Bar code reader with an integrated scanning component module mountable on printed circuit board
First Claim
1. A hand-held reader for electro-optically reading indicia, comprising:
- a) a gun-shaped housing having a hollow, upper body portion extending along a body axis, and a hollow, lower handle portion connected to, and extending along a handle axis downwardly away from, the body portion;
b) a generally planar, printed circuit board mounted in the housing and being the sole printed circuit board within the housing, the sole board having an upper region located within the body portion, and a lower region located within the handle portion, the sole board extending between the upper and lower regions in a direction transversely of the body axis;
c) a light-transmissive window located in the body portion;
d) a scan module mounted at the upper region of the sole board, for scanning light passing through the window; and
e) a coupler mounted at the lower region of the sole board and being in electrical communication with the scan module.
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Abstract
A bar code reader has an integrated scanning component module which is mountable on a printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the module may include the digitizer/decoder electronics, enabling the module to be used with a generic PCB. In some embodiments, the module includes a high speed optical scanning arrangement having an optical element which extends longitudinally of a flexible member, secured at one end. In other embodiments, the invention extends to a hand-held optical scanner having a scanning assembly, detector and data transmission coupling all mounted to a common printed circuit board, preferably located within a manually-graspable handle. In yet a further embodiment, an abuse-detector or accelerometer is provided for determining when the device is exposed to deceleration above a predetermined limit, and optionally for automatically shutting down applications programs and for providing a black-box-record of a short time frame before the device was exposed to an unexpected shock. Preferably, the reader is shock protected by a thermo-plastic elastomer housing section. An outgoing light beam is directed at a non-orthogonal angle relative to the PCB.
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15 Claims
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1. A hand-held reader for electro-optically reading indicia, comprising:
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a) a gun-shaped housing having a hollow, upper body portion extending along a body axis, and a hollow, lower handle portion connected to, and extending along a handle axis downwardly away from, the body portion;
b) a generally planar, printed circuit board mounted in the housing and being the sole printed circuit board within the housing, the sole board having an upper region located within the body portion, and a lower region located within the handle portion, the sole board extending between the upper and lower regions in a direction transversely of the body axis;
c) a light-transmissive window located in the body portion;
d) a scan module mounted at the upper region of the sole board, for scanning light passing through the window; and
e) a coupler mounted at the lower region of the sole board and being in electrical communication with the scan module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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