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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1995
Phillip Miller, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jerry L Walter, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Darrell L Boatwright, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Darald R Schultz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Norand Corporation, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
In an exemplary embodiment, the reader unit has a pistol configuration with the automatic scan components in a barrel portion and a battery pack therefor in a handgrip portion. A display may be directed upwardly and rearwardly in the normal hand-held disposition of the reader unit during scanning, and may be of relatively large area, e.g., so as to be adaptable to direct store delivery transactions. A smart card receptacle may facilitate use of the integrated reader and terminal unit for complex transactions. A base station for the hand-held unit may include an interface such that the memory of the hand-held unit appears as a disk drive during downloading to a personal computer.