Transaction terminal including imaging module

US7748620B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

A transaction terminal includes a housing, a touch screen, a card reader, an imaging module, and a decode circuit coupled to the imaging module. The imaging module in one embodiment is disposed in the housing so that an imaging axis extends rearward of the housing. In a typical use of the terminal a store clerk can easily move objects into a field of view of the terminal. The transaction terminal can be coupled to a POS network which remotely sends a trigger signal actuating the imaging module when an age-proof-require product is being purchased.