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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:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Masaki Sato, Kariya, JP;
Hisashi Shigekusa, Okazaki, JP;
Minoru Uchida, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Wave Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical information reading apparatus is provided which is made of an assembly of a barcode reader and a personal digital assistant (PDA). The barcode reader and the PDA are joined through an attachment. The barcode reader includes a joint detector working to detect the joint to the PDA and a communication system establishing communication with the PDA. The barcode reader works to transmit barcode data to the PDA through the communication system only when the joint detector has detected the joint to the PDA, thereby providing ease of operability, useability, etc.