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US 9,313,581 B2Granted
Hybrid optical code scanner user alert
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorDonald A. Collins, Jr.
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Abstract
A hybrid optical code scanner, system and method are presented for alerting a user when one or more events related to a handheld imaging scanner, undocked from the hybrid optical code scanner, occur. The events include moving the handheld imaging scanner beyond it communication range, keeping the handheld imaging scanner undocked beyond a predetermined period of time and activation of a switch on the handheld imaging scanner.
Claims16
A hybrid optical code scanner comprising:
- a housing containing a docking portion and an aperture in the docking portion;
- a speaker integrated within in the housing where the speaker produces audible sounds;
- a laser scanner in the housing adapted to read first optical codes presented to
- the hybrid optical code scanner for reading, where the laser scanner is located in the housing;
- an imaging scanner removable from the docking portion, wherein the image scanner is adapted to read the first optical codes through the aperture in the docking portion, where the imaging scanner is removable from the housing and when the imaging scanner is docked to the housing and adapted to read, it reads second optical codes presented to the hybrid optical code scanner for reading and when the imaging scanner is undocked from the housing, it is operated by hand and reads optical codes remote from the hybrid optical code scanner;
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- a mirror in the housing for directing images containing the first optical codes to the imaging scanner through the aperture in the docking portion when the imaging scanner is docked to the housing;
- where an audible alarm is sent to the speaker when an event related to the imaging scanner being removed from the housing occurs.
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An optical code scanner comprising:
- a housing containing a docking portion and an aperture in the docking portion;
- a first scanner in the housing adapted to read first optical codes;
- a second scanner removable from the docking portion, wherein the second scanner is adapted to read the first optical codes through the aperture in the docking portion when the second scanner is docked to the housing and adapted to read second optical codes when the second scanner is undocked from the housing;
- a mirror in the housing for directing the first optical codes to the second scanner through the aperture in the docking portion when the second scanner is docked to the housing;
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- a speaker integrated within the housing for producing audible sounds;
- wherein an audible alarm is sent to the speaker when an event related to the second scanner being removed from the housing occurs.
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An optical scanning method comprising:
- activating a first scanner in a scanner housing and a removable second scanner in a docking portion of the scanner housing to read a first optical code during a first mode of operation;
- directing the first optical code to the second scanner through an aperture in the docking portion during the first mode of operation;
- reading a second optical code by the second scanner during a second mode of operation when the second scanner is undocked from the docking portion;
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- sending an alarm to a speaker integrated within in the scanner housing when an event related to the second scanner being removed from the docking portion occurs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.