Patent ID: 6595420
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B82Y,G06K

Abstract:
An automatically-activated body-wearable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system operably connected to a host system, comprising:a housing support wearable on the body of an operator; a housing having a transmission aperture through which optical energy can exit and enter said housing, and being connected or coupled to said housing support so that said transmission aperture is orientable in a scanning direction; a laser-scanning bar code symbol reading mechanism, disposed in said housing, for automatically producing a visible laser scanning pattern along said scanning direction and repeatedly reading a bar code symbol on an object within a predetermined time period using said visible laser scanning pattern, and each instant said bar code symbol is read within said predetermined time period, automatically producing a symbol character data string representative of said read bar code symbol; a data transmission circuit, disposed in said housing, for transmitting, when activated, a selected one of said produced symbol character data strings to said host system; a manually-activatable data transmission switch, integrated with said housing, for generating a data transmission control activation signal in response to the activation of said manually-activatable data transmission switch within said predetermined time period; and a system controller for controlling said data transmission circuit so that the symbol character data string, produced at substantially the same time when said data transmission control activation signal is generated, is transmitted to said host system.