Code reading terminal with integrated vehicular head-up display capability
First Claim
1. A terminal sized for hand-held, portable operation and for insertion into a docking fixture located within a vehicle, said terminal comprising:
- a housing;
a screen that displays textual information disposed on said housing;
means for accepting manual input disposed on said housing;
an illuminator assembly, disposed within said housing, which selectively operates to facilitate code reading when removed from a docking fixture; and
said illuminator assembly, when inserted into the docking fixture, operates to provide head up viewing.
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Abstract
A portable computer terminal is disclosed which may operate in a hand-held mode and while docked within a vehicle. The terminal interacts with an illumination means therein which can be used for bar code reading and, while docked, for providing illumination for a head up display on the vehicle'"'"'s windshield. Textual messages undergo text to voice conversion as well as head up display. Moreover, to provide full hands-off operation, voice recognition of predefined sets of commands is incorporated within the terminal. In another embodiment, the illumination means is placed in a housing separate from the terminal. A wireless link between the illumination means and the terminal provide for communicating text and graphics for head up display.
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21 Claims
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1. A terminal sized for hand-held, portable operation and for insertion into a docking fixture located within a vehicle, said terminal comprising:
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a housing; a screen that displays textual information disposed on said housing; means for accepting manual input disposed on said housing; an illuminator assembly, disposed within said housing, which selectively operates to facilitate code reading when removed from a docking fixture; and said illuminator assembly, when inserted into the docking fixture, operates to provide head up viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A terminal sized for hand-held, portable operation and for insertion into a docking fixture located within a vehicle, said terminal comprising:
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a housing; means for accepting manual input disposed on said housing; a wireless transceiver for receiving textual information; a screen, disposed on said housing, that displays textual information received by said wireless transceiver; and an illuminator assembly, disposed within said housing, which operates to provide a head up display of textual information received by said wireless transceiver when said terminal is within a docking fixture. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A terminal sized for hand-held, portable operation and for insertion into a docking fixture located within a vehicle, said terminal comprising;
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a housing; an illuminator assembly, disposed within said housing, which selectively operations to facilitate code reading when removed from a docking fixture; and said illuminator assembly, when inserted into the docking fixture, operates to provide head up viewing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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