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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Donald A. Collins, Buford, GA (US);
James Morrison, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Donald A. Collins, Buford, GA (US);
James Morrison, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); A63F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method are presented for scanning items presented to an assisted hybrid optical code scanner where the scanner includes a handheld imaging scanner located on the customer side of the hybrid scanner. When docked with the hybrid scanner, the handheld imaging scanner is used with a fixed laser scanner to read optical codes. When undocked, the handheld imaging scanner is used to scan items not easily presentable to the hybrid scanner.