Patent ID: 7185818

Claim:
A system that facilitates desirable orientation of a display on a machine data reader, comprising: a keypad that is moveable with respect to a body of the machine data reader, the keypad is utilized to relay information to the machine data reader; a component that senses a position of the keypad; a component that orients the display based at least in part upon the sensed position of the keypad; a customization component that facilitates customizing size of at least one of text and imagery of the display as a function of the sensed keypad position; a detachable face that is detachable from the body of the machine data reader and re-attachable at a rotation of 180 degrees from an initial position, the keypad and the display resident upon the detachable face; and a component that senses a position of the detachable face, the display oriented at least in part upon the sensed position of the detachable face.