SHOPPING RECEPTACLE FOR RECEIVING INTERACTIVE PRODUCT ITEMS
First Claim
1. A shopping receptacle for receiving a product item, the product item comprising an interface surface having a printed position-coding pattern containing coded data, said coded data identifying a plurality of position coordinates on the interface surface and an identity of the product item, wherein the receptacle comprises:
- (a) a receptacle body adapted to receive and retain the product item and having an opening through which the product item may be placed within the receptacle body; and
,(b) a sensing device configured to;
(i) emit at least one scanning beam across the opening of the receptacle body;
(ii) sense coded data from at least part of the position-coding pattern as the product item is positioned in the receptacle opening; and
(iii) generate, using the sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of at least one position coordinate on the interface surface and of the identity of the product item.
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Abstract
A shopping receptacle for receiving a product item. The product item comprises an interface surface a position-coding pattern containing coded data is printed on the interface surface. The coded data identifies a plurality of position coordinates on the interface surface and an identity of the product item. The receptacle comprises: a receptacle body and an opening through which the product item is placed within the receptacle body. A sensing device is positioned for scanning product items as they are placed through the opening. The sensing device emits a scanning beam across the opening of the receptacle body and generates, using sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of a position coordinate on the interface surface and the identity of the product item.
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1. A shopping receptacle for receiving a product item, the product item comprising an interface surface having a printed position-coding pattern containing coded data, said coded data identifying a plurality of position coordinates on the interface surface and an identity of the product item, wherein the receptacle comprises:
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(a) a receptacle body adapted to receive and retain the product item and having an opening through which the product item may be placed within the receptacle body; and
,(b) a sensing device configured to; (i) emit at least one scanning beam across the opening of the receptacle body; (ii) sense coded data from at least part of the position-coding pattern as the product item is positioned in the receptacle opening; and (iii) generate, using the sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of at least one position coordinate on the interface surface and of the identity of the product item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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