Reading device and handy scanner holder
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKento Kawata
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Abstract
A reading device includes: a handy scanner; an adjuster; and a pedestal. The handy scanner includes a head incorporating a reading sensor and a handle which is a gripping part having one end portion connected to the head, and configured to read a code symbol image by the reading sensor. The adjuster is attached to the head and surrounds a readable angular area of the reading sensor. The pedestal is a portion to which the adjuster is detachably coupled, and holds the adjuster in such a direction that the readable angular area of the reading sensor is substantially equal in an up-down direction with respect to a horizontal direction.
Claims20
A reading device comprising:
- a handheld scanner including a head incorporating a reading sensor and a handle which is a gripping part having one end portion connected to the head, and configured to read a code symbol image by the reading sensor;
- an adjuster attached to the head and surrounding a readable angular area of the reading sensor;
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- a pedestal to which the adjuster is detachably coupled, and configured to hold the adjuster in such a direction that the readable angular area of the reading sensor is substantially equal in an up-down direction with respect to a horizontal direction.
A handheld scanner holder for supporting a handheld scanner including a head incorporating a reading sensor and a handle comprising a gripping part having one end portion connected to the head, and configured to read a code symbol image by the reading sensor, the handheld scanner holder comprising:
- an adjuster attached to the head and surrounding a readable angular area of the reading sensor;
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- a pedestal to which the adjuster is detachably coupled, and configured to hold the adjuster in such a direction that the readable angular area of the reading sensor is substantially equal in an up-down direction with respect to a horizontal direction.
A POS terminal, comprising:
- a merchandise registration component;
- a settlement component;
- a display;
- and
- a reading device comprising:
- a handheld scanner including a head incorporating a reading sensor and a handle which is a gripping part having one end portion connected to the head, and configured to read a code symbol image by the reading sensor;
- an adjuster attached to the head and surrounding a readable angular area of the reading sensor;
- and
- a pedestal to which the adjuster is detachably coupled, and configured to hold the adjuster in such a direction that the readable angular area of the reading sensor is substantially equal in an up-down direction with respect to a horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.