Electronic article surveillance deactivator with multiple label detection and method thereof
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1. A method for determining a presence of multiple electronic article surveillance (“
- EAS”
) tags within an interrogation zone, the method comprising;
transmitting an electromagnetic pulse within an EAS interrogation zone to induce a response from at least one EAS tag placed within the interrogation zone;
receiving the response of the at least one EAS tag; and
determining a presence of more than one EAS tag by evaluating a frequency response curve corresponding to the response, determining a presence of more than one EAS tag includes determining that the frequency response curve contains more than one peak, and evaluating the frequency response curve corresponding to the response includes;
calculating a frequency peak separation between the more than one peaks; and
determining that the frequency peak separation is greater than a predetermined value.
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Abstract
A method and system for preventing simultaneous deactivation of multiple electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) tags. An RF pulse is transmitted within an EAS interrogation zone to induce a response from at least one EAS tag placed within the interrogation zone. The response of the at least one EAS tag is received. A presence of more than one EAS tag is determined by evaluating a frequency response curve corresponding to the response.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for determining a presence of multiple electronic article surveillance (“
- EAS”
) tags within an interrogation zone, the method comprising;transmitting an electromagnetic pulse within an EAS interrogation zone to induce a response from at least one EAS tag placed within the interrogation zone; receiving the response of the at least one EAS tag; and determining a presence of more than one EAS tag by evaluating a frequency response curve corresponding to the response, determining a presence of more than one EAS tag includes determining that the frequency response curve contains more than one peak, and evaluating the frequency response curve corresponding to the response includes; calculating a frequency peak separation between the more than one peaks; and determining that the frequency peak separation is greater than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic article surveillance (“
- EAS”
) tag deactivator for deactivating at least one EAS tag, the EAS tag deactivator comprising;a transceiver operable to; transmit an electromagnetic pulse within an EAS interrogation zone to induce a response from the at least one EAS tag placed within the interrogation zone; and receive the response of the at least one EAS tag; and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver, the controller operable to; determine a presence of more than one EAS tag by evaluating a frequency response curve corresponding to the response, determining a presence of more than one EAS tag includes determining that the frequency response curve contains more than one peak; calculate a frequency peak separation between the more than one peak; and determine that the frequency peak separation is greater than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A security system for preventing theft of merchandise, the security system comprising:
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a plurality of electronic article surveillance (“
EAS”
) tags; andan EAS tag deactivator operable to; transmit an electromagnetic pulse within an EAS interrogation zone to induce a response from at least one EAS tag placed within the interrogation zone; receive the response of the at least one EAS tag; determine that the response contains more than one peak in a frequency response curve corresponding to the response; and evaluate the frequency response curve of the response to determine a presence of more than one EAS tag, evaluating the frequency response curve of the response includes; calculating a frequency peak separation between the more than one peaks; and determining that the frequency peak separation is greater than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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