USER INTERFACE FACILITATING SPECIFICATION OF A DESIRED DATA FORMAT FOR AN INDICIA READING APPARATUS

• US 20140282210A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: BIANCONI, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,384,374 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1447 extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code

Abstract

Aspects describe herein facilitate specification of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus. Bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code is obtained and displayed. A user input field is provided and based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data. Based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, configuration settings are determined for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface facilitating specification, by a user, of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus, the providing comprising;

obtaining and displaying bar code data, the bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code;

providing a user input field, wherein based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data, wherein the representation comprises at least a portion of the displayed bar code data; and

based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, determining, by a processor, one or more configuration settings for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input by the user comprises dragging and dropping at least a portion of the displayed bar code data into the user input field.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises a control character selection interface for selection of one or more control characters, wherein the input by the user comprises selection of a control character from the control character selection interface, and wherein the selected control character is input into the user input field based on the selection of the control character by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more configuration settings comprises determining one or more commands that, based on provision of the one or more commands to the indicia reading apparatus, configure the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determined one or more commands are selected from a plurality of predefined commands available for the indicia reading apparatus.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises an interface for selection of a model identifier, the model identifier identifying a model of the indicia reading apparatus, and wherein the determined one or more configuration settings are selected from a plurality of available configuration settings determined based on the model identified by the selected model identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the one or more configuration settings to the indicia reading apparatus, wherein the providing configures the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format.

8. The method claim 7, wherein the method further comprises saving an indication of the configuration settings as at least one of a configuration bar code or a digital file, and wherein providing the one or more configuration settings to the indicia reading apparatus comprises scanning the configuration bar code using the indicia reading apparatus or providing the digital file to the indicia reading apparatus.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises a control for selection by the user to test whether the indicia reading apparatus is configured to output bar code data in the desired data format, wherein, based on selection of the control, the method further comprises receiving bar code data from the indicia reading apparatus, wherein the received bar code data is in the desired data format based on configuring the indicia reading apparatus with the one or more configuration settings.

10. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the system is configured to perform a method comprising;

providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface facilitating specification, by a user, of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus, the providing comprising;

obtaining and displaying bar code data, the bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code;

providing a user input field, wherein based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data, wherein the representation comprises at least a portion of the displayed bar code data; and

based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, determining one or more configuration settings for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the input by the user comprises dragging and dropping at least a portion of the displayed bar code data into the user input field.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein determining the one or more configuration settings comprises determining one or more commands that, based on provision of the one or more commands to the indicia reading apparatus, configure the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises an interface for selection of a model identifier, the model identifier identifying a model of the indicia reading apparatus, and wherein the determined one or more configuration settings are selected from a plurality of available configuration settings determined based on the model identified by the selected model identifier.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the method further comprising providing the one or more configuration settings to the indicia reading apparatus, wherein the providing configures the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises a control for selection by the user to test whether the indicia reading apparatus is configured to output bar code data in the desired data format, wherein, based on selection of the control, the method further comprises receiving bar code data from the indicia reading apparatus, wherein the received bar code data is in the desired data format based on configuring the indicia reading apparatus with the one or more configuration settings.

16. A computer program product comprising:

a tangible storage medium storing program instructions readable by a processor for execution to perform a method comprising;

providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface facilitating specification, by a user, of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus, the providing comprising;

obtaining and displaying bar code data, the bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code;

providing a user input field, wherein based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data, wherein the representation comprises at least a portion of the displayed bar code data; and

based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, determining one or more configuration settings for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the input by the user comprises dragging and dropping at least a portion of the displayed bar code data into the user input field.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein determining the one or more configuration settings comprises determining one or more commands which, based on provision of the one or more commands to the indicia reading apparatus, configure the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises an interface for selection of a model identifier, the model identifier identifying a model of the indicia reading apparatus, and wherein the determined one or more configuration settings are selected from a plurality of available configuration settings determined based on the model identified by the selected model identifier.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further comprising providing the one or more configuration settings to the indicia reading apparatus, wherein the providing configures the indicia reading apparatus to output bar code data in the desired data format, and wherein the provided graphical user interface further comprises a control for selection by the user to test whether the indicia reading apparatus is configured to output bar code data in the desired data format, wherein, based on selection of the control, the method further comprises receiving bar code data from the indicia reading apparatus, and wherein the received bar code data is in the desired data format based on configuring the indicia reading apparatus with the one or more configuration settings.