Portable Data Terminal
First Claim
1. A portable data terminal having a housing in surrounding relation to one or more components for reading a decodable indicia, said portable data terminal comprising:
- a memory;
a control circuit communicatively coupled to the memory;
an encoded information reader unit responsive to a signal from the control circuit, the encoded information reader unit comprising a data collection hardware device selected from one of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device;
an interface bus communicatively coupled to one or more of the memory, the control circuit, and the encoded information reader unit; and
an environmentally responsive device coupled to the interface bus, the environmentally responsive device comprising a sensing portion in communication with an environment external to the housing in a manner capturing an environmental reading for the environment.
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Abstract
A portable data terminal that includes a housing and an environmentally responsive device for collecting data about the environment surrounding the housing. The portable data terminal also includes an encoded information reader unit with one or more data collection hardware devices, which can capture data encoded in decodable indicia, e.g., bar codes. In one embodiment, the portable data terminal is configured to operate in a mode that processes the decodable indicia, and the environmental data so as to correlate the information decoded in the decodable indicia with the environmental data.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable data terminal having a housing in surrounding relation to one or more components for reading a decodable indicia, said portable data terminal comprising:
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a memory; a control circuit communicatively coupled to the memory; an encoded information reader unit responsive to a signal from the control circuit, the encoded information reader unit comprising a data collection hardware device selected from one of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device; an interface bus communicatively coupled to one or more of the memory, the control circuit, and the encoded information reader unit; and an environmentally responsive device coupled to the interface bus, the environmentally responsive device comprising a sensing portion in communication with an environment external to the housing in a manner capturing an environmental reading for the environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A hand held reader for reading data from the environment, said hand held reader comprising:
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a housing comprising an aperture; an environmentally responsive device supportably connected to the housing in a manner exposing a sensing portion to the environment proximate the aperture, the sensing portion providing an environmental reading for the environment; an interface bus communicatively coupled to the sensing portion; a central processing unit coupled to the interface bus, the central processing unit providing a signal for capturing the environmental reading from the sensing portion; an encoded information reader unit coupled to the central processing unit, the encoded information reader unit comprising a data collection hardware device selected from one of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device; and a memory for storing the environmental reading and data from the data collection hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A data collection system for a portable data terminal having a housing with a form factor in surrounding relation to components of the portable data terminal, said data collection system comprising:
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an interface bus comprising a two-wire interface; a temperature sensor coupled to the two-wire interface, the temperature sensor comprising a sensing portion exposed in a manner providing a temperature reading of an environment external to the housing; a memory for storing the temperature reading; and an encoded information reader unit in communication with the memory, the encoded information reader unit comprising a data collection hardware device selected from one of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device, wherein the portable data terminal is operative in a first sensing mode that correlates data from the data collection hardware device, and the temperature reading in response to an operator initiated signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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