Distinctive notice for different symbology information

• US 10,268,850 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Xiaoxun, Mao, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess, Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US15/919,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20180204032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 23546201
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10524 Hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10544 by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10554 Moving beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10603 Basic scanning using moving elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/38 using flashing light
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

Abstract

An indicia reader is adapted for hand held operation to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) and is operated by: configuring the indicia reader in a store to provide at least one store specific indicia read notice; reading an IBI at a POT with the indicia reader and providing the at least one store specific indicia read notice to a customer when each IBI is read.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

reading a symbol with an indicia reader; and

providing a symbol-specific read notice for the symbol;

wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol is based on information encoded in the symbol; and

wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs a user if the symbol is scanned or not.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice is defined by rules defined by a store based on the information encoded in the symbol.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising configuring the indicia reader at a point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising configuring the indicia reader at a point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol by reading a symbol carried by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following:

a price of an item bearing the symbol;

a description of an item bearing the symbol;

an item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

creating a symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile; and

downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to the indicia reader.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader;

uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to a host server; and

downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the host server.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader; and

uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the first indicia reader.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile by reading a symbol carried by a user, wherein the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and

configuring the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language.

12. An indicia reader, comprising:

an indicia reading assembly for reading a symbol;

a notification device for providing a notification when a symbol is read;

a memory storing program instructions; and

a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader;

reads a symbol with the indicia reading assembly;

provides a symbol-specific read notice for the symbol with the notification device;

wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol is based on information encoded in the symbol; and

wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

13. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are stored onto the memory at a point of transaction.

14. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader is configured to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a user.

15. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following:

a price of an item bearing the symbol;

a description of an item bearing the symbol;

an item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

16. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from a host server to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

17. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from another indicia reader to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

18. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein:

the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and

when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader is configured to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language for the symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a user.

19. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

20. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs a user if the symbol is scanned or not.