Modular scanner with hand-held data terminal
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a data receiving unit;
a housing containing said data receiving unit, said housing including a first portion and a second portion;
a housing mount apparatus to receive a user'"'"'s forearm, said housing mount apparatus mounting said first portion of said housing on top of a user'"'"'s forearm and mounting the second portion of said housing along an inner side of a user'"'"'s forearm; and
an indicia reader connector positioned to connect an indicia reader unit to said data receiving unit over a top side, opposite a palm, of a user'"'"'s hand.
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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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61 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a data receiving unit; a housing containing said data receiving unit, said housing including a first portion and a second portion; a housing mount apparatus to receive a user'"'"'s forearm, said housing mount apparatus mounting said first portion of said housing on top of a user'"'"'s forearm and mounting the second portion of said housing along an inner side of a user'"'"'s forearm; and an indicia reader connector positioned to connect an indicia reader unit to said data receiving unit over a top side, opposite a palm, of a user'"'"'s hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus comprising:
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an indicia reader; an interface component receiving information from said indicia reader and communicating information to a user; a housing supporting said indicia reader and said interface component; and an attachment component attaching said housing to a user'"'"'s finger whereby said indicia reader is aimed toward indicia by moving a user'"'"'s finger relative to its attached hand. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. Apparatus comprising:
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a data tag reader; a data receiving component receiving input from a user; a housing including said data tag reader and said data receiving component; and an attachment component attaching said housing to a user'"'"'s finger; wherein the apparatus is operational in a stand-alone mode, collecting data while mounted to a user'"'"'s finger and not physically connected with any other device. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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