Patent ID: 11909235
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A handheld scanner, comprising:
a housing having an opening;
an internal power source disposed inside the housing, and having an active state in which output power is provided, and a shutdown state in which no output power is provided;
a power source monitor configured to detect whether the internal power source has reached a pre-determined amount of discharge at which the internal power source is to be shut down to prevent damage to the internal power source;
an image sensor directed toward the opening, and configured to (i) be energized by the internal power source when the internal power source is in the active state, and (ii) capture image data representing an environment in a field of view of the handheld scanner;
a barcode decoder in communication with the image sensor, and configured to (i) be energized by the internal power source when the internal power source is in the active state, (ii) receive the image data, and (iii) decode a barcode captured in the image data;
an indicator; and
a processor configured to:
be energized by the internal power source when the internal power source is in the active state,
detect, based upon one or more outputs of the power source monitor, whether the internal power source has reached the pre-determined amount of discharge, and
when the internal power source has reached the pre-determined amount of discharge:
configure the indicator to provide, while the internal power source is in the shutdown state, an indication that the internal power source is shutdown, and
configure the internal power source into the shutdown state such that the image sensor, the indicia decoder, and the processor are de-energized.