Combined article surveillance and product identification system
US5955951A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/5004
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combined article surveillance and product identification system is formed of conventional elements, of which some are modified. Included in the system are conventional EAS detection equipment, hard EAS tags with RFID circuitry installed in the hard tag enclosure, a tag detaching device modified to include product data reading and transaction data writing capabilities, and a point-of-sale terminal modified to interact with the detaching device. The point-of-sale terminal triggers operation of the detaching device to separate the hard tag from an article of merchandise in response to data read from the tag by the detaching device and relayed to the point-of-sale terminal.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.