公开(公告)号：JPH07262298A

公开(公告)日：1995-10-13

申请号：JP28195294

申请日：1994-11-16

Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inventor： DEIBUITSUDO KAAKUBII ,  BORISU METORITSUKII ,  MAAKU KURITSUSHIEBAA ,  JIEROOMU SUUOOTSU

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G02B27/02 ,  G06K7/10

Abstract: PURPOSE: To provide an improved ergonomics-design hand-held data inputting terminal device for reading such a display as the bar code symbol. CONSTITUTION: A hand-held data inputting terminal device 10 is provided with a housing 12 and a scanning head 18 which is attached to the housing 12 so that the head 18 can make pivoting motions at least between first and second reading positions. During operation, the head 18 optically scans an encoded symbol and, at the same time, detects the light reflected from the encoded symbol while the head 18 is at the first or second reading position. The user of the terminal device 10 can use either one of first and second trigger switches attached to the housing 12 as a scanning head actuating switch and the other trigger switch as a shift key for deciding the form of characters inputted from alphanumeric data inputting keys on a key pad 16 fitted to the housing 12 together with an LCD display 14.