Symbol Technologies, LLC

Zebra Technologies Corporation

Other

Ericsson Gmbh

John P Evans

Mariya Wright

Robert H Evans

Christopher P Klicpera

Dayou Wang

Matthew Lawrence Horner

Nina Feinstein

David Oren

Thomas Fitzgerald

Yu Sun

Ke Zhang

Frank Y Wu

Karl Schwarz

Peter L Squillante

Methods and systems for alerting a user to a device low battery state are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, at a charging station for a scanning device, a notification from the scanning device when the scanning device is not coupled to the charging station indicating that the scanning device has entered a low battery state. The scanning device may be communicatively coupled to the charging station by a wireless communication protocol. Further, the example method may include generating, by the charging station, an indication of the low battery state of the scanning device based upon the notification. The example method may also include displaying, by the charging station, the indication for a user.

Systems and methods for alerting users to device low battery states

An example method for managing power within an imaging device includes: determining an interface of the imaging device via which the imaging device is receiving power; based on the interface, determining a power budget associated with the interface; determining which fixed load components of the imaging device are enabled; calculating a remaining power budget by subtracting a power consumption of the enabled fixed load components from the power budget; responsive to the remaining power budget being positive, configuring non-fixed load components such that a total power consumption of the non-fixed load components does not exceed the remaining power budget; and responsive to the remaining power budget being negative, providing, via a user interface, a notification of insufficient power budget.

Power manager to support less-than-nominal conditions in a machine vision system

A system for, and a method of, configuring an electro-optical reader as a keyboard device having a selected keyboard layout containing keyboard layout data, encode each of a plurality of configuration symbols with a symbol sequence number, a total number of the configuration symbols, and a fractional amount of the keyboard layout data. During a configuration procedure, all the configuration symbols are electro-optically scanned and decoded, and the symbol sequence number, the total number of the configuration symbols, and the fractional amount of the keyboard layout data are extracted for each configuration symbol. The keyboard layout data for all the configuration symbols are linked in a sequence determined by each symbol sequence number and the total number of the configuration symbols. All the keyboard layout data is processed to configure the reader during the configuration procedure.

System for, and method of, configuring electro-optical reader as a keyboard device having a selected keyboard layout

A wireless Bluetooth&#xae; paired connection is established between a Bluetooth&#xae; module in an electro-optical, handheld reader and a Bluetooth&#xae; module in a mobile terminal via a human interface device (HID) profile. Data capture from a target is initiated upon one type of manual actuation, e.g., a single pull, of a trigger on the reader. A soft keyboard is caused to appear on a display on the terminal, either immediately, or after a predetermined event, after the establishment of the Bluetooth&#xae; paired connection. The soft keyboard is caused to disappear upon manual actuation of the trigger with a different type of manual actuation, e.g., a double pull, of the trigger. Another double pull of the trigger will cause the soft keyboard to reappear.

Arrangement for and method of managing a soft keyboard on a mobile terminal connected with a handheld electro-optical reader via a bluetooth&#xae; paired connection

A method includes generating a first illumination with an illumination source, and directing the first illumination to pass through an aperture to generate an illumination pattern for defining an illumination field of view that is configured to indicate a boundary surrounding the imaging field of view of the imaging system. The intensity of the first illumination changes with time. The intensity variation of the illumination pattern is perceivable by a human user. The method also includes detecting light from the barcode with the imaging sensor to create imaging data while the barcode is illuminated by a second illumination, and processing the imaging data to decode an image of the barcode.

Method to differentiate aiming from active decoding

The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for providing multimedia messages to incompatible terminals. The apparatus includes a notification module (), a media converter () and a retrieval module (). The notification module () notifies the incompatible terminal () that the multimedia message () is available. The media converter () transcodes one or more parts of the multimedia message (). The retrieval module () is communicably coupled to the media converter () and retrieves the multimedia message () in response to a delivery request () from the incompatible terminal (), renders the multimedia message (), using the media converter () as necessary, into a message that is compatible with the incompatible terminal () and sends the message to the incompatible terminal (). This method can be implemented using a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium wherein each function is executed using a code segment.

Method, apparatus and system for providing multimedia messages to incompatible terminals

A manually operable device for metering air through a valve system for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber having a first air passageway operatively connected to the chamber and exposed to the atmosphere for transporting the material, a second air passageway operatively connected to the chamber, an oscillating air source for moving air within the second air passageway and a valve mechanism operatively connected to the second air passageway which when in a first position upon actuation of the oscillating air source moves air creating a partial vacuum within the chamber causing material to be drawn into the chamber, and when in a second position upon actuation of the oscillating air source causes air to be introduced under positive pressure into the chamber evacuating the material from the chamber into the first conveying mechanism and a third air passageway coupled to the valve assembly which allows the second air passageway to vent to the environment.

Device for selectively pressurizing or evacuating a chamber with an

A manually operable device for metering air through a valve system for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber having a first conveying mechanism operatively connected to the chamber and exposed to the atmosphere for transporting the material, a second air conveying mechanism operatively connected to the chamber, a manually operable device for moving air within the second conveying mechanism and a valve mechanism operatively connected to the second conveying mechanism which when in a first position upon actuation of the manually operable mechanism moves air creating a partial vacuum within the chamber causing material to be drawn into the chamber, and when in a second position upon actuation of the manually operable mechanism causes air to be introduced under positive pressure into the chamber evacuating the material from the chamber into the first conveying mechanism.

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John P Evans