INDICIA-READER HAVING UNITARY-CONSTRUCTION

• US 20150193645A1
• Filed: 01/08/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Colavito, Stephen, Saber, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 9,373,018 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1439 including a method step for retrieval of the optical code
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image

Abstract

A hand-held indicia-reading device includes a housing and a cable having a unitary-construction. The indicia-reader has a head portion with an indicia-reading system including a printed circuit board. The entire handle portion of the reader is typically over-molded onto a host-connector cable. The host-connector cable includes a circuit board connector on one end and a connector for connecting to a host at an opposite end extending from a base portion of the handle.

Claims

1. An indicia-reading device, comprising:

an indicia-capturing subsystem for acquiring information about indicia within the indicia-capturing subsystem'"'"'s field of view;

an indicia-decoding subsystem configured for decoding indicia information acquired by the indicia-capturing subsystem; and

a hand-supportable housing comprising a head portion and an adjacent handle portion, wherein (i) the head portion substantially encloses the indicia-capturing subsystem and the indicia-decoding subsystem, and (ii) the handle is formed as a unitary-construction.

2. The indicia-reading device according to claim 1, comprising a host-connector cable, the host-connector cable being integrated into and surrounded by the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s unitary-construction handle.

3. The indicia-reading device according to claim 2, wherein the host-connector cable has a first end connector at an upper portion of the handle and a second end connector at a base portion of the handle.

4. The indicia-reading device according to claim 3, wherein the indicia-capturing subsystem comprises a printed circuit board operatively connected to electro-optical components.

5. The indicia-reading device according to claim 4, wherein the first end connector is operatively connected to the printed circuit board.

6. The indicia-reading device according to claim 5, wherein the second end connector is operatively connected to a host.

7. The indicia-reading device according to claim 6, wherein the host is a computer.

8. The indicia-reading device according to claim 1, wherein the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s head portion is removably connected to the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s unitary-construction handle.

9. The indicia-reading device according to claim 1, wherein the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s unitary-construction handle is an injection-molded handle.

10. The indicia-reading device according to claim 1, wherein the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s unitary-construction handle is a blow-molded handle.

11. An indicia-reading device, comprising:

a hand-supportable housing, comprising a head portion and an adjacent handle portion;

wherein the head portion at least partially encloses an indicia-capturing system, the indicia-capturing system comprising (i) an indicia-capturing subsystem for acquiring information about indicia within the indicia-capturing subsystem'"'"'s field of view, and (ii) an indicia-decoding subsystem configured for decoding indicia information acquired by the indicia-capturing subsystem;

wherein the handle portion physically integrates a host-connector cable forming a single part.

12. The indicia-reading device according to claim 11, wherein the host-connector cable has a first end connector at an upper portion of the handle and a second end connector at a base portion of the handle.

13. The indicia-reading device according to claim 12, wherein the indicia-capturing system comprises a printed circuit board operatively connected to electro-optical components.

14. The indicia-reading device according to claim 13, wherein the first end connector is operatively connected to the printed circuit board.

15. The indicia-reading device according to claim 14, wherein the second end connector is operatively connected to a host.

16. The indicia-reading device according to claim 15, wherein the host is a handheld computer.

17. The indicia-reading device according to claim 11, wherein the head portion is removably attached to the handle portion.

18. The indicia-reading device according to claim 17, wherein the head portion is removably attached to the handle portion by fasteners.

19. A method for reading indicia, comprising:

providing an indicia-reading device that includes (i) an indicia-capturing subsystem for acquiring information about indicia within the indicia-capturing subsystem'"'"'s field of view, (ii) an indicia-decoding subsystem configured for decoding indicia information acquired by the indicia-capturing subsystem, (iii) a hand-supportable housing having a head portion and an adjacent handle portion, wherein the head portion substantially encloses the indicia-capturing subsystem and the indicia-decoding subsystem and the handle is formed as a unitary-construction, and (iv) a host-connector cable, the host-connector cable being integrated into and surrounded by the hand-supportable housing'"'"'s unitary-construction handle;

operatively connecting the host-connector cable to a host; and

using the indicia-reading device to acquire indicia information.

20. A method for reading indicia according to claim 19, comprising communicating the indicia information from the indicia-reading device to the host via the host-connector cable.