Patent ID: 11966812
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A scanning system, comprising:
a cradle including a cradle cavity portion, a cradle controller, a force sensor communicatively coupled with the cradle controller, and a first securing feature positioned at or near the cradle cavity portion and being communicatively coupled with the cradle controller; and
a barcode scanner including:
a housing having a scanner housing cavity,
an imaging assembly adapted to capture an image of an environment appearing in a field of view (FOV), the imaging assembly being at least partially disposed within the scanner housing cavity,
a scanner controller adapted to control operation of the imaging assembly, and
a second securing feature;

wherein in response to the force sensor sensing vibration exceeding a threshold value and/or the cradle being mounted in a predetermined orientation, the first and the second securing features are adapted to selectively interact to retain the barcode scanner within the cradle cavity portion.