Patent ID: 7000840

Claim:
A dual mode data imaging product comprising: an imager, the imager having a field of view, the field of view extending in each of three orthogonal directions; a locator, the locator being in the field of view; locate light, the locate light being from the locator; a locate light property, the locate light property having a preset value, the locate light having the locate light property; a code region, the code region corresponding to the locator; code, the code being in the code region; code light, the code light being in a radio frequency portion of an electromagnetic radiation spectrum, the code light being from the code region, the code light representing the code; a locate mode of the imager, the locate mode detecting the locate light, the locate mode detecting the locate light property, the locate light property and the preset value of the locate light property having been devised so that properties of light not from the locator detected by the locate mode do not match the preset value of the locate light property; a react mode of the imager comprising a directional antenna, the react mode being caused by the locate mode to select code light over light not from the code region and to detect the code light when the locate light property detected by the locate mode matches the preset value; and a code signal, the code signal being output by the react mode, and the code signal representing the code.