Optical reader comprising good read indicator
First Claim
1. An optical reader comprising:
- a gun style hand held housing comprising a handle and a head, said reader head comprising a front, a top and rear;
a first status condition indicator including at least one light source disposed to emit light at a position substantially at said top of said head;
a second status condition indicator including at least one light source disposed to emit light substantially at a rear of said head; and
a control circuit for controlling condition status indications indicated by said first and second status condition indicators.
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Abstract
The invention is an optical reader which in one embodiment includes reader head having both a top status condition indicator and a rear status condition indicator. A control circuit is adapted to control both of the top and read status condition indicators simultaneously so that an operator is provided with an easily viewed status indicator at the extremes of normal reader viewing angles expected during reader operation. The top status condition indicator may be a keyboard integrated indicator comprising a translucent key and a light source bank disposed to emit light through the translucent key under the control of the control circuit. The rear status condition indicator may be provided by a bank of LEDs operating in combination with a light pipe disposed in the reader to conduct light from the LED bank to the rear of the reader head.
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32 Claims
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1. An optical reader comprising:
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a gun style hand held housing comprising a handle and a head, said reader head comprising a front, a top and rear;
a first status condition indicator including at least one light source disposed to emit light at a position substantially at said top of said head;
a second status condition indicator including at least one light source disposed to emit light substantially at a rear of said head; and
a control circuit for controlling condition status indications indicated by said first and second status condition indicators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An optical reader comprising:
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a gun style housing having a head and a handle, said reader head comprising a front, a top, and a rear;
a circuit board disposed in an interior of said head;
a control circuit at least partially disposed on said circuit board;
a status condition indicator operating under control by said control circuit, said status condition indicator including;
a bank of light sources disposed on said circuit board; and
a light pipe having a light entry end and a light exit end, said light pipe being disposed so that light entry end is in proximity with said bank of light sources, and said light exit end terminates at an exterior of said housing so that said light exit end is visible to a user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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14. An optical reader for reading an indicia, said reader comprising:
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a gun style hand held housing having a head portion and a handle portion;
an imaging assembly disposed in said housing;
a control circuit disposed in said housing configured to decode said indicia;
a keyboard disposed on said housing, said housing including at least one translucent key;
a bank of light sources disposed under said at least one translucent key, said bank of light sources and said translucent keys defining a status condition indicator, wherein said control circuit changes an indication indicated by said status condition indicator when said control circuit successfully decodes an indicia.
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23. An optical reader operating under the control of a control circuit, said reader comprising:
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a gun style hand held housing having a head portion and a handle portion;
a keyboard having a plurality of keys, at least one of said keys being translucent;
a display having a display-associated light source;
a first status condition indicator including a key-associated light source and said at least one translucent key;
a second status condition indicator including said display-associated light source; and
a third status condition indicator including a light source, wherein said first, second, and third status indicating light sources are controlled by said control circuit.
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