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US 2018/0027208 A1Published application
Arrangement for, and method of, securing a data capture session of a portable data capture device
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPRATIK SARDAR, MOHD ARSHAD SALEEM
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Abstract
A sensor senses when a portable, handheld data capture device has been dropped from a user's hand and is in free fall in a venue. A control system automatically saves data captured in a handheld mode of operation in response to the sensing of the free fall of the portable device.
Claims18
An arrangement for securing a data capture session of a portable data capture device, the arrangement comprising:
- a data capture system supported by the portable device, for capturing data from targets in a venue in a handheld mode of operation in which the portable device is held in a hand of a user;
- a sensor supported by the handheld device, for sensing when the portable device has been dropped from the user's hand and is in free fall in the venue;
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- a control system operatively connected to the sensor, for automatically saving the data captured in the handheld mode of operation in response to the sensing of the free fall of the portable device.
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A method of securing a data capture session of a portable data capture device, the method comprising:
- capturing data from targets in a venue in a handheld mode of operation in which the portable device is held in a hand of a user;
- sensing when the portable device has been dropped from the user's hand and is in free fall in the venue;
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- automatically saving the data captured in the handheld mode of operation in response to the sensing of the free fall of the portable device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.