1. A bar code reader for reading bar codes and determining a feature of a target object not having a bar code affixed thereto, the bar code reader comprising: a housing including one or more transparent windows and defining a housing interior region, a target object being swiped or presented in relation to the transparent windows for imaging a target object; a camera having an image capture sensor array positioned within the housing interior region for capturing an image of a bar code within a camera field of view; and an image processing system comprising a processor for decoding a bar code carried by the target object or in the absence of a bar code, determining a feature of the target object from images captured by the imaging system.