Arrangement and method for fitting rooms

• US 10,262,512 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mariella Labels Oy
• Original Assignee: Mariella Labels Oy
• Inventors: Sundholm, Goran, Arra, Minna, Virnes, Jenni
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Tanmay
• Application Number:
  US15/523,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 3405724
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/12 Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1266 Cubicles for dressing; Toilets
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/08 operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices with electromagnetic waves G01V3/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0702 the arrangement including a battery
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07722 the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets flat articles in general, see B32B37/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10 by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10415 the interrogation device being fixed in its position, such as an access control device for reading wireless access cards, or a wireless ATM banking machines in general G07F19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2417 having a radio frequency identification chip
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/248 EAS system combined with another detection technology, e.g. dual EAS and video or other presence detection system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2485 Simultaneous detection of multiple EAS tags

Abstract

An arrangement and method for fitting rooms and/or fitting areas. The arrangement includes detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person to/from a fitting room and/or fitting area and for detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels. The method includes detecting entrance or presence of a person to a fitting room and/or fitting area, detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area after the entrance of a person to the fitting room and/or fitting area detecting departure of a person from a fitting room and/or fitting area and detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area after departure of the person.

Claims

1. An arrangement for fitting rooms and/or fitting areas, comprising:

a first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person to/from a fitting room and/or fitting area and second sensor for detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area,

wherein the arrangement is configured to;

detect entrance or presence of a person to the fitting room and/or to fitting area,

detect presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or the fitting area after the entrance of a person to the fitting room and/or fitting area,

detect departure of a person from a fitting room and/or fitting area, and

detect presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area after departure of the person,

wherein the first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person comprises at least one sensor for detecting presence and/or movement of a person at certain area, and

wherein the first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person is a movement sensor, an infrared sensor, a planar sensor and/or a floor sensor.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the arrangement is further configured to compare the number of detected remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels to the measurement made after entrance of a person to the fitting room and/or fitting area.

3. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the arrangement is further configured to perform a notification or an alarm if number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels is higher after the person has left the fitting room and/or fitting area than it was when the person was in the fitting room and/or fitting area.

4. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the arrangement is further configured to perform a notification or an alarm if the persons leaves the fitting room and/or fitting area but the remotely readable identification tag, the electronic surveillance tag or the electronic price label can be still detected from the fitting room and/or fitting area.

5. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the remotely readable identification tag, the electronic article surveillance tag and/or electronic label is radio frequency tag such as an RFID-tag.

6. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the second sensor for detecting presence and/or number of a remotely readable identification tag, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels is a gate detector, radio frequency tag reader such as an RFID-tag reader or an RFID-gate.

7. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the arrangement is configured to identify a product to which remotely readable identification tag, electronic article surveillance tag and/or electronic price label is attached.

8. An electronic article surveillance system wherein it comprises an arrangement according to claim 1.

9. An electronic price label system wherein it comprises an arrangement according to claim 1.

10. An electronic price label system according to claim 9 wherein it further comprises an electronic article surveillance system.

18. An electronic article surveillance system according to claim 8 wherein it further comprises an electronic price label system.

11. A method for detecting electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in fitting room and/or fitting area with an arrangement, wherein

the arrangement comprises a first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person to/from a fitting room and/or fitting area and a second sensor for detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in fitting room and/or fitting area, wherein in the method comprises:

detecting entrance or presence of a person to a fitting room and/or fitting area,

detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area after the entrance of a person to the fitting room and/or fitting area,

detecting departure of a person from a fitting room and/or fitting area, and

detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels in the fitting room and/or fitting area after departure of the person,

wherein the first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person comprises at least one sensor which detects presence and/or movement of a person at certain area, and

wherein first sensor for detecting arrival, departure and/or presence of a person is a movement sensor, an infrared sensor, a planar sensor and/or a floor sensor.

12. A method according to claim 11 wherein the arrangement is further configured to compare the number of detected remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels to the measurement made after entrance of a person to the fitting room and/or fitting area.

13. A method according to claim 11 wherein the arrangement is further configured to perform a notification or an alarm if number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels is higher after the person has left the fitting room and/or fitting area than it was when the person was in the fitting room and/or fitting area.

14. A method according to claim 11 wherein the arrangement is further configured to perform a notification or an alarm if the persons leaves the fitting room and/or fitting area but remotely readable identification tags, electronic surveillance tag or electronic price label can be still detected from the fitting room and/or fitting area.

15. A method according to claim 11 wherein the remotely readable identification tag, the electronic article surveillance tag and/or the electronic label is radio frequency tag such as an RFID-tag.

16. A method according to claim 11 wherein the second sensor for detecting presence and/or number of remotely readable identification tags, electronic article surveillance tags and/or electronic price labels is a gate detector, radio frequency tag reader such as an RFID-tag reader or an RFID-gate.

17. A method according to claim 11 wherein the method further comprises identifying a product to which remotely readable identification tag, electronic article surveillance tag and/or electronic price label is attached.