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US 10,896,308 B2Granted
Industrial design for consumer device based scanning and mobility
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsQiurong Ma, Hongzhi Ren, Liuxin Huang, Jun Yin, Wenjie Gu, Yun Li, Xiaoxun Zhu, Huatao Liu
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Abstract
A data entry and scanning apparatus that includes a commercially available mobile device wherein said commercially available mobile device with a touch screen display, a processor, and a wireless communications network access point, a scanning device, an interface, and a power source that external to the commercially available mobile device and connected to the interface, and a casing that does not cover the touch screen display.
Claims20
A data entry and scanning apparatus comprising:
- a casing, wherein the casing is shaped so as to, in an operational configuration, partially enclose a mobile device inserted therein, wherein the mobile device includes an internal battery;
- a scanning device attached to the casing, wherein in an operational configuration in which the mobile device is inserted in the casing, the scanning device is configured to scan an image in response to a communication from the mobile device and output resultant data derived from the image to the mobile device, wherein the image contains decodable indicia;
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- a power source external to the mobile device and attached to the casing and in electrical communication with the scanning device,
- wherein in the operational configuration in which the mobile device is inserted in the casing, the internal battery of the mobile device is configured to be in electrical communication with one or more of the power source and the scanning device so as to power the scanning device and the mobile device.
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