Optical reader comprising soft key including permanent graphic indicia
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1. A data collection device comprising:
- a gun style housing having a head portion and a handle portion;
a display disposed in said head portion;
a control circuit disposed in said housing controlling indicia displayed on said display; and
a pair of arrow soft keys disposed adjacently relative to said display, wherein one of soft keys includes a “
DOWN”
arrow formed thereon in a permanent graphic and the other of the soft keys includes an “
UP”
arrow formed thereon in a permanent graphic.
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Abstract
The present invention to provide an optical reader with at least two variable definition soft keys positioned adjacent the display and externally labeled with permanent down and up arrow indicia. Variable definition soft keys are highly versatile and allow the user to change or alter the function of the soft keys based on a user program. Soft keys positioned adjacent the display and labeled with down and up arrows graphically reinforce a wide range of text and graphic combinations shown on the display.
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22 Claims
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1. A data collection device comprising:
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a gun style housing having a head portion and a handle portion;
a display disposed in said head portion;
a control circuit disposed in said housing controlling indicia displayed on said display; and
a pair of arrow soft keys disposed adjacently relative to said display, wherein one of soft keys includes a “
DOWN”
arrow formed thereon in a permanent graphic and the other of the soft keys includes an “
UP”
arrow formed thereon in a permanent graphic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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13. A data collection device comprising:
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a gun style housing having a head portion and a handle portion;
a display disposed in said head portion;
a control circuit disposed in said housing controlling indicia displayed on said display; and
a pair of arrow soft keys disposed adjacently relative to said display, wherein one of soft keys includes a “
MINUS (−
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sign formed thereon in a permanent graphic and the other of the soft keys includes an “
PLUS (+)”
sign formed thereon in a permanent graphic.
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16. An optical reader operating under the control of a control circuit said reader comprising:
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a housing;
a reader head;
a display; and
a keyboard having a plurality of keys including two variable definition soft keys positioned adjacent said display and externally labeled with down and up arrow indicia.
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