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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Mark Pikkarainen, New Brighton, MN (US);
Bradford Beale, New Brighton, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Pikkarainen, New Brighton, MN (US);
Bradford Beale, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Comtrol Corporation, New Brighton, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/18 (2006.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G08B 26/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 13/181 (2006.01); G08B 13/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/181 (2013.01); G08B 13/248 (2013.01); G08B 13/2494 (2013.01); G08B 13/183 (2013.01); G08B 13/2454 (2013.01);
Abstract
A theft prevention system includes an RFID reader configured to read an RFID tag to authenticate access to a predefined area, a laser scanner configured to scan the predefined area and detect an object in the predefined area, and a security component configured to initiate a security action when the detected object is at least one of an unauthenticated object and an unauthorized object.