1. A method of operating an image based system, the method comprising: acquiring an image of an area in which a plurality of objects may reside; computationally analyzing the acquired image for a respective representation of any of the objects; based on the computational analysis of the acquired image, computationally determining a preferred action from a plurality of different possible non-object picking actions that cause movement of the objects in the area, if any, without physically picking any of the objects; and communicatively transmitting at least one signal to cause the determined preferred action to occur.