System and method for managing the unlocking of an anti-theft device
First Claim
1. A system for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, wherein the system comprises:
- an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions, a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, means for identifying the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, an unlocking device comprising an unlocking zone and unlocking means for unlocking, with respect to one another, said at least two elements of the identification device and freeing the article or its packaging of said identification device, means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device which are able, on the one hand, to be activated so as to prevent the unlocking of the identification device and, on the other hand, to be deactivated so as to permit the unlocking of the identification device, means for deciding deactivation or non-deactivation of the means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device as a function of the identification or of the absence of identification of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, wherein the means for preventing unlocking are mechanical means which prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, wherein the mechanical means for preventing unlocking comprise one or more mobile blocking members which are able to occupy, on the one hand, a deployed position preventing physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device and, on the other hand, a retracted position permitting physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, and wherein the system comprises blocking means which are able to block in a blocking position, in the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, said unlocked identification device or one of said at least two unlocked elements of said identification device, and, the blocking means comprise the mobile blocking member or members of the mechanical means for preventing unlocking, and wherein said system further comprising means for activating and deactivating the means for preventing unlocking, and the means for activating and deactivating the mobile blocking member or members comprise a mechanism for displacing the mobile blocking member or members, and wherein the displacement mechanism comprises a motor cooperating with a toothed wheel for driving the latter in rotation, a component mounted so as to be integral in rotation with the toothed wheel and comprising a contact portion, the mobile member or members cooperating by contact with the contact portion of said component by way of a cam so that the rotation of the wheel drives the displacement of the mobile blocking member or members.
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Abstract
A system for managing the unlocking of a device for identifying a commercial item includes at least two elements capable of assuming a locked position in which they enclose the article between them, and an unlocked position. The system includes a device for unlocking the identification device, elements for preventing unlocking, which are activated, and decision elements for deciding whether to deactivate or not deactivate the elements for preventing unlocking. The decision elements are capable of deciding on the basis of the identification or lack of identification of the association of the identification device and the commercial item to which the device is attached.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, wherein the system comprises:
- an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions, a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, means for identifying the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, an unlocking device comprising an unlocking zone and unlocking means for unlocking, with respect to one another, said at least two elements of the identification device and freeing the article or its packaging of said identification device, means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device which are able, on the one hand, to be activated so as to prevent the unlocking of the identification device and, on the other hand, to be deactivated so as to permit the unlocking of the identification device, means for deciding deactivation or non-deactivation of the means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device as a function of the identification or of the absence of identification of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, wherein the means for preventing unlocking are mechanical means which prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, wherein the mechanical means for preventing unlocking comprise one or more mobile blocking members which are able to occupy, on the one hand, a deployed position preventing physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device and, on the other hand, a retracted position permitting physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, and wherein the system comprises blocking means which are able to block in a blocking position, in the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, said unlocked identification device or one of said at least two unlocked elements of said identification device, and, the blocking means comprise the mobile blocking member or members of the mechanical means for preventing unlocking, and wherein said system further comprising means for activating and deactivating the means for preventing unlocking, and the means for activating and deactivating the mobile blocking member or members comprise a mechanism for displacing the mobile blocking member or members, and wherein the displacement mechanism comprises a motor cooperating with a toothed wheel for driving the latter in rotation, a component mounted so as to be integral in rotation with the toothed wheel and comprising a contact portion, the mobile member or members cooperating by contact with the contact portion of said component by way of a cam so that the rotation of the wheel drives the displacement of the mobile blocking member or members.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which, in a locked position, imprison between them the article or its packaging, characterized in that, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which it is fixed, the method comprises:
- preventing of unlocking, in an unlocking zone of an unlocking device, of said at least two elements of the identification device with respect to one another, wherein a means for preventing unlocking are mechanical means which prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, identifying of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, deciding of deactivation or non-deactivation of the prevention of the unlocking of the identification device and of freeing of the article or of its packaging as a function of the identification or of the absence of identification of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed engaging said mechanical means for preventing unlocking that has one or more mobile blocking members which are able to occupy, on the one hand, a deployed position to prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device and, on the other hand, a retracted position permitting physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, and engaging a blocking means to block, in its blocking position, in the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, the unlocked identification device or one of said at least two unlocked elements of said identification device, and, where the blocking means has the mobile blocking member or members of the mechanical means for preventing unlocking, and activating and deactivating the means for preventing unlocking using a means for activating and deactivating that has the mobile blocking member or members having a mechanism for displacing the mobile blocking member or members, and displacing the mobile blocking member or members with the displacement mechanism that has a motor cooperating with a toothed wheel for driving the latter in rotation, a component mounted so as to be integral in rotation with the toothed wheel and comprising a contact portion, the mobile member or members cooperating by contact with the contact portion of said component by way of a cam so that the rotation of the wheel drives the displacement of the mobile blocking member or members.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, wherein the system comprises:
