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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016200 | Handle and activation assembly for portable electronic device A scanning assembly is disclosed. The scanning assembly comprises a mobile electronic device comprising an optical sensor, the mobile electronic device adapted to perform a scanning operation, and a trigger assembly. The trigger assembly comprises a handle member ad... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7407103 | Bioptical holographic laser scanning system A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and zero skew angle characteristi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7389932 | Barcode scanner with tool free tower housing assembly A barcode scanner with a tool free tower housing assembly. The barcode scanner includes a base, a tower section coupled to the base, and a tower housing assembly over the tower section including a tower housing and a bezel that are installable and removable without ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380721 | Low-cost compact bar code sensor A barcode sensor package has an optical emitter circuit and an optical detector circuit which are formed as one or more integrated optical circuits disposed in a housing which has a reading surface and one or more apertures located between the optical emitter and de... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370802 | Hand held scanner with rotating head A hand-held optical character scanner includes a handle with a base including a plurality of angled planes for supporting the handle on a substantially flat object at different angles relative to the surface of the object, an arm extending from the handle, with a mo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353051 | Torque cell A hand held mobile terminal includes at least one torque cell for facilitating a torsionally stiff housing structure. The torque cell includes a plurality of first locking members located around a perimeter of a first housing and a plurality of second locking member... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344078 | Device for scanning and printing barcodes A method and apparatus for scanning and/or printing barcodes is described. In one embodiment, the method includes scanning a barcode at a first location with a device, storing the scanned barcode in a memory in the device, and printing the barcode at a second locati... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340023 | Auto baud system and method and single pin communication interface In an auto baud system and method, the baud rates between two communicating devices are synchronized by timing the transmission of a plurality of bits by counting the cycles of a reference clock. The number of cycles counted is then divided by the number of bits cou... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322526 | System for reading optical indicia A portable hand-held reader unit includes a photosensor array interiorly of the unit and optics for focusing an image of indicia of information contained on and occupying a predetermined area on a label exteriorly of the reader unit. The reader unit further includes... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293700 | Transaction terminal device and transaction terminal control method A transaction terminal device executing a customer transaction includes a tamper-proof secured module detachably incorporated in a main unit, and an unsecured module that is not tamper-proof and is embedded in the main unit. The secured module notifies secure inform... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270275 | Secured pin entry device The invention is a keypad for securely entering personal identification numbers onto automated teller machines (ATM) or similar devices. A frame secures a flexible keypad to a printed circuit board. The front of the circuit includes a set of tamper detection contact... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7237340 | Multi-tasking utility tool A utility tool comprising a body having a first end and a second end positioned on opposite ends of the body; a removable device; as well as a first tool and a second tool configured to be selectively coupled to each other or one of either the first end and second e... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238901 | Tamper resistant pin entry apparatus Disclosed is a tamper resistant PIN entry apparatus for input of a key and for encryption of a password in a cash transaction machine. The PIN entry apparatus supplies the electric power to a memory of an electric circuit section, in such a manner that a first rod a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7195169 | Mobile terminal with ergonomic housing The subject invention relates to systems and methods for employing a housing as part of a hand held scanner as to increase utility and add ruggedness. The housing comprises an upper top housing and lower bottom housing, with the top housing comprising a set of acces... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7165724 | Portable terminal A printing unit is built into an upper portion of a handheld terminal, a display unit is built into the middle portion, and a key inputting unit is built into a lower portion. A laser type scanner for reading a barcode, etc., is built into the right side of the main... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150639 | Input and output device designed for being detachably mounted to an electronic equipment Described is an input and output device for inputting or outputting data of an electronic equipment. The input and output device is designed for being detachably mounted to the electronic equipment in at least two different positions. The input and output device fea... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7127538 | Single-pin serial communication link with start-bit flow control A receiving device supplies a remote start bit onto a single-wire communication bus. Open-drain interfaces couple the single-wire communication bus to the receiving device and to a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) in the transmitting device. After ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120677 | System and method for integrated processing of information from a plurality of data systems Systems and methods to integrate processing of information from a plurality of data systems. In an embodiment, a system includes a network connection, which can receive information sent to and from a terminal. The network connection is coupled to a first network, an... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111787 | Multimode image capturing and decoding optical reader The present invention is an imaging device which can be equipped with decode functionality and which can be configured to operate in at least one of four user selected modes. In a first, “message only” mode, the device stores into a designated memory location a ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7083090 | Remote portable and universal smartcard authentication and authorization device An autonomous and portable smartcard reader device incorporates a high level of embedded security countermeasures. Data transfers are encrypted with specific input devices, namely a light sensor/DTMF/infrared and PIN or other keyboard entry, and at the output throug... