Patent ID: 7099070
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G01S,G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A data input product adapted to work with an information system, the product comprising: a first coded data source, the first coded data source representing first data; first light from the first coded data source, the first light representing the first data; a first imager, the first imager being signal connected with the information system, the first imager having a first field of view, the first field of view extending along a first triad of orthogonal axes, the first field of view overlapping the first coded data source; a first signal, the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first light from the first coded data source, the first signal being input to the information system, the first signal representing the first light; a computer-readable signal-bearing medium, the medium being signal connected with the information system, the medium having a use component, the use component causing at least part of the first data to be made available to a first application operated by the information system, when the first data specifies the first application.