Transaction terminal comprising imaging module

US7451917B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Melvin D. McCall · Homer, US
• Timothy R. Fitch · Syracuse, US
• Garrison Gomez · Marietta, US
• James F. O'Donnell · Camillus, US
• George S. Smith, II · Skaneateles, US
• David Sperduti · Auburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/0018
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A transaction terminal including a display, a housing, an imaging module assembly wherein the imaging module assembly comprises a control and decode circuit, an imaging module, and a light pipe disposed optically forward of the imaging module. The light pipe may be in a tubular configuration and may include a first end disposed inside the housing and a second end extending to an exterior of the housing. The transaction terminal may include a motion detector generating a motion detection signal that serves as a trigger signal. When a motion detection signal changes state from OFF to ON, light sources of the LEDs are actuated so that a user is notified of a decoding function of the terminal.