A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a handle for gripping the mobile device with fingers of one hand. A display is oriented substantially parallel to a long axis of the handle such that a thumb of the one hand is capable of touching at least a portion of the display when the fingers of the one hand grip the handle of the mobile device. A data acquisition device is positioned so as to capture product information from an object located on an opposite side of the display.

A chip structure for mounting on a clearance area of a printed circuit board includes a packaged chip and a monopole coupling antenna. The packaged chip has an insulating body, an electronic component embedded in the insulating body, and a plurality of grounding pads electrically connected to the electronic component. The monopole coupling antenna has a grounding radiating metal and a monopole radiating metal. The packaged chip is electrically connected to the grounding radiating metal by the grounding pads. The monopole radiating metal is disposed on the insulating body and spaced apart from the electronic component and the grounding radiating metal. The monopole radiating metal is configured to couple the grounding radiating metal and the electronic component by using a feeding circuit to connect the packaged chip and the monopole radiating metal and using a grounding circuit to connect the grounding radiating metal and the printed circuit board.

A code symbol reading system is provided. The code symbol reading system has an object detection subsystem that can be configured to detect only those objects that are positioned at a specified distance from the system. The object-detection subsystem thereby initiates the scanning process only when an object is detected at substantially the specified distance from the system.

Disclosed are a portable electronic device and an operation method thereof. The portable electronic device comprises a body, a barcode detector and a barcode decoder. In the barcode detector, a first image capturing module continually captures a barcode image when the portable electronic device is operating in the resting mode, a first buffering module temporarily stores the captured barcode image, and a first image processing module processes the stored barcode stored and counts a number of times when the barcode image has a predetermined pattern feature. When the number of times reaches to a threshold number, the barcode decoder is turned on to capture and decode the barcode image, and the barcode detector is switched to operate in a power-saving mode.

Disclosed are a portable electronic device and an operation method thereof. The portable electronic device comprises a body, a barcode detector and a barcode decoder. In the barcode detector, a first image capturing module continually captures a barcode image when the portable electronic device is operating in the resting mode, a first buffering module temporarily stores the captured barcode image, and a first image processing module processes the stored barcode stored and counts a number of times when the barcode image has a predetermined pattern feature. When the number of times reaches to a threshold number, the barcode decoder is turned on to capture and decode the barcode image, and the barcode detector is switched to operate in a power-saving mode.

Imaging systems for imaging or scanning objects by redirecting portions of a field of view (FOV) are described herein. An example imaging system includes: an imaging assembly; a platter including a redirection element; and a computer-readable media storing machine readable instructions that cause the imaging system to: capture the image data in the FOV, wherein a first subset of pixels captures a first subset of the image data associated with a first portion of the FOV not redirected by the redirection element, and a second subset of pixels captures a second subset of the image data associated with a redirected portion of the FOV redirected by the redirection element; process the first subset of image data via a first module to perform a first vision operation; and process the second subset of image data via a second module to perform a second vision operation.

The technology disclosed herein relates to a handheld scanning device and associated methods and media. The handheld scanning device has an optical sensor positioned under at least a portion of a back side of a handle, such that a wavelength can pass through at least the portion of the handle. For example, this portion of the handle can be translucent or transparent. In some embodiments, one or more processors of the handheld scanning device can determine, using the optical sensor, that the handheld scanning device is to transition to an operating or idle state. In embodiments, the handheld scanning device may have a battery and a battery indicator capable of emitting a visible light through a portion of the handle to indicate a state of the battery.