Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Seishi Namioka

Shin Kinouchi

Shinichi Sasagawa

Nobuyuki Ichimiya

Hideki Miyake

Toshitaka Toyomi

Hideki Arimoto

Noboyuki Ichimiya

An E.A.S. capable of surely detecting magnetic fluxes emitted from transmission antennas irrespective of the position of a reception coil within a tag attached to goods. In order to emit magnetic fluxes into an aisle through which customers pass, the system is equipped with at least two transmission antennas 1, 3. These transmission antennas 1, 3 are driven in a time-sharing way so as not to concurrently emit the magnetic fluxes.

Electronic article surveillance system

A portable anti-theft monitor comprises a case; a detection conductive wire led out of said case, having a loop portion; an engaging member provided in said case so as to freely get it in and out, for engaging by catching the loop portion of said detection conductive wire in a state in which it has been pressed in said case; and a locking member for locking said engaging member in the state in which said engaging member has been pressed into said case, and for being attracted by a magnet to be moved in the unlocking direction.

Portable wire loop anti theft alarm with magnetic unlocking

A signal transmission apparatus including a main unit having a signal transmission terminal, and one or more sub units (or repeaters) each having first and second signal transmission terminals. A loop connection line is provided between the main unit and a first sub unit, and additional loop connection lines are provided between subsequent pairs of sub units to convey signals from the main unit to each of the sub units, and from each of the sub units to the main unit. The main unit includes a controller, a signal generator for generating and sending a first signal to one of the sub units, and a signal processor for processing a second signal returned from one of the sub units in response to the first signal. Each of the sub units includes a controller, a destination signal determination section, and a signal transfer section for selectively capturing and transferring a signal according to its destination address.

Signal transmission apparatus

An alarm-equipped electronic article surveillance system which is easy to handle, which provides against the triggering of false alarm, and which reliably surveys articles of interest against theft. The system comprises a signal transmitter device located close to the gates of access to an area of interest, and a plurality of tags each attached to an article of merchandise under surveillance. The signal transmitter device includes a signal generator for generating a modulated signal by modulating a carrier frequency signal with a modulation signal, a signal transmitter for transmitting the modulated signal, and a transmitting antenna. The plurality of tags each include a receiving antenna, a signal receiver for selectively receiving the modulated signal, a frequency selector for selecting the modulation signal out of the modulated signal, an alarm generator operable for generating an output indicative of an alarm condition, and an alarm negator for negating the operation of the alarm generator.

Alarm-equipped electronic article surveillance system

An electronic article surveillance system includes a main apparatus; one or more relays connected to the main apparatus through cables; and one or more tags which are connected to the relays through cables. Each relay includes a resistance variation detecting section for successively detecting the resistance variation of one or more tags and for producing detection data; a data comparing section for comparing data prestored in memory with the detection data; a warning generating section for generating a warning when there is no coincidence in the comparison; and a tag surveillance operation stop section for stopping the warning generating operation for the subject relay or for a specific tag from among one or more the tags in response to an external control signal. An electronic article surveillance system is provided which is capable of selectively stopping the generation of the warning associated with the tag to be removed in situ when the tag is removed from the merchandise article for a proper reason.

E.A.S. system with selective disabling

An electronic surveillance apparatus with an alarm, including a signal transmitter for producing a transmission signal, a tag for generating an alarm when the transmission signal from the signal transmitter is received while the tag is in a warning operation state, and a tag controller, which is selectively coupled to the tag, for controlling the warning operation state of the tag. The tag includes a signal receiving section, a warning generating section, a plurality of external connection terminals, a voltage dividing circuit which is connected to the plurality of external connection terminals, and a warning generation control section which is connected between the voltage dividing circuit and the warning generating section. The tag controller includes a plurality of external leadout terminals for connection to the external connection terminals, and a voltage generating section for selectively supplying at high voltage exceeding a power supply voltage of the tag to the plurality of external leadout terminals. The tag includes a power battery source for generating the power supply voltage which is connected to one of the external connection terminals, and the tag controller includes a battery level detection circuit which is connectable to the external leadout terminal through an external leadout terminal.

Electronic article surveillance apparatus with an alarm

An E.A.S. system capable of immediately making a decision on a broken condition of a tag 2 itself or its connection cable 8 or a non-connected condition of the connection cable 8 to a repeating device 1 at start-up of the system. The system comprises the repeating device 1 and a tag 2 detachably coupled through the connection cable 8 to the repeating device 1. The repeating device 1 is equipped with a jack 3 having a plug receiver 3a, a fixed contact 3b and a movable contact 3c, a pull-up resistor 4 coupled between the movable contact 3c and a power supply 10, a connection section for connecting the fixed contact 3b and the plug receiver 3a with a ground point, and a tag condition detecting section (5 to 7) coupled to the movable contact 3c. The tag 2 incorporates an internal resistor 2a, and a double pole plug 9 is detachably connected through the connection cable 8 with the jack 3. When the double pole plug 9 is separated from the jack 3, the movable contact 3c comes into contact with the fixed contact 3b, and when it is inserted into the jack 3, the movable contact 3c is separated from the fixed contact 3b.

Self-checking cable type E.A.S. system

An antitheft security tag is used in combination with an article surveillance security system. The antitheft security tag comprises a tagging part to be tagged to an article, formed by looping a two-core cable having two insulated copper wires or the like, a connecting part formed out of a cable, to be connected to the article surveillance security system, a joining part for joining the tagging part to the connecting part, and a resistor contained in the joining part and connected in series to the wires of the two-core cable forming the tagging loop. One end of the connecting part to be connected to the article surveillance security system is provided with a connector to be connected to the article surveillance security system. The article surveillance security system monitors the resistance of the antitheft security tag for article surveillance and detects unauthorized tampering with the antitheft security tag through the detection of a change in the resistance of the antitheft security tag.

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Miyagi-ken, Japan

Seishi Namioka