Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

David J Sims

James C Dow

Thomas Edward Berg

Scott Henderson

Davin Stowell

Steven Vordenberg

Daniel Formosa

Modest Khovaylo

Dan L Dalton

Michael L Rudd

Karin C Ruffatto

Michael J DeVries

Nancy Shepard

Sandra Nieves

Paul Hamburger

Barry K Hansen

Billy D Miracle

A capturing and viewing appliance and method are used for capturing and communicating images. The capturing and viewing appliance is an instrument used to capture and communicate images to other devices with communication capabilities. The capturing and viewing appliance includes a processor for manipulating and viewing the images on a built-in display. Program code stored in internal memory includes a menu/image navigation application program which allows the user to use navigation buttons to view multiple images as well as navigate menus. According to another aspect of the invention, the menu/image navigation interface provides a user-friendly interface for effective communication of functionality of an appliance or other device to the user through use of animated transitions. Through the use of icons, menus, navigation buttons and animated transitions used to communicate functionality to the user, the present invention presents a novel user interface which makes the menu/image navigation user interface and method a solution in devices with limited resources which need to be able to navigate among multiple images arranged in different orientations. The menu/image navigation appliance and method is designed for navigating among multiple captured images and operating the appliance using menus through instrument reuse which is especially useful in portable hand-held appliances or other devices which are capable of displaying images where space and compactness are a concern.

Appliance and method for navigating among multiple captured images and functional menus

Hand held optical scanner front face portion

Hand held optical scanner rear face portion

Scanner apparatus having a visual scan-region position feedback system according to the present invention may comprise a body having at least one elongate opening therein that extends along a transverse axis so that the elongate opening encompasses a scan region on an object during a scanning operation. An image sensing system mounted within the body of the scanner is optically coupled to the elongate opening therein and receives image light reflected by the scan region. A first light source mounted to the body produces a first light beam that is generally aligned with the elongate opening in the body and that extends outwardly from the body in a first direction along the transverse axis. The first light beam is incident on at least a portion of the object being scanned during the scanning operation and provides a visual indication of a position of the scan region with respect to the object being scanned.

Hand-held scanner apparatus having visual scan-region position feedback system

Hand held optical scanner

Guide lights for a hand-held scanner

Battery cover for hand held apparatus such as an optical scanner

A hand held electronic scanning device that preferably has a front surface provided with abutments so that, when the front surface is laid on a supporting surface, operating buttons on the front surface will not contact the supporting surface and a transparent member covering a display window opening will also not contact the support surface to avoid scuffing thereof.

Hand held scanning device

An epoxy/aluminum sandwich is used to mount a glass lens rigidly within a stainless steel cell without subjecting the glass lens to stresses caused by differences between the temperature coefficients of expansion of the glass lens and the stainless steel cell.

Temperature compensated lens mount

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

David J Sims