Ring scanner with counting function and method thereof
AssigneeRGIS Services LLC
InventorsAsaf COHEN, Sudipta NANDY, Ruth PERCIK, David KAGAN, Patrick Marcel Gilbert André CHOSSAT, Durieux Mathieu JEAN-MARIE, Nicola Jane STEVENS, John Frazer CUNDALL, Thur JEROME
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Abstract
A scanner device has count buttons. A user can count the number of inventory by pressing the count buttons. Each of the count buttons is assigned a corresponding inventory count. The user can perform a quick and accurate count by pressing count buttons depending on the number of items recognized.
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A scanner device, comprising:
- a housing affixed to an index finger of a user;
- a plurality of count buttons located on the housing and actuated by a thumb of the user, wherein each of the plurality of count buttons is associated with a predetermined number;
- an optical scanner located on the housing;
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- a controller configured to
- (i) cause the optical scanner to scan a code of an item, and
- (ii) when the thumb of the user actuates a respective one of the plurality of the count buttons, send an instruction indicating that the item has a count of a predetermined number associated with the respective one of the plurality of count buttons, and
- (iii) when the user actuates two or more of the count buttons simultaneously, send an instruction indicating that item has a count of a total number of the predetermined numbers associated with the count buttons actuated simultaneously.
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A method of scanning an item by using a scanner device, including a housing, affixed to an index finger of a user, an optical scanner, and a plurality of count buttons, located on the housing and actuated by a thumb of the user, wherein each of the plurality of count buttons is associated with a predetermined number, the method comprising:
- (i) causing the optical scanner to scan a code of an item;
- (ii) when the thumb of the user actuates a respective one of the plurality of the count buttons, sending an instruction indicating that the item has a count of a predetermined number associated with the respective one of the plurality of count buttons, and
- (iii) when the user actuates two or more of the count buttons simultaneously, sending an instruction indicating that item has a count of a total number of the predetermined numbers associated with the count buttons actuated simultaneously.
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A scanner device, comprising:
- a housing affixed to an index finger of a user;
- a plurality of count buttons located on the housing and actuated by a thumb of the user, wherein each of the plurality of count buttons is associated with a predetermined number;
- an optical scanner located on the housing;
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- a controller configured to
- (i) cause the optical scanner to scan a code of an item,
- (ii) when the thumb of the user actuates the respective one of the plurality of the count buttons, send an instruction indicating that the item has a count of a predetermined number associated with a respective one of the plurality of count buttons, and
- (iii) when the user actuates two or more of the count buttons simultaneously, send an instruction indicating that item has a count of a configured number associated with a combination of the count buttons actuated simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.