Portable multipurpose recording terminal and portable network server

• US 6,747,692 B2
• Filed: 03/28/1997
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Patel, Mehul, Swartz, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): HO, TUAN V
• Application Number:
  US08/827,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20010043273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,629 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.5225, 395/200.48, 395/200.49, 395/200.59, 395/200.71, 709/218, 709/219, 709/229, 709/239, 709/241, 348/207, 348/552, 348/220, 348/221, 348/335, 348/358, 348/370, 348/371, 235/470, 235/472.01, 340/541, 340/545.2, 455/419, 455/403, 455/414
• US Class Current: 348/211.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00151 with selective access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A data terminal includes a digital camera for capturing an image and data processing/storage/encoding means for processing the image information, together with an internal server for creating a web site at the terminal displaying the image. As a result high resolution image information is immediately accessible to authorized users and instantly recorded.

Claims

1. A data capture and relay device, comprising:

a) a camera including a two-dimensional image sensor for recording a two-dimensional image of a target to be recorded;

b) a microphone for recording a verbal description of the target;

c) a memory for storing the two-dimensional image recorded by the image sensor and the verbal description recorded by the microphone;

d) a server in the device for creating a local internet web site at which the stored, recorded two-dimensional image and the stored, recorded verbal description are accessible, and for creating a site address; and

e) a transmitter for transmitting at least one of the stored, recorded two-dimensional image and the stored, recorded verbal description to a host remote from the data capture and relay device via a wireless medium upon an access request by the host to access the local web site via the site address.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes a housing located at a geographical location, and operative for supporting the camera, the microphone, the memory, the server and the transmitter;

and wherein the camera is operative for recording the two-dimensional image of at least one of an environmental scene and an object at the geographical location.

3. The device of claim 1, the device includes a mobile housing for supporting the camera, the microphone, the memory, the server and the transmitter;

and further comprising a global positioning system receiver supported by the housing for determining a current location of the mobile housing.

4. A method of capturing and relaying data, comprising the steps of:

a) recording a two-dimensional image of a target to be recorded by using a two-dimensional image sensor of a camera;

b) recording a verbal description of the target by using a microphone;

c) storing the two-dimensional image recorded by the image sensor and the verbal description recorded by the microphone;

d) creating a local internet web site at which the stored, recorded two-dimensional image and the stored, recorded verbal description are accessible, and creating a site address; and

e) transmitting at least one of the stored, recorded two-dimensional image and the stored, recorded verbal description to a remote host via a wireless medium upon receiving an access request by the host to access the local web site via the site address.