Hand held scanning device

• US 6,043,503 A
• Filed: 07/22/1998
• Issued: 03/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Dow, James C., Berg, Thomas E., Sims, David J., Henderson, Scott, Stowell, Davin, Vordenberg, Steven, Formosa, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, QUE TAN
• Application Number:
  US09/120,641
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 250/235, 250/234, 250/557, 250/221, 250/566, 250/208.1, 358/473, 358/488, 382/311-316, 235/472.01, 235/472.02, 235/462.45
• US Class Current: 250/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00352 Input means H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00405 Output means output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00496 Constructional details of the interface or console not otherwise provided for, e.g. rotating or tilting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00519 Constructional details not otherwise provided for, e.g. housings, covers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/107 with manual scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/043 Viewing the scanned area

Abstract

A hand held electronic scanning device that preferably has a front surface provided with abutments so that, when the front surface is laid on a supporting surface, operating buttons on the front surface will not contact the supporting surface and a transparent member covering a display window opening will also not contact the support surface to avoid scuffing thereof.

Claims

1. A hand held scanning device comprising:

a housing for holding the components of an electronic scanning device;

said housing having a front portion and a back portion secured together;

said front portion having a front surface having an image display window opening formed therein;

a transparent member mounted on said front portion and covering said image display window opening;

said front surface having a plurality of spaced apart openings formed therein;

a plurality of control buttons having portions thereof projecting through said plurality of spaced apart openings for contact by an operator of said hand held scanning device;

said housing having a bottom surface;

said bottom surface having at least one opening formed therein so that imaging sensors in said hand held scanning device may be exposed to the object being scanned;

said housing having a top portion;

at least one battery holding receptacle formed in said top portion; and

a cover for said battery holding receptacle removably secured to said top portion.

2. A hand held scanning device comprising:

a housing for holding the components of an electronic scanning device;

said housing having at least a front portion;

said front portion having a front surface;

a plurality of control buttons mounted in said front portion for contact by an operator of said scanning device; and

at least one abutment projecting outwardly from said front surface to cooperate with at least another portion of said hand held scanning device in holding said control buttons in a spaced apart relationship with a supporting surface when said scanning device is not in use.

3. A hand held scanning device as in claim 2 and further comprising:

said front surface having an image display window opening formed therein;

a transparent member covering said image display window opening; and

said transparent member providing said at least one abutment.

4. A hand held scanning device as in claim 3 and further comprising:

said hand held scanning device having a top surface and a bottom surface;

said bottom surface located to be placed in contact with the image to be scanned; and

said at least one abutment being located closer to said bottom surface than to said top surface.

5. A hand held scanning device as in claim 4 wherein:

said at least one abutment comprises an outwardly projecting portion of said transparent member.

6. A hand held scanning device as in claim 5 wherein:

said outwardly projecting portion is arcuate.

7. A hand held scanning device as in claim 3 wherein:

said at least one abutment holding said transparent member in a spaced apart relationship with said supporting surface to prevent scuffing of said transparent member.