MULTIPLE PLATFORM SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120138685A1
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Qu, Huyu, Wang, Ynjiun Paul
• Granted Patent: US 9,010,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45579 I/O management, e.g. providing access to device drivers or storage
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10584 Source control
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10732 Light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10851 Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device basic electronic circuitry H03

Abstract

A portable data terminal including a processor having an instruction set architecture and data storage means configured to store a plurality of operating systems and a virtual machine monitor application program configured to receive at least one instruction from each operating system, communicate with the processor according to the instruction set architecture, and switch operating system access to the processor upon receipt of an electrical signal representing an event.

Claims

1. A portable data terminal, comprising:

a processor having an instruction set architecture; and

data storage means configured to store;

a plurality of operating systems; and

a virtual machine application program configured to receive at least one instruction from each operating system, communicate with the processor according to the instruction set architecture, and switch operating system access to the processor upon receipt of an electrical signal representing an event.

2. The portable data terminal of claim 1 wherein the event comprises user interaction with a user input interface selected from the group consisting of a trigger, button, keypad, and touch screen.

3. The portable data terminal of claim 1 further including:

an imaging assembly;

an illumination assembly; and

wherein the data storage means is further configured to store;

an scan driver application program configured to communicate with the imaging and illumination assemblies; and

a decoder application program.

4. The portable data terminal of claim 3 wherein the imaging assembly further includes imaging optics and at least one image sensor and wherein the illumination assembly further includes illumination optics and at least one light source.

5. The portable data terminal of claim 3 further including:

at least one mirror;

wherein the imaging assembly further includes at least one filter, at least one photodiode, at least one amplifier, and at least one digitizer;

wherein the illumination assembly further includes at least one laser generator; and

at least one laser controller configured to communicate with the at least one laser generator.

6. The portable data terminal of claim 1 wherein the plurality of operating systems is comprised of a Windows, Android, Symbian, Linux, Apple, RIM, Unix, GNU, Solaris, and/or LiMO operating system.

7. The portable data terminal of claim 3 wherein the event comprises a successful decode operation by the scan driver application program.

8. The portable data terminal of claim 7 wherein the data storage means further includes switch information and wherein the event includes equating the result of the successful decode operation to the switch information.

9. The portable data terminal of claim 1 wherein the virtual machine further includes a scheduler configured to assign priority to processes.

10. A portable data terminal, comprising:

a user interface device;

a processor having an instruction set architecture;

data storage means configured to store;

a first operating system configured to communicate with the processor according to the instruction set architecture;

a first application program configured to communicate with the first operating system;

a second operating system;

a second application program configured to communicate with the second operating system; and

a virtual machine application program configured to receive at least one instruction from the second operating system and communicate with the first operating system based on the at least one instruction; and

wherein the portable data terminal is configured to switch operating systems upon user interaction with the user interface device.

11. The portable data terminal of claim 10 further including:

an imaging assembly;

an illumination assembly; and

wherein the first application program includes a scan driver application program configured to communicate with the imaging and illumination assemblies and a decoder application program configured to interpret pixel data transmitted by the sensor to decode any bar code contained therein.

12. The portable data terminal of claim 11 wherein the imaging assembly further includes imaging optics and at least one image sensor and wherein the illumination assembly further includes illumination optics and at least one light source.

13. The portable data terminal of claim 11 further including:

at least one mirror;

wherein the imaging assembly further includes at least one filter, at least one photodiode, at least one amplifier, and at least one digitizer;

wherein the illumination assembly further includes at least one laser generator; and

at least one laser controller configured to communicate with the at least one laser generator.

14. The portable data terminal of claim 12 wherein:

the user interface device is a scan button;

the data storage means is further configured to store switch information; and

the portable data terminal is further configured to switch operating systems upon user interaction with the scan button and according to comparison of any decoded bar code information with the switch information.

15. The portable data terminal of claim 12 wherein:

the user interface device is a scan button;

the portable data terminal is further configured to switch operating systems bar code decode attempt.

16. A portable data terminal, comprising:

a user interface device;

a processor having an instruction set architecture;

data storage means configured to store;

a first operating system configured to communicate with the processor according to the instruction set architecture; and

a first application program configured to communicate with the first operating system;

a second application program;

a virtual machine application program configured to receive at least one instruction from the second application program and communicate with the first operating system based on the at least one instruction; and

wherein the portable data terminal is configured to invoke the virtual machine application program based user interaction with the user interface device.

17. The portable data terminal of claim 16 further including:

an imaging assembly;

an illumination assembly; and

wherein the first application program includes a scan driver application program configured to communicate with the imaging and illumination assemblies and a decoder application program.

18. The portable data terminal of claim 17 wherein the imaging assembly further includes imaging optics and at least one image sensor and wherein the illumination assembly further includes illumination optics and at least one light source.

19. The portable data terminal of claim 17 further including:

at least one mirror;

wherein the imaging assembly further includes at least one filter, at least one photodiode, at least one amplifier, and at least one digitizer;

wherein the illumination assembly further includes at least one laser generator; and

at least one laser controller configured to communicate with the at least one laser generator.

20. The portable data terminal of claim 17 wherein the first operating system is configured to suspend the virtual machine application program upon one of a bar code decode attempt operation of the decoder application program or a successful bar code decode operation of the decoder application program.