System for mounting a handheld barcode scanner
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorDonald A. Collins, Jr.
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Abstract
There is provided a system 1 for mounting a handheld barcode scanner 2. System 1 includes a cradle 3 for releasably mounting scanner 2 such that scanner 2 provides a first scanning beam 4 in a predetermined first scanning path 5. System 1 also includes an optical assembly 6 mountable to a bi-optic scanner 7. Assembly 6 is provided in path 5 for receiving beam 4. In response to receiving beam 4, assembly 6 provides a second scanning beam 9 in a second scanning path 10. Beam 9 supplements a third scanning beam, in the form of array 11, provided by bi-optic scanner 7.
Claims22
A system for mounting a handheld barcode scanner, the system including:
- a cradle for releasably mounting the handheld scanner such that the handheld scanner provides a first scanning beam in a predetermined first scanning path;
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- an optical assembly mountable to a bi-optic scanner for receiving the first scanning beam and in response providing a second scanning beam in a second scanning path to supplement a third scanning beam provided by the bi-optic scanner independently of the handheld scanner.
A mount for a handheld scanner, the mount including:
- a cradle for releasably mounting the handheld scanner such that the handheld scanner provides a first scanning beam to an optical assembly mounted to a bi-optic scanner, the assembly being responsive to the first beam for providing a second scanning beam in a second scanning path to supplement a third scanning beam provided by the bi-optic scanner independently of the handheld scanner.
An optical assembly mountable to a bi-optic scanner, the assembly including:
- an input for receiving a first scanning beam from a handheld scanner;
- an optical module optically associated with the input and responsive to the first scanning beam for providing a second scanning beam;
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- an output optically associated with the module for providing the second scanning beam in a second scanning path such that the second scanning beam supplements a third scanning beam provided by the bi-optic scanner independently of the handheld scanner.
A bi-optic scanner for providing a bi-optic scanning beam outwardly through at least one window, the scanner including:
- a cradle for releasably retaining a handheld scanner that provides a handheld scanning beam independently of the bi-optic scanner, wherein the handheld scanning beam supplements the bi-optic scanning beam;
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- an optical assembly for receiving the first scanning beam and in response providing a further scanning beam outwardly through one of the windows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.