US 12,248,842 B2
Ring scanner with counting function and method thereof
Asaf Cohen, Ramat Gan (IL); Sudipto Nandy, Charlotte, NC (US); Ruth Percik, Ramat Gan (IL); David Kagan, Tel Aviv (IL); Patrick Marcel Gilbert André Chossat, Chatillon (FR); Mathieu Jean-Marie Durieux, Helecine (BE); Nicola Jane Stevens, Derby (GB); John Frazer Cundall, Sheffield (GB); and Jerome Thur, Les Pinthieres (FR)
Assigned to RGIS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by RGIS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,175.
Prior Publication US 2024/0193386 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10891 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06K 7/10861 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10534 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanner device, comprising:
a housing configured to be affixed to an index finger of a hand of a user;
a plurality of count buttons located on the housing and configured to be actuated by a thumb of the hand of the user when the housing is affixed to the index finger of the hand of the user, wherein each of the plurality of count buttons is associated with a predetermined number;
an optical scanner located in the housing; and
a controller configured to:
(i) cause the optical scanner to scan a code of an item,
(ii) when the thumb of the hand of the user actuates a respective one of the plurality of the count buttons, send an instruction indicating that the item has a count of the predetermined number associated with the respective one of the plurality of count buttons, and
(iii) when the user actuates two or more of the plurality of count buttons simultaneously, send an instruction indicating that the item has a count equaling a sum of the predetermined numbers associated with the two or more of the plurality of count buttons actuated simultaneously, wherein the controller is configured to store a count value in an inventory database based on the count of the predetermined number and the count equaling the sum.