Switch for switching between hands-free and handheld modes of operation in an imaging reader
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a window and a manually-actuatable switch;
an imaging engine operable in a first state and a second state, the imaging engine supported by the housing and including a light-detecting sensor with a field of view extending through the window, the light-detecting sensor adapted to capture at least one of;
light reflected from a target and light emitted from the target;
a grip-enabling switch supported by the housing and configured to be engaged by a purlicue of a hand of a user of the apparatus; and
a controller operatively coupled to the grip-enabling switch and the imaging engine, the controller adapted to enable the imaging engine to operate in a first state without manually actuating the manually-actuatable switch and to enable the imaging engine to operate in a second state by manually actuating the manually-actuatable switch, and adapted to switch the imaging engine from the first state to the second state in response to actuation of the grip-enabling switch.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for switching an optical imaging reader between a hands-free mode and a handheld mode using a grip-enabling switch, which is actuated by a user'"'"'s grip on the handle of the reader in order to switch from the hands-free mode to the handheld mode, and which switches from the handheld mode to the hands-free mode if the grip-enabling switch is no longer actuated.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a window and a manually-actuatable switch; an imaging engine operable in a first state and a second state, the imaging engine supported by the housing and including a light-detecting sensor with a field of view extending through the window, the light-detecting sensor adapted to capture at least one of;
light reflected from a target and light emitted from the target;a grip-enabling switch supported by the housing and configured to be engaged by a purlicue of a hand of a user of the apparatus; and a controller operatively coupled to the grip-enabling switch and the imaging engine, the controller adapted to enable the imaging engine to operate in a first state without manually actuating the manually-actuatable switch and to enable the imaging engine to operate in a second state by manually actuating the manually-actuatable switch, and adapted to switch the imaging engine from the first state to the second state in response to actuation of the grip-enabling switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a scanning head with a window, a handle, and a manually-actuatable switch supported by the handle; an imaging engine supported by the scanning head and comprising a light-detecting sensor with a field of view extending through the window, the light-detecting sensor adapted to capture at least one of;
light reflected from a target and light emitted from the target;a grip-enabling switch supported by the handle and configured to be engaged by a purlicue of a hand of a user of the apparatus; and a controller operatively supported by the handle and operatively coupled to the manually-actuatable switch, the grip-enabling switch, and the imaging engine, the controller adapted to switch the imaging engine from a first mode to a second mode in response to actuation of the grip-enabling switch. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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