MULTI-TECHNOLOGY TRANSPONDER AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A security tag, comprising:
- a tack assembly including a tack head having a elongate pin portion extending therefrom, one or more portions of the elongate pin being formed from a conductive material to provide one or more discrete conductive segments, the tack head further comprising one or more electronic components disposed therein, the one or more electronic components being coupled, via one or more electronic circuits disposed in the tack head, to at least one of the one or more conductive segments of the elongate pin; and
a tag body, the tag body having disposed therein one or more electronic components coupled to at least one electrical circuit within the tag body, the tag body further comprising an aperture configured to receive a portion of the elongate pin in a locking arrangement in which the elongate pin is inserted into an interior cavity of the tag body, the electrical circuit in the tag body being configured to align and electrically couple with the one more conductive segments of the elongate pin when the elongate pin is inserted into the tag body.
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Abstract
A security tag includes a tag body and a cooperating tack assembly having a tack head and an elongated pin extending from the tack head, with the pin being insertable into the tag body to secure an article therebetween. One or more electronic components and associated electrical circuits, including wireless communications modules and various types of sensors, are disposed in both the tack head and tag body. The tack head includes a battery and an energy harvesting circuit. The tack head pin has one or more discrete conductive segments which, when the pin is inserted into the tag body, electrically couple with electrical circuits disposed in the tag body, thus allowing the components in the tag body to be powered at least in part by the battery and/or the energy harvesting circuit disposed in the tack head. Methods for operating the tag to perform security functions are also disclosed.
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1. A security tag, comprising:
a tack assembly including a tack head having a elongate pin portion extending therefrom, one or more portions of the elongate pin being formed from a conductive material to provide one or more discrete conductive segments, the tack head further comprising one or more electronic components disposed therein, the one or more electronic components being coupled, via one or more electronic circuits disposed in the tack head, to at least one of the one or more conductive segments of the elongate pin; and a tag body, the tag body having disposed therein one or more electronic components coupled to at least one electrical circuit within the tag body, the tag body further comprising an aperture configured to receive a portion of the elongate pin in a locking arrangement in which the elongate pin is inserted into an interior cavity of the tag body, the electrical circuit in the tag body being configured to align and electrically couple with the one more conductive segments of the elongate pin when the elongate pin is inserted into the tag body. - 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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