9 Apparatus for recording and reproduction of images or sound; data processing equipment, namely digital signal processors; electrical apparatus and instruments, namely cash collection and dispensing devices, namely cash registers, automatic cash dispensers, automatic cash collection machines, namely cash registers; automatic cheque collection machines, namely automated teller machines; bar code scanners, RFID, radio frequency identification device, readers; container return systems consisting of a collecting unit, namely computer hardware, an image recognition unit and transport devices, namely telecommunications and data networking hardware, namely devices, for transporting and aggregating voice, data and video communications across multiple network infrastructure and communications protocols; bottle return systems consisting of a collecting unit, an image recognition unit and transport devices, namely reverse vending machines; electronic cash registers, self-service cash register systems consisting of a product recording unit and a payment unit; remote controlled price display modules for product shelves; multi-functional computer terminals; postal terminals, namely parcel terminals; automatic stamp machines, automatic post dispatching machines; ticket validation terminals, automatic dispensing machines, automatic vending machines; printer; computers; card reading devices; personal identification equipment, namely iris scanners, finger print scanners; computer terminals equipped with card readers, keyboards, printers, touch screens, loudspeakers, liquid crystal displays, Internet connections; computer programmes for use in database management; computer software, namely open object-oriented software technologies for use in database management, computer software for controlling and operating various user equipment such as computer terminals, automatic cash dispensers, automatic cash collection machines, automatic cheque collection machines, postal terminals, automatic stamp machines, automatic post dispatching machines, automatic vending machines, self-service equipment, electronic cash registers, self-service cash register systems, container return systems, bottle return systems, printers, multi-functional terminals with payment functions