Portable scanning device for scanning product item
First Claim
1. A portable scanning device for scanning a product item, the product item having visible information relating thereto and a plurality of tags disposed thereon, each tag encoding data on an identity of the product item and the location of the tag on the product item, the scanning device comprising:
- a depressible trigger for operation of the scanning device;
a sensor for sensing the data encoded by at least one tag by scanning the at least one tag with a moving sensing beam within a patch containing the product item and by scanning the patch with a moving sensing beam within a scan volume upon depression of the trigger; and
a processor for determining, from the sensed data, product identity data indicative of the identity of the product item and location data indicative of a location of said at least one tag on the product item.
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Abstract
A portable scanning device for scanning a product item is provided. The product item has visible information relating thereto and a plurality of tags disposed thereon. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the product item and the location of that tag on the product item. The scanning device has a sensor for sensing the data encoded by at least one tag, and a processor for determining, from the sensed data, product identity data indicative of the identity of the product item and location data indicative of a location of said at least one tag on the product item.
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6 Claims
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1. A portable scanning device for scanning a product item, the product item having visible information relating thereto and a plurality of tags disposed thereon, each tag encoding data on an identity of the product item and the location of the tag on the product item, the scanning device comprising:
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a depressible trigger for operation of the scanning device; a sensor for sensing the data encoded by at least one tag by scanning the at least one tag with a moving sensing beam within a patch containing the product item and by scanning the patch with a moving sensing beam within a scan volume upon depression of the trigger; and a processor for determining, from the sensed data, product identity data indicative of the identity of the product item and location data indicative of a location of said at least one tag on the product item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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