Systems and methods for a scan engine coupled to a finger mount

A machine-readable symbol reader comprising:

• a scan engine;
• a finger mount coupled to the scan engine for movement therewith, the finger mount sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of one or more fingers therein;
• a wrist mount sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of a wrist therein and to releasably secure the wrist mount to the wrist, the wrist mount further including an electrical interface to an external power source, the electrical interface including a number of couplers that are operable to detachably physically couple the external power source to the wrist mount and to selectively physically de-couple the external power source to the wrist mount when a force above a defined amount is applied to the external power source;
• and
• a flexible substrate carrying one or more electrically conductive paths that extend between the wrist mount and at least one of the finger mount and the scan engine at least to provide power from the external power source to the scan engine, wherein one or more of the number of couplers of the wrist mount include one or more magnetic couplers positioned and magnetically oriented to couple with a set of complimentary magnetic couplers carried by the external power source.

A method of operation of a machine-readable symbol reader, the machine-readable symbol reader which includes a scan engine, a finger mount to which the scan engine couples for movement therewith, the finger mount sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of one or more fingers therein, the coupling of the scan engine or the finger mount being at least one of a releasable latch or a releasable strap to releasably secure the scan engine to the finger mount, a wrist mount sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least a portion of a wrist therein and to releasably secure the wrist mount to the wrist, the wrist mount which includes an electrical interface to an external power source and a set of one or more couplers that selectively, detachably, physically couples the external power source to an outer surface of the wrist mount, and a flexible substrate, the flexible substrate which carries one or more electrically conductive paths that extend between the wrist mount and at least one of the finger mount and the scan engine at least to provide power from the external power source to the scan engine, the method comprising:

• receiving one or more signals at a controller, the controller physically coupled to the wrist mount;
• upon receiving the one or more signals, transmitting one or more signals to the scan engine, the one or more signals which cause the scan engine to perform a scan within a field of view of the scan engine;
• and
• upon receiving a deceleration force applied to the external power source, the force which is above a defined amount, decoupling the external power source from the outer surface of the wrist mount.