Control of a display panel of a barcode reader to indicate a battery level
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsMatthew Lawrence Horner, Pavithra Eswaran, Manjunath Joshi
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Abstract
A controller of a barcode reader is disclosed. The controller may receive, via a user input, a charge threshold associated with presenting a battery level indicator on the display panel. The controller may monitor, during a charging operation, a state of charge of the battery. The controller may determine that the state of charge satisfies the charge threshold. The controller may cause, during the charging operation, the display panel to indicate the battery level indicator.
Claims20
A method for controlling a display panel of a barcode reader, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller and via a user input, a charge threshold associated with presenting a battery level indicator on the display panel;
- monitoring, by the controller and during a charging operation, a state of charge of the battery;
- determining, by the controller, that the state of charge satisfies the charge threshold;
- and
- causing, by the controller and during the charging operation, the display panel to indicate the battery level indicator.
A barcode reader, comprising:
- a display panel;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive, during a charging operation and from a battery interface of a battery, a measurement of a state of charge of the battery;
- determine that the measurement indicates that the state of charge satisfies a charge threshold,
- wherein the charge threshold was set according to a user input;
- and
- enable, during the charging operation and based on determining that the state of charge satisfies the charge threshold, the battery to supply power to the display panel;
- and
- cause the display panel to present a battery level indicator associated with the state of charge.
A system comprising:
- a battery pack;
- a charge station;
- and
- a barcode reader configured to:
- set a configurable charge threshold for presenting, during one or more charge operations, a battery level indicator, on a display panel of the barcode reader,
- wherein the battery level indicator is associated with a state of charge of a battery of the battery pack;
- detect a charging operation involving the battery and the charging station;
- determine, during the charging operation, that the state of charge satisfies the configurable charge threshold;
- and
- cause, based on the state of charge satisfying the configurable charge threshold, the display panel to present the battery level indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.