Devices having an auxiliary display for displaying optically scannable indicia

• US 9,269,036 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Bremer, Edward C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Ahshik
• Application Number:
  US14/028,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20140014717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/472.01, 235/472.02, 235/487
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/344 based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices electrophoretic devices per se G02F1/167
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a first display operably coupled to the housing, and a second display operably coupled to the housing. A processor is operably coupled to the first display and to the second display. A wireless receiver is coupled to the processor for receiving data comprising, for example, an electronic ticket having a scannable optical indicia, and the processor and the second display are operable to display of the optically scannable indicia. The second display is operable to display the optically scannable indicia such as a barcode with at least one of a lower reflectance, a higher resolution, and a higher contrast compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on the first display.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a first display operably coupled to said housing;

a second display operably coupled to said housing,

a processor operably coupled to said first display and to said second display;

a wireless receiver coupled to said processor for receiving data comprising optically scannable indicia;

said processor and said second display operable to display the optically scannable indicia on said second display;

wherein said second display is operable to display the optically scannable indicia with at least one of a higher resolution, and a higher contrast compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on said first display; and

wherein said processor is operable to extract the optically scannable indicia from data associated with the optically scannable indicia, and selectively display the optically scannable indicia on said second display instead of said first display.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said second display comprises lower reflectance for display of the optically scannable indicia compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on said first display.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said first display and said second display are spaced-apart from each other.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said processor is operable to extract the optically scannable indicia from data associated with a transaction, and display the optically scannable indicia associated with the electronic ticket transaction on said electronic paper second display.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said processor is operable to display the data associated the optically scannable indicia on said first display.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said processor is operable to display the optically scannable indicia as a barcode on said second display, and operable to display data associated with the barcode on said first display.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said portable electronic device comprises a mobile phone.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said second display comprises an electronic paper display.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said portable electronic device is operable to extract the optically scanning indicia based on tags of the optically scannable indicia.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said portable electronic device is operable to extract the optically scannable indicia based on identification of a format used for the optically scannable indicia.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 1 wherein said second display comprises an electronic paper display.

12. A method for displaying optically scannable 1 indicia, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving data comprising the optically scannable indicia and data associated with the optically scannable indicia from a communications network in a portable electronic device having a first display and a second display;

extracting the optically scannable indicia from the data associated with the optically scannable indicia; and

selectively displaying the optically scannable indicia on the second display instead of the first display.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the wirelessly receiving comprises wirelessly receiving data comprising the optically scannable indicia and data associated with the optically scannable indicia relating to a transaction.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising displaying the data associated with the optically scannable indicia on the first display.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising optically reading the optically scannable indicia displayed on the second display.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the barcode is associated with an airline ticket.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein the second display comprises an electronic paper display.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the extracting comprises extracting based on tags of the optically scannable indicia.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein the extracting comprises extracting based on identification of a format of the optically scannable indicia.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein said second display comprises an electronic paper display.

21. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a first display operably coupled to said housing;

a second display operably coupled to said housing, said second display comprising an electronic paper display;

a processor operably coupled to said first display and to said second display;

a wireless receiver coupled to said processor for receiving data comprising scannable optical indicia;

said processor and said second display operable to display the optically scannable indicia on said second display; and

wherein said second display is operable to display the optically scannable indicia with at least one of a higher resolution and a higher contrast compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on said first display.

22. The portable electronic device of claim 21 wherein said second display is operable to display the optically scannable indicia with a lower reflectance compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on said first display.

23. The portable electronic device of claim 21 wherein said first display and said second display are spaced-apart from each other.

24. The portable electronic device of claim 21 wherein said processor is operable to display data associated with the optically scannable indicia on said first display.

25. The portable electronic device of claim 21 wherein said portable electronic device comprises a mobile phone.