PORTABLE DATA TERMINAL

摘要

A portable data terminal that includes a housing and an environmentally responsive device for collecting data about the environment surrounding the housing. The portable data terminal also includes an encoded information reader unit with one or more data collection hardware devices, which can capture data encoded in decodable indicia, e.g., bar codes. In one embodiment, the portable data terminal is configured to operate in a mode that processes the decodable indicia, and the environmental data so as to correlate the information decoded in the decodable indicia with the environmental data.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a housing; a sensor connected to the housing in a manner exposing the sensor to an environment, wherein the sensor provides an environmental reading for the environment; an encoded information reader unit configured for outputting decoded data from decodable indicia; and a memory; wherein the device is configured, in an operating mode, to collect environmental data from the sensor and store the environmental data in the memory in response to decoding a decodable indicia.