Portable handheld terminal including optical bar code reader and electromagnetic transceiver means for interactive wireless communication with a base communications station

Patent 4850009 Issued on July 18, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 31, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 07/203549 filed on 05/31/1988

US Classes:

379/93.17, Having station display235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS379/100.02Having detachable device (e.g., detachable storage medium, scanner)

Examiners

Primary: Lev, Robert

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt

International Classes

G06F 15/02 (20060101)
G06Q 10/00 (20060101)
G09C 5/00 (20060101)
H04M 11/06 (20060101)
G06K 17/00 (20060101)
G06K 7/10 (20060101)

Abstract

A portable handheld terminal (20) including optical bar code reader apparatus. A housing (22) having first and second spaced apart, opposing major surfaces (24,26) extending longitudinally between first and second end portions (28,30). A handle portion (40) being interconnected to the housing (22) and extending longitudinally along the second surface (26) so as to provide a handle for holding the bar code reader apparatus. Additionally, the portable handheld terminal (20) includes an optical bar code reader apparatus utilizing a binary imaging sensor (52) and an RF transceiver (79).

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