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

Claim 14:
15. A method of selectively retaining a barcode scanner within a cradle cavity of a cradle, the method comprising:
providing 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;
providing a barcode scanner including a housing having a 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 cavity of the housing, a scanner controller adapted to control operation of the imaging assembly, and a second securing feature;
sensing, via the force sensor, vibration exceeding a threshold value and/or the cradle being mounted in a predetermined orientation;
in response to the force sensor sensing vibration exceeding a threshold value and/or the cradle being mounted in a predetermined orientation, activating, via the cradle controller or the scanner controller, the first or second securing feature to engage the respective second or first securing feature to retain the barcode scanner within the cradle cavity portion.