Data collection device with anti-microbial illumination
AssigneeDatalogic USA, Inc.
InventorsWesley W. Hardin, Matt Monte, Ryan Thompson
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Abstract
A code reader may include a housing configured to be adjustably oriented. The housing may include at least one orientation corresponding with a cleaning function. A scanner may be disposed within the housing, and be configured to scan a machine-readable indicia in a target area. An illumination source may be configured to emit an anti-microbial illumination. A processing unit may be in communication with the scanner and illumination source, and be configured to select the cleaning function to cause the illumination source to emit the anti-microbial illumination toward the target area to disinfect surfaces in the target area.
Claims21
A code reader, comprising:
- a housing configured to be adjustably oriented, said housing including at least one orientation corresponding with a cleaning function;
- a scanner disposed within said housing, and configured to scan a machine-readable indicia in a target area;
- an illumination source configured to emit an anti-microbial illumination;
- and
- a processing unit in communication with said scanner and said illumination source, and configured to select the cleaning function responsive to determining that the housing is oriented according to the at least one orientation corresponding with the cleaning function to cause said illumination source to emit the anti-microbial illumination toward the target area to disinfect surfaces in the target area.
A method for disinfecting a target area at a code reader, comprising:
- determining if an orientation of a housing inclusive of a scanner for reading machine-readable indicia is an orientation corresponding with a cleaning function;
- and
- in response to determining that the orientation of the housing is the orientation corresponding with the cleaning function, selecting a cleaning function to cause an anti-microbial illumination to be emitted toward a target area of the scanner.
A method for disinfecting a surface at a code reader, comprising:
- sensing an environmental factor at the code reader;
- in response to determining that the sensed environmental factor is at a first value, configuring the code reader to read machine-readable indicia;
- and
- in response to determining that the sensed environmental factor is at a second value, causing an anti-microbial illumination to be emitted toward a target area of the scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.