Mobile terminal with ergonomic housing
First Claim
1. A portable device, comprising:
- a housing;
a bar code reader; and
a thumb wheel adapted to facilitate user interaction with the portable device, the thumb wheel being rotatable about an axis, at least a portion of the thumb wheel extending from the housing, the thumb wheel being transaxially moveable, and the thumb wheel being transaxially depressed to effect selection of a function performable by the device.
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Abstract
A programmable mobile terminal which includes a thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions executable by the mobile terminal. The programmable mobile terminal allows a user to employ the same hand that is holding the mobile terminal to scroll through and select a function among a plurality of functions via the thumb wheel. The wheel portion of thumb wheel is rotated either clockwise or counter clockwise by the user'"'"'s thumb or other finger to scroll a screen cursor through the functions and once the screen cursor of the mobile terminal is positioned at a desired function, the user can depress the wheel portion in a transaxial direction with the same thumb or finger to select the desired function. Also, the programmable mobile terminal allows a user to scan bar code information and use the thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions relating to the scanned bar code information.
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17 Claims
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1. A portable device, comprising:
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a housing; a bar code reader; and a thumb wheel adapted to facilitate user interaction with the portable device, the thumb wheel being rotatable about an axis, at least a portion of the thumb wheel extending from the housing, the thumb wheel being transaxially moveable, and the thumb wheel being transaxially depressed to effect selection of a function performable by the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data collection device comprising:
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a bar code scanner for collecting information, and a thumb wheel that is rotatable about an axis and is transaxially moveable, the thumb wheel being transaxially depressed to effect selection of a function performable by the device, the thumb wheel providing for at least one of;
scrolling through the collected information, selecting a subset of the collected information, scrolling through a plurality of executable functions, and selecting a subset of the executable functions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of using a portable inventory control device comprising:
- collecting information via a bar code reader;
displaying the information via a display of the device; and selecting a displayed function and/or item via a thumb wheel that is rotatable about an axis by depressing the thumb wheel transaxially. - View Dependent Claims (17)
- collecting information via a bar code reader;
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