Interfering signal rejection circuitry and electronic article surveillance system and method employing same
First Claim
1. In combination, in a system for receiving input signals having content of a first frequency of interest in the background of content of a second frequency of interfering nature, and for processing said input signals:
- (a) first circuit means for providing an identifier signal indicative of said second frequency;
(b) second circuit means for receiving said input signals, for delaying said input signals for a time period, and for combining said input signals and such delayed input signals; and
(c) third circuit means responsive to said identifier signals for establishing said time period for said second circuit means.
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Abstract
A control arrangement both interrelates the frequency of transmitted signals to an interfering frequency and effects received signal processing also with relation to the interfering frequency in reaching enhanced insensitivity to undesired content of received signals. In particular respect of interference arising in an EAS system in relation to the local power frequency, the invention looks to a control arrangement which both interrelates the frequency of the transmitted signals to the local power frequency and effects received signal processing with relation to the local power frequency in reaching enhanced insensitivity to undesired content of received signals.
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47 Claims
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1. In combination, in a system for receiving input signals having content of a first frequency of interest in the background of content of a second frequency of interfering nature, and for processing said input signals:
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(a) first circuit means for providing an identifier signal indicative of said second frequency; (b) second circuit means for receiving said input signals, for delaying said input signals for a time period, and for combining said input signals and such delayed input signals; and (c) third circuit means responsive to said identifier signals for establishing said time period for said second circuit means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for processing signals returned from objects in the vicinity of a controlled zone responsively to incidence thereon of signals transmitted therein at a first frequency by a transmitter supplied with local power at a second frequency, said system comprising:
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(a) first circuit means for receiving such returned signals, delaying said returned signals for a time period, and combining said returned signals and such delayed returned signals to provide such processed signals; and (b) second circuit means responsive to signals indicative of said second frequency for establishing both said time period for said first circuitry and said first frequency for said transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. In a method for EAS detection of EAS tags by the use of locally available electrical power, the steps of:
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(a) establishing first signals at a frequency of N, where N is an integral multiple of the frequency of said locally available electrical power; (b) establishing second signals at a frequency of N/M, where M is an integer less than N and transmitting said second signals into a zone to be subjected to EAS detection; (c) receiving signals comprising returns responsive to such transmission in said zone from EAS tags and other objects therein; (d) delaying such received signals by a period related to the period of said locally available electrical power to provide delayed received signals; and (e) combining said received signals with said delayed received signals.
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33. In a method for EAS detection of EAS tags by the use of locally available electrical power to effect signal transmission into a controlled zone, the steps of:
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(a) interrelating the frequency of the transmitted signals to the local power frequency in predetermined manner; (b) receiving signals returned from EAS tags and other objects in said zone responsively to the transmitted signals; (c) processing such received signals by delaying the same by a time delay related to said local power frequency and combining received signals and delayed received signals. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. In combination:
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(a) a system for processing signals returned from objects in the vicinity of a controlled zone responsively to incidence thereon of signals transmitted therein at a first frequency by a transmitter supplied with local power at a second frequency, said system comprising; (1) first circuit means for receiving such returned signals, delaying said returned signals for a time period, and combining said returned signals and such delayed returned signals to provide such processed signals; (2) second circuit means responsive to signals indicative of said second frequency for establishing both said time period for said first circuitry and said first frequency for said transmitter; (b) receiver means for receiving said processed signals and for examining the same for harmonic content related to said first frequency and generating an alarm activating output signal upon detection of preselected such harmonic content in said processed signals; and (c) alarm means responsive to said alarm activating output signal to provide alarm indication. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for EAS detection of EAS tags by the use of locally available electrical power, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing first signals at a frequency of N, where N is an integral multiple of the frequency of said locally available electrical power; (b) establishing second signals at a frequency of N/M, where M is an integer less than N and transmitting said second signals into a zone to be subjected to EAS detection; (c) receiving signals comprising returns responsive to such transmission in said zone from EAS tags and other objects therein; (d) delaying such received signals by a period related to the period of said locally available electrical power to provide delayed received signals; (e) combining said received signals with said delayed received signals to provide processed signals; and (f) examining said processed signals for harmonic content related to said first frequency and generating an alarm activating output signal upon detection of preselected harmonic content in said processed signals.
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44. A method for EAS detection of EAS tags by the use of locally available electrical power to effect signal transmission into a controlled zone, comprising the steps of:
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(a) interrelating the frequency of the transmitted signals to the local power frequency in predetermined manner; (b) receiving signals returned from EAS tags and other objects in said zone responsively to the transmitted signals; (c) processing such received signals by delaying the same by a time delay related to said local power frequency and combining received signals and delayed received signals to provide processed signals; and (d) examining said processed signals for harmonic content related to said first frequency and generating an alarm activating output signal upon detection of preselected harmonic content in said processed signals. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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