Patent ID: 8276821

Claim:
A portable data collector having scan buttons pressed by forefinger to input merchandise information and scan merchandise barcode, including: a shell body, which has a top face and a bottom face corresponding to the top face; a circuit board, which is installed in the shell body; a plurality of input buttons, which are arranged on the top face of the shell body, and which are electrically connected to the circuit board; a display screen, which is arranged on the top face of the shell body and electrically connected to the circuit board; a scan component, which is arranged in the shell body and electrically connected to the circuit board; a scan button, which is shown as a trigger shape and protruded out from the bottom face of the shell body; and a grip, which is detachably connected to the bottom face of the shell body and arranged a trigger at a place abutted against the scan button; wherein the circuit board is arranged a sensor, which can actuate the scan component when the sensor is touched, and thereby, when the grip is dismounted from the shell body, the scan component is actuated by holding the bottom face, pushing the scan button to directly touch the sensor by an index finger and operating the input buttons by a thumb, and alternatively when the grip is mounted to the shell body, the scan component is actuated by pushing the trigger to press on the scan button so that the scan button is pushed to directly touch the sensor.