ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE TAG
First Claim
1. An anti-theft tag, comprising:
- a housing comprised of a first piece and a second piece movably coupled with one another, forming an enclosure; and
a marker accommodated within the housing.
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Abstract
A housing comprised of substantially arced configured first and second pieces pivotally coupled with one another to form an enclosure that defines a substantially circular-cylindrical hole for encompassing and securing an article therein. The housing includes a magnetic switch for resetting an internal alarm system of the EAS alarm tag to OFF, an interlocking sensor switch and an auxiliary sensor switch for arming the EAS alarm tag. When both the interlock sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch are closed, the internal alarm system of the EAS alarm tag is armed and set to ON, and if any one of the interlocking sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch is tampered, an alarm (external the EAS alarm tag and or) of the EAS alarm tag is triggered.
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24 Claims
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1. An anti-theft tag, comprising:
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a housing comprised of a first piece and a second piece movably coupled with one another, forming an enclosure; and a marker accommodated within the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An alarm system of EAS an alarm tag, comprising:
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a magnetic switch for resetting the alarm system of the EAS alarm tag to OFF; an interlocking sensor switch for arming the EAS alarm tag; and a auxiliary sensor switch for arming the EAS alarm tag; wherein when both the interlock sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch are closed, the alarm system of the EAS alarm tag is armed and set to ON; and wherein if the any one of the interlocking sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch is tampered, the alarm of the EAS alarm tag is triggered. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method for power management of an alarm, comprising:
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providing input signals and determining if the input signals meet a predetermined condition; if the input signals do not meet the predetermined condition, generating a low power mode operational signal to thereby reduce power usage; if the input signals do meet the predetermined condition, then determining if a supplied power is greater than a first threshold; if the supplied power is not greater then the first threshold, ceasing the operation of the alarm;
otherwise, determining if supplied power is greater than a second threshold;if the supplied power is not greater than a second threshold, outputting a low power supply indicator and arming the alarm;
otherwise, generating indicators that the alarm is armed. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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