Patent ID: 7267273

Claim:
A packing system comprising: a first object to be packed, said object comprising an interface surface having a plurality of tags printed thereon, each tag containing coded data identifying the object; and a sensing device comprising: (a) an optical sensor for sensing at least one tag; (b) a processor for generating, using the sensed tag, indicating data identifying the object and at least one of: (i) a position of the sensed tag; (ii) a position of the sensing device relative to the interface surface; (iii) an orientation of the sensed tag; and, (iv) an orientation of the sensing device relative to the interface surface; and, (c) means for transferring the indicating data to at least one of: (i) a packing device which is responsive to the indicating data to pack the object; (ii) a computer system which is responsive to the indicating data to cause a packing device to pack the object; and, (iii) a packing device which is responsive to the indicating data to determine the orientation of the object.