A laser scanning device adapted to scan an interface surface provided on a
product item, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein
coded data which includes, at a plurality of locations on the interface
surface, a corresponding plurality of coded data portions, each coded
data portion being indicative of an identity of the product item, the
product item being provided in a sensing region, the scanning device
including: a laser for emitting at least one scanning beam, the scanning
beam being directed in first and second orthogonal directions to thereby
generate a raster scan pattern over a scanning patch, the scanning patch
being provided in the sensing region such that it exposes at least one
coded data portion; a sensor for sensing the at least one exposed coded
data portion; and a processor for determining, using at least some of the
sensed coded data, product identity data indicative of the identity of
the product item.