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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Tewe Hiepke Heemstra, Veldhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a first object () for theft detection of a second object (), the second object () being in pair with a third object () for securing the second object (), the first object () comprising: a detector () for detecting a second signal () of the second object () and a third signal () of the third object () when transmitted within a detection area () of the detector (), and providing a detector output (); a controller () for identifying, by processing the detector output (), a condition () indicating both (i) a pairing of the second signal () and the third signal (), and (ii) the second signal () moving out of the detection area () while the third signal () is not being detected within the detection area (), and performing a theft detection action () when the condition () is identified.