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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Steven E. Koenck, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Phillip Miller, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Arvin D. Danielson, Solon, IA (US);
Ronald L. Mahany, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Dennis A. Durbin, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Keith K. Cargin, Jr., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
George E. Hanson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Darald R. Schultz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert G. Geers, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Darrell L. Boatwright, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
William T. Gibbs, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Stephen J. Kelly, Marion, IA (US);
Intermec IP Corp., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A hand-held data collection device with a user interface surface that is wider than its handgrip area. Also, a hand-held data collection device with an upwardly facing surface containing a user interface and a side surface containing a plurality of actuators. The data collection device can be held in one hand with a finger reaching the actuators. An opposite side surface can also contain a plurality of actuators. The data collection device can include combinations of a marker beam generator, an indicia reader, a display, a manually actuatable selector, a voice input and a digitizer. The indicia reader can be an optical reader or a radio frequency tag reader. Some of the actuators can have different shapes. The actuators can include an indicia reader actuator or a function selector. The data collection device can collect, for example, handwritten information, including signatures.