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Apparatus for the surveillance of an electronic security element in an interrogation zone

US5894270A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1997
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/2474
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for the surveillance of an electronic security element in an interrogation zone, comprising a transmitting device emitting at least one cyclic interrogation signal into the interrogation zone, with the interrogation signal causing the security element to deliver a characteristic signal, a receiving device receiving the characteristic signal, and a computing/control unit evaluating the signals received from the receive device and producing an alarm when the presence of the security element is established.

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