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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur J Winter, Encino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Databar Corporation, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235472 ; 235462 ; 250568 ; 361 92 ; 340663 ;
Abstract
A battery-powered, microcomputer controlled optical bar code reader automatically turns itself off under certain predetermined conditions, so as to prevent operation when the battery voltage is low, when the microcomputer of the circuitry controlled by the microcomputer is malfunctioning, or when the scanner has been turned on, but is not being used.