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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Applicants:
P. Daniel Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeff David Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
P. Daniel Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeff David Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A merchandise security tag device for use in a merchandise monitoring system is provided. The merchandise security tag device may be configured to display at least one predetermined optical validation image in response to a signal received from a validation scanning process of the merchandise monitoring system. The validation scanning process may verify that the article of merchandise has been paid for by the customer. The optical validation image may be within the visible spectrum and may be verified by a store employee.