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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Larry Canipe, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Marco Paez, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
A system to non-invasively interface a POS reader/scanner to an EAS tag deactivator is provided and includes a reader for reading indicia, such as a bar code, associated with an article. The system is non-invasive because the integrity of the POS reader is not violated by the interface. The POS reader generates a signal to indicate a successful read of the indicia associated with the article. A sensor senses the signal produced by the POS reader and generates an output signal. An EAS tag deactivator is connected to the sensor. The sensor output signal triggers the EAS tag deactivator, which will remain energized for a preselectable period of time to deactivate an EAS tag associated with the article.