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Data entry unit

US5278399A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1992
Grant dateJan 11, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10881
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data entry unit includes a bar code reader. The composition of the data entry unit consists of an entry face on which a main entry portion such as a keyboard is disposed and a bar code reader disposed on the bottom face of the entry unit. The bar code data are read by having the bottom face of the data entry unit adhere closely to the bar code.

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