Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
First Claim
1. An automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system for carrying out bar code symbol reading operations, comprising:
- a hand-supportable housing;
a manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch integrated with said hand-supportable housing;
an automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reading subsystem, disposed within said hand-supportable housing, for automatically producing a visible laser scanning pattern and repeatedly reading a bar code symbol on an object within a predetermined time period using said visible laser scanning pattern, and each instant said bar code symbol is read within said predetermined time period, automatically producing a symbol character data string representative of said read bar code symbol;
a data transmission circuit, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for transmitting, when activated by the manual actuation of said manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch, a selected one of said produced symbol character data strings to a host system or data storage device; and
a system controller for controlling said data transmission circuit so that the symbol character data string, produced at substantially the same time when said symbol character data transmission activation switch is manually actuated, is transmitted to said host system or data storage device; and
wherein said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system further includes(i) a preprogrammed set of operational states wherethrough said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system automatically passes during each bar code symbol reading operation, and(ii) a preprogrammed symbol character data transmission state of operation into which said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system is automatically induced in response to the manual-actuation of said manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch.
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Abstract
An automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system for carrying out bar code symbol reading operations, comprising a hand-supportable housing; a manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch integrated with the hand-supportable housing; and an automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reading engine, disposed within the hand-supportable housing, and having (i) a preprogrammed set of operational states wherethrough the system automatically passes during each bar code symbol reading operation, and (ii) a preprogrammed symbol character data transmission state of operation into which the system is automatically induced in response to the manually-actuation of the symbol character data transmission activation switch.
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1. An automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system for carrying out bar code symbol reading operations, comprising:
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a hand-supportable housing; a manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch integrated with said hand-supportable housing; an automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reading subsystem, disposed within said hand-supportable housing, for automatically producing a visible laser scanning pattern and repeatedly reading a bar code symbol on an object within a predetermined time period using said visible laser scanning pattern, and each instant said bar code symbol is read within said predetermined time period, automatically producing a symbol character data string representative of said read bar code symbol; a data transmission circuit, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for transmitting, when activated by the manual actuation of said manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch, a selected one of said produced symbol character data strings to a host system or data storage device; and a system controller for controlling said data transmission circuit so that the symbol character data string, produced at substantially the same time when said symbol character data transmission activation switch is manually actuated, is transmitted to said host system or data storage device; and wherein said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system further includes (i) a preprogrammed set of operational states wherethrough said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system automatically passes during each bar code symbol reading operation, and (ii) a preprogrammed symbol character data transmission state of operation into which said automatically-activated bar code symbol reading system is automatically induced in response to the manual-actuation of said manually-actuatable data transmission activation switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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