Modular scanner with hand-held data terminal
First Claim
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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Abstract
A hand held body for receiving, storing and transmitting information having a keyboard in the top thereof for manually entering information therein. A display is disposed on the top of such body for displaying information which has either been manually entered or scanned in or received from a base radio transceiver. A radio frequency transceiver is also disposed in the hand held body for receiving and transmitting information between the hand held body and the base radio transceiver. A scanner is provided for optically reading information and transmitting such information. A modular housing is provided for holding the scanner and a mechanism is provided for selectively attaching or detaching the housing to a bottom portion of the hand held body whereby the external portions of hand held body in the housing when attached together are small enough to be received in a shirt pocket, whereby the user can store the apparatus in such shirt pocket when not in use. A wrist, arm and finger mounted terminal/scanner, as well as wearable belt or vest mounted battery packs and other components are shown.
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102 Claims
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1. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface unit for communication with a user; (b) an optical indicia 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; the port of said optical indicia reader module being positioned nearer a hand of the user and said user interface unit being positioned farther from the hand, of the user and between the port and an elbow of the user, when the body-mounted data acquisition system is attached to the user'"'"'s body for data acquisition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Apparatus comprising:
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(a) body means for receiving, storing and transmitting information, said body means having a top portion, a bottom portion, a forward end, a rear end and a longitudinal axis; (b) key means disposed in said top portion for manually entering information into said body means; (c) display means disposed in said top portion for displaying information; (d) scanning means for optically reading information and for communicating the optically read information to said body means; (e) housing means for holding said scanning means; (f) means for selectively and operatively attaching and detaching said housing means to said body means in juxtaposition to the forward end of said body means; and (g) means for operatively attaching said housing means and said body means to a user'"'"'s wrist. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface unit for communication with a user; (b) an optical indicia 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) a user interface unit mounting device for securing said user interface unit to the user'"'"'s body near a wrist and over a forearm of the user; and (d) an optical indicia reader module mounting device for securing said optical indicia reader module to said user interface unit 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. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface unit for communication with a user; (b) an optical indicia 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) a user interface unit mounting device for securing said user interface unit to the user'"'"'s body near a wrist and over a forearm of the user; and (d) an optical indicia reader module mounting device for securing said optical indicia reader module to said user interface unit 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;
the port of said optical indicia reader module being positioned nearer a hand of the user, and said user interface unit being positioned farther from the hand of the user and between the port and an elbow of the user, when the body-mounted data acquisition system is attached to the user'"'"'s body for data acquisition. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface unit for communication with a user; (b) an optical indicia 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) a user interface unit mounting device for securing said user interface unit to the user'"'"'s body near a wrist and over a forearm of the user; and (d) said optical indicia reader module being positioned 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. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A body-mounted data acquisition system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface unit for communication with a user; (b) an optical indicia 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) a user interface unit mounting device for securing said user interface unit to the user'"'"'s body near a wrist and over a forearm of the user; and (d) wherein said optical indicia reader module is positioned 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; the port of said optical indicia reader module being positioned nearer a hand of the user, and said user interface unit being positioned farther from the hand of the user and between the port and an elbow of the user, when the body-mounted data acquisition system is attached to the user'"'"'s body for data acquisition. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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