Barcode scanner: Difference between revisions

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A barcode scanner is the device that reads a barcode. This will usually be required to trigger the Consumerium buying signal at the retail shelf or checkout counter. Supporting it is the most basic of our hardware requirements and software requirements.

Barcode scanner devices exist in many forms, some of which are quite cheap, and others of which are quite small and portable. They are easily battery operated. The smallest are infrared contact devices, similar to those used in checkout counters, worn on the finger - the scanner ring that anyone can wear innocuously. This might provide an advantage in meeting certain performance requirements.

See scan barcode for the only thing we need to do with these devices.

The mobile device code to integrate these with another body-worn device, communications networks and the rest of the healthy buying infrastructure will typically have to run on Symbian or another mobile OS. Python support for these devices is the most likely integration path - see software requirements.

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+A '''barcode scanner''' is the device that reads a [[barcode]].  ''This will usually be required to trigger the [[Consumerium buying signal]] at the [[retail shelf]] or [[checkout counter]].  Supporting it is the most basic of our [[hardware requirements]] and [[software requirements]].''
+'''Barcode scanner''' devices exist in many forms, some of which are quite cheap, and others of which are quite small and portable.  They are easily [[battery]] operated.  The smallest are infrared contact devices, similar to those used in [[checkout counter]]s, worn on the finger - the [[scanner ring]] that anyone can wear innocuously.  ''This might provide an advantage in meeting certain [[performance requirements]].''
 ''See [[scan barcode]] for the only thing we need to do with these devices.''
-'''Barcode scanner''' devices exist in many forms, some of which are quite cheap, and others of which are quite small and portable.  The smallest are infrared contact devices, similar to those used in [[checkout counter]]s, worn on a ring.  All of them read [[barcode]]s.
+:The [[mobile device code]] to integrate these with another body-[[worn device]], communications networks and the rest of the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] will typically have to run on [[Symbian]] or another [[mobile OS]].  ''[[Python]] support for these devices is the most likely integration path - see [[software requirements]].''
-The [[mobile device code]] to integrate these with another body-[[worn device]], communications networks and the rest of the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] will typically have to run on [[Symbian]] or another [[mobile OS]].  [[Python]] support for these devices is the most likely integration path - see [[software requirements]].