Hand-held data capture system with interchangeable modules
First Claim
1. A modular hand-held data collection terminal unit comprising:
- a base module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of base modules;
a keyboard module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of functionally different keyboard modules and including differently configured keys available for assembly into said terminal unit;
a display screen module attached to one end of the selected keyboard, said display screen module being selectable from either a first display screen module type or a second display screen module type, said first and second display screen module types being interchangeable with the selected keyboard module, said first display screen module type being as wide as the width of the selected base module, said second display screen module type being wider than the width of the selected base module of the terminal unit and extending beyond at least one side of the lateral confines of the selected base module of said terminal unit when said second display type is connected to the selected keyboard, said base module being assembled with the selected keyboard module including a display screen module of said second display screen module type.
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Abstract
A portable, hand-held data collection terminal unit is of modular structure including among other modules a display screen module, a keyboard module and a base module, each of which may be chosen from a plurality of modules available for assembly into the terminal unit. Consequently, a wide combination of terminal units may be assembled from a comparatively limited number of modular choices, such that the cost of assembly of a terminal unit with specific functions may be minimized. A particular selected module is a scanning module including a pivotable scanning head to permit a user to adjust the scanning head to a convenient position for operating the scanning module without sacrifice of visual access to a display screen of the display screen module. The display screen module may be selected from modules of standard width equal to the width of the terminal unit, of extended width extending when assembled to a selected keyboard module beyond either or both lateral edges of the terminal unit. The selected display screen module may include one of different sized screens, function keys and alphabetical keys.
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22 Claims
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1. A modular hand-held data collection terminal unit comprising:
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a base module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of base modules; a keyboard module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of functionally different keyboard modules and including differently configured keys available for assembly into said terminal unit; a display screen module attached to one end of the selected keyboard, said display screen module being selectable from either a first display screen module type or a second display screen module type, said first and second display screen module types being interchangeable with the selected keyboard module, said first display screen module type being as wide as the width of the selected base module, said second display screen module type being wider than the width of the selected base module of the terminal unit and extending beyond at least one side of the lateral confines of the selected base module of said terminal unit when said second display type is connected to the selected keyboard, said base module being assembled with the selected keyboard module including a display screen module of said second display screen module type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a modular hand-held data collection terminal system a combination of modules comprising:
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at least one set of interchangeable display screen modules, a plurality of interchangeable keyboard modules, and at least one base module; each of the keyboard modules being selectively attachable to the base module, and a selected one of the display screen modules of a preselected set removably attached to a selected one of the plurality of interchangeable keyboard modules; the selected display screen module being removable from the keyboard module and attachable to a handgrip module, the selected display screen module having a width which is greater than the width of the base module to which the selected display screen module is removably attached. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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