Patent ID: 6098886
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A hand-mounted, electro-optical system for reading indicia, comprising:a) a glove having a wrist portion and finger portions for respectively covering the wrist and fingers of a user's hand when worn, and a pair of front and back coverings having outer surfaces located between the wrist and finger portions for respectively overlying the palm and back of the user's hand when worn;b) a reader including a light source for directing a light beam at an indicium to be read, and a detector for detecting light reflected off the indicium over a field of view, and for generating an electrical signal indicative of the intensity of the detected light;c) a terminal for processing the electrical signal, including a keyboard embedded in one of the coverings of the glove and having keys exposed at the outer surface of said one covering, for enabling the user to manually enter information to the system; andd) an actuator on the glove for manually actuating the reader to indicate reading of the indicium.