Patent ID: 9667761
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04M

Claim:
1. A method of adapting a wireless mobile device having a camera to an electro-optical reader for electro-optically reading targets located in a field of view of the camera, comprising: receiving and holding the device in a housing having walls bounding an interior; configuring one of the walls as a generally planar rear wall that covers a rear side of the device; extending a top extension away from the rear wall at a top region of the device; mounting an optical element on the top extension and spacing the optical element away from a camera lens located at the rear side and the top region of the device; inclining the optical element relative to the rear wall to receive at least a portion of the field of view imaged by the camera from each target along a first direction, and to fold and redirect the field of view along a second direction generally perpendicular to the rear wall through the camera lens to the camera; connecting a handle, having a trigger assembly and a light source, to the housing, and extending the handle away from the rear wall; and mounting a second optical element on the handle, and inclining the second optical element to (i) receive an optical signal generated by the light source responsive to actuation of the trigger assembly and (ii) redirect the optical signal to the camera lens to initiate reading by the wireless mobile device.