Customizable optical reader

US6959865B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Joseph Walczyk · Syracuse, US
• Dieter Fauth · Schorndorf, DE
• David Holzhauer · Camillus, US
• Robert M. Hussey · Camillus, US
• Barry Keys · Batavia, US
• Joseph Livingston · Camillus, US
• Michael D. Robinson · Weedsport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06K2207/1017
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An optical reader, which is operable in a “host commands” mode and a “host routines” mode. In the “host commands” mode, the reader receives and executes a script routine module from a host. In the “host routines” mode, the reader receives a script routine Module identifier from the host, and the reader, in turn, executes a selected one of a plurality of reader-stored script routine modules based on the identifier.