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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
T-ink, Inc., New York, NY (US);
John Gentile, Montclair, NJ (US);
Terrance Z. Kaiserman, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Steven Martin Cohen, New York, NY (US);
Daniel P. Lawrence, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
T+Ink, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying one or more objects hung from a display peg are described herein. The system may include a display peg comprising a first and second electrically conductive terminal. An object comprising a resistive element having a preselected resistance may be hung from the display peg such that the resistive element is in electrical communication with the terminals. A source may be configured to provide a current that flows from the first terminal through the resistive element to the second terminal. An electronic device may be configured to detect the current flowing from the second terminal. The system may be configured to identify the type of object depending on the pre-selected resistance of the resistive element.