ERGONOMIC ARRANGEMENT FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20140014728A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Jaeho, Jenkins, Ian R., Martin, Richard M., Nair, Chandra M., Tsiopanos, Konstantinos D.
• Application Number:
  US13/721,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20140014728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/470
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0004 Hybrid readers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/015 Aligning or centering of the sensing device with respect to the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10 by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10554 Moving beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1091 means to wake up the scanner from a sleep mode, e.g. using an acceleration sensor indicating that the scanner is being picked up by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/11 Supports for sets, e.g. incorporating armrests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing

Abstract

A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a handle portion having a longitudinal axis. A trigger switch is positioned on the handle portion and configured to activate a data capture function of the mobile device when the trigger switch is depressed. A top portion accommodates a display device and a data acquisition device. A planar surface of the display device is oriented at a first angle between one degree and thirty degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion. The data acquisition device is disposed on an opposite side of the display device such that a central axis of a field of view of the data acquisition device is oriented at a second angle between ninety degrees and one-hundred and thirty-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a handle portion of a housing having a longitudinal axis, the handle portion configured for gripping the mobile device with fingers of a user'"'"'s hand, a trigger switch positioned on the handle portion and configured to activate a data capture function of the mobile device when the trigger switch is depressed; and

a top portion of the housing coupled to the handle portion for accommodating a display device and a data acquisition device, a planar surface of the display device being oriented at a first angle between one degree and thirty degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion, and the acquisition device being disposed on an opposite side of the display device such that a central axis of a field of view of the data acquisition device is oriented at a second angle between ninety degrees and one-hundred and thirty-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the first angle is about ten degrees.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the second angle is about one-hundred and twelve degrees.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data acquisition device comprises an imaging device.

5. The mobile device of claim 4, wherein the display is configured to display images from the imaging device.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data acquisition device comprises a laser scanning device.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data acquisition device comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module.

8. The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising a camera positioned adjacent to the data acquisition device such that a field of view of the camera at least partially overlaps the field of view of the data acquisition device.

9. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the trigger switch is accessible to an index finger of the hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user.

10. The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising a battery positioned in a recess in the handle portion.

11. An mobile device comprising:

a housing comprising a handle portion having a longitudinal axis, the handle portion configured for gripping the mobile device with fingers of a user'"'"'s hand;

a trigger switch positioned on the handle portion for activating a data capture function of the mobile device when the trigger switch is depressed, the trigger switch being accessible to an index finger of the hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user;

a display device disposed at least partially within the housing such that a planar surface of the display device is oriented at a first angle between one degree and thirty degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion, the display device being viewable to the user when the fingers grip the handle portion of the device; and

a data acquisition device located on an opposite side of the display device such that a central axis of a field of view of the data acquisition device is oriented at a second angle between ninety degrees and one-hundred and thirty-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion, the data acquisition device configured to capture product information from an object positioned in the field of view of the data capture device when the trigger switch is depressed.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the first angle is about ten degrees.

13. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the second angle is about one-hundred and twelve degrees.

14. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the data acquisition device comprises an imaging device.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the display is configured to display images from the imaging device.

16. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the data acquisition device comprises a laser scanning device.

17. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the data acquisition device comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module.

18. The mobile device of claim 11 further comprising a camera positioned adjacent to the data acquisition device such that a field of view of the camera at least partially overlaps the field of view of the data acquisition device.

19. The mobile device of claim 11 wherein the trigger switch is accessible to an index finger of the hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user.

20. A mobile device, comprising:

a housing comprising a handle portion having a longitudinal axis, the handle portion configured for gripping the mobile device with fingers of a user'"'"'s hand;

a trigger switch positioned on the handle portion for activating a data capture function of the mobile device when the trigger switch is depressed, the trigger switch being accessible to an index finger of the hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user;

a display device disposed at least partially within the housing such that a planar surface of the display device is oriented at a first angle between one degree and thirty degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion, the display device being viewable to the user when the fingers grip the handle portion of the device;

an imaging device coupled to the housing and located on an opposite side of the display device such that a central axis of a field of view of the imaging device is oriented at a second angle between ninety degrees and one-hundred and thirty-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion, the imaging device configured to capture product information from an object positioned in the field of view of the data capture device when the trigger switch is depressed; and

a camera coupled to the housing and located adjacent to the imaging device such that a field of view of the camera at least partially overlaps the field of view of the imaging device.