公开(公告)号：US6161760A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-19

申请号：US152583

申请日：1998-09-14

申请人： David Marrs ,  Louis Bruno ,  Joseph Guszcza ,  Timothy Meier ,  Matthew Pankow ,  James A. Parker ,  John Pettinelli ,  Bradley Randolph ,  Andrew Reynolds ,  Thomas Ruhlman

发明人： David Marrs ,  Louis Bruno ,  Joseph Guszcza ,  Timothy Meier ,  Matthew Pankow ,  James A. Parker ,  John Pettinelli ,  Bradley Randolph ,  Andrew Reynolds ,  Thomas Ruhlman

IPC分类号： G06K17/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K17/0022

摘要： The invention is a multiterminal data collection network including a plurality of terminals and a base station configured so that each data collection terminal can be programmed in accordance with one of a predetermined number of available application. When a data collection terminal such as a bar code reader is programmed to operate in accordance with a particular application, the reader operates according to a data collection protocol that is the same as the data collection protocol of each other reader in the network programmed to operate in accordance with that same application. In another aspect of the invention, a base station normally transmits messages received from different readers according to different transmission protocols if the readers are programmed to operate in accordance with different applications, and transmits messages received from different readers according to the same protocol if the readers are programmed in accordance with the same application. A reader of the network can be associated with a new application group by reading of a specially designed application selector symbol.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种多终端数据采集网络，包括多个终端和基站，其被配置为使得每个数据采集终端可以根据预定数量的可用应用中的一个进行编程。 当诸如条形码读取器的数据采集终端被编程为根据特定应用进行操作时，读取器根据与被编程操作的网络中的每个其他读取器的数据收集协议相同的数据收集协议来操作 按照同样的申请。 在本发明的另一方面，如果读取器被编程为根据不同的应用进行操作，则基站通常根据不同的传输协议发送从不同的读取器接收的消息，并且如果读取器 根据相同的应用编程。 通过读取专门设计的应用程序选择器符号，可以将网络的读者与新的应用程序组相关联。