Registers – Coded record sensors – Particular sensor structure
Patent
1997-06-12
1999-05-25
Pitts, Harold
Registers
Coded record sensors
Particular sensor structure
235462, G06K 710
Patent
active
059071478
ABSTRACT:
The system, which is especially suitable for use as a bar code scanner trigger which allows for hands-free scanner operation and non-contact triggering of the scanner by the operator, in one embodiment, comprises a switch and a switch actuator, with the switch mounted proximate to a movable part of the body, and the switch actuator located on the movable part of the body, which part is movable so as to move the switch actuator and switch to within a predetermined proximity of one another and thereby actuate the switch, which will actuate the electronic equipment switched thereby. After the switch has been actuated, moving the part of the body with the switch actuator thereon so as to move the switch actuator and switch beyond a predetermined proximity of one another will deactuate the switch, and thereby deactivate the electronic equipment switched thereby. In an exemplary embodiment, the switch actuator is disposed upon a finger via a switch actuator mount in the form of a glove, and the switch is disposed upon the back of the hand at a point proximate to the finger so that extending a finger as in a pointing motion actuates the switch, thereby activating the equipment and further so that retracting the finger deactuates the switch. In other embodiments multiple switches and switch actuators may be used in conjunction with multiple fingers or digits, and/or with predetermined patterns or combinations of switch actuations required to activate the electronic equipment.
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Pitts Harold
PSC Inc.
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