Portable data terminal
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1. A device, comprising:
- a housing;
a sensor supportably connected to the housing in a manner exposing the sensor to an environment, the sensor providing an environmental reading for the environment;
an encoded information reader unit configured for outputting decoded data from decodable indicia;
a memory;
an interface bus communicatively coupling the sensor, the encoded information reader unit, and the memory,wherein the device comprises operating modes that collect environmental data from the sensor and store the environmental data in the memory in response to the decoding of the decodable indicia.
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Abstract
A portable data terminal that includes a housing and an environmentally responsive device for collecting data about the environment surrounding the housing. The portable data terminal also includes an encoded information reader unit with one or more data collection hardware devices, which can capture data encoded in decodable indicia, e.g., bar codes. In one embodiment, the portable data terminal is configured to operate in a mode that processes the decodable indicia, and the environmental data so as to correlate the information decoded in the decodable indicia with the environmental data.
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17 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a housing; a sensor supportably connected to the housing in a manner exposing the sensor to an environment, the sensor providing an environmental reading for the environment; an encoded information reader unit configured for outputting decoded data from decodable indicia; a memory; an interface bus communicatively coupling the sensor, the encoded information reader unit, and the memory, wherein the device comprises operating modes that collect environmental data from the sensor and store the environmental data in the memory in response to the decoding of the decodable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data terminal comprising:
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a sensor providing an environmental reading for an environment in the vicinity of the data terminal; an encoded information reader unit outputting decoded data from decodable indicia; a memory; a processor; an interface bus communicatively coupling the sensor, the encoded information reader unit, the processor and the memory via a two-wire interface comprising a data line and a clock line, wherein the device comprises modes that collect environmental data from the sensor and store the environmental data in the memory in response to the decoding of the decodable indicia, wherein the decoding is an internal command transmitted on the two-wire interface to the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A hand held reader, comprising:
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a sensor continuously providing an environmental reading for an environment around the reader; an interface bus communicatively coupled to the sensor, said interface bus comprising a two-wire interface; a central processing unit coupled to the interface bus, the central processing unit providing a data signal and a clock signal for capturing the environmental reading from the sensor; a data collection device coupled to the two wire interface for use in outputting of decoded data from decodable indicia; a memory that stores in a common file the environmental reading and decoded data in response to the decoding of decodable indicia and according to address information commands in the data signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device comprising:
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sensor providing environmental data for an environment surrounding the device; a processor; a two wire interface communicatively coupled to the sensor and the processor, wherein the sensor is assigned a two-wire interface address; an encoded information reader coupled to the two wire interface and configured for outputting decoded data from decodable indicia; a memory that stores in a common file the environmental data and decoded data in response to the reader decoding decodable indicia and according to address information commands in a data signal on the two wire interface; a user input interface comprising an input device permitting a user to select one of a plurality of modes, wherein at least one mode permits storing in said common file the environmental data and the decoded data in a correlated format.
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