Multi-Purpose Portable Computer with Integrated Devices
AssigneeMotion Computing, Inc.
InventorsJohn Doherty, Mike Collins
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Abstract
A portable computer having multiple modes of connectivity is disclosed. The portable computer may be configured to communicate using several wireless transmission protocols, including WWAN, WiFi, and Bluetooth. The portable computer may also receive input from multiple devices, including a bar code scanner, camera, RFID reader, fingerprint reader, digitizer, and an audio subsystem. The portable computer may also contain an accelerometer, and may be configurable to automatically park its hard drive disk when acceleration of a predetermined magnitude is detected.
Claims20
A portable computer, comprising:
- at least two radios, wherein a first radio is configured to transmit and receive data at a first time, and wherein a second radio is configured to transmit and receive data at a second time;
- and
- at least two image capture devices, wherein a first image capture device is configured to gather data at a third time, and wherein a second image capture device is configured to gather data at a fourth time.
A method for capturing data, comprising:
- receiving data by a portable computer having two or more radios during a first time via a first radio and during a second time via a second radio;
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- receiving data by a portable computer having two or more image capture devices during a third time via a first image capture device and during a fourth time via a second image capture device.
An electronic device, comprising:
- an accelerometer;
- a controller;
- a memory;
- at least two antennas internal to the electronic device;
- and
- at least two image capture devices internal to the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.