Handling recognition system for handheld device
AssigneeDatalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
InventorsStefano Ciabattoni, Davide Gavioli
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Abstract
The technology disclosed herein relates to a handheld scanning device and associated methods and media. The handheld scanning device has an optical sensor positioned under at least a portion of a back side of a handle, such that a wavelength can pass through at least the portion of the handle. For example, this portion of the handle can be translucent or transparent. In some embodiments, one or more processors of the handheld scanning device can determine, using the optical sensor, that the handheld scanning device is to transition to an operating or idle state. In embodiments, the handheld scanning device may have a battery and a battery indicator capable of emitting a visible light through a portion of the handle to indicate a state of the battery.
Claims20
A handheld scanning device comprising:
- a handle having at least an external portion in which a wavelength can pass through;
- an optical sensor located within the handle and aligned with the external portion so that the wavelength from the optical sensor can pass through;
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the optical sensor;
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- computer memory storing computer-usable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the handheld scanning device to perform operations comprising:
- determining, using the optical sensor, whether the handheld scanning device is to transition to an idle state or an operating state;
- upon determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the idle state, disabling one or more scanning operations of the handheld scanning device;
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- upon determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the operating state, enabling one or more scanning operations of the handheld scanning device.
A handheld scanning device comprising:
- a handle having at least an external portion in which a wavelength can pass through;
- an optical sensor located within the handle and aligned with the external portion so that the wavelength from the optical sensor can pass through;
- a battery and a battery indicator, the battery indicator positioned under the external portion of the handle, such that a visible light from the battery indicator can pass through the external portion;
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the battery indicator;
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- computer memory storing computer-usable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the handheld scanning device to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a state of the battery;
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- based on detecting the state of the battery, causing the battery indicator to emit the visible light through the external portion of the handle to indicate the state of the battery,
- wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled with the optical sensor, and wherein the computer memory causes the handheld scanning device to perform the operations comprising:
- determining, using the optical sensor, that the handheld scanning device is to transition to an idle state;
- based on determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the idle state, disabling one or more scanning operations of the handheld scanning device;
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- based on determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the idle state, disabling the battery indicator from emitting the visible light.
A method comprising:
- determining, using one or more optical sensors and one or more processors of a handheld scanning device, that the handheld scanning device is to transition to an operating state, the one or more optical sensors located within a handle of the handheld scanning device and aligned with an external portion of the handle in which a wavelength from the one or more optical sensors can pass through;
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- based on determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the operating state, enabling one or more scanning operations of the handheld scanning device,
- wherein the handle has an external front side and an external back side, wherein the external portion is located on at least the external back side of the handle, and
- wherein determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the operating state is further based on the one or more optical sensors being located within the handle and under the external back side of the handle of the handheld scanning device.
One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining, using one or more optical sensors and the at least one processor of a handheld scanning device, that the handheld scanning device is to transition to an idle state, the one or more optical sensors located within a handle of the handheld scanning device and aligned with an external portion of the handle in which a wavelength from the one or more optical sensors can pass through;
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- based on determining that the handheld scanning device is to transition to the idle state, disabling one or more scanning operations of the handheld scanning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.