A programmable data element queuing, handling, processing and linking device
integrated
into an object identification and attribute acquisition system operated in either
a singulated or non-singulated object transport environment. The programmable data
element queuing, handling, processing and linking device comprises a first data
element input unit, a second data element input unit, and a programmable data element
tracking and linking module. The first data element input unit receives object
identity data from an object identity data producing source embodied within the
object identification and attribute acquisition system. The second data element
input unit receives corresponding object attribute data from an object attribute
data producing source embodied within the object identification and attribute acquisition
system. The programmable data element tracking and linking module links (i) object
identity data to (ii) corresponding object attribute data to form a composite data
element, for use by a host system.
