公开(公告)号：US20190138864A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16094194

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: Thin Film Electronics ASA

Inventor： Paul REYLAND ,  Alex CHANDLER

IPC: G06K19/04 ,  G06K19/077 ,  G09F3/03

Abstract: A smart label including a communication device and a continuity sensor, and methods of manufacturing and using the same, are disclosed. The smart label includes a substrate having a preferential tearing direction, an antenna or display, an integrated circuit, and a sensing line configured to sense or determine a continuity state of a container on which the communication device is placed or to which the communication device is fixed or adhered. The sensing line has at least one section oriented perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the preferential tearing direction of the substrate. The antenna is configured to receive a first wireless signal and/or transmit or broadcast a second wireless signal. The communication device (or integrated circuit) may further include a receiver and/or transmitter, in which case the integrated circuit may be configured to process the first wireless signal and/or information therefrom and/or generate the second wireless signal and/or information therefor. Alternatively, the smart label may include a display (and optionally a battery) instead of the antenna. The display may be configured to display the continuity state of the container.