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Commodity information management system

US6719202B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1999
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/246
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A commodity information management system including a deactivator for deactivating a security tag activated and attached to a commodity after a barcode is read by a reader, a magnetic detector for detecting magnetism of the security tag having been deactivated by the deactivator, and a control section for sending the result of detection by the magnetic detector to an operator with an LED and a speaker. The operator recognizes whether the security of the security tag is released or not according to the light through the LED and sound by the speaker.

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