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Electronic article surveillance system with enhanced geometric arrangement

US5459451A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateMar 11, 1994
Grant dateOct 17, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q21/29
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic article surveillance system for detecting articles carrying or containing magnetically responsive markers is disclosed, which system comprises a transmitting antenna in the form of a large loop of current-carrying material through which the articles are passed, and one or more receiving antenna units, which detect the electromagnetic response of the markers to an interrogating electromagnetic field generated by the transmitting antenna.

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