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073718 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and linear electronic image detection arrays Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059529 | Device for reading a barcode A device for scanning and/or recognizing one or more barcodes includes a laser light source for transmitting laser light; a rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the transmitted laser light; a number of fixedly disposed flat mirrors for reflecting laser light; a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051922 | Compact bioptical laser scanning system A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and zero skew angle characteristi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044377 | Plug-and-play imaging and illumination engine for an optical code reader An imaging and illuminating engine for an optical code reader to illuminate and image remote target indicia, such as an optical code, is provided. The engine includes an image sensor for receiving reflected illumination from the remote indicia and an illumination as... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028905 | Inexpensive and easy-to-handle structure of optical information reading apparatus An optical information reading apparatus is provided which is made of an assembly of a barcode reader and a personal digital assistant (PDA). The barcode reader and the PDA are joined through an attachment. The barcode reader includes a joint detector working to det... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028904 | WIRELESS BAR CODE SYMBOL READING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTING AND STORING SYMBOL CHARACTER DATA WHEN HAND-SUPPORTABLE UNIT IS OPERATED OUTSIDE OF ITS RF DATA COMMUNICATION RANGE, AND AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTING STORED SYMBOL CHARACTER DATA WHEN THE HAND-SUPPORTABLE UNIT IS OPERATED WITHIN ITS RF DATA COMMUNICATION RANGE A wireless bar code symbol reading system for use in a work environment, comprising a wireless hand-supportable bar code symbol reader in two-way RF communication with a base station operably connected to a host system, by way of an RF-based wireless data communicat... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028191 | Trusted authorization device A trusted display (18) of a trusted authorization device (TAD) (10) displays on a trusted display (18) first information about a transaction to be authorized by a user (14) using a trusted keypad (20). The TAD (10) generates... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017815 | Compact externally-driven scanner A device, arrangement, and scanner are provided which are compact, reliable, and cost effective. The device is generally of the type in which a moving beam is scanned along a target object, and light reflected from the target object is detected and analyzed by the d... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6970831 | Method and means for evaluating customer service performance A method for evaluating customer service performance is implemented by a computer software application. Customers are presented with transaction specific questions to evaluate particular employees. A customer's response to a survey question is stored on a computer. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968061 | Method which uses a non-volatile memory to store a crypto key and a check word for an encryption device A method using a Non-Volatile Memory circuit which operates as an interface between a key loader and an encryption device in a missile's telemetry system. The method includes a step for storing a crypto key and an associated check word and a backup crypto key and ch... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6954149 | Method for protecting a security module and arrangement for the implementation of the method In a security module and a method for protecting a security module, wherein security-relevant data are stored in a memory in the module, proper insertion of the security module on a device motherboard is monitored with a first function unit and a second function in ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6918538 | Image scanning device having a system for determining distance to a target An image scanning device is provided which includes a system for determining the distance to a target to be scanned. The image scanning device includes an optical system and an image sensor array for focusing a light beam and imaging the target. The device preferabl... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6817529 | Hand-held bar code reader with single printed circuit board A hand-held bar code reader including a housing bounding an interior, a window, a generally planar printed circuit board mounted in the interior, and an optical scanning assembly mounted on the board and including a scanner for directing a light beam through the win... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6783071 | Scanner pairing in a bluetooth POS network Wireless data communications using a master/slave protocol are easily established between a master radio module which is part of a POS terminal and a slave radio module which is part of a portable bar code scanning device. A bar code identifying the portable bar cod... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6766956 | System and method for using portable device with bar-code scanner A portable device having code scanning features is provided. Information associated with scanned codes may be communicated to the portable device. This information may be communicated from a remote site, a docking station or another portable device. Information asso... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761316 | Compact auto ID reader and radio frequency transceiver data collection module An auto ID reader and a radio frequency transceiver are supported on a common support having a predetermined form factor, such as that of a scan engine module commonly utilized in hand-held bar code symbol scanners. Common digital processing circuitry is used for pr... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6283373 | Light source module for a scanning apparatus and a scanning apparatus with the light source module A light source module has a laser diode, and a circuit board. The circuit board includes the laser diode, a driver circuit for the laser diode, and a connector for receiving a power supply for driving the laser diode from an electric power source. A lens ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6216951 | Optical scanner with hand-held and hands-free modes of use Antique identifying electro-optical marker is associated with a base unit having a receiver. During a set-up mode of operation, an electro-optical reader reads the marker. During subsequent reading of indicia, the reader generates electrical signals which... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6203221 | Modular printer A modular printer that can be configured to provide different printing sizes, models, and features. The modular printer has a base module that includes base printing electronics, and a drive and print mechanism. Coupled to the base module are different co... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6195053 | Antenna, module and imager, such as for a barcode reader A symbology reader includes an optical reading assembly received in a reading assembly housing and an antenna shaped to conform to at least a portion of the reading assembly housing and in contact therewith. The antenna can be shaped to form at least a pa... | 02/27/2001 |
