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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Douglas A. Narlow, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Gary M. Shafer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Hubert A. Patterson, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin Romer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Douglas A. Narlow, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Gary M. Shafer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Hubert A. Patterson, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin Romer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method to combine radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers into a single device are described wherein a first selection signal is sent to switch a first switch to a first state to connect a receiver to a first antenna in order to detect a first type of security tag in a first operating mode and a second selection signal is sent to switch the first switch to a second state to connect the receiver to a second antenna to detect a second type of security tag in a second operating mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.