Sensormatic Electronics Corporation

Tyco Fire & Security Services Gmbh

Joseph P Cossette

John J Clark

David Buchanan Fallin

Scott Alan Tribbey

A portable, cordless hand-held device for locating an active electronic article surveillance (EAS) device, managing the activation/deactivation status of the EAS device and logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device. The device includes an EAS detector for detecting the presence of an EAS tag or label, a state manipulator for manipulating the activation/deactivation state of the detected active EAS label, at least one data capture device for capturing data related to the alarm event, and a memory for storage of the captured data.

Handheld electronic article surveillance (EAS) device detector/deactivator with integrated data capture system

A people counting system including: a first people counting data collection unit configured to store a first set of people count data; and a second people counting data collection unit configured to store a second set of people count data. The first people counting data collection unit is configured for bi-directional communication with the second people counting data collection unit to facilitate access of people count data from either collection unit. A method monitoring a count of people traversing at least first and second passageways is also provided.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States of America

Joseph P Cossette