- an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions, a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, means for identifying the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, an unlocking device comprising an unlocking zone and, in said zone;
unlocking means for unlocking, with respect to one another, said at least two elements of the identification device and freeing the article or its packaging of said identification device,blocking means which are able to be activated so as to block at least one of the two elements from being removed from the unlocking device, after unlocking of the latter with respect to one another and freeing of the article or of its packaging, said blocking means being able to be deactivated as a function of the realization of a predetermined condition wherein said at least two elements of the identification device are two separable elements which are able to be fixed to one another, on the one hand, in the locked position and, on the other hand, in said at least one unlocked position, wherein the blocking means are able to be deactivated or not as a function of the identification information borne by one of the two elements when the two separable elements are in said at least one unlocked position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions, a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, means for identifying the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, an unlocking device comprising an unlocking zone and, in said zone;
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20. A method for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions,
a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, wherein the method comprises: -
identifying of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, unlocking, in an unlocking zone of an unlocking device, of said at least two elements of the identification device with respect to one another and the freeing of the article or of its packaging of said identification device, wherein said at least two elements of the identification device are two separable elements which are able to be fixed to one another, on the one hand, in the locked position and, on the other hand, in said at least one unlocked position, blocking, in the unlocking zone, of at least one of the two elements after their unlocking and freeing of the article or of its packaging, preventing said at least one of the two elements from being removed from the unlocking device, deblocking of said blocked element of said at least one of the two elements as a function of the realization of a predetermined condition, wherein the blocking means are able to be deactivated or not as a function of the identification information borne by one of the two elements when the two separable elements are in said at least one unlocked position.
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21. A system for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, wherein the system comprises:
- an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which are displaceable with respect to one another between two positions, a locked position, in which said at least two elements imprison between them, in a locked manner under the action of a lock, the article or its packaging, and at least one unlocked position, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which said device is fixed, means for identifying the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, an unlocking device comprising an unlocking zone and unlocking means for unlocking, with respect to one another, said at least two elements of the identification device and freeing the article or its packaging of said identification device, means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device which are able, on the one hand, to be activated so as to prevent the unlocking of the identification device and, on the other hand, to be deactivated so as to permit the unlocking of the identification device, means for deciding deactivation or non-deactivation of the means for preventing the unlocking of the identification device as a function of the identification or of the absence of identification of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, wherein the means for preventing unlocking are mechanical means which prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, wherein the unlocking device comprises a mobile part surrounding the unlocking zone and which is able to occupy two positions, namely a high blocking position in which the mobile part is situated at a height above or equal to the height of the identification device or of one of said at least two elements disposed in said unlocking zone and a low deblocking position in which the mobile part is situated at a height below the height of the identification device or of the element disposed in said unlocking zone, and wherein the system comprises a mechanism for displacing the mobile part which is able to be activated as a function of a predetermined condition, and wherein the mechanism for displacing the mobile part comprises a motor cooperating with a toothed wheel for driving the latter in rotation, a component mounted so as to be integral in rotation with the toothed wheel and comprising a first cam, the mobile part comprising a second cam complementary to the first cam and cooperating with said component by way of the two cam so that the rotation of the wheel drives the vertical displacement of the mobile part from one position to the other.
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22. A method for managing the unlocking of an identification device of a packaged or unpackaged commercial article, the device comprising at least two elements which, in a locked position, imprison between them the article or its packaging, characterized in that, the identification device bearing information identifying said device and/or the commercial article to which it is fixed, the method comprises:
- preventing of the unlocking, in an unlocking zone of an unlocking device, of said at least two elements of the identification device with respect to one another, wherein a means for preventing unlocking are mechanical means which prevent physical access of the identification device to the unlocking zone of the unlocking device, identifying of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, deciding of deactivation or non-deactivation of the prevention of the unlocking of the identification device and of freeing of the article or of its packaging as a function of the identification or of the absence of identification of the association of the identification device and of the commercial article to which said device is fixed, engaging the unlocking device comprises a mobile part surrounding the unlocking zone and which is able to occupy two positions, namely a high blocking position in which the mobile part is situated at a height above or equal to the height of the identification device or of one of said at least two elements disposed in said unlocking zone and a low deblocking position in which the mobile part is situated at a height below the height of the identification device or of the element disposed in said unlocking zone, activating a mechanism for displacing the mobile part as a function of a predetermined condition, and vertically displacing the mobile part via a mechanism that comprises a motor cooperating with a toothed wheel for driving the latter in rotation, a component mounted so as to be integral in rotation with the toothed wheel and comprising a first cam, the mobile part comprising a second cam complementary to the first cam and cooperating with said component by way of the two cam so that the rotation of the wheel drives the vertical displacement of the mobile part from one position to the other.
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