Patent attributes
A sensing device for sensing a product item provided in a sensing region, wherein the product item includes an interface surface having disposed thereon at least one of:(a) coded data which includes, at a plurality of locations on the interface surface, a corresponding plurality of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the product item; and,(b) a barcode which encodes an identifier; the sensing device including:(i) a coded data sensor for sensing at least one coded data portion;(ii) a barcode sensor for sensing the barcode;(iii) a processor for generating identity data indicative of the identity of the product item using at least one of:(1) the at least one sensed coded data portion; and,(2) the barcode;(c) a communicator for transferring the indicating data to a computer system.
