Patent ID: 9202095
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adapter for a mobile device, comprising: a handle portion having comprising a trigger switch that is accessible to an index finger of a hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user; a cradle portion positioned above the handle portion configured to receive at least a portion of the mobile device in a slot such that a plane of a display of the mobile device is substantially aligned with a long axis of the handle portion in a fixed position and the display is viewable by the user when the mobile device is positioned in the slot of the cradle portion and the handle portion is held in the hand of the user, the cradle portion comprising: a data acquisition device adjacent to the slot coupled to the cradle portion, the data acquisition device configured to acquire data from an object upon actuation of the trigger switch, wherein the cradle portion further comprises a memory configured to store a software docking application, the mobile device being configured by the software docking application being loaded onto the mobile device by the adapter when the mobile device is positioned in the cradle portion, the docking application configuring the mobile device to recognize an activation of the trigger switch; and a processor configured to communicate with a processor of the mobile device when the mobile device is positioned in the cradle portion, wherein, upon actuation of the trigger switch: the data acquisition device acquires the data from the object; and, the data acquired by the data acquisition device is transmitted to the mobile device for processing.