Patent ID: 11906361
Assignee: DATALOGIC IP TECH, S.R.L.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A method comprising:
operating a motion sensor of a scanning device to detect motion being imparted to the scanning device when the scanning device is in a low power state;
in response to the detection of motion being imparted to the device, transitioning the device out of the low power state by performing operations comprising:
operating a distance detector of the scanning device to determine the distance between the scanning device and a surface; and
determining, by a processor of the scanning device, and based at least on the distance between the scanning device and the surface, whether to operate an infrared detector of the scanning device to capture a temperature of the surface, and whether to operate an image sensor of the scanning device to capture an image of an indicia that encodes data on the surface;

retrieving the current time or date from a chronometer of the scanning device, wherein the current time or date is indicative of when the temperature of the surface or the image of the indicia was captured; and
operating a transceiver of the scanning device to transmit, to the other device, the current time or date, a current location of the scanning device, and at least one of the captured temperature and the data encoded within the indicia to enable a log of captured temperatures or encoded data to be generated by the other device.