Intermec, Inc.

Electric Mirror, LLC

Templeton Briggs, Iii

Jon Philip Johnston

Seth Axel Coady

An apparatus to provide a source of light includes a lighted mirror. The lighted mirror is configured for installation within a building. A single electrical power circuit provides a source of electrical power to the lighted mirror from the building. The single electrical power circuit is either in an ON state or an OFF state. The lighted mirror includes a nightlight system. The nightlight system includes a battery. The battery is electrically connected to charge when the single electrical circuit is in the ON state. The nightlight system includes a first sensor. The first sensor is configured to receive electrical power from the battery and to measure a first value for a first parameter from an area proximate to the lighted mirror. The nightlight system includes a nightlight. The nightlight is electrically connected to receive electrical power from the battery. The nightlight system has an ON state and an OFF state and control logic. The control logic receives the first value and turns the nightlight to an ON state when the first value is above a first threshold, thereby providing a source of light from the nightlight. When the single electrical power circuit is in the ON state, electrical power is inhibited from the nightlight and the nightlight is in the OFF state.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing a battery powered nightlight within a lighted mirror

A scanner for scanning a one or two-dimensional bar code symbology is provided that effectively prevents condensation from forming on the protective window. The scanner comprises a housing having an electro-optical element and a window permitting the electro-optical element to collect reflected light therethrough. A heating element is coupled to at least a peripheral portion of the inner surface of the window. Application of an electrical current to the heating element heats the window and precludes condensation from forming on the inner surface of the window. The heating element may further comprise a resistive element having an adhesive layer permitting attachment to the inner surface of the window. The heating element would be further compatible with operation of conventional electro-optical elements, such as a charge coupled device or a laser.

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Snohomish, WA, United States of America

Templeton Briggs, Iii