Patent ID: 7878408

Claim:
A reading device for reading an interface surface provided on a product item, the interface surface having disposed thereon coded data, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the product item, the reading device including: a housing including a void configured to receive a finger tip portion of a finger of a user's hand, the housing further including an aperture in a wall of the housing which is located, in use, adjacent the underside of the finger tip portion of the finger; a radiation source provided in the housing for illuminating the interface surface through the aperture, the radiation source being strobed; a sensor provided in the housing for sensing at least some of the coded data through the aperture in a direction towards the underside of the finger, the sensing of coded data being synchronised with the strobing of the radiation source; and a processor for decoding at least some of the sensed coded data, and for determining product identity data indicative of the identity of the product item.