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Microcomputer adapted for inventory control

US5380994A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1993
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/163
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable microcomputer inventory system including a plurality of components and a support for supporting the components on an user as the user inventories items that have a bar code disposed thereon. The components include a microcomputer, a handheld bar code scanner for scanning the bar code on items to be inventoried, a visual display device carried on the user to display information relative to the item being inventoried, a keypad for accessing the computer and a rechargeable battery pac for supplying electrical power to the components of the inventory system.

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