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US 8,548,420 B2Granted
Panic button for data collection device
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsJonathan T. Grunow, David van Etten
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Abstract
A data collection device comprising: a data collection subsystem; a wireless communication device; a dedicated panic button; and a processor that, responsive to a user activating the dedicated panic button, uses the wireless communication device to cause a message to be sent to a designated emergency contact.
Claims18
A data collection device comprising:
- an image signal generating system for reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a scan key to initiate reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a memory for storing bar code data;
- a temperature sensor communicatively coupled to the memory;
- a wireless communication device;
- a dedicated panic button;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the data collection device is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, an alert responsive to a user activating the dedicated panic button;
- switching, by the processor, the image signal generating system to an image capture mode, responsive to receiving the alert;
- capturing, by the image signal generating system, responsive to being switched into image capture mode, image data and saving the image data in the memory;
- capturing, by the temperature sensor, temperature data and saving the temperature data in the memory;
- compiling, by the processor, a message comprising the image data and the temperature data;
- retrieving a designated emergency contact record from the memory;
- and
- utilizing the wireless communication device to send a message to the designated emergency contact;
- and
- erasing, by the processor, scan data stored in a predetermined section of the memory or a predetermined file or group of files in the memory in response to receiving the alert.
15 more elements
A data collection device comprising:
- an image signal generating system for reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a scan key to initiate reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a memory for storing scan data;
- a wireless communication device;
- a dedicated panic button;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the data collection device is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, an alert responsive to a user activating the dedicated panic button;
- retrieving a designated emergency contact record from the memory;
- and
- utilizing the wireless communication device to send a message to the designated emergency contact;
- and
- encrypting and retaining in the memory, by the processor, scan data stored in a predetermined section of the memory or a predetermined file or group of files in the memory in response to receiving the alert.
10 more elements
A data collection device comprising:
- an image signal generating system for reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a scan key to initiate reading and interpreting bar codes;
- a plurality of data collection sensors for collecting sensor data wherein at least one sensor collects temperature data;
- a memory for storing scan and sensor data;
- a wireless communication device;
- a processor that, responsive to scan data or sensor data that includes at least one of the following:
- voice recognition to identify a predetermined word or phrase;
- scanning of a predetermined bar code;
- scanning of a predetermined RFID tag and a predetermined GPS location, uses the wireless communication device to cause a message to be sent to a designated emergency contact wherein the message comprises temperature data retrieved by the processor from the memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.