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US 2002/0000470 A1Published application
Portable data collection system
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lanzaro, Dominick H. Salvato, Ian Jenkins, D. Thomas McKinney, Alistair Hamilton
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Abstract
A portable data collection device has a display; manual data entry circuitry; a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display; a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data using a first protocol over short range from at least one data transmitting unit and a second wireless communication circuit using a second protocol for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host.
Claims30
A portable data collection device comprising:
- a display;
- manual data entry circuitry;
- a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display;
- a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data using a first protocol over short range from at least one data transmitting unit;
- a second wireless communication circuit using a second protocol for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host;
- wherein the processor is receptive of identification data relating to the at least one data transmitting unit for field associating at least one data transmitting unit with the portable data collection device.
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A portable data collection device comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display;
- manual data entry circuitry comprising a portion of the display;
- a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display to depict a keypad array of discrete keypad areas each representing at least one of alphanumerics and icons on the display and corresponding to data to be entered by actuating same, wherein the processor reconfigures the array of alphanumerics and icons for different operations;
- a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data over short range from at least one data transmitting device;
- and a second wireless communication circuit for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host.
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A data collection system comprising:
- at least one data transmitting unit for scanning bar codes and for producing a decode signal representative of a scanned bar code and having communication circuitry for the wireless transmission of the decode signal over a short range using a first protocol;
- and a portable data collection device comprising a display, manual data entry circuitry, a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display, a first communication circuit for receiving data from the at least one data transmitting unit using the first protocol over a short range and a second communication circuit using a second protocol for wireless transmitting and receiving of data over a long range from a host.
A portable data collection device comprising:
- a display;
- manual data entry circuitry;
- a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display;
- a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data using a first protocol over short range from at least one data transmitting unit;
- a second wireless communication circuit using a second protocol for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host;
- and a housing for the display, manual entry circuitry, processor and communication circuits, wherein the housing has a connector for receiving a pc card and pc card connector for adding functionality to the device.
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A portable data collection device comprising:
- a display;
- manual data entry circuitry;
- a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display;
- a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data using a first protocol over short range from at least one data transmitting unit;
- a second wireless communication circuit using a second protocol for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host;
- and a housing for the display, manual entry circuitry, processor and communication circuits, wherein the housing has two separate sections having bosses for connecting the sections together and wherein the bosses are overmolded with shock resistant material to provide a shock mount for components in the housing.
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A portable data collection device comprising:
- a display;
- manual data entry circuitry;
- a processor for receiving entered data and for controlling the display;
- a first wireless communication circuit for receiving data using a first protocol over short range from at least one data transmitting unit;
- a second wireless communication circuit using a second protocol for transmitting and receiving data over a long range from a host;
- and a housing for the display, manual entry circuitry, processor and communication circuits;
- a scan module mounted in the housing for pivotal movement and a manually actuated member on the outside of the housing for pivoting the scan module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.