System and workstation for, and method of, deterring theft of a product associated with a target to be electro-optically read
US10249160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Successive products associated with targets to be electro-optically read are swiped, in their respective turns, past a window in a point-of-transaction workstation. A motion detector detects movement of each product. A reader electro-optically reads a target associated with each moving product. If the target associated with each moving product has not been read, then this event is deemed suspicious, and the event is flagged for a security investigation designed to deter product theft by sweethearting.
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