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Abstract

A smart scan peripheral is capable of attaching to a mobile computing device (e.g., a smartphone) allowing the resulting combination to be used like a traditional gun scanner. The scan handle peripheral does not require a power source or any electrical connection to the mobile computing device but can operate to still relay trigger pull information to a running application on the mobile computing device. This scan handle peripheral makes use of a magnetometer found in the mobile computing device by moving a magnet into the vicinity of the electromagnetic field generated by the magnetometer. As the handle magnet enters the magnetic field around the magnetometer, a software application in the processor of the mobile computing device monitoring the magnetometer readings and when a disruption is detected, a trigger event is sent to the processor to trigger an operation such as a barcode scanning event. In an alternative embodiment, a passive near field communication (NFC) tag 600 is mounted on an actuator which slides into a readable position of an NFC reader on the mobile computing device to cause a trigger event.

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First Claim