectrum of the ISM band. In one embodiment, the set of power limit values includes the maximum output power and a plurality of additional values. In another embodiment, the set of power limit values includes a plurality of values, the plurality of values including at least first and second values less than 16 dB apart in magnitude. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120006896 | HAND-HELD DATA COLLECTOR WITH DETACHABLE SCANNER - Disclosed is data collection apparatus for hand use. The apparatus comprises a body and a bar code scanner. The body has: a central portion adapted to be and gripped in the manner of a joystick; a switch positioned on the central portion and positioned in the manner of a pistol trigger, for finger actuation; a first data entry portion to which the central portion extends, the first data entry portion having at least a 10-digit numeric keypad, each key of said keypad being adapted for and actuable in use by the thumb of said hand; and a second data entry portion from which the central portion extends. The scanner is: adapted for actuation by said switch; has a configuration in which the bar code scanner defines a protuberance extending from the first data entry portion; and is detachable from the body for use in tight spaces. | 01-12-2012 |
| 235462470 | Interchangeable scanning head or detachable handle | 1 |
| 20100019044 | ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR A PISTOL GRIP HAVING MULTIPLE ACTUATION POSITIONS REGIONS - A portable terminal having a handle configured for connection to an enclosure of the portable terminal, such that the portable terminal has one or more scanning functions for interacting with information objects | 01-28-2010 |
| 235462480 | Trigger detail | 5 |
| 20120286048 | PLUG-AND-PLAY BARCODE SCANNER - A plug-and-play barcode scanner is plugged into an operable electronic apparatus, e.g. a computer or a portable electronic apparatus and after the plugging is completed, the plug-and-play barcode scanner is operative to scan a barcode. The plug-and-play barcode scanner is formed of a micro-scanner designed in combination with a plug-and-play transmission interface module, so that the barcode scanner tends to become more lightweight, more convenient and more practicable and is beneficial to the popularization of managing markets of commodity marketing and sales with the barcode in the future. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20090108076 | Electro-optical reader switchable between handheld and hands-free modes of operation by non-magnetic, immobile switch - An immobile, non-magnetic mode sensor, preferably an optical sensor, is entirely supported by a housing of a reader for electro-optically reading indicia in a handheld mode, and in a hands-free mode, of operation. The mode sensor is operative for sensing the mode of operation, for example, by detecting whether the housing has been grasped by an operator, or by detecting whether the housing has been removed from a support surface. The mode sensor is actuatable between handheld and hands-free states, which respectively correspond to the handheld and hands-free modes of operation. A controller is operative for selecting the mode of operation, which is sensed by the mode sensor, in which the indicia is to be read. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110049243 | HANDLE AND ACTIVATION ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A scanning assembly is disclosed. The scanning assembly comprises a mobile electronic device comprising an optical sensor, the mobile electronic device adapted to perform a scanning operation, and a trigger assembly. The trigger assembly comprises a handle member adapted to be releasably coupled to the mobile electronic device, the handle member comprising a light source, and a switch assembly adapted to receive input from an operator of the trigger assembly, wherein the light source is adapted to emit a light signal in response to manipulation of the switch assembly, and wherein the mobile electronic device is adapted to perform the scanning operation in response to receiving the light signal with the optical sensor. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100258631 | Trigger Mechanism for Hand Held Devices - A trigger mechanism with soft stops and associated method for activating a switch in a device or apparatus. The trigger mechanism includes a trigger receptacle, a trigger disposed in the trigger receptacle and movable between an un-actuated and an actuated position by a user depressing the trigger, and a soft stop comprised of at least one projection positioned to engage a resilient elastomeric insert. Moving the trigger from the un-actuated to actuated position compresses the elastomeric insert with the projection and activates the switch to provide a tactile sensation of the switch activation to the user. The switch may be an electric switch disposed in a hand held device, such as a barcode scanner in some embodiments. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110089243 | PORTABLE DATA COLLECTOR - A portable data collector having scan buttons pressed by forefinger to input merchandise information and scan merchandise barcode includes a shell body having a top face and a bottom face corresponding to the top face; a circuit board installed in the shell body; a plurality of input buttons arranged on the top face for actuating the scan component to generate scan light to read barcode and electrically connected to the circuit board; a display screen also arranged on the top face of the shell body and electrically connected to the circuit board; a scan component additionally arranged in the shell body and electrically connected to the circuit board; and a scan button shown as a trigger shape and arranged on the bottom face of the shell body to be electrically connected to the circuit board; thereby, when the scan button is pushed by forefinger, the scan component is actuated. | 04-21-2011 |
