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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
John Jay Clark, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
David Buchanan Fallin, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Scott Alan Tribbey, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Joseph P. Cossette, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
John Jay Clark, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
David Buchanan Fallin, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Scott Alan Tribbey, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Joseph P. Cossette, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Tyco Fire & Security Services GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A portable, cordless hand-held device for locating an active electronic article surveillance (EAS) device, managing the activation/deactivation status of the EAS device and logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device. The device includes an EAS detector for detecting the presence of an EAS tag or label, a state manipulator for manipulating the activation/deactivation state of the detected active EAS label, at least one data capture device for capturing data related to the alarm event, and a memory for storage of the captured data.