ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,250, issued on May 6, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Data capture device" was invented by Sunghun Lim (Bethpage, N.Y.), JaeHo Choi (Whitestone, N.Y.), Curt D. Croley (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and Chandra M. Nair (Mount Sinai, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data capture device includes: a primary housing supporting a data capture assembly and having inner and outer surfaces joined by a perimeter wall; and a mounting accessory coupled to the inner surface. The mounting accessory mounts the device on an operator index finger in either of: a side-mounted mode in which the primary housing is between the i...