Mobile communication terminal configured to display multi-symbol decodable indicia
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsTimothy Meier, Timothy Williams, Stephen Patrick Deloge
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Abstract
A mobile communication terminal can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display incorporated into the housing, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The mobile communication terminal can be configured, responsive to receiving a byte sequence representing a character string containing one or more alphanumeric or non-alphanumeric characters, to encode the byte sequence into one or more bar code symbols having a minimum dimension of a smallest element equaling or exceeding a readability threshold value. The mobile communication terminal can be further configured to display the bar code symbols.
Claims12
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a housing;
- a microprocessor disposed within said housing;
- a display incorporated into said housing;
- a communication interface communicatively coupled to said microprocessor, said communication interface at least partially disposed within said housing;
- wherein said mobile communication terminal is configured, responsive to receiving a byte sequence representing a character string containing one or more alphanumeric or non-alphanumeric characters, to encode said byte sequence into one or more bar code symbols having a bar code X-dimension equaling or exceeding a bar code X-dimension threshold value;
- wherein said mobile communication terminal is configured to display said one or more bar code symbols;
- and
- wherein said mobile communication terminal is further configured to accept a user input selecting said bar code X-dimension threshold value.
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a housing;
- a microprocessor disposed within said housing;
- a display incorporated into said housing;
- a display adapter communicatively coupled to said microprocessor, said display adapter configured to control said display;
- a video memory communicatively coupled to said display adapter, said video memory configured to store data representing images displayed by said display;
- and
- a communication interface communicatively coupled to said microprocessor, said communication interface at least partially disposed within said housing;
- wherein said mobile communication terminal is configured, responsive to detecting a byte sequence representing an image of decodable indicia being transferred to said video memory, to determine a bar code X-dimension of said decodable indicia;
- wherein said mobile communication terminal is further configured, responsive to ascertaining that said bar code X-dimension is less than a bar code X-dimension threshold value, to decode said decodable indicia into a character string containing one or more alphanumeric or non-alphanumeric characters and encode said character string into one or more bar code symbols having a bar code X-dimension equaling or exceeding said bar code X-dimension threshold value;
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- wherein said mobile communication terminal is further configured to display said one or more bar code symbols on said display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.