Mobile data reading system
First Claim
1. A mobile data reading system for reading bulky data-associated articles being manually handled by a user, the system comprising:
- a frame mounted on rollers to facilitate moving the frame over a support surface to selected locations;
a reader having a reader head mounted to the frame for receiving a data signal from a data-associated item to be read when the article is brought within a proximal distance to the reader head without requiring handling of the reader head by the user during scanning of articles;
a data storage device for receiving and storing data associated with the received data signal, the data storage device including at least one hand-held data reader removably mounted to the frame that is separate from the mounted reader and is independently capable of receiving a data signal from a data associated article; and
a power supply for supplying power to the reader.
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Abstract
A mobile data reading system for reading bulky data-associated articles being manually handled by a user includes a frame mounted on rollers to facilitate moving the frame over a support surface to selected locations. A reader having a reader head is mounted to the frame for receiving a data signal from a data-associated item to be read when the article is brought within a proximal distance to the reader head without requiring handling of the reader head by the user during scanning of articles. The mobile data reading system also includes a data storage device for receiving and storing data associated with the received data signal and a power supply for supplying power to the reader.
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33 Claims
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1. A mobile data reading system for reading bulky data-associated articles being manually handled by a user, the system comprising:
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a frame mounted on rollers to facilitate moving the frame over a support surface to selected locations; a reader having a reader head mounted to the frame for receiving a data signal from a data-associated item to be read when the article is brought within a proximal distance to the reader head without requiring handling of the reader head by the user during scanning of articles; a data storage device for receiving and storing data associated with the received data signal, the data storage device including at least one hand-held data reader removably mounted to the frame that is separate from the mounted reader and is independently capable of receiving a data signal from a data associated article; and a power supply for supplying power to the reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A self-contained mobile data reading system for reading data associated with bulky articles having data indicia thereon, the system comprising:
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a frame mounted on rollers to facilitate moving the frame over a support surface to selected locations; a non-hand-held optical scanning device mounted to the frame having an optical scanner for projecting a scanning field for reading optically scanned data indicia of the articles when the data indicia is brought within the scanning field of the optical scanner without requiring handling of the optical scanner by the user, the optical scanning device providing at least one of a audible or visual notification upon completion of a successful scan of the data indicia; a data storage device for receiving and storing data from the optical scanning device, the data storage device including a removable hand-held data reader having an optical scanner that is separate from that of the non-hand-held reader and is independently capable of projecting a scanning field for reading optically scanned data; at least one hand-held-reader station mounted to the frame for receiving the hand-held data reader and that transmits data from, the non-hand-held optical scanning device to the hand-held data reader; and a battery power supply mounted to the frame for supplying power to at least one of the optical scanning device and the hand-held reader station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of tracking articles being shipped comprising:
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providing a plurality of articles to be tracked with identifying data associated therewith at a first location; moving a mobile data reading system from a remote location to the first location for reading the identifying data, the mobile data reading system including; a frame mounted on rollers to facilitate moving the frame over a support surface to selected locations; a reader mounted to the frame, the reader having a reader head for receiving a data signal from a data-associated item to be read when the article is brought within a proximal distance to the reader head without requiring handling of the reader head by the user during scanning of articles, the reader head being spaced apart from the frame a distance to facilitate scanning of bulky articles without interfering with die frame; a data storage device for receiving and storing data associated with the received data signal mounted on the frame; and a power supply for supplying power to the reader; performing a reading operation at the first location by manually bringing each of the articles with identifying data within the proximal distance of the reader head so that the identifying data is read by the reader without handling of the reader head by one performing the reading operation, the reader providing at least one of an audible or visual notification upon completion of a successful scan of the data indicia; and storing the read identifying data within the data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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