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US 7,726,576 B2Granted
Rotatable/removable keyboard
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorDominick H. Salvato
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Abstract
A system that facilitates desirable orientation of a display on a machine data reader comprises a keypad that is moveable with respect to a body of the machine data reader, the keypad utilized to relay information to the machine data reader. The system further comprises a component that senses a position of the keypad, and a component that orients the display based at least in part upon the sensed position of the keypad.
Claims19
A system that facilitates orientation of a display on a machine data reader, comprising:
- a detachable face comprising a display and a moveable keypad, the detachable face rotatable from an original orientation to a disparate orientation along an axis normal to a plane of the machine data reader, the movable keyboard is capable of rotating in multiple orientations in relation to the detachable face;
- a component that senses the disparate orientation of the detachable face;
- one or more keys not movable with respect to a body of the detachable face;
- a multi-position connector that enables connection of the moveable keypad in multiple positions relative to the detachable face;
- a component that senses a disparate position of the moveable keypad by monitoring a physical connection between the multi-position connector and the moveable keypad;
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- a component that automatically orients the display based upon the sensed disparate position of the moveable keypad and the sensed disparate orientation of the detachable face.
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A method for displaying data on a machine data reader, comprising:
- providing a detachable face with a display and a movable keypad,
- rotating the detachable face from an original orientation to a disparate orientation along an axis normal to a plane of the machine data reader;
- sensing the disparate orientation of the detachable face;
- providing one or more keys that are not movable with respect to a body of the detachable face;
- providing a multi-position connector that enables positioning of the movable keypad in four disparate positions relative to the detachable face;
- sensing a disparate position of the movable keypad by monitoring a physical connection between the multi-position connector and the movable keypad;
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- orienting a display based upon the sensed disparate position of the movable keypad and the sensed disparate orientation of the detachable face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.