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Programmable mobile device with thumb wheel

a mobile terminal and thumb wheel technology, applied in the direction of process and machine control, instruments, electromagnetic radiation sensing, etc., can solve the problem of physical limitations of users of such conventional mobile terminals

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-05-01
SYMBOL TECH INC
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Enables users to interact with the mobile terminal using one hand, freeing the other hand for other tasks while maintaining efficient data processing and function selection.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, a user is physically limited by such conventional mobile terminals since the user would have to cease interaction with the mobile terminal to free at least one hand to accomplish another task such as taking a patients temperature, writing on a piece of paper, using the telephone, etc.

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[0021]The present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout.

[0022]As is mentioned above, the present invention relates to a programmable mobile terminal (e.g., a portable teletransaction computing device (PTC)) in which a thumb wheel is employed to select among a plurality of functions executable by the device (PTC). In the exemplary embodiments described hereinafter, each PTC is a hand held inventory control device used to communicate data such as inventory or the like within a cellular, narrow band or other radio communication system including multiple mobile terminals and base stations. However, it is recognized that the present invention contemplates other types of programmable mobile terminals or devices and is not intended to be limited necessarily to hand held inventory control devices or devices which must wirelessly communicate information.

[0023]Referring initially to FIG. 1, ...

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Abstract

A programmable mobile terminal which includes a thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions executable by the mobile terminal. The programmable mobile terminal allows a user to employ the same hand that is holding the mobile terminal to scroll through and select a function among a plurality of functions via the thumb wheel. The wheel portion of thumb wheel is rotated either clockwise or counter clockwise by the user's thumb or other finger to scroll a screen cursor through the functions and once the screen cursor of the mobile terminal is positioned at a desired function, the user can depress the wheel portion in a transaxial direction with the same thumb or finger to select the desired function. Also, the programmable mobile terminal allows a user to scan bar code information and use the thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions relating to the scanned bar code information.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation reissue application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 921,103 filed on Aug. 2, 2001, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. Re. 39,683 on Jun. 5, 2007, entitled PROGRAMMABLE MOBILE DEVICE WITH THUMB WHEEL, which is a reissue application of U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,873, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates generally to programmable mobile terminals. More particularly, the present invention relates to a programmable mobile terminal which includes a thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions executable by the mobile terminal.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In recent years, the use of wireless communication systems having mobile transceivers which communicate with a hardwired network, such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), has become widespread. The mobile transceivers, commonly referred to as mobile terminals, m...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G05D3/00G06F3/033H04M1/72469
CPCG06F3/0362H04M1/233H04M1/72469
Inventor CISAR, JAMES M.
Owner SYMBOL TECH INC