摘要:
A marker for use in a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system is described. The EAS marker includes at least one resonator, a housing configured to provide a cavity for vibration of the at least one resonator, a first, magnetized, biasing element configured to provide a biasing magnetic field for the at least one resonator, and a second, non-magnetized, biasing element.
摘要:
A deactivation apparatus for an electronic article surveillance tag having a plurality of layers and an equivalent resonant circuit containing an inductor and a capacitor is provided. The apparatus includes: a capacitor formed by a pair of conductive capacitor plates separated apart by a dielectric layer; an inductor connected to each of the pair of capacitor plates where an electromagnetic field of a preselected frequency at a first magnitude impinging upon the tag causes the equivalent resonant circuit to resonate and produce a detectable response from the tag; and, an electrically weakened area in the dielectric layer between the pair of conductive capacitor plates where the electromagnetic field at a second magnitude higher than the first magnitude impinging upon the tag causes a conductive path through the weakened area electrically connecting the pair of capacitor plates together and deactivating the tag.
摘要:
A method to power a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader to increase multitag reading capability and increase the reading range of a passive tag without maximizing the continuous transmitted power level is provided. The RFID reader transmits a pulsed interrogation signal until an RFID tag response is received, and then switches to a continuous and pulsed power scheme. The continuous power emitted maintains the power supplied to the RFID tags so the tags will not reset due to loss of power. The pulsed signal permits reading the tags at longer ranges, especially when there is a plurality of tags in the area.
摘要:
An electronic article surveillance (EAS) system and method utilizing two transmitted signals to generate and detect a marker signal is provided. The first signal is set at or near the resonance of the marker so its energy can be transmitted and stored in the marker. The second signal is a low frequency magnetic field that changes the resonant frequency of the marker. Because the marker's resonant frequency is constantly varying in repsonse to the low frequency magnetic field, the marker's response to the first transmitted signal also changes. As a result, the marker performs a modulation on the first transmitted signal. Detection of a sideband of the modulated signal indicates the presence of the marker within an interrogation zone formed by the two transmitted signals. Multiple interrogation zones can be implemented by transmitting multiple low frequency signals, one low frequency signal for each interrogation zone.
摘要:
The invention is directed to a security element (3) for the electronic surveillance of articles. The object underlying the invention is to propose a security element that is detecting by surveillance system (S1, S2) operating in different frequency ranges (F1, F2). According to an embodiment of the security element of the invention, this object is accomplished by the following features: it is comprised of at least two materials (1; 2) of high permeability which, when excited by an external alternating magnetic field (H), emit each a characteristic signal (signal 1; signal 2); the maximum signal components of the two materials (1; 2) lie in different frequency ranges (F1; F2); and the signal components of the one material (1; 2) are negligibly low in that particular frequency range (F2; F1) in which the signal component of the other material (2; 1) is at a maximum lever.
摘要:
An apparatus for data communication and deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag comprising an antenna (54) for communicating with a transponder located within a predetermined area and a deactivation coil (52) for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag located within the predetermined area.
摘要:
A multi-bit electronic article surveillance marker (10'') includes an antenna circuit (22) and is powered by an interrogation field generated by EAS detection equipment (8) and received by the marker's antenna circuit (22). The marker generates a multi-bit signal by selectively disturbing the interrogation field. The disturbances may be created by selectively short circuiting the marker's antenna circuit (22). All of the marker circuitry, including a coil (14'') that is part of the antenna circuitry (22), may be provided as circuit elements formed on a semiconductor integrated circuit substrate (20).
摘要:
A system, apparatus, and method to combine radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers into a single device are described. Other embodiments are described and claimed.