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Modular scanner with hand-held data terminal

  • US 5,587,577 A
  • Filed: 05/24/1995
  • Issued: 12/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:

  • (a) a user interface unit for communication with a user;

    (b) an optical indica reader module, operational for communication with said user interface unit, for reading optical indicia located externally of said optical indicia reader module and having a port for receiving light reflected from the optical indicia;

    (c) user interface unit mounting means for securing said user interface unit to the user'"'"'s body near a wrist and over a forearm of the user; and

    (d) optical indicia reader module mounting means for securing said optical indicia reader module in a position over a top side of a hand of the user, the top side being the side opposite a palm side of the hand, so that the port of said optical indicia reader module is directed over the user'"'"'s fingers and toward the optical indicia to be read;

    said user interface unit being capable of communication with a variety of different said optical indicia reader modules so that one said optical indicia reader module can be replaced with a different said optical indicia reader module thereby permitting customization of the body-mounted data acquisition system.